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Demand, Increasing Supply, Financial Impacts, Reliable Power, Local Control, Alliances, Design of Energy Facilities, and Transportation Energy. The original draft prepared by the PEC has been amended by the Planning Commission based on public comment, EVC and Chamber input, and City staff recommendations. The original draft as prepared by the PEC is shown in Attachment 3; the version recommended by the Planning Commission is shown in Attachment 2 with red-lining showing the changes; and a clean copy of the Planning Commission's recommended Draft is shown in Attachment 1. Changes from the original draft include: • Editing of the Purpose section consistent with other General Plan elements • Editing under the Green Building section to include recently adopted regulations for residential green building, and to include information about recently completed green building projects. • Adding a section on "Relationship to other Elements". This section has been included in other draft elements. It was added to this Element subsequent to the Planning Commission's review of the document. • A reorganization of the Goals, Policies, and Programs section to include a new heading, "City Leadership in Energy Sustainability", with a policy and programs moved from other sections. • Elimination of former Policy 1 and Programs. The Planning Commission expressed concern about the cost of these programs and believed that staffing issues should be the purview of the City Manager. • Other programs in this section were added or amended by the Planning Commission to address specific energy use areas or to make some programs more generic (for example, using the term "alternative energy technology" rather than a specific such as "solar energy" or "hybrid car"). • Under "Increasing Supply": editing programs to be more generic and therefore applicable to a range of alternative technologies; adding Program 7.10 addressing the new initiative with the City of Livermore and Spectrum Energy (added after the Planning Commission's review). Program 8.3 regarding noise limits for mechanical drive engines would be considered in the Noise Element. See Attachment 5 for a listing of policies/programs originally in the Draft Energy Element that should be considered in other elements. • Under "Financial Impacts" the Planning Commission added programs related to incentives to encourage energy saving (Program 9.3 and 9.4). • Under "Local Control" the Planning Commission retained the idea of studying the feasibility of CCA but thought the programs related to its implementation should not be included in the General Plan. • Former Policy 15 and related programs addressed land use issues. The Planning Commission recommended staff consider this material when drafting the Land Use Element. Page 3 of 4