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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEnv Agenda - 2019-04-18 Environmental Committee Agenda Thursday, April 18, 2019 Office of the City Clerk 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Kitchener City Hall nd 200 King St.W. - 2 Floor Conestoga Room Kitchener ON N2G 4G7 Page 1 Chair Tia Driver Vice-Chair Alison Gingrich Regehr Delegations -law, delegations are permitted to address the Committee for a maximum of 5 minutes. Discussion Items 1. -2022 Strategic Plan (30 min) Karen Cooper, Manager, Strategic & Business Planning 2. 2019 Community Environmental Improvement Grants (CEIG) (25 min) 3. New 2019-2020 Environmental Committee Work Plan (25 min) (Materials will be provided under separate cover) 4. Representative on the Kitchener Great Places Awards Sustainability Award Judging Committee (5 min) Brandon Sloan, Manager, Long Range & Policy Planning Information Items None Cody Boomer Committee Administrator ** Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. If you require assistance to take part in a city meeting or event, please call 519-741-2345 or TTY 1866-969-9994 ** ΏЋЉЋЋ {ƷƩğƷĻŭźĭ tƌğƓ The people of Kitchener have spoken to councillors, city staff and citizen advisory committees. The themes that emerge time and time again are the economy, the environment, social,transportation and customer service. -2022 Strategic Plan will advance the priorities of the people who live and work in our community. Over the course of a year-long public consultation process, city staff and Compass Kitchener asked residents what the main issues facing Kitchener were and how they should be addressed. Time and time again, the same five themes emerged when the results of these consultations were summarized. The 2019-2022 Strategic Plan aims to be the most accou history. So not only was community feedback used to define the themes that will guide the decision-making for four years, a concrete goal was defined for each. These draft strategic themes and goals are as follows: People-Friendly Transform how people move through the city by making the Transportation transportation network safe, comfortable and connected. Achieve a healthy and livable community by proactively Environmental Leadership mitigating and adapting to climate change and by conserving natural resources. Build a vibrant city by making strategic investments to Vibrant Economy support job creation, economic prosperity, arts and culture, and great places to live. sense of belonging and connection by Caring Community providing welcoming community spaces and programs, better engaging, serving and supporting our diverse populations and helping to make housing affordable. nd engagement with Great Customer Service the City by providing friendly, easy and convenient services. 1 - 1 ΏЋЉЋЋ {ƷƩğƷĻŭźĭ tƌğƓ The road so far Compass City Staff Council What do you Environics KitchenerInputFeedbackthink? Like all good governance, the developing -2022 Strategic Plan is the result of a deep process of listening. That process began with a statistically reliable survey conducted by Environics to ensure that the strategic plan was based on representative input from Kitchener citizens. The next step was working with Compass Kitchener, a citizen advisory committee that reports to Council on community priorities to inform the strategic planning process. They also assesses our track record in implementing strategic plans and provide feedback on how we can improve. We also met with the mayor and councillors to discuss what they had heard from their constituents during the recent election campaign and to gain their insight on direction for the strategic plan. cross-section of city staff to gain their input and to help draft goals and actions based on all of the feedback received. The 2019-2022 Strategic Plan is being designed to be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely). For each goal, staff developed five SMART actions with concrete dates and measurable criteria for success. the 5 goals and 25 proposed actions. You are invited to review them by participating in our Engage Kitchener survey until April 30, 2019, at: https://www.engagewr.ca/admin/strategy We would like to know: 1.What do you think of the strategic actions proposed to achieve the goals over the next four years? 2.How will your life improve as a result of these actions being completed? Let us know what you think: www.engagewr.ca/strategy 1 - 2 ΏЋЉЋЋ {ƷƩğƷĻŭźĭ tƌğƓ hǒƩ ŭƚğƌƭ ğƓķ ğĭƷźƚƓƭ PEOPLE FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION Install a continuous and protected cycling network that Develop a set of Complete Streets (safe and connects adjacent neighbourhoods to the downtown by comfortable) guidelines and an associated evaluation scorecard by 2020 to apply to roadway construction 2021. projects. Develop a plan to create pedestrian-first streets Encourage and incentivize alternative modes of between Victoria Park and City Hall and between the LRT transportation by developing and subsidizing a and Kitchener Market by 2022. bikeshare program by 2021. Improve connectivity and year-round maintenance to multi-use trails and pathways as prioritized through the Cycling and Trails Master Plan with an initial target of providing year-round access to an additional 3 km of existing trails by 2022. Environmental Leadership Launch and implement a Corporate Climate Action Plan Reduce waste diverted to landfills by implementing to achieve an absolute greenhouse gas emissions new diversion programs at our facilities and events reduction of 8% by 2026. by 2021. Develop a Community Climate Action Plan with partner Starting in 2019 leverage the Energy Efficiency organizations by 2020. Reserve Fund and other resources to reduce consumption and emissions at our facilities and in our operations. Implement the Sustainable Urban Forest Strategy with a focus on establishing a tree canopy target by 2020 and eliminating the current (2018) tree planting backlog by 2022. Vibrant Economy Develop the Make it Kitchener 2.0 Strategy by 2020 with Complete a comprehensive inventory of city-owned a focus on transformative actions to ensure the properties by 2020 to determine how they could be attraction, success and retention of diverse businesses, effectively used to advance city strategic objectives. talent, and arts/culture across the city. Foster the creation of a citywide network of incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces by Create a new Urban Design Manual by 2019 that completing the buildout of 44 Gaukel in 2019, expresses city building and design expectations to advancing work on a Creative Hub and undertaking ensure vibrant new development throughout Kitchener. business cases in 2019-2021 for the food, manufacturing and health/med-tech industries. Develop a vision for downtown Kitchener and continue to position downtown Kitchener as a leading destination for redevelopment opportunities, with at least one new parcel of land brought to market by 2020. Finalize master plans for the Bramm Yards by 2021 and for the Civic District by 2022. 1 - 3 ΏЋЉЋЋ {ƷƩğƷĻŭźĭ tƌğƓ hǒƩ ŭƚğƌƭ ğƓķ ğĭƷźƚƓƭ Caring Community Create a comprehensive Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Create an Affordable Housing Strategy for Strategy by 2020 to combat systemic barriers to full Kitchener by 2020 in collaboration with Waterloo economic and social participation in the city. Region, community groups and the development industry. Reduce the stigma experienced by those living with Better utilize existing facilities, provide relevant mental illness and addiction in our community by programming, support the equitable distribution of educating and training staff, and by supporting the leisure programs and resources across creation of appropriate safe consumption and treatment neighbourhoods and undertake: facilities in Kitchener. An Open Space Strategy by 2021 Work on advancing community center and park development Engage a broad cross-section of the community, including the arts and creative industry sector and multi-cultural communities to develop a new and inclusive Arts and Culture Plan by 2021. Great Customer Service Create a central customer service portal website by early 2021 so people can initiate and track Provide on-demand support for customer services service requests, send proactive tailored messages to requests in a variety of languages through the customers and conduct financial transactions. Corporate Contact Centre by 2020. Introduce a corporate-wide Customer Satisfaction Set specific and clearly communicated service levels Program that will allow for the collection of real-time for frequently asked about or accessed City feedback from customers accessing City facilities, services, including tree maintenance, parking, programs and services by 2020. property standards complaints, snow clearing and grass cutting by 2022. Implement a comprehensive program of Customer Experience Reviews to help ensure services are easy and 2022. 1 - 4 Date:March 26, 2019 To:Environmental Committee Members From:Community Environmental Improvement Grant Sub-committee Subject:2019Community Environmental Improvement Grants(CEIG) The Committee was in receipt of fourapplications for the 2019Community Environmental Improvement Grant (CEIG) program from the following groups: Kitchener Master Gardeners Divest Waterloo Sunshine Montessori School Transition Kitchener-Waterloo On March 26, 2019, the 2019CEIG Subcommittee evaluatedof all fourapplications received based upon the criteria for fundingandthe merits of the applications. The CEIG sub-committee is recommending that the eight thousanddollars ($8,000)available this year beallocatedas follows: Six hundred dollars ($600) toKitchener Master Gardeners specifically for room rentals. Eight hundreddollars ($800)toSunshine Montessori Schooltopurchase terra-cycle boxes for the school; and Onethousand and five hundred dollars ($1,500) toTransition Kitchener-Waterloofor room rentals and workshop supplies associated with Neighbourhood Climate Change Adaptation/Mitigation Workshops;and Two thousand and seven hundred and twenty dollars ($2,720) to Divest Waterlooforan Resiliency and Regeneration Climate Conversations for Faith Communities Event that would be inclusive to all and marketed to the broadest audience;and further, Two thousand and three hundred and eighty dollars ($2,380) be prorated toward the 2020Community Environmental Improvement Grant program. Reviewed by: Carrie Musselman, Senior Environmental Planner Brandon Sloan, Manager of Long Range and Policy Planning 2 - 1