Tuesday, April 11, 2017

6:00 p.m. – Regular Meeting

Boardroom WT-2C, 2nd Floor, City Hall – West Tower

Members: Shintu Cherian Manathara (Co-Chair) David Laing (Co-Chair) Trevor Boston Douglas Foster Rosemary Keenan Krista Kumar Ian McGillivray Davika Misir Filiz Ozmisir Roopinder Sandhu Joshua Teves Laila Zarrabi Yan City Councillor Doug Whillans

Student Project Members: Gurkirat Batth

Linda Bui Aaraby Mohanathas

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Agenda

Environment Advisory Committee Committee of the Council of

The Corporation of the City of Brampton

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Note: Please ensure all cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other electronic devices are turned off or placed on non-audible mode during the meeting

1. Approval of Agenda

2. Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflct of Interest Act

3. Previous Minutes

3.1. Minutes - Environment Advisory Committee - December 13, 2016 The minutes were considered by Committee of Council on February 1, 2017, and approved by Council on February 8, 2017. The minutes are provided for information only.

4. Delegations/Presentations

5. Reports/Updates

5.1. 5.2.

5.3.

5.4.

Environment Advisory Committee Work Plan

Summary of 2016 Committee Achievements

Moving Forward Grow Green Network

Webpage

Moving Forward Grow Green Eco-Pledge

Webpage

Descriptions

Logistics

Promotion Housekeeping Items

Role of Members and Staff

Committee Procedures

Committee Development

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6. Sub-Committees

6.1. Verbal Update from Trevor Boston and Laila Zarrabi Yan, Members, re: Community Outreach and Eco-Pledge Working Group

6.2. Verbal Update from Rosemary Keenan, Member, re: Eco-Pledge Fall Celebration Event

6.3. 6.4.

Verbal Update from Joshua Teves, Member, re: Committee Webpage Content Committee discussion re: Repurposing of Established Sub-Committees

7. Environmental Ideas

8. Other/New Business

9. Correspondence

9.1. Correspondence from Gaby Kalapos, Clean Air Partnership, dated February 2, 2017, re: Thursday, June 8th - Clean Air Council Summit

10. Question Period

11. Public Question Period 15 Minute Limit (regarding any decision made at this meeting)

12. Adjournment

Next Meeting: Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Members Present: Shintu Cherian Manathara (Co-Chair) David Laing (Co-Chair) Trevor Boston Douglas Foster Rosemary Keenan Krista Kumar Davika Misir Roopinder Sandhu Joshua Teves Laila Zarrabi Yan

Members Absent: Ian McGillivray Filiz Ozmisir (regrets) City Councillor Doug Whillans (other municipal business)

Staff Present: Public Works and Engineering: M. Hoy, Environmental Policy Planner S. Kassaris, Environmental Policy Planner City Clerk’s Office S. Danton, Legislative Coordinator

Minutes

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The meeting was called to order at 6:02 p.m. and adjourned at 7:00 p.m.

1. Approval of Agenda EAC036-2016 That the Agenda for the Environment Advisory Committee

Meeting of December 13, 2016, be approved, as amended as follows:

To add: 8.3. Discussion at the request of Trevor Boston and Laila

Zarrabi Yan, Members, re: Subcommittee Structure 8.4. Discussion at the request of David Laing, Co-Chair, re:

Information Sharing - November 10, 2016, Meeting with City Staff

Carried 2. Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act - nil 3. Previous Minutes 3.1. Minutes - Environment Advisory Committee - October 18, 2016

The minutes were considered by Planning and Infrastructure Services Committee on December 5, 2016, and approved by Council on December 14, 2016. The minutes were provided for information only.

4. Delegations/Presentations - nil 5. Reports/Updates 5.1. Verbal Update from Stavroula Kassaris, Environmental Policy Planner,

Environmental Engineering, Planning and Development Services, re: Eco-Pledge - Web-based Tools

Stavroula Kassaris, Environmental Policy Planner, introduced herself as new staff support for the Committee and noted the she looked forward to working with the Members to achieve the goals of the Committee.

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Ms. Kassaris provided an update on the Eco-Pledge program web-based tools and noted the following:

Environmental Planning staff met with the IT department and requested an on-line platform for the Committee’s Eco-Pledge program and environmental information

The following was requested to be included in the webpage: o information regarding environmental initiatives o environmental events calendar o digital newsletter and/ or blog o Committee access to the site o ability to send information and notifications to subscribers

Staff is working to develop an in-house solution that meets the webpage requests rather than paying for an external webpage developer and provider

Committee promotional materials – canopy, banners and postcards o Design and size o Anticipated delivery

Updates will be provided to committee as they become available

Committee consideration of the matter included:

Online subscribers; frequency of newsletters and notifications

Eco-Pledge webpage and tracking participation

Anticipated webpage launch date

Reaching Environmental Master Plan targets

Eco-Pledge and Grow Green partner events; organization logistics, date and time, location, attendance, promotion of challenges, budget implications

Individual member involvement in events organization

The following motion was considered:

EAC037-2016 That the verbal update from Stavroula Kassaris, Environmental Policy Planner, Environmental Engineering, Planning and Development Services, to the Environment Advisory Committee Meeting of December 13, 2016, re: Eco-Pledge - Web-based Tools be received.

Carried 6. Sub-Committees - nil

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7. Environmental Ideas - nil 8. Other/New Business 8.1. Discussion at the request of David Laing, Co-Chair, re: Discussion Questions

regarding MTO Cycling Initiatives under the Climate Change Action Plan

Committee thanked staff for their support in efforts to improve commuter cycling networks in the city.

8.2. Environment Advisory Committee - 2017 Schedule of Meetings EAC038-2016 That the Environment Advisory Committee - 2017 Schedule of

Meetings to the Environment Advisory Committee Meeting of December 13, 2016, be received.

Carried 8.3. Discussion at the request of Trevor Boston and Laila Zarrabi Yan, Members,

re: Subcommittee Structure

Committee discussion included consensus that all Members are encouraged to participate in the organization and hosting of the environmental networking events.

8.4. Discussion at the request of David Laing, Co-Chair, re: Information Sharing -

November 10, 2016, Meeting with City Staff

David Laing, Co-Chair, noted that he met with City staff on November 10, 2016, and discussed the status of current Committee events.

9. Correspondence - nil 10. Question Period - nil 11. Public Question Period - nil

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12. Adjournment EAC039-2016 That the Environment Advisory Committee do now adjourn to meet

again on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. Carried __________________________ __________________________ Shintu Cherian Manathara, Co-Chair David Laing, Co-Chair

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Brampton Environment Advisory Committee

2016 Accomplishments

Brampton Environment Advisory Committee (BEAC) Role

Established by Council resolution, BEAC is a volunteer body whose purpose is to provide advice to City

Council on environmental planning, policy and sustainability matters to promote the protection,

enhancement and management of the City’s natural and built environment. The committee is tasked

with engaging, assisting and educating the community to advance the goals and actions of the City’s

Environmental Master Plan. To that end and following the current committee’s establishment, a work

plan was submitted to and approved by Council in 2015; this report summarizes the actions undertaken

in 2016.

Work Plan BEAC fulfilled its 2016 work plan commitment by conceiving a community outreach plan to get

Brampton residents and employees engaged with the City’s Grow Green Environmental Master Plan.

The four plan elements include:

compiling an on-line database of organizations and community groups involved in

environmental actions, events and activities in Brampton,

forming a Grow Green Network focused on environmental community outreach consisting of

groups, individuals and organizations,

the creation of an Eco-Pledge campaign to engage Brampton residents and employees in eco-

friendly actions,

the creation of an outline for an interactive web-site that would act as the primary

communication vehicle to support both the network and the Eco-pledge campaign.

The environmental database of over 100 groups and organizations was compiled in the spring/summer

of 2016 and the launch plan, for both the Network and the Eco-Pledge campaign, was developed in the

late summer and early fall. In late summer and early fall BEAC members, working with City staff, created

a flyer, t-shirt logo, posters and other marketing materials to support their community outreach

activities.

In September, BEAC created an on-line survey to connect to prospective organizations, to learn more

about their activities and to invite them to participate in the Grow Green Network. Plans were laid for a

Network launch event to be held early in 2017.

Throughout the fall BEAC developed specifications for the web-site design and engaged City staff and

City IT in the web-site implementation.

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Community Outreach BEAC members participated in a number of community events during 2016 including:

Attended the Provincial EAC Symposium, May 17, 2016 hosted by the Ajax EAC

participated with a display booth at the County Court SNAP Neighbourhood Festival in August

Participated as part of the citizen scientist volunteer group that supported the Heart Lake Road

Ecology Monitoring Project during the spring, summer and fall of 2016.

Attended Community Park Day and tree planting event at Duggan Park.

Presented at the “Caring for the Credit” Stewardship Forum on October 1st. The forum was

sponsored by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority and held at the UTM campus.

Participated with a display booth at the Credit Valley Conservation Authority’s Fletcher’s Creek

SNAP launch event in September at Chris Gibson Recreation Centre.

Advocacy BEAC members were involved in a number of environmental advocacy initiatives during 2016 including:

Participated in the Climate Change Town Hall sponsored by Kamal Khera, MP Brampton West in

August.

Delegation to Brampton Planning and Infrastructure Services Committee in support of the

Environmental Bill of Rights being proposed by the Brampton Blue Dot group.

Provided comments the Ontario Government’s Cap and Trade Climate Action Plan specifically as

it relates to support for active transportation infrastructure and programs

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