Environment Committee

NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING

DATE:

Tuesday, 2016 September 13

TIME:

6:00 PM

PLACE:

Council Committee Room, Main Floor,  City Hall

A G E N D A

1.

CALL TO ORDER

PAGE

2.

MINUTES

a)

Open meeting of the Environment Committee held on 2016 April 12

1

3.

CORRESPONDENCE

a)

Correspondence from Kierra Enns

Re: Concerns Regarding Merit Insecticide

9

b)

Correspondence from Rupert and Franny Yakelashek

Re: Federal Bill of Environmental Rights

10

c)

Correspondence from Andrew Weaver, MLA

Re: Introducing an Environmental Bill of Rights

12

d)

Correspondence from the City of North Vancouver

Re: Cigarette Butt Deposit Return Program Resolution

15

e)

Correspondence from Environment Canada

Re: Amendment to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act

26

f)

Correspondence from Metro Vancouver

Re: Mattress and Bulky Furniture Extended Producer Responsibility

28

g)

Correspondence from Weiping Huang

Re: Save the Trees and Plants on Private Properties

39

h)

Correspondence from Climate Action Secretariat, Ministry of Environment

Re: BC Climate Leadership Plan

41

i)

Correspondence from Trevor Mack

Re: Creating Hydro Power from City Pipes

42

j)

Memorandum from the Director Engineering

Re: 2016 Water Conservation Poster Contest Winners

43

k)

Memorandum from the Director Planning and Building

Re: Burnaby Big Bend Tour

69

l)

Memorandum from the Administrative Officer

Re: Waterways of Burnaby: Discovering the Heritage & Nature of Burnaby's Still Creek Conservation Area

72

m)

Memorandum from the City Clerk

Re: Annual Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Report (2015)

77

n)

Memorandum from the City Clerk

Re: Regional Food System Strategy Action Plan

80

o)

Memorandum from the City Clerk

Re: Spill Preparedness and Response in BC: Proposed Amendments to the Environmental Management Act and Proposed Regulations (IP3)

86

p)

Memorandum from the Deputy City Clerk

Re: Federation of Canadian Municipalities National Municipal Energy Infrastructure Task Force

93

4.

NEW BUSINESS

5.

INQUIRIES

6.

CLOSED

Public excluded according to Sections 90 and 92 of the Community Charter.

7.

ADJOURNMENT