City Council on February 22 and 23, 2010, adopted the following:

1.         The Toronto Green Standard performance measures, as adopted by City Council at its meeting held on October 26 and 27, 2009, remain unchanged at this time.

2.         The City Policy on Green Roofs buildings owned by the City of Toronto or any of its agencies, boards, commissions or corporations not be amended for the reasons identified in the report (January 22, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

1.         The Toronto Green Standard performance measures, as adopted by City Council at its meeting held on October 26 and 27, 2009, remain unchanged at this time.

2.         The City Policy on Green Roofs buildings owned by the City of Toronto or any of its agencies, boards, commissions or corporations not be amended for the reasons identified in the report (January 22, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

This report responds to requests for additional information from the City Council meeting on October 26, 2009. Council requested that the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning consider a number of amendments to the Toronto Green Standard including: requirements for in-building systems that will better facilitate the City's three-stream recycling program; moving the requirement for provision of Energy Star compliant refrigerators and dishwashers into Tier 1 of the Toronto Green Standard and requiring City and ABCCD owned buildings that are not heated or cooled to meet the same green roof standards applied to private sector buildings.

This report does not recommend any amendments to the Toronto Green Standard resulting from this report.