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2. Silver Level (33 - 38 credits): Applied Biosystems is working towards this level with their building; Gold Level (39 - 51 credits): The goal of the City's design of the Bernal Fire Station is to achieve the Gold Level; Platinum (52+ credits): There are no Platinum Version 2.0 buildings in the West at this time. r 3. 4. Ms. Maier noted that numerous commercial buildings in the City were designed to achieve a Certified Rating, including five in Hacienda Business Park. Since 1999, more than 450 projects have been registered with the USGBC. She displayed several projects under construction that have incorporated green building measures as required by the Plarming Commission, including: I. The Applied Biosystems campus; 2. The new McDonald's restaurant will achieve 19 points; and 3. The Chamberlain Building will achieve 26 points as proposed. Ms. Maier advised that the Ordinance identifies a minimum standard for green building in the Certified Level. It is at the threshold for covered projects that were 20,000 square feet or greater, including additions or new construction. Smaller projects would use their best efforts to incorporate as many green building measures as possible. The Ordinance defined the City's process for review of green building proposals under construction, and established a verification process and an enforcement mechanism. I Ms. Maier sununarized the key elements of the Ordinance as stated in the staff report. Ms. Maier advised that modest modifications were made to the Draft Ordinance after presenting it to the Economic Vitality Committee and the Energy Advisory Group. Because the Ordinance is a staff-generated document, and was not developed by an appointed task force, staff believed it was appropriate to make these minor changes before bringing the Ordinance to the Planning Commission and then to the City Council. The modifications were efforts to clarify points in the Ordinance such as whether interior improvements would be required to comply, and whether non-covered projects would be encouraged to incorporate green building measures. The changes were detailed in the staff report. Ms. Maier advised that the first modification creates a buffer period for developers that are mid-project when a new version of LEED is released. The developer could decide which version ofLEED they would use for the first six months after its release. Commissioner Roberts did not believe that six months would be adequate for a developer to change the plans when a new LEED version was released. - PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES September 25, 2002' Page 5