Environment
Committee MINUTES 17 Thursday, 3
May 2012, 10 a.m. Andrew
Haydon Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West |
Present: Councillor M.
McRae (Chair)
Councillor S.
Moffatt (Vice Chair)
Councillors D. Chernushenko, K. Egli, M. Fleury, D. Holmes,
A. Hubley, P. Hume
Absent : Councillor
S. Desroches
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
No
declarations of interest were filed.
Confirmation of minutes
Minutes
16 of
the Regular meeting on 21 February 2012
CONFIRMED
CITY MANAGER
CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
1. QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT TO COUNCIL, q4:
October 1 – December 31, 2011
ACS2012-CMR-OCM-0002 City Wide
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item can be found at 00:00:58 on the Environment
Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the
Environment Committee receive this report for further review and discussion of
the service areas’ performance results, as outlined in Document 1.
RECEIVED
CORPORATE PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT
2. 2011-2014
CITY STRATEGIC PLAN
ACS2012-CMR-OCM-0003 City Wide
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item can be found at 00:10:20 on the Environment
Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That
the Environment Committee consider and recommend to Council, approval of Appendix C to the 2011-2014 City
Strategic Plan.
The report recommendation was put to
Committee and CARRIED with the following direction to staff:
DIRECTION TO STAFF :
Dixon Weir, General Manager of Environmental Services to provide
Committee with a detailed plan on the commitment to commence the projects
outlined in the West End Flood Mitigation, along with the completion dates.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
3. GENERAL
ACCOUNTS - WRITE-OFFS 2011
ACS2012-CMR-FIN-0009 City Wide
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item can be found at 00:01:15 on the Environment
Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the
Environment Committee receive this report on the 2011 general accounts write
off of $58,531 as required by Schedule A, section 21 of the Delegation of
Authority By-law 2011-28 for information.
RECEIVED
CITY CLERK & SOLICITOR
4. STATUS UPDATE -
INQUIRIES, MOTIONS AND DIRECTIONS TO STAFF -
FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 20 APRIL 2012
ACS2012-CMR-CCB-0026 City Wide
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Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Environment Committee receive
this report for information.
RECEIVED
CITY OPERATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
5. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR IN-HOUSE SOLID
WASTE COLLECTION - 2011 EXTERNAL AUDIT RESULTS
ACS2012-COS-ESD-0003
WARDS/QUARTIERS
10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18 AND 19
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Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
1.
That the
Environment Committee recommend Council receive this report for
information.
2.
That the Environment Committee
recommend Council extend the reporting period for year 6 of the In-house
Collection Operations to October 27, 2012.
CARRIED
6. Proposed
cost recovery Program for the use of the wastewater system
ACS2012-COS-ESD-0005 City Wide
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item can be found at 00:03:08 on the Environment
Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Environment Committee recommend Council:
1.
Approve the proposed
cost recovery program for the use of the wastewater system.
2.
Approve
an amendment to Schedule “B” to By-law No. 2003-514, regulating the control of
discharges to sewers and sewage works, to replace the existing fee for ‘Water
from a source other than the municipal distribution system” with a conveyance
fee of $1.01 per cubic metre and a treatment fee of $0.63 per cubic metre as
calculated in accordance with Document 1 and subject to review and revision on
an annual basis upon approval by Council of the water and wastewater rate
budget.
Committee received
a written submission from Brian Forrestal, Director of Engineering and
Compliance, BFI Canada dated May 2, 2012, a copy of which is held on file with
the City Clerk:
The report recommendation was put to Committee and
CARRIED.
PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
PLANNING and growth management
7. ORLEANS WATERMAIN LINK
ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0107 ORLÉANS (1), INNES (2), RIDEAU-ROCKCLIFFE (13),
BEACON HILL- CYRVILLE (11), CAPITAL/CAPITALE
(17), CUMBERLAND (19)
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Committee Archived audiocast
That the Environment Committee
recommend Council approve the results of the Class
Environmental Assessment Study for the Orléans Watermain Link as detailed in
Documents 1 and 2 and direct staff to
proceed with Notice of Study Completion for a 30-day public review period in
accordance with the Ontario Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Schedule
"B" process.
John Moser, General Manager of Planning and Growth
Management and Joanne Farnand, Manager of Financial Services spoke to a
PowerPoint presentation, a copy of the presentation is held on file with the
City Clerk. Roman Diduch, Program
Manager of Infrastructure Policy was present to respond to questions.
Committee received
a written submission from Sheila Perry, President of the Overbrook Community
Association, a copy of which is held on file with the City Clerk.
The report recommendation was put to
Committee and CARRIED, as presented with the following direction to staff:
DIRECTION TO STAFF:
Staff to provide a response to the
Overbrook Community Association and copy the Ward Councillor.
INFORMATION
PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED
A. MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS – 2011
SUMMARY REPORTS
ACS2012-COS-ESD-0002-IPD City WIDE
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RECEIVED
B. 2004
AND 2008 GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES, REDUCTION MEASURES AND APPROACH TO FUTURE
TARGETS
ACS2012-COS-ESD-0004-IPD City Wide
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Committee received
a written submission from Jason Pearman, Chair of the Environmental Advisory
Committee dated May 1, 2012, a copy of which is held on file with the City
Clerk.
Councillor
Holmes requested that this item be lifted in order to be listed on the next
regular agenda in order to receive a staff presentation.
Moved
by D. Holmes,
That the above-noted item listed under
“Information Previously Distributed” be lifted off the agenda and listed on the
next regular agenda for the Environment Committee”.
CARRIED
as follows on a division of 6 yeas and 2 nays:
YEAS: Councillors D. Chernushenko, K. Egli, M. Fleury, D. Holmes, P.
Hume, M. McRae
NAYS: Councillors
A. Hubley, S. Moffatt
INQUIRIES
DEMANDES DES
RENSEIGNMENTS
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Committee Archived audiocast
Chair McRae submitted
the following inquiry :
In 2011 the City provided $70,000 to 5 community groups as
intervener funding on the issue of the Carp Landfill. Can staff advise as
to if and how those funds were spent? If this information is not available, can
staff please make a request for this information to the 5 community groups?
ADJOURNMENT
LEVÉE DE LA SÉANCE
The meeting
was adjourned at 11:10 a.m.
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Committee Coordinator Chair