What’s in it for ME?
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What’s in it for ME?
Municipal Issues Panel
Role of Local Governments in Effective Land Management
What’s in it for me?
• Grand River Conservation Authority– Geography– Present practices
• Regional Municipality of Waterloo– Engineering Results– Planning Solutions
• City of Waterloo– Environment First Policy– Process & Implementation
Regional Municipality of Waterloo
• Upper-Tier Municipality
• Legislative responsibility for– water supply– wastewater treatment– environmental protection
Regional Official Plan
Policies for Water Resources Protection
• Water protection a key principle in OP adopted by Regional Council in 1994
• Direct public and private sector expenditures and partnerships
• Policies include: master planning, servicing hierarchy, watershed studies and water resource protection
Regional Official PlanPolicy Development
• 30 Year Wastewater Master Plan• Long Term Water Strategy• 10 Watershed/Sub-Watershed Studies• Guidelines for Hydrological Studies for
Privately Serviced Development• Design Standards for Communal Water
Systems• Guidelines for the Use of Communal
Wastewater Treatment Systems
Regional Official PlanRegional Response
Grand River Phosphorus Loads
Types of Projects
Rural Water Quality Program
• Grants to Farmers (50% to 75%)• Capital and operating costs• Water Quality Improvement• $1.5 million Region funding• Many Partners
– Local and provincial farm groups– Provincial agencies– GRCA
“We the Council of the City of Waterloo are committed to assessing potential environmental impacts in all city services and programs as part of decision making and to take actions that are within our legal abilities in order to optimize environmental benefit (April 24, 1991)”
Environment First Policy
Political Champion & Will(Living the Paradigm Shift)
Staff Champion & Commitment
Community Champion & (Public) Stewardship
LAUREL CREEK WATERSHED STUDY ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
COUNCIL OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO
LAUREL CREEK WATERSHED ROUNDTABLE
TECHNICAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE•Biologists•Hydrogeologists •Planners•Engineers•Etc.
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LAUREL CREEK WATERSHED STUDY
ROUNDTABLE STAKEHOLDERS
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WATERLOO
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
Ministry of Natural Resources
Ministry of Environment
GRAND RIVER CONSERVATION
AUTHORITYREGION OF WATERLOO
UNIVERSITY OF
WATERLOO
PRIVATE SECTOR
PLANNING & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS
PRIVATE DEVELOPERS
& LANDOWNERS
BUSINESS GROUPS
RURAL TOWNSHIPS WITHIN THE
WATERSHED
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
THE PARTNERSHIP
CITY OF KITCHENER
Celebrating 10 Years of Laurel Creek Watershed Planning Achievements
The Maturing of Environmental Policy Implementation
Political Sustainability
Customer Equality
Priming the Pump
Community Awareness& Stewardship
What’s in it for US?
Municipal Issues Panel
Role of Local Governments in Effective Land Management
Political Champion
Staff Champion
Community Champion
This presentation was prepared coöperatively by
Mike Murray, Director of Water Services, Regional Municipality of WaterlooKevin Eby, Manager of Development Planning, Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Paul Emerson, Manager of Planning and Resources Coördination. Grand River Conservation Authority
Brian Trushinski, Environmental Coördinator. City of WaterlooCharlene Vantyghiem, GIS Coördinator (and Cartographer), City of WaterlooCorie Kelly, Technical Trainer, City of Waterloo
Coordinated by •Janice Kroetsch, Executive Assistant to the Regional Chair, Regional Municipality of Waterloo•Teresa Soulliere, Administrative Assistant to the Councillors, City of Waterloo
Presented byLynne Woolstencroft, Councillor Regional Municipality of Waterloo and City of WaterlooBoard member, Grand River Conservation Authority