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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary 19, 2010 City 00 Minutes/Meeting Summary ICI Sustainable Pickering Advisory Committee VPICKERIN i i January 19, 2010 10:00 am Main Committee Room Attendees: Mayor Ryan Jennifer O'Connell, City Councillor, Ward 1 (Vice-Chair) David Pickles, City Councillor, Ward 3. Tom Melymuk, Director, Office of Sustainability Stephen Reynolds, Division Head, Culture & Recreation Tony Prevedel, Division Head, Operations & Facilities Tim Moore, Chief Building Official John Hannah, Superintendent, Municipal Operations John Coyle, Supervisor, Parks Operations Don Woolley, Supervisor, Roads Operations Lynn Winterstein, Manager, Marketing & Business Development Chantal Whitaker, Coordinator, Sustainability Jack McGinnis - Durham Sustain Ability Marla Shim, Executive Assistant, Council (Recording Secretary) Guests: Two-West Wind and Solar Inc. - Jerry Foster, President (via telephone) - Peter Natyshak, VP Sales - Charles Bouskill, Sales Veridian - Mark Turney, Manager, Grid Operations Absent: Doug Dickerson, City Councillor, Ward 2 (Chair) Item / Details & Discussion &'Conclusion Action Items /Status Ref # (summary of discussion) (include deadline as appropriate) 1. Welcome & Introductions Councillor O'Connell welcomed everyone to the meeting and gave regrets for Councillor Dickerson. 2. Two-West Wind and Solar. Inc. Presentation Jerry Foster joined the meeting via telephone and provided a brief background of their company. Two-West Wind and Solar Inc. is a renewable energy product developer, distributor and marketer of wind turbine products and solar accessories. Page 1 CORP0228-2/02 Features of the vertical hybrid wind turbine (side-winder) include: • The ability to create power in urban areas and at the same time fit into the landscape • A self-starting machine with very low noise decibels • Operates in low wind conditions and can capture wind from passing vehicles • Virtually silent and is both bird and bat friendly Two-West Wind can sell and install the units or they can be installed by the buyer. A unit is installed in Gore Bay, Ontario. In Mississauga there is a sale pending with a car dealership. The Town of Milton is looking into purchasing units for their sports centres. They are currently working on a secondary version of the unit for bus shelters that already have solar roofs. T. Moore noted that the units would need to be regulated through building codes because there could be problems with zoning under the Green Energy Act. The City currently has many restrictions on commercial signage and would need to have signage amendments. 3. U `date on Website _Goo le Anaf icsand Challen"e • C. Whitaker advised that the Sustainable website has received 11,000 visitors since its launch seven months ago and 32,000 page views • 1,600 visits per month • The majority of visitors are within Canada. Other countries within the top four are: USA, UK and Australia • To date, 1,361 people have registered to take the Challenge • Maintains contact with 130 people on the Sustainable Pickering distribution list 4. Update on Measurih Sustainable Pro ream Re ort • C. Whitaker reported that baseline data has been collected for 17.5 of the 32 indicators. C. Whitaker to provide • The data was reviewed by staff and forwarded to Philippa the draft (noting Campsie, a University of Toronto professor who was hired changes) to Councillor to take the information and re-write it into "common Dickerson. Page 2 CORP0228-2/02 i speak"; essentially making it reader friendly for the general public • A review of the first draft has already been completed • A second draft will be forwarded to committee members on January 25th for their review • Staff is working to have the document completed and released in early April, followed by a promotion/marketing period • It will be an online living document that can be easily updated, as more information is collected • Seven indicators will be measured through a community survey • Currently working with Walter Dekeseredy, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) to ensure that scientifically viable methods and industry standards are used when asking-the survey questions • End results will be statistically significant and defensible Copies of the City of Pickering's Sustainability Survey were distributed to Committee members. • The survey will be pre-tested by a randomly selected C. Whitaker will work group of 50 individuals using SurveyMonkey with DSA and UOIT to • The pre-test will enable UOIT to determine if there are make changes and any issues with the survey provide a second draft • Councillor Pickles made some suggested changes to Committee • Committee members will be given a second draft of the members. survey before it is finalized and issued • The final survey will be done by telephone survey using the services of York University, with UOIT preparing the analysis of the final results • Once the survey is complete, the online Sustainable Pickering report will be updated • For the remaining 5.5 indicators, a technical working group will be formed to determine the best approach to measure these indicators. 5. Other Business Sustainable Pickering Day/Earth Hour - Saturday, March 27th L. Winterstein and C. Whitaker reported that there is a great opportunity for the City to partner with the Pickering Town Centre for Sustainable Pickering Day/Earth Hour this year. • The event will be held in the centre court to enable more space and a better visual impact Page 3 CORP0228-2/02 Item Details & Discussion & Conclusion Action Items Status Ref (summary of discussion) (include deadline as appropriate) • Since it is Earth Hour, the event will be focused around "energy conservation" • Pickering Town Centre has a mailing list of 11,000 people that can be contacted for promoting Sustainable Pickering Day/Earth Hour • The partnership will help to reduce costs for the City • The partnership will also mean additional staff resources; an important aspect since C. Whitaker will be on maternity C. Whitaker will leave provide details of • Staff was asked to provide details to Committee members partnership (including before committing to a partnership budgets). Sustainable Pickering Contribution Program C. Whitaker advised that Hubbell Canada has contributed $500.00 towards the Sustainable Pickering Contribution program. TD Commercial Banking Centre has also verbally committed to contributing funds and will get back to us shortly with the amount. 5. Next Meeting, Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Meeting Adjourned: 11:56 am. Page 4 CORP0228-2/02