Recommendations

Recommendations March 19, 2011 Prepared by: Tracey Wade, MCIP, RPP - Tantramar Planning Katie Friars - EOS Eco-Energy

Seven Strategies to Sustainability Energy Water Food Bio-Regional Planning Coastal and Infrastructure Social Supports Regional Transportation Recommendation actions focus on balancing economic, environmental and social concerns.

What are YOUR Priorities? • Take note of the left hand column. • Rate activities between 1 - 10 in terms of what you think is a priority for the region. • 1 = low priority • 10 = highest priority • After lunch we’ll work together in smaller groups and try to come to consensus on the highest priorities.

Energy Strategy • Educate Community Members • Conservation • Efficiency • Renewable Energy • Community Energy Options • Establish formal partnerships • Regional energy generation plan

Water Strategy • Accurate Baseline Data • Location of regional water sources • Quality • Quantity • Educate Community • Septic and well safety • Value of wetlands • Manage the Resource • Watershed committee • Clean-ups • Position on key issues (i.e., Shale gas) • Conservation programs

Food Strategy • Community Education - Programs for young and old • Buy Local Food Initiatives • Establish a Local Food Council • Resources for consumers • Farmers’ markets • Supporting Local Production • Asset inventory • Develop support system • Establish local co-operatives

Bio-Regional Planning Strategy • Asset Mapping and Research • Regional asset map and inventory • Use local universities for key research • Brownfield identification • Community Education • Link children with nature • Wildlife corridors and biodiversity • Planning and Development • Buffer and conservation areas in planning regulations • Advocate for low impact and “green” development

Coastal & Infrastructure Strategy • Infrastructure Assessment and Adaptation • Regional climate change working group • Assess condition and function of infrastructure (culverts, roads, dykes) • Stormwater management policies • Coastal Development • Use RAC study findings • Vulnerability assessment • Coastal policies and regulations

Social Supports Strategy • Build stronger connections between communities (leaders and community members) • Bring services to communities • Affordable homes and living space for seniors and those with special needs • Social enterprises

Regional Transportation Strategy • Think outside the box • Bike or car share, rail line preservation, school buses • Bring services to communities • Regional Shuttle • Feasibility study (social enterprise?) • Connect with local businesses • Lobby for government support

Setting Priorities

Priority Setting • Break into small groups • Use your own ratings to pick highest 5-8 • Round table with each person identifying their top choices • - Which ones overlap? • - Why did you pick the ones you did? • As a group - agree on top 3-5 strategies for moving forward • Report back to the larger group.

Next Steps • Write up priorities as determined today. • Finish writing the plan. • Post information on www.Tantramar2040.ca • Present copy of report to partners. • Begin to implement priorities through EOS, TPDC/BPDC, partner municipalities, and other organizations (Fundy Biosphere Reserve, etc.)

Sample Risk Evaluation Chart THANK YOU! • Our speakers - John Beaton and Karl Grenke • Steering Committee members - Val MacDermid, Port Elgin; Bob Berry, Sackville; Guy Gautreau, Memramcook; Grant MacDonald, Dorchester; Luc Babineau, Enterprise Southeast; Sebastien Doiron, Beaubassin Planning District Commission; Tracey Wade, Tantramar Planning District Commission; Rebekah Knockwood, Fort Folly; Woody Thompson, LSDs; Roland Chiasson, EOS. • Initiative Funders - Environmental Trust Fund and Rural Secretariat • Many Community Participants

Recommendations