Greenlands securement key dates and council resolutions
A summary of past key dates and council resolutions for greenlands securement
December 2004
- Interim Protocol for Land Securement
December 2005
- Establishment of Greenlands Securement Reserve
- Financed as part of Conservation Authority current Budget
- Contribution $500 thousand from Conservation Reserve and amount of funding be determined through 2006 and subsequent budget processes
October 2006
- Greenlands Securement Subcommittee Terms of Reference
- Greenlands Securement Subcommittee to meet in Camera
- Contribute $500 thousand from 2007 budget
February 2007
- Adoption of Greenlands Securement Project Implementation Guidelines
- Revision to GSSC Terms of Reference bring forth revised Implementation Guidelines
- Consider $750 thousand contribution in 2011 budget
March 2011
- Approval of amended Greenlands Securement Program Implementation Guidelines
June 2014
- Future Greenlands Securement Agreements only to be with the Credit Valley Conservation Authority and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
December 2014
- Suspension of GSSC pending adoption of 2015-2018 Council Priorities
June 2015
- Delegated approval to CAO for funding request less than or equal to $250,000
- Requested that staff report back to Regional Council to clarify requirements for joint applications submitted by TRCA and CVC on behalf of other partners.
June 2016
- Amended Greenlands Securement Program Implementation Guidelines approved by Council
- Directed staff to enter into Greenlands Securement Agreements with CVC, TRCA, ORMLT, BTC, Cities of Brampton and Mississauga, and Town of Caledon for up to five year terms
- Authorized Commissioner of Corporate Services to execute Greenlands Securement Agreements
- Delegated approval to CAO for funding requests less than or equal to $250 thousand
June 2018
- Amended Greenlands Securement Program Implementation Guidelines approved by Council
- Authorized a Pilot Project to increase the Regional funding cost share to 70 percent for a time limited period of three years, or until such time the Greenlands Securement Reserve is reduced to $2.0 million dollars, whichever occurs first, be implemented
- Authorized Commissioner of Public Works to execute Greenlands Securement Agreements
- Delegated approval to CAO for funding requests less than or equal to $250 thousand
- Authorized that on behalf of Regional Council the Regional Chair write to the respective Federal Ministers of Environment and Climate Change and Natural Resources, and Provincial Ministers of the Environment and Climate Change and Natural Resources and Forestry regarding the current lack of funding by senior levels of government for greenlands securement, and request the reinstatement of federal/provincial funding for greenlands securement to municipalities and conservation authorities while continuing to provide funding for land trusts
- Circulated the report to Program Partners
June 2021
- Authorized that the Greenlands Securement Program pilot project, which increases the Regional funding cost share to 70 per cent, be extended for an additional three years commencing June 28, 2021
- Waived the current requirement stating that the pilot project be suspended if the Greenlands Securement Reserve is reduced to $2.0 million for the extended period
- Authorized that the Regional Chair, on behalf of Regional Council, write to the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change and the Minister of Natural Resources, as well as the provincial Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry to request the reinstatement of adequate federal/provincial funding for greenlands securement to municipalities and conservation authorities while continuing to provide funding for land trusts
- Circulated the report to Program Partners
