Advisory Committee on the Environment

Report

Meeting #:	10th Meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Environment
Date:	Wednesday, November 06, 2019 at 12:15 P.m. - 1:15 P.m.
Location:	Committee Room #4

Attendance

• PRESENT: M. Bloxam (Chair), J. Howell, K. May, M. Ross, M.D. Ross, R. Sirois, K. Soliman, D. Szoller, A. Thompson and A. Tipping and J. Bunn (Committee Secretary)
  
  ALSO PRESENT: Councillor M. van Holst; S. Arnos, S. Cheng, A. Dunbar, J. Grinstead
  
  The meeting was called to order at 12:16 PM.

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1.

Call to Order

1.1

Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest

That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.

2.

Scheduled Items

2.1

Gas Tax Distribution

• That the following actions be taken with respect to Gas Tax Distribution:

  a)            the '8.0 - Recommendations' section of the Cycling Master Plan Review Working Group Report of the Cycling Advisory Committee, dated October 16, 2019, BE ADDED to the December 2019 agenda of the Advisory Committee on the Environment (ACE) for discussion;

  b)            a representative from Financial Planning and Policy BE INVITED to attend the ACE meeting in January 2020 to give a brief outline of the City of London budget process and the new business cases that are being brought forward; and,

  c)            the attached presentation, from A. Dunbar, Manager, Financial Planning and Policy, with respect to Gas Tax Distribution, BE RECEIVED.

   

3.

Consent

3.1

9th Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment

• That it BE NOTED that the 9th Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment, from its meeting held on October 2, 2019, was received.

3.2

10th Report of the Trees and Forests Advisory Committee

• That it BE NOTED that the 10th Report of the Trees and Forests Advisory Committee, from its meeting held on October 23, 2019, was received.

3.3

10th Report of the Transportation Advisory Committee

• That it BE NOTED that the 10th Report of the Transportation Advisory Committee, from its meeting held on October 22, 2019, was received.

3.4

11th Report of the Environmental and Ecological Planning Advisory Committee

• That it BE NOTED that the 11th Report of the Environmental and Ecological Planning Advisory Committee, from its meeting held on October 17, 2019, was received.

3.5

Municipal Council Resolution - 8th Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment

• That it BE NOTED that the Municipal Council resolution, from its meeting held on October 4, 2019, with respect to the 8th Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment, was received.

3.6

Public Meeting Notice - Zoning By-law Amendment - City-Wide - Allowing "Farm Gate" Sales on Lands Not Zoned Agriculture

• That it BE NOTED that the Public Meeting Notice, dated October 30, 2019, from C. Parker, Senior Planner, with respect to a Zoning By-law Amendment related to allowing farm gate sales on lands not zoned agriculture, was received.

3.7

(ADDED) Municipal Council Resolution - 9th Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment   

• That it BE NOTED that the Municipal Council resolution, from its meeting held on October 29, 2019, with respect to the 9th Report of the Advisory Committee on the Environment, was received.

4.

Sub-Committees and Working Groups

4.1

Energy Sub-Committee Update

• That it BE NOTED that a verbal update from M. Bloxam, with respect to the Energy Sub-Committee, was received.

5.

Items for Discussion

5.1

Green Municipal Fund

• That it BE NOTED that the communication from K. May, as appended to the agenda, with respect to the Green Municipal Fund, was received.

5.2

Green in the City Series Update

• That it BE NOTED that the communication from S. Ratz, as appended to the agenda, with respect to an update on the involvement of the Advisory Committee on the Environment with the Green in the City Series, was received.

5.3

ACE Terms of Reference

• That the following actions be taken with respect to the Advisory Committee on the Environment (ACE) Terms of Reference:

  a)            the City Clerk BE REQUESTED to fill the existing vacancies in the ACE membership in order to allow the ACE to fulfill its full potential given the short term of two years to make solid recommendations to the Municipal Council; and,

  b)            the City Clerk BE REQUESTED to remove the non-voting membership positions for the Institute of Catastrophic Research (Western University) and the Biodrome (Western University) and to replace them with a Representative from Western University, with no department specified.

   

5.4

ACE 2019 Budget

• That it BE NOTED that the Advisory Committee on the Environment (ACE) held a general discussion with respect to the 2019 ACE Budget.

6.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 2:13 PM.