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Information Items INFORMATION ITEMS Week Ending November 10, 2017 REPORTS 1. None INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONSULTATIONS 1. Ontario Offset Credits Regulation Under the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 CORRESPONDENCE 1. GRCA Current, November 2017 2. Town of Mono Resolution re: On-call Provisions of Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 BOARDS & COMMITTEES 1. Guelph Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors – Resignation received from Mike Sharpe ITEMS AVAILABLE IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE 1. None Provincial/Federal Consultation Alert Title Ministry Consultation Summary Proposed Form of Rationale Lead Link to Ministry Website Deadline Input Ontario Ontario November 18, MOECC is seeking input Staff comments will Staff response on the Environmental https://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB- Offset Ministry of the 2017 on the proposed be submitted on the proposed legislation and Services External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTMzNTQz&stat Credits Environment Ontario Offset Credits online Environmental related protocols is to clarify usId=MjAzMDc1&language=en regulation and Climate regulation and Registry (EBR) and and identify issues with the under the Change incorporated protocol. provided to Council wording and intent of the Climate (MOECC) The protocol to be via the Information documents. Change incorporated is a Package following the Mitigation revised draft of the consultation Guelph wants to ensure that and Low- Landfill Gas protocol. deadline. the proposed legislation carbon does not preclude the City Economy The purpose of the If interested, both from the financial benefit of Act, 2016 proposed Ontario Offset Council and the being included in the Cap Credits regulation and community can and Trade program and not incorporated protocol is submit comments excluded from the current to create the regulatory directly to the voluntary market. provisions applicable to Environmental Additionally, the start date the offsets component Registry. poses a significant challenge of the cap and trade to the generation of LFG program. Offset Credits capture and control offsets are a compliance in Ontario and also may instrument compromise the viability of contemplated under the activity within the voluntary current Cap and Trade market for these offsets. Program regulation. GRCA Current November, 2017 • Volume 22 Number 11 GRCA General Membership 2017 Watershed Awards Waterloo. Chair Helen Jowett The GRCA held its 42nd annual awards event The Foundation also provided five community Vice-Chair Chris White on Oct. 19. organizations with $500 community conservation grants. These went to the Arthur Trails Group, Townships of Amaranth, East The top award — the Honour Roll award — Communitrees (Fergus), Kinbridge Community Garafraxa, Melancthon and went to Marilyn Murray of Guelph, who has been Southgate and Town of Grand Association (Cambridge), Pollination Guelph and Valley contributing to the work of the Grand River the Salvation Army Hope and Unity Garden Guy Gardhouse Conservation Foundation for three decades. (Kitchener). Townships of Mapleton In addition, five 2017 Watershed Awards were and Wellington North Pat Salter given out: Township of Centre Wellington • Apotex Pharmachem Inc. in Brantford has YMCA play area at Kirk McElwain been working with the City of Brantford and Dumfries Town of Erin, Townships of other partners at the Brant Tree Coalition to The Chaplin YMCA in Cambridge has approval Guelph/Eramosa and Puslinch plant trees. Chris White from the GRCA board to construct an enclosed City of Guelph • Nature Guelph is an active club that has children’s play area on a small portion of Dumfries Bob Bell, Mike Salisbury taken on many nature projects and has been Conservation Area. increasing the connection between nature Region of Waterloo The YMCA approached the GRCA in June, and city residents for 51 years. Les Armstrong,Elizabeth Clarke, asking for a licence agreement for non-exclusive Sue Foxton, Helen Jowett, Geoff Lorentz, Jane Mitchell, • Both Karen Bateman and Marilyn Swaby are use of this 0.06-hectare area next to the YMCA. Joe Nowak, Wayne Roth, volunteers with the Young Naturalist Their plan is to create a shaded area with two Sandy Shantz, Warren Stauch program where they play a key role in pavilions that will incorporate sun shelters and Municipality of North Perth shaping the next generation of nature picnic tables to be used for children’s and Township of Perth East enthusiasts and stewards. programming. The area will be surrounded by George Wicke chain link fencing with a gate. In addition, the it • Cambridge City Green’s stewardship initiative has agreed to assist the GRCA by constructing an Halton Region Cindy Lunau engages the community to enhance the city’s information kiosk. City of Hamilton George Stojanovic natural environment by planting native trees, shrubs and wildflowers. Oxford County Bruce Banbury County of Brant • Stuart Wright has made an outstanding New PA Day Camps Brian Coleman, Shirley Simons environmental contribution through his involvement in the Ontario Soil and Crop at nature centres City of Brantford Dave Neumann, Vic Prendergast Improvement Association (OSCIA). For the first time, four GRCA nature centres are Haldimand and Norfolk Counties offering PA Day Camps. Bernie Corbett, Fred Morison Kids six to 12 (born 2005 to 2011) are invited to 2017 Environmental unplug from technology for the day and connect scholarships and grants with the outdoors at Laurel Creek (Waterloo), Guelph Lake, Apps’ Mill (Brantford) and Shade’s Three scholarships were given out by the Grand Mills (Cambridge). River Conservation Foundation to support students attending post-secondary institutions in Campers will spend the day engaged in many the watershed. types of nature activities designed to interest them in the outdoors in fun and educational ways. The SC Johnson Environmental Scholarship of $4,000 went to Melissa Johnston, University of More information and registration for these Guelph. The Allan Holmes Scholarship of $3,000 camps, as well as Winter Break Camps at Laurel went to Amy Rose Dietrich, University of Creek (Waterloo), Guelph Lake and Apps’ Mill Waterloo, and the McEwen Clean Water Prize of (Brantford), is available online at $2,000 went to Allie Leadbetter, University of www.grandriver.eventbrite.ca. www.grandriver.ca Grand River Conservation Authority Wet weather Storms October 11 to 15 resulted in heavy rains, especially in the northern part of the watershed, while the remnants of tropical storm Nate delivered heavy rainfall in the southern part of the watershed on October 9. This wet weather followed a dry September. The southern part of the watershed was especially dry, with both Shade’s Mills and Brantford stations recording only about 30 per cent of the long- term average. The first part of October was also much warmer than normal. This followed mixed temperatures in September, including three days which exceeded 30 degrees at Shand Dam. The average temperature in September was 17 degrees, which is three degrees warmer than the long-term average. Water levels in the large reservoirs are Environmental Education Specialist Duane Brown and a student from a class that is helping being drawn down to their winter holding to remove a section of invasive phragmites, the very tall grass behind them at Taquanyah Conservation Area. The class is helping implement a plan to protect an endangered plant, levels. The need for river augmentation Virginia mallow, seen in the foreground. increased in September and continued into October. In September, approximately 60 per the Wellesley Community Centre, or email cent of the flow through Kitchener and Warnings about high comments to the township until November Guelph came from the reservoirs, along with water in Lake Erie 17. The three concepts and comments will be 30 per cent of the flow through Brantford. The water level of Lake Erie has been well considered by the Friends of Wellesley Pond above the long-term average for some time, that is making the decision on the final and the GRCA issued high lake level watch design. New planning fees messages on October 24 and again at the end The Friends of Wellesley Pond and the Resource planning fees are updated each of the month. Community of Wellesley naturalized sections year and will come into effect January 1, Strong southwest winds can result in water of shoreline around the Wellesley Pond this 2018. moving towards the lower Grand River, even summer. without any rainfall events. The winds have Fees for permit applications, plan review, the potential to cause high waves and a title clearance and inquiries are increasing by storm surge that raises water levels along the This issue of GRCA Current was two per cent, rounded to the nearest $5. The northern shore of Lake Erie, resulting in published in November, 2017. Home Builders/GRCA Liaison Committee shoreline flooding and erosion. was consulted, while the fee schedules of It is a summary of the October, 2017 nearby conservation authorities and local When a storm surge is possible, police and business conducted by the Grand River municipalities were considered. The fees the Haldimand County flood co-ordinators Conservation Authority board and help to cover the GRCA’s costs associated are advised to monitor the situation and take committees, as well as other noteworthy with planning, engineering, aquatics and any necessary actions, such as closing roads happenings and topics of interest. terrestrial staff time. and bridges and advising area residents. The Grand
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