​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Board Meetings, Agendas & Minutes

The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority's (LSRCA) Board of Directors meets on a monthly basis to review conservation projects and conservation area programming, as well as planning and regulatory activities under The Conservation Authorities Act.

Agendas are typically posted on the Friday before each Board Meeting.

Meeting Location: All meetings will be held at the LSRCA Administration Office, 120 Bayview Parkway, Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 3W3, unless otherwise noted below.

Public Attendance at Board Meetings: The public may attend Board of Directors' meetings however, any person wishing to be heard by the Board of Directors shall submit a request in writing to the Office of the CAO, at least ten (10) days business prior to the meeting date. Requests made within fewer than ten (10) business day of a meeting shall be accommodated at the next scheduled Board of Directors’ meeting.

2020 Meeting Schedule & Agendas

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​Date​	​Agenda	Highli​ghts​	Min​utes​	​​Supporting Documents
​Friday, December 18th 9:00a - 12:00p	​	​	​	​
​Friday, November 27th 9:00a - 12:00p	​	​	​	​
​Friday, October 23rd 9:00a - 12:00p	​	​	​	​
Friday, September 25th 9;00a - 12:00p	​	​	​	​
​August - No meeting	​	​	​	​
​Friday, July 24th 9:00a - 12:00p	​	​	​	​
​Friday, June 26th 9:00a - 12:00p	​	​	​	​
​Friday, May 22nd 9:00a - 12:00p	​	​	​	​
​Friday, April 24th SPA 9:00a - 10:00a Board 10:00a - 12:00p	​	​	​	​
​Friday, April 3rd Regular Meeting 9:15a - 12:00p   Special Meeting 9:00a - 9:15a (virtual meeting, details pending)	Regular Meeting ​Short Agenda Regular Meeting Full Agenda  Special Meeting Agenda	​	​	​Dam Inspection Report
​Friday, February 28th SPA 9:00a - 9:30a Board 9:30a - 12:00p	LSCBR SPA Agenda ​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​	​	Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Presentation
Annual General Meeting January 24, 2020 10am - 2pm (includes lunch) 460 Botsford Street, Newmarket​	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	​Minutes	Lake Simcoe Watershed Health Lake Simcoe Lake Health 2020 Annual Operating Priorities

 

 

2019 Meeting Schedule & Agendas

​Date​	​Agenda	Highli​ghts​	Min​utes​	​​Supporting Documents
​​​Friday, December 13, 2019 9:30am - noon	​Short Agenda​ Full Agenda​	Highlights	Minutes	​Staff Report No. 18-19-BOD LSRCA Education - 2019 Review Positively Green LSRCA 2020 Budget Update
​Friday, November 8, 2019 9am - noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes	​Watershed Restoration Services Project 2019 Financial Update: 3rd Quarter 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019 9am - noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	Minutes	​​BRW CA Management Plan Scanlon Ops Centre Renovation Project Stormwater Pond Management Progress
​No August Meeting	​	​	​	​
Friday, July 26, 2019 9am - noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes	Afforestation Program Second Quarter 2019 Financial Report​
​Friday, June 28, 2019 9am - noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes	​YDSS Forcemain Twinning Project
​Friday, May 24, 2019 9am - noon​​	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes	​Freshwater Roundtable Presentation Modernizing the CAA:  LSRCA response to ERO#013-5018 LSRCA Comments on ERO 013-5018
​Friday, April 26, 2019 SPA 9am - 10am BOD 10am - noon	Source Protection Authority Agenda Board of Directors Short Agenda Board of Directors Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes	Sourcewater Protection ​Overview Sourcewater Annual Report Overview Stormwater Management Optimization Study Update
​​Friday, March 22, 2019 9am - noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda Response to Deputation by Jack Gibbons, Lake Simcoe Watch	Highlights	Minutes	2018 Lake Simcoe Subwatershed Plans Implementation Report 2019 Budget Presentation 2019 Annual Operating Priorities The Health of Lake Simcoe
Friday, February 22, 2019 9am - noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda​​​	Highlights	Minutes	4th Quarter Financial Presentation Land Securement Presentation​
Annual General Meeting January 25, 2019  10am - 2pm (includes lunch) 460 Botsford Street Newmarket, ON	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes​	​Climate Change and Flood Risk Mitigation by Blair Feltmate

2018 Minutes Archive

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​Date​	​Agenda	Highlights​	Minutes​	​​Supporting Documents
​​Friday, December 14, 2018 10am - noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights​	Minutes	​
​Friday, November 30, 2018 9am - noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	Minutes	​STEP Partnership Carbon Reduction Strategy - Approved
​Friday, October 26, 2018 10am - noon (SPA Meeting 9am-10am)	Short Agenda Full Agenda SPA Agenda	​Highlights	Minutes ​	​Q3 Financial Update SPA - New Reg 205/18 SPA - Workplan for Section 36 SPA Workplan for SGBLSSPR
Friday, September 28, 2018 9am - noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	Minutes	Carbon Reduction Strategy Presentation ​LSRCA's Draft Carbon Reduction Strategy Connect Campaign: The Nature Centre Project
​No August Meeting	​	​	​	​
​Friday, July 27, 2018 9am - noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	​Restoration and Regeneration Program Updates Q2 2018 Financial Update
​Friday, June 22, 2018 9am - noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	York Region Inclusion Charter Presentation Lake Simcoe Watershed Report Card 2018 Presentation Natural Heritage System and Restoration Strategy Presentation ​LSRCA's Natural Heritage System and Restoration Strategy Land Holding Assessment Implementation Strategy
​Friday, May 25, 2018 9am - noon​​	​Short Agenda Full Agenda Budget Committee Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	LSRCA's Annual Operating Plan 2018 Adapting Forestry Programs for Climate Change Presentation ​Adapting Forestry Programs for Climate Change
​Friday, April 27, 2018 10am - noon (SPA Meeting 9am-10am)	Short Agenda as Amended Full Agenda as Amended SPA Short Agenda SPA Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes​	Stormwater Management Economic Study 2018 Budget Presentation SPA - 1st Annual Report to the Ministry SPA - SGBLS Region Update
​Friday, March 23, 2018 9am - noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	Minutes​	​Floods of 2017 Asset Management Planning
​Friday, February 23, 2018 9am - noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda​	Highlights	Minutes	​
Annual General Meeting January 26, 2018  10am - 2pm (includes lunch) 460 Botsford Street Newmarket, ON	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes	Healthy Ecosystems - Healthy Communities Therapy in the Woods

 

2017 Minutes Archive

​Date	​Agenda	Highlights​	Minutes​	​​Supporting Documents
​De​cember 15, 2017 9am - Noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	Schoolscaping at Hewitt's Creek Public School Sheppard's Bush Presentation ​Sheppard's Bush Management Plan
​November 24, 2017 9am - Noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	Minutes	​Salt Reduction Strategy Update Financial Progress Report
​October 27, 2017 9am - Noon Friday Harbour, Innisfil, ON	Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	Minutes	Public-Private Partnership Twinning Success Story
September 22, 2017 9am - Noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	​Minutes	George Barley Water Prize
​No August Meeting	​	​	​	​
​July 28, 2017 9am - Noon Scanlon Creek CA 2450 9th Line, Bradford, ON	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes	​LID Treatment Train Tool
​June 23, 2017 9am - Noon	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	​Minutes	NHSRS LSCF Updates CAA Review ​Conserving our Future - CAA - Final Draft
​May 26, 2017 9am - Noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	Ecological Offsetting Plan ​Harmonization of Services
April 28, 2017 9am - Noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	Rural Restoration Program
​March 24, 2017 9am - Noon (SPA Meeting 9am-10am)	Short Agenda Full Agenda SPA Agenda	Highlights​	Minutes	SPR Update for SPA RMO Annual Report for SPA ​Scanlon Creek Ops Centre Design Urban Restoration Department Update
​February 24, 2017 9am - Noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	​Georgina Island Subwatershed Plan Presentation
Annual General Meeting January 27, 2017 10am - 2pm (includes lunch)	Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	​Minutes	​Dr. Blair Feltmate - The Contagion of Extreme Weather: The Capital Markets are Paying Attention  Forest Glen LID Video

2016 Minutes Archive

​Date	​Agenda	Highlights​	Minutes​	​Supporting Documents
​December 16, 2016 9am to Noon	Short Agenda as Amended Full Agenda as Amended	Highlights	​Minutes	​Enhancing Education and Celebrating Success at LSRCA Wildlife Safe Passage Project LSRCA 2017 Preliminary Budget LSRCA Presentation to Ramara Township - December 12, 2016
​November 25, 2016 9am to Noon	Full Agen​da ​Short Agenda​ ​	​Highlights	Minutes	​UYSS Status Update Presentation to City of Orillia Council​​ ​
​October 28, 2016 9am to Noon	Full Agenda Short Agenda	Highlights	​Minutes	​Conservation Landholding Assessment Conservation Landholding Assessment Presentation Aquatic Plants in Lake Simcoe Presentation
​September 23, 2016 9am to Noon (SPA Meeting 9am-10am)	Short Agenda Full Agenda SPA Agenda	​Highlights	Minutes	​
​No August Meeting	​	​	​	​
​July 22, 2016 9am to Noon	​Index Short Agenda Full Agenda	Highlights	Minutes	​
​June 24, 2016 9am to Noon	​Index Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes​	​Conserving Our Future: Proposed Priorities for Renewal Draft Technical Guidelines for SWM Submissions Comments Received - DRAFT SWM Guidelines Highlights of Draft Changes to LSRCA SWM Technical Guidelines
​May 27, 2016 9am to Noon	​Index Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	​Flood Forecasting & Warning EMS Project Forestry & Stewardship Program Overview Low Impact Development Retrofit Project
​April 29, 2016 9am to Noon	​Index Short Agenda Full Agenda SPA Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	​2016 Proposed Budget
​April 1, 2016 9am to Noon	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	​
​February 26, 2016 9am to Noon	​Index Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	​Conservation Ontario Letter: Phragmites Control
​January 22, 2016 9am to Noon (AGM)	​Short Agenda Full Agenda	​Highlights	​Minutes	​

 

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2014 Minutes Archive

​Date	​Minutes	​Supporting Documents
​December 12, 2014	​BOD-11-14 Minutes	​2015 Draft Budget Presentation
​November (Cancelled)	​	​
​October 24, 2014	​BOD-10-14 Minutes	​Scanlon Facilities Enhancement
​September 26, 2014	BOD-09-14 Minutes	​
​August (Cancelled)	​	​
​July 25, 2014	​BOD-08-14 Minutes	​
​June 27, 2014	​BOD-07-14 Minutes	​
​May 23, 2014	​BOD-06-14 Minutes	​
​April 25, 2014	​BOD-05-14 Minutes	​
​March 28, 2014	​BOD-04-14 Minutes	​
​February 28, 2014	​BOD-03-14 Minutes	​
​January 24, 2014	​BOD-02-14 Minutes	​
​January 17, 2014 (Special Meeting)	BOD-01-14 Minutes​	​

2015 Minutes Archive

​Date	Minutes​	​Supporting Documents
​December 18, 2015	​BOD-12-15 Minutes	​2016 Budget Development LID Retrofit Project Polder Water Quality Study
​November 27, 2015	​BOD-11-15 Minutes	​Showcasing Water Innovation Chloride In Tributaries
​October 23, 2015	​BOD-10-15 Minutes	​
​September 25, 2015	​BOD-09-15 Minutes	​Strategic Plan Presentation
​No August Meeting	​	​
​July 24, 2015	​BOD-08-15 Minutes	​Proposed Work Mabel Davis CA
​June 26, 2015	​BOD-07-15 Minutes	​
​May 22, 2015	​BOD-06-15 Minutes	​Phosphorus Offsetting Program
​April 24, 2015	​BOD-05-15 Minutes	​
​March 27, 2015	​BOD-03-15 Minutes BOD-04-15 Minutes	​Development Guidelines Presentation Durham Subwatershed Implementation Plan
​February 27, 2015	​BOD-02-15 Minutes	​Scanlon Management Plan Presentation SWITCH Presentation
​January 23, 2015	​BOD-01-15 Minutes	​Focused Future Progress Report