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1. City of Ottawa
Strategy to Reduce the Cosmetic Use of Pesticides
on Private Property
StratÉgie de la ville D’Ottawa en vue de rÉduire l’usage des pesticides
À des fins esthÉtiques sur la propriÉtÉ privÉe
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Committee Recommendations as
Amended
That Council approve the following:
Whereas citizens
in Ottawa have expressed concerns over the health effects of the use of
pesticides on humans and animals, as well as the environment;
Whereas an estimated 20% of citizens of Ottawa
suffer from environmental sensitivities, including sensitivities to pesticides;
Whereas there
already exist safer alternatives to pesticides that are available in Ottawa;
Whereas the City
of Ottawa has adopted a policy regulating the cosmetic use of pesticides on
City property;
Whereas the
Supreme Court of Canada has recently ruled, in the Hudson Case, that
municipalities can regulate the use of pesticides on private property;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that City of Ottawa staff prepare a strategy to reduce the cosmetic
use of pesticides on private property to include:
1. The consideration
of the timing and nature of a draft bylaw governing the cosmetic use of
pesticides on private property in the urban area.
2.
The initiation of a public consultation process.
3.
The development of a plan for a public
education campaign to accompany this process on the health concerns relating to
pesticides and the use of safer alternatives to pesticides, and;
4.
A budget 2002 estimate to accomplish this strategy.
Recommandations modifiées du ComitÉ
Que
le Conseil approuve ce qui suit:
Attendu que les résidents
d’Ottawa se disent inquiets des effets de l’utilisation des pesticides sur la
santé des personnes et des animaux, ainsi que sur l’environnement;
Attendu qu’environ 20 % des résidents d’Ottawa
souffrent de sensibilités à des facteurs environnementaux, y compris aux
pesticides;
Attendu que des solutions de
rechange sûres aux pesticides sont déjà disponibles à Ottawa;
Attendu que la Ville
d’Ottawa a adopté une politique régissant l’utilisation des pesticides à des
fins esthétiques sur la propriété municipale;
Attendu que la
Cour suprême du Canada a récemment statué, dans le cas de Hudson, que les
municipalités peuvent réglementer l’utilisation des pesticides sur la propriété
privée;
IL EST RÉSOLU
QUE le personnel de la ville d’Ottawa élabore une stratégie en vue de réduire
l’utilisation des pesticides à des fins esthétiques sur la propriété privée,
incluant :
1.
l’examen du calendrier et de
la nature d’un projet de règlement municipal régissant l’utilisation des
pesticides à des fins esthétiques sur la propriété privée dans le secteur
urbain;
2.
la mise au point d’un
processus de consultation publique;
3.
la mise sur pied d’un plan pour une campagne d’éducation
publique, conjointement avec ce processus, qui traiterait des problèmes de
santé liés aux pesticides et du recours à des solutions de rechange sûres aux
pesticides;
4.
les prévisions budgétaires de 2002 à l’appui de cette stratégie.
Documentation
1.
Councillor A. Cullen report dated 21
September 2001 is immediately attached (ACS2001-CCS-HRS-0019).
2. Memorandum dated 5
October 2001 from the Committee Assistant, Health, Recreation and Social
Services Committee, transmitting miscellaneous correspondence in support of the
reduction and restriction of the cosmetic use of pesticides on private property
appears at Appendix 1.
3.
Extract of Draft Minute, meeting of
04 October 2001 will be circulated prior to the Council meeting and will
include the voting record.
APPENDIX 1
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To / Destinataire
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Mayor
and Members of Council
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File/N° de fichier:
ACS2001-CCS-HRS-0019
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From / Expéditeur
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Committee Assistant
Heath, Recreation and Social Services
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Subject / Objet
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CITY OF OTTAWA STRATEGY TO REDUCE THE COSMETIC USE OF PESTICIDES ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY
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Date: 05
October 2001
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I am submitting for your information a summary of the
correspondence from the following residents of the City of Ottawa respecting
reduction and restriction of the cosmetic use of pesticides on private
property. They are requesting that the
City implement a bylaw in this respect.
1.
E-mail from Gail Moorhead, Kanata
2.
Letter from Doris and Steve Ramphos, Nepean
3.
Letter from Rosalie Reynolds, Ottawa, Ontario
4.
Letter to Councillor R. Chiarelli from Mike Christie, Nepean
5.
E-mail from Mr. E.J. Carroll, Ottawa South
6.
E-mail from Lynn Johnston and Les Adamek, Ottawa
7.
E-mail from Hugh Gibeault, Gloucester
8.
E-mail from André Gallant, Ottawa
9.
E-mail from Peggy Land, Gloucester
10.
E-mail from Mary Sean Kelley, Ottawa
11.
E-mail from Gina Thompson, John, Natasha , and Gabrielle Place, Ottawa
12.
Letter to Councillor R. Chiarelli from Cindy De Cuypere, Ottawa
13.
E-mail from Don and Emma DeCuypère, Gloucester
14.
E-mail to Councillor D.
Deans from Bette and Bryan Hawley & Family, Ottawa
15.
E-mail from Michel David,
Ottawa South
16.
E-mail to Councillor C.
Doucet from the Chernushenko Family, Ottawa
17.
Petition from 23
residents, vicinity of Grandeur Avenue, to Councillor A. Cullen
18.
E-mail from Kelly
DiCesare, Ottawa
19.
Email from Andrew and
Margaret Hartshorn, Ottawa
20.
E-mail from Michel David,
Minister, Ottawa South
21.
E-mail to Councillor R.
Chiarelli from Eric Thomas, Ottawa
22.
E-mail to Councillor A.
Cullen from Stephen Mitchell, Ottawa
23.
E-mail from the Barrie
Family, Smiths Falls and Ottawa
24.
E-mail to Councillor A.
Munter from Mike Christie, Nepean
25.
E-mail from Chantal
Levert, Ottawa
26.
E-mail to Councillor W.
Stewart from Carol Gudz, Ottawa
27.
Letter to Councillor R.
Bloess from Caroline Harris-McDonald, Blackburn Hamlet
28.
E-mail from Barbara
Francis Sweazey, Blackburn Hamlet
29.
E-mail from Lloyd
Strachan, Ph.D, Ottawa
30.
E-mail from Kathryn
Levesque, Ottawa
31.
E-mail from Marielle
Dubois, Orléans
32.
E-mail from Diane Jauvin,
Ottawa
33.
E-mail from Susan Barker,
Ottawa
34.
Letter from Dr. John
Molot M.D., Ottawa
35. E-mail from Debbie
Laframboise, Ottawa
35.
E-mail to Councillor C. Doucet from Sandra
Bauer, Ottawa,
36.
E-mail from Clark Miller, Ottawa
37. E-mail
from Erwin Dreessen, Chair, Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital, Ottawa
Should you wish to review a
particular submission, please contact the Committee Coordinator, Monique
Beauregard at ext. 21622.
