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AP14* Minutes / Meeting Summary
Sustainable Pickering Advisory Committee
April 23, 2009
10:00 am
Main Committee Room
Attendees: Doug Dickerson, City Councillor, Ward 2 (Chair)
Jennifer O'Connell, City Councillor, Ward I (Vice-Chair)
Tom Melymuk, (Acting) Chief Administrative Officer
Neil Carroll, Director, Planning & Development
Lynn Winterstein, Manager, Marketing & Business Development
Chantal Whitaker, Coordinator, Sustainability
Catherine Rose, Manager, Policy
Lynda Taylor, Manager, Development Review,
Robert Starr, Manager, Development Control
Tim Moore, Chief Building Official
Ross Pym, Principal Planner - Development Review
Grant McGregor, Principal Planner - Policy'
Marilee Gadzovski, Stormwater & Environmental Engineer
Jack McGinnis - Durham Sustain Ability
Marla Shim, Executive Assistant, Council (Recording Secretary)
Absent: David Pickles, City Councillor, Ward 3
1. erne-& Introdogl ris
Councillor Dickerson welcomed everyone to the meeting and
passed along regrets from Councillor Pickles who is away on
Provincial business.
2. Sustainable Deve
Copies of the Sustainable Development Guideline 2:
Subdivisions, Rezonings, Site Plans & Building Permits and
Summary of Scoring for Mattamy's Duffin Heights June 2008
Plan - January 2009 were distributed to atten0ees.
• Planning & Development staff gave an ovorview of the Planning &
guidelines and the scoring system Development staff
• Mattamy's draft plan was used as an example to illustrate will prepare a
the scoring second edition of the
• General discussion ensued regarding possible Sustainable
improvements to the guidelines Development
Guidelines.
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3. Eastern Power
Copies of Eastern Power - Brock West Biomass Proposal
were distributed to members.
• J. McGinnis advised that additional comments/questions
were received from the public, with a mixture of approval
and opposition
• It is felt that Eastern Power did not provide enough details of
their program
• Eastern Power has made it clear that they will no longer ask
for public input and are hoping to receive "formal support"
from the Committee and the City for the project
• It was suggested that the Committee subunit a report to J. McGinnis and staff
Council noting that they do not object to the process, but are will prepare a Council
not willing to support it prematurely report, in consultation
• Will need to get consensus from Council with Councillors
• Councilor O'Connell informed members that she strongly Dickerson, O'Connell
opposes biomass and will not support it. She does not want and Pickles.
Pickering to be the guinea pig and feels that too much extra
land will be used for the project
• It was discussed and agreed that the Council report should Staff will assist
note that they do not have a consensus preparing a letter from
• Add a condition that if the trial were to go ahead, it will be Councillor Dickerson to
necessary to receive input from an outsid$ agency Eastern Power asking
for more clarity.
4. Sustainable Ow, ft-
Copies of the new Sustainable Pickering Logm were
distributed to members.
• C. Whitaker advised that the logo was unanimously
selected by staff, who worked with an award winning
company to design the logo
• The website will articulate the meaning. of the logo and
explain how the branding is portrayed
• It is unique to Pickering and integrates all of the concepts
that we are trying to promote
5. Sustainable
• The new site will be WX compliant; it will Mink to the A meeting will be held
corporate site with IT staff to discuss
• The new website will allow several options] for refreshing enhancements,
pages including adding Flickr
• Will promote sponsors (corporations) by having a special to the City's website.
feature page with their bios
• The home page will have an ambassador's component to
encourage additional people to participate jin the program
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6. Firth Hour - U ate
• Prizes were donated by TRCA, OPG and Pickering Town
Centre
• A Media Release was sent out to recognize participants
and winners
• Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade has already posted the
photographs on their website
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• T. Melymuk advised that a motion was passed by Council Planning &
for the Sustainable Committee members to comment on Development staff to
the pros and cons of Bill 150 draft a report on Bill
• Planning & Development staff will prepared a draft and 150 for discussion with
report back to the Committee. At that timo, the the Sustainable
Sustainable Committee will decide if the comments Committee.
should be in the form of a letter and sent directly to the
Province, or whether the report will be forwarded to the
Planning & Development Committee and Council for
endorsement and submission to the Province
• J. McGinnis distributed a drawing depicting a Renewable
Energy TrainingNisitor Centre
• Investigating the opportunity to have a solar farm/
demonstration site and interpretative centre in a speck .
location in Pickering
• J. McGinnis noted that a presentation was made to
Council last September and he has been (having regular
discussions with Veridian staff
• C. Whitaker commented that some of the new revolving
solar technologies allow for increased performance and
multiple land use.
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May 26th at 2:00 pm.
Meeting Adjourned: 12:55 pm
Copy: City Clerk
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