Burlington Sustainable Development Advisory Committee Meeting

Minutes

Meeting #:
Date:	Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Time:	7:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.
Location:	Virtual

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1.

Members Present:

Tim Park (Chair), Susan Mattine, Dave Rokosh, Dave Bourns, Chris Ariens, Tom Krumins, Rafiq Dhanji, Adria Cehovin, Sarah Mirriam, Laura DiPaolo

2.

Member Regrets:

Mathew McAuley, Paul Fletcher, Jim Adams, Anne Hammill, Niki Walton, Guy Sheppard

3.

Others Present:

Lynn Robichaud (Manager, Environmental Sustainability), John Stuart (Senior Planner), Suzanne Gillies (Clerk)

4.

Land Acknowledgement:

The Chair read the Land Acknowledgement.

5.

Declarations of Interest:

None

6.

Approval of Minutes:

6.1

Approve the minutes from the meeting held March 16, 2022

On motion the minutes from the meeting held March 16, 2022 were approved as presented.  

7.

Delegation(s):

None

8.

Consent Agenda (items for approval):

None

9.

Regular Items:

9.1

Council and staff updates:

a.

Councillor Sharman

Councillor Sharman was not in attendance.

b.

Lynn Robichaud - Sustainability

In addition to the attached written update, Lynn advised the committee of the following:

• Community surveys have wrapped up for the electric mobility strategy, working on draft actions based on survey results and stakeholder interviews to be posted on Get Involved for continued engagement.  
• The Plug'n Drive event has been very successful, looking forward to a full report back from Plug'n Drive in about a months time.
• The Corporate Energy and Emissions Management Plan will be going to the Environment, Infrastructure and Community Services Committee (EICS) meeting on June 9.  
• The Climate Resilient Burlington plan is being finalized, nothing significant is changing, final plan will go to the July EICS meeting for approval.
• The Region's Solid Waste Management Strategy is on the agenda for the upcoming Regional Council meeting - a link to the report has been sent.

c.

John Stuart - Community Planning

In addition to the attached written updates, John advised the committee of the following:

• The Major Transit System Areas (MTSA) work has been delayed but should be out by the end of May, when the information is released John will advise the committee, if it is out by the end of May and time permits it could be discussed at the P&D meeting in June.
• The final report for the Housing Strategy will be going to the Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee on June 7, deadline to register to delegate would be June 6 at noon.
• The Urban Forestry Master Plan will be circulated when available.

9.2

Policy and Development subcommittee update:

Dave advised the committee that P & D have completed or are working on the following files:

• 1860 - 1900 Appleby Line
• Conservation Halton Spill Guidelines
• Housing Strategy comments
• BACCC support document
• 1128 Cook Blvd
• 1134 - 1167 Plains Road
• waiting on the MTSA work to be completed in order to provide comments

9.3

Awareness subcommittee update:

Susan advised the committee of the following:

• The Spring webinar was well done, 31 people registered and there was a 95% rate of participation with the polls.
• The committee continues to work on the UN goals document.
• 2022 Sustainability Leadership Awards are taking place on June 2 at the RBG.

MOTION:  Approve spending up to $226 for committee members that would like to attend the 2022 Sustainability Leadership Awards to cover the cost of their tickets - CARRIED

 

9.4

Reports from external groups and conferences:

a.

Bay Area Climate Change Council (Dave B)

Dave provided the following updates:

• The Manager of BACCC (Bianca) is leaving for another opportunity, she will be missed and hiring for her replacement is underway.
• Transportation report update - successful in putting a motion in front of Hamilton to formally review the recommendations in the report which carried unanimously.
• Funding for BACCC was approved at the EICS meeting, moving forward, plan to secure 4 year term funding with the new council.
• Transportation team successfully applied for funding in the amount of $40,000.
• Next meeting will be September 2022.

b.

Halton Climate Change Council (Lynn)

Lynn provided the following updates:

• Members have been participating in a collective impact program through the Tamarack Institute.  Discussions based on how organizations can work together to improve collective impact.  Need to step back and review the Terms of Reference for the council and revisit the Theory of Change and future impact.
• Halton District School Board hosting generation green programs encouraging students to take action on climate change.

c.

ITAC (Tim)

Tim was unable to attend the last meeting so did not provide an update.

10.

Other Business:

10.1

Upcoming meetings:

a.

Policy and Development subcommittee - June 1 at 7:00 p.m. - zoom

b.

Awareness subcommittee - June 8 at 7:00 p.m. - zoom

c.

Committee of the Whole - June 15 at 7:00 p.m. - zoom

11.

Adjournment:

Chair adjourned the meeting at 7:37