1. The public agency responsible for the new construction or renovation of a public facility or the construction of an addition to a public facility shall submit a copy of the life cycle cost analysis for review by the commissioner who shall consult with the authority. If the public agency is also a state agency under section 7D.34, comments by the authority or the commissioner, including any recommendation for changes in the analysis, shall, within thirty days of receipt of the analysis, be forwarded in writing to the public agency. If either the authority or the commissioner disagrees with any aspects of the life cycle cost analysis, the public agency affected shall timely respond in writing to the commissioner and the authority. The response shall indicate whether the agency intends to implement the recommendations and, if the agency does not intend to implement them, the public agency shall present its reasons. The reasons may include but are not limited to a description of the purpose of the facility or renovation, preservation of historical architectural features, architectural and site considerations, and health and safety concerns.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 470.7

  • Addition: means new construction equal to or greater than twenty thousand square feet of usable floor space that is heated or cooled by a mechanical or electrical system and is joined to an existing facility. See Iowa Code 470.1
  • Authority: means the economic development authority created in section 15. See Iowa Code 470.1
  • Commissioner: means the state building code commissioner. See Iowa Code 470.1
  • Facility: means a building having twenty thousand square feet or more of usable floor space that is heated or cooled by a mechanical or electrical system. See Iowa Code 470.1
  • Life cycle cost analysis: means an analytical technique that considers certain costs of owning, using, and operating a facility over its economic life including but not limited to the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 470.1
  • Public agency: means a state agency, political subdivision of the state, school district, area education agency, or community college. See Iowa Code 470.1
  • Renovation: means a project where alterations, that are not additions, to an existing facility exceed fifty percent of the value of a facility and will affect an energy system. See Iowa Code 470.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Within thirty days of receipt of the response of the public agency affected, the authority, the commissioner, or both, shall notify in writing the public agency affected of the authority’s, the commissioner’s, or both’s agreement or disagreement with the response. In the event of a disagreement, the authority, the commissioner, or both, shall at the same time transmit the notification of disagreement with response and related papers to the executive council for resolution pursuant to section 7D.34. The life cycle cost analysis process, including submittal and approval, and implementation exemption requests pursuant to section 470.8, shall be completed prior to the letting of contracts for the construction or renovation of a facility or the construction of an addition.
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