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Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:35 p.m.
A digital recording of the meeting is available.
Present: Mayor H.S. Hughes
Councillor Mel Coutanche, Co-Chair
Councillor Sandy Agnew, Co-Chair
Robert Barlow, John Bosomworth, Meryl Drake,
David Edwards, Josephine Martensson-
Hemsted, Andy McNiven, Gerry Murphy, Doug
Shelswell, Mike Vandergeest, Kim Wand
Regrets: Councillor Terry Allison, Co-Chair
Steve Cromwell, Ruth Fountain, Allan Johnson,
Wilf McMechan, David Kennedy, Jim Purnell
Staff Present: Marie Brissette, Committee Coordinator
1. OPENING OF THE MEETING
Councillor Coutanche assumed the Chair and called the meeting to order.
2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
a) Motion to adopt agenda.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-01
Moved by Mike Vandergeest, Seconded by Andy McNiven
It is recommended that the agenda for the meeting of Thursday, September
17, 2009 be received and adopted.
Carried.
3. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL
NATURE THEREOF: - "IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT"
None declared.
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Minutes of the OMEGA meeting held on September 17, 2009.
4. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:
a) Motion to adopt minutes of previous meeting.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-02
Moved by Meryl Drake, Seconded by Doug Shelswell
It is recommended that the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, June 18,
2009 be adopted as printed and circulated.
Carried.
5. PRESENTATIONS:
None.
6. ITEMS FROM PREVIOUS MEETING:
None.
7. WORKING GROUP UPDATES:
a) Oro Moraine
i) Update for Report Card / NVCA and LSRCA Input.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-03
Moved by Bob Barlow, Seconded by John Bosomworth
It is recommended that the verbal update from the Oro-Moraine Working
Group, re: Update for Report Card /NVCA and LSRCA Input be received.
Carried.
b) Growth Issues
i) Input into Township Official Plan Process.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-04
Moved by John Bosomworth, Seconded by Gerry Murphy
It is recommended that the verbal update from the Growth Issues Working
Group, re: Input into Township Official Plan Process be received.
Carried.
c) Habitat
None.
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d) Water Quality /Lake Management
i) Stormwater Management Opportunities.
ii) Nomination of the OMEGA Water Quality /Lake Management Working
Group for the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Education Award
for the Protecting Your Water & Shoreline Property brochure.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-05
Moved by Josephine Martensson-Hemsted, Seconded by Gerry Murphy
It is recommended that the verbal update from the Water Quality /Lake
Management Working Group, re: Stormwater Management Opportunities be
received.
Carried.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-06
Moved by Bob Barlow, Seconded by John Bosomworth
It is recommended that the verbal update from the Water Quality /Lake
Management Working Group, re: Nomination of the OMEGA Water Quality /
Lake Management Working Group for the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority Education Award for the Protecting Your Water & Shoreline
Property brochure be received.
Carried.
e) Sustainable Agriculture
None.
8. COMMUNICATIONS:
a) Mayor H.S. Hughes, correspondence dated June 1, 2009 from City of
Woodstock, re: Mayor's Conservation Challenge.
The Co-Chairs were asked to send a letter to the City of Woodstock
requesting that any future correspondence regarding this event be sent out
earlier in the year in order to allow for the information to reach the members in
amore timely fashion.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-07
Moved by Kim Wand, Seconded by John Bosomworth
It is recommended that the correspondence dated June 1, 2009 from City of
Woodstock, re: Mayor's Conservation Challenge be received.
Carried.
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b) Correspondence dated August 13, 2009 from Keith Sherman, Coordinator,
Severn Sound Environmental Association, re: Tree Distribution Program
2010.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-08
Moved by Meryl Drake, Seconded by Kim Wand
It is recommended that the correspondence dated August 13, 2009 from
Keith Sherman, Coordinator, Severn Sound Environmental Association, re:
Tree Distribution Program 2010 be received.
Carried.
c) Attendance /representation at the Annual Provincial Environmental Advisory
Committee Symposium -date to be determined (held in Oshawa in 2008).
Motion No. OMEGA090917-09
Moved by Josephine Martensson-Hemsted, Seconded by Doug Shelswell
It is recommended that the verbal update from Councillor Coutanche, re:
Attendance /representation at the Annual Provincial Environmental Advisory
Committee Symposium -date to be determined (held in Oshawa in 2008) be
received.
Carried.
9. OTHER BUSINESS /QUESTIONS
a) Issues /opportunities from Council
i) Local Food Procurement and Zero Waste.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-10
Moved by Andy McNiven, Seconded by Mike Vandergeest
It is recommended that the verbal update from Councillor Agnew, re: Issues /
opportunities from Council i) Local Food Procurement and Zero Waste, be
received.
Carried.
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b) 20101nitiatives.
Suggestions to be brought forward by the members at the next meeting.
c) Review of Issues and Opportunities.
The members noted that some items of interest were now redundant due to
Provincial Legislation and Simcoe County initiatives having come into force.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-11
Moved by John Bosomworth, Seconded by Gerry Murphy
It is recommended that the Review of Issues and Opportunities be received.
Carried.
10. NEXT MEETING DATE
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
11. ADJOURNMENT
a) Motion to adjourn.
Motion No. OMEGA090917-12
Moved by Mike Vandergeest, Seconded by John Bosomworth
It is recommended that we do now adjourn at 9:03 p.m.
Carried.
Councillor Mel Coutanche, Co-Chair Coun~iH~r Sandy Agn Co-Chair
Absent
Councillor Terry Allison, Co-Chair Marie Brissette, Committee Coordinator
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