Such building committees shall:
A. Monitor the progress and completion of all projects
assigned to them by the City of Middletown;
B. Review
any feasibility study leading to the creation of the committee for
the underlying project;
C. Upon request,
and where necessary to aid process, review staff-created facilities
studies and inventory of current City and Board of Education properties;
D. Review and approve for payment, where warranted, all
bills and obligations of the project, with the power of final approval
and payment remaining vested under Charter in the Mayor as the City's
Chief Executive Officer;
E. Make recommendations concerning said building projects
to the Mayor and Common Council;
F. Make recommendations to the Mayor as to proposed change
orders;
G. Provide quarterly status reports to the Finance and
Government Operations Commission and provide such information concerning
any building projects undertaken by the City of Middletown as may
be requested by the Common Council;
H. Provide a financial report to the Finance Department
at the conclusion of the project that includes a schedule of anticipated
project revenues along with their anticipated date(s) of receipt.
The Board of Education shall provide such information for all school
projects;
I. Evaluate how well planning, budgeting, design, and
construction achieves the lowest possible carbon footprint and highest
possible levels of energy efficiency and conservation, with reference
to building sustainability criteria, including LEED (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design) gold certification or higher, Passive
House, Living Building Challenge, and Net Zero Energy;
J. Report
to the Clean Energy Task Force and the Common Council the results
of such evaluation;
K. Consider
transit access as well as walkability and bikeability criteria in
the planning, design, budget, and construction phases of the project
and report to the Complete Streets Committee, the Public Works and
Facilities Commission, and the Common Council the results of such
consideration.
Building committees shall meet regularly when
such projects are undertaken with staff assistance as appropriate
from the Director of Public Works, the Director of Water and Sewer,
the Fire Marshal, and the Board of Education's Director of Facilities,
or their designees. Such committees will also seek guidance from the
City's consultant on energy, whether serving as a contractor or as
an employee. The committee may also request the assistance of other
City and Board of Education departments, boards, committees, and commissions.