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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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