TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: May 6, 2024 Report No. DEV-24-2024
TO: Council
FROM: Karen Hay, Policy Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Building Retrofit Study - FCM GMF Grant Application
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council resolves to endorse a municipal application to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Green Municipal Fund (GMF) for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Pathway Feasibility Study Grant application with a goal to "identify a sequence of GHG reduction measures to reduce GHG emissions for community buildings by at least 50% within 10 years and by at least 80% (i.e. near net-zero GHG emissions) within 20 years" from 2023 (the base year), "while managing capital costs and reducing operating costs".
That Council has committed to spending $50,000.00 towards a building retrofit study to reduce the GHG emissions from the Township's corporate buildings as part of its GHG Reduction Roadmap.
And that Council acknowledges that the Township is eligible to only submit one application for the GMF Community Building Retrofit Feasibility (CBF) Study grant offer.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The purpose of this report is to request Council endorse staff applying to the GMF through a resolution to be included as an essential part of the grant application. Council also needs to commit to the goal of the grant program which is to "identify a sequence of GHG reduction measures to reduce GHG emissions for community buildings by at least 50% within 10 years and by at least 80% (i.e. near net-zero GHG emissions) within 20 years while managing capital costs and reducing operating costs". Further, Council needs to disclose how much they have committed towards the feasibility study and acknowledge the one identified eligibility limitation, which is that only one application can be submitted. Due to the single application limit, staff have proposed to include five municipal buildings in the study: the re...
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