HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRPS-05-068 - Regional Pesticide By-law - Consultation Process
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Councillor B. Vrbanovic and Members of Finance and
Corporate Services Committee
April 18, 2005
G. Sosnoski, General Manager of Corporate Services & City
Clerk
G. Sosnoski
April 13, 2005
CRPS-05-068
CONSULTATION PROCESS - REGIONAL PESTICIDE BY-
LAW
RECOMMENDATION:
Council direction requested.
BACKGROUND:
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo is preparing a draft Pesticide By-law, which they are
hoping to take back to Regional Council for consideration by October, 2005. They are also
undertaking a public consultation process in the early Summer and will be holding a series of
public information session throughout the Region.
REPORT:
As part of the above referenced consultation process, Dr. Liana Nolan (as Commissioner of the
Public Health Department) is planning a series of presentations to the Council's of the area
municipalities. This will be following her report on a consultation process which is to be
considered by the Region on May 3.
The Region has provided a rough outline of the process which would involve a draft by-law
being considered by a Regional Committee on May 3, with formal consideration of any
recommendations by Regional Council on May 11. They anticipate that the public consultation
process will begin immediately following the May 3 meeting and involve a number of focus
groups, public information centres in all area municipalities, stakeholder meetings and a
telephone survey. They anticipate that all of these will be completed by July 15, at which time
an analysis of the impact will begin. I've been informed that the Region expects that local
Council's will have more than one opportunity to comment; the first opportunity upon receipt of a
draft by-law which will likely be circulated after the May 11 meeting; and, a second opportunity
after the analysis has been completed and prior to the by-law going before Regional Council in
October.
Council's consideration and direction is requested regarding the following:
· Whether the presentation by Dr. Nolan should be made to Councilor one of its
Committees, and the preferred date (in addition to Council, Community Services
Committee, Development & Technical Services Committee and Environmental
Committee are options. If a televised meeting of Council is preferred, May 30 is the only
televised meeting prior to October, 2005)
· Any preference as to how and when Kitchener would provide comments on the by-law
and whether this is in the early stages of development; later in the process after the
analysis has been completed; or, a combination of these.
G. Sosnoski
General Manager of Corporate Services & City Clerk
GS/lk
C: R. Gosse
C. Ladd
L. MacDonald