COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS
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ENV
03-11: Cellular Service on City Water
Towers /
Service de téléphonie mobile sur les châteaux
d’eau municipaux
RECEIVED
PRESENTATION
PRÉSENTATION
1. ENVIRONMENTAL
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
PRIX D’EXCELLENCE SUR L’ENVIRONNEMENT
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Chair
McRae and Kent Kirkpatrick, City Manager, presented the Environmental
Excellence Awards in the community category to a childcare
centre promoting green design and education and a school Green Bin program
reaching out to future recyclers.
An honourable mention
in the community category was given to the Real Time Control Project for the
automation of key regulators sites that helped reduce combined overflow in the
City. An honourable mention was also
given to the Green Fleet Plan team for promoting environmentally friendlier and
fuel-efficient vehicles.
An honourable mention
in the internal category was given to the Huron Early Learning Centre who had a
significant impact on the environment through a sustainable design.
INFRASTRUCTURE
SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
SERVICES
D’INFRASTRUCTURE ET VIABILITE DES COLLECTIVITES
COMMUNITY AND
SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES
SERVICES DE VIABILITÉ DES
COLLECTIVITÉS
2. CHOOSING
OUR FUTURE – OVERVIEW
CHOISIR NOTRE AVENIR - APERÇU
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Johanne Levesque, Director, Community Sustainability provided an update
on the Long Term Sustainability Planning Initiative Choosing our Future which
began in 2008. She advised that public
consultation sessions with key stakeholders will begin in late summer or early fall
and the project is expected to wrap up later this year. A video was shown to the Committee in both
official languages which is available on Ottawa.ca.
Chair McRae thanked Diane Knight who is the artist that provided the
animation in the video. Natalie Lemire,
Project Officer in the French Language Services Branch provided the voice in
the French version of the video.
RECEIVED
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
SERVICES
ENVIRONMENTAUX
3. MUNICIPAL WASTE MASTER PLAN – OVERVIEW
PLAN DIRECTEUR
DES DECHETS DE LA MUNICIPALITE - APERÇU
CITY WIDE / À
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Sally McIntyre,
Manager, Environmental Programs provided a verbal update on the 30-year Solid
Waste Master Plan. She advised that they
would be building on the Choosing our Future project by establishing
partnerships and programs through its objectives. She provided an overview of the objectives
that are anticipated to be established within the next 18 months and expanded on
the following key points:
·
To identify key stakeholders
·
Provide broad scale consultation sessions and open
houses in the fall
·
Review programs and policies in the spring 2012
A
briefing note will be sent out within the next couple of weeks providing more
information on this issue.
CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
BUREAU
DU DIRECTEUR MUNICIPAL
CITY CLERK &
SOLICITOR
SERVICE DU GREFFIER
MUNICIPAL & CHEF DU CONTENTIEUX
4. STATUS
UPDATE - ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE INQUIRIES AND MOTIONS - for the period ending 3
JUNE 2011
RAPPORT DE SITUATION - DEMANDES DE RENSEIGNEMENTS
ET MOTIONS DU comitÉ de l’ENVIRONNEMENT POUR LA PÉRIODE SE TERMINANT LE 3 JUNE
2011
ACS2011- CMR-CCB-0056 CITY WIDE / À
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Environment
Committee receive this report for information.
RECEIVED
5. quARTERLY
PERFORMANCE REPORT TO COUNCIL, q1: JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 2011
rapport TRIMESTRIEL SUR LE rendement présenté au
conseil POUR LE 1Er TRIMESTRE, du 1ER JANVIER AU 31
MARS 2011
ACS2011-CCS-ENV-0004 CITY WIDE / À
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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
This report will be
presented to Council on 13 July 2011
6. DRAFT
TERM OF COUNCIL 2011 – 2014 PRIORITIES – ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE COMPONENT
ÉBAUCHE DES PRIORITÉS POUR LA PÉRIODE D’EXERCICE DU CONSEIL 2011-2014 –
ÉLÉMENT DU COMITÉ DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT
ACS2011-CMR-ENV-0005 CITY WIDE / À
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Environment Committee receive this report for further review and discussion as
outlined in Annex C and forward any motions to amend the proposed strategic
priorities, strategic objectives, strategic initiatives and proposed oversight,
to the July 13, 2011 Council.
RECEIVED
The Committee received a procedural memorandum
dated June 6, 2011 from the City Clerk and Solicitor and the Deputy City Clerk
for consideration of the “Draft Term of Council Priorities” report. A copy of the memo is held on file with the
City Clerk.
Committee heard from Nicole Parent, Chair,
Ottawa Forests and Greespace Advisory Committee. * Although the advisory committee agreed that
the strategic plan is a good start, it provided several recommended changes to
the wording within many of the initiatives outlined in the Environment
Committee component.
Committee received correspondence by e-mail
dated June 16, 2011 from Jason Pearman, Chair, Environmental Advisory
Committee.*
*Presentations and/or comments
held on file with the City Clerk.
mOTION NO. ec 9/1
Moved by
Councillor S. Moffatt
WHEREAS City staff have determined that no additional
operating spending authority is required for Strategic Initiative #67;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the one-time only request for
$120,000 in operational authority identified in Initiative #67 (Choosing our
Future Plans) in Appendix C – Environment Committee Oversight Responsibilities
of the Draft Term of Council Priorities (ACS2011-- COS-ODP-0011) be removed.
received
AND FORWARDED
mOTION NO. ec 9/2
Moved
by Councillor S. Moffatt
WHEREAS
City staff have determined that no additional operating spending authority is
required to deliver the work plan associated with Choosing our Future; and,
WHEREAS
Choosing our Future is scheduled to conclude with production of a Sustainability
Plan, a Risk Mitigation and Prevention Plan, and a Community Energy Plan by
December 2011; and,
WHEREAS
funding has been identified in the Draft Term of Council 2011 – 2014 Term of
Council Priorities (ACS2011-- COS-ODP-0011) to implement community-driven
programming designed to have Ottawa meet the approved goals associated with
each plan; and,
WHEREAS
these programs will foster locally-based solutions, both rural and urban, that
work to advance opportunities to ensure our growth remains affordable, our
quality of life remains high, and Ottawa's economic, environmental, social and
cultural success remains secure over the long term.
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED Initiative #67 (Choosing our Future Plans) in Appendix C –
Environment Committee Oversight Responsibilities of the Draft Term of Council
Priorities (ACS2011-- COS-ODP-0011) be renamed “Rural and Urban Opportunity
Development.”
received
AND FORWARDED
mOTION NO. ec 9/3
Moved
by Councillor D. Chernushenko
WHEREAS the Draft
Term of Council 2011 – 2014 Priorities identifies Strategic Initiative No. 22 –
Increase Forest Cover, an initiative for increasing forest cover including tree
planting programs in both urban and rural areas, rehabilitation of urban parks
with increased tree planting and greenspace through City partners, and
management of the Emerald Ash Borer; and
WHEREAS the Emerald Ash
Borer is having significant impact on the ash trees on our roadways, parks and
forests; and
WHEREAS the Long Range Financial Plan IV, Table 1, indicates that Council will give direction on the
yet-to-be allocated Strategic Operating
funding of $2.635M for 2012, $5.135M for 2013 and $5.1M for 2014;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the funding for Strategic Initiative No. 22 – Increase Forest
Cover be increased over 2012 to 2014, to be funded from the unallocated
Strategic Operating envelope, as follows:
·
A $700,000 increase,
including $200,000 specifically for the Emerald Ash Borer Program, for the year
2012;
·
A $900,000 increase, including $400,000 specifically for the Emerald
Ash Borer Program, for the year 2013;
·
A $1.35 M increase, including
$600,000 specifically for the Emerald Ash Borer Program, for the year 2014.
received
AND FORWARDED
Following Committee discussion, the
report recommendation was put to Committee and RECEIVED as amended. Motions Nos. EC 9/1, 9/2, and 9/3 will
be forwarded and included in the Finance and Economic Development Committee
Report for Council consideration at its meeting on July 13, 2011.
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
SERVICES FINANCIERS
7. 2011
Operating and Capital Budget Q1 Status Report – Rate supported
Budgets de fonctionnement et des immobilisations 2011
– T1 – Rapport d’étape - Programmes soutenus par les tarifs
ACS2011-CMR-FIN-0036 CITY WIDE / À
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Environment Committee receives this report for information.
RECEIVED
8. CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS AND CLOSING OF
PROJECTS – RATE SUPPORTED
AJUSTEMENT DU BUDGET DES IMMOBILISATIONS ET CESSATION DE PROJETS FINANCÉS
PAR RECETTES FISCALES
ACS2011-CMR-FIN-0035 CITY WIDE / À
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That the
Environment Committee recommend Council:
1.
Approve the budget adjustments as detailed in Document 1;
2.
Authorize the closing of capital projects listed in Document 2, the
funding of deficits as identified and the return of balance of funds to funding
sources;
3.
Permit those projects in Document 3 that qualify for closure, to remain
open; and
4.
Receive the budget adjustments in Document 4 undertaken in accordance
with the Delegation of Authority By-law 2009-231, as amended, as they pertain
to capital works.
CARRIED
INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED
INFORMATION DISTRIBUÉE AUPARAVANT
A. NEIGHBOURHOOD
PLANNING INITIATIVE (NPI) – IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES STATUS UPDATE
INITIATIVE
DE PLANIFICATION DU VOISINAGE (IPV) – MISE À JOUR SUR L’AVANCEMENT DES
STRATÉGIES DE MISE EN ŒUVRE
ACS2011-ICS-CSS-0012 CITY WIDE / À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE
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RECEIVED
B. 2010
ANNUAL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL PERIOD REPORTING
RAPPORT
ANNUEL DE 2010 SUR LES DÉBORDEMENTS D’ÉGOUTS UNITAIRES DURANT LAS PÉRIODE DE
SURVEILLANCE
ACS2011-ICS-ESD-0023 CITY WIDE / À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE
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RECEIVED
ADJOURNMENT
LEVÉE DE LA SÉANCE
The meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m.
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