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Mrs. Rondash then presented the following points for Commission discussion: 1. Staff’s initial recommendation 2. Additional local amendments (e.g., PV ready): Staff has received comments about the additional conditions of approval which require a “greener” project. The Commission may wish to discuss whether or not this practice should continue. The Commission can recommend additional local amendments to the green building ordinance which would require some of the more standard conditions (such as PV ready) and/or continue to add conditions on a case-by-case basis as deemed appropriate. 3. Not requiring Initial pre-permitting review of the green building measures: Staff is considering a recommendation that Planning staff simply talk to applicants about the green building requirements during an initial application review and the green building measure be reviewed at the building permit stage. In conclusion, Mrs. Rondash presented a timeline of the tentative meeting schedule. She stated that the item will return to the Planning Commission for a formal recommendation on September 29, 2010, and the item is agendized for City Council on October 19, 2010 to introduce the ordinance and on November 16, 2010 for a second reading and adoption of the ordinance. She noted that staff training will be held during the months of November and December, in time for implementation of the CALGreen Building Code on January 1, 2011. Mrs. Rondash stated that staff received a letter from Peter McDonald which was forwarded to the Commission. She indicated that staff would clarify that the current proposal removes the requirements for outside programs but allows applicants to opt for outside programs to substitute for the City’s process with their own choice. She noted that these applicants could be doing this for a number of reasons but that the City would not require them to do the City’s process in addition; the third-party certification would be taken as substantial compliance with the City’s process. Chair Olson requested staff to include the slides in the agenda packet for the th September 29 meeting. Commissioner Narum referred to the chart of the point comparison for single family and noted that the City is currently requiring a minimum of 40 points but would go up to 46 points in the new program, which is a 15 percent increase. She voiced concern that it appears to be a big jump and that too much added cost and requirements would be placed on homes and commercial businesses, given the comparison of other cities in the area adopting the CALGreen minimum. She noted that builders are going to pass the additional costs onto their clients in the form of higher rents or sales prices. Mrs. Rondash responded that it would be tied to the measure actually being implemented. She noted that some measures have minimal costs associated with them, and in a comparison of CALGreen basic and CALGreen Tier 1, the increase is PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 22, 2010 Page 18 of 23