Environment and Climate Change Committee

Agenda

Meeting #:

19

Date:

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Time:

9:30 A.m. - 3:30 P.m.

Location:

Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation

Members:

• Chair: Councillor Shawn Menard, 
• Vice-chair: Councillor Marty Carr, 
• Councillor David Brown, 
• Councillor Cathy Curry, 
• Councillor Sean Devine, 
• Councillor David Hill, 
• Councillor Laine Johnson, 
• Councillor Theresa Kavanagh, 
• Councillor Rawlson King, 
• Councillor Wilson Lo, 
• Councillor Matt Luloff, 
• and Councillor Tim Tierney 

Melinda Aston, Committee Coordinator
[phone], ext. 21838
[email protected]

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1.

Notices and meeting information for meeting participants and the public

Notices and meeting information are attached to the agenda and minutes, including: availability of simultaneous interpretation and accessibility accommodations; in camera meeting procedures; information items not subject to discussion; personal information disclaimer for correspondents and public speakers; notices regarding minutes; and remote participation details.

Accessible formats and communication supports are available, upon request.

Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 24 September, 2025 in Environment and Climate Change Committee Report 19.

The deadline to register by phone to speak, or submit written comments or visual presentations is 4 pm on September 15th, 2025, and the deadline to register to speak by email is 8:30 am on September 16th, 2025.

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

Confirmation of Minutes

3.1

ECCC Minutes 18 - Tuesday, June 17, 2025

4.

Communications

4.1

Responses to Inquiries

4.1.1

ECCC-2025-01 - Invasive Plants

4.2

Other communications received

4.2.1

Memo - Five Year Tree Canopy Update (2017 – 2022)

4.2.2

Memo - Tree Equity Score Analysis and Results

5.

Office of the City Clerk

5.1

Status Update – ECCC – Inquiries and Motions for the Period Ending 4 September 2025

File No. ACS2025-OCC-CCS-0103 - City-wide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Environment and Climate Change Committee receive this report for in-formation.

6.

Public Works Department

6.1

Solid Waste Services Parks Waste Collection and Diversion Strategy

File No. ACS2025-PWD-SWS-0006 – City-wide

• Report recommendation(s)

  That the Environment and Climate Change Committee recommend that Council:

  1. Approve the Solid Waste Services Parks Waste Collection & Diversion Strategy and high-level implementation plan as outlined within this report; and
  2. Delegate authority to the Director, Solid Waste Services to further evaluate and determine waste collection service level requirements, on a park-by-park basis, for any parks either not classified or that do not meet the criteria for waste diversion services as outlined in this strategy; and
  3. Direct staff to report back annually to Council with a Parks Waste Collection and Diversion Strategy Implementation Plan Update as part of the annual Solid Waste Master Plan update during the 2027-2030 Term of Council.

6.2

Update on the Provincial Blue Box Program Transition to Individual Producer Responsibility

File No. ACS2025-PWD-SWS-0005    City-wide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Environment and Climate Change Committee recommend that Council:

  1. Receive an update on the Provincial Blue Box Program transition to Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR) starting January 1, 2026 and delegate the authority to the General Manager of Public Works to finalize any required agreements as further described in this report;
  2. Delegate authority to the General Manager of Public Works to implement a revised Yellow Bag Program for Small Businesses that includes, an annual registration process starting in 2026 and to negotiate and execute any required agreements to provide recycling services to small Industrial, Commercial and Institutional locations as further described in this report; and,
  3. Delegate authority to the General Manager of Public Works, in consultation with Legal Services, to make amendments to the Solid Waste Services By-law No. 2024-453 that will arise from the transition to the Provincial Blue Box Program under Full Individual Producer Responsibility starting January 1, 2026 as further described in this report.

7.

Strategic Initiatives Department

7.1

Tree Planting Strategy Update

File No. ACS2025-SI-CCR-0008    City-wide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Environment and Climate Change Committee recommend that Council receive the Tree Planting Strategy Update Report for information. 

7.2

Climate Change Master Plan Progress Update and GHG Inventories

File No. ACS2025-SI-CCR-0009    City-wide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Environment and Climate Change Committee and Council receive this report for information.

7.3

Response to Audit of Climate Change Master Plan Report

File No. ACS-2025-SI-CCR-0007    City-wide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Environment and Climate Change Committee recommend Council approve the Climate Change Master Plan prioritization framework, including the definition of the City’s role in climate change community action, as outlined in this report.

7.4

Independent Electricity Service Operator (IESO) Long Term 2 (LT2) Procurement – Requests for Municipal Support Confirmation

File No. ACS2025-SI-CCR-0006    Kanata North (Ward 4)

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Environment and Climate Change Committee recommend that Council grant a Municipal Support Confirmation (MSC), for the purposes of satisfying the mandatory requirements under Section 4.2(c) of the LT2(e-1) RFP, which does not supersede any applicable permits or approvals under applicable Laws and Regulations that may be required for a Long-Term Energy Project, to:  

  1. A proposed solar energy generation project, known as Kanata Solar I, and located at 375 March Valley Road and 940 Klondike Road in Ward 4 – Kanata North as shown in Document 1 and as summarized in Document 2;

  2. A proposed solar energy generation project, known as Kanata Solar II, and located at 915 Klondike Road in Ward 4 – Kanata North as shown in Document 3 and as summarized in Document 4.

  ​That the Environment and Climate Change Committee recommend that Council:  

  ​3. Approve that any Municipal Support Confirmation granted by Council for a project that is unsuccessful in one provincial procurement window may be used in subsequent procurements, provided there are no substantive changes proposed to the project (i.e. location, size, etc.);

  4. Direct staff to develop a policy framework for energy project Municipal Host Agreements for Council consideration in Q1 2026.

8.

In Camera Items

9.

Information Previously Distributed

9.1

2024 Use of Delegated Authority in Public Works

10.

Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

11.

Inquiries

12.

Other Business

13.

Adjournment

Next Meeting

October 21st, 2025