Minutes - Environmental Advisory Committee - 20240617
Town of Aurora
Environmental Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes
Date:
Time:
Location:
Monday, June 17, 2024
7:00 p.m.
Holland Room, Aurora Town Hall
Committee Members: Councillor Rachel Gilliland (Chair)
Councillor Wendy Gaertner (Vice Chair) (arrived at 7:30 p.m.)
Shun Chen
Nicole Arsenault
Denis Heng
Kristen Martens
Ken Turriff
Members Absent: Pippette Eibel
Alain Godin
Other Attendees: Natalie Kehle, Analyst, Energy and Climate Change
Matt Volpintesta, Manager, Parks and Fleet
Emily Freitas, Council/Committee Coordinator
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1. Call to Order
The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m.
2. Land Acknowledgement
The Committee acknowledged that the meeting took place on Anishinaabe lands,
the traditional and treaty territory of the Chippewas of Georgina Island,
recognizing the many other Nations whose presence here continues to this day,
the special relationship the Chippewas have with the lands and waters of this
territory, and that Aurora has shared responsibility for the stewardship of these
lands and waters. It was noted that Aurora is part of the treaty lands of the
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Mississaugas and Chippewas, recognized through Treaty #13 and the Williams
Treaties of 1923.
3. Approval of the Agenda
Moved by Kristen Martens
Seconded by Ken Turriff
That the agenda as circulated by Legislative Services be approved.
Carried
4. Declarations of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof
There were no declarations of pecuniary interest under the Municipal Conflict of
Interest Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.50.
5. Receipt of the Minutes
5.1 Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes of May 13, 2024
Moved by Ken Turriff
Seconded by Nicole Arsenault
1. That the Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes of May
13, 2024, be received for information.
Carried
6. Delegations
None.
7. Matters for Consideration
7.1 Memorandum from Energy and Climate Change Analyst; Re: Natural Capital
Asset Management Plan Draft Presentation
Elaine Chang, SLBC Inc., and Amy Taylor, Green Analytics, provided a
descriptive presentation of the Natural Capital Asset Management Plan,
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which included; defining an asset management plan regarding its
priorities, tactical planning, and work delivery, natural area assets and
natural enhanced assets including inventory, state of infrastructure and
the condition of natural assets, and the levels of service, and detailed the
asset management strategy, highlighting the risk ratings and risk
management including environmental, climate, and human-induced
hazards. They further presented three asset management strategies
involving status quo activities and costs with scenario B being identified
as the recommended strategy due to costs and funding.
The Committee and Staff discussed various matters including; the
preference of scenario B in terms of levels of service and mitigating risks,
establishing a target once a scenario has been selected by the Town, how
carbon sequestration can be included in the natural capital asset
management plan, how the plan's recommendations compare to other
surrounding municipalities which Staff explained that the plan includes an
advanced assessment, the requirement for municipalities to report their
current levels of service, identifying natural assets and managing the risks
in the plan's framework, types of vulnerabilities and threats such as
phragmites, and meeting green development standards established by the
Town.
Moved by Ken Turriff
Seconded by Nicole Arsenault
1. That the memorandum regarding Presentation of the Draft Natural
Capital Asset Management Plan be received; and
2. That the Environmental Advisory Committee comments regarding
Presentation of the Draft Natural Capital Asset Management Plan be
received and referred to staff for consideration and further action as
appropriate.
Carried
8. Informational Items
None.
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9. New Business
Staff provided an update on the Dog Waste Pilot Project and the goal to install 6
dog waste bins throughout the Town beginning July 2024.
10. Adjournment
Moved by Kristen Martens
Seconded by Nicole Arsenault
That the meeting be adjourned at 8:36 p.m.
Carried