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Environment Committee
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Mandate
Provide suggestions to City Council for the protection, maintenance and improvement of the environment on City of Dieppe lands; provide suggestions for the protection and improvement of the quality of life for those who live and/or work in Dieppe, today and in the future.
Responsibilities
1. Provide suggestions for the development of policies, programs, rules
and regulations that impact upon the environment;
2. Periodically review Dieppe’s Green Plan and establish and prioritize
attainable objectives; comment on the contents of the Green Plan;
3. Provide a community perspective on services, programs, events and
capital projects linked to urban forestry, climate change, green
technology, energy efficiency and sustainable development;
4. Encourage the public to speak out on environmental questions, provide
the mechanisms to collect these opinions and communicate them to
City Council;
5. Consult environmental groups and other interest groups, accept their
written submissions and report on them by making suggestions;
6. Support City Council by increasing the public’s knowledge on the City’s
environmental policies, programs, rules, regulations and issues, through
public awareness campaigns, public meetings, publication of papers and
other communications modes, as deemed necessary;
7. Provide suggestions for the conceptualization, introduction and regular
use of a municipal data bank which would contain information on
natural elements, planning, development and socio-economic factors of
the City’s environment, as well as on the state of the environment,
including indicators on the subject;
8. When applicable, dialogue with other advisory committees in the City;
9. Create partnerships, develop and maintain good working relationships
with other organizations working towards the same mandate;
10. Identify programs, policies and initiatives that could have significant
impact towards improving the environment on City lands;
11. Establish and review on an annual basis a work plan that includes the
committee’s priorities and objectives as well as the indicators of
success;
12. Study and analyze pertinent issues as requested by City Council;
13. When appropriate, provide an annual budget request to the
Committee’s City of Dieppe staff member before September 30th of
each year;
14. Maintain dialogue with City Council on the committee’s mandate,
priorities planning and successes.
Membership of the Committee
The Committee will be composed of thirteen (13) members
■ one (1) City Council member
■ eight (8) members from the community
■ one (1) City of Dieppe staff member (ex-officio)
■ one (1) Economic Development Corporation of the City of Dieppe member (ex-officio)
■ one (1) representative from the Greater Moncton Planning District Commission (ex-officio)
■ one (1) representative from a high school or a postsecondary institution.
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