Item 2 PresentationRegional actions update
Green Reach Codes
Andre Duurvoort,
Sustainability Manager
September 19, 2019
Actions taken to date
Menlo Park example
San José staff recommendation
•Ban gas for ADUs & low-rise residential
•Tier 2 efficiency requirements
•Track & report GHG data by permits
•70% EV-capable spaces for multifamily
•20% EV-service equipment spaces
•Exemptions for low-income housing
•Fee & tax reductions for electric high-rise
and non-residential
San José Mayor’s memo
Cupertino planning commission notes
•Consider including ADUs in scope
•Consider Tier 2 efficiency requirements
•Consider productive roofs
•Incentivize more level 3 EV charging
•Allow appropriate exemptions
•Study electric cooking for restaurants
•Why not ban gas?
Upcoming public events of interest
“Getting to Zero” forum, October 9-11 in
Oakland
https://gettingtozeroforum.org/national-
forum-share-2/
Home Electrification Expo, October 10 in Palo
Alto, October 12 in San Jose.
Cupertino outreach event, Oct 16
Next Steps
•Publish draft ordinance –October 9
•Public outreach event –October 16
•Stakeholder outreach –ongoing
•Staff report –October 17
•1st Council reading –November
•2nd Council reading –December
•Enforcement begins –early 2020