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• City of Dublin o Has a green building ordinance; is recommending CALGreen basic with a local amendment to require PV prep on all new construction. They will keep their existing ordinance for all other projects. • City of Walnut Creek o No existing green building ordinance; will be adopting CALGreen basic. Mrs. Rondash indicated that the City is currently preparing a Climate Action Plan (CAP), and it is possible that the Green Building Ordinance will need further amendments later next year as a result of that Plan. She noted that the CAP will also be looking more in -depth at opportunities for City incentives to be offered. Mrs. Rondash presented staff's recommendations as follows: • Adopt CALGreen Tier 1 for those "Covered Projects" currently subject to Pleasanton's Green Building requirements; • Adopt CALGreen basic for new Downtown buildings, and for new buildings not located in Downtown which are currently exempt from green building. [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 for all new construction. Downtown Pleasanton is currently exempt from the Pleasanton Green Building Ordinance as are commercial buildings smaller that 20,000 square feet in size and residential structures smaller than 2,000 square feet in size.] • Adopt CALGreen, with amendments as appropriate, to incorporate the current regulations on additions, and to continue to exempt historic structures. • Amend the Pleasanton Municipal Code to incorporate CALGreen as the reference standard. [As drafted the City's Construction and Demolition Waste ordinance would still apply.] • Adopt an alternative compliance option for developers to pay a verified third party rater for LEED /BIG certification process as a substitute to the City's green building plan check review process and provide the City with proof of completion. [Staff believes that certification through a third party rater (for Build It GreenTM /LEED rM /other approved organization) will provide an acceptable level of confidence that the structure is achieving CALGreen Tier 1. A developer may want to choose this option if he /she is applying for grant funding tied to LEED /BIG, or is in pursuit of some other form of financial or public recognition with third party rating system certification requirements.] EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 22, 2010 Page 4 of 9