Environmental Advisory Committee

That the agenda for the Environmental Advisory Committee meeting of September 2, 2025 be adopted as circulated with the following amendment: Addition Item 5.5 "New Strategic Plan for Parks and Recreation."

That the minutes of the Environmental Advisory Committee meeting of May 8, 2025 be adopted.

That Items 5.3 and 5.4 of the Agenda be

That a goal set out in the City of Kawartha Lakes 2024-2027 Strategic Plan is “Protect and preserve natural areas including greenspaces, waterways, parks, trails and farmland” and one of the actions committed to is “Protect and enhance . . . biodiversity.” That the Carden Alvar north of Kirkfield is a fragile, globally rare (occurring only in the south of Sweden and scattered around the Great Lakes Basin) and imperiled ecosystem with a Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) designation due to significant habitat of many species at risk. That the Carden Alvar is home to a range of rare, specialized plants and invertebrates and has been designated by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA), to recognize its global significance. That City of Kawartha Lakes, with Council’s support, has applied for and received certification from Nature Canada as a Bird-Friendly City, and a responsibility for Bird-Friendly Cities is to maintain key habitat. That the Innergex project would occupy a minimum of 800 acres of Carden Alvar land and have a potential total footprint of up to 1500 acres. That this project would severely harm the globally rare Carden Alvar habitat (Impacts would include: Severe habitat loss/fragmentation for Species at Risk: Eastern Loggerhead Shrike (Endangered), Bobolink, Eastern Meadowlark, Golden-winged Warbler, Blanding’s Turtle, Monarch, and many rare plants. Elimination of critical breeding areas for grassland and shrub land species. Soil/hydrology disruption tha

That the Closed Session Agenda be approved.

That the Environmental Advisory Committee convene into Closed Session at 4:49 p.m. pursuant to Section 239 (2) of the Municipal Act, S. O. 2001 s25, in order to consider matters identified in Section 7.3 of the Environmental Advisory Committee meeting of September 2, 2025, namely items 7.3.1 to and including 7.3.2.

That the meeting be adjourned at 5:20 p.m.