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4.15 4.15 Labor and Policy Issues\Energy Benclunarking Policy for Mtuiicipal Buildings—8-7-17 RESOLUTION ADOPTING ENERGY BENCHMARKING POLICY FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS IN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY RESOLUTION NO.: ,2017 INTRODUCED BY: WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: WHEREAS, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced a new Clean Energy Communities Program which would allow the Town of Queensbury access to significant grant funding to further implement clean energy actions reducing both energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions, and WHEREAS, one of the Clean Energy Communities "High Impact Actions" requires the Town Board to establish a Policy which mandates the public reporting of building energy benchmarking, and WHEREAS, establishing a building energy benchmarking system will benefit the Town and its residents by making available good actionable information on municipal building energy use to help identify opportunities to cut costs and reduce pollution in the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to adopt a Policy that directs that monthly building energy usage for all fuel types including but not limited to electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, chilled water, steam and diesel fuel be collected and formally tracked for all buildings that are 1,000 square feet or larger that are owned or occupied by the Town, using the EPA Portfolio Manager platform, and WHEREAS, building reports shall be made available to the Town Board in EPA Portfolio Manager regarding summary statistics for each covered property including Energy Use Intensity, annual greenhouse gas emissions, an energy performance score where available, and other descriptive information as required by EPA Portfolio Manager and for that data to be made available to the public via the internet on an annual basis, and WHEREAS, the Town Supervisor or his designee shall be the administrator of this local Policy and promulgate procedures necessary for the administration of the requirements of this local Policy, and WHEREAS, the Town Supervisor may exempt a particular municipal building from the benchmarking requirement if it is determined that such municipal building(s) has characteristics that make benchmarking impractical, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby adopts and establishes the Energy Benchmarking Policy as outlined in the preambles of this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to forward certified copies of this Resolution to Robin M. Reynolds, Senior Planner — Capital District Regional Planning Commission, One Park Place, Suite 102 Albany, NY 12205 and to members of the Town's Clean Energy Communities Committee upon its establishment, and BE IT FURTHER, 2 RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Clerk and/or Town Budget Officer to take all actions necessary to effectuate this Resolution. Duly adopted this 7ffi day of August, 2017,by the following vote: AYES NOES ABSENT : 3