HomeMy WebLinkAboutApril 13, 2011
-JCitq o¢~ Minutes/Meeting Summary
Sustainable Pickering Advisory Committee
_ i CAO Boardroom
I KERI Wednesday, April 13, 2011
11:30 am
Attendees: Mayor Ryan
Doug Dickerson, City Councillor, Ward 2
David Pickles, City Councillor, Ward 3
Peter Rodrigues, Regional Councillor, Ward 3
Tom Melymuk, Director, Office of Sustainability
Lynn Winterstein, Manager, Marketing & Business Development
Chantal Whitaker, Coordinator, Sustainability
Renee Michaud, Executive Assistant, Council Office (Recording Secretary)
Item/ Details & Discussion &'Conclusion Action Items/Status
Ref # (summary ' of discussion) (include deadline as
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1. Committee Appointments Chair & Vice-Chair T. Mel muk
Nomination of Chair & Vice-Chair
Mayor Ryan nominated Councillor Dickerson for Chair and
Councillor Pickles for Vice-Chair. Both Councillors accepted
and since there were no other nominations, the appointments
were confirmed.
It was noted that the appointments are for the 4 year term of
Council, ending in 2014.
2. Sustainable Pickering 2011 Work Program T. Mel muk
Tom noted that the report on the Sustainable Pickering 2011 work
program was received by Council. Work is progressing extremely
well on the draft sustainable placemaking guidelines for Seaton. A
second draft should be available shortly, following receipt of the
comments from the landowners on the first draft.
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It is intended that the guidelines will be endorsed by Council by the
end of this month as required by the Seaton minutes of settlement.
A Special Meeting of Council has been'scheduled for this purpose
on April 26tH
Tom mentioned that, at this point the scorecard is still under
development but will be based on the achievement of sustainability
"enhancements."
There are over 100 enhancements in the guidelines and the current
thinking is that these will be categorized as low, moderate or high
and that this categorization will be used in developing the
scorecard.
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Incentives will also be developed to encourage higher levels of
sustainability.
Councillor Dickerson is pleased with these results as it is something
they have wanted to implement for a long time. Tom mentioned
that this will be a living document which can be amended as
required. The scorecard may need to be updated within 6 months
as needed.
It was noted that there will be a Public Open House for the Seaton
Neighbourhood Planning Review SNPR) in the lobby at the Civic
Complex on Wednesday, April 20t to provide information and
obtain comments on recent work that has been prepared through
the SNPR.
The 2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Mission is being held
from August 7 to 12, 2011 in Quebec. A complete itinerary was
circulated. Anyone interested to attend should inform Councillor
Dickerson b earl May.
3. Debrief Sustainable Pickering's Earth Hour Celebration L. Winterstein
C. Whitaker
Chantal reported that the March 26 event at the Pickering
Town Centre was received very well. The partnership with PTC
helped make it an affordable and well attended event.
The event was very engaging and fit our messaging very well.
Kid's activities (stamping and bag decorating) were especially
popular. The bags were provided by PTC.
271 families signed up and 87 household were added to our
Sustainable Pickering email distribution list.
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It was noted that all Durham municipalities recorded lower earth
hour energy savings this year.
Chantal indicated that we did put a lot of effort into marketing
and joined with the Region on a postcard mail out. We also
uploaded our event to social media sites (Facebook and Flickr)
during the day.
It was agreed that this is not a costly event and that we should
continue to participate but also look at other opportunities and
activities which could be coordinated as part of Earth Hour.
4. Update 2011 Contribution Program C.Whitaker
Chantal indicated that funds are still coming in and to date, we
have received $7,500 and have a verbal commitment from
Veridian for an additional $2,500. Our target is $10,000 and we
are hopeful for a few more contributions in the next few weeks.
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`5. Other Business C. Whitaker
- Special Meeting of the GTA Clean Air Council - May 27th T. Mel muk"
Chantal mentioned that this year the City of Oshawa will be
hosting the GTA Clean Air Council's Special Meeting (formerly
known as Smog Summit) on Friday, May 27, 2011 from 10 am
to 4 pm, in Oshawa at the McLaughlin Library and Gallery.
This is an opportunity for municipal political leaders from across
the Region to discuss priorities in the implementation of clean
air and climate change actions.
Some Councillors have indicated that they are not available to Chantal requested that
attend. Chantal to resend the invitation. She indicated that if Renee resend
participants can't stay the whole day that the 2:00 pm invitation.
Facilitated Visioning Session would be a priority.
Tom mentioned that Brian Kelly of the Region of Durham is
moving forward with their Community Action Plan to address
Greenhouse Gas Emissions. After discussion by the Durham
Region Environmental Coordinators Committee it was decided
that all the municipalities are at different stages of planning so
while they will share information, they will continue to prepare
their own Community Action Plans.
Mayor Ryan recommended that the City of Pickering get
recognition as being a leader in this group. Pickering should be
acknowledged for their accomplishments to date.
Councillor Rodrigues is the Region's appointed alternate
representative on the Roundtable on Climate Change and will Councillor Rodrigues
follow up with them to ensure that the City of Pickering is to follow up and inform
recognized. committee.
Update on electronic waste collection event - Chantal
mentioned that Michelle Pearce indicated that the event went
very well. They collected over 4 trailers full of electronic waste.
Michelle will be issuing a media release with the statistics in the
next few weeks.
It was noted that 100% of the waste is recycled in North
America.
This event will now be held every year in all municipalities in the
Durham Region. Ongoing discussions to implement the event
on a more regular basis, instead of just one day a year.
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4bv Mayor Ryan indicated that he secured a commitment from the
Commissioner of Works to investigate a test pilot project for the
red box program (household hazardous waste) and
recommended that the Sustainable Pickering Advisory
Committee get involved in the development of this program at
the local level with Miller Waste. He indicated that initial
discussions with Miller Waste have been very positive and
they feel that is would be easy enough to implement.
6. Next Meeting All
The next Sustainable Pickering Advisory Committee meeting is
tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, May 11th at 11:30 am.
Meeting Adjourned: 1 pm
Copy: Members of Council
City Clerk
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