Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 6 PM
Hamilton Conservation Authority is now conducting meetings in a hybrid format via an in-person and WebEx platform.
All hybrid meetings can be viewed live on HCA’s You Tube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/HamiltonConservation
Meeting Agenda Package
1. Call to Order – Brad Clark
2. Declarations of Conflict of Interest
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Delegations
5. Consent Items for Applications, Minutes and Correspondence
5.1. Permit Applications Summary Report – Page 1
5.2. Approval of Board of Directors Minutes – June 5, 2025 – Page 5
5.3. Approved – April 10, 2025 Conservation Advisory Board Minutes – for receipt only – Page 13
5.4. Approved – May 15, 2025 Budget & Administration Committee Minutes – for receipt only – Page 15
5.5. Correspondence from Township of Puslinch with respect to Bill 5: Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act 2025 – Page 21
6. Foundation Briefing Foundation Chair – André Chabot
7. Member Briefing
7.1. Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database – HCA Lands – Scott Peck
7.2. Basadinaa Experience Video – Lindsay Davidson
8. Business Arising from the Minutes
9. Reports from Budget & Administration Committee and Conservation Advisory Board
9.1. Budget & Administration Committee – June 19, 2025 – Susan Fielding
(Recommendations)
9.1.1. BA 2518 Legislative Minimum Wage Increase to HCA Casual Wage Rates – Page 27
9.1.2. BA 2519 Fleet Management Policy and Decarbonization Guideline – Page 31
9.1.3. BA 2520 Year 2 Strategic Plan Initiatives – Page 51
9.1.4. BA 2521 Amendment to the Purchasing Policy – Authorized Purchasing Limits – Page 57
9.1.5. BA 2522 HCA Fee Development Framework – Page 61
9.2. Conservation Advisory Board – June 12, 2025 – Wayne Terryberry
(Recommendations)
9.2.1. CA 2515 Tiffany Falls Visitor Use Management Plan – Page 71
9.2.2. CA 2516 HCA’s Planning and Regulations Policies Update – Page 133
9.2.3. CA 2517 HCA Conservation Areas Program – Proposed Visitor Engagement Opportunities – Page 255
9.2.4 CA 2518 HCA Conservation Areas Program – Access and Amenities Review And Proposed Initiatives – Page 259
10. Other Staff Reports/Memorandums
Reports to be approved
10.1. Fifty Point West Road Rehabilitation – Tender Results – Rob Gray – Page 269
Memorandums to be received
10.2. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: Detection – Lesley McDonell – Page 275
10.3. Watershed Conditions Memorandum – Jonathan Bastien – Page 283
10.4. Conservation Areas Update – Liam Fletcher – Page 287
11. New Business
12. In-Camera Items
12.1. Confidential Memorandum – BD/July 01-2025
(Land Matter)
13. Next Meeting – Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 6 PM
14. Adjournment
