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have been made to date. Exhibit B is a redline copy depicting the original Ordinance and the amendments made thereto, provided to the City Council for reference.) Stakeholders included private sector residential developers including Centex Homes, Greenbriar Homes, Ponderosa Homes, Pulte Homes, and Toll Brothers, as well as the Chamber of Commerce. Public sector participants included the Economic Vitality Committee, Pleasanton Energy Committee, Housing Commission, and Planning Commission. These groups, having differing interests, worked together collaboratively to create a residential green building implementation process that would provide predictability for both the development community and the City. As with the existing Ordinance, staff worked closely with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA), which provided its technical expertise and resources during the process. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed Code amendments would require residential projects that meet the definition of a "Covered Project" to be built to a "green" standard and would rely on the applicant to produce an appropriate level of information confirming the conformance with the standards. The Code amendments will use the same process for residential green building that is currently in place for commercial and civic structures. The amendment to the Code also provides conformity of green building requirements for all residential developments and would inform developers "up front" rather than by an ad hoc approach through project conditions of approval. The details of the proposed Code amendment are shown within the attached redline Exhibit B and are more fully discussed in Attachment 4, Planning Commission Staff Report, dated March 8, 2006, with attachments. DISCUSSION Please refer to the Planning Commission staffreport for a detailed discussion of the process. This process provided important feedback with which staff was able to amend Chapter 17.50, Commercial and Civic Green Building Ordinance, to include residential development projects. Existing Process Residential projects have been conditioned since the adoption ofthe original Ordinance 1873 to also comply with green measures. Green building requirements for residential projects are not currently required by the Ordinance but are conditioned through the planning process. In June 2003, the ACWMA released its residential construction green building checklist. This process requires a total of 50 points for a structure to be considered built' green'. The City currently implements the ACWMA June 2003 green building checklist for new residential SR 06:089 Page 3 of8 i