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specific point, whether they have access to that material or they prefer that material or that is they way that they do business, as Pam was saying [at the Chamber meeting] they already doing 80 -85% waste diversion as a business practice. Mark then stated that it should then be stated that they are already going above and that there is no need to go and set standards that are even higher than the code. Janice Stern questioned if it would be true to say that the CALGreen checklist provides for more flexibility than the current checklists? Dennis responded that both programs have a lot of room for flexibility; in the CALGreen program there are a lot of options to pick from. Rosalind stated that another part of the discussion is that the current system is point based, which allows someone that doesn't understand MERV filter or sun orientation to say that they want to increase the points or percentage. The current system lends itself to be extracted upon, were as, the new system you would really have to say this is the area where we want to see an improvement over. Rosalind then continued with the presentation stating that staff did survey the surrounding jurisdictions. For surveying the City of Fremont that we still need to look into. Rosalind stated that staff recently talked to the County of Ventura and the City of Camarillo, neither one of them have an existing green building ordinance and they both have adopted the CALGreen basic already. As for the surrounding jurisdictions, Rosalind provided the summary of where Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon, Walnut Creek, and Palo Alto are in their review process. Rosalind clarified that though it may seem like our surrounding jurisdictions are only going with CALGreen basic, staff feels that they haven't really thought how their existing green ordinances and how everything will be harmonized. They are now starting discussions with us to see what information we have. From an environmental stand point they may also be faced with needing to go with a Tier 1. Dennis added that we are still vary early in the process. We have only been working with the Adopted version of the code a week ago, before that we were looking at draft versions trying to get a head start. Janice Sangster - Phalen stated that she also could see Dublin and Livermore will be doing whatever we do. Dennis stated that there was a lot of involvement from the primary organization of the construction industry in the creation of this code. They did look at our ordinance to try to allow a level what would allow us to transition into the code. Rosalind then explained how the Climate Action Plan fits into the makeup of this topic. There may be some additional changes that will come about as a result of the Climate Action Plan study that is currently going on. Page 5 of 7