Re-opening and Amending Item 2023.IE9.5 to Extend the 2024 Reporting, Exemption, and Extension Deadline for Municipal Code Chapter 367, Building Emissions Performance - by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, seconded by Councillor Dianne Saxe

Under the By-law, the deadline for property owners to submit 2023 report information to the City is July 2, 2024. However, to date, only approximately 1 percent of the properties that are required to report to the City have submitted their report information. Furthermore, City staff have heard from some property owners that they are experiencing delays in receiving aggregated whole-building consumption data and may not be able to report their energy and water use information by the report deadline or may need a reporting exemption or extension this year from the City. The deadline stated in the By-law for a property owner to apply for an extension or exemption from reporting is 60 calendar days prior to the report deadline and has passed for this calendar year. Given that 2024 is the first year that property owners are required to report their buildings' energy and water use to the City of Toronto, and the July 2, 2024 report deadline is fast approaching, City staff would like to extend the 2024 deadline to submit their report information or request a reporting extension or exemption to October 31, 2024 in order to provide property owners with additional time. REQUIRES RE-OPENING Item 2023.IE9.5 (December 13, 14, and 15, 2023, City Council meeting) only as it pertains to Part 1 of City Council's decision, with respect to the reporting deadline.

2. City Council authorize the introduction of the necessary Bills in Council to give effect to City Council's decision.