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Chairperson A-rkin ""'-Tauld like tOo see a cost estimate o:t- vvl"1at green building vvould cost a four-person family per month. ]\/fr_ Iserscn-.. noted that staff vvould address the green.. building point rating,. and to encourage the builder to go high.er. He advised that staff""'-Tas not equipped to detero""l.il"1e the cost an..alysis o:t- the green building measures. A discussion of the cost analysis of the green buildirlg poio'ts el"1sucd_ lV1r. _Tohnston noted that because of the variables involved in det.ermining the cost,. such as orientation oj-- the house" it vvas a complex process to develop a sof--tvvare model to create tl"1at an..alysis. He noted that the commercial industry used el'1ergy engineers subcontracting to the architect to develop the cost analysis. He added that th.e residential indl...1-stry did nOot V\Tork that vvay., and OTten did not have access to those guidelines. He noted that Chairperson ~rkin"s suggestion constituted an.. incremental cost :tor a l'1andy piece of information for the co:nSl...1-mer" but the cost vvould be relati vel y OI'1erOUS for the builder to not have liability associated vvitl-:t that number. Commissioner Roberts noted that information vvould not be available at the PUr> stage. Commissiol,er Sullivan noted that vvhile he understood Chairperson Arkio"s point,. he vvould rather invest that n-..oney in actual green building measures. Commissioner Sullivan moved t:o direct: st:a-C-C t:o use o-C t:he AC "VVlV'I A "s Green point:s rat:iog syst:em as a condit:ion of appro-val :Cor ne-vv resident:ial IJ"I-JD de-velopment:s., -vvit:h considerat:ion Gf t:he :CollG-vving modificat:ions: 1. The minimurn point: le-vel -vvould be 50 pGint:s., and t:he builder should st:rive "to mee"t "the 60 poin"t le-vel -vvi"th s"taf:C's assis"tance; 2. The syst:em -vvould be revie-vved on an annual basis., -vvit:h t:he goal 0'- raising t:he t:hreshold by 5 point:s per year_ Chair Arkin seconded -the mot:ion. ROLL CALL VOTE .AYES: N"OES: ABST.AIN": .ABSENT: Commissioners ~rkin" K..ameny" I'V1:aas., Roberts., and Sulliva.r1. NOlle. None. None. '1~he motion carried. TI'1e Planning COIT'lll'1ission recessed :tor a break at 8:50 p_m. Chairperson ~rkin reconvened the n-..eeting at 9:00 p_1.T1_ PL.ANN"IN"G CC>lVIlVIISSIC>N" lVlIN"UTES September 10,2003 Page 1 1 'T~---..~