Regional Watershed Alliance
Agenda 

#2/21

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

6:30 P.m. - 8:30 P.m.

The meeting will be conducted via a video conference

Members of the public may view the livestream at the following link:

https://video.isilive.ca/trca/live.html

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1.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

2.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INDIGENOUS TERRITORY

3.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON MARCH 3, 2021

Minutes Link

4.

DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

5.

PRESENTATIONS

6.

CORRESPONDENCE

7.

ITEMS FOR ALLIANCE ACTION

8.

ITEMS FOR ALLIANCE INFORMATION

8.1

REGIONAL WATERSHED MONITORING PROGRAM (RWMP) UPDATE

Report and presentation by Rick Portiss, Senior Manager, Aquatic Monitoring and Management, TRCA, and Jan Moryk, Senior Project Manager, Aquatic Monitoring and Management, TRCA

Update regarding the Regional Watershed Monitoring Program and the environmental monitoring completed during 2020 as well as future planned deliverables.

8.2

UPDATE ON CARRUTHERS CREEK WATERSHED PLAN AND ETOBICOKE CREEK WATERSHED PLAN

Report and presentation by Tony Morris, Senior Project Manager, Watershed Planning and Reporting, TRCA

To provide an update on the current status of both the Carruthers Creek Watershed Plan and Etobicoke Creek Watershed Plan.

8.3

WATERSHED AND ECOSYSTEMS REPORTING HUB

Report and presentation by Shari Dahmer, Project Manager, Watershed Planning and Reporting, TRCA.

Demonstration of Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s (TRCA) Watershed and Ecosystems Reporting Hub – an online tool to communicate up-to-date information about environmental conditions of the Toronto region to our partners and stakeholders.

8.4

TRCA SUBMISSION - PROVINCIAL CONSULTATION ON GROWING THE SIZE OF THE GREENBELT (ERO #019-3136)

Report by Jeff Thompson, Senior Planner, Planning and Policy, TRCA

To update and inform the Regional Watershed Alliance on TRCA’s response to the Province of Ontario’s consultation on growing the size of the Greenbelt, as posted on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO).

9.

NEW BUSINESS AND GOOD NEWS STORIES

10.

ADJOURNMENT

NEXT MEETING OF THE REGIONAL WATERSHED ALLIANCE TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 AT 6:30 P.M. VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Victoria Kramkowski, Government and Community Relations Specialist, Peel-York Watersheds, Government and Community Relations, TRCA

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