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THE CITY OF <br /> :It: <br /> _. Is James Paxson Meeting <br /> PLEASANTONC NOTES <br /> Council Chambers <br /> 200 Old Bernal Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566 <br /> Tuesday, August 31, 2010 <br /> PRESENTATION <br /> a. Adoption of the California's Green Building Code (CALGreen) and related <br /> amendments to Chapter 17.50 (Green Building) of the Pleasanton Municipal <br /> Code (PRZ -55, City of Pleasanton). <br /> Consider and make a recommendation regarding: (1) Proposed amendments; <br /> (2) Adoption of local Building Code amendments; and (3) Application of the <br /> codes to additions, etc. <br /> Rosalind Rondash opened the meeting by providing a handout of the presentation that <br /> was used for the other stakeholder meetings. Given James' level of green building <br /> knowledge, many of the slides for only glanced at. stating that currently the City uses <br /> LEED and Build It Green (BIG) requirements. <br /> The comparison of the currently scorecards and checklists to the requirements of <br /> CALGreen was done. The comparison was based on applying points to the CALGreen <br /> measures to see how a CALGreen project would rate against the current standards. <br /> This showed that applying just the basic CALGreen measures would not reach the <br /> current standard of green building in Pleasanton. If the measure for Tier 1 were used <br /> the project would then meet the current green building standards in Pleasanton. <br /> The benefits of going to the one system- CALGreen code (with tier 1) rather than <br /> running both (17.50 and CALGreen) are: <br /> Creates a harmonized code <br /> Streamlines customer service <br /> One checklist <br /> Uniform standards for the whole State <br /> Pre - established update timelines (on a 3 year cycle) <br /> New building inspectors would likely already be trained <br /> Mrs. Rondash stated that as the City goes forward there are opportunities for <br /> enhancement of the CALGreen code to incorporate additions to structures, specific <br /> language for exempting historic structures, and modifying the checklists, but retaining <br /> the flexibility of the code. <br /> Mrs. Rondash noted that though there is not a lot of information in regard to costs, staff <br /> was able to obtain some information from the CBIA. Based on a 2100 sq ft house in <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br />