MERGED AGENDA
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

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ELECTRONIC MEETING
Location for public attendance:
Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

[Note:  This meeting will be live streamed and video recorded for the public.]

Minutes from the Environment Committee Meeting held electronically on Wednesday, 2021-DEC-01, at 5:00 p.m.

To be introduced by Lisa Bhopalsingh, Director, Community Development and First Nation Relations.

To be introduced by Lisa Bhopalsingh, Director, Community Development and First Nation Relations.


Purpose:  To update and involve the Environment Committee in the ongoing REIMAGINE Nanaimo policy review process, with a specific focus on draft Green Policies section of the City Plan.


Presentation:


1. Ting Pan, Manager of Sustainability.


Recommendation:  That the Environment Committee review and provide feedback on the draft Green Policies.

To be introduced by Jeremy Holm, Director, Development Approvals.


Purpose:  To continue discussion on the proposed enhancements to the City's regulatory framework for watercourse protection to the Environment Committee for consideration and recommendation to Council.


Presentation:


1. Kevin Brydges, Environmental Protection Officer.


Recommendation:  That the Environment Committee recommend that Council support the proposed enhancements to the City's regulatory framework for watercourse protection.

To be introduced by Lisa Bhopalsingh, Director, Community Development and First Nation Relations.


Purpose:  To provide the Environment Committee with a 2022 workplan for consideration and recommendation to Council.


Recommendation:  That the Environment Committee recommend that Council endorse the 2022 Environment Committee Workplan.

To be introduced by Ting Pan, Manager of Sustainability.


Purpose:  To familiarize the Environment Committee with BC government’s latest CleanBC plan “Roadmap to 2030” regarding new measures to meet BC’s emissions reduction targets for 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.


Note: Document to be distributed on the addendum.