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verified. For other Tier 1 standards requiring specialized equipment (air blowers, for example), staff can require certified third parties to test and submit results to staff for verification. This is consistent with the City's current practices. Recognizing that Cities may in fact prefer to transition to the CALGreen system, StopWaste.Org highly recommends that local jurisdictions allow applicants to choose formal third party review and certification, such as those services provided by StopWaste.Org, as an alternative to compliance with CALGreen. Staffs recommended ordinance revisions provide for this option for those applicants that wish to obtain a third party certification. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Based on research, internal discussions, and public outreach, staff has formulated a recommendation for adoption of CALGreen with local amendments to harmonize with the City's existing green building requirements, construction and demolition debris mandates, and other policies of the General Plan. The proposed amendment conforms to the General Plan (see Attachment 11 for more information). The following is a summary of Attachment 1 (Draft Ordinance): 1. Amend the Pleasanton Municipal Code to incorporate CALGreen as the reference standard and repeal the current Green Building Ordinance (PMC 17.50). This would eliminate the references to the standards of the BIGTM Guidelines and the LEEDTM programs; and requires projects subject to green building to adhere to only one checklist. However, the proposed amendment still allows an applicant to use LEEDTM or BIGTM rating programs to meet the proposed new standard (see number 7), if so desired by the applicant. 2. Adopt CALGreen Tier 1 for those "Covered Projects currently subject to the Pleasanton Green Building Ordinance. This would provide consistency with our current green building standards. Additions are exempt from CALGreen, whereas larger additions (e.g., residential additions greater than 2,000 square feet in size or commercial additions larger than 20,000 square feet in size) are subject to Pleasanton's current Green Building Ordinance. This would also result in the CALGreen Tier 1 measures' becoming required measures for such "Covered Projects "; this recommendation is based on staff's conclusion that Tier 1 is substantially similar to the points required by 5 Current Covered Projects: All city sponsored projects, commercial projects or additions 20,000 s.f. or larger, residential projects or additions 2,000 s.f. or larger, additions or any size to a home that was built less than 2,000 s.f. within the last five years, all multi - family projects, and all mixed use projects, but includes historic buildings or any privately owned building in the boundaries Downtown Specific Plan. 6 Residential additions of any size to a home that was built less than 2,000 sq.ft. within the last five (5) years is also subject the current Green Building Ordinance. 7 For example, as discussed above, CALGreen's basic requires, beginning July 1, 2011, that baseline water usage be reduced by 20 %. To achieve the Tier 1 level fDr indoor water use in a new residence, the kitchen sink faucet cannot flow more than 1.5 gallons per minute. Such water use reduction cams a "point" under the Build It GreenTM system currently in effect, and similarly meets the CALGreen Tier 1 recommendation. Page 5 of 10