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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-05-14 (Revised)Agricultural Advisory Committee of Clarington Thursday, May 14, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Committee Members and Members of the Public may participate in the meeting online or via telephone. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. You will be able to join the meeting any time after 7:00 p.m. To join the meeting click on the Join Meeting link below or call in using the telephone number provided: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting +1 289-274-8255 Conference ID: 257 909 794# (to mute and unmute dial *6) Revised Agenda (* New item added to the agenda) 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Declaration of Pecuniary Interest 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes of April 9, 2020 5. Guests Kathy Macpherson and Anna Shortly, Greenbelt Foundation — Municipal Capacity to Support Agriculture * MPP David Piccini (Northumberland -Peterborough South) 6. Delegations None 7. Business Arising from Minutes Highway 407 materials clean-up Bowmanville REKO network 8. Correspondence, Council Items and Referrals None 9. Liaison Reports: Durham Agricultural Advisory Committee Durham Region Federation of Agriculture Durham Farm Connections Clarington Board of Trade 10. New Business Port of Oshawa — Agricultural Users Survey Ontario Agri -Food Open for E -Business Initiative Ontario Agri -Food Jobs Portal Federal Agri -Food Industry COVID-19 Funding Announcement Next Meeting: June 9, 2020 1 Future Agendas: (ideas?) Philip Lawrence, MP, Northumberland -Peterborough South Hon. Erin O'Toole, MP, Durham Brianna Ames of Fairlife (Coca-Cola) Region of Durham Works re: 2020 capital projects Clarington Engineering Services (Building Division) re: National Building Code changes for farm structures anticipated for 2020 (once the changes have been confirmed) Simon Gill, Durham Region Economic Development & Tourism re: an update on the Durham Region Agricultural Strategy and Durham Region Broadband Strategy 1