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City of Dublin <br /> Has a green building ordinance; is recommending CALGreen basic with a <br />o <br />local amendment to require PV prep on all new construction. They will <br />keep their existing ordinance for all other projects. <br /> City of Walnut Creek <br /> No existing green building ordinance; will be adopting CALGreen basic. <br />o <br />Mrs. Rondash indicated that the City is currently preparing a Climate Action Plan (CAP), <br />and it is possible that the Green Building Ordinance will need further amendments later <br />next year as a result of that Plan. She noted that the CAP will also be looking more <br />in-depth at opportunities for City incentives to be offered. <br />Mrs. Rondash presented staff’s recommendations as follows: <br /> Adopt CALGreen Tier 1 for those “Covered Projects” currently subject to <br />Pleasanton’s Green Building requirements; <br /> Adopt CALGreen basic for new Downtown buildings, and for new buildings not <br />located in Downtown which are currently exempt from green building. <br />[This would be consistent with State law as CALGreen is intended to set <br />mandatory minimum standards for all new construction. The CALGreen <br />basic measures are the minimum standards for all new construction. <br />Downtown Pleasanton is currently exempt from the Pleasanton Green <br />Building Ordinance as are commercial buildings smaller that 20,000 <br />square feet in size and residential structures smaller than 2,000 square <br />feet in size.] <br /> Adopt CALGreen, with amendments as appropriate, to incorporate the current <br />regulations on additions, and to continue to exempt historic structures. <br /> Amend the Pleasanton Municipal Code to incorporate CALGreen as the <br />reference standard. <br />[As drafted the City’s Construction and Demolition Waste ordinance would <br />still apply.] <br /> Adopt an alternative compliance option for developers to pay a verified third party <br />rater for LEED/BIG certification process as a substitute to the City’s green <br />building plan check review process and provide the City with proof of completion. <br />[Staff believes that certification through a third party rater (for Build It <br />Green™/LEED™/other approved organization) will provide an <br />acceptable level of confidence that the structure is achieving CALGreen <br />Tier 1. A developer may want to choose this option if he/she is applying <br />for grant funding tied to LEED/BIG, or is in pursuit of some other form of <br />financial or public recognition with third party rating system certification <br />requirements.] <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 22, 2010 Page 17 of 23 <br /> <br />