| Los Angeles County, CA | November 3, 2009 Election |
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RPV Green Building ProgramBy Jim KnightCandidate for Council Member; City of Rancho Palos Verdes |
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Initiated a Green Building Program for Rancho Palos VerdesI have always been an advocate of responsible development and I think the city should serve as an assistant to that end. One area of recent interest is building in a sustainable, energy and water efficient manner. I embarked upon an effort in conjunction with the RPV Planning Dept. to put forth a Green Building Program ordinance that encouraged such goals. The program was designed to be voluntary and utilized planning incentives to encourage participation. As a part of developing this program I networked with many other planners and cities in California with similar programs and did extensive research to help develop the best possible model. I also reached out to Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates and Rolling Hills in an effort to encourage a trans-jurisdictional coordination of green building programs so that the process would be more user friendly to architects and contractors. At one such meeting we invited Marilyn Lyon of the South Bay Environmental Services Center and, building on this networking model, she developed a Green Task Force for the South Bay Council of Governments and expanded the idea to other cities in the south bay. I have been an active member of the SBCOG¡¦s Green Task Force since its inception. |
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