ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA
REVISED
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Council Chambers, City Hall
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 2, 2011
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS
AND DELETIONS
Additions:
6.1.3 Correspondence from Dan O’Sullivan, Sweet Cheeks Diaper
Service, dated July 4, 2011 re: impact of disposable diapers in landfill
8.1 Councillor Watts – Request for Staff Report re: Resolutions for UNSM
8.2 Councillor Watts – Request for Staff Report re: Review Functional
Plans Identified in the Regional Municipal Planning Strategy
8.3 Councillor Watts – Request for Staff Report re: Status of the
Community Energy Plan
9.1 Information Item 6 - Briefing Note dated July 7, 2011 re: Compost &
Recycling Videos
9.2 Councillor Fisher – Request for Presentation re: Dartmouth Watershed
9.3 Councillor Watts – Discussion re: Wind Turbines
9.4 Information Item 2 - Information Report dated June 20, 2011 re:
Requests for Presentation
4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES - NONE
5. CONSIDERATIONF OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - NONE
6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
6.1 Correspondence
6.1.1 Email submission from Art & Nancy Herve dated May 25, 2011
6.1.2 Email submission from John Power dated May 27, 2011
6.1.3 Correspondence from Dan O’Sullivan, Sweet Cheeks Diaper
Service, dated July 4, 2011 re: impact of disposable diapers
in landfill
6.2 Petitions
6.3 Presentations
6.3.1 Heritage Gas re: 2011 Update/Expansion Issues
6.3.2 Our HRM Alliance re: Regional Municipal Planning Strategy
7. REPORTS
7.1 STAFF REPORTS
7.1.1 Save Our Lakes Policy Project
7.2 MEMBERS OF STANDING COMMITTEE
7.2.1 Councillor Watts - Request for Report re: Best Management
Practices, Plans, Regulations and Policy to incubate Solar
Energy
7.3 MOTIONS/REQUESTS FROM OTHER STANDING COMMITTEES
7.3.1 Community Planning & Economic Development Standing
Committee
- Email Extract of CP&ED follow up from June 9, 2011 meeting
8. MOTIONS
8.1 Councillor Watts – Request for Staff Report re: Resolutions for
UNSM
8.2 Councillor Watts – Request for Staff Report re: Review Functional
Plans Identified in the Regional Municipal Planning Strategy
8.3 Councillor Watts – Request for Staff Report re: Status of the
Community Energy Plan
9. ADDED ITEMS
9.1 Information Item 6 - Briefing Note dated July 7, 2011 re: Compost
& Recycling Videos
9.2 Councillor Fisher – Request for Presentation re: Dartmouth
Watershed
9.3 Councillor Watts – Discussion re: Wind Turbines
9.4 Information Item 2 - Information Report dated June 20, 2011 re:
Requests for Presentation
10. NOTICES OF MOTION
10.1 Councillor Watts
11. NEXT MEETING DATE - August 4, 2011
12. ADJOURNMENT
IN CAMERA - Immediately following regular session
1. Approval of Minutes - March 3rd & 9, 2011
2. Contractual Matter - Solar City Funding (to be circulated)
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Information Report dated April 28, 2011 re: Environment and Social
Implications: LED Streetlighting Conversion
2. Information Report dated June 20, 2011 re: Requests for Presentation
3. Briefing Note dated July 7, 2011 re: Nova Scotia Youth Conservation
4. Briefing Note dated July 7, 2011 re: Copy of Presentation from Green
5. Briefing Note dated July 7, 2011 re: Curbside Give Away Event Weekend
6. Briefing Note dated July 7, 2011 re: Compost & Recycling Videos
7. Briefing Note dated July 7, 2011 re: Additional Plastics: Advertising &
8. Briefing Note dated July 7, 2011 re: HRM's Super Sorter Program
9. Briefing Note dated July 7, 2011 re: Litter Clean-ups & Communications
