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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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