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found in the sustainable site measures, which is placing the building properly on the site, such as taking advantage of the solar orientation, wind, landscaping, existing trees, and shading, all of which could be low in cost. Commissioner Narum inquired, if this is the case, why some of the neighboring cities are not adopting Tier 1. Mrs. Rondash explained that City staff began the review several months ago with draft documents while other cities had not even looked at the CALGreen Code and requirements. She added that cities are now starting to question where they will fall in the coming months, and she believes they would not stay where they are for very long. Dennis Corbett, Senior Plan Checker, stated that he spoke with Livermore and Dublin in the past week, and Livermore is inclined to recommend the same thing Pleasanton is doing while the City of Dublin is going in a different track in that they currently have a green building ordinance [similar to Pleasanton’s] which they will maintain in addition to requiring people to have all minimum and basic measures that CALGreen requires. She noted that in this sense, theirs will be similar to Pleasanton’s. She added that Dublin’s process requires the developer to do two sets of documentation for the same measures. Chair Olson inquired if there were requirements in the basic CALGreen that are not currently in the City’s requirement. Mrs. Rondash replied that there are some measures that do not translate to the current system. th Chair Olson requested to have an outline of those measures for the September 29 meeting. He stated that he had attended the meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce, and one of his requests was an outline of all measures that are possible. He asked Mrs. Rondash if Exhibit C of the staff report was intended to provide this information. Mrs. Rondash said yes. Chair Olson stated that he shares Commissioner Narum’s concern about added cost, but the way to address it with the community and business community is to show them how much flexibility there is and how easy it is to accumulate points under Tier 1 at very little cost, such as the location of the property on the site. Mr. Corbett stated that one difficulty staff had is that every organization that establishes some type of green standard has different internal priorities. He mentioned, for example, that one group may emphasize water conservation where another is emphasizing resource conservation. He added that Build It Green and LEED are point based but CALGreen is not; it has required measures with a lot of electives to choose from such that there is not always a straight comparison of different measures. He PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 22, 2010 Page 19 of 23