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PlanningBoard | 2007-01-08 | 9 | 9. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION None. 10. BOARD COMMUNICATION: a. Oral Status Report regarding the Northern Waterfront Plan (Vice-President Cook). Vice President Cook advised that no further meetings had been held since her last report. b. Oral Status Report regarding the Oakland/Chinatown Advisory Committee (Board Member Mariani). There was no additional information following the agenda item. c. Oral Status Report regarding the Transportation subcommittee (Board Member Kohlstrand). Member Kohlstrand advised that there was nothing new to report. She had been invited to participate in a meeting with Planning staff and a representative from the Transportation Commission to discuss transportation issues as they relate to Alameda Point and Catellus. d. Oral Status Report regarding the Alameda Climate Protection Task Force (Board Member Cunningham). Member Cunningham noted that their first meeting would be held January 10, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. in the new library. Member Ezzy Ashcraft noted that she would like to see the City adopt some green building ordinances to add to the building codes. She had conducted some research at the Waste Management Authority for Alameda County on other municipalities that already had green building ordinances. She met with Karen Smith, the Executive Director of WMA, who attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for the LEED-certified library. She noted that the new Zephyr building would have some green building elements, as would the Habitat for Humanity homes. She applauded those entities for their voluntary application of green building elements, but believed the City had a responsibility to the community and the environment to have these ordinances on the books. There were only two cities in Alameda County without some sort of green building ordinance on the books: Alameda and Piedmont. She would like the Planning Board to make a recommendation to the City Council to adopt green building requirements. Mr. Thomas noted that staff was working on these issues, and believed the green building initiative could be brought to the Climate Protection Committee, and the Planning Board for consideration. Member Cunningham noted that previous discussions of a green building ordinance had been sidelined due to funding and staffing constraints. Planning Board Minutes Page 9 January 8, 2007 | PlanningBoard/2007-01-08.pdf |