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says, "parks and other County capital needs." <br /> Commissioner Carey said that the second "be it resolved" addresses that issue. <br /> Laura Blackmon introduced the new Financial Services Director, Gary Humphries. <br /> 2. Smart Growth 1 Green Building Report, Pervious Pavement, and OWASA's Water <br /> Conservation Initiative <br /> Planning Director Craig Benedict introduced various staff members from his department. <br /> He said the smart growth and green building initiatives goes back to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners appointing a staff committee to pursue specific objectives and one of the <br /> objectives is to look at the smart growth/green building. He summarized the abstract, as shown <br /> below: <br /> A. Smart Growth/Green Building Standards (Attachment#1) <br /> The BOCC adopted two objectives under its Environmental Responsibility Goal on December 5, <br /> 2005. The first objective is to develop a countywide environmental leadership policy and <br /> institute a standing Environmental Action Committee. The Environmental Action Committee has <br /> been meeting since May 2006. The second objective is to continue, expand, and formally adopt <br /> the use of green building standards; and to construct new facilities and deconstruct outdated <br /> facilities in a way that is eco-friendly, utilizes energy conserving measures, and minimizes <br /> impacts on the environment. At the January 19, 2007 BOCC Retreat, the Board accented its <br /> interest in these topics. <br /> On April 12, 2007, the BOCC adopted five priorities to enhance the implementation of the green <br /> building standards objective of its Environmental Responsibility Goal. In response to the five <br /> priorities, staff suggested the following objectives: <br /> 1. Research and make suggestions for green building standards through the <br /> Comprehensive Plan process and Planning and Inspections Department regulations for <br /> both public and private sector development by the end of 2007. <br /> 2. Participate in education and certification of LEED guidelines through training of Building <br /> and Planning employees in order to provide in-house education of the general public and <br /> private sector builders. 2008 <br /> 3. Adopt `smart growth' principles of land development and site planning including low <br /> impact design' guidelines in appropriate sectors of County policy by the end of 2008. <br /> 4. Adopt `smart growth' principles of land development and site planning including low <br /> impact design' guidelines in planning and erosion control regulations by the end of 2008. <br /> 5. Implement green building standards through the Planning and Inspections Department, <br /> Building Division regulations for both public and private sectors development beginning <br /> in 2009. <br /> A task force of private homebuilders, local private utilities, designers, members of the County <br /> energy conservation team, and representatives from the Town of Hillsborough, County Planning <br /> and Inspections staff met numerous times in the Fall of 2007 to address green building <br /> concepts the result of this effort was the development of recommendations for this Smart <br /> Growth 1 Green Building Report. <br /> Issue: <br /> There are at least seventy-seven (77) different "green building" programs available nationally. <br /> Two (2) have appeared to have risen to the top in their application in Orange County, the <br />