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Home My WebLink AboutADM-07-04 ' REPORT Leading the Way ADMINISTRATION Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE Date: June 7, 2004 Report#: ADM-07-04 File #: By-law #: Subject: GTA-Clean Air Council, 2004 Smog Summit RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. That ADM-07-04 be received for information. �' ) L't' Q � Submitted by; Franklin Wu, Chief Administrative Officer 1401 CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON 40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C3A6 T 905-623-3379 F 905-623-5717 REPORT NO.: ADM-07-04 PAGE 2 1. Background The Greater Toronto Clean Air Council(GTA C.A.C.) was established through the Intergovernmental Declaration of the Federal and Provincial governments, and the City of Toronto in 2000. It has since expanded its membership to include various federal and provincial agencies such as N.R. Canada, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Environment, Utility companies and 26 of the GTA municipalities. In Durham Region, the Region, Ajax, Pickering, Oshawa,Whitby and Clarington are members. Clarington, by Resolution #GPA-262-03 authorized the Mayor and the CAO to take all necessary actions to represent the Municipality of Clarington on the GTA Clean Air Council and to participate in clean air initiatives. The Manager of Special Projects attends the GTA Clean Air Council on behalf of the CAO and keeps the Mayor and CAO abreast of the initiatives and call to action. The Mayor and CAD attended the June 21St, 2003 Smog Summit and the Mayor signed'the declaration on behalf of the Municipality. This year as the Smog Summit (attachment 1) is on a GPA meeting date, neither the Mayor or CAO are able to attend; however, the municipality is involved in the drafting of the inter-governmental declaration (attachment 2) and is considered a signator to the declaration. _2. Goal of the C.A.C. The primary goal of the C.A.C. is to reduce smog by promoting and implementing various clean air initiatives; including the annual signing of Inter-governmental Declarations setting out the challenge for the next annum. - 1402 REPORT NO.: ADM-07-04 PAGE 3 3. Strategy of the C.A.C. • Explore opportunities and best practices among all agencies ■ Encourage members to undertake local initiatives Host Smog Summit to heighten public awareness ■ Provide GTA-wide education campaigns 4. Role of Municipalities In support of the effort, C.A.C. municipalities are encouraged to undertake as many clean air initiatives as possible, including but not limited to the following actions: ■ ' Promote local transit ■ Explore and utilize green power such as wind, biogas, solar and other renewable energy sources, e.g. solar energy for municipal facilities, bio-diesel fuel for municipal fleet • Anti-idling by-law ■ Community outreach to local businesses and industries ■ Education.and promotion, e.g. walk to school program r Bicycle and pathway development as alternate transport modes • Coop with other municipalities to purchase green power such as bio- diesel ■ Greening of urban area • Promote smart growth ■ Green procurement policies • Energy efficiency initiatives • Smog alert response plan 1403 REPORT NO.; ADM-07-04 PAGE 4 5. Clarington Initiatives Clarington has already undertaken a number of actions and initiatives that meet the objectives of the C.A.C., including Clarington Transit,the Backyard Burning Bylaw, property acquisitions and other stewardship initiatives. Clarington's initiatives were listed as part of the 2003 Declaration, we will be providing a progress report on these activities to the GTA-CAC in July. Our initiatives and partnerships for 2004 are listed in attachment #3. Attachments 1- Smog Summit invitation and agenda 2 Draft 2404 Intergovern mental Declaration(distributed separately) 3-2004 Initiatives for Clarington 1404 ATTACHMENT#1 TO *_ RLPORT ADM-07-04 DAVID MILLER His Worship John Mutton Mayor of the Municipality of Clarington Municipal Administrative Centre 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, ON L1C 3A6 Dear Mayor Mutton: April 28, 2004 Your support of the annual Toronto Smog Summit has helped to make this the premier event on solutions to smog and clean air in the GTA. I am writing to invite you to again join municipal leaders from across the GTA and ministers from the federal and provincial governments to take part in the fifth annual Smog Summit to be held in Metro Hall on June 21, 2004.-- Communities across the GTA are concerned about air quality and have shown their willingness to take action by joining the GTA Clean Air Council. Occasionally, we need to take time to showcase the steps we are taking to address air quality; the Smog Summit provides an ideal occasion to highlight our clean air initiatives with the public, media and other governments. I know that we can build on the successes of the first four Smog Summits and the historic Toronto and Region Inter-governmental Declarations on Clean Air. At Smog Summit 2004 on June 21 you are welcome to: • join a roundtable discussion with other mayors and regional chairs to summarize new municipal government commitments; • highlight your municipality's clean air initiatives to the media; and • take part-in-the signing ceremony for the Inter-governmental Declaration on Clean Air. Arrangements for String Summit 2004 are well in hand (a draft agenda is enclosed), and I am pleased tlhaty6ut r representative has joined in the discussions of the GTA Clean Air Council to help plan the event. For more information on the Smog Summit, please see www.smogsummit.org. 1 hope you-wifl be able to join me at this important event. Kindly confirm whether you will be able to attend the Summit and be a signatory to the Declaration by contacting Ms. Tanya Imola at Toronto Protocol as soon as possible at 416-392-6745 or by a-mail at timola @toronto.ca. Yourstrulx _- Mayor David Mifler cc: ✓Faye Langm aid, Manager, Special Projects 1405 City_�Hall •-100 Queen Street West 2nd Floor.- Toronto,Ontario M5H 2N2 . .Telephone: 416-397 CITY.• Fax:416-696-3687 • E-mail:mayor_miller @toronto.ca 2004 DRAFT Preliminary Agenda Metro Hall, Toronto June 21, 2004 8:00 am Registration 8:30 am Opening Drum to recognize National Aboriginal Day and the fifth annual Smog Summit 8:45 am Introductions and welcome from City of Toronto Mayor David Miller 9:00 am Greetings Jim Schultz, President, Enbridge Gas Distribution (invited) 9:10 am Keynote speaker: Sheela Basrur, Provincial Medical Officer of Health 9:25 am Opening remarks & announcements from the Government of Canada* Honourable David Anderson, Minister of Environment (invited) 9:40 am Opening remarks & announcements from the Government of Ontario** Honourable Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario Minister of Environment (invited) 9:55 am Report back from community forums 10:05 am GTA municipal roundtable discussion Moderator: Suhanna Meharchand Municipal politicians will highlight aspects of their local commitments to smog reduction and the importance of joint action on smog by all levels of government in the GTA. 11:20 am Introduction to Facilitated Public Program 11:30 am Public Dialogue 12:10 am Plenary— Feedback from Public Dialogue 12:25 am Closing remarks and Thank You from City of Toronto 12:30 am Adjournment *Invited:Minister Efford(Natural Resources Canada), Minister Pettigrew(Health Canada), Minister Valen (Transport Canada), Minister Godfrey(Parliamentary Secretary to P.M. with Special Emphasis on Cities) **Invited:Minister Takhar(Ontario Ministry of Transportation), Minister Duncan (Ontario Ministry of Energy) DRAFT—Revised April 28, 2004 _ 1406 CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS ✓ G PA REPORT NO. ADM-07-04 (Attachment 2 Only) Resolution#: By-law#: DATE OF REPORT: June 7, 2004 Attachment 2