6TH REPORT OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND ECOLOGICAL PLANNING
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
meeting held on June
22, 2017, commencing at 5:00 PM, in Committee Room #1 & 2, Second Floor,
London City Hall.
PRESENT: S. Levin (Chair), A. Boyer, C.
Evans, P. Ferguson, S. Hall, K. Moser, S. Peirce, J. Stinziano, R. Trudeau and
I. Whiteside and J. Martin (Acting Secretary).
ABSENT: E. Arellano, C. Kushnir, S. Madhavji, A.
Regehr, N. St. Amour and N. Weerasuriya .
ALSO PRESENT: W. Abbott, C.
Creighton, J. MacKay, G. Nichols and J. Stanford.
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That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary
interests were disclosed.
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That it BE NOTED that the Environmental and
Ecological Planning Advisory Committee (EEPAC) received the attached
presentation from J. Stanford, Director, Environment, Fleet and Solid Waste and
W. Abbott, Project Manager, Solid Waste Management, with respect to the early
stages of the Residual Waste Disposal Strategy including an Environmental
Assessment for the expansion of the W12A landfill and the development of the
Resource Recovery Strategy; it being noted that the EEPAC members are
encouraged to provide feedback with respect to this matter.
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That it BE NOTED that the 5th Report of the
Environmental and Ecological Planning Advisory Committee from its meeting
held on May 18, 2017, was received.
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That it BE NOTED that the 7th Report of the
Advisory Committee on the Environment from its meeting held on June 7, 2017,
was received.
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That it BE NOTED that the Notice of Study
Commencement dated May 22, 2017 from T. Koza, Project Manager, Corporation of
the City of London and P. McAllister, Project Manager, AECOM Canada, with
respect to the Southdale Road West improvements, from Pine Valley Boulevard
to Colonel Talbot Road Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, was
received.
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That it BE NOTED that the Notice of Public
Information Centre #2 from H. Huotari, Project Manager, Parsons Inc. and M.
Elmadhoon, Traffic and Transportation Engineer, City of London, for Bostwick
Road from Southdale Road to the intersection at Wharncliffe Road South
Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, was received.
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That it BE NOTED that the Notice of
Addendum Commencement and Public Information Centre dated June 27, 2017 from
D. Gough, Environmental Services Engineer and C. Moon, Project Manager,
AECOM, with respect to the Hyde Park Community Storm Drainage and Stormwater
Management Servicing Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Addendum, was
received.
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That it BE NOTED that the Notice dated June
9, 2017 from M. Kireev, Transportation Planning and Design and I. Bartlett,
Stantec Consulting Inc., with respect to the extension of Veterans Memorial
Parkway from Huron Street to Clarke Road, was received.
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That it BE NOTED that the Construction
Notice dated June 9, 2017 from A. Spahiu, Transportation Design Engineer,
with respect to the Kiwanis Park Pathway Connection, was received.
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That it BE NOTED that the Environmental and
Ecological Planning Advisory Committee held a general discussion with respect
to its 2017 work plan.
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That it BE NOTED that a presentation from
K. Moser, with respect to the Medway Forest Conservation Master Plan was
received; it being noted that the members were encouraged to complete the
survey and provide feedback with respect to this matter.
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That it BE NOTED that a verbal presentation
from J. Stinziano with respect to Fulbright Canada RBC Eco-Leadership grants
was received; it being noted that the EEPAC provided a number of project suggestions
with respect to this matter.
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That delegation status for a member of the Environmental
and Ecological Advisory Committee to attend a meeting of the Animal Welfare
Advisory Committee to gather their feedback with respect to the Cats and
Birds pamphlet, BE REQUESTED; it being noted that Corporate Communications
has reviewed the pamphlet.
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That it BE NOTED that the Environmental and
Ecological Advisory Committee will meet on July 20, 2017.
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That it BE NOTED that the potential
appointment of S. Siva Kumar as the EEPAC representative to the London
Phragmites Working Group was supported in principle; it being noted that S.
Siva Kumar has not yet been confirmed as an appointed EEPAC member.
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That it BE NOTED that the Notice of
Completion for the Mud Creek Subwatershed Schedule B Municipal Class EA from D.
Gough, Environmental Services Engineer and T. Mahood, Project Manager, CH2M,
was received.
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That the draft recommended Green Standards
for Light Pollution and Bird-Friendly Development BE REFERRED back to the Working
Group for review and compilation of all edits including feedback from the Animal
Welfare Advisory Committee; it being noted that the Environmental and
Ecological Advisory Committee held a general discussion with respect to this
matter .
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The meeting adjourned at 7:32 PM.
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NEXT MEETING DATE: July
20, 2017