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From YouTube: Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management - 16 November 2021
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Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management
- 16 November 2021
Agenda and background materials can be found at http://www.ottawa.ca/agendas
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Seeing
none
confirmation
minutes
for
the
meeting
of
tuesday
october
19th
2021
are
those
items?
Are
those
minutes
carried
gary
gary?
Thank
you
we'll
just
run
through
the
list
here
so
item.
One
is
the
budget,
so
we
have
speakers
on
that
item.
Two
is
local
room
policy
review
and
update
on
ditch
alteration
policy
which
might
sound
very
mundane
to
all
of
you,
but
I
quite
love
it.
So
we're
gonna
have
a
presentation
on
that
number.
Three
is
strategy
for
provincial,
hazardous
and
special
products
program
transition
to
individual
producer
responsibility,
so
we
have
two
similar
files.
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Receive
those
report
that
report
received
so
you've
seen
and
item
four,
which
is
update
on
provincial
blue
box
program
transition,
individual
personal
responsibility.
This
is
a
little
different.
It's
received.
The
report
received
the
update
on
the
provincial
blue
box
program,
transition
to
individual
producer
responsibility
and
to
delegate
authority
to
general
manager
of
public
works
and
environmental
services
department
to
begin
to
go
negotiations
with
produce
producer
responsibility
organizations
in
preparation
for
this
transition.
Any
questions
on
that
hold
it
or
can
we
receive
and
carry
that.
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So
much
so
we'll
go
back
to
item
one,
which
is
the
budgets.
Of
course
we
have
the
excitement
of
having
two
budgets
at
this
committee:
a
tax-supported
budget,
a
rate-supported
budget
which
we
don't
all
pay
for.
Some
of
us
do
some
of
us
don't
like.
I
don't
pay
for
the
rate
budget,
but
I
also
have
a
well
on
a
septic
system,
so
it
kind
of
makes
sense
all
right.
So
I
think
we
have
isabelle
jasmine
here
for
that
presentation.
I
I
am
sorry
we're
starting
off
with
marilyn
trudeau,
so
good
morning,
everyone
this
it
up.
Okay,
my
name
is
marilyn
chernow
and
I'm
the
acting
director
of
water
services
and
I'm
pleased
to
be
with
you
this
morning
to
deliver
the
draft
2022
budget.
I'd
like
to
introduce
my
colleagues
who
will
be
presenting
with
today
isabelle
jasmine,
the
deputy
city
treasurer
is
here
on
behalf
of
finance
and
karina
duclos.
Acting
director
of
infrastructure
services
is
here
on
behalf
of
planning
infrastructure
and
economic
development.
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So
this
is
the
operating
budget
summary
for
tax
supported
services.
Infrastructure
services
manages
the
design
and
construction
of
the
city's
assets
and
therefore
much
of
their
budget.
24.9
million
is
recovered
from
capital
projects
and
others
for
from
a
total
expenditure
budget
of
31.1
million
dollars,
resiliency
in
natural
systems,
budget
increased
by
30
000,
which
is
approximately
1.5
percent,
increase
and
solid
waste
services.
Budget
is
103.8
million,
with
revenues
of
69.9
million
from
the
garbage
fee.
Tipping
fees
and
sale
of
recyclables
forestry
services
budget
increased
by
395
000,
which
is
approximately
two
percent.
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I
This
I
meant
for
multi-residential
households.
This
can
be
largely
attributed
to
the
2019
pure
pyramid
for
both
curbside
and
multi-residential
contracts
for
waste
collection.
Also
included,
is
funding
to
support
the
projects
that
required
at
the
landfill
and
associated
facilities,
and
this
requires
a
2022
increase
of
four
dollars
for
curbside
household
and
two
dollars
for
multi-residential.
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Our
legion
yard
waste
facility,
18
million
for
the
development
of
stage
5a
to
accept
ways:
1.9
million
for
the
continued
development
of
the
solid
waste
master
plan
and
component
projects,
parts
pilot
and
bin
delivery
and
500
000
for
renewal
of
solid
waste
facilities,
as
well
as
620
000
for
fleet
growth
and
the
remainder
for
service
enhancements,
such
as
trail
road
landfill
improvements
and
gas
collection.
Expansion.
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So
the
capital
budget,
at
33.9
million
for
these
services,
is
funded
42
from
cash
or
14.4
million
and
58
from
debt
or
19.5
million.
We
are
applying
more
debt
to
solid
waste
projects
in
order
to
advance
some
of
the
critical
infrastructure
needs
in
that
program,
and
a
long-range
financial
plan
will
be
coming
forward
in
2022,
along
with
the
solid
waste
master
plan.
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H
So
the
increases
in
each
of
these
services
is
aligned
with
the
long-range
financial
plan
due
to
growth
on
on
our
estimated
volume
of
water,
consumption
and
increa,
which
has
increased
by
about
800
000
cubic
meters,
and
the
number
of
properties
is
also
increasing.
So,
even
though
we
we
need
to
increase
overall
revenues
by
5.4,
the
average
bill
only
increases
by
4.2
percent.
The
overall
net
impact
is
zero.
This
is
100
cost
recovery
for
all
these
services
next
slide.
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The
budget
includes
an
adjustment
for
potential
2022
cost
of
living
increases
increments
and
benefit
adjustments.
The
budget
also
includes
an
increase
to
the
contribution
to
capital
of
5.2
or
5.727
million
for
water
and
4.296
million
for
wastewater
and
9.77
million
for
storm
water.
I'll
now
pass
the
remainder
of
the
presentation
over
to
korean
adults.
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Some
of
the
highlights
of
the
66
million
investments
include
16.2
million
to
repair
sewage,
pumping
stations,
18.4
million
to
repair
and
extend
the
life
of
our
robert
picard
environmental
center
9.8
million
to
upgrade
and
renew
the
existing
richmond
pumping
station
1
million
investment
in
the
ottawa
river
action
plan
and
wet
weather
infrastructure
master
plan.
This
1
million
investment
is
comprised
of
six
hundred
thousand
four
stone
water
and
four
hundred
thousand
for
wastewater
next
slide.
Please.
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K
17.4
million
to
support
the
operational
transition
to
stage
2
library,
55
million
to
replace
74
40
foot
buses
as
directed
by
council.
The
application
process
is
underway
for
federal
funding
to
purchase
these
battery
electric
buses
anticipated
to
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
7
000
tons
per
year,
26.5
million
for
sidewalks
pathways,
pedestrian
facilities,
cycling
facilities,
active
transportation
facilities
and
missile
links.
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Thank
you
very
much
we're
going
to
go
to
delegations,
though,
before
we
go
to
questions
to
to
staff
on
the
budget.
I
know
before
we
go
to
delegations,
it
wouldn't
hurt
if
we
had
a
motion,
but
I
think
you
know
councilman
has
been
working
on
a
motion
with
relation
to
climate
change
funding,
but
I
know
there
was
some
final
updates
to
that
motion.
Council
merit
is
that
motion
ready
to
be
read
now
or.
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I
noted,
as
a
case
in
point
that
in
the
budget
that
was
just
prevented
presented
that
there's
1.6
million
dollars
allocated
for
planting
125
000
trees,
but
one
wonders
when
the
amount
of
invasive
plants
that
we
have
such
as
buckthorn
in
our
areas,
how
many
of
these
will
actually
survive
and
how
much
that
cost
investment
will
pay
off
on
slide.
Two
just
to
present,
ultimately,
I'm
here
to
request
that
the
standing
committee
consider
funds
in
the
budget
process
to
start
a
co-management
program
with
community
groups
dedicated
to
invasive
plant
management
within
public
spaces.
J
On
slide,
three
currently
city
of
ottawa
does
not
have
an
invasive
plant
management
program.
There's
website
acknowledgement
of
the
widespread
invasive
plants
that
are
in
our
parks
and
green
space.
These
include,
of
course,
garlic
mustard
dog
strangling
vine,
common
and
glossy
buckthorn,
as
well
as
many
of
the
other
25
species
that
appear
in
the
noxious
weed
annex
of
the
ontario
weed
control
act.
This
same
act
is
what
mandates
the
city
to
take
action
regarding
wild
parsnip,
poison,
ivy
and
giant
hogweed
on
city
property.
J
It's
clear
that
staff
clearly
recognized
the
need
for
community
groups,
the
desire
of
them
to
get
involved
in
controlling
these
invasive
species,
but
at
times
our
communications
have
been
very
challenging
in
the
fact
that
sometimes
we're
pointed
to
bylaws
that
show
that
this
activity
is
actually
illegal.
We
know
that
we
can
work
through
the
corporate
real
estate
office
to
get
a
consent
to
enter
agreement,
but
there's
really
no
standards
and
or
help
in
terms
of
disposing
of
that
material.
J
If
we
were
to
remove
invasive
plants,
we
know
that
the
city,
when
they
published
the
urban
forest
management
plan
in
2017,
they
had
clear
recommendations
to
deal
with
invasives
that
including
putting
forward
a
staff
position
that
would
have
invasive
plant
removal
and
working
with
community
groups
as
part
of
a
a
recommendation.
I
think
it
was
recommendation
22..
J
We
all
know
how
important
parks
and
green
spaces
are.
We've
seen
that,
more
than
ever
in
the
pandemic,
from
a
mental
health
perspective,
an
environmental
perspective
in
terms
of
our
biodiversity,
they're,
fantastic
for
equity,
seeking
groups
being
able
to
go
out
and
and
be
out
in
the
outdoors
if
they
don't
have
access
to
private
lands.
J
We've
never
had
such
a
high
usage
of
parks,
but,
unfortunately,
these
native
species
are
choking.
These
invasive
species
are
really
choking
out
our
native
species,
they're
changing
the
biodiversity
areas,
they're
preventing
pollinators
from
from
growing
they're
bringing
diseases
they're
eroding
our
natural
spaces.
So,
just
on
slide
four,
I
know
you're
all
extremely
familiar
with
the
city
of
ottawa's
new
official
plan.
There's
some
really
ambitious.
J
You
know
high-level
policy
statements
in
there
talking
about
protecting
our
natural
environment,
talking
about
equitable
access,
talking
about
protecting
trees,
talking
about
protecting
wetlands
enabling
sustainable
local
food
production,
but
it's
really
hard
to
imagine
how
any
of
this
is
possible
when
there's
no
money
or
no
commitment
to
a
program
to
work
with
community
groups
to
start
removing
these
invasive
plants.
You
know
just
in
terms
of
local
food
production.
J
You
know
we
we
see
things
that
would
allow
food
bearing
trees,
that
that's
never
going
to
be
possible
in
our
green
spaces,
is
now
and
there's
other
municipalities
all
across
ontario
and
across
canada
that
have
much
more
advanced
programs
working
with
community
members
on
invasive
plant
removal.
So
just
in
terms
of
slide
five,
just
to
recap
what
asking
for
asking
for
funding
to
be
committed?
J
You
know
small
small
start
to
have
a
program
dedicated
to
champion
a
co-management
program
and
include
things
such
as
insurance
liability
oversight,
how
this
would
get
done
training,
and
this
would
be
something
that
we
know
is
supported
by
the
ottawa
invasive
plant
group.
It's
supported
by
community
associations,
but
we
really
need
that
city
responsible
to
be
responsible
for
oversight
for
for
the
community
volunteers.
J
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L
You
talked
about
multi-departments
who,
who
heads
this
up?
Is
it
parks
which
we're
dealing
with
at
cpsc
on
thursday
or
forestry,
and
we've
been
told
that,
while
mitigating
invasive
species
falls
on
forestry
permission
to
do
the
work
in
the
public
space
needs
to
be
approved
by
parks
and
and
corporate
real
estate?
L
J
There
is
also
there
have
been
neighbors.
We're
well
aware
that
there's
folks
that
are
doing
this
work
without
having
proper
authorization.
The
problem
that
we
get
into
there
is
that,
then
there
starts
the
calls
to
the
community
associations,
the
bylaw
unauthorized
individuals,
there's
no
standard
through
removal,
so
so
folks
are
going
in
there
they're
removing
things
you
know,
piles
of
sticks
are
left
or
whatever
else.
We
have
quite
expansive
green
space,
at
least
where
we're
you
know
from
the
in.
J
In
my
area,
at
least
from
from
here
into
smythe,
you
know
the
sort
of
the
old
heron
walking
corridor,
and,
and
so
there's
lots
of
folks
that
we
know
that
they're
in
there
they're
trying
to
do
their
best
they're
trying
they're
very
interested
in
biodiversity,
but
there's
no
standards.
So,
yes,
I'm
aware
of
groups
that
either
have
you
know
a
sanctioned
agreement
or
who
don't.
J
So
I
can't
really
speak
to
the
group
fca,
but
just
in
terms
of
cafes
ottawa
sent
on
a
message
over
the
weekend.
We
advised
that
we
were
doing
a
delegation
of
this
and
we
had
support
from,
I
think
close
to
15..
I'm
not
going
to
be
able
to
remember
them
all,
but
you
know:
gloucester
horticultural
society,
the
glee
community
association,
environment
committee,
centertown,
community
association,
old
ottawa,
south
they're.
J
I
think
it's
enviro
crew,
the
environment
committee
of
rockland
park
residents,
canada,
beaver
burke,
community
association,
chapel
hill,
north,
I
think
they
might
be
presenting
today
and
as
well.
The
the
the
iola
price
from
the
rockland
park
residents,
association
on
the
environment
committee.
She
also
said
there'd
be
support
from
the
ontario
invasive
plant
council.
So
we
we
had
quite
a
strong
response
for
just
getting
the
message
out
on
saturday
already
and
I've
missed
a
couple
groups
in
there.
I
will
say
I
didn't
know.
L
Yeah,
no
thank
you
for
that.
We're
not
reinventing
the
wheel
and
other
cities.
Have
these
issues
and
other
cities
have
programs
like
this
in
place
and
I'll
certainly
be
asking
staff
about
that
when
we
have
questions
to
staff,
can
can
you
speak
to
in
in
your
research
the
initiatives
of
other
cities?
How
are
they
different
one
from
another?
How
successful
are
they
what
one
from
another,
do
you
have
any
information
on
that
for
us.
J
Yeah,
I
I
will
admit
to
not
doing
a
comprehensive
scan
of
all
the
programs,
but
we
certainly
have
looked
around.
I
mean
I
think
london
ontario
has
the
absolute
cadillac
of
invasive
plant
management
programs.
I
mean
I
acknowledge
when
I
say
that
that
they,
of
course,
don't
have
an
lrt,
but
you
know
they're
they've
done
extensive
work
on
invasive
plant
management.
They
followed
very
much
the
ontario
invasive
plant
councils
framework.
J
For
it
you
know,
they've
got
kind
of
a
five-pronged
approach
to
it,
but
there's
other
cities
as
well
that
even
if
they
don't
have
a
formalized
strategy,
you
know
looking
at
city
of
guelph,
you
know
they're
using
machinery
they're
using
herbicides
to
remove
these
invasive
plants.
You
know
and
once
the
areas
are
under
control,
they
rehabilitate.
J
I
think
it's
city
of
oakville
has
a
wood
woodland
rehabilitation
program.
Where
they've
you
know
they
tell
their
successes
in
terms
of
removing
buckthorn
and
they
take
other
initiatives
sort
of
community
initiatives
with
groups.
I
noted
that
they
have,
I
think
it's
what's
the
garlic,
garlic,
mustard,
weeding
community
events
and-
and
you
know
that
was
probably
a
good
chance
for
counselors
to
participate.
J
Just
as
you
know,
in
any
other
event,
going
to
a
bake,
sale
or
anything
else
to
have
a
garlic
mustard
weeding
event,
so
they
do
those
with
community
groups.
So
there's
there's
quite
a
lot
of
different.
You
know
programs
across
the
province,
but
I
will
say
that,
in
the
brief
environmental
scan
that
I
did
you
know,
city
of
ottawa
is
is
really
really
far
behind
on
this
issue.
L
Thanks
for
that,
and
just
one
more
question
chair-
and
I
appreciate
your
leniency,
chair
moffatt,
because
this
isn't
all
necessarily
environmental
but-
and
I
will
be
at
cpsc
marty
just
one
more
question:
do
you
have
any
numbers,
hard
numbers
about
costs
and
from
other
cities
and
what
we
could
reasonably
expect
here
in
ottawa
and
how
successful
they
they
have
been
in?
You
know
the
value
for
the
the
investment
of
of
dealing
with
invasive
species,
any
any
information
at
all
about
that
for
us
to
to
take
yeah.
J
I'll
admit
that
I
don't
counsel
clueche
and
I
apologize
for
that.
It
was
really
hard
to
parse
out
even
looking
at
the
different
programs.
You
know
some
of
these.
Even
in
london
they
talk
about
how
it
impacts
different
areas.
Just
as
you
said,
you
know
yourself
that
it
cross-cuts
many
different
areas.
So
I
believe
that
the
london
they
have
a
really
glossy
pdf,
47
pages
and
they've
got
numbers
in
there.
I
haven't
thoroughly,
read
it
yet,
but
there's
other
you
know.
J
I
haven't
looked
deeply
into
the
costing
issue
for
this.
I
I
will
admit,
but
you
know,
I
know
that
the
budget
is
constrained,
absolutely
there's
constraints,
so
we're
looking
for
you
know
a
very
small
amount
of
money
to
set
up
a
volunteer
co-management
program.
We
have
scores
of
volunteers
that
are
willing
to
do
this,
but
we're
constantly
met
with
the
same
questions
by
staff
liability.
This
sort
of
thing
you
look
at
the
success
of
cleaning
the
capital
and
how
we
get
community
index
groups
involved
there
I
mean
there's
liability
there
as
well.
J
L
Thanks
marty
and
thanks
for
that
comparison
that
you've
just
brought
forth
as
to
how
successful
programs
and
community
involvement
and
volunteers
can
be,
everybody
can
work
safely
and
we
can
attain
the
objectives
of
our
community
marty
thanks
for
presenting
to
us
today.
It's
always
always
nice
to
to
be
with
you
and
to
hear
from
you.
Thank
you
chair.
Those
are
all
my
questions
for
now.
A
Thank
you
yeah.
I
think
I'm
not
sure
I
think
counselor
cliche
spoke
to
me
about
bringing
something
forward.
The
it's
important
you
don't
know.
If
you
look
at
parallels,
you
know
we
at
agricultural
affairs
committee
back
in
2012
started
the
process
which
created
the
wild
parasite
merch
management
program
in
the
city.
It
wasn't
it
wasn't
done
through
the
budget
process.
A
So
that's
probably
one
of
the
most
invasive
species
that
exists
out
there
because
of
the
the
rapid
spread
of
it
throughout
eastern
ontario
all
the
way
down
to
belleville,
and
we
also
created
a
wild
parsnip
stakeholders
group
with
neighboring
municipalities,
gatineau
lanark,
leeds
in
grenville,
dundas,
glenn
gary,
as
well
as
hydrato
hydra,
one
ministry
of
the
environment.
So
we
had
a
big,
a
big
group
that
would
meet
regular.
I
was
on
that
stakeholders
group,
because
you
know
why
not
and
we
we
were.
A
It-
was
good
to
be
able
to
work
together.
Lanark
had
a
very
difficult
time
doing
their
well
management
program
because
of
the
opposition
to
any
sort
of
spraying
and
whatnot
and
the
challenges
that
existed
there.
But
it
was
a
good,
a
collaboration
between
everyone
in
involving
including
the
the
ministry
environment.
A
So
it's
it
is
something
that
we
we
have
done
before
specific
to
wild
personnel,
but
certainly
having
that
conversation
and
building
off
of
that,
as
you
know,
relating
to
others,
can
be
good
as
well,
because
I
think
the
the
invasive
species
group
was
also
involved
in
that
conversation
as
well.
So
all
right!
Well,
thank
you
when
I
imagine
I
think,
from
what
I
gather
from
this.
A
A
M
Next
slide,
please
many
of
you
will
have
read
about
the
cop26
climate
conference.
There
were
some
important
outcomes
inside
deals
and
there
was
disappointment
with
the
level
of
commitment
by
countries
in
the
final
communique.
But
for
sure
two
things
came
out
a
there
is
a
new
level
of
engagement.
That
is
an
order
of
magnitude.
M
Above
what
we
have
seen
before,
including
by
the
canadian
federal
delegation
and
b,
we
are
told
to
look
at
the
local
level
for
the
actions
emissions
happen
at
the
local
level,
and
no
level
of
government
can
fight
climate
alone
and
councillors,
although
it
may
not
feel
like
it.
Sometimes
at
the
ottawa
council
table,
the
local
level
has
the
most
tools
to
act
on
climate
and
is
clearly
the
closest
to
the
emitters,
as
well
as
the
people
taking
the
hits.
M
This
is
the
case
for
both
mitigation
and
adaptation.
Next
slide,
please,
in
terms
of
the
big
picture.
Delay
is
the
new
denial
and
we
have
to
be
vigilant
that
we
here
in
ottawa
are
not
falling
into
this
trap.
I
would
like
each
one
of
you
to
think
whether
you
are
in
favor
of
delay
or
in
favor
of
action
and
implementation
on
our
climate
plan
here
in
ottawa.
If
you
vote
in
favor
of
delay,
then
you
are
effectively
denying
the
urgency
and
reality
of
the
changing
climate
crisis
next
slide,
please.
M
M
We
have
a
reduction
in
the
dollars
allocated
a
69
percent
reduction
year
on
year.
We
are
not
ramping
up.
The
effort
in
terms
of
ftes
allocated
to
climate,
and
we
have
no
long-term
financial
plan
nor
effort
to
create
financing
structure
for
resourcing
the
climate
plan,
and
I
there's
a
lot
of
issues
in
terms
of
measurement
of
both
dollars
and
emissions
in
the
climate
world.
M
Energy
evolution
has
a
requirement
of
just
over
600
million
per
year
in
capitalization,
so
a
third
of
that
from
the
municipality
would
put
us
in
an
order
of
magnitude
of
200
million,
and
I
would
like
to
remind
you
many
of
you
know
this
is
that
the
energy
evolution
has
not
just
costs
but
also
revenues
and
benefits
that
that
accrue
from
the
investments
in
energy
efficiency,
renewable
energy,
etc.
Those
should
be
reinvested.
M
M
M
We
have
lots
of
tools
in
the
toolbox
next
slide,
please.
Thirdly,
we
need
to
scale
and
resource.
We
need
to
ramp
up
the
staffing
we
need
to
make
a
capital
plan
and
we
need
to
scale
the
electric
bus
pilot
is
for
buses.
We
heard
from
finance
that
there
are
plans
to
put
74
more
buses,
good
move,
but
I
don't
think
that's
on
budget
yet,
and
the
bus
fleet
currently
is
944
buses.
M
Similarly,
on
the
homes
and
buildings
side,
council
councillors,
you
need
to
partner
not
only
with
senior
levels
of
government,
but
with
community
ottawa
is
prepared
to
invest
in
transition,
but
needs
leadership.
For
example,
in
renewable
energy.
You
should
be
leaning
on
hydro
ottawa
to
partner
to
invest
in
more
renewable
energy.
Just
one
example.
Thank
you.
The
next
slide
is
thank
you.
There
we
go.
F
F
We've
had
discussions
in
the
past
with
them
about
the
retrofit
of
our
buildings,
deep
retrofits
over
time
which
pay
back
the
municipality,
I'm
hoping
to
get
your
thoughts
on
that,
given
their
source
of
emissions
in
ottawa
and
the
second
piece
I'm
hoping
to
get
your
thoughts
on
are
a
revolving
fund,
where
savings
that
are
achieved
from
other
issues
like
led
street
light
conversion.
Our
building
retrofits
areas
where
we
are
reducing
costs
as
a
result
of
early
investments,
can
then
be
reinvested
into
more
admission,
saving
and
cost
reducing
activities.
M
Okay,
so
wonderful
questions.
Thank
you
very
much
sean,
so
hydro
ottawa
is
a
wholly
owned
corporation
that
is
fully
owned
by
the
city
of
ottawa,
so
in
in
our
view,
the
city
should
be
giving
direction
to
its
wholly
owned
corporation
to
include
in
their
strategic
plan
efforts
high
and
low,
to
help
us
succeed
in
implementing
energy
evolution
and
our
climate
master
plan.
M
So,
and
so
there
is
some
behind
the
behind
the
meter,
where
hydro
could
be
arranging
for
paybacks
over
time
accruing
to
the
building
owner.
That
would
then
incentivize
the
building
owner
to
take
care
of
commercial
building
incentive
programs
right,
but
right
now
that
that
is
more
or
less
blocked,
because
the
benefits
of
making
these
investments
over
the
long
run
do
do
not
accrue
to
the
building
owner.
So
that's
just
a
little
example,
but
hydro
also
has
in
turn
fully
owned.
Subsidiaries
like
portage
power
and
and
vari
so
andvari
is
an
energy
services.
M
M
It's
also
shown
that
there
are
significant
economic
benefits
that
come
back
right
from
making
investments
in
energy
efficiency
and
energy
conservation.
So
it's
only
logical
to
start
rolling
the
cost
savings
back
into
the
whole
effort
to
turn
the
curve
on
our
climate
emissions
and
our
energy
consumption.
M
So
so
I
would
hugely
support
doing
that.
I
I
obviously
said
so
in
my
in
my
presentation.
There
was
a
report
that
came
to
fedco
this
summer.
I
think
I
mentioned
it
already
that
actually
started
counting
up
some
of
the
energy
innovations
and
cost
savings,
and
there
was
some
recurrence
some
one
time
and
I
think
that
there
was
7.7
million
dollars
in
like
cost
savings
and
and
benefits
from
doing
this
energy
work.
So
those
monies
should
be
reinvested
and
and
not
just
sort
of
accrue
to
general
revenue.
G
G
You
know
being
621
million,
I
think
was
the
number
and
you
suggest
that
we
as
a
municipality
should
be
responsible
for
one.
Third
of
that
is
that
correct,
so
200
million,
and
today
you
know
we're
resourcing
our
climate
plan,
for
you
know
0.8
million,
so
there's
a
there's
a
gap,
but
but
that
also
includes
some
of
the
investments
being
made,
for
example
in
in
our
fleet
etc
in
some
of
our
buildings.
But
yours
what
what
you've
pointed
out?
G
I'm
just
trying
to
do
the
math,
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out
how
you
get
from
0.8
million
to
200
and
say
6
million
7
million.
I
guess
it
is
207
million
it's
a
gap,
but
but
it
but
it
it
is
it
is
there.
There
are
other
investments
that
we
can
put
in
there
today,
but
what
you're,
suggesting
and
not
wrong
is
that
we're
counting
some
of
them,
like
we
counted
them
last
year
now
we're
counting
them
next
year
is
that
is
that
correct,
like
in
terms
of
lrt.
M
M
So,
first
of
all,
it's
key
to
understand
that
when
we
started
doing
our
climate
plan,
we
said
okay,
there's
a
business
as
usual
scenario
right
where
the
emissions
are
are
basically
flat,
despite
growth
right
so
there's
already
in
our
business
as
usual
business
as
planned
scenario,
that
there
is
some
energy
efficiency
and
and
conservation
like
we
have
the
beam
unit,
that's
been
going
for
a
long
time.
We've
had
the
greening
the
fleet
initiative
going
for
a
long
time.
M
So
so
these
things
are
are
not
like
they're
considered
part
of
the
business
as
usual.
So
what
we
count
then,
would
be
like
the
the
new
stuff
and
and
there's
a
big
line
between
like
lrt2
and
lrt3,
and
that's
given
just
by
the
timing
of
when
we
started
the
climate
action
planning
and
the
the
energy
evolution
plan.
So
so
that's
kind
of
really
important
to
understand
now.
M
The
other
thing
is
that,
as
as
you
know,
there's
room
between
the
capital
budget
and
the
operations
budget,
there's
like
a
gray
zone
and
there's
sort
of
slights
of
hand
that
can
happen
there,
but
basically
the
capital
budget.
We
can
have
some
pretty
huge
numbers
and
the
way
it
works
is
that
they're
spread
out
over
time
right
so
that
the
city,
for
example,
right
now
is,
is
not
yet
hitting
our
debt
ceiling
right
and
our
debt
ceiling
is
already
much
more
conservative
than
the
legislated
debt
ceiling
by
the
province.
M
So
there's
arguments
to
be
made
that
we
should
be
borrowing
now
and
investing
now
and
getting
those
benefits
sooner,
both
from
a
climate
perspective
in
terms
of
lowering
emissions
sooner
rather
than
trying
to
wait
for
2049
when
it's
kind
of
too
late
and
there's
also
financial
reasons.
Why
to
why?
We
should
do
that.
M
I
think
that
I
read
that
in
the
current
budget
there
is
a
hundred
and
twenty
million
dollar
capital
provision
for
solid
waste
management
looking
forward,
even
though
the
solid
waste
master
plan
hasn't
yet
been
finished
right,
so
there's
planning
and
provisioning
in
other
areas,
but
we
don't
see
the
same
thing
for
the
climate
plan.
So
there's
there's
like
a
huge
gap
there
and
then
trotting
out
the
old,
lrt
numbers
to
say.
M
G
You
yeah,
you
have,
I
guess
you
know,
and,
and
we
do
have
a
motion
coming,
which
you
know
obviously
looking
at
you
know
stable
budget
funding,
but
I
think
that-
and
I
don't
want
to
push
this
off
and
I
want
to
say
like
next
year
when
we're
back
here.
Yes
really
do
think
that
we
need-
and
I
agree
with
you
and
I
hope
that
it
comes
from
from
the
work
that
will
fall
out
of
this
this
motion,
you
know
what
do
we
need
to
spend?
What
are
we
spending?
G
What
is
new,
what
is
operational
and
capital,
and
then
how
do
we,
like
you
say
we?
We
also
have
cost
savings,
and
if
and
how
do
we?
Because,
I
think
that's
another
opportunity
right
like
reinvesting
those
cost
savings
back
into
our
climate
action
plan
so
that
we
are
meeting
the
goals
we
have.
We
have
an
amazing
plan,
we
do
energy
evolution
it.
It
is.
I
think
that
this
term
of
council,
we
really
have
kind
of
moved
that
needle
in
terms
of
accepting
what
we
need
to
do.
G
M
Like
like
what
you
said,
I
just
would
like
to
underline
that
there
is
no
financial
long-range
plan
and
and-
and
I
think
that,
like
even
just
to
put
a
direction
to
staff
to
start
working
on
that
it
obviously
it
again
it
costs
effort
and-
and
we
don't
have
staff
sitting
around,
but
it's
it
should
be
a
priority.
If
climate
is
an
emergency
and
as
as
you
know,
councillor
mckenny,
we
have
the
the
long
range
planning
in
the
housing
area,
which
is
the
other
emergency.
G
G
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
miss
mr
chair
and
good
morning.
Angela,
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
I
I
won't
go
back
to
some
of
the
elements
you've
raised,
because
I
I
do.
I
do
see
the
opportunity
that
that
you
pose
in
front
of
us,
but
I
I
want
to
bring.
I
want
to
understand
your
thoughts
in
relation
to
where
we
stand
today
in
the
spirit
of
the
budget.
C
We
have
specifically
when
we
look
at
the
green
fund
and
the
green
fleet
fund,
so
we
know
that
there
will
be
three
million
or
so
spent
in
our
buildings,
and
we
know
that
there
are
fleet
decisions
over
the
next
little
while
that
might
have
impacts.
What
is
your
advice
to
council
and
committee
as
it
relates
to
both
of
those
measures
for
for
for
for
city
facilities
and
city
fleet?
M
This
is
not
something
that,
like
people
thought
of
last
year,
so
I
think
that
the
the
like
there
would
be
sort
of
like
a
little
bit
of
a
zigzag
flat
pattern
and
the
the
the
real
push
in
terms
of
urgency
in
terms
of
investment.
I'm
not
I'm
not
seeing
it
in
the
budget
numbers.
The
the
second
thing
that
that
is
kind
of
important
to
understand
is
the
idea
of
getting
locked
in
to
fossil
fuel
infrastructure.
M
So
when
you
reinvest
in
a
gas
burning
furnace,
you're
saying,
okay
for
the
next
say,
15
years,
the
expected
life
of
this
infrastructure,
I'm
going
to
be
locked
in
because
I'm
not
going
to
want
to
throw
it
out
right
and
replace
it
next
year
with
something
else.
The
same
thing,
I
think,
is
true
of
a
diesel
bus
or
a
not
electric
zamboni,
which
I
I
guess
is
a
cute
example
to
talk
about.
So
I
think
that
we
should
be
asking
of
this
budget,
and
I
don't
have
the
capacity
to
do
this
analysis.
M
How
much
of
it
is
investments
in
fossil
fuel
infrastructure
that
is
locking
us
into
a
like
high
carbon
path
and
arguably
part
of
our
road
investments
right
that
is
betting
on
more
and
more
and
more
cars
on
the
road
is,
is
also
could
be
considered.
Fossil
fuel
infrastructure
lock-in
and
those
roads
require
maintenance
right.
So
it's
not
just
that.
You
need
to
wait
till
the
roads
used
up,
but
you
need
to
keep
pumping
money
into
into
that.
M
So
those
are
sort
of
high
level
considerations
that
that
I
think
is
at
the
level
of
the
environment
committee
and
council
to
to
really
give
direction
to
staff
in
terms
of
the
overall
budget,
and
we
don't
usually
see
sort
of
the
carbon
considerations
as
part
of
budget
guidance.
But
I
think
that's
what
we
need
to
do
the
climate
people
also
and
scott.
I
know
I'm
going
on,
but
this
is
a
new
point.
M
The
climate
people
want
to
see
carbon
budgets
and
the
city
of
edmonton,
for
example,
has
started
to
do
this
international
examples
also
about
where
the
city
says.
Okay,
we
can
afford
this
much
emissions
this
year
and
then
you
start
going
around
saying.
Okay,
I
want
to
see
some
efficiencies,
everybody
and
and
on
the
corporate
side
we
have
executive
compensation
tied
to
driving
those
efficiencies,
so
I
would
hope
in
10
years
to
be
making
a
presentation
on
you
know
congratulating
various
members
of
council
and
department
heads
on
driving
those
carbon
efficiencies.
M
C
M
A
L
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
angela.
I
appreciate
your
delegations
today
and
and
every
day
just
took
two
questions
and
with
respect
to
your
comment
about
so
many
gh
ghgs
being
produced
in
our
cities
everywhere,
and
that
that
the
cities
need
to
be
more
active
and
in
partnering
with
other
levels
of
government.
L
I
just
want
your
comments
on
two
initiatives:
the
bus
conversion
fleet.
You
you
said
that
there's
a
four
bus
pilot
program,
but
we
we
have
announced
that
the
entire
fleet
would
convert
to
electric
buses
and
there's
a
partnership
with
the
federal
government
with
the
the
the
business
development
bank.
Sorry,
the
name
escapes
me
with
respect
to
that
loan
is
your
criticism
of
that
that
we're
taking
too
long
or
it's
not
aggressive
enough
or
what?
What
is?
What
are
your
your
comments
on
converting
the
oc
transport
fleet.
M
Yeah,
I
think
I
think
that
high
level
perspective
that
like
delay,
is
the
new
denial
that
I
think
that
really
needs
to
be
taken
like
in
into
our
heads,
and
I
I
think
that
reality
check,
right
and
leaders
need
to
be
grounded
in
reality.
Is
that
the
I
think
the
pilot
e-busses
were
supposed
to
be
here
in
q4?
M
I
don't
think
that
they're
arriving
on
time.
I
think
that
the
74,
I
think,
that's
not
yet
on
budget,
it's
not
the
business
development
bank,
it's
the
infrastructure
bank
and
I
think
that
we
there
is
a
competitive
procurement
which
is
going
on.
I
don't
I
don't
know
the
details
of
that.
I'm
sorry,
but
those
are
excellent
questions
to
ask
and
actually
another
climate
lens.
We
should
really
be
putting
on
into
the
our
our
procurement
and
to
make.
B
M
So
I
I
think
that
that
the
better
homes
program
is
an
absolutely
like
excellent
initiative
and-
and
I'm
I'm
very,
very
impressed
by
how
much
homework
and
leg
work
the
city
staff
have
done
on
that.
I,
I
think
again,
they're
like
a
little
bit
short
on
on
staff
resources
and
the
ones
we
have
working
on.
It
are
working
super
hard,
but,
as
I
pointed
out
it,
it
really
needs
to
be
scaled.
So,
yes,
we
need
to
learn
from
it.
M
But
if
again,
it's
like
this
climate
thing
is
like
there's
orders
of
magnitude
if
we're
doing
600
homes
and
we
need
to
do
close
to
400
000,
I
I
mean
something
needs
to
happen
between
those
those
two
numbers
and
I
think
that
we
there's
a
lot
of
room
on
on
the
incentives
and
encouragement
side,
so
better
homes,
yes,
excellent.
First
little
step.
N
N
These
natural
areas
are
not
part
of
parks
and
rec
budgets
and
they've
had
minimal
proactive
maintenance
over
the
years
trails
and
green.
Oh
sorry,
yes,
trails
and
green
spaces,
they've
got
you
know.
Tremendous
benefits
for
the
health
of
people
and
environments
won't
get
into
that,
but
our
residents
really
love
these
spaces
and
they
want
to
help
to
protect
them
next
slide.
Please.
N
To
do
so,
we've
got
three
main
things:
we
have
the
people
and
volunteers,
we
have
the
motivation
to
get
involved
and
we
have
the
time
to
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
get
our
hands
dirty.
That
said,
we
are
running
into
some
challenges
in
doing
so,
and
we
need
some
help
from
the
city.
First,
we
need
permission.
N
And
lastly,
we
need
support
support
from
a
city
staff
point
person
to
help
navigate
city
processes
and
protocols,
give
training
for
proper
removal
techniques,
and
it
might
also
be
helpful
for
the
city
to
launch
a
social
media
campaign
talking
about
what
bylaws
apply
to
these
natural
areas.
To
help
raise
awareness
about.
You
know
how
dumping
yard,
waste
and
forest
can
actually
introduce
invasive
and
non-native
plants
to
the
area
or
how
better
managing
rain
water
on
individual
properties
can
help
reduce
erosion
throughout
the
creek
system.
N
A
F
N
N
We
haven't
costed
it
out,
but
time
and
time
again
it's
we've
been
met
with
the
line
you
know,
city
doesn't
have
resources
for
this
type
of
kind
of
proactive
stewardship
work.
You
know
we
at
the
community
association
we're
also
sort
of
getting
started.
Getting
you
know,
having
trying
to
identify
revenue
sources
and
that
type
of
thing
you
know,
insurance
rates
for
associations
are
have
increased.
N
You
know
a
lot
since
pandemic,
so
we're
just
we're
still
trying
to
find
revenue,
but
it's
not,
and
it's
not
just
about
the
funding,
it's
about
sort
of
navigating
the
processes,
and
where
do
we
start?
How
do
we
learn
from
other
groups
that
are
doing
similar
work
and
we
can
kind
of
build
on
best
practices
and
and
get
kind
of
a
streamlined
approach
across
the
city?
F
That
is
very
helpful
and
I
would
just
suggest
if,
if
you'd
like
I'd,
be
happy
to
chat
with
yourself
and
nick
stowe
and
others
of
the
city
to
see
what
we
can
do
to
help
further
it.
If
it
is
a
funding
issue
and
a
mechanism
that
we
need
to
see
some
more
modest
investment
here,
then
then
we
should
talk
about
what
that
would
take.
So
I'd
be
open
to
that
conversation
with
you
and
other
city
staff
that
do
work
on
on
these
types
of
issues.
So
I
appreciate
you,
your
advocacy
and
delegation.
A
Thank
you.
I
will
say
I
know.
Council
cliche
had
has
some
intention
to
bring
forward
a
inquiry
which
might
sound
small,
but
the
reality
is
what
it
does
is.
It
gets
specific
questions
to
specific
answers
or
specific
answers
to
your
questions
and
then
actually
gets
them
back
on
the
agenda
for
for
a
discussion.
Once
you
get
inquiry
back,
it
comes
as
an
agenda.
A
You
can
actually
create
it
as
an
agenda
item
and
then
you
can
build
off
of
that
and
actually
take
action
items
from
that
point
forward
and
start
to
give
proper
direction
on
on
a
specific
matter.
And
it's
a
it's
a
good
process
to
get
something
in
front
of
council
for
consideration
just
unmic'd
himself.
So.
L
A
O
Today,
as
a
concerned,
citizen
I've
only
returned
to
canada
and
in
particular
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic,
and
I'm
only
beginning
to
work
on
environmental
issues
here
in
ottawa.
So
I
will
not
speak
to
budgetary
details
in
my
contribution
today,
but
I
do
want
to
share
with
you
my
sense
of
urgency
when
it
comes
to
climate
change.
O
I
have
two
pre-teen
children
and
frankly,
I
am
concerned
for
their
future.
As
you
are
well
aware,
limiting
global
warming
to
1.5
degrees
is
the
defining
challenge
of
our
lifetime.
The
difference
between
1.5
degrees
and
2
degrees
is
frankly
frightening
when
it
comes
to
the
natural,
economic
and
ultimately
personal
impact.
O
I
have
made
changes
in
my
personal
life.
I've
adjusted
my
family's
diet,
away
from
red
meat
and
dairy
I've
changed
my
consumption
habits
to
reduce
our
environmental
impact.
I've
worked
with
schools
and
contributed
to
local
media
to
raise
people's
awareness.
These
are
the
avenues
I
have,
but
you
are
really
in
a
unique
position.
We
follow
cop
26
and
is
hugely
important
as
it
is.
What
you
do
at
the
city
level
will
determine
if
we
stay
within
1.5
degrees.
You
likely
have
more
power
than
many
of
the
negotiators
in
glasgow
to
make
a
difference.
O
The
pathways
to
net
zero
have
been
studied
in
much
detail
and
we
know
it's
possible
to
achieve
net
zero
by
2050,
but
it
requires
urgent
action
in
this
decade
and
it
doesn't
cost
the
world
considering
the
enormous
cost
of
health
impacts
and
economic
losses
from
increased
extreme
weather
events.
Investing
in
climate
change
mitigation
and
adaptation
with
urgency
is
the
obvious
choice
and
done
right.
It
results
in
a
healthier,
more
equitable
society
with
new
job
opportunities.
O
Two
important
avenues
are
decarbonizing
electricity,
where
ontario
has
already
made
good
progress,
and
in
this
regard
I
commend
you
on
your
initiative
to
further
ask
ontario
to
phase
out
gas.
The
other
avenue
is
switching
transport
and
heating
from
fossil
fuels
to
electricity,
which
will
require
increasing
electricity
supply.
O
I
am
beginning
to
inform
myself
about
the
official
plan,
the
climate
change
master
plan
etc,
but
that's
because
I
am
interested
in
these
issues,
but
in
my
demographic,
a
lot
of
people
don't
know
about
these
important
policies
reach
out
to
them,
bring
them
along
think
of
creative
ways
to
engage
them.
How
can
you
reach
the
wider
community?
Maybe
it's
possible
to
involve
universities
to
come
up
with
a
comprehensive
information
campaign.
O
Maybe
have
a
competition,
whether
it's
about
green
architecture,
new
materials,
design
or
writing
competition
on
environmental
issues
that
gets
groups
involved
and
informed
about
ottawa's
plans
that
otherwise
might
not
get
your
message
and
these
methods
aren't
even
very
expensive.
I
think
so.
How
can
you
encourage
people
to
transition
to
electric
vehicles?
It
requires
public
infrastructure,
pricing,
signals
charging
stations
and
again
people's
buy-in.
O
O
At
the
current
property
prices
likely,
a
lot
of
these
condos
will
be
investment
properties,
and,
understandably,
no
investor
will
want
to
spend
money
to
transition
a
new
building
from
fossil
fuels
to
zero
emissions
if
they
can
collect
money,
as
is
so.
These
buildings
are
locking
in
greenhouse
gas
emissions
for
their
life
cycle
of
many
decades.
O
Please
bring
in
regulations
and
incentives
to
drive
a
green
transition
in
buildings
as
soon
as
possible
require
new
buildings
to
have
an
energy
pass,
indicating
their
emission
standards.
This
has
been
done
in
other
jurisdictions
and
it
influences
consumer
choices
and
investment
decisions,
steering
consumers
and
invites
and
investors
in
the
right
direction.
O
I
was
in
germany
this
past
summer
and
I
was
amazed
at
the
changes
I
saw
within
just
two
years.
I
took
a
train
and
there
are
fields
of
solar
panels:
solar
panels
on
private
buildings,
publicly
accessible
electric
vehicle
charging
stations.
A
majority
of
the
states
in
germany
are
now
requiring
solar
on
all
new
buildings,
including
residential
and
even
on
parking
lots.
O
This
is
just
to
say
that
the
right
policy
signals
and
matching
budget
allocations
can
result
in
the
rapid
changes
we
so
urgently
need.
We
need
ambitious
goals,
but
this
is
really
the
decade
to
act
and
due
to
the
cumulative
effect
of
co2,
mostly
from
buildings
and
transport.
Here
we
need
to
act
fast.
Our
actions
this
decade,
both
individually
and
as
a
community,
will
determine
if
we
even
have
a
chance
to
stay
anywhere
close
to
1.5
degrees.
We
really
cannot
act
soon
enough.
O
A
P
P
It's
a
grouping
of
residents
from
the
community
of
riverview
park
and
we
are
in
ward
18.,
it's
a
fairly
new
initiative
and
it's
an
arms
length
initiative
which
is
supported
very
actively
by
the
riverview
park.
Community
association,
my
colleague
who's
on
this
morning
as
well
ron,
is
actually
the
vice
president.
The
recently
elected
vice
president
of
the
rpca,
and
we
have
both
lived
in
the
community
for.
D
P
O
O
P
First
of
all,
but
then
to
strengthen
any
kind
of
co-management
programs
or
initiatives
within
the
city
or
at
least
a
coordinator
position
to
serve
as
a
liaison
between
community
groups
and
the
various
departments
in
the
city
administration.
That
of
course
need
to
be
consulted
and
or
involved
in
the
process
of
addressing
the
issue
of
invasive
street
species.
P
We
really
believe-
and
I
will
share
some
of
our
recent
experiences
on
this-
that
this
would
go
a
long
way
to
streamlining
and
facilitating
applications
for
permits
in
the
city,
as
well
as
information
sharing
among
community
groups
and
with
the
city
other.
Of
course,
potential
tasks,
and
a
couple
of
speakers
have
referred
to
that
before
is
the
all-important
public
education
campaigns
that
we
need
in
the
city
on
invasive
species,
as
well
as
about
training
for
volunteers,
for
the
disposal
of
of
invasive
species.
P
As
we
see
it,
there
are
really
two
issues
that
the
committee
might
want
to
consider.
They're
linked,
but
different
one
is
access
and
that's
the
authorization
or
the
permit
to
do
the
work
that
is
required
and
two
is
funding
to
help
volunteers
and
community
based
groups
such
as
ours.
Carry
out
and
do
the
removal
work
and
then,
of
course,
to
dispose
of
the
removed
plants
in
ways
that
will
not
exacerbate
the
problem.
P
In
our
area.
We
have
an
issue
of
garlic,
mustard
dog
strangling
vine
and
buckthorn,
but
this
year
wild
parsnip
has
appeared
in
a
number
of
our
green
spaces,
and
that,
of
course,
is
a
concern.
Also.
We
know
that
invasive
plants
are
appearing
in
people's
private
gardens.
Many
people
don't
know
about
this,
but
also
in
our
neighborhood
and
in
others,
but
we
here
have
a
five
kilometer
long
utility
corridor
on
land
that
actually
does
not
belong
to
the
city,
but
belongs
to
hydro.
C
P
P
Our
experience
has
been
that
going
to
the
city
to
get
a
permit
for
a
consent
to
and
enter
agreement
takes
about
four
or
five
months.
It's
complicated.
We
thought
it
was
parks.
We
thought
it
was
forestry,
but
no
it's
that
so
there
are
many
issues
and
again
before
I
finish
I'd
like
to
reiterate
our
very
active
and
strong
support
for
some
budgetary
allocations
by
this
committee
to
do
this
work
in
in
our
communities.
A
L
Thank
you
chair.
Thank
you,
anna.
Thank
you
ron,
it's
nice
to
to
see
you
thank
you
both
for
coming
and
and
for
your
work
with
the
friends
of
riverview
park,
green
space
and
and
the
hydro
corridor,
and
I
know
that
we're
meeting
again
later
today,
at
about
at
about
four
and
anna
you.
You
spoke
with
respect
to
the
hydro
corridor,
a
a
public
space,
but
not
necessarily
city
owned,
and
you
spoke
about
the
difficulty.
The
frustration,
corporate
real
estate
parks,
forestry,
hydro,
one,
and
I
know
that.
L
With
with
ron
and
and
and
your
good
work,
there's
been
some
removal,
but
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more?
I
I
think
you
might
have
had
more
to
say:
can
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
more
on
the
challenges
of
removing
those
invasive
species,
a
bit,
whether
it's
removing
the
species
itself
or
in
these
types
of
spaces
and
and
public
green
spaces,
and
again
not
always
city
owned,
but
space
that
is
public
and
and
that
the
residents
of
of
ottawa
river
view
part
walk
through
and
and
that
need
to
be
protected?.
P
So
one
of
the
first
challenges
as
regards
to
the
hydro
one
corridors
is,
of
course,
a
requirement
that
there
needs
to
be
a
secondary
land
use
agreement,
and
our
group
has
been
indeed
in
conversations
with
with
the
councillor
clutier
to
be
to
to
see
how
we
can
move
this
along
and
to
make
it
a
much
simplified
process.
We
really
believe
if
there
was
a
city-wide
agreement
between
hydro
one
and,
for
instance,
the
city
of
ottawa,
where
groups
such
as
ours
could
access
these
properties
to
do
some
work.
P
Some
maintenance
work,
because
we
know
that
hydro,
one
does
not
touch
invasive
species
in
in
their
maintenance
program,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
scope.
But
this
and
I'm
glad
to
see
that
that
that
counselor,
kathy
curry,
is
also
on
this
committee.
I
believe
that
there
is
certainly
the
example
of
the
morgan's
grand
project.
O
P
City-Owned
so
there's
specifically
cities
that
are
different
in
each
of
our
areas,
but
certainly
there
would
be
room
for
some
shared
thinking
and
some
strategies.
We
know
that
other
groups
are
also
interested,
such
as
the
ottawa
stewardship
council,
to
do
this
kind
of
thinking,
and
we
would
hope
that
through
the
councilor
cluties
working
group,
we
could
advance
in
some.
P
Of
on
a
medium
and
longer
term
basis,
but
but
just
perhaps
three
comments
on
the
important
question
that
councillor
colutia
has
raised
in
terms
of
removal
of
species.
One
is
that
different
plants
need
different
techniques,
so
garlic,
mustard
dog
strangling
vine
is
not
the
same
as
buckthorn.
So
that's
the
first
thing
to
keep
in
mind.
The
second
thing
I
think
to
keep
in
mind
is
that
there's
also
a
best
time
of
the
year
to
do
work
on
these
various
species.
Whether
we're
talking
about
dogs
strangling.
P
O
P
P
O
P
L
Anna,
thank
you
very
much
and
I
I've
made
no,
you
know
the
legislation,
the
education
of
people,
to
remove
the
awareness
of
the
problem,
the
resources
you're,
absolutely
right-
and
I
couldn't
agree
with
you
more
and
yes
to
to
council
to
curry.
I
had
exchanged
with
former
councillor
suds
with
respect
to
morgan's
grant
and
ann
is
absolutely
right.
L
Q
Well-
and
I
did
have-
I
was
there
and
got
dropped
just
at
the
moment,
so
I
apologize
for
that
delay
thanks
chair
moffat
good
morning,
vice
chairman
art
and
counselors,
and
if
I
could
give
a
special
shout
out
to
my
new
counselor
from
canada,
north
kathy
curry.
Thank
you
the
last
time
I
was
here
and
when
I'm
usually
with
you,
I'm
speaking
as
the
chair
of
the
canada
green
space
protection
coalition,
I
still
serve
there.
Q
I
haven't
left,
but
today
I
wear
another
of
my
hats
and
that's
treasure
of
cafes,
as
I
think
you
know,
cafes
is
a
long-standing
assembly
of
community
associations
advocating
for
environmental
sustainability
here
in
ottawa.
But
what
you
may
not
know
is
that
we
actually
formally
incorporated
in
2021
as
a
not-for-profit
and
have
been
actively
developing
a
defined
organizational
structure
operating
plans
and
are
working
to
secure
ongoing
development
funding.
Q
Q
You
also
heard
earlier
from
your
familiar
cafes
connection,
angela
keller
herzog,
about
the
climate
master
plan
approved
in
january
2020.
That
remains
without
significant
and
designated
funding.
My
goal
today
is
similar
and
singular.
I
want
to
remind
you
of
another
way
to
address
your
budget
challenges
in
in
your
draft
budget
2022,
as
you
work
to
fulfill
your
mandate
of
environmental
protection,
I'm
here
to
ensure
you're,
aware
of
an
equally
limiting
dynamic
that
is
preventing
the
implementation
of
another
important
initiative.
The
urban
forest
master
plan
untapped
resources.
Q
The
ufmp
was
approved
by
the
previous
council
in
2018
and
is
closing
out
its
first
four-year
management
term.
Presently,
in
2021
cafes
understands
that
the
staff
are
working
to
provide
you,
an
update
on
that
plan
and
and
its
progress
in
early
2022.,
regrettably,
cafes
and
rcas
can
describe
missed
opportunities
and
deliverables,
many
of
which
you've
heard
about
already
from
delegations
today
that
were
preempted
as
a
result
of
budgetary
restrictions
adopted
in
the
intervening
years.
Q
As
you've
heard,
all
of
these
species
jeopardize
existing
and
desirable
plant
life
and
biodiversity
and,
in
fact,
compromise
our
public
safety.
This
issue
is
not
new
and
was
specifically
identified
in
2018
ufmp,
along
with
the
best
practices
in
other
cities.
The
gta,
for
example,
to
councillor
clutier's
earlier
question,
and
I
quote
from
the
ufmp
departments
active
in
urban
forestry
are
increasingly
recognizing
the
importance
of
having
the
community
aware
of
the
benefits
of
and
engaged
in
urban
forest
stewardship.
Q
A
F
Oh,
no,
sorry
I'll
I'll,
just
jump
in
chair
yeah.
Thank
you
thanks.
So
much
sorry
for
the
late
hand
up
there,
but
barbara
you
mentioned
something
late
in
your
presentation
around
the
ft
from
2018
that
I
just
I
want
to
be
sure.
I
see
some
an
fte
allocated
in
this
budget
that
I
believe
takes
care
of
that
all
I
ask
staff
about
it,
but
what
is
your
understanding
of
of
what
staff
have
said
or
your
counselor
has
said
about
why
that
ft
wasn't
staffed?
Q
L
Q
A
R
I
just
wanted
to
talk
briefly
on
the
budget.
2022
climate
implications,
page
31.,
and
this
basically
talked
about
funding,
which
a
lot
of
people
have
talked
about
this
morning
for
climate
change,
in
comparison
to
work
that
we
started
back
in
2014,
funded
by
the
ieso,
which
is
the
person
that
buys
and
sells
power
in
ontario
and
some
of
the
work
that
we
have
done
in
ottawa
on
human
activity
and
now
we're
starting
to
call
it
the
empty
room
syndrome.
R
R
We
have
had
discussions
and
were
surprised
to
find
initially
that
somerset,
mainly
because
of
the
parliament
precinct,
was
the
largest
emitter
of
greenhouse
gases,
but
the
second
largest
ward
was
river
war,
and
this
is
when
you
consider
that
kippissippi
has
tony's
pasture.
The
civic
hospital
capital
has
carleton
university
chio
at
alta.
Vista
are
large
emitters
and
I
have
to
admit
I
I
look
at
ottawa
as
a
whole.
R
R
So
as
we
go
down
and
what
we're
seeing
here
is
a
visualization
again
of
the
great
data
that
the
city
of
ottawa
has
of
all
the
address
points
across
ottawa
about
350
000
of
them,
where,
where
people
are
and
just
to
the
right
of
the
bubble
in
the
almost
center
screen,
is
the
area
of
riverside
park
that
I've
become
very
interested
in
and
have
lived
there
for
the
last
40
years.
One
minute
so
at
the
bottom.
As
you
look
at
the
different
areas,.
R
This
was
up
100
million
dollars
from
the
previous
year
and
mainly
due
to
residential
rate
payers.
Meanwhile,
the
empty
building
syndrome
existed
and
that
stayed
constant
at
about
700
million,
so
the
300
is
on
the
wrong
slide.
So
residential
rate
payers
are
starting
to
bear
the
cost
of
working
at
home.
I
assume,
but
when
we
checked
with
the
iso
and
the
oeb,
consumption
had
not
gone
up
next
like
these,
so
we
need
to
complete
the
final
implications
of
page
31..
R
The
climate
implications
that
are
laid
out
of
the
rate
increase
the
travel
implications
of
people
are
at
home
and
at
the
office
and
basically
empty
rooms
in
the
buildings,
and
the
suggestion
would
be
to
implement
a
living
building
rate
in
which
hydro
or
the
cost
of
utilities
in
general
would
be
paying
a
premium
for
empty
space,
which
is
tying
up
not
only
land,
but
it's
also
tying
up
costs
of
the
infrastructure
for
the
city.
That's
time
and
that's
a
thank
you
next,
one.
F
D
D
It's
somewhat
surprising
because
with
riverwords
abundant
green
space,
not
just
the
farm
but
the
whole
river
corridor
that
we
have
one
would
think
one
would
conclude
that
perhaps
our
awards
g8
ghg
emissions
would
be
at
least
in
the
average,
maybe
not
at
at
one
end
of
the
spectrum.
So
I
will
admit
I'm
a
little
surprised
with
with
the
conclusion,
but
I
will
immerse
myself
in
the
report
and
I
will
reach
out
to
you
so
thank
you
today.
F
B
Okay,
thanks,
I
have
given
a
presentation
into
into
council.
I
will
try
and
skip
any
repetitions
of
all
the
context.
That's
already
been
given
about
the
urgency
of
climate
and
the
centrality
of
city's
roles,
in
that
my
comments
are
addressed
to
you
in
this
committee,
as
leading
the
council
for
activity
in
the
city
and
and
in
the
community
for
climate.
B
B
We've
heard
about
it
being
low
the
the
amounts
being
low
and
slow.
I
want
to
talk
about
the
transparency.
There's
no
overview.
You
can't
really
tell
what's
what
it's
not
complete
in
that
there's,
not
a
consolidated
revenue
side,
there's
an
incoherence
in
the
climate
parts
because
mainly
due
to
the
segmented
responsibilities
of
the
different
committees.
B
It's
really
important
to
show
the
revenue
side,
there's
no
doubt
that
that
we
are
way
beyond
regular
city
business
as
usual
budgeting,
and
I
think
it
might
be
useful
to
in
fact
organize
some
kind
of
a
climate
funding
tiger
team,
but
the
budget
itself.
The
section
should
show
the
full
spectrum
of
where
revenue's
coming
from
stable
operating
funds,
grants
that
are
being
sought,
borrowing,
green
bonds
and
also
investment
plans
and
partnerships
which
will
enhance
climate
business
opportunities.
B
B
B
B
So
I
would
invite
this
committee
to
consider
a
motion
to
make
a
recommendation
to
council
that
there
be
in
a
separate
section.
The
budget
include
a
separate
section
that
shows
the
consolidated
complete
city,
climate
budget,
referenced
back
to
council
committees
for
management
of
the
actions,
and
the
second
part
could
be
independent.
But
a
second
part
of
the
motion
is
that
the
30
seconds
climate
section
should
have
a
table
of
planned
expenditures
by
activities
by
ghg
targets
and,
finally,
a
table
of
expected
and
intended
resources
revenue
resources
by
amount
related
to
each
climate
activity.
B
Thanks
very
much.
I
think
this
would
be
a
modest
change
to
the
budget
format,
but
could
have
a
huge
beneficial
effect
on
internal
city,
communications
and,
above
all,
communications
with
the
public.
There's
no
need
to
be
as
frustrated
as
many
people
have
been
in
trying
to
figure
out
what's
going
on
with
climate
in
this
budget.
B
F
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
lash.
That's
that
is
helpful.
I
think
in
your
suggestion.
We
do
have
this
discussion,
often
either
agenda
planning
or
internally,
about
a
roll-up
of
the
climate
actions
from
different
line
departments
and
how
they're
also
you
know
implicated
in
climate
change.
So
I
know
the
chair
and
I
have
had
this
discussion.
I
know
staff
have
put
together
a
a
summary
of
those,
but
I
think
to
your
point.
F
What
you're
looking
for
is
is
to
have
that
as
part
of
the
budget
itself
up
front
initially,
where
you
can
see
those
climate
investments
and
the
ghg
associated
with
them
over
time.
So
it's
a
it's
a
good
suggestion
and
you
know
appreciate
that
motion.
Did
you
want
to
respond
to
what
I've
said
and
if
not
I'll
hand
it
back
to
the
chair.
B
F
G
S
I'm
just
waiting
for
my
thing
to
load:
okay,
hi.
I
think
I've
appeared
some
of
you
know
already.
I've
appeared
before
my
name
is
joan
freeman,
I'm
speaking
today,
basically
as
a
private
citizen,
but
also
as
a
member
of
cafes,
pops
and
variety
of
other
groups,
and
before
I
get
into
talking
about
ottawa's
climate
budget,
I'd
like
to
recognize
three
groups
that
have
helped
me
understand
this
very
complicated
budget.
It's
not
as
hard
as
the
official
plan,
but
it's
complicated.
S
The
first
are
the
southern
councillors
and
the
budget
consultation
they
held
clutier
councillors,
clutches
menard,
brockington
and
deans.
The
second
is
cafes
and
angela
keller
herzog,
there's
been
a
pile
of
work
done
from
them,
and
the
third
is
a
group
called
c3,
which
is
a
group
of
eight
concerned
and
committed
retired
climate
people.
S
S
S
I
was
going
to
use
an
analogy
for
an
engine,
but
I
guess
I
should
use
something
green,
so
think
of
this
as
a
electric
car,
if
you
will
all
of
these
investments,
you're
part
of
the
the
the
project
part
is
the
computer
in
the
2022
budget.
The
budget
for
the
computer
is
eight
hundred
thousand,
that's
it.
S
This
is
based
on
the
ottawa
hydro
dividend
surplus.
We
all
know
that's
unstable,
but
I'm
just
going
to
continue
from
the
city
reports.
What
we
actually
need
is
30
million
to
implement
energy
evolution
projects,
so
we
can
galvanize
the
public
and
do
all
of
the
things
that
other
delegations
have
talked
about.
So
we
can
figure
out
how
to
do
get
all
these
financial
instruments,
and
so
we
can
test
and
build
capacity.
S
S
The
rest
of
the
presentation
presents
the
urgency
of
the
need
to
build
and
fund
what
what
is
that
computer
now
if
we
have
the
time
we'll
go
through
it
quickly?
If
not,
I
would
like
you
to
ask
I
suggest,
looking
at
the
slides
later,
but
first
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
deciding
whether
and
how
to
treat
the
emergencies
in
ottawa
is
a
legacy
issue
for
this
council,
whether
you
run
or
not,
for
the
next
term.
S
From
cough
26,
we've
learned
that
the
ship
needs
to
be
thrown
in
reverse
very
quickly
and
change
directions
to
avert
a
disaster.
This
is
the
decision
this
council
has
to
make
and
it's
urgent
and
it
can't
be
kicked
down.
The
road
further
urge
the
committee
to
be
bold
and
to
further
fully
fund
development
of
the
computer
of
these
projects.
S
We
need
to
get
the
big
public
and
private
energies
and
investments
going,
and
now
I
just
want
to
do
a
bit
about
the
emergency.
So
the
next
slide,
please,
this
slide
shows
you
where
we're
heading
now.
No
change
is
business
as
usual
and
where
we
need
to
go
at
the
bottom.
So
there's
a
lot
of
thinking
and
work
that
has
to
happen
next
slide.
S
What
does
that
mean?
That
means
that
investments
need
to
start
now.
Otherwise,
we're
going
to
have
major,
damaging
and
spiral
major
damages
and
spiraling
costs.
The
investments
are
26.6
billion
between
20,
200,
2020
and
2050.
This
is
in
one
of
your
technical
papers.
Next
slide
public
is
very
concerned
and
wants
investment.
Now
you've
got
a
lot
of
delegations
on
this
stewardship
and
helping
us
get.
There
is
really
needed
next
slide.
S
S
B
S
F
Thanks
very
much
chair,
thank
you
joan.
I
guess
one
one
question
I
wanted
to
ask
you
is
around
you
know
the
projects
and
funding
for
resiliency
resilience
action
the
importance
that
you're
mentioning
of
starting
now
and
not
waiting
until
you
know
q2
of
2023,
which
means
funding
delays
until
a
later
year.
So
I
just
I
wanted
to
hear
more
about
your
own
views
on
on
that
and
the
importance
of
getting
started
right
away.
S
Well,
that's
great
thanks
for
the
good
question
council
menard,
especially
because
I
raced
through
that
at
the
very
end,
so
the
climate,
the
resilience
strategy,
is
doing
a
lot
of
good
work
in
the
resilience
team,
but
they're
about
two
years
behind
they've
internalized
and
worked
internally
with
the
city.
I
think
we've
got
about
10
internal
working
groups
going
on
three
on
water.
S
It's
great
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
happening,
but
as
you've
heard
from
delegations
now
today,
there's
a
lot
of
interest
in
elements
of
resilience
being
handled
or
the
people
are
getting
anxious
and
they
want
to
do
things
they
want
to
do
stewardship.
They
want
to
plant
trees,
I'm
hearing
neighborhoods
that
want
to
figure
out
how
to
properly
plan
their
15
minutes.
S
And
how
do
you
figure
that
into
the
intensification
which
is
all
lots
of
resilience
discussion
so
right
now
it's
important,
I
think,
to
to,
as
I
said,
galvanize
all
that
interest
and
support
it.
So
that's
one
part
of
it
and
I
think
also,
I
think,
we've
heard
the
climate
staff
talk
about
the
need
to
mobilize
everybody
create
this
little
army
of
enthusiastic
people.
Well,
that
takes
time
and
we
need
to
get
going
on
it.
In
addition,
there's
other
resilience
activities
that
are
happening
right
now.
S
The
climate
coming
out
of
the
official
plan,
there's
the
need
to
develop
incentives
to
deal
with
the
lack
of
coverage
for
of
the
high
performance
development
standards
for
a
lot
of
the
a
lot
of
the
buildings,
and
so
there's
a
need
to
to
work
on
that.
That's
probably
resilience
and
partly
mitigation.
S
J
B
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today
and
for
your
work
on
behalf
of
the
environment
in
particular.
Thank
you
for
promoting
the
motion
passed
by
council
to
have
ontario
eliminate
natural
gas
in
the
province's
electricity
generation
system.
I'm
here,
as
a
concerned,
citizen
having
earlier
this
month,
ended
a
term
as
a
board
member
of
the
hunt
club
community
association
with
leadership
responsibility
for
environmental
matters.
B
B
B
Number
one
have
the
city
report
on
greenhouse
gas
emissions
in
a
timely
manner.
Annual
reports
are
available
many
months
after
the
end
of
the
period
that
makes
them
largely
of
historical
interests.
If
interim
reports
could
be
issued
quarterly
using
the
partial
data
readily
available,
so
they
were
timely
that
would
have
greater
impact
and
prompt
more
action.
B
B
B
Number
six
modify
regulations
regarding
trees
to
recognize
that
in
some
limited
circumstances,
there's
a
net
greenhouse
gap,
gas
benefit
to
removing
trees,
to
permit
optimal
functioning
of
solar
panels
and
seven
and
last
work
towards
limiting
entry
of
fossil
fuel
powered
vehicles
downtown
during
peak
periods.
Thank
you.
A
D
Thanks
jared,
thank
you,
dr
reed,
for
your
presentation
just
on.
Thank
you
for
your
list.
I
noted
all
seven
number
two
is
the
greenhouse
gas
emission
budget
line.
I
don't
want
to
put
you
on
the
spot.
Are
you
aware
of
any
other
ontario
or
canadian
municipalities
who
you
could
refer
me
to
that?
Do
what
you're
suggesting.
D
B
B
B
B
It's
not
my
personal
role.
Am
I
leaving
the
community
association
board
was
a
personal
decision,
but
I
I
think
this
is
an
important
issue
across
many
community
associations
and
particularly
in
activities
where
people
have
to
get
out
into
the
environment
and
do
things
like
clearing
noxious
weeds,
etc.
A
E
E
E
After
reviewing
information,
proof
provided
to
cafes
members
regarding
funding
available
for
climate
change,
I
have
two
concerns.
The
first
is
stable
funding
for
energy
evolution
and
the
second
is
the
designation
of
and
funding
for,
a
full-time,
equivalent
point
person
for
the
city's
climate
emergency
programs
in
the
first
case.
In
my
opinion,
the
task
set
for
energy
evolution
are
significant
enough,
that
there
must
be
a
steady
level
of
funding
provided,
and
other
speakers
have
already
spoken
about
this
as
well.
I
do
not
have
the
financial
knowledge
to
suggest
how
this
might
be
done.
E
Tim
angela
and
joan
have
all
spoken
about
this.
My
contribution,
such
as
it
may
be,
is
about
perception.
It
does
seem
to
me
that
without
stable
funding,
energy
evolution
will
find
it
hard,
if
not
impossible,
to
achieve
its
goals.
While
in
good
years
the
money
money
forwarded
from
hydro
ottawa
to
energy
evolution
may
be
sufficient,
as
we
have
seen
in
2021,
a
decrease
in
the
income
coming
from
hydro
ottawa
means
effectively
a
cut
in
energy
evolution's
budget.
I
therefore
request
that
you
find
a
way
to
provision
energy
evolution,
stable
funding.
E
Since
then,
the
emergency
has
only
worsened,
but
if
the
climate
threat
does
not
warrant
at
least
one
full-time
point
person
to
deal
with
it.
What
does
this
communicate
to
residents
about
how
much
of
an
emergency
the
city
actually
thinks
this?
Is
we
need
to
communicate
to
the
public
that
the
extreme
events
we
have
experienced
recently
tornadoes
hundred
year,
floods,
extended
heat
waves
fluctuations
in
temperatures
like
this
summer
are
likely
connected
to
climate
stabilized
destabilization
induced
by
burning
fossil
fuels.
These
links
need
to
be
made
consistently.
E
Extreme
weather
events
have
social
costs
in
terms
of
health
loss
of
housing,
as
well
as
financial
costs
for
both
repair
and
protective
action,
such
as
sandbagging.
Furthermore,
climate
change
effects
are
felt
across
the
spectrum.
They
affect
biodiversity,
invasive
species,
as
has
already
been
discussed,
tree
canopy,
green
spaces,
water
quality
and
sewer
services,
housing
and
shelter,
the
need
for
cooling,
centers
and
transportation
and
infrastructure.
E
I
know
that
many
more
people
are
concerned
about
climate
destabilization
than
come
here
before
city
committees,
the
language
we
use
and
the
examples
we
set
communicate.
What
is
important
to
us,
having
a
full-time
person
devoted
to
dealing
with
the
climate
emergency
will
communicate
to
residents
that
this
is
truly
an
emergency.
E
E
We
have
witnessed
the
tremendous
social
and
financial
costs
that
climate
destabilization
events
have
incurred,
the
continued
rise
of
greenhouse
gas
gases
and
their
lifespan
in
the
atmosphere
means
things
will
only
get
worse
here
in
ottawa
as
elsewhere,
unless
governments
at
all
levels
commit
to
treating
climate
destabilization
with
the
seriousness
it
deserves.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
So
with
that,
we
will
now
go
to
questions
to
staff,
just
a
quick
one.
First,
the
climate
resiliency
strategy.
When
do
we
expect
that
to
come
to
our
committee,
because
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
comments
today,
a
lot
of
questions
about
you
know
other
municipalities,
what
they
did.
That's
internal
edmonton
was
actually
behind
us
on
client.
Emergency
evans
was
actually
behind
us
on
a
funding
strategy
for
for
climate
initiatives,
but
we
we
often
hear
why
aren't
we
doing
what
evans
is
doing?
Well,
so
just
curious.
E
E
The
second
is
the
climate
risk
and
vulnerability
assessment,
and
that
is
expected
to
come
forward
next
year
and
the
third
will
be
the
climate
resiliency
strategy
itself,
and
there
were
mention
of
delays
associated
with
that
resiliency
strategy
and
those
are
really
because
we've
been
working
with
staff
across
the
corporation
to
align
with
other
key
plans.
The
official
plan
associated
master
plans
and
asset
management
plans,
so
that
the
work
from
the
climate
projections
and
from
the
vulnerability
and
risk
assessment
is
embedded
within
those.
A
D
E
D
So
can
staff
I
want
to
talk
about
the
water
rate.
We
get
questions
throughout
the
year
from
residents
about
the
the
water
rate
that
they're
paying
concerns
about
the
rate
itself.
I
realize,
depending
where
you
live
in
the
city,
the
rate
is
different,
but
we've
heard
for
years.
The
critical
infrastructure
needs
that
the
city
has
that.
The
rate
is
what
it
is
because
it
needs
to
address
those
critical
needs.
Can
staff
just
confirm
that?
That's
the
case
that
we
are
well
above
the
rate
of
inflation
because
of
the
critical
state
of
the
water
infrastructure.
H
So
I
can
start
chair
in
terms
of
the
rate
is
aligned
with
the
long
range
financial
plan.
The
long-range
financial
plan
is
based
on
the
needs.
The
infrastructure
needs
of
the
city
going
forward.
It's
a
highly
asset,
intensive
service
and
in
that
long
range
financial
plan
we
identified
almost
more
than
50
percent
of
the
budget,
goes
towards
the
asset
intensive
nature
of
it,
and
so
what
we're
showing
as
increases
over
those
10
years,
is
to
meet
that
need
and
there's
actually
a
funding
gap
we're
trying
to
catch
up
on
over
a
five-year
period.
H
K
D
Okay,
this
is
a
question
I
ask
every
year,
because
we
have
a
legal
responsibility
as
elected
members
to
ensure
that
we
are
not
putting
the
people's
drinking
water
at
risk
and
that
if
we
are
aware
of
infrastructure
that
is
in
the
critical
state
that
we
ensure
we
allocate
required
resources
to
that
function.
So
you're
saying
that
the
2022
budget
does
capture
any
and
all
infrastructure
that
may
be
in
a
critical
state
and
we're
not
leaving
any
infrastructure
behind.
That's
in
that
state
is
that
correct.
D
D
D
D
And
so
I
want
to
know
what
the
mechanism
is
on
an
annual
basis
if
you're
going
to
test
the
high
drink
for
flow.
Who
is
noting
that
the
hydrant
is
in
the
state
that
it
is,
but
if
I
can
park
that
now
kevin
that
would
be
great
page
10
of
the
water
budget.
There's
a
line:
sanitary
sewer
agreement,
revision
fee
118
dollars
in
2020
120
dollars
in
2021
367
in
2022.
What
exactly
does
this
fee
cover
and
why
is
there
such
a
high
increase
in
2022.
D
D
Okay,
so
can
I
park
this
question?
I
don't
understand
the
answer,
but
again
I
don't
want
to
take
up
the
committee's
time
it's
211
increase.
I
want
to
know
how
many
households
may
be
impacted
by
this.
I
want
to
know
why
it's
increasing
at
the
rate
the
percentage
increase
it
is,
but
again
I'm
trying
to
get
my
head
around.
I
can
follow
up
with
an
email
if
that's
easiest.
A
D
Okay,
two
more
questions:
one
is
the
carlton
carlington
heights
water
reservoir
replacement.
This
has
been
on
the
books
for
years.
I
think
councillor
shirley
and
I
had
a
public
meeting
five
years
ago
on
this.
It
keeps
getting
delayed.
This
is
the
largest
reservoir
in
the
city.
I
see
it
in
the
budget.
K
Do
you
chair
the
calling
the
pumping
station
work?
It
is
in
the
final
stages
of
the
sign.
You
may
recall
that
we
needed
to
make
some
adjustments
to
the
design
that
we
were
working
on
and
the
project
was
park.
It
is
going
for
construction
in
2022
and
we
are
in
the
middle
of
doing
a
pre-selection
of
the
contractor.
So
while
we
are
completing
the
design,
we
are
pre-selecting
the
contractors
that
are
going
to
be
on
this
project.
C
I
Thank
you
for
the
question
that
chair
so
counselor.
There
are
two
separate
contracts,
so
we
have
the
the
curbside
contract
which
basically
was
awarded
in
2019,
so
the
curbside
costs
are
going
up
in
order
to
reflect
that
the
cost,
the
true
cost
of
that
contract
and
the
multi-resident
residential
contract,
which
was
a
separate
contract
awarded
also
in
2019.
D
I
So
chair
the
the
type
of
service
delivery
that
that's
offered
so
with
the
multi-res.
It
is
a
a
different
as
a
containerized
system
requiring
different
vehicles,
so
it
is
a.
It
is
a
separate
contract
in
its
own.
So
I
think
we
are
being
transparent
and
fair
to
the
property
owners
by
aligning
the
the
true
cost
for
the
service
delivery
that
they
are
receiving.
D
Yeah,
I
want
to
wrap
my
head
around
this
more
because
I
do
think
we
need
to
think
about
lowering
the
single-family
household
fee,
certainly
when
folks
get
their
tax
bills.
This
is
something
they
raise.
I
do
want
people
to
be
aware
of
of
waste
in
general
and
the
costs
both
financial
and
environmental
to
waste.
So
I
don't
want
to
to
skirt
that
issue,
but
I
just
want
to
note
on
the
record
that
I
hear
from
my
residents
as
well
in
this.
So
that's
something
I'm
concerned
about.
D
D
S
C
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you
through
your
chair.
Thank
you
for
the
question
counselor.
So
the
the
change
in
in
revenue
is
the
the
cost
through
the
the
markets
for
the
for
the
sale,
the
resale
of
our
recycling
products.
I
think,
through
previous
conversations
and
presentations,
we
have
highlighted
the
fact
that
the
the
quality
of.
O
I
C
C
C
Yeah,
sorry
about
that,
thank
you.
Thank
you
sure,
I'm
looking
to
understand
what
is
the
stat
in
this
year's
budget?
What
is
the
status
of
last
year's
pilot
for
parks?
I
believe
each
ward
had
a
pilot
for
three
stream
recycling
in
our
parks
and
I'm
just
looking
for
clarification
as
to
where
we're
at
with
that
pilot
and
what's
what's
reflected
in
this
year's
budget.
I
Thank
you
for
the
question,
so
we
will
be
maintaining
the
the
pilot
that
was
initiated
in
2021
through
2022.
So,
as
part
of
the
capital
ask,
we
are
seeking
funds
to
support
the
the
resources
in
order
to
continue
with
the
collection
in
the
33
parks.
That's
including
one
destination
park.
That'll
give
us
time
to
understand
better
what
is
happening
with
ipr,
as
well
as
further
advances
of
a
solid
waste
master
plan.
C
I
So
hopefully
I
understand
correctly
chair
the
question
and
so
based
on
talking
about
the
parks
pilot,
the
three
stream
program
that
the
city
initiated
a
number
of
years
ago,
which
we
have
kept
enhancing
as
as
we've
moved
forward
and
for
the
regular
waste
disposal
in
in
parks
through
our
single
stream.
That
is
something
yes,
that
is
a
city
service.
That's
offered.
C
C
I
C
C
I
E
C
I
E
C
Precisely
yeah
thanks,
okay
yeah.
No.
I
appreciate
appreciate
that
if,
if
someone
were
to
come
to
us
and
the
budget
was
not
remaining,
we
would
how
would
we
deal
with
that?
Would
we
see
that
as
a
deficit
condition
or
we
would
rely
on
future
year,
funding
like
if,
if
we
get
to
zero
zero
left
in
that
account
yeah
again
counselor
we're
budgeted
to
complete
them?
Three.
C
Okay,
okay.
My
final
question,
mr
chair,
is
when
you
look
at
the
budge
that
continued
segment
further
down.
I
believe
it's
on
page
110,
there's
a
number
of
reference
to
ropec
and
I
I'm
going
back
to
counselor
brockington's
point
around
maintaining
good
infrastructure
and-
and
I,
when
I
look
at
ropec,
there's
a
number
of
spending
like
just
to
give
you
one
here:
nine
one
zero
one.
Three
one
is
three
million
nine
one:
zero
five,
three
five
is
15
million
and
and
the
total
sum
is
around
27
million
for
ropek.
C
I
I
I
I
C
Okay,
okay
yeah,
I
guess
for
for
good
stewards.
I
think
going
back
to
riley
torelli's
earlier
point
like
just
a
broader
understanding
of
hey.
You
know
facility.
Is
this
old
here's
the
amount
of
money
we're
going
to
need
to
spend
over
the
next
five
years
to
upkeep
it
like?
I
wonder
how
that
is
reported
out,
because
in
these
budget
items
it's
hard
to
challenge
that
or
to
even
get
a
full
picture
of
that
spending
plan,
and
I
I'd
love
for
clarification.
I
Here
so
a
couple
things
are
happening
so
first
off
we're
formalizing
our
water
facilities,
asset
management,
there's
an
ongoing
program
to
really
formalize
and
establish
that
and
better
align
our
asset
management
practices
with
the
asset
management
that
is
done
with
other
linear
infrastructure.
So
that
is
well
underway
and
we.
L
Thank
you,
chair,
merci,
and
with
respect
to
great
supported
budget
and
picking
up
on
the
questions
by
council
rockington,
just
at
a
little
bit
higher
level.
We
are
a
certain
number
of
years
into
an
effort,
a
plan
to
close
that
gap
and
miss
jasmine
had
referred
to
that
gap
with
increases,
as
counter
brockington
had
said
that
are
higher
than
inflation.
I
think
currently
around
five
or
six
percent,
as
opposed
to
the
the
cost
of
living.
L
Perhaps
the
question
is
to
miss
jasmine:
where
are
we
in
that
plan
with
respect
to
and
ropec
and
some
pipes
in
the
ground
that
need
to
be
updated
because
they
weren't
maintained
not
that
they
weren't
maintained
properly,
but
the
gap
needs
to
be
closed?
Where
are
we
in
that
overarching
plan
to
close
that
gap?
Yes,.
H
So
yes,
thank
you,
mr
chair,
so
in
terms
of
the
rate
long-range
financial
plan,
it
was
also
a
10-year
plan,
but
that
one
we
wanted
to
close
the
gap
within
five
years
and
then
in
the
next
five
years,
continue
on
that
trajectory
to
make
up
for
the
backlog
that
would
have
been
created
in
the
first
five.
So
I
want
to
clarify
it's
a
funding
gap,
not
an
infrastructure
gap,
and
each
year
we
weren't
funding
sufficiently,
so
we
needed
to
catch
up
the
base.
H
So
in
five
years
it
started
in
2018,
so
we
are
actually
catching
up
and
our
funding
at
the
what
we
expected
when
we
did
the
lrfp
in
2017.
We
are
now
funding
in
2022
at
the
level
we
were
expecting
the
lrfp,
so
we
are
aligned
with
the
lrfp.
We've
addressed
the
gap
by
2022,
but
now
we
have
to
continue
on
in
the
same
trajectory
to
make
up
for
the
backlog
in
the
past
five
years.
L
Okay,
so
thank
you
for
that,
and
I
know
that
staff
maintain
our
our
water
systems
to
a
world-class
standard
and
I'm
I've.
I
appreciate
it
and
council
rockington
alluded
to
that,
but
it
is
a
funding
gap
and,
from
our
residents
point
of
view
that
they
get
on
their
water
bills.
They
and
and
the
questions
that
we
get
is
as
counselors.
L
H
L
E
L
L
L
H
So
I
I
can
speak
generally,
we
have
maintained
the
same
level
of
consumption
in
all
our
budgeting.
For
the
last
I'd
say
since
the
last
long-range
financial
plan,
it's
been
fairly
steady
state
and
we're
waiting
to
see
if
there
was
a
general
trend
of
increase,
and
I
I
and
I'm
not
an
expert
in
water
consumption.
So
I'm
assuming
a
lot
of
it
is
related
to
growth.
We
we
wanted
to
make
sure
we
weren't,
taking
into
into
consideration
any
impact
of
the
pandemic,
because
a
lot
of
consumption
has
shifted
to
residential
pandemic.
H
H
E
Yeah
I'll
just
step
in
if
that's,
okay,
isabel
counselor
and
a
great
question
actually
and
great
observation.
This
has
to
do
with
the
growth
that's
happening
in
our
city.
So,
as
isabel
said,
we've
used
the
same
cubic
meter,
consumption
for
multiple
budget
cycles,
and
so
now
what
we're
seeing
is
there's
growth,
and
so
we
have
then
increased
the
cubic
meters
that
are
going
to
be
consumed,
which,
and
what
that
does.
Is
it
actually
pushes
those
rates
down
just
very
slightly
as
a
result?
E
L
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that
on,
on
the
rate
supported
with
respect
to
the
tax
supported
budget
and
the
delegations
we
heard
to
staff
and
again
I
appreciate
the
indulgence
of
the
chair
and
I'll
I'll
be
I'll,
be
quick.
What
are
the
most
invasive
species
that
need
to
be
controlled
or
eradicated
is.
Does
anybody
in
forestry
or
parks
know.
D
L
L
D
L
B
Well,
we
would
need
to
distinguish
between
those
that
we
can
control
and
eradicate
and
those
that
we
cannot.
So
there
are
some
species
that
are
so
well
established
in
in
the
city
that
we
will
never
entirely
eradicate
them.
Buckthorn
is
one
of
those
species.
The
most
that
we
will
ever
be
able
to
accomplish
is
to
manage
it
in
in
some
areas
of
the
city,
in
some
public
parks
in
some
natural
areas,
but
it's
also
well
established
in
the
rural
area,
where
we
will
never
be
able
to
to
eliminate
it.
B
L
Okay,
thank
you.
That's
valuable,
because,
as
we're
discussing
with
community
associations,
you
know
we've
also
heard,
and
if
you
could
just
nod
or
dog,
strangling
vine
and
and
we
do
have
a
program
for
wild
parsnip,
would
you
consider
another
one?
That
would
be
a
something
that
can
be
discussed
in
our
communities,
dog
strength,
divine.
B
Dog
strangling
vinus
is,
is
one
of
the
the
most
pervasive
species.
Japanese
knotweed
is
becoming
an
issue
in
some
in
some
areas
and
one
that
we
probably
still
have
the
capacity
to
manage
effectively
and
the
the
invasive
phragmites.
So
we
have
a
non.
We
have
a
native
species
of
phragmites
and
then
a
non-native
species.
Phragmites
is
a
reed
that
occurs
in
wetlands.
L
Okay,
thank
you
yeah
important
to
deal
with
these
before
they
get
a
foothold
onto
budget.
The
urban
forest
management
plan
and
page
118
talks
about
using
volunteers
to
remove
invasives
and
examples
of
grants
with
communities
and
page
120
talks
about
community
associations
having
stewardship
and
there's
a
recommendation
recommendation
22.
That
is
a
provision
for
a
staff
position
and
I
believe
it's
in
this
budget
for
outreach
and
education
and
stewardship
and
partnership
with
with
community
groups.
D
So
chair,
if
I
may
begin
on
answering
this
and
nick
and
martha
may
assist
me
in
this,
the
new
position
that's
proposed
as
part
of
pied's
budget,
is
actually
to
do
two
things.
The
first
area
which
has
not
been
discussed
is
continuing
our
work
on
managing
tree
issues
and
infill
development
projects,
primarily
committee
of
adjustment
type
applications
and
it
hasn't
been
discussed
today,
but
I
can
tell
you,
I
think
I
deal
with
a
counselor
a
week
on
issues
related
to
trees
and
infill
applications.
D
So
that's
the
primary
purpose
of
the
job,
but
by
having
additional
staff
resources,
it
will
give
us
a
bit
more
bandwidth
to
assist
in
the
in
some
of
the
other
projects.
The
urban
forest
management
master
plan
that
martha
and
nick
have
been
working
on,
but
I
want
to
have
realistic
expectations
that
the
primary
role
is
really
assisted
in
in
the
application
review,
but
additional
resources
will
allow
us
to
do
a
bit
more.
B
E
Thanks
so
much
nick
and
steve
and
councillor
clute
through
you
chair,
so
yes,
we
do
have
that.
This
budget
does
include
that
new
stewardship
position
and
it's
an
urban
forest,
focused
stewardship
position
and
it's
as
per
that
recommendation
that
you
refer
to
in
the
urban
forest
management
plan.
So
the
request
for
urban
forest
stewardships
have
been
has
been
great
over
the
last
few
years
and
specifically,
as
we've
been
coming
through
the
pandemic,
and
we've
got
a
lot
on
deck
for
this
new
person
to
do
so.
E
The
first
step
is
going
to
be
basically
recommendation,
23,
the
next
one
in
the
ufmp,
which
is
to
develop
an
outreach
and
engagement
strategy,
and
so
through
the
development
of
that
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
all
of
the
interests
that
we've
seen
and
that
we've
identified
and
how
best
to
address
them.
So
we
have
a
bunch
of
stuff
on
deck.
For
that
generally,
this
new
position
won't
have
the
capacity
to
fully
cover
coordination
of
stewardship
in
natural
areas
in
this
invasive
species
management.
E
L
L
E
I
L
G
Yeah,
so
thank
you
for
the
question
we
do
address
buckthorn
on
a
small
scale
through,
as
as
allison
said,
through
our
planting
program.
So
if
we're
doing
a
community
planting
project,
for
example,
and
there's
some
small
patches
of
buckthorn,
we
have
worked
with
community
groups
in
the
past
to
remove
those
it's
very
labor
intensive,
but
we
don't
have
any
large
scale.
Buckthorn
removal
happening
and
replanting
of
those
natural
areas.
L
Okay,
thank
you,
miss
schwetz
and
miss
downes,
and
just
my
final
question:
can
you
give
us
your
perspective,
as
as
we
try
to
move
forward
to
to
advance
this
this
issue
and
the
ultimate
removal
or
control
of
those
invasive
species
can?
Can
you
speak
to
us
about
the
challenges
and
within
your
departments,
how
they're,
currently
structured
forestry
parks
public
works
to
to
develop
a
program
to
allow
for
a
kind
of
volunteer
initiatives?
The
plants
are
with
forestry.
The
land
is
operated
by
parks.
Corporate
real
estate
is
involved.
G
Yeah,
I
can
take
that
question.
Thank
you.
It
really
will
be
a
consolidated
effort
between
different
services
at
the
city.
Right
now,
we
understand
there's
frustration
with
community
groups
who
want
to
help,
and
it's
all
great
work
that
they
want
to
do.
There's
no
there's
no
formal
program
or
guidelines
best
practices
how
to
navigate
through
that
system,
for
you
know,
consent
to
enter
permits
it.
It
will
require
beyond
just
forestry
of
a
program
where
people
understand
how
to
participate,
know
what
the
guidelines
are
understand.
The
resources
that
are
available
to.
L
T
Thank
you
chair,
and
I
just
wanted
to
really
thank
councillor,
brockington
councillor,
fleury
and
also
councillor
kluche,
for
asking
questions
around
reporting
out
on
ropek
investments.
I
wanted
to
ask
the
same
types
of
questions,
and
so
I'm
pretty
reassured
that
if
we
are
going
to
get
some
information
in
terms
of
financial
gaps
being
closed
in
asset
management
plans
and
in
long
range
financial
plans,
that
will
be
extremely
beneficial
for
providing
insight
to
this
committee
and
council.
T
In
the
same
vein,
around
reporting
out,
we
did
have
a
resident
tim
lash
asked
about
the
idea
of
different
types
of
reporting,
so
not
just
financial
reporting
but
also
reporting
based
on
carbon,
and
I
was
just
curious
whether
staff
can
speak
to
this,
maybe
not
in
this
specific
budget,
but
on
a
go
forward
basis.
The
potential
of
of
having
information
around
planned
expenditures
by
climate
activities
and
ghg
targets
integrated
into
future
environmental
reports
in
in
future
budgets.
T
D
Chair
just
in
response
to
that
question,
we
had
been
looking
at
setting
up
a
pilot
project
inside
two
departments
of
the
city
or
two
groups
of
the
city
to
do
carbon
budgeting,
which
is
what
was
referenced
in
the
edmonton
example.
Our
department
planning
infrastructure,
economic
development
and
ottawa
public
health
were
going
to
be
the
two
groups
that
did
the
pilot
of
trying
that
out
to
see
how
it
would
work
and
roll
out
corporate
wide.
The
pandemic
hit
ottawa
public
health
resources
were
understandably
devoted
to
other
priorities.
D
So
we
parked
that
opport
that
project
and
we'll
resume
it
again,
we'll
probably
look
towards
next
year
to
try
to
resume
it
again.
But
we
had
a
good
reason
why
it
was
delayed,
and
we
are
talking
to
a
few
other
departments
about
trying
out
the
pilot
as
well.
It's
complicated
to
do
it
on
an
organization-wide
basis.
We
want
to
get
the
bugs
out
with
a
smaller
group
and
then
see
how
it
would
roll
out
on
a
larger
basis,.
T
G
Thank
you
chair.
The
the
125
in
the
budget
is
for
the
position,
a
temporary
position
for
a
stewardship
person
who
will
initially
support
the
implementation
of
the
community
mitigation
programs
for
ldd
law.
So,
first
off,
we've
we've
already
begun
to
develop
those
response
plans
for
the
spring,
but
we'll
be
working
with.
You
know
we're
exploring
ideas
like
burlap
distribution
programs
to
the
community
groups,
we're
also
looking
at
egg
mass
scraping
demonstrations.
G
We
are
working
with
on
communication,
so
updates
to
our
website
social
media
for
at
each
stage
of
the
life
cycle
of
the
insect
we'll
be
doing
egg
mass
surveys
this
starting
this
month,
so
that
we
will
in
when
we
report
back
or
early
next
year,
we'll
have
a
better
idea
of
where
the
insect
will
be
where
those
hot
spots
will
be
in
the
city.
So
all
of
those
pieces
will
come
together
in
a
response
plan
that
will
provide
that
framework
to
committee
in
q1
2022.
T
T
My
last
question
concerns
rate
and
it
is
stormwater
services.
I
believe
it's
on
page
71
and
it
has
more
to
do
with
the
projections.
Of
course,
we're
all
concerned
about
the
implementation
of
flood
mitigation
measures
and
I've
noticed
a
large
jump
in
terms
of
projected
spending
plans
from
2023
to
2024..
So
I
was
just
wondering
if
staff
could
talk
to
the
the
work
that
will
be
potentially
undertaken
in
the
future.
That
would
precipitate
that
jump
of
expenditure.
K
T
You
can
follow
up
with
me
personally
just
curious
about
the
jump.
I
think.
Obviously
the
spending
is
warranted
based
on
the
the
amount
of
you
know,
100-year
flooding
that
we've
seen
at
the
city
happen.
In
short,
you
know
concurrency,
so
it's
important,
but
I
just
wanted
to
get
a
sense
of
what
that
spending
would
look
like.
So
I'd
appreciate
a
personal
follow-up
and
those
are
all
my
questions.
A
Thank
you,
and
now
we
go
to
actually
I
just
from
councillor
king's
point.
He
was
talking
about
that
conversation.
We
had
on
moths
earlier
at
committee.
It's
a
good
example
that
the
budget
process
is
far
more
than
just
what
we
do
right
here
in
november
every
year
and
that
extends
well
beyond
that
timeline
and
it's
more
of
an
annual
process,
because
that
conversation
that
we
had
at
our
committee
in
june
has
now
led
into
an
item
being
right
here
before
us
in
the
budget.
So
it's
it's
important
to
note.
F
F
But
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
the
the
water
rates
and
I've
got
my
water
bill
here
and
I
just
I
just
I've
been
looking
at
it
and
the
I
just
wanted
to
go
through
a
few
things,
because
it's
changed
a
lot
over
the
years
the
last
few
years,
and
it's
it's
more
so
about
the
the
the
consumption
versus
fixed
charges
and
our
own
incentive
here
to
reduce
water
consumption.
So
my
water
bill
has
gone
up
a
lot.
It's
gone
up.
I
think
it's
doubled
for
me
anyway.
F
Personally,
in
less
than
four
years,
it's
it
seems
to
have
doubled.
I
go
back
and
I
check
my
financial
records
about
that.
But
it's
not
I'm
not
so
concerned
about
that,
because
we
have
to
water
is
an
important
resource.
It
costs
a
lot
to
renew
it.
We
need
to
make
sure
we're
getting
it
right
when
we're
renewing
the
infrastructure
and
over
time
this
is
comparable
to
other
municipalities.
So
it's
not
the
overall
cost.
That
is
concerning
me,
but
the
concern
is
more.
F
We
do
have
a
tiered
base
system
on
the
consumption
side,
but
chair
the
the
fixed
costs
have
gone
up
so
much
more
than
the
consumption
charges
have
in
recent
years,
but
on
the
consumption
side,
the
tiering
we
use
the
tier
one,
the
tier
two
tier
three
and
tier
four
isn't
giving
enough
for
individual
families.
So
I'm
not
talking
about
the
big
players.
It's
the
individual
families
to
save-
or
you
know,
individuals
in
apartments
people
on
their
own,
doesn't
whatever
it
is.
F
The
smaller
homes
doesn't
give
them
enough
incentive
to
save
on
the
tiering
on
the
consumption-based
charges.
So
I
I
just
I
I'm
hoping
we
can
get
more
from
city
staff.
I've
raised
this
in
the
past
about
about
that
it.
How
can
we
get
more
incentive
for
people
to
reduce
their
water
congestion
so
that
they
can
also
save
financially,
because
right
now,
with
the
way
the
fixed
rates
have
gone,
have
changed
and
our
consumption
tiering
there
is
very
little
incentive
to
save
for
for
water.
So
I'm
not
sure
if
someone
can
answer
that.
H
So
chair,
I
could
just
speak
to
the
original
intent.
The
fixed
charge
was
intended
to
show
the
minimum
amount
required
just
to
get
water
to
the
home,
and
it
only
represents
20
percent
of
the
overall
budget,
so
20
percent
comes
in
as
a
fixed
charged
for
the
city.
80
percent
of
our
revenue
for
delivering
water
and
wastewater
services
is
based
on
the
volumetric
charge
and
the
volumetric
charge
was
actually
tiered
to
get
some
of
those
high
consumption.
H
Consumers
of
properties
to
reduce,
and
so
conservation
is
mostly
at
that
higher
tier
level.
We
did
add
a
lifeline
rate,
which
is
that
first
tier,
which
is
half
of
the
next
rate,
so
at
least
the
first
six
cubic
meters
are
half
the
rate,
but
those
that
are
below
the
average
consumption
probably
saw
more
of
an
impact
on
the
fixed
charge
because
previously,
when
they
were
paying
for
volumetric,
they
weren't
paying
enough
just
to
get
the
service
into
their
home,
so
that
that
was
the
the
most
significant
impact.
F
And
so
I
guess
the
impetus
is.
Can
we
look
at
those
consumption
charges
over
time
to
better
tier
it
so
that
your
smaller
homes,
individual
families,
individual
people,
are
have
more
incentive
to
save
at
that
consumption
level?
That
that
would
be
the
the
question.
I
recognize
the
first
tier
that
zero
to
six
you're
doing
very
well
if
you're
using
less
than
six
cubic
meters
a
month,
but
that's
the
that
would
be
it's
that
second
tier
in
that
third
tier.
F
That,
I
think,
would
be
helpful
for
for
families
who
have
had
to
take
on
a
lot
more
water
costs
in
the
last
little
while,
and
that
would
would,
I
think,
have
more
incentive
to
save
looking
at
those
those
different
fix
versus
consumption
charges.
So
I
just
hope
it
can
be
reviewed.
It
was
reviewed
not
too
long
ago.
F
This
change
was
made
not
too
long
ago,
but
but
I
just
hope
that
we
can
review
on
the
what
what
does
it
do
as
an
incentive
to
save
for
individuals
and
if
we're
not
there,
if
we're
not
getting
that
incentive
to
save,
then
we're
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
getting
incentive
to
safe
for
people
to
reduce
their
water
consumption
so
I'll
I'll.
Take
it
offline
with
you.
I've
raised
it
before,
but
I'll
take
it
offline
and
we
can
talk
more
about
it.
There
thanks
so
much.
A
On
that
initial
review
and
why?
Because
prior
to
2016,
when
we
did
this,
the
stormwater,
the
story,
the
the
water
sewer
and
weight
and
stormwater
structure
review,
it
was
100
funded
by
consumption.
So
the
challenge
we
had
was
that
people
would
would
reduce
consumption,
and
yet
we
would
then
lose
money.
So
we'd
have
to
jack
the
rates
up.
You
know
between
9
and
12
percent
every
single
year
and
everyone
kept
on
saying
I'm
getting
penalized
for
reducing
my
consumption.
A
F
Yeah
point
well
taken
a
chair.
I
think
we
can
do
some
more
work
on
the
consumption
side
of
that
formula
on
the
tiering
which
which
exists
now
and
work
within
the
same
logic
you're
using
on
that
consumption,
tiering
side
to
get
some
more
incentive
for
saving.
So
take
your
point,
though,
about
the
change
in
in
in
the
fix
coming
in
so
appreciate
it.
F
F
F
To
do
this
as
we
go
along,
and
so
the
delegations
that
spoke
to
us
today,
mostly
they
were
speaking
about
you-
know,
climate
change,
invasive
species,
things
related
to
climate
change.
They
weren't
here
talking
about
the
water
bill,
even
though
you
know
I
raised
that,
but
they're
not
they're,
not
here.
Talking
about
those
things
they're
here
talking
about
climate
change
and
because
it's
it's
a
large
threat
to
us,
it's
the
greatest
threat
we
face,
as
I
say
so
I
will
just.
F
F
So
chair
I'll,
just
very
briefly
say
that
we
as
a
city
need
to
move
on
on
this
we
are
have.
I
we've
done
great
work,
this
term
really
great
work.
We
have
ramped
up
with
a
fantastic
plan
that
we've
got.
We've
started
to
to
fund
some
initiatives.
We
have
a
great
staff
team
in
place,
you're
seeing
other
line
departments
starting
to
move
on
transit,
of
course,
the
the
lrt
investments
but
the
the
electrification
of
our
transit
system.
F
However,
that
being
said,
we
have
no
steady
funding
beyond
what
you
have
allocated
in
the
original
portion
of
this
term
around
the
hydro,
auto
dividends,
and
that
was
a
wise
move
to
do
that
initially,
to
get
some
funding
into
this
as
a
priority.
But
beyond
that
we
don't
have
stable
funding
and
we
don't
have
something
that's
going
to
sustain
that
staff
over
time.
That
needs
to
do
this.
Heavy
leg
work
in
the
next
nine
years.
F
As
we
say
beyond
that,
too
we're
making
great
investments
in
energy,
reducing
emissions,
our
beam
team,
reducing
emissions,
we're
reducing
our
cost
beam
team
is
doing
this.
The
led
changeover.
These
are
things
that
actually
save
us
money
over
time
and
as
we
get
to
more
building
retrofits.
This
is
what
will
be
required.
So
the
motion
does
two
things.
The
first
is,
it
establishes
a
million
dollars
for
projects.
Staff
have
outlined
that
we
could
do
right
away
and
those
those
projects
are
significant.
F
They
speak
to
several
things
around
building
retrofits
so,
for
example,
just
go
through
a
few
examples.
Chair
one
is
around
residential
and
commercial
buildings
and
our
municipal
building
programs
to
hire
staff
to
support
the
residential
commercial
municipal.
Retrofit
campaigns
associated
with
climate
change
master
plan
to
ensure
that
more
private
action
takes
place.
F
The
evaluation
of
climate
services
provided
by
trees
to
support
asset
management
plans
and
urban
forest
management
plan
actions
to
mitigate
extreme
heat
and
further
flood
risk
assessment
and
response
plans
contributes
to
that
resiliency
strategy.
We
talked
about
having
the
potential
of
a
solar,
a
solar
potential
map,
so
a
sunroof
map
for
all
of
ottawa.
You
know:
we've
talked
about
the
greener
homes,
grant
and
builder
building
better
homes,
ottawa,
which
support
residential
solar,
a
community
improvement
plan.
F
You
know
support
to
develop
a
community
improvement
plan
that
could
support
commercial,
retrofit,
potentially
high
performance
development
standards.
So
these
are
these
are
the
things
there's
others
there
as
well
funds
to
take
advantage
of
the
ghd
reduction
as
opportunities
occur
in
different
neighborhoods,
applying
for
funds
to
other
orders
of
government.
These
are
all
things
that
are
that
are
needed.
The
bayview
district
energy
study,
the
biogas
feasibility
study,
high
performance
windows,
all
things
that
can
come
from
that
one
million
dollars.
I'm
talking
about
that
first
portion
of
the
motion.
F
The
second
portion
of
the
motion
would
be
to
rest
to
establish
a
essentially
energy
and
emission
fund,
which
would
be
a
revolving
function.
Just
see
the
funds
put
back
into
that
fund
as
we're
making
savings
from
other
areas
within
the
city
that
we
that
we've
deemed
necessary,
and
so
that
would
sustain
us
over
time.
We
have
the
build
up
that
we
need
that
is
called
for
under
the
climate
change
master
plan
to
at
least
start
that
funding
and
I'll.
Just
say
this
motion
is
not
enough:
we
there's
so
much
more.
F
We
need
to
do
it.
All
orders
government
in
the
world
needs
to
do
on
this
issue,
but
it's
it's
a
start.
It's
a
start
to
getting
some
stable
funding
over
time
that
involves
our
finance
staff
with
our
climate
change
staff
that
can
establish
some
some
stability
for
us
in
the
municipality,
so
chair
I'll
leave
it
there
sorry
for
the
long-winded
introduction,
but
this
is
a
really
important
topic
and
one
we
need
to
get
right
in
the
next
little.
While
thanks.
A
Yeah,
I
understood
I
mean
the
it's
it's
great
to
develop
the
clamshell
and
it's
great
to
develop
energy
evolution,
but
we
need
to
implement
it
question
just
before
I
get
to
council
rockington
just
to
wendy
stephenson.
The
the
first
part
of
the
motion
speaks
to
funding
this
out
of
capital
closures.
So
you
will
look
at
the
capital
closures
in
early
2022,
with
the
intent
to
find
the
million
dollars
to
fund
this
motion.
Is
that
correct.
D
D
A
D
D
Chair,
certainly,
we
appreciate
the
you
know
it.
The
budget
was
prepared
in
a
following
the
guidelines
council
had
set
for
the
budget
and
it's
a
very
difficult
year
as
as
the
treasurer's
indicated,
so
you,
the
budget
we
put
forward,
was
the
best
of
our
resources.
If
additional
resources
do
become
to
come
to
us
through
this
motion,
the
work
in
the
budget
motion
in
the
motion
by
council
menard
is
doable.
Our
staff
did
look
that
over
last
night,
and
it
is,
it
is
work
we
can
complete.
D
D
So
chair,
I
don't,
I
don't
want
to
overstep
the
counselor
who
moved
the
motion.
So
if
I
get
this
wrong
counselor
menard,
perhaps
he
can
correct
me
the
intent.
The
idea
is
that
we
were
looking
for
a
stable
source
of
funding
to
primarily
go
into
capital
projects.
To
really
pay
for
projects
that
could
demonstratively
demonstrate
show
that
we
are
reducing
our
our
emissions
from
the
city's
operations
and
facilities
and
that
that's
a
way
of
ensuring
that
as
savings
happen,
they
get
reinvested
back
into
the
fund.
D
So
it
becomes
a
fund
that
refills
from
savings
in
the
future,
and
I
think
that's
the
intent
at
a
high
level
of
what
the
the
the
the
fund
is
described
to
do,
the
it
needs
to
be
seated
to
get
it
going
and
that's
the
intent
of
the
of
the
counselors
motion.
So
if,
if
I
have
not
stated
that
correctly,
perhaps
counselor
menard
can
correct
me.
D
And
are
staff
supportive
of
of
clauses
one
through
four
in
this
motion
staff
are,
are
prepared
and
provide
funding
is
made
available.
Staff
are
prepared
to
undertake
the
work
as
directed
by
council
in
this
motion.
Okay,
I'm
gonna
support
this,
but
mr
willis,
I'm
going
to
put
you
on
the
spot
and
ask
a
question
that
I
think
everyone
wants
an
answer
to,
and
that
is
why
are
we
not
as
a
corporation,
more
aggressive
in
our
investments
in
our
ghd
strategy?
D
D
D
So
chair,
the
discussion's
all
been
about
budget,
but
it
hasn't
been
about
work,
so
we
reported
to
committee
very
recently
an
update
on
the
climate
change
master
plan
and
we
reported
on
our
progress
in
eight
priority
areas
and
we
showed
how
every
single
operating
department
in
the
city
is
using
a
climate
lens
and
finding
savings
on
climate
on
ghg
emissions
through
avoidance
redesign.
That
doesn't
necessarily
take
place
through
a
specific
line
item
on
the
budget
and
appreciate
the
point.
D
The
delegations
are
making
they're
looking
for
an
easy
path
to
figure
out
in
the
budget
how
the
savings
are
happening,
but
we're
looking
at
the
the
buses.
We
are
looking
at
a
trail
road
we
are
looking
at
at
all
kinds
of
different
areas,
talked
about
the
replacement
of
the
zamboni
infrastructure
and
ranks
right.
It's
happening
across
the
entire
organization
and
it's
coming
through
normal
operating
budgets
as
opposed
to
necessarily
separated
out
segregated
out
ghg
budgets.
D
We
take
the
the
money
council
gives
us
every
single
year
and
reinvest
it
as
council
directs
in
accordance
the
envelopes,
the
long-range
financial
plan.
We
don't
have
sources
of
revenue
that
senior
governments
have
such
as
progressive
income,
taxes,
consumption
taxes
such
as
gsg,
gst
or
hst
or
or
carbon
pricing
taxes.
We
don't
have
that
it'll.
All
of
our
investment
has
to
come
off
the
property
tax
through
tax
supported
they're.
Not
you
can't
apply
user
fees
in
many
instances,
there's
a
little
bit
in
waste
we
can
apply.
D
So
it
really
comes
down
to
the
decisions
council
makes
of
how
you
set
your
tax
targets
and
how
we
apply
that
so
with
respect
counselor,
its
staff
are
finding
every
opportunity
to
take
what
we
have
been
given
and
allocated
to
us
through
the
budget
directions
report
and
we're
finding
every
opportunities
to
deploy
that
for
ghg
reductions.
That
we
can
thank
you
for
that,
and
I
don't
want
anyone
to
be
misled
in
me
thinking
that
staff
aren't
doing
work.
G
Thank
you
chair,
I'm
just
looking
back
at
the
2021
report
on
the
2020
corporate
energy
report
came
out
in
2021,
and
I
note
that
the
energy
savings
amounted
to
over
seven
million
dollars,
and
I
understand
that
one
of
those
was
you
know
one
time.
Year-Over-Year
savings
of
about
three
million
because
of
a
number
of
our
facilities
were
closed
for
much
of
the
year,
but
I
just
wonder
why,
when
we
have
a
report
that
that
outlines,
you
know
what
we're
saving
our
corporate
energy
report.
G
Why
you
know
I
and
I
obviously
I
want
to
see
1
million
going
into
the
revolving
fund,
but
why
is
that
number
not
being
contemplated?
I'm
not
necessarily
asking
the
mover
of
the
motion.
I
think
that
he
would
agree,
but
what
is
that
number
not
contemplated
in
investments
in?
In
our
you
know
our
energy
evolution
investments.
G
Again,
it
just
goes
back
to
the
savings,
and
it's
where
does
that
money
go
like
what?
What
what
what
did
we
do
with
it?
What
are
we
doing
with
it,
and
even
if
it's
one
time,
maybe
I'll
just
throw
this
up
too?
I
don't
because
I
I
won't
ask
a
follow
up
then
on
this
one,
but
even
if
it's
one
time
did
we
direct
that
into
you
know
any
of
our
climate
action
plans.
D
H
Yeah-
and
I
just
wanted
to
add
to
the
in
the
motion-
it
speaks
to
assessing
those
savings
and
looking
at
which
ones
are
tangible
and
a
lot
of
those
savings
were
cost
avoidance
and
may
not
necessarily
translate
into
budget
savings.
And
so
that's
why
we
have
to
study
it
happy
to
do
it.
Look
at
those
savings
and
which
ones
are
actually.
We
can
be
called
and
redirected
not,
and
we
we
need
to
really
assess
all
of
those
savings
to
understand
which
are
cost
avoidance
and
which
are
true
bottom
line.
Savings.
G
You
know
if,
if
there's
a,
if
we're,
saving
that
that
money
has
got
to
be
rolled
back
into
our
our
energy
evolution
programs,
it
can't
be
it
can't
be
plugged
into
keeping
you
know
a
a
cap
if
you
will
and-
and
you
know
and-
and
I
think
it
mostly
goes
to
you-
know-
subsidizing
growth,
which
we
don't
do
with
a
two
percent
budget
right.
We
just
can't
it's
impossible.
We
haven't
done
that
in
many
years.
G
So
I
think
that
what
we're
doing
here
is
we're
we're
subsidizing
growth,
which
should
be
you
know
paying
for
itself,
or
it
should
be
funded
through
through
taxes
to
you
know
our
property
tax
base
and
and
and
our
and
our
climate
action
plans
should
not
be
funding
and
not
not
be
funding
growth,
and
it
should
not
be.
You
know,
keep
funding
our
our
budget
pressures,
our
cola
and
everything
else.
G
As
we
keep,
you
know
what
is
essentially
a
non-attainable
tax
cap
of
two
percent
in
a
city
that's
growing,
and
that
is
seeing
inflation
that
is
much
greater
than
what
we're
budgeting
for
here.
So
I
look
forward
to
that
conversation
and
I
will
have.
I
will
discuss
it
with
the
the
mover
of
the
motion
as
we
move
towards
council
as
well.
Thank
you
thanks,
chair.
A
A
A
A
A
A
K
E
Yes,
it
is
something
thank
you
chair
before
we
get
started.
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
the
the
work
and
the
time
that's
been
put
into
the
local
improvement
and
ditch
infill
internal
working
group.
This
was
an
inter-department
effort
with
several
departments:
eps
public
works,
environmental
services,
financial
services
and
planning
infrastructure
economic
development
department.
E
E
So
I
first
want
to
start
by
summarizing
what
a
local
improvement
is.
A
local
improvement
is
a
capital
infrastructure
project
delivered
by
municipality.
It
is
typically
initiated
by
a
property
owner
or
group
of
property
owners
and
benefits
a
select
group
of
property
owners
in
a
defined
area,
usually
within
an
existing
established
neighborhood.
E
The
cost
of
local
improvement
is
recovered
by
the
city
from
all
benefiting
property
owners.
Typical
examples
of
local
improvement
project
inquiries
we
receive
in
the
city
of
ottawa
include
sewers
water
mains,
noise
barriers,
engineered
drainage
systems,
including
roadside
ditches
and
roads.
This
process
is
not
unique
to
ottawa.
The
city
is
authorized
to
undertake
local
improvements
by
ontario
regulation
586,
which
is
under
the
municipal
act.
E
Next
slide,
please
so
the
updated
local
improvement
policy
was
undertaken
in
three
phases.
The
process
began
in
2019,
with
a
review
of
existing
local
improvement
policy
and
documentation
of
existing
business
practices.
This
was
followed
by
the
development
of
recommendations
by
the
multi-disciplinary
working
group
in
early
2021..
E
Finally,
this
process
culminated
with
the
revised
local
improvement
policy
being
presented
today.
This
updated
policy
includes
two
changes:
first,
a
separation
of
the
policy
from
the
detailed
implementation
procedures
and,
second,
an
increase
of
the
success
threshold
for
the
survey
of
interest
from
a
simple
majority
to
a
two-thirds
majority
or
67
of
the
affected
property
owners.
E
The
first
change
provides
a
policy
which
now
speaks
to
all
type
of
local
improvement
projects
and
has
been
updated
to
align
with
current
legislative
requirements.
Separation
of
the
detailed
implementation
procedures
from
the
policy
keeps
the
policy
concise,
while
providing
detailed
procedures
for
staff
to
ensure
consistency
and
business.
Continuity
updates
to
the
technical
dependencies
can
be
done
as
required
without
over
without
altering
the
overarching
policy
principles.
E
E
To
start
a
review
was
undertaken
of
the
existing,
ditch
alteration
policy
and
documentation
of
current
business
practices
by
the
working
group
was
completed
in
october
of
this
year.
We
are
currently
in
phase
two.
A
consultant
has
been
retained
to
conduct
an
objective
third-party
review
of
the
impacts
of
ditch
alterations,
a
policy,
consistency
review
and
a
business
process
review.
E
A
D
Thank
you
chair.
Thank
you
to
staff
for
this
presentation.
Today.
An
update
to
the
committee
surprises
a
number
of
people
that
three
out
of
riverward
six
major
neighborhoods
have
ditches
and
culverts
in
part
of
their
community.
It's
not
widespread,
but
certainly
in
neighborhoods
that
are
older.
This
infrastructure
is
in
place,
and
so
there
there
are
pockets
of
interest
with
ditches
and
culverts.
D
I
have
had
some
recent
inquiries
within
the
last
24
hours
about
this
report
and
I
note
in
the
staff
report
that
public
consultation
to
this
point
was
not
undertaken,
so
I
want
to
wrap
my
head
around
going
forward.
How
will
the
public
be
engaged
with
the
remaining
steps
before
this
comes
back
before
the
committee.
E
Thank
you
chair.
We
will
be
developing
a
consultation
of
citywide
and
also
if
a
specific
wards
want
to
have
specific
consultation,
we'll
be
doing
that
as
well.
This
the
first
piece,
but
the
local
improvement,
was
more
of
a
housekeeping
setting
the
stage
for
us
with
the
the
ditch
and
phil
so
there's
more
to
come,
and
there
will
be
some
consultation
with
the
different
pieces
as
we
get
the
information
going
forward.
D
I
E
Yeah,
so
this
is
an
updated
policy.
There
was
a
previously
existing
policy
and
again,
as
sherman
said,
it's
very
much
housekeeping
the
city
only
has
a
certain
amount
of
latitude
because
of
the
prescriptive
regulatory
requirements
within
the
process
where
our
policy,
where
the
city
has
jurisdiction
to
change,
is
in
the
survey
of
interest
at
the
beginning,
which
allows
staff
resources
to
be
allocated
and
city
funds
to
be
allocated
where
there
is
a
genuine
interest
of
a
large
number
of
benefiting
property
owners
within
the
area.
D
E
A
A
A
But
we
have
communities
like
in
munster,
where
we
have
courts
that
have
six
foot
ditches
they've
got
the
front
yard
depth
is,
is
almost
the
same
as
the
as
the
depth
of
the
ditch
and
and
there's
no
possible
way
for
some
of
some
of
our
older
residents
to
maintain
this
ditch
yet
as
a
part
of
the
proper
standards
by
law,
they
have
to
maintain
their
their
ditch.
So
there's
a
there's,
a
lot
of
challenge
that
they
have
and
and
yet
one
of
them
hasn't
been,
you
know
being
able
to
to
put
a
culvert
in
properly.
A
Do
it.
In
fact,
we've
had
situations
where
people
have
done
it.
Neighbors
have
complained,
george
knows
about
this
and
then
and
then
the
city
has
to
come
in
and
and
tear
out
the
work.
It
could
be
five
thousand
dollars
worth
of
work.
The
city
has
to
go
out
and
and
tear
out,
because
it's
not
permitted,
even
though
the
work
they
might
have
done
is
something
that
doesn't
actually
harm
anything.
A
So
it's
a
bit
of
a
weird
situation
that
we
found
ourselves
in.
That
was
a
post-amalgamation
issue
that
never
really
got
addressed,
and
that's
where
I
just
been
trying
to
find
ways
to
address
it
for
years
and
so
far
we're
getting
to
to
a
point
where
we'll
have
something
there
in
place.
Hopefully
that
we
can
can
have
that
option.
It
seems
minor
in
the
grand
scheme
of
things
but
to
the
individuals
who
it
impacts.
It's
it's
not.
So
thank
you
to
staff
for
for
working
on
this
and
thank
you
for
presenting
it.
A
I
know,
like
I
said
it
seems
minor,
but
I
want
to
hear
about
it
so
anyways
on
that.
I
think
it's
just
a
received
item
receive
the
presentation.
I
just
bring
my
agenda
back
up.
I
got
like
three
screens.
I
don't
have
any
open
so
that
the
standing
committee
on
various
protection,
water
and
waste
management
recommend
that
council
one
approve
the
local
improvement
policy
and
to
receive
the
update
on
the
ditch
alteration
policy.
L
A
T
Yes,
I
did
have
a
notice
of
motion
share.
It
regards
the
fact
that
there
are
many
negative
impacts
to
a
gas
powered
leaf
blowers,
and
I
understand
that
counselors
also
hear
a
similar
feedback
from
residents
in
their
own
communities
to
quickly
highlight
some
of
these
negative
impacts.
It's
important
to
know
that
our
that
most
gas-powered
leaf
blowers
operate
on
a
two-stroke
engine
or
the
marginally
better
four-stroke
engine
and
other
maintenance
equipment
also
makes
use
of
this
engine,
which,
while
light
and
portable,
is
also
so
fuel
inefficient.
T
T
These
engines
operate
at
a
decibel
level
and
frequency
that
the
world
health
organization
has
determined
negatively
impacts
our
health,
a
typical
two-stroke
leaf
blower,
operates
well
above
the
decibel
level
of
our
bylaw,
which
are
bylaws,
stipulates
for
equipment
such
as
air
conditioners,
exhaust
systems
or
pool
filtration
pumps.
Although
we
restrict
the
hours
during
which
they
can
be
used,
we
do
not
specifically.
T
Really
address
an
acceptable
decibel
level
for
leaf
blowers,
while
I
believe
a
permanent
solution
will
necessitate
a
change
to
our
bylaws
governing
the
use
of
this
equipment.
It
is
important
to
start
in
our
own
backyard.
The
national
capital
commission
is
accelerating
their
efforts
to
eliminate
the
use
of
gas-powered
law
and
equipment
from
all
of
their
maintenance
contracts,
and
the
city
has
many
reciprocal
maintenance
agreements
with
the
ncc
throughout
ottawa.
It
makes
sense
for
us
to
step
up
our
own
efforts
and
transition
away
from
this
outdated,
harmful
technology
as
quickly
as
possible.
T
So
the
intent
of
the
motion
that
I'm
introducing
today
giving
notice
of
motion
is
to
eliminate
city-owned
gas-powered,
lawn
and
yard
equipment
as
quickly
as
possible
and
to
align
our
efforts
with
the
national
capital
commission
to
provide
a
cohesive,
healthier
experience
for
our
residents,
but
my
office
and
myself.
We
did
work
very
extensively
with
staff
and
we
thanked
staff
for
their
engagement
and
their
contribution
to
the
final
draft
of
this
motion.
A
Thank
you
in
speaking
with
cancer
king
on
this
previously
that
I
was
doing
some
some
research
into
it
and
found
out
that
that
california
has
banned
these
actually
statewide
and
companies.
There
have
just
stopped
selling
them
all
together
anyway,
so
it
actually
worked
out
quite
well.
So
it
was
almost
like.
It
was
industry
driven
to
a
degree,
but
one
of
the
one
of
the
studies
they
had.
A
L
Thank
you
very
much
chair.
Yes,
indeed,
further
to
the
discussions
we
have
today
on
invasive
species
and
removals
in
public
spaces,
my
inquiry-
and
I
will
send
it
along
to
to
chris-
and
he
might
have
it
already-
what
programs
are
currently
in
place
to
mitigate
invasive
species
in
ottawa.
What
volunteer
programs,
if
any,
are
in
place
or
being
explored
to
mitigate
invasive
species
in
public
green
spaces?
L
A
Our
next
meeting
in
the
in
the
thing
it
says
to
be
determined
because
we
haven't
nailed
down
the
meeting
dates
for
for
2022,
but
in
all
likelihood
it's
going
to
be
the
third
tuesday
in
february
all
right.
Thank
you
all.
Oh,
we
have
a
media
availability
who
ever
wants
to
listen
to
me.
Talk
some
more
after
this
meeting
in
15
minutes,
so
we'll
see.
Y'all
then.