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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEAC 2023-11-08 agenda.pdf - City of Maple Ridge ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA – REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at 7:00 pm Meeting Access Information Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) meetings are held in a hybrid format. Members of the EAC and the public are asked to join the meeting in-person in the Blaney Room at Maple Ridge City Hall or remotely using the following access information: Join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone https://mapleridge-ca.zoom.us/j/82646592645 Or join the meeting using your phone Dial: 1-778-907-2071 Meeting ID: 826 4659 2645 1. CALL TO ORDER 1.1. Land Acknowledgement 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES – June 14, 2023 4. DELEGATIONS 4.1. Chad Neufeld, Manager of Parks, to present an update on the Municipal Urban Forest Management Strategy 5. NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5.1. EAC Membership Updates – Farewell to Kirk Grayson 5.2. Green Infrastructure Implementation 5.3. Ecological Network Management Strategy 6. LIAISON UPDATES 6.1. Staff Liaison 6.2. Council Liaison 7. TASK FORCE UPDATES 8. QUESTION PERIOD FOR THE PUBLIC 9. ROUNDTABLE 10. NEXT STEPS 11. ADJOURNMENT Next Meeting: 2024 - TBD Agenda Submission Deadline: TBD QUESTION PERIOD Question Period provides the public with the opportunity to ask questions or make comments on subjects that are of concern to them. Each person will be given 2 minutes to speak. Up to ten minutes in total is allotted for Question Period. C Maple Ridee - City of Maple Ridge Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes June 14, 2023 The Minutes of the Regular Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting held via Zoom teleconference and hosted in the Blaney Room at Maple Ridge City Hall on June 14, 2023 at 7:05 pm. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT Councillor Sunny Schiller Council Liaison Brian Clark, Chair Environmental Professional Mark Adams Member at Large Kirk Grayson Member at Large Bill Hardy Member at Large Janice Jarvis Environmental Professional STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT Tyler Westover Director of Economic Development Rodney Stott Staff Liaison & Environmental Planner Arsh Dhillon Committee Clerk ABSENT Marian Schwaiger Member at Large 1.CALL TO ORDER – 7:05 pm 1.1. Land Acknowledgement B. Clark, Chair, called the meeting to order and provided the land acknowledgment. 2.APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA R/2023-EAC-006 It was moved and seconded That the June 14, 2022 Environmental Advisory Committee agenda be amended to add “Next Steps” as a standing agenda item on each agenda. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 3.ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES R/2023-EAC-007 It was moved and seconded That the minutes of the Environmental Advisory Committee meeting dated March 8, 2023 be adopted as circulated. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4.DELEGATIONS – NIL 5.NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS 3.0 mapleridge.ca Environmental Advisory Committee Minutes June 14, 2023 Page 2 of 3 5.1. 2023 Meeting Schedule A. Dhillon, Committee Clerk, provided Committee members with a revised 2023 meeting schedule. 5.2. Green Infrastructure Implementation Plan Presentation R. Stott, Staff Liaison, presented an EAC High Priority Action Items overview. Topics included: Council Strategic Plan, EAC Work Plan, Green Infrastructure, Corporate Strategic Initiatives, Ecological Network Management Strategy, and Metro Vancouver Mandate 2050. 5.3. Ecological Network Management Strategy Presentation This item was presented during Item 5.2. 6. LIAISON UPDATES 6.1. Staff Liaison – NIL 6.2. Council Liaison Councillor Schiller provided an update on the following:  Mayor’s Taskforce on Climate Action  Council’s Strategic Plan 7. SUBCOMMITTEE AND TASK FORCE UPDATE – NIL 8. QUESTION PERIOD – NIL 9. ROUNDTABLE Committee members provided updates and reports on environmental activities in the community. 10. NEXT STEPS  Determine how Metro Vancouver GSI Layers are relevant to EAC objective.  Determine how EAC can improve dialogue and communication to raise awareness in the community about available tools.  Consider Mayor and Council walk-about through town center to experience active transportation in urban landfill areas.  Determine how EAC can get involved in the Maple Ridge 150 celebration. Environmental Advisory Committee Minutes June 14, 2023 Page 3 of 3 11. ADJOURNMENT – 8:59 pm Brian Clark, Chair /ad