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they desire a marketable green label, are applying for grant funding of some <br /> kind that requires the use of a third party rating system, or are in pursuit of <br /> some other form of financial or public recognition with third party rating <br /> system certification requirements. <br /> Additionally, the code amendment would no longer require the formal green building <br /> pre - permitting review. Staff believes an initial discussion with applicants about the <br /> green building requirements will be as effective as a formal pre- review process. In <br /> staffs experience, initial plans often lack sufficient details for a formal review since <br /> energy, plumbing, and irrigation plans are not submitted as part of the initial review <br /> plans, but are submitted later at building permit. <br /> V. Stakeholder Meetings and Comments <br /> Planning staff has been coordinating the evaluation of the proposed changes with the <br /> other City Divisions to ensure that the transition is smooth for the public. Additionally, <br /> staff has taken the proposed changes to the local stakeholders for review and comment. <br /> This proposal has been reviewed by the Chamber of Commerce- Pleasanton 2015 <br /> Forum; a subcommittee of and the full Economic Vitality Commission; the Committee on <br /> Energy and Environment; Pleasanton Downtown Association; and the Hacienda <br /> Business Park Owners Association. A summary of the stakeholder comments for the <br /> Commission's consideration are in Exhibit B. The comments generally relate to the <br /> practice of requiring "additional" green building measures above and beyond the City's <br /> Green Building ordinance during a given project's discretionary review process and the <br /> costs associated with those "additional" measures; costs associated with building to a <br /> green standards as a whole, incentives, outreach and education; and comparison to the <br /> surrounding jurisdictions. <br /> Staff has provided an opportunity for the Commission to respond to the comments <br /> regarding the practice or requiring the "additional" measures. In regards to the cost <br /> impacts of those "additional" measures, staff can only state that depending on the <br /> measures required, the costs can be minimal or substantial. <br /> In response to the stakeholders' requests for a general cost analysis staff has prepared <br /> a cost analysis for a residential project (provided in Exhibit C). The cost impacts of <br /> CALGreen Tier 1 are equivalent to the City's existing green building ordinance. <br /> Additionally, staff also has provided information on payback projections, outside <br /> incentive programs, tax credit programs, and rebates available for various green <br /> building measures (Exhibit C). <br /> Through the stakeholder outreach process staff has addressed the requests for <br /> information on the directions of the surrounding jurisdictions. At each stakeholder <br /> meeting staff provided information on the existing green building requirements of the <br /> surrounding jurisdictions, summaries of their proposed response to the upcoming <br /> CALGreen implementation, and updates on any changes to those approaches. <br /> PRZ -55, Green Building Planning Commission <br /> Page - 6 - <br />