9TH REPORT OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND ECOLOGICAL PLANNING
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
meeting held on November
19, 2015, commencing at 5:00 PM, in Committee Room #5, Second Floor, London
City Hall.
PRESENT: S. Levin (Chair), L. Des Marteaux,
C. Dyck, B. Gibson, S. Hall, D. Hiscott, C. Kushnir, K. Moser, M. Murphy, S.
Peirce, N. St. Amour, J. Stinziano, M. Thorn and R. Trudeau and H. Lysynski
(Secretary).
ABSENT: E. Arellano and P. Ferguson.
ALSO PRESENT: C. Creighton, T.
Grawey, J. MacKay, A. Macpherson, H. McNeely and J. Ramsay.
That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary
interests were disclosed.
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That consideration of the Municipal Council
resolution adopted at its meeting held on June 10, 2015, with respect to
amendments to the Terms of Reference for the City of London Advisory
Committees BE POSTPONED to the next meeting.
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That it BE NOTED that the attached
presentation from J. Ramsay, Manager, Development Services and Engineering
Liaison and T. Grawey, Manager, Development Services and Planning Liaison,
relating to an orientation of the Development Services Division, was
received.
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That it BE NOTED that the attached
presentation from L. Des Marteaux, relating to general entomology, was
received.
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That it BE NOTED that the 8th Report
of the Environmental and Ecological Planning Advisory Committee, from its
meeting held on September 17, 2015, was received.
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That it BE NOTED that the 6th and
7th Reports of the Trees and Forests Advisory Committee, from its meetings
held on September 23, 2015 and October 28, 2015, respectively, were received.
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That it BE NOTED that the 7th and
8th Reports of the Advisory Committee on the Environment, from its meetings
held on October 7, 2015 and November 4, 2015, respectively, were received.
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That it BE NOTED that the Municipal
Council resolution adopted at its meeting held on October 13, 2015, with
respect to the actions taken with the 8th Report of the Environmental and
Ecological Planning Advisory Committee, was received.
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That it BE NOTED that the Municipal
Council resolution adopted at its meeting held on October 27, 2015, with
respect to the actions taken with the 7th Report of the Advisory Committee on
the Environment (ACE), was received; it being noted that the Environmental
and Ecological Planning Advisory Committee welcomed S. Hall, ACE
representative, to the Committee.
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That it BE NOTED that the Municipal
Council resolution adopted at its meeting held on October 27, 2015, with
respect to the proposed multi-use pathway in the Westminster Neighbourhood to
Commissioners Road East, was received.
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11.
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2015 Activity Summary
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That in accordance with the London Advisory
Committee Terms of Reference for all Advisory Committees, the attached
summary of the Environmental and Ecological Planning Advisory Committee
(EEPAC) 2015 activity summary BE RECEIVED; it being noted that the
EEPAC met nine times in the year.
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That it BE NOTED that the Nature in
City, 2016 brochure from Nature London was received.
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That it BE NOTED that the
communication from S. Levin with respect to Ontario legislature passing the Invasive
Species Act, was received.
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That it BE NOTED that verbal updates
from C. Dyck, K. Moser and A. Macpherson, Manager, Environmental and Parks
Planning, with respect to the Public Information Centre meeting related to
the Thames Valley Parkway North Branch Connection from Richmond Street to
Adelaide Street, Class Environmental Assessment, was received.
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That the attached presentation from C.
Dyck, with respect to the "Preparing for the Invasion" event was
received.
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That it BE NOTED that the Baker
Lands Environmental Impact Study Terms of Reference from S. Levin was
received.
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That it BE NOTED that the
Environmental Impact Study Issues Summary Checklist Report for the draft
Eagle Ridge Subdivision, Phase II, from S. Levin was received.
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That C. Kushnir and S. Peirce BE
APPOINTED as the Environmental and Ecological Planning Advisory Committee
representative and alternate, respectively, to the Dingman Creek
Subwatershed: Stormwater Servicing Strategy, Schedule C Municipal Class
Environmental Assessment.
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The meeting adjourned at 7:55 PM.
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NEXT MEETING DATE: Wednesday,
December 16, 2015