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Pleasanton's current green building standards and the policies in the new General Plan. 3. Amend the Pleasanton Municipal Code to require CALGreen's minimum "basic" standards for new Downtown buildings, new buildings not located in Downtown that are currently exempt from the City's Green Building Ordinance, and for new accessory structures which require a building permit. This would be consistent with State law as CALGreen is intended to set mandatory minimum standards for all new construction. The CALGreen basic measures are the minimum standards required by the State. Downtown Pleasanton is currently exempt from Pleasanton's Green Building Ordinance as are commercial buildings smaller than 20,000 square feet in size, residential structures smaller than 2,000 square feet in size, and accessory structures that require a building permit. 4. Amend the Pleasanton Municipal Code to adopt modified CALGreen language to continue to exempt historic structures. This would provide consistency with our current green building standards and be consistent with local historic preservation interests. State law allows historic structures to be exempt from green building and staff believes it is appropriate to continue our current practice. 5. Amend the Pleasanton Municipal Code to adopt modified CALGreen language to require a separate water meter and connection for outdoor potable water use for non - residential projects installing landscaped areas between 1,000 and 5,000 square feet in size for all projects subject to CALGreen basic; and for non- residential projects subject to Tier 1 requirements with landscaped areas between 500 and 5,000 square feet in size. The removal of the option for submetering as listed in CALGreen would establish the ability for property owners and the City to monitor the use of potable water use for irrigation proposes during times of drought. This change would enable the City to send letters with detailed water use information to high water users and request a reduction in non - essential water use. The use of submeters does not allow the City to assist property owners in water use reduction in a detailed and site specific manner. See the discussion section below for more information. 6. Amend the Pleasanton Municipal Code to adopt modified CALGreen language, to specify that the City's retains its existing percentages for solid waste and recyclable materials are specified in the City's current Construction and Demolition (C &D) requirements, but to adopt the CALGreen standards for soil and green debris. Additionally, the projects not currently subject to the City's C &D regulations 8 Historic structures are allowed to be exempt according to the State's Health and Safety Code. 9 The California Water Code ( §535.a -cI already requires landscape areas greater than 5,000 s.f. (non - residential) to install a separate meter for irrigation. Page 6 of 10