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1.1
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Councillor
B. Henderson called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.
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1.2
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Moved
M. Walters:
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That the February 1, 2019, Utility
Committee meeting agenda be adopted with the following changes:
Additions:
6.5 EPCOR Water Services Inc. -
Water Services and Wastewater Treatment: 2019 Operational Plan
6.6 EPCOR Water Services Inc. - Drainage Services: 2019 Operational
Plan
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In
Favour:
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, T. Cartmell
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Absent:
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S.
Hamilton, A. Paquette
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Moved
S. Hamilton:
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That
the following items be added to the agenda and be dealt with together:
- 6.7
- Plastic Waste Reduction
- 6.8
- Community Food Waste Reduction Strategy
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In
Favour:
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, S. Hamilton, A. Paquette
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1.3
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Moved
M. Walters:
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That
the November 25, 2018, Utility Committee meeting minutes be adopted.
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In
Favour:
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, T. Cartmell
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Absent:
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S.
Hamilton, A. Paquette
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1.4
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There were no protocol items.
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2.
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2.1
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The
following items were selected for debate: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6.
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2.2
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Moved
M. Walters:
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That
Utility Committee hear from the following speakers, in panels when
appropriate:
6.1 Citizen
Feedback on Additional Residential Waste
Diversion Program
- M.
Gorrie, Waste Free Edmonton
- D.
Dooley
6.2 Zero Waste Target Analysis
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D. Dooley
6.3 Industrial, Commercial and
Institutional Sector Strategic Review
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D. Dooley
6.5
EPCOR
Water Services Inc. - Water Services and
Wastewater Treatment: 2019 Operational Plan
- D.
Zip
- T.
Zip
- D.
Dooley
- C. Richmond,
Sierra Club Edmonton
6.6 EPCOR Water Services Inc. -
Drainage Services: 2019 Operational Plan
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F. Anderson
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In
Favour:
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, S. Hamilton, A. Paquette
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2.3
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There
were no requests for any items to be dealt with at a specific time.
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3.
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There
were no Councillor Inquiries.
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4.
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5.
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5.1
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Moved
A. Paquette:
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That the revised due date
of March 22, 2019, be approved.
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Financial and Corporate
Svcs.
Due Date: Mar. 22, 2019
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In
Favour:
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, A. Paquette
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Absent:
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S.
Hamilton
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6.
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6.1
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Items 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 were
dealt with together.
C. Cebryk, Deputy City
Manager and M. Labrecque, City Operations; and P. Ladouceur, Integrated
Infrastructure Services, made a presentation.
M. Gorrie, Waste Free
Edmonton; and D. Dooley made presentations and answered the Committee's
questions.
A handout provided by M.
Gorrie was distributed to Members of the Committee and a copy was filed with
the Office of the City Clerk.
C. Cebryk, Deputy City
Manager, M. Labrecque and P. Misutka, City Operations; P.
Ladouceur, Integrated Infrastructure Services; and J. Beckett, Utility
Advisor, answered the Committee's questions.
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Moved
B. Henderson:
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Waste Diversion
Strategy
That Administration provide a report to the June 28, 2019, Utility
Committee meeting
on a final strategy including results of additional citizen engagement on:
1.
Source
Separated Organics as outlined in Figure 2.1 of Attachment 2 of the February
1, 2019, City Operations report CR_5827.
2.
Additional
waste diversion and reduction programs.
and that Administration
use the recommendations of Waste Free Edmonton, as outlined in M. Gorrie’s
handout from the February 1, 2019, Utility Committee meeting, as the basis
for consultation on single use plastics in Phase 2.
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City Ops.
Due by: June 28, 2019
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In
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, S. Hamilton, A. Paquette, D. Iveson
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6.2
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Items
6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 were dealt with together.
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Moved
S. Hamilton:
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That
Utility Committee recommend to the February 5, 2019, City Council meeting:
- That
Phase 2 engagement be conducted to further articulate and inform a Zero
Waste framework as an overarching strategic goal for Waste Services.
- That
a final analysis and recommendation for a Zero Waste framework be included
as part of the 25-Year Strategy Report to Utility Committee in June
2019.
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In
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, S. Hamilton, A. Paquette, D. Iveson
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6.3
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Items
6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 were dealt with together.
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Moved
M. Walters:
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That
Utility Committee recommend to the February 5, 2019, City Council meeting:
- That
the actions as outlined in Attachment 2 of the February 1, 2019, City Operations
report CR_6361, be approved.
- That
Attachments 1 and 2 of the February 1, 2019, City Operations report
CR_6361 remain private pursuant to sections 24 (advice from officials)
and 25 (disclosure harmful to economic and other interests of a public
body) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
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In
Favour:
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, S. Hamilton, A. Paquette, D. Iveson
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6.4
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Items
6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 were dealt with together.
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Moved
M. Walters:
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That Utility Committee recommend to
City Council:
That
the new organic waste management approach based on Alternative 3B, as
outlined in the February 1, 2019, City Operations report CR_6669, be
approved.
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In
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, S. Hamilton, A. Paquette, D. Iveson
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6.5
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D. Manning, C. Bonneville and G.
Bridgeman, EPCOR, made a presentation.
D. Zip; T. Zip; D. Dooley
and C. Richmond, Sierra Club Edmonton, made presentations. D. Zip; D. Dooley
and C. Richmond answered the Committee's questions.
J. Beckett, Utility
Advisor, answered the Committee's questions.
G. Bridgeman and C.
Bonneville, G. Bridgeman, EPCOR, answered the Committee's questions.
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Moved
S. Hamilton:
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That the February 1,
2019, Financial and Corporate Services report CR_6700, be
received for information.
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Financial and Corporate
Svcs.
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In
Favour:
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, S. Hamilton, A. Paquette
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6.6
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C.
Tiedemann and D. Manning, EPCOR, answered the Committee's questions.
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Moved
M. Walters:
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That the February 1,
2019, Financial and Corporate Services report CR_6702, be
received for information.
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Financial and Corporate
Svcs.
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In
Favour:
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, S. Hamilton, A. Paquette
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6.7
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Items 6.7 and 6.8 were dealt with
together.
D. Siebold, Office of the
City Clerk, answered the Committee's questions.
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Moved
S. Hamilton:
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That the following
motions, passed at the August 23, 2018, Utility Committee meeting, be
rescinded:
1.
That
Administration provide a report on the most effective tools and strategies
to further the reduction of single use plastics as observed in other
jurisdictions, and a strategy to convince the public to employ these tools
and strategies.
(Clerk’s
note: this would have been report CR_6364)
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That
Administration conduct further analysis on the most effective way for the
City of Edmonton and the commercial sector to participate in a community
food waste reduction strategy and report back to Utility Committee with a
recommended approach.
(Clerk’s
note: this would have been report CR_6365)
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City Ops.
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In
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, S. Hamilton, A. Paquette
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6.8
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Items 6.7 and 6.8 were dealt with
together.
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7.
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8.
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8.1
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Moved
A. Paquette:
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1.
That Administration
retain Beckett Consulting as the Utilities Advisor for an
additional period of up to two years, effective February 1, 2019, in
accordance
with the terms set out in Attachment 1 of the February 1, 2019, Office of
the
City Manager report CR_6708.
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That the
February 1, 2019, Office of the City Manager report CR_6708,
remain private pursuant to section 16 (disclosure harmful to business
interests of a third party) of the Freedom of Information and Protection
of Privacy Act.
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Office of the City
Manager
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In
Favour:
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Carried
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B.
Henderson, M. Walters, A. Paquette
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Absent:
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S.
Hamilton
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9.
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Councillor B. Henderson asked
whether there were any Notices of Motion. There were none.
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10.
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The
meeting adjourned at 3:29 p.m.
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