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city o~ Minutes/Meeting Summary
iii Sustainable Pickering Advisory Committee
i i February 24, 2010
PICKERIN 2:00 pm
Main Committee Room
Attendees: Doug Dickerson, City Councillor, Ward 2 (Chair)
Tom Melymuk, Director, Office of Sustainability
Lynn Winterstein, Manager, Marketing & Business Development
Chantal Whitaker, Coordinator, Sustainability
Marla Shim, Executive Assistant, Council (Recording Secretary)
Absent: Jennifer O'Connell, City Councillor, Ward 1 (Vice-Chair)
David Pickles, City Councillor, Ward 3
Jack McGinnis - Durham Sustain Ability
Item / Details & Discussion & Conclusion Action Items I Status
Ref # (summary of discussion) (include deadline as
appropriate)
1. Sustainable Pickering Contribution Program
• C. Whitaker advised that Indaco Manufacturing Ltd. has C. Whitaker to draft a
contributed $500.00 towards the program follow-up email to
potential sponsors.
• To date, a total of $5,000 has been received, with a verbal
commitment for an additional $3,500 M. Shim to provide
email addresses.
• It was suggested sending a follow-up email from the Chair
to the December 17th letter that was mailed to potential
sponsors
2. Measuring Sustainability Report
• C. Whitaker advised that the Measuring Sustainability
Report has been designed and the draft circulated
• L. Winterstein advised that the Report has been reviewed
and edited; appropriate images have been selected and
tagged
• On schedule for a mid-April release
• Being an online document, ability to change and add
photographs at anytime
• Councillor Dickerson requested that 50 copies be made in
an enhanced format so, that they can be provided to
organizations
• An executive summary may also be produced
• Print a limited amount and have an up-to-date version
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online that can be printed, as needed
• Additional changes will be done after the community
survey, so that the results can be integrated
• Councillor Dickerson gave his congratulations on a job
well done
3. Communit ' Surve
T. Melymuk suggested amending the household income C. Whitaker will speak
question to recognize households with more than $80,000 in with W. Dekeseredy,
total income. University of Ontario
Institute of Technology
(UOIT) regarding
revising the survey.
4. Earth Hour/Sustainable Pickering
• C. Whitaker advised that a meeting is being held with
Pickering Town Centre staff and their advertising agency,
'Aftershock', to discuss promotional materials
• As part of the Challenge, an online form has been created
for Earth Hour pre-registration
• Registrations can also be done on the day of the event
• A $250.00 gift voucher will berm one of the giveaway (gift)
bags
• A media/photo opportunity is scheduled for 1:00 pm
5. Other Business
T. Melymuk advised that a part-time person will be hired (up to
28 hours per week) to fill-in for C. Whitaker during her maternity
leave.
6. Next Meeting
To be determined.
Meeting Adjourned: 3:50 pm.
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