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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>At our GREN meeting on Wednesday we had a presentation by those concerned about the Hanlon Creek proposal in Guelph. We decided to contribute towards a newspaper ad in the Guelph paper expressing concern – especially about the Jefferson Salamander.<BR>
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The next day I met the Guelph Mayor at a meeting in Cambridge. I told her about the meeting the previous evening – not about the ad. She sent me the following message after that. Note especially her comments on the Jefferson Salamander in her 2nd blog.<BR>
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Any comments would be appreciated.<BR>
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John<BR>
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John Jackson<BR>
17 Major Street<BR>
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<BR>
519-744-7503<BR>
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<B>From: </B>Karen Farbridge <<a href="Karen.Farbridge@guelph.ca">Karen.Farbridge@guelph.ca</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:20:31 -0400<BR>
<B>To: </B>John Jackson <<a href="jjackson@glu.org">jjackson@glu.org</a>><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Hanlon Creek Business Park<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Arial">Hello John,</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Nice to see you last week. I hope the rest of the workshop went well.</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Thank you for your interest in seeing some information on the Hanlon Creek Business Park.</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">The realization of this project has involved four terms of Council. While there were several decisions along the way, the final decision by Council to move forward on this project was made in 2006 when the OMB Minutes of Settlement were signed by all parties including the City of Guelph. That alone had a substantive public engagement process and our public process went beyond the minimum requirements of the Planning Act which is our usual practice. Since that time, city staff have moved forward to implement the direction of Council and the conditions of the OMB. To date, $20.5M has been committed with a further $12.5M committed through contractual obligations with two private developers who have partnered with the City. These developers have the legal right to move forward with the development of their property within conditions established by the City, OMB and other approval agencies. As well the City, developers and the Ministry of Transportation Ontario have entered into contractual obligations related to this project.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">The $32M, referenced above, has been debt financed. The funding source for this investment is the sale of the lands. The revenue from the sale of the land will provide much needed capital funds and will release debt financing capacity for other important capital projects in the community.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">A Public Liaison Committee was established through the OMB Minutes of Settlement to provide for continued public input during the development of the project. <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Probably the best thing to do to provide some additional details about the environmental protection, restoration and monitoring is to provide you with three links to postings on my blog. There is a little overlap between the three postings. While I do refer to the term "old growth forest", technically it is not. However, it is a moot point as the heritage grove is being protected.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Of course there is substantially more written on the this issue and many technical reports available on line but you asked for a summary. We continue to work with the GRCA and MNR to ensure we address any issues related to the Endangered Species Act.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><U><a href="http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/07/29/hanlon-creek-business-park-2/">http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/07/29/hanlon-creek-business-park-2/</a></U></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <<a href="http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/07/29/hanlon-creek-business-park-2/">http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/07/29/hanlon-creek-business-park-2/</a>> <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><U><a href="http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/08/07/myths-and-facts-about-hanlon-creek-business-park/">http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/08/07/myths-and-facts-about-hanlon-creek-business-park/</a></U></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <<a href="http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/08/07/myths-and-facts-about-hanlon-creek-business-park/">http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/08/07/myths-and-facts-about-hanlon-creek-business-park/</a>> <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><U><a href="http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/03/20/hanlon-creek-business-park/">http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/03/20/hanlon-creek-business-park/</a></U></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <<a href="http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/03/20/hanlon-creek-business-park/">http://mayorsblog.guelph.ca/2009/03/20/hanlon-creek-business-park/</a>> <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Regards,</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Karen Farbridge</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Mayor</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">City of Guelph</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
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