Advisory Committee on the Environment

Report

Meeting #:1st Meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Environment
Date:
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Location:
Committee Room #4
Attendance
  • PRESENT:   S. Ratz (Chair), K. Birchall, S. Brooks, S. Hall, M. Hodge, J. Howell, D. Szoller and A. Tipping and J. Bunn (Secretary)
      
    ABSENT:   M. Bhavra, M. Bloxam, L. Langdon and T. Stoiber

    The meeting was called to order at 12:15 PM.


That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.

  • That it BE NOTED that the Advisory Committee on the Environment elected S. Ratz and A. Tipping as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, for the term ending June 1, 2019.

  • That it BE NOTED that the 11th Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment, from its meeting held on November 7, 2018, was received.

  • That it BE NOTED that the Municipal Council resolution, from its meeting held on November 20, 2018, with respect to the 11th Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment, was received.

  • That it BE NOTED that the Municipal Council resolution, from its meeting held on November 20, 2018, with respect to the recruitment and appointment of Advisory Committee members for the up-coming term, was received.

  • That the Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to have a representative of the Communications Department attend the January or February 2019 meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Environment (ACE) in order to review and demonstrate how the following environmental topics and city programs that relate to these topics are being communicated via the City of London website, as well as through other City of London communication vehicles:

    ·         Pollinator Programs;

    ·         Urban Agriculture Strategy;

    ·         Resilience/Climate Change Preparation; and,

    ·         Toilets Are Not Garbage Cans;

    it being noted that these are all topics that the ACE has had an interest in during its term.

  • That it BE NOTED that the Advisory Committee on the Environment held a general discussion related to the "Toilets Are Not Garbage Cans" stickers initiative.

  • The next meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Environment will be held on January 9, 2019.

The meeting adjourned at 1:04 PM.