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Minutes/Meeting Summary
Sustainable Pickering Advisory Committee
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
10 am
Pickering City Hall, Main Committee Room
One The Esplanade
Attendees: - Doug Dickerson, City Councillor, Ward 2
Peter Rodrigues, Regional Councillor, Ward 3
. Tom Melymuk, Director, Office of Sustainability
Lynn Winterstein, Manager, Marketing & Business Development
Kristy Kilbourne, (Acting) Caordinator, Sustainability
Renee Michaud, Executive Assistant, Council (Recording Secretary)
Absent: Dave Ryan, Mayor - Regrets
David Pickles, City Councillar, Ward 3-Regrets
Item/
Details & Discussion & Conclusion
Action Items/Status
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(surnmary of discussion)
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1.
Committee A ointments Chair & Vice-Chair
T. Mel muk
Nomination for Chair and Vice-Chair were discussed.
Tom to chair this meeting and Committee Appointments will
be selected at the next meeting.
2.
Sustainable Pickerin 2011 Fte orts to Council
T. Mel muk
Tom advised that they are targei:ing the March 7t" Council meeting
for a report on the City's Sustainable Pickering program.
The 2011 Sustainable Pickering Work Plan includes the following:
1. Completion of the Measuring Sustainability Progress Report
2. Planning and implementation of Sustainable Pickering's
Earth Hour Celebration
3. Continued Expansion of Sustainable Pickering Community
Engagement Programs
4. Ongoing action and monitoring on the City's current
performance with respecfi to corporate and community
energy use and greenhoLase gas emissions
5. Participation in various sustainability events and programs
6. Continued work on Sustainable Placemaking
7. Continued promotion and expansion of the Sustainable
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Pickering community contribution program
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General Discussion on 2011 work plan:
• Councillor Dickerson stated that work on the Seaton
Sustainable Development Guidelines should be the top
priority on the work plan for immediate attention
• Councillor Rodrigues stated that there should be no reason
that developers cannot meet the guidelines
• T. Melymuk mentioned that the City's consultants are
Schedule a separate
drafting the guidelines and suggested that a.meeting can be
meeting with
arranged for the committee members to review and finalize
Councillors to discuss
them within the few weeks
guidelines only.
• K. Kilbourne mentioned that planning is well underway for
Sustainable Pickering's E,arth Hour celebration to be held in
conjunction with the 2011 Sustainable Pickering Day on
Saturday, March 26th. Fiarther details to follow.
• L. W'interstein indicated that through a CAO's office initiative,
staff have been selected for training on networking tools
such as RSS Feed, Twitter, Blog, etc. Both the Coordinator,
Sustainability and the Ecanomic Development Officer wifl be
trained.
• The City of Picketing is participating in the 2011 Town Hall
Measuring Sustainability
Challenge which is North America wide. Participating
Report to be provided to
municipalities look at theqr usage for electricity and gas from
Councillor Rodrigues for
meter readings and compare with other municipalities to fnd
his review
out how well we are doing in compacison
.
• L. Winterstein mentioned that this provides excellent
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networking opportunities fior the city to be recognized as a
leader as a sustainable community
3.
Susfainable Pickering's Eartlh Hour Cetebration
L. Winterstein
March 26, 2011
` K. Kilbourne
• Scheduled for Saturday;, March 26, 2011 at the Pickering
Town Centre
• Event was very successful last year
• Great opportunity to engage with the public
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• The design concept is being finalized. Various displays
and the Bicentennial booth will be featured
• Marketing promotion on both the City's and the PTC's
websites. Signage will be featured in stands and cube
display units at all mall entrances immediately following
March break
• Earth Hour and Sustainable Pickering Day advertising to
be included in our Community Page ad and also through
a joint marketing venture with the Region and other
municipalities which will be promoted across the Region
• Encourage community to participate in events by
promoting On-line Earth Hour Pledge, family activities,
give-aways, and prizes
• Cake contest for staff wlio take the Earth Hour Pledge
•Councillor Dickerson inclicated a need to measure what
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residents are doing the other 364 days of the year with a
goal being to sustain interest through community
engagement processes. ,
• Possible future engagennent might include a municipal
event to be held in the evening for Earth Hour next year
to en a e residents.
4.
!2011 Contribution Pro ram
T. Mef"muk
T. Melymuk circulated a list of fihe 2010 contributors and
potential contributors. Total collected in 2010 was $10,000.
The committee was hoping for greater participation from
companies in 2010.
T. Melymuk advised that staff will review and amend the listing for
2011 as appropriate. The program will also be promoted more
on our website.
Councillor Rodrigues advised that it would be beneficial to
place additional emphasis on the benefits received by
companies that contribute, i.e. logos advertised on our website,
increased recognition in the coimmunity. And to look into further
benefits such as an annuat plaque in City Hall to display
contributors names.
5.
' Sustainable Placemaking
T. Melymuk :
- Sustainable Cif' Buildin Framework
T. Melymuk circulated a copy c►f the Sustainable Placemaking
Framework concept.
Currently working with IBI + Young & Wright consultant to
develop the framework, which 'Nnvolves two parts: "Building a
Sustainable City" and "Living and Working in a Sustainable
City".
The "Building a Sustainable City" part involves an integrated
look at six disciplines: ,
• Land use planning
• Transportation planning
• Urban design
• Infrastructure engineering
• Environmental management
• Energy management
The goal is to develop the framework as a corporate best
practice. There will also be opportunities to share our
experience and information with other organizations and
munici alities.
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T. Melymuk mentioned that the Planning & Development
Department will now be consid(aring this framework when
evaluating development proposals, and undertaking new
studies (e.g. Downtown Intensification Study).
Councillor Rodrigues expressed interest in this concept and
noted that the disciplines althotagh integrated with each other
are also interdependent. He advocated a need to acknowledge
that continued growth is not necessarily sustainable.
6.
Other Business
All
Councillor Dickerson mentioned that the FCM's 2011
T. Melymuk to review
Sustainable Communities Mission is being held in Quebec from
mission and confirm
August 7 to 12, 2011. In the past one elected official and one
who is eligible to
staff person have been able to attend. (See link
attend.
http://qmf.fcm.ca/Communitv Enerav Mission
Councillor Dickerson mentioned the educational value of this
Mission and indicated that we should make every effort to
attend.
L. Winterstein mentioned that C;hantal Whitaker will be back
from Maternity Leave on March 14th and there will be a couple
weeks overlap before Kristy's contract ends.
7.
Next Meeting
All
It was suggested to coordinate future meeting dates with the
Dates to be provided
Site Plan Committee meetings.
at next meeting for
review and a roval.
Meeting Adjourned: 12:15 pm
Copy: City Clerk
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