Decision Number: CR256/2020 ETPS 758

1. That the report for completion of Fire Stations No. 2 and 5 BE RECEIVED for information; and,

2. That City Council APPROVE the establishment of a Species At Risk Reserve Fund, pending the sale of the former Fire Hall Station No. 5; and,

3. That City Council APPROVE the transfer of the total project surplus, following the sale of 1905 Cabana Road West, to the new Species at Risk Reserve Fund.

Carried.

Report Number: SCM 152/2020 & S 209/2018

Clerk’s File: SF/11843

8.23. Preparations for Recycling Transition to Extended Producer Responsibility - City Wide

Moved by: Councillor Kaschak Seconded by: Councillor McKenzie

Decision Number: CR257/2020 ETPS 759

That Council ENDORSE the following resolution:

WHEREAS the amount of single-use plastics leaking into our lakes, rivers, waterways is a growing area of public concern;

WHEREAS reducing the waste we generate and reincorporating valuable resources from our waste stream into new goods can reduce GHGs significantly;

WHEREAS the transition to full producer responsibility for packaging, paper and paper products is critical to reducing waste, improving recycling and driving better economic and environmental outcomes;

WHEREAS the move to a circular economy is a global movement, and that the transition of Blue Box programs would go a long way toward this outcome;

WHEREAS the City of Windsor is supportive of a timely, seamless and successful transition of Blue Box programs to full financial and operational responsibility by producers of packaging, paper and paper products;

AND WHEREAS the Association of Municipalities of Ontario has requested municipal governments with Blue Box programs to provide an indication of the best date to transition our Blue Box program to full producer responsibility;