Item No. 8.3

Council Report: S 107/2020

Subject: Windsor Deep Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program Grant Opportunity

Reference:

Date to Council: August 26, 2020
Author: Kyle Bassett
Community Energy Plan Administrator
kbassett@citywindsor.ca
519-253-7111 x 3224
Report Date: August 7, 2020
Clerk’s File #: MU/8327

To: Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

1. That the report of the Community Energy Plan Administrator dated August 6, 2020 entitled Windsor Deep Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program Grant Opportunity BE RECEIVED for information.

2. That City Council DIRECT Administration to submit an application to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Community Efficiency Financing program (the “FCM CEF Program”) for grant funding (“the Grant”) in order to complete a Program Design Study, along with the following recommendations:

   1. That the Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to execute any agreements, declarations or approvals required to submit the application for the Grant;

   2. That the Chief Administrative Officer and the City Clerk BE AUTHORIZED to take any such action and sign any such documentation as may be required to effect the recommendations and funding for the Grant, subject to all documentation being satisfactory in legal form to the City Solicitor, in technical content to the City Engineer, and in financial content to the City Treasurer;

   3. That in the event the City receives written confirmation of the Grant being awarded to the City, implementation of the DEER Project does not result in a need for additional City funding not already approved by City Council and where the Grant provider confirms that expenditures as of that date are eligible, then City Council APPROVES the following recommendations:

      1. The Chief Administrative Officer BE AUTHORIZED to delegate signing of all claims and applicable schedules and other such documents required as part of the request for payment to the Supervisor, Environmental Sustainability & Climate Change or