Advisory Committee on the Environment

Report

9th Meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Environment

Wednesday, November 03, 2021 at 12:15 P.m. - 1:15 P.m.

Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting - during the COVID-19 Emergency

Attendance

• PRESENT:  M.T. Ross (Chair), N. Beauregard, M. Bloxam, J. Howell, K. May, M.D. Ross, J. Santarelli, D. Szoller and B. Vogel and J. Bunn (Committee Clerk)
  
  ABSENT:  A. Tipping
  
  ALSO PRESENT:  T. Arnos, A. DiCicco, M. Fabro, J. Stanford and B. Westlake-Power
  
  The meeting was called to order at 12:17 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

Net-Zero Ready Building Codes

• That it BE NOTED that the communication, as appended to the Agenda, from the Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies, with respect to Net-Zero Ready Building Codes, and a verbal delegation from A. Pape-Salmon, Commissioner, BC Utilities Commission, were received

3.

Consent

3.1

7th and 8th Reports of the Advisory Committee on the Environment

• That it BE NOTED that the 7th and 8th Reports of the Advisory Committee on the Environment, from the meetings held on September 1, 2021 and October 6, 2021, were received.

3.2

2020 Community Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory

• That it BE NOTED that the staff report, dated August 31, 2021, from K. Scherr, Deputy City Manager, Environment and Infrastructure, with respect to the 2020 Community Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, was received.

3.3

2020 Corporate Energy Consumption and Activities Report

• That it BE NOTED that the staff report, dated August 31, 2021, from K. Scherr, Deputy City Manager, Environment and Infrastructure, with respect to the 2020 Corporate Energy Consumption and Activities Report, was received.

3.4

Notice of Study Initiation - Dingman Creek Subwatershed Stage 2 Lands - Municipal Class Environmental Assessment

• That it BE NOTED that the Notice of Study Initiation, dated September 2, 2021, from A. Sones, City of London and F. Curi, KGS Group Inc., with respect to the Dingman Creek Subwatershed Stage 2 Lands Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, was received.

4.

Items for Discussion

4.1

About London Hydro

• That it BE NOTED that the presentation, dated October 6, 2021, from T. Arnos, London Hydro, with respect to information related to London Hydro and sustainability, was received; it being noted that it was requested that the above-noted presentation be resubmitted to the December Advisory Committee on the Environment (ACE) Agenda in order for the ACE to make formal comments.

5.

Additional Business

5.1

(ADDED) Windermere Road Improvements - Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study - Notice of Public Information Centre #2

• That it BE NOTED that the Notice of Public Information Centre #2 document, dated October 28, 2021, from P. Yanchuk, City of London and K. Welker, Stantec Consulting Ltd., with respect to the Windermere Road Improvements Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study, was received.

6.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 1:53 PM.