The Climate Action and Environment Committee is a Select Committee of Council

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Overview

Each term, Council establishes priorities to steward the community towards this vision. For the 2022-2026 term, Council identified Climate Action as a priority. To help advance on this priority, a Climate Action and Environment Select Committee of Council (CAE or Committee) is being introduced.

The primary aims of Committees of Council are to:

• focus on high-level policy and strategy;
• advance Council priorities;
• provide advice and recommendations to Council;
• help solve complex problems through collaboration;
• engage subject-matter experts; and
• collect community perspective.

The Committee acts in an advisory capacity by providing advice and recommendations to Council and staff on a current policy and strategic initiatives.

Terms of Reference

Mandate

The purpose of the Committee is to advise RMOW staff and Council on matters related to climate change, the environment, and transportation.

Specifically, the Committee supports and advises on proposed climate policy and strategies such as:

• Whistler’s Climate Action Plans including Six Big Moves and three adaptation goals;
• The Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan (CWRP) and wildfire mitigation work;
• Transportation related policy and strategy that requires integration, collaboration and public engagement; and
• To protect, support and increase the resilience of local ecosystems, natural assets and biodiversity.

Members

The Committee includes 14 voting members as follows:

• Arthur De Jong, Councilor and Chair
• Jack Crompton, Mayor
• Jen Ford, Councilor
• Virginia Cullen, RMOW Chief Administrative Officer
• James Hallisey, RMOW General Manager of Infrastructure Services
• Pegah Pourkarimi, AWARE, Executive Director
• Kate Roddick, Whistler Blackcomb, Base Area Operations Senior Director
• Casey Gonzalez, Lil’wat Nation, Director of Lands Resources
• Frank Savage, Member-at-Large
• Claude-Anne Godbout-Gauthier, Member-at-Large
• Andrew Lord, Member-at-Large
• Claire Ruddy, Member-at-Large
• Matthias Shorter, Member-at-Large
• Abbey Mellor, Youth representative

The Committee also includes two non-voting members as follows:

• Denise Taveira, RMOW Administrative Assistant, Recording Secretary
• Luisa Burhenne, RMOW Manager, Climate and Environment, Staff Liaison

Attending a committee meeting

Members of the public can join Committee of Council meetings virtually, where they can observe and listen to the discussion. Committee meetings are open to the public unless the topic relates to a subject included in Section 90 of the Community Charter.

The public can virtually attend open committee meetings by registering via Microsoft Teams webinar.

The meeting schedule is as follows:

Thursday February 6^th– 10am to 12pm

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/31a66176-fa27-4c1b-85e9-686a8d6bdfc0@f2328652-b00a-4255-a27b-2fe74ff817e0

Monday May 12^th – 10am to 12pm

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4130350c-d68a-4f90-ad3e-b157d33d09b6@f2328652-b00a-4255-a27b-2fe74ff817e0

Thursday September 4^th – 10am to 12pm

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1270a8f3-32ef-4fe9-8f75-f3274377adfb@f2328652-b00a-4255-a27b-2fe74ff817e0

Thursday November 20^th – 10am to 12pm

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a4e0f9de-abbe-4cc4-b469-9c5072386727@f2328652-b00a-4255-a27b-2fe74ff817e0

You will need to join using a device with a camera, microphone and speakers such as a phone or laptop. Depending on the device, you will have the option of downloading the app or joining through a web browser. For more detailed instructions, please click here.

Disclaimer: By registering for the Open Committee of Council Meeting Webinar, you are providing the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) consent to collect your full name, email address and IP address for the purpose of virtually attending the webinar facilitated through Microsoft Teams. This information is collected under the authority of section 26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and it will be securely stored on a Canadian-based server. There will be no disclosure of your audio or personal image as these functions will be disabled, and there will be no recording of the webinar. The personal information will not be retained following the webinar. If you have any questions about how your personal information is being collected or used, please contact privacy@whistler.ca.

Meeting agendas and minutes

Date	Agenda	Meeting Minutes
November 6, 2024	PDF

Contact

Environmental Stewardship
604-935-8374
resortexperience@whistler.ca