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-- of green building options would also be welcomed by homeowners. She supported the residential green building proposal. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Regarding Question No. 2, Chairperson Roberts believed that the 50-point threshold was acceptable. She believed the ordinance should be reviewed afrer one year and that the issue of raising it should be less restrictive. Commissioner Sullivan agreed with Chairperson Roberts's assessment. He believed that some measures will go down in cost and become more common in the future. He added that the rules were very flexible and had worked very well in collaboration with the development community. Commissioner Fox inquired whether the 50 points could be the average of all the houses in the development and whether each house in the development must have the same green building features. Commissioner Sullivan replied that each home may have items picked from the list to attain 50 points, but that they did not need to have identical features. Ms. Nerland confirmed that the point total could not be averaged among houses; each house must have 50 points to reach the certified level. Commissioner Kameny concurred with the assessments expressed by Chairperson Roberts and Commissioner Sullivan with respect to the 50-point standard. Commissioner Maas liked the idea of an incentive in developing the point system, such as receiving streamlined processing in the building process. Commissioner Fox suggested that a higher number of points allow a builder to receive a reduction in building fees. Commissioner Sullivan agreed with the use of incentives and noted that during the growth management ordinance heazing, extra units were to be allocated to houses that were "extra green," but the City Council did not adopt that measure. He believed that with respect to this issue, additional units would be allowed if the green building baseline were exceeded by a certain percentage. He noted that market-driven items were not always favorable and believed that in the automotive industry, seatbelts, airbags, and air pollution control devices would not be regulaz features in cazs. He believed that if a reasonable standard was set, the market technologies would follow. He also noted that there are other issues with reducing building fees. Regazding Question No. 3, Chairperson Roberts believed that the implementation of the process had been working well in the City with respect to LEED and green building. The Commission concurred with her assessment. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 14, 2004 Page 11 of 24