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PARTNERS IN
PROJECT GREEN
A PEARSON ECO -BUSINESS ZONE
MINUTES OF PARTNERS IN PROJECT GREEN
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING #2/17
April 18`h, 2017.
The Partners in Project Green Executive Management Committee met at the Mississauga Civic
Centre located at 300 City Centre Drive in Mississauga.
Hillary Marshall called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
PRESENT
Brad Chlttick (Hydrogen Business Council of Canada)
Chris Fonseca (Region of Peel)
Doug Whillans (City of Brampton)
Hillary Marshall (Toronto Pearson)
John Coyne 'Unilever Canada)*
Learie Miller legion of Peel)
Matt Mahoney (City of Mississauga)
Michelle Brown (Bentall Kennedy)
Mike Brandt (MONTECO) *
Paul Pinheiro (Canadian Tire)
Scott Tudor(Sobeys)
Shannon Denny (Coca Cola)
Alex Dumesle (TRCA)
Chandra Sharma (TRCA)
Malaz Sebai (TRCA)
REGRETS
Brian Denney (TRCA)
Chin Lee (City of Toronto)
Carrie Aloussis (IESO)
Jon Davies (GE Canada)
Mike Puddister (CVC)
*Participants attended via teleconference
Advisory Member
Voting Member
Voting Member
Co -Chair
Co -Chair
Advisory Member
Voting Member
Voting Member
Voting Member
Voting Member
Advisory Member
Voting Member
Staff
Staff
Staff
Voting Member
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PARTNERS IN PROJECT GREEN EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE I MEETING MINUTES
ACTION SUMMARY
NUMBER
TOPICACTION
Funding
Set up meeting to explore cluster alignment opportunities
#PPG A7 /17
Doug Whillans
OS -May -17
ONGOING
Strategy
with Bampton Economic Development.
Funding
Set up meeting to explore cluster alignment opportunities
#PPG AS /17
Strategy
in the context of Mississauga's life sciences master plan.
Chris Fonseca
01 -May -17
ONGOING
Present greater detail pertaining to the Refocus
#PPG A9 /17
Service Centres
methodology and collaboration opportunity.
Alex Dumesle
19 -tun -17
ONGOING
#PPG A30 /17
Strategy
Specify the probability of obtaining various sources of
Alex Dumesle
01 -May -17
ONGOING
funds used in the opportunity prioritization exercise.
#PPG All /17
Budget
Sort out discrepancies in the Water Stewardship budget.
Alex Dumesle
01 -May -17
ONGOING
RESOLUTION SUMMARY
'See Supporting Materials below for more information.
NEXT MEETING
June 19
(Conference Call)
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SUPPORTING MATERIALS
RES. #PPG4/17 MINUTES OF MEETING
To approve the previous meeting minutes.
THAT the Minutes of Meeting #1/17, held on February 13"', 2017 be approved.
CARRIED
For Input FEDERAL BUDGET
Receive 2017 Federal budget opportunity summary for discussion.
Highlights of the Government of Canada's newly released budget were presented to open up
discussion pertaining to perceived opportunities for Partners in Project Green.
Budget highlights
• Plans to invest $950 million over five years for the development of "superclusters", which
aligns well with current Partners in Project Green cluster plans.
• Funds to be provided on a competitive basis (expected launch in 2017).
• Government expects to only support a small number of business -led innovation
"superclusters" that have the greatest potential to accelerate economic growth.
• Focus on highly innovative industries such as advanced manufacturing, agri-food, clean
technology, digital technology, health/bio-sciences and clean resources, as well as
infrastructure and transportation.
• Although Minister Bains has expressed interest in our approach, it is unclear if
employment clusters will be eligible.
Discussion highlights
• Committee Members advised that we properly position the proposal to address the
Government's needs, and reflect its ambitions. Specifically, it was suggested that Staff
consider:
o positioning with broad but clear clean technology focus;
o identifying the sectors that matter most to the Federal Government and are well
represented in employment clusters across the GTA to help the Government
better appreciate the opportunity;
o leveraging MOECC relationships to gain support for employment cluster
approach; and
o exploring partnership opportunities with strategic sector -based organizations to
grow the opportunity and strengthen our position.
• Committee Members encouraged Staff to explore different ways to scale the original
initiative and position the ask in the $100 million range.
• Members agreed that a meeting with Minister Bains and his Ottawa staff was urgent.
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• Councillor Whillans to set up a meeting to explore cluster alignment opportunities with
Brampton Economic Development. [PPG A7/17]
• Councillor Fonseca to set up a meeting to explore cluster alignment opportunities in the
context of Mississauga's life sciences master plan. [PPG A8/17]
For Input FOCUS EXERCISE
Receive current Partners in Project Green opportunity list for input.
In light of current resource constraints, Committee Members were presented with a number of
key opportunities that could help Partners in Project Green better position itself to meet future
proposal commitments and live up to the program's carbon emission reduction ambitions.
Members were then asked to complete a prioritization exercise that would help Staff with short-
term resource allocation.
Opportunities (Initiatives)
1. Project acceleration
2. Energy Leaders group replication
3. SME Leaders collaboration group launch
4. CNG collaboration group launch
Opportunities (Capacity building)
5. Refocus pilot
6. ClimateSmart BEEP
7. Climate Smart training & tool
8. Sustainability Collab Network
9. In-house characterization
Discussion highlights
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Committee members loosely constructed a prioritization matrix based on the potential
outcomes, risks, revenues and impacts presented (Figure 1).
• Staff requested to present greater detail pertaining to the Refocus methodology and
collaboration opportunity. [P.-
Staff
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Staff requested to specify the probability of obtaining various sources of funds used in
the analysis. [PPG A10/17]
Major
Impact
Minor
Impact
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For Input 2017 BUDGET
Receive 2017 Partners in Project Green budget for input.
Partners in Project Green's 2017 budget was presented (Table 1, 2).
Key highlights:
• Budget size has doubled from 2016.
This is largely attributed to the electric vehicle
network capital infrastructure project.
$2.685 million in grant funding
was obtained on
June 30th from the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to procure and
install electric
vehicle charging stations at Toronto Pearson. Close to $2.1 million remain to be spent in
2017.
• Staff made aware of and advised to sort out discrepancies in the Water Stewardship
budget. [PPG A11/17]
Table 1 - 2017 Budgeted Statement of Financial Activities
Partners in Project Green Statement of Financial Activities
April 10, 2017
Budget Actual
Actual
year ended December 31, 2017 (YEAR-TO-DATE)
2017 2017
2016
REVENUES
Self -Generated
$ 421,000.00 tee% $ 126,956.50
is r% $ 343,975.49 21,11
Municipal
$ 485,000.00 14.7% $ 35,000.00
20.6% $ 460,000.00 ,8,°.;,
Provincial
$ 2,100,000.00 e3,6%'$ -
o.o% $ 587,043.05 -,oi-,,
Federal
$ 102,000.00 3.16$ -
ac.^.+. $ -
Business Donations
$ 193,000.00 5.e%'$ -
(1, $ 220,000.00 117
Prior Year Revenue for Future Projects'
$ o.o %r$ 7,932.25
, 7 $ o
TOTAL
$ 3,301,000.00 $ 169,888.75
$ 1,611,018.54
EXPENDITURES
Stakeholder Engagement Programming
$ 334,100.00 937% $ 46,606.93
93 a,:. $ 245,194.96 my.
Energy Performance Programming
$ 2,283,500.00 $ 410,403.17
$ 738,398.10
Waste Management Programming
$ 136,300.00 $ 24,522.64
$ 132,610.56
Water Stewardship Programming
$ 217,100.00 $ 14,330.79
$ 134,608.93
Special Projects
$ 123,400.00 $ 20,177.46
$ 125,520.48
Program Marketing
$ 59,400.00 1,8%'$ 2,151.48
o4^i. $ 49,719.94 3%
Program Administration
$ 147,200.00 45%1$ 32,246.07
ss°i$ 177,033.32 11%
Deferred Expenditures for Future Projects
$ 0.00 $
$ 7,932.25
TOTAL
$ 3,301,000.00 $ 550,438.54
$ 1,611,018.54
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
$ - $ (380,549.79)
$
NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
$
$
NET ASSETS AT YEAR END
$ $ (380,549.79)
$
'Funds reserved/committed for NNot projects.
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Table 2 - 2017 Budgeted Statement of Functional Expenses
Partners in Project Green Statement of Functional Expenses
Year ended December 31, 2017 (YEAR-TO-DATE) BUDGET ACTUAL VARIANCE
Payroll & Benefits
Contract Services
Training & Events
Supplies & Materials
Postage
Printing
Communications
Vehicle, Equipment and Other Rentals
Promotional Prizes &Advertisement
Special Program Contributions
Service Fee Agreement
Legal & Financial Fees
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
$ 963,600.00 $ 150,577.20 $ 813,022.80
$ 2,170,000.00 $ 388,014.07 $ 1,781,985.93
$ 15,300.00 $ 2,540.04 $ 12,759.96
$ 5,300.00 $ 66.28 $ 5,233.72
$ - $ 3.99 $ (3.99)
$ - $ 1,211.96 $ (1,211.96)
$ 3,900.00 $ - $ 3,900.00
$ - $ 14.40 $ (14.40)
$ 40,000.00 $ 10.60 $ 39,989.40
$ 45,000.00 $ 8,000.00 $ 37,000.00
$ 55,000.00 $ - $ 55,000.00
$ 2,900.00 $ - $ 2,900.00
$ 3,301,000.00 $ 550,438.54 $ 2,750,561.46
For Information Performance Committee Updates
Review Performance Committee progress and discuss challenges.
Progress presented by Performance Area Chairs was well received. See attached "EMC2-
17_Item5_Performance_Comm ittee_Report _20170410.pdFfor more information.
Highlights
• 69 members recruited (57% of 120 member target)
• People Power Challenge: 2017 Challenge launched on April 18 with 20 participating
facilities, which is the largest number of teams in four years. Challenge will capture
energy, water and waste metrics for the first time.
• Partners in Project Green support completion of Toronto Pearson electric vehicle
charging station project. The project adds 32 ports (22 x L2 and 10 x 1-3) to Partners in
Project Green's Open EV Network for a grand total of 124 to date.
• Energy Performance Committee spearheading a collective project to improve the
efficiency of rooftop units (RTU) through smart RTU controller pilot. There are tens of
thousands of RTUs across the GTA and such a project could reduce their energy usage
by up to 50%.
• Material Exchange helps Air Canada donate 790 duvets to the Syrian Canadian
Foundation for redistribution and reuse in the local Syrian refuge community.
• Waste Management Committee pursuing collective project with MOECC and
behavioural change specialists at TBS to collect valuable waste and behavior data
pertaining to various collection mechanisms. The study aims to identify practical tools to
improve diversion in public spaces.
• Partners in Project Green launch municipal Eco -Cluster to explore IC&I water -energy
nexus projects in the following municipalities: Peel, Toronto, York, Guelph and Waterloo.
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PARTNERS IN PROJECT GREEN EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE I MEETING MINUTES
Participate in Partners in Project Green' annual Spring Tree Planting!
Partners in Project Green, together with
Credit Valley Conservation and Toronto
and Region Conservation are thrilled to
announce that annual spring planting
event will take place on Saturday May
13, 2017, at Claireville Conservation
Area.
® The event will offer Native Tree and
Shrub Planting, Citizen Science
Activities, Young Tree and Shrub Monitoring, Maintenance Program and Stewardship activities!
Bring your family and colleagues to lend a hand to restore the Claireville Conservation Area.
Your participation is vital to the overall success of enhancing our local natural environment!
The event is free of charge and will kick-off at 10 a.m.
For additional event details and registration please visit the Partners and Project Green website.
TERMINATION
ON MOTION, the meeting terminated at 12:00 p.m., on April 18'', 2017.
Hillary Marshall John Coyne
Co -Chair
Co -Chair
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