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488 Acting Chair Wozniak did not think the Commission was coming to any other <br />489 recommendation other then what Member Misra suggested. <br />490 <br />491 Mr. Culver stated staff can pull the multi -family residential users out of the <br />492 commercial users and bring the information back to the Commission. <br />493 <br />494 Acting Chair Wozniak asked if staff could explore what a consultant would charge <br />495 for a study. <br />496 <br />497 Mr. Culver stated he would look further into consultant costs. <br />498 <br />499 7. Items for Next Meeting — April 2019 <br />500 Discussion ensued regarding the April PWETC agenda: <br />501 Environmental Sustainability <br />502 <br />503 Ms. Priscilla Morton, 2593 Western, stated having to do with many development <br />504 items that are a part of the packet, it seemed as if the developers were taking down <br />505 a lot of forestry which would be carbon sync. There is atree preservation ordinance <br />506 which is really dense, and part of the Green Step activities and the ordinance does <br />507 not prevent anyone from taking down acres of trees. She stated in terms of <br />508 environmental protection, specifically greenhouse gas, trying to lower the footprint, <br />509 she wondered ifthat was being taken into account. She did not know how important <br />510 afew acres of trees were. That was one point that she wondered if the Commission <br />511 and City considered when these developments are approved. <br />512 <br />513 Mr. Culver stated without officially changing the Tree Preservation Ordinance the <br />514 City cannot prevent a developer from taking down trees as allowed through that <br />515 and the City Council is very aware of this and staff tries their best to police that. <br />516 <br />517 Ms. Morton stated she was speaking up to make sure the City is thinking of these <br />518 things. She stated another item is as development is added is the City increasing <br />519 its carbon footprint, unless it is actually a net zero building, it does mean the City <br />520 is increasing the challenge of getting to minus eighty percent by 2050 so she did <br />521 not see any signs indicating the development is a net zero building. <br />522 <br />523 Mr. Culver stated that is not a requirement within Building Code. <br />524 <br />525 Ms. Morton stated that is the reason she brought this up because this is the low <br />526 hanging fruit of getting to that minus eighty when it is brand new construction. This <br />527 is where people spend the least amount of money to get to net zero when it is brand <br />528 new. She thought this is something to consider when new development or major <br />529 remodels are done in the City. <br />530 <br />531 Ms. Morton stated with all of the road resurfacing being done in the City, light <br />532 colored road surfacing reflects more and is probably a tiny assistance to the heat <br />533 sink factor. She thought this was something to consider. <br />Page 12 of 13 <br />