ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

STANDING COMMITTEE

Thursday, March 7, 2013
Dartmouth Chamber
90 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 7, 2013

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF

    ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

    9.1 Councillor Watts - Update on Implementation of Solar City

    9.2 Councillor Watts - Update on National Zero Waste Council:

           Teleconference of March 4, 2013

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
    4.1 Status Sheet Update

5. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS
     5.1 Supplementary Information Report dated January 10, 2013

          regarding Blue Mountain Birch Cove Regional Park and

          Birch Cove Lakes Watershed Study Projects

6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
     6.1 Correspondence
           6.1.1 Presentation Request from Ecology Action Centre

                    regarding stormwater management
           6.1.2 Presentation Request from Electronic Recycling Association
           6.1.3 Correspondence from S.M. Mandaville

     6.2 Petitions

     6.3 Presentations
           6.3.1 JDA Mackenzie Architects regarding HRM geothermal site
           6.3.2 QUEST regarding the municipal role in community energy

                    projects
           6.3.3 Jason Lange regarding Solar City Townsville (Australia)

                    and IBM Smart City Challenge
           6.3.4 Ecology Action Centre regarding NS mining policies

7. REPORTS
    7.1.1 Staff Reports
             7.1.1 Recommendation Report dated February 26, 2013

                      regarding waste strategy – public consultation process

                     (i) Correspondence from Community Monitoring Committee

                          dated March 5, 2013

8. MOTIONS

9. ADDED ITEMS

    9.1 Councillor Watts - Update on Implementation of Solar City

    9.2 Councillor Watts - Update on National Zero Waste Council:

          Teleconference of March 4, 2013

10. NOTICES OF MOTION

       10.1 Councillor Watts

               Take notice that at the next regular meeting of the Standing

               Committee, I intend to introduce a motion requesting staff to

               implement and recommend a policy to Regional Council to

               ensure that all new HRM corporate buildings are built

              "Solar Ready" for the future.

12. NEXT MEETING DATE – April 4, 2013 (City Hall)

13. ADJOURNMENT

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INFORMATION ITEMS – NONE