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Mr. Smith replied that the OSD has been fairly successful since it started building the plan two years ago, starting by implementing measures such as the solar installation at the OSC, and upgrading municipal buildings, such as the just completed lighting and HVAC upgrade in the Library which are all big energy savers. He noted that they have already been working on this within the municipal government alone, such as transforming the fleet to hybrid. He added that a residential and commercial program starts tonight, and in 2010, they did a small- and medium-sized commercial partnership with PG&E and saved 1.5 Megawatts, without the CAP. He noted that they have taken Federal and State grant money and developed a program because there is the urgency to make as much progress as possible. He indicated that this takes a little pressure off of them to implement the rest of the program if they can do more of it at the front end. He added that this definitely needs to have the continued support of the City Council and that the next two years will be very important. Commissioner Olson inquired if the priorities are ultimately set by the Council. Mr. Smith replied that they are really set by the City Manager and the Departments, in conjunction with the City Council, in terms of what they think can be accomplished. He noted that as Ms. Stern had mentioned, there are many modifications to the Municipal Codes that they would want to make which probably cannot be done as quickly as what are in there, but some may not be necessary to do if there is more successful in other areas. Mr. Smith continued that staff has also involved the business community and residents to help in doing this, and it has been successful so far. He indicated that he feels this is the best way to attain the goals if they participate with the City on a collaborative basis where the City will not have to use ordinances to do that. He noted that both entities have stepped up to the plate and have said that they will do it, and staff thinks that it will work. Commissioner Blank noted the Commissrequiring the installation of residential sprinklers so that no more people die because of house fires, and eventually, the ordinances caught up with the Commission. He recalled that for the Pleasanton Gateway project, the Commission spoke about whether to require electrical parking places, and the reason given not to require it was that they had just been taken out of the Stoneridge Mall parking lot. He indicated that there is absolutely no reason for this Commission not to decide to say somewhere down the road that from hereon out, every new residential construction shall be prewired for a second 220 line, or to require big development projects to install parking spots with this kind of technology. He noted that these are things the Commission can take action on and try to move forward rather than wait for someone to set a priority. Mr. Smith indicated that the City has just received through a grant five charging stations to be installed throughout the City over the next month. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 17, 2011 Page 33 of 36