Burlington Sustainable Development Advisory Committee Meeting

Minutes

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Location:
Room 247, Level 2, City Hall

1.
Members Present:
 

Tim Park, Jim Feilders, Carolyn Barnes, Susan Mattine, Herb Sinnock, Mathew McCauley, Hashem Hosseini-Mousavi, Glenn Portch, and Councillor Paul Sharman

2.
Others Present:
 

Lynn Robichaud (staff)

3.
Regrets:
 

Herb Lewington, Katie Rauscher, and Chris Maynard

4.
Declarations of Interest:
 

None.

5.
Approval of Minutes:
 

6.
Consent Agenda:
 

7.
Facilitated Discussion: Community Energy Plan Renewal (Herb)
 

Herb facilitated a discussion with committee members based on thee questions that are being provided to all stakeholders for input into the re-write of the Community Energy Plan. Lynn took notes during the discussion.

Action: Lynn will work with Herb to edit the comments and circulate to committee members for additional input. Final copy will be re-circulated for review and approval.

8.
Regular Items:
 

8.1
Updates from previous events
 

8.2
Upcoming events/news (All)
 

8.3
Council & Staff Updates
 

a.
Councillor Sharman
 

  • City Budget – council is expected to hold the budget increase to around 3%.
  • Lakeside Plaza – the statutory meeting is next week on Tuesday and the plan has not been amended since it was submitted. City is still reviewing the application along with agencies, therefore a recommendation has not been made yet. The election and change in council has impacted the timing of the review process. 900 units are proposed.  
  • Bill 66 – the province is back tracking on bill 66 – schedule 10
  • Growth plan is under review – what does it mean for the urban growth centre for downtown?
  • Regional review – province is undertaking a review of 8 regional areas including Halton to find efficiencies.
  • Official Plan – City staff are working with regional staff on non-compliance issues. It remains to be seen how other issues will be dealt with.

b.
Lynn Robichaud
 

  • A workshop for all Advisory Committees is being planned in March by the Clerks Department. All committee members will receive an invitation by email.
  • Interview Process – 22 applications were received; 4 new members and 3 alternatives have been recommended. Report to council is scheduled for Monday evening, Feb 29/19.
  • Year End Reports & 2019 Objectives – Lynn reminded the chairs to start preparing their year end reports and work with the committees to develop their 2019 objectives. It was recommended that they begin the process even though new members haven’t started.

Action: Lynn to circulate last year’s report to the chairs with the template for reporting.

8.4
Business arising from the minutes - none
 

8.5
Awareness sub-committee update (Katie)
 

  1. Sustainable green business award – did not submit a nomination this year; will work to submit one next year.
  2. Spring event – participating in the 100 in 1 day event by organizing neighbourhood Yellow Fish Road painting events which involves painting yellow fish by storm drains. Will add event to the 100 in 1 day website. Event takes place on Saturday June 1st.
  3. State of the Environment Report – Fleur has reviewed options from other provinces and is working on the document and collecting data. Susan has suggested using video to supplement the final written product.
  4. Katie will be working on the year end report
  5. Potential fall field trip locations include the new Jo Brant museum; Oakville Trafalgar hospital; the net zero building at Mohawk College and the West 5 net zero development in London.

8.6
Policy and Development subcommittee update (Glenn)
 

  1. Todd Evershed was the guest speaker presenting the guideline for mid-rise buildings. It was an interesting presentation and it was decided not to submit comments.
  2. Hashem is researching a central repository for projects; documents, etc. May need funding to support a system. Will report back at next meeting.
  3. Reviewed 1157 North Shore Blvd comments. Discussion on consensus and mandate for reviewing applications; whether to spend time on height and density.
  4. Sustainable Development Guidelines – there was discussion about members meeting with council members to educate them on the guidelines but it was decided that talking points needed to be developed prior to setting up meetings.  

8.7
Reports from external groups and conferences
 

a.
Community Energy Plan (Herb/Lynn)
 

see item 7 above

b.
Bay Area Climate Change Office/Council (Carolyn)
 

Council members include: the SDC, Conservation Halton, Hamilton Health Sciences, Sustainable Hamilton Burlington, HIEA, United Way, Clean Air Hamilton, Environment Hamilton, Hamilton Conservation Authority and BurlingtonGreen. A terms of reference has been completed. Currently  developing a one to three year work plan. Funding from TAF to support LURA Consulting to develop the work plan. Will focus on three areas: food, buildings and transportation. It is expected that there will be a strong focus on engagement and communication. Sandi Stride will be retiring in April as the Executive Director of the Centre for Climate Change Management at Mohawk College. Kate Flynn will be backfilling the position.

c.
BurlingtonGreen (Jim)
 

is in the middle of the budget process. There is concern that funding from OTF will be significantly reduced in the future. Applied for charitable status which is a 5 month process.

d.
Halton Climate Collective
 

this initiative is being led by Lisa Kohler at the Halton Environmental Network with representation from Burlington, Oakville, Halton Hills, Halton Region, Conservation Halton, the school boards and Waterloo University. Have completed some public engagement workshops and an online survey. They will be looking at governance issues in the near future and creating a terms of reference.

9.
Other Business:
 

10.
Adjournment:
 

Chair adjourned the meeting at 9:00 p.m.

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