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Climate Change and Environment Committee
Committee Minutes
January 18, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
HR Learning Room - Second Floor City Hall
City of Kitchener
200 King Street W, Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7
Present: K. Bockasten, Member
J. Clary-Lemon, Member
M. Garner, Vice-Chair
G. Johannesson, Member
F. Tohidi, Member
B. Unrau, Member
Staff: S. Lodenquai, Committee Administrator
C. Musselman, Senior Environmental Planner
N. Goss, Manager, Policy & Research
A. Cipriani, Corporate Sustainability Officer
J. Shea, Manager, Forestry and Natural Areas Management
B. Steiner, Senior Environmental Planner
L. Reesor-Keller, Project Manager Facilities Energy
Management
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1. Commencement
The meeting began with a Land Acknowledgement given by the Chair Pro Tem,
M. Garner at 4:07pm.
2. Discussion Items
2.1 Bird Friendly Cities - Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon
Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon led a presentation on Bird-Friendly Cities. Topics
covered were: the importance of saving birds, drivers of population decline and
Ontario's at-risk species. Also reviewed were the criteria for what makes a Bird-
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Friendly City, the total number of Bird-Friendly Cities in Canada and the
necessary steps to achieve the certification and the scoring matrix.
J. Shea, Manager of Forestry Forestry and Natural Areas Management and B.
Steiner Senior Environmental Planner offered insight on how certifications like
this can be implemented using Kitchener's Bee City designation as a model.
AM. Cipriani offered clarity on next steps.
On motion by J. Clary- Lemon, it was resolved:
That the Climate Change and Environment committee support bringing the
exploration of Kitchener becoming a Bird City to council.
Carried
2.2 2023- 2026 Strategic Plan: Advisory Committees
AM. Cipriani led the committee through dialogue and an exercise with the goal of
identifying which of the committee's strategic actions from the workplan align with
the City's 2023-2026 Strategic Plan. The completed document of the Strategic
Plan actions will be provided to Compass Kitchener by January 31st.
2.3 CorCAP 2.0 DSD-2024-024 - Anna Marie Cipriani, Corporate Sustainability
Officer
2.3.1 CorCAP 2.0 Update Presentation
AM. Cipriani provided a presentation of the updates related to the CorCAP 2.0
which included the following topics:
Climate Change 101
Local climate changes
Governance orientation
CorCAP 2.0 TOR recap
Corporate GHG inventory
Emerging corporate priorities
Prompted by 3 questions, the committee held discussion on the opportunities to
support this work leading up to the report going to the April Council meeting and
through to implementation.
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On motion by K. Bockasten, it was resolved:
That the committee support the City of Kitchener corporate net-0 by mid-
century target and incorporate periodic updates to the Climate Change and
Environment Committee.
2.4 2024 CCEC Meeting Format
On motion by K. Bockasten, it was resolved:
That the 2024 CCEC meeting format schedule will be discussed at the
February 2024 CCEC meeting and that the meeting be in-person.
Carried
2.5 Sub-Committee Updates
No sub-committee updates were provided.
3. Information Items
3.1 KU Energy Transition Strategy Council Report
4. Adjournment
On motion, this meeting adjourned at 6:03 p.m.
Shannon Lodenquai
Committee Administrator
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