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Mr. Dolan replied that this would not be a major undertaking, but it would reduce the flexibility provided to the applicant. He explained that while it would count towards one of the requirements, it would force the applicant to pick a certain avenue. Commissioner Blank noted that every single commercial building he has seen as a Commissioner, including the Consent Calendar item on tonight's agenda, require "PV -ready with pull strings and pipes" as one of its conditions. Mr. Dolan replied that he is simply relaying to the Commission the feedback staff received from virtually every group staff they talked to. He stated that staff supports transitioning like for like into the new system but does not want to add to the requirements. He indicated that while this may be minor, it does reduce some amount of flexibility. Commissioner Narum stated that the City would not be adding to the requirements but rather making this mandatory as one of the four electives. Commissioner Blank compared this to the requirement for sprinklers, stating that the City is taking such a long tirne to approve an automatic sprinkler ordinance, and now State code is mandating what the City has been implementing with Council guidance from the City Council that sprinklers be installed in every commercial and new residential buildings. Commissioner O'Connor stated that his understanding from the minutes staff has received feedback from developers that if this Green Building ordinance is approved now, they do not want the Commission to "add on" further requirements. He indicated that this would be a good opportunity to mandate PV -ready so applicants better understand up front what is exactly required of them and are not taken by surprise. Commissioner Blank recalled that staff has yet to return to the Commission with information on the cost differences between requiring a building to be PV -ready while under construction versus adding it later on after the building has been constructed. Commissioner Narum stated that she believes this was in connection with the Staples Ranch project and the Auto Mall. Mr. Dolan replied that said he believes that answer has been provided to the City Council. He added that he does not disagree with the Commission's conclusions but would simply like to report the feedback received from developers. He added that while this is something that appears to be relatively easy, some applicants flat out do not want to be mandated to do PV -ready and would prefer to address their requirements in a different way. Commissioner Pentin referred to the statement regarding weather - detecting devices being better than soil ones for irrigation purposes mentioned in page 2 of the "James EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 29, 2010 Page 9 of 15