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REPORT TO: Committee of the Whole
DATE OF MEETING: June 1, 2015
SUBMITTED BY: C. Tarling, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk, 519-741-
2200, ext. 7809
PREPARED BY: C. Tarling, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk, 519-741-
2200, ext. 7809
WARD(S) INVOLVED: All
DATE OF REPORT: May 14, 2015
REPORT NO.: FCS-15-076
SUBJECT: Appointments to Aeronautical Noise Advisory Committee
(2014-2018)
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RECOMMENDATION:
That the recommended candidates for three (3) citizen vacancies on the 2014-2018
Aeronautical Noise Advisory Committee be approved, as attached to staff report FCS-15-
076 in Appendix ‘A’.
BACKGROUND:
On December 1, 2014, Council appointed citizens to various advisory committees, boards and
special committees for the current term including the Aeronautical Noise Advisory Committee
(the Committee). At that time, one (1) community representative was appointed along with one
(1) elected official and one (1) elected official alternate. The community representative
appointed by Council in December declined the appointment so staff was directed to do
additional recruitment in order to fill that vacancy.
Staff first reviewed those applicants from the initial application process who had expressed
interest in this Committee but had not been appointed to an advisory committee. Because there
were no applicants meeting this condition, staff used various means to recruit for the committee
from January 8 to February 6, 2015 including both the City’s and the Region’s websites, social
media, and via the neighbourhood associations in those areas affected by the airport flight paths
as well as via a City staff person’s volunteer radio spot. Unfortunately, no applications were
received. At the March 23, 2015 Council meeting, Councillor J. Gazzola requested additional
time to solicit applications from members of the public but agreed to be the second
representative on the Committee if no community representative could be found.
Subsequently, an article appeared in The Record on April 9, 2015 concerning the Committee’s
need for a community representative and generated a great deal of interest on the part of
citizens to apply for the Committee.
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REPORT:
In response to The Record article, staff was contacted by approximately forty-two (42) citizens
indicating an interest in applying to serve on the Committee. Each individual was sent the
Terms of Reference for the Committee along with an application form as well as instructions on
how to submit their applications. In total, twenty-nine (29) people submitted applications for the
Committee by the April 24 deadline.
At the April 27, 2015 Council meeting, staff was directed to convene the Nominating Committee
to review the submitted applications. The members of the Nominating Committee are:
K-W Community Foundation (Director of Philanthropic Services),
K-W Multicultural Centre (Executive Director),
K-W United Way (Chief Executive Officer),
Capacity Waterloo Region (Executive Director), and
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Greater K-W Chamber of Commerce (President/Chief Executive Officer)
Supported by City staff, the Nominating Committee met on May 14, 2015 to review the twenty-
nine (29) applications taking into account the Terms of Reference for the Committee as well as:
1) Applicants’ home locations in relation to the airport;
2) Applicants’ expertise and interest in the airport and associated issues as outlined in their
applications; and
3) Applicants’ ability to represent citizens affected by the airport.
The Terms of Reference for the Committee entitles the City of Kitchener to have four (4) voting
representatives and gives the City the option for determining the split between the number of
elected versus community representatives. Since there was such a high volume of interest for
the Committee, the members of the Nominating Committee are recommending the City fill its full
slate of representatives by appointing three (3) community representatives in addition to the
previously appointed elected official representative.
A listing of applicants for the Committee is presented as a suggested slate for Council’s
consideration and is attached as Appendix ‘A’. Also attached is Appendix ‘B’ which is a listing of
applicants not designated to the Committee.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
Quality of life – A city where everyone has a place. Diversity – Offer ample opportunities for
inclusion. Citizen engagement.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None at this time. Applications were in response to an article written in The Record.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM – This report has been posted to the City’s website with the agenda in advance of the
council / committee meeting.
COLLABORATE – The members of the various advisory committees provide advice and
recommendations to Council and, in this way, partner with the City in the decision-making
process.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
D. Chapman, Deputy CAO, Finance & Corporate Services
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APPENDIX ‘A’
Nominating Committee – Recommended Appointees for the Aeronautical Noise
Advisory Committee
Note: Number in brackets indicates application number.
KC Flynn (#7)
Stuart Mitchell (#16)
Paul Salvini (#22)
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APPENDIX ‘B’
Nominating Committee – Unassigned Applicants – Aeronautical Noise Advisory
Committee
Note: Number in brackets indicates application number.
Jim Adams (1)
Marius Berkel (2)
Steve Bongelli (3)
Andrew Cloutier(4)
Maeve Connell (5)
Marcus Drasdo (6)
Randy Galantai (8)
Jeremy Gore (9)
Jordan Gray (10)
George Hebblethwaite (11)
Nicholas Komarnycky (12)
Yonathan Levanoni (13)
Alan Luke (14)
Steve McKenna (15)
Joyce Palubiski (17)
Bill Pegg (18)
Jean Pekurar (19)
Denis Pellerin (20)
Michael Pulley (21)
Edward Saxon (23)
Patricia Schuetze (24)
Reginald Sim (25)
Kenneth Smith (26)
Sheila Vaughan (27)
Barclay Whittaker (28)
Anthony Zammit (29)
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