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Ms. Ayala indicated her confusion. She mentioned the Planning Commission had imposed Cn'een Building measures that Council had not seen, to which Mr. Swift indicated as correct. She pointed out that Council is being asked to approve measures that the Council has not seen, and staff could not assure her that the house designs total 50 points. She indicated she had called staff earlier in the afternoon and posed this question. Mr. Swift indicated that he was not sure whether the design added up to 50 points because he has not had a chance to compare the measures that were included in the developer's new list against that point schedule. He thought the applicant might be able to answer that question. Ms. Ayala stated that some pieces are missing. If we have bodies that are part of the process, which so far have worked with the Green Building measures, she is not comfortable with the way this is coming to the Council. She believed the Chamber and believed that the Commission should have been involved in any kind of discussion. Ms. Hosterman pointed out that these measures are no part of an ordinance. Had we gotten to that point and decided to go in that direction, then the community and the Chamber would have been involved in that process. To her, this is more of an incentive program where the Planning Commission has said that as projects come before it, it has an interest in effectuating Green Building processes. To that end, this is a list of what we would like for you to attain. Take a look at this list and tell us what you think you can meet from this list and encourage you to do so. She believed this to be the current process, which seemed to be more of an incentive program, unlike commercial projects. Ms. Ayaia pointed out that the revised condition requires the Green Building measures to total to a minimum of 50 points as adopted. She asked the question, adopted by whom? Mr. Swirl informed her that in a residential project, a developer does not know all of the measures that will be incorporated until right up to the time the builder is ready to have a building permit issued. In some cases, the measures change even as the project is being built because of the nature of the types of measures that are included in their list. Sometimes, certain kinds of things are available and new things and new products come on line all the time. Although there is a list, there usually are some adjustments of those as the projects move forward. He noted this is the way they have been doing it in the past with respect to the list that has been initially recommended for approval by the Planning Commission, and then adopted by Council. The only difference now is that there is a new list of standardized measures that total 150 points that developers can choose from to attain 50 points, which is the only new part of this. Ms. Ayala asked if he could reassure her that what is in the current plan will add up to 50 points. Pleasanton City Council 12 10/07/03 Minutes