Advisory Committee on the Environment

Report

Meeting #:	3rd Meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Environment
Date:	Wednesday, March 06, 2019 at 12:15 P.m. - 1:15 P.m.
Location:	Committee Room #4

Attendance

• PRESENT:   S. Ratz (Chair), K. Birchall, M. Bloxam, S. Brooks, S. Hall, M. Hodge, L. Langdon, C. Lyons, D. Szoller and A. Tipping and J. Bunn (Secretary)
    
  ABSENT:   J. Howell
   
  ALSO PRESENT:   V. Kinsley, T. MacBeth, L. McDougall, J. Stanford, G. Tucker and T. Van Rossum
   
  The meeting was called to order at 12:15 PM.

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1.

Call to Order

1.1

Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest

That it BE NOTED that S. Ratz disclosed a pecuniary interest in clauses 3.3 and 5.2 of this Report, having to do with a Voluntary Recycling Program Staff Response and a Green in the City 2019 discussion, respectively, by indicating that her employer is involved in both of these items.

2.

Scheduled Items

2.1

Communication of Environmental Topics and City Programs to the Public

• That it BE NOTED that the attached presentation from G. Tucker, Communications Specialist, with respect to the communication of environmental topics and city programs to the public, was received; it being noted that verbal delegations from L. McDougall, Ecologist Planner, T. Van Rossum, Environmental Services Engineer, V. Kinsley, Supervisor, Neighbourhood Development & Support and J. Stanford, Director - Environment, Fleet and Solid Waste, were received with respect to this matter.

3.

Consent

3.1

2nd Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment

• That it BE NOTED that the 2nd Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment, from its meeting held on February 6, 2019, was received.

3.2

1st Report of the Trees and Forests Advisory Committee

• That it BE NOTED that the 1st Report of the Trees and Forests Advisory Committee, from its meeting held on January 23, 2019, was received.

3.3

Voluntary Commercial Recycling Program - Staff Response

• That the Memo, dated February 7, 2019, from J. Stanford, Director, Environment, Fleet & Solid Waste, with respect to the staff response to a voluntary commercial recycling program BE REFERRED to the Waste Sub-Committee for review.

3.4

Green in the City - 2018 Speaker Series - Final Report

• That it BE NOTED that the Green in the City Speaker Series Final Report, dated February 24, 2019, from S. Ratz, was received.

4.

Sub-Committees and Working Groups

None.

5.

Items for Discussion

5.1

Precautionary Principle - Discussion

• That the submission with respect to the Precautionary Principle in London, submitted by K. Birchall, BE DEFERRED to the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Environment for discussion.

5.2

Green in the City 2019 - Discussion

• That the subject of a 2019 Green in the City Speaker Series BE DEFERRED to the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Environment (ACE) to be considered in conjunction with the 2019 ACE Work Plan.

6.

Deferred Matters/Additional Business

None.

7.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 1:23 PM.