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EXHIBIT 2 — Findings The City Council of the City of Pleasanton adopts the following findings pursuant to California Health & Safety Code sections 17958, 17958.5 and 17958.7 in support of Chapter 20.26 Green Building Code, adopting by reference the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen 2010) and the respective local amendments based on the following local climatic, geological or topographic conditions: A. Pleasanton receives its about 75 -80% of its potable water from Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (Zone 7 Water Agency). The City itself supplies to balance of the 20 -25% of needed water for the community from the City's annual groundwater entitlement of 3,500 acre -feet. The Zone 7 Water Agency in turn obtains its water from the State Water Project's South Bay Aqueduct, surface water runoff collected in the Del Valle Reservoir, and local groundwaler. Court- ordered reductions in State Water Project deliveries via the ecologically fragile Bay Delta, which provides about 80% of Zone 7 Water Agency's water, require local water conservation in an area with otherwise high water demand. This is due to the local climatic conditions in Pleasanton's Climate Zone 12 (assigned by the California Energy Commission), which is characterized by periods of extremely hot, dry weather during the summer and fall months, when water demand increases while groundwater availability decreases. Due to this local climatic condition, combined with reductions in water deliveries, water conservation provisions are needed, such as the outdoor water use provisions which will decrease demand for potable water to be used for landscaping, and allow for water reduction, or even shut -off in the event of a drought, when separate water meters are used for outdoor landscaping. B. Pleasanton's topography includes natural and manmade surface water resources, including: the Alamo Canal, Arroyo de la Laguna, Arroyo del Valle, Arroyo Mocho, Bernal Creek, Chabot Canal, the Chain of Lakes, natural streams, culverts and engineered channels. Stormwater runoff management efforts have been focused on reducing downstream flooding risks, as well as reduction or avoidance of urban pollutants into these surface water resources. As a result of this local topographic condition, site development and stormwater regulations are required, to achieve compliance with the Municipal Regional Stormwater NPDES Permit issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco bay Area Regional Order R2- 2009 -0074, NPDES Permit No. CAS612008 (Oct. 14, 2009) to reduce pollution of surface water resources, and the City and Zone 7 Water Agency's groundwater resources, which are critical potable water resources. C. Pleasanton's development pattern and topography, particularly the surface water resources described. above, have not permitted the current operation of a landfill for solid waste within the Pleasanton City limits. Pleasanton's solid waste is disposed of at the Vasco Road Landfill in Livermore, a facility that is expected to Green Building Findings Page I of 3