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system to a non point system so we converted the measures into our own term of points. The City will amend the Pleasanton Municipal Code 1750 and move to chapter 20 that houses the building code regulations. The CALGreen regulations are set up with mandatory and voluntary measures, the voluntary measures are known as Tier 1 and Tier 2. The measures also contain electives. The voluntary measures are identified as a way for local jurisdictions to take green building to the next level. The new system is not a point system. The best way to compare the current system to the CALGreen was to convert the measures of the CALGreen system to our current system by assigning points to the measures that were the same as the current system. In doing that we were able to see that the CALGreen basic measures did not meet our current green standards. When we did the same exercise for the Tier 1 measures, we found that our current system is equivalent to the measures found in CALGreen Tier 1 with the required electives being applied. The same exercise was done for all the project types, commercial, residential, and multi - family projects. Jerry Thorn raised a question regarding the application of the Climate Action Plan and if there will be a need for additional requirements to meet our objectives of the Climate Action Plan? Brian Dolan responded that ultimately we will have to do a complete analysis. We could be revisiting this in the next couple of months as the City does the Climate Action Plan, but if we wait until then to address all the issues, we will have two codes in effect and that will be a big mess for anyone who comes to the counter to do business in the City. Chris Crabtree asked what level of LEED would Basic plus Tier 1 of CALGreen get you? Rosalind responded to clarify that LEED Certified (level) is what is required by our current code (40points) so looking at the table you can see that CALGreen plus Tier 1 gets you to the LEED certified level (40 points). John Mahoney added in that CALGreen plus Tier 1 gets you to the minimum level of LEED and they should be claiming all the rebates allowed such as: IRS 179P Dennis Corbett added that everyone has been talking Green and the State Governor reviewed cities like ours that already had some type of green ordinance. Therefore the state created levels to go along with cities that already had a green building ordinance established thus creating a tier 1 level to make the transition easier. Janice Sangster - Phalen said that now we have to go to Green Building codes, so we have to do what is mandated by the state and we have to do what is mandated by the state. Pam Hardy -said there are a certain amounts they will have difficulty meeting the Tier 2 requirements. She further stated that the changes in Title 24 (T -24) should also be folded into the discussion. There should not be an impression that we are JUST meeting the minimum measures because there are substantial changes in the T -24 that are difficult to achieve. We are building the most energy effect buildings in the entire nation. The building industry is supporting Tier 1, but we will not support Tier 2. Dennis confirmed that the Cal. Energy Commission's mandate is to increase the energy efficiency standards by 15% every three years. They are currently working on the 2011 standards; every time you do this leap (15% increase) it does become more difficult and expensive. The energy standards are a large part of CALGreen but they operate independently of each other. California is already 15% to 30% above the rest of the nation.