HomeMy WebLinkAboutEnv - 2015-10-15 - Item 2 - Appointments of Committee Liaisons
To:Environmental Committee Members
Subject:Community Environmental Improvement Grant (CEIG) Liaison
Community Environmental Improvement Grant (CEIG) Liaison
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 Community Environmental Improvement Grant 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. A ''community of interest'' is defined as a group of individuals who voluntarily
associate with each other because they have identified common environmental
concerns that impact the city. A limit may be placed on the number of grant applications
considered from schools or school related entities in a given year.
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;
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Community Environmental Improvement Grant (CEIG) Liaison (Cont’d)
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.
A total of $5,000 is budgeted annually to the CEIG program
, with the maximum
grant of $3,000 to be awarded to any one applicant.
In general CEIG liaison(s) will be responsible for the following:
1. The liaisons will meet in September/October 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
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sheet. 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 October meeting;
5. The liaisons would then assist staff in presenting the recommended CEIG
applications at a November Planning and Strategic Initiatives Committee (PSIC)
meeting; and any recommendation arising from that Committee would be
considered at a 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 any progress reports; and
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their attendance at a future meeting to provide an presentation/update on
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the status of the project/program
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