[All] Regional Official Plan Review Update - Next Steps

[Kevin Thomason]

Hi GREN Folks,

Thank you to everyone who sent letters, made phone calls to Councillors, and appeared as delegations at the Special Regional Council Meeting on the Regional Official Plan Review this past week.  More than two dozen delegations drown out the handful of developers and land speculators threatening to take the Region to the OMB/OLT if they didn’t get all the farmland they want to destroy.  It was fantastic to see so many citizens and organizations from across our community with amazing presentations speaking up for the far more sustainable Growth Option #4 that we are proposing with no urban boundary expansion and no farmland loss.  

It was very clear that there are a lot of concerns with Growth Options #1, #2 and #3.  Hopefully, we can continue to build support for Option #4.  I have attached my presentation below that explains the concerns with the Regional Growth options and the advantages of Option #4.

Next Steps

The action now shifts to all seven area municipalities as they only have three weeks to draft their own Staff Reports, present to their Councils, and get Council approvals for their Preferred Growth Option before the June 15th Regional Council meeting.  We have been busy trying to get information on Option #4 to all area municipalities, Councillors, and Staff so that it can be considered as well.  

We don’t know the dates for most of the municipal meetings yet however, Wellesley Township’s Staff Report recommending Option #2 is already coming to Wellesley Council on Tuesday (May 24th) for approval.  Myself, Mark Reusser and Kevin Eby are already signed up to delegate.  I’m not sure that we need many delegations but it would be fantastic if anyone who lives in Wellesley Township or knows anyone on Wellesley Council can send letters of support for Option #4 in advance of Tuesday.  I think that there is a good chance that we can get Wellesley to seriously consider Option #4 since the amount of land they seeking for the future is so modest.

Please share any questions or ideas and I’ll keep you posted as we learn the dates for the other area municipality meetings.

Cheers,
Kevin.

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1) Regional Meeting Presentation May 18th, 2020 - Overview of ROP Concerns




2) Wellesley E-mail Addresses

Wellesley Clerk - Grace Kosch - gkosch at wellesley.ca
Wellesley Planner - Tim Van Hinte - tvanhinte at wellesley.ca
Mayor Joe Nowak - jnowak at wellesley.ca
Councillor Shelley Wagner - swagner at wellesley.ca
Councillor Herb Neher - hneher at wellesley.ca
Councillor Peter van der Mass - pvandermass at wellesley.ca
Councillor Carl Smit - csmit at wellesley.ca


3) Summary Overview of Option #4




4) Full Option #4 Document



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Kevin Thomason

1115 Cedar Grove Road
Waterloo, Ontario Canada  N2J 3Z4

Phone: (519) 888-0519
Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648
Twitter: @kthomason
E-mail: kevinthomason at mac.com

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