Burlington Sustainable Development Advisory Committee Meeting

Agenda

Meeting #:
Date:	Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Time:	7:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.
Location:	Room 247, Level 2, City Hall

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1.

Members Present:

2.

Others Present:

3.

Regrets:

4.

Declarations of Interest:

5.

Presentation:

State of the Environment Report – Re-boot, Lynn Robichaud, Sr. Sustainability Coordinator

6.

Approval of Minutes:

6.1

Approve minutes from meeting held March 21, 2018 (Tim)

7.

Consent Agenda:

7.1

Items for approval

a.

Comments on 53 Plains Road

b.

Downtown Mobility Hub Comments

c.

Revised Official Plan Comments

8.

Regular Items:

8.1

Updates from previous events

a.

BurlingtonGreen Eco Film Festival – Central Library – Chasing Coral, Mar 21

b.

BurlingtonGreen AGM – Crossroads Centre, 1295 North Service Road – Mar 28

8.2

Upcoming events/news (All)

a.

BurlingtonGreen Community Clean-up Event – Apr 21

b.

Tuck Park Tree Planting Event – 1:00 – 4:00 pm – Apr 21

c.

BFASTransit – Annual Transit Users Forum – Seniors Centre, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm – Apr 21

d.

Project Escarpment Clean-up – Sheldon Creek – 10:00 am with BBQ to follow (in Hamilton – Punchbowl Market) – Apr 21

e.

Inspire Burlington: Why Mid-Sized Cities will be Sustainability Leaders – Glenn Murray, Exec. Dir. Pembina Institute – Apr 25, RBG, 7:30 pm

f.

SDC Library event: Urban Agrictulture – Central Library, May 3, doors open 6:00 pm

g.

BurlingtonGreen Eco Film: Jane – Central Library, May 17, doors open @ 6:00 pm

8.3

Council updates (Councillor Sharman)

8.4

Staff Updates (Lynn)

a.

Presentations – May, June

8.5

Business arising from the minutes (All)

8.6

Awareness sub-committee update (Katie/Farzaneh)

8.7

Policy and Development subcommittee update (Jillian/Glenn)

8.8

Reports from external groups and conferences

a.

Community Energy Plan (burlington.ca/CEP) (Herb/Lynn)

b.

Bay Area Climate Change Office (Bacco) (Lynn)

c.

BurlingtonGreen (burlingtongreen.org) (Jim)

d.

Halton Environmental Network (haltonenvironment.net)

9.

Other Business:

9.1

Upcoming meeting dates

a.

Policy & Development Sub-Committee – May 2, Room 307

b.

Awareness Sub-Committee – May 9, Room 305

c.

Committee of the Whole – May 23, Room 247

10.

Adjournment: