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Pam Hardy, Ponderosa Homes, also concurred with Mr. MacDonald’s comments. She stated that she sat on the BuildItGreen Building Council and believes Pleasanton is forward-thinking in its work. She conveyed her appreciation with staff on their analysis and outreach. She indicated that Ponderosa Homes supports one comprehensive checklist and Tier 1 components, and does not want jurisdictional creep of added items such as PV which is an option in the checklist and costs about $400 per home. She indicated that she did not want to quibble with numbers, stating that meeting all baseline and Tier 1 requirements adds about $30,000 to $40,000 per home, noting that there are direct costs as well as indirect costs that have to do with site preparation, individual inspection, third party reviewers, excavation, and design costs. She agreed with staff that they are hard to quantify but noted that they are not insignificant. She asked that the City adhere to Tier 1 requirements and to not allow individual, case-by-case conditions which results in unpredictability to builders. Chair Olson asked Ms. Hardy if the $30,000 to $40,000 in added costs runs inversely or directly relational to the square footage increase. Ms. Hardy replied that these numbers are based on the average square footage costs and actual costs of two of their housing projects. She indicated that she was not sure what the average square footage breakdowns are and added that there is no scale of economy on homes. She noted that it was not just dollars-per-square-feet but rather the existence of many other variables that must be considered, most notably a lot of site work. She provided as an example, the fly ash requirement and its unintended consequences. She stated that their structural engineers will not let them do 20-percent fly ash, which means that they will have to go to a thickened slab for the driveway so they can add the 20-percent fly ash, which then increases excavation costs by a couple of inches and more concrete. Commissioner O’Connor inquired whether the $30,000 to $40,000 would apply either to a 2,000- square- foot home or a 5,000- square- foot home. Ms. Hardy replied that homes in the Village range from 1,900 square feet to 2,900 square feet. She reiterated that there are flat costs independent of construction costs which do not have to do with square footage. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. With respect to the addition of PV-ready, Commissioner Pearce expressed concern about valuing it over some of the other green requirements. She indicated that she is comfortable keeping it as an elective rather than making it mandatory. Chair Olson stated that he concurred with not making PV-ready mandatory and that there should be flexibility. Commissioner Narum stated that the only reason she thinks it needs to be considered is that there are some things that need to be incorporated during the building construction PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, September 29, 2010 Page 17 of 21