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reduction. Every time the business community has gotten involved, they have done great things for the environment and become the biggest fans for these programs. She was very happy to have this on the agenda tonight so she could vote on it. She believed that for those most impacted, the developers of buildings over 20,000 sq. ft., they are used to dealing with these standards. The workshops will help smaller builders who may not be required to abide by the ordinance, but for whom there are tremendous benefits. Some are owner/builders and the operation of their buildings would be reduced. She understood the misgivings of the Chamber, but once they are engaged in the process, they will become enthusiastic about it. The Waste Management Authority has been a tremendous help and their services are paid for by the people of Alameda County. They bring information to anyone who wants it. They are also a great resource for locating materials or deciding which is best. She was pleased when the Planning Commission expressed an interest and the Authority provided information on successful programs elsewhere. She is proud Pleasanton will be the first city in Alameda County to adopt a green building ordinance. At a Board meeting, she talked to Mark Green of Union City, who is a very pro-business type of mayor. One of the policies of the Board was to get green building ordinances adopted within three years. Mr. Green said it should not take that long. Ms. Dennis felt if Mr. Green supports it, then it should benefit businesses and be acceptable by all. The long term beneficiaries will be the occupants of the buildings. She hoped the small businesses downtown will support this as well and was confident they would benefit from the ordinance, even though most of the buildings would not be regulated by it. It was moved by Ms. Dennis, seconded by Mr. Campbell, to adopt Resolution No. 02-126, approving the Negative Declaration for this project, and to introduce Ordinance No. 1873, to be read by title only and waiving further reading thereof, to amend the Pleasanton Municipal Code by adding Chapter 17.50 which would require new civic and commerciai projects over 20,000 sq~f.t, to incorporate green building measures from the U. S. Green Building Council's LEED'~" (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Rating System, including the Planning Commission recommendation that civic structures strive for a "Silver" rating, that there be a continuing series of workshops for the next two years, and including the change recommended by the Downtown Association regarding historic buildings. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Ayaia, Campbell, Dennis, Michelotti, and Mayor Pico NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Ms. Dennis did not think it was necessary to have all the Council and Planning Commissioners at all the workshops. She felt that may have been a little cumbersome initially. She said she would be happy to continue to work with the Chamber to resolve issues and provide information. Regarding the amendment by the Downtown Association, she would like to have at least one of the workshops focused for smaller builders, so they can understand how green building benefits them. She knew the community supported this and related an incident where a homeowners tore down their home piece by piece in order to recycle the material before building a new home. They did that because they wanted to, not because they were fomed to do it. Pleasanton City Council 17 11/19/02 Minutes