Regional Watershed Alliance
Agenda 

Wednesday, September 22, 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 MAY 19, 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

TORONTO INNER HARBOUR FLOATABLES STRATEGY

Report and presentation by Jill Attwood, Manager, Toronto and Durham Watersheds, Government & Community Relations, TRCA, and Chelsea M. Rochman, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto

TRCA, through the development and implementation of their Toronto Harbour Floatables Strategy, is working with the University of Toronto Trash Team, Harbourfront Centre, Ports Toronto, and several City of Toronto divisions to implement this adaptive management strategy which envisions a City of Toronto Harbour that is free of floatable debris, with a thriving aquatic ecosystem and abundant recreational opportunities.

8.2

TRCA FOREST MANAGEMENT STRATEGY UPDATE

Report and presentation by Ralph Toninger, Associate Director, Restoration & Resource Management, TRCA, and Adrian Bryant, Forester, Forestry Services & Nursery Production, TRCA

To inform the Regional Watershed Alliance of the initiation of the update to the TRCA Forest Management Strategy and seek opportunities for partner engagement.

8.3

TRCA COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTRY OF ONTARIO POSTING (ERO #019-2986) – REGULATORY PROPOSALS (PHASE 1) UNDER THE CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES ACT

Report by Laurie Nelson, Director, Policy and Planning, TRCA

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’(TRCA) comments to the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO on the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks’ (MECP) posting of a “REGULATORY PROPOSAL CONSULATION GUIDE: Regulations Defining Core Mandate and Improving Governance, Oversight and Accountability of Conservation Authorities”, Phase 1 Regulatory Proposals under the Conservation Authorities Act.

9.

NEW BUSINESS AND GOOD NEWS STORIES

10.

ADJOURNMENT

NEXT MEETING OF THE REGIONAL WATERSHED ALLIANCE TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 10, 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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