Environmental Reports to Council
Below are some staff reports regarding environmental issues to Burlington City Council.
Quarterly Environment Update
- February 2010 -- CSI-1-10 (Quarterly Environmental Report - October - December 2009)
- October 2009 -- CSI-10/09 (Quarterly Environmental Report - July - September 2009)
- July 2009 -- CSI-8/09 (Quarterly Environmental Report - April - June 2009)
- April 2009 -- CC-12/09 (Quarterly Environmental Report - January - March 2009)
- January 2009 -- CC-1-09 (Quarterly Environmental Report - October - December 2008)
- October 2008 -- CD-133-08 (Quarterly Environmental Report - July - September 2008)
- July 2008 -- CD-105-08 (Quarterly Environmental Report - April - June 2008)
- May 2008 -- CD-57-08-2 (Quarterly Environment Update - January - March 2008)
- February 2008 -- CD-13-08-2 (Quarterly Environment Update - October - December 2007)
- October 2007 -- CD-172-07-2 (Quarterly Environment Update - July - September 2007)
- August 2007 -- CD-134-07 (Quarterly Environment Update - April - June 2007)
- May 2007 -- CD-93-07-2 (Quarterly Environment Update - January - March 2007)
- March 2007 -- Quarterly Environment Update (October - December 2006)
- October 2006 -- Quarterly Environment Update (July - September 2006)
- July 2006 -- CORPSERV-8/06 (Quarterly Environment Update - April-June 2006)
Waste Management Issues
- February 2010 - CSI-2-10 (Implementation plan to Restrict the Sale of Bottled Water)
- December 2009 - CSI-12/09 (Toward Zero Waste Strategy)
- April 2009 - CSI-2/09 (Corporate Waste Reduction Initiatives and Bottled Water)
- December 2008 - D&I-21/08 (Battery Recycling Program)
- April 2007 -- CC-81-07-1 (Memorandum concerning a Litter By-law).
- March 2007 -- COMSERV-2/07 (Bylaw to Regulate Litter)
- March 2006 -- CORPSERV-2/06 (Litter)
Idling
- July 2009 --T&T-34-09 (Transit Anti-Idling Update)
- April 2009 -- CSI-1/09 (An Update of the City's Idling Awareness Initiatives including a Review of the Idling Control Bylaw and a Strategy to Increase Levels of Enforcement)
- June 2004 -- CORPSERV-1/04 (Idling Awareness Campaign Update & Proposed Idling Control Bylaw) Approved Bylaw #71-2004. Modified recommendation at Council.
- April 2003 -- DI-5/03 (COB Idling Awareness Campaign)
- February 2000 -- DI-3/00 (Anti-idling Strategy)
- November 1999 -- DI-18/99 (Anti-idling Bylaw)
- September 1999 -- DI-13/99 (Anti-idling Bylaw Interim Report)
Energy Management
- July 2009 - CSI-03-09 (Report requesting the approval of the Corporate Energy Management Program). Corresponding memo.
- August 2005 -- CORPSERV-14/05 (EnerGuide for Houses Program)
- April 2005 -- CORPSERV-10/05 (Positive Power Wind Turbine Update)
- January 2005 -- CORPSERV-2/05 (Energy Management Program)
- November 2004 -- CORPSERV-7/04 (Residential Energy Efficiency Project)
- December 2003 -- DI-22/03 (Residential Energy Efficiency Project)
Partners for Climate Protection
- February 2010 -- CSI-3-10 (Take Action Burlington - A Community Climate Change Summit)
- April 2007 -- COMSERV-4/07 (Agenda for Action - A Corporate Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions). Appendix A (Note this item was referred by the C&CS committee to the city's strategic planning process)
- May 2005 -- CORPSERV-12/05 (Partners for Climate Protection Update)
- January 2005 -- CORPSERV-4/05 (Partners for Climate Protection)
- June 2002 -- DI-3/02 (Partners for Climate Protection)
Smog
- July 2009 - CSI-06-09 (Report requesting approval of the GTA Clean Air Council 2008-2010 Inter-Governmental Declaration on Clear Air.)
- January 2009 - RPM 1/09 (Report outlining an initiative to expand the City's pilot evaluation of advanced catalytic converter technology on off-road equipment.)
- June 2008 - D&I-12/08 (Report providing an update on the 2008 Smog Summit held June 4 in Toronto)
- May 2008 - D&I-8/08 (Clean Air Plan - 2007 Update)
- May 2007 - D&I-1/07 (GTA-Clean Air Council Update and Planned 2007 Smog Summit Activities)
- March 2007 - COMSERV-3/07 (Clean Air Plan - 2006 Update)
- May 2006 - CORPSERV-5/06 and Appendix B (Clean Air Plan & 2006 Smog Summit)
- March 2006 -- CORPSERV-1/06 (Air Quality Initiatives 2005 Update)
- May 2005 -- CORPSERV-13/05 (2005 Smog Summit)
- January 2005 -- CORPSERV-3/05 (Air Quality Initiatives Update)
- June 2004 -- CORPSERV-2/04 (2004 Smog Summit)
- February 2004 -- DI-1/04 (HPCA - Terms of Reference)
- October 2003 -- DI-16-03 (Smog Response Plan Update)
- March 2000 -- DI- 4/00 (Halton Public Sector Smog Response Plan)
- February 2000 -- DI-1/00 (Halton Public Sector Smog Response Plan)
- June 1999 -- DI-9/99 (Halton Public Sector Smog Response Plan)
Other Reports
- February 2010 - RPM-1-10 (Emerald Ash Borer Management Strategy)
- July 2009 - PR-30/09 (Pedestrian Charter)
- July 2009 - CSI-07-09 (Report on Canada & Ontario Infrastructure Stimulus Fund Approval of Projects in Burlington)
- July 2009 - E-36-09, Appendix B (Report requesting approval of the Cycling Master Plan)
- October 2008 - D&I-18/08 (Halton Children's Water Festival Update)
- June 2008 -- D&I-11/08 (Report and appendix presenting initiatives currently underway to green the corporate fleet and to expand and formalize these in the City’s first corporate green fleet transition strategy)
- February 2008 - E-05/08 (CD-21-08-1 Report recommending approval to retain Stantec Consulting Ltd. to carry out the City of Burlington Cycling Master Plan).
- October 2007 -- DI-10/07 (State of the Environment Report III - Response to Recommendations)
- May 2005 -- CORPSERV-11/05 (State of the Environment Report II -Response to Recommendations)
- April 2005 -- PL-49/05 (White Paper on Sustainability, the Environment and the Burlington Official Plan)
- February 2005 -- CORPSERV-5/05 (Staff Guideline for Managing Contaminants on City Property)
- September 2004 -- CORPSERV-4/04 (Nature Challenge)
Healthy Green Spaces
- June 2008 -- D&I-5/08 (Report providing an update on the provincial government’s introduction of legislation to ban the sale and use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes and the potential implications of the proposed legislation on City operations)
- September 2007 -- D&I-8/07 (Restricting the Cosmetic Use of Pesticides in Burlington). Additional link for supplementary information.
- December 2006 -- RPM-27/06 (Gypsy Moth Outbreak in Burlington)
- November 2005 -- CORPSERV-15-05 (Integrated Pest Management Accreditation)
- February 2005 -- RPM-2/05 (Update on Burlington's 2004 Turf Management Program)
- July 2003 -- COMSERV-4/03 (Integrated Pest Management Accreditation for the Local Lawn Care Industry)
- November 2002 -- RPM-22/02 (Update on Burlington's Turf Management Program)
- October 2002 -- COMSERV-5/02 (Healthy Green Spaces Strategy and Regulatory Options)
- May 2002 -- DI-2/02 (Public Outreach & Education Program to Reduce the Use of Pesticides (Phase 1 of the Healthy Green Spaces Strategy)
- February 2002 -- DI-1/02 (Update on Pesticides Issue: Options to Reduce the Non-essential Use of Pesticides on Private Property)
- February 2002 -- RPM-6/02 (Update on the City of Burlington Turf Management Program: Reducing Pesticide Use on Municipally-owned Green Spaces)
- March 2001 -- RPM-3/01 (Turf Management Program)
- April 2000 -- RPM-5/00 (Turf Management Program)
- May 1999 -- RPM-14/99 (Turf Management Program)
