HomeMy WebLinkAboutEnv - 2013-01-24 - CEIG Liaisons (2013 & 2014)Date:January 8, 2013
To:Environmental Committee Members
Subject:Community Environmental Improvement Grant (CEIG) Liaison (2013 and 2014)
Volunteers complement and support the work of staff accomplishing important tasks that would
not otherwise be done, and support programs that could cease to exist without their
participation.
Volunteers bring a wide variety of skills, knowledge and experience with them, all of which
combine to strengthen the organization. Therefore, the City strives to provide volunteers with
meaningful work that suits their skills and goes beyond mere job shadowing, as well as a
rewarding and challenging community-oriented volunteer experience for all those interested in
the goal of promoting sustainable communities in an urban environment.
In general an Environmental Committee liaison will:
Serve as a communication link between the Committee and a particular Sub-committee,
Taskforce and/or Working Group;
Provide guidance, support and advice when/where appropriate;
Assist with research, activities, report preparation and correspondence when needed.
If required, they will attend the appropriate Standing Committee meeting to present the
Committee’s recommendation; and,
Maintain a positive working relationship with the other volunteers.
CEIG
The CEIG program was created to foster a sense of environmental stewardship throughout the
City. The City offers this grant to organizations that undertake environmental stewardship
projects. Applications will be accepted from non-profit groups, neighbourhood associations and
communities of interest.
The objectives of the grant are to:
Increase awareness of how Kitchener residents view and treat air, water and land
resources, and encourage solutions to improve the quality of these resources;
Promote healthy lifestyle practices;
Foster a sense of environmental stewardship;
Promote and initiate the development of short term, intermediate and long term
community-based environmental programs; and,
Support environmental research.
Generally, a total of $10,000 is budgeted annual to the CEIG program, with the maximum grant
of $3,000 to be awarded to any one applicant/project.
In general CEIG liaison(s) will be responsible for the following:
1. The liaisons will meet in September to review the submitted applications to identify which
applications comply with the prescribed grant eligibility requirements;
2. All eligible grant applications are circulated with the next meeting’s agenda package;
All Environmental Committee members are e-mailed the CEIG scoring sheet.
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Members are to complete the scoring sheet and return it electronically to the
liaisons via staff;
3. Following Step 2 the liaisons will meet with staff to compile the cumulative scoring sheet
and prepare a draft recommendation;
4. The cumulative scoring sheet and draft recommendation will be presented for the
Committee’s consideration at the November meeting;
5. The liaisons would then assist staff in presenting the recommended CEIG applications at
the November Planning and Strategic Initiatives Committee meeting; and any
recommendation arising from that Committee would be considered at the
November/December Council meeting;
6. Liaisons will be required to follow-up with the respective grant recipients regarding
the status of their project/program;
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the submission of progress reports (minimum of two reports preferably one in
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May/June and one in September/October); and
their attendance at a future meeting to provide an presentation/update on the
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status of the project/program