2005/07/12 City Council Resolution (13)RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -224
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE ALAMEDA COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY'S GREEN BUILDING GUIDELINES AS CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
REFERENCED STANDARDS
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the City of Rohnert Park to promote the construction
of dwellings that have healthy indoor air quality, conserve energy and water, take pedestrians
and alternative transit into account, and are built of resource efficient materials, and;
WHEREAS, the Alameda County Waste Management Authority ( ACWMA) has
developed a set of Guidelines for Green Building projects that outline the relevant components,
and;
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park's General Plan lists the following Objectives and
Policies: Goal HO -H; Encourage energy conservation in housing; Policy HO -24: Promote the
use of energy conservation in the design of residential development; Policy HO -25; Promote
energy conservation in the city's older homes; and Policy HS -12: Continue to work toward
reducing solid waste and increasing recycling, in compliance with the Sonoma County Integrated
Waste Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, according to CEQA, the adoption of the guidelines would not constitute a
"project ", as defined in Section 15378(b)(2) of the CEQA Guidelines regarding continuing
administrative or maintenance activities such as procedure making; and
WHEREAS, on June 23, 2005, the Planning Commission held a public meeting and
upon hearing and considering all testimony and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be
heard, the Commission considered all the facts relating to Planning Application No. PL2005 -038
and voted to recommend adoption of the ACWMA Guidelines for Green Building to the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, on June 23, 2005, the Planning Commission also recommended that the
City Council direct Staff to begin formulation of a Green Building Ordinance that would require
the mandatory implementation of green building techniques in new construction.; and
WHEREAS, on July 12, 2005, the City Council held a public meeting and upon hearing
and considering all testimony and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, the
Council considered all the facts relating to Planning Application No. PL2005 -038.
NOW THEREFORE DE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council does hereby adopt the
Alameda County Waste Management Authority ( ACWMA) Guidelines for Green Building
projects as city referenced standards.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council does hereby direct Staff to begin
formulation of a Green Building Ordinance that would require the mandatory implementation of
green building techniques in new construction.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED on this 12ri' day of July, 2005, by the City of
Rohnert Park City Council by the following vote:
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