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Several people spoke in favor of the issues and Jon suggested that the two standards be shared with DPF for circulation and that perhaps the Sustainable Lexington Committee might also wish to review this material at one of their meetings. Police Station Tecton Architects made a presentation on the status of the Police Station Project. Red List Update Tecton reminded everyone that there were 4 specification divisions that were highlighted for RED List compliance on the Police Station'. Div 3 Concrete, Div 7 Thermal, Div 9 Finishes and Div 12 Furnishings. Division 3: Only 1 product thus far was found to be non-compliant and this is a crystalline waterproofing admixture that was proposed for a second floor slab in the Mechanical rooms. Tecton was proposing this as "belts and suspenders" in addition to measures also being taken to protect the floor below for experiencing water issues if there was a leak in the mechanical room above. Several people weighed in on this issue and after discussing the other precautions being taken, raised curbs, raised sleeves, leak detection to name a few it was felt that the crystalline admixture was an unnecessary precaution. Division 7: The team is only part way thru the division as a whole thus far but to date they are finding red list compatible products. Products having been reviewed so far include different sheathing materials, vapor barriers, different insulation types, and metal framing. Sealants have not been investigated yet and may provide some Red List difficulty. Division 9: The team is having success with paint, carpet, millwork, floor tile, and wall tile. The two exceptions in this division thus far is the epoxy flooring in the cell block area and the terrazzo flooring in the lobby. There is no substitute found yet for the epoxy flooring but the team will keep searching. For the terrazzo flooring the issue is the binding agent that is used. It was noted by a meeting participant that they understood terrazzo to be an environmentally friendly product because so much of the material used is made from parts of the stone and chips that would otherwise be wasted. This combined with the lifespan of the product suggest that the use of the resin might be forgiven. The design team pointed out that there was some work being done with a Terrazzo product that uses vegetable oil polymer to replace the epoxy resin and it was agreed to try and get more info on this and any success or failures of its use. A member also suggested that the team could use cement based terrazzo. The differences between the two applications was discussed and the team agreed that they would look at all the options and report back. Division 12: Products (furniture) will be investigated later since it is not part of the construction bid. LEED / Lex Checklist Since the Design Development phase is not complete yet, not all items on the checklist could be re-evaluated, however the team has reviewed the checklist and remains confident in the 62 points listed in the affirmative for Gold Status with another 17 as maybe points. All Lexington specific credits also still track affirmatively. It was confirmed that the HVAC system is designed for mery 13 filtration. It was asked why the heat island effect points were in the maybe and the team replied that they simply had not finished those calculations yet. It was also asked if having a solar canopy over Since the Police Station is the firscification sections were targeted. Future �roiects might focus on additional specification sections.