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- 3. Should the implementation process for buildings be the same as those followed for <br />commercial and civic buildings? <br />Staff did not hear any concerns or complaints about the issue, and staff s perspective <br />was that the implementation process has been working well. Staff suggested using <br />the same process for the residential standards. <br />1. How should the ordinance address the following items? <br />a. With respect to renovations, there was not general interest in making the green <br />building measures mandatory on renovations. Staff concurred with that opinion <br />because each renovation project was different. ACWMA has made a booklet <br />available for green building measures for renovations, and staff encouraged its <br />use. Furthermore. renovations under 20,000 squaze feet were excluded from the <br />commercial and civic building green building ordinance, and staff did not believe <br />it would be appropriate to put the burden just on single-family homeowners at this <br />time. <br />b. With respect to multi-family buildings, ACWMA has not developed a checklist <br />with its rating system yet. Staff proposed that the City develop an interim rating <br />system. For mixed-use buildings, staff recommended the same process as for <br />multi-family buildings because the construction process was similar. <br />4. Should there be exemptions for the ordinance, such as for smaller developments or <br />single residences, or residential structures less than a certain squaze footage? <br />Staff concurred with the opinions of those developers who strongly believed that such <br />an ordinance should apply equally to smaller developments and single-family <br />residences. Developers also expressed interest in providing points for smaller <br />residences, given that they use inherently fewer resources. Historic structures by <br />definition would be exempt because they were not considered to be new construction. <br />Given that the City Council did not require commercial buildings Downtown to meet <br />a point threshold, staff recommends that the same approach be followed for <br />residential buildings Downtown for consistency. <br />Commissioner Sullivan noted that there would be some multi-family projects in the <br />future and inquired what staff s checklist would be based on. Ms. Nerland advised that <br />there were a number ofmulti-family applications likely to be coming forward and that <br />staff was concerned about waiting for ACWMA to develop a rating system. She noted <br />that the measures were already in place and added that the checklist be would be drawn <br />from that and input from multi-family developers. <br />In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Maas regazding the expense of the 50-point <br />standard, Wendy Sommer, ACWMA Senior Program Manager, replied that the cost <br />would depend on which measures the developer would choose. Most of the builders use <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES July 14, 2004 Page 9 of 24 <br />