[All] Fwd: 2015-1794 - Wetland - Creekside Church, 660 Conservation Drive

[Deb Swidrovich]

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 Creekside pond pipe draining to stormwater sewe...
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Gj75flGaIaa3FuT0pGUExkc3M/view?usp=drive_web>
​Well... if the MOE was told that the new pipe is plugged and no water is
draining to the SWM ponds on the east side of the property, then they have
been misinformed as I was by the GRCA and the City (see surface water and
pond water draining from the pipe in attached video taken July 1​7/15 two
weeks after they started).  This video and the attached pictures were sent
to the GRCA and the City on Jul 19/15.

Unless they've capped the pipe in the last few days, it is likely that the
pond is still being drained and will continue until the GRCA and MTE/Church
sort out what to do.

I believe the GRCA are okay with the pond being low in the meantime because
historically it has dried up depending on yearly rainfall and
temperatures.  I checked the aerial photography at the University of
Waterloo comparing several years, and as stated by the consultants on the
North Waterloo Scoped Subwatershed Study, clearly the wetland has persisted
since 1930.

I can appreciate that the GRCA is concentrating on preserving the wetland
at this point, and not interested in pointing fingers, but I want to.  I
want Creekside Church to be held accountable by our community and their
church community for this callous, purposeful act.  Their decision to drain
the pond has likely caused the demise of many of the turtles and frogs that
inhabited that pond, including several overwintering Midland Painted
Turtles, part of the criteria used to determine whether or not this pond
should earn significant amphibian and turtle breeding candidate status.

My concern now is how long will it take to get water back into the pond,
and will we agree with what the GRCA considers to be acceptable water
levels.

Very frustrating process.

Deb Swidrovich

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 4:11 PM, butterflybluelu <butterflybluelu at rogers.com
> wrote:

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> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Knapper, Amanda (MOECC)" <Amanda.Knapper at ontario.ca>
> Date: 07-23-2015 3:55 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: butterflybluelu at rogers.com
> Cc: "Brooks, Susan (MOECC)" <Susan.L.Brooks at ontario.ca>
> Subject: 2015-1794 - Wetland - Creekside Church, 660 Conservation Drive
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>  Dear Ms. Lanteigne:
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> Please find attached a response to your letter to the Minister of the
> Environment and Climate Change.
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> Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
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