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conversations with staff around what the Commission thinks staff could support or what staff thinks the Council would also support, because what the Commission does not want to do is start loading up conditions on projects and then have it reversed at the City Council level. Chair Blank stated that one possibility for the Commission would be to select two Commissioners to work with staff, so there is no Brown Act violation, and put together some ideas. He suggested that Commissioner Posson be one of the two Commissioners. He added that he thinks water and energy conservation for new development is a great idea and that that he is very supportive of it. Commissioner Pearce stated she also does. Commissioner Olson noted that there is a ticking clock here in terms of regulation, and the Commission needs to get on it. Commissioner O'Connor stated that the State of California will also be dictating on this pretty soon. Commissioner Olson agreed. Commissioner Pearce asked Mr. Dolan if he had anything to add Mr. Dolan stated that he sees this as a two- phased approach. He noted that there will be two projects coming before the Commission shortly, and in the short-term, he thinks continuing on with the conditions that were applied to the most recent projects is not going to be a big surprise or overburden on these two projects. He added that then, clearly, Planning has already been tasked with implementing some of the programs from the Climate Action Plan, and many of them are worded, "Thou shalt create an ordinance to do X," and some of those things are exactly what Commissioner Posson is talking about. He noted that one of them was to revisit the point requirements in the Green Building Ordinance, which staff will be working on. He indicated that he is always concerned about staff resources, and these things will occur over time; in the meantime, staff will be using the checklist it has prepared as well as some of these additional conditions that have been applied and cover the gap that way. Commissioner O'Connor stated that what the Commission has been hearing is that stall is really pushing the envelope on development. He asked Mr. Dolan if these developments are really viable with as much as what the Commission might ask a developer to contribute; if, as the Commission starts loading more requirements on development in the areas of energy and water and such, the Commission might have to take away something that the City has been getting; if there is going to be a trade -off in terms of how much the City can continue to load on to a developer if it is trying to get additional low -cost housing out of the deal, or getting money for parks. He noted that there are only so many dollars that make these projects viable and inquired if the City is going to reach that point. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 12, 2013 Page 21 of 25