Environmental Advisory Committee

THAT the May 27, 2024 Regular Meeting Agenda of the Environmental Advisory Committee BE APPROVED as circulated.

THAT the minutes of the Environmental Advisory Committee regular meeting held on February 5, 2024 BE RECEIVED; AND THAT the minutes of the Environmental Advisory Committee special meeting held on March 20, 2024 BE RECEIVED.

THAT the Energy Audit Report for the Municipal Office BE RECEIVED for information.

THAT Report No. CAO-002-24 BE RECEIVED for information; AND THAT the Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) recommend to Council that the Resolution to Join the FCM—ICLEI Partners for Climate Protection Program BE ADOPTED as follows: WHEREAS The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and ICLEI— Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI Canada) have established the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program to provide a forum for municipal governments to share their knowledge and experience with other municipal governments on how to reduce GHG emissions; WHEREAS over 350 municipal governments across Canada representing more than 65 percent of the population have already committed to reducing corporate and community GHG emissions through the PCP program since its inception in 1994; WHEREAS the PCP program is based on a five-milestone framework that involves completing a GHG inventory and forecast, setting a GHG reduction target, developing a local action plan, implementing the plan, and monitoring progress and reporting results; BE IT RESOLVED that the Municipality of Thames Centre review the guidelines on PCP Member Benefits and Responsibilities and then communicate to FCM and ICLEI Canada its participation in the PCP program and its commitment to achieving the milestones set out in the PCP five-milestone framework; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Environmental Advisory Committee and the CAO be appointed to oversee the implementation of the PCP milestone

THAT the Green Town Hall Survey BE APPROVED, as amended to the following:  Draft Question on Chemical Management – split this question into two (2) questions: the use of pesticides on residential land, and the use of pesticides on agricultural land  Include questions about the following potential initiatives: o Hazardous waste material elimination o Habitat destruction o Habitat restoration o Biodiversity; AND THAT staff be directed to implement the survey and obtain public feedback results, in advance of the Green Town Hall meetings.

THAT Correspondence Items 8.a. through 8.d. BE RECEIVED for information.

THAT Report No. C-AIAC-01-2024 be received for information; AND THAT the Accessibility and Inclusivity Advisory Committee recommends that Thames Centre Council develop a Land Acknowledgment, using the Association of Municipalities Guidelines; AND THAT the Accessibility and Inclusivity Advisory Committee support the Environmental Advisory Committee's recommendation to consider a joint recommendation for a National Healing Forest initiative, to be implemented in two (2) locations within Thames Centre.

RESOLVED THAT the meeting adjourn at 12:39 p.m.