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<DIV>We're welcome to attend the public meetings. Below is the note from Mr. Hodgins. Just making sure we could attend. <IMG src="http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/03.gif"></DIV>
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<DIV>Lulu :0)<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 1/29/10, Eric Hodgins <I><EHodgins@regionofwaterloo.ca></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Eric Hodgins <EHodgins@regionofwaterloo.ca><BR>Subject: RE: Request for permission to attend public meeting<BR>To: "'Louisette Lanteigne'" <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><BR>Cc: "'Sharon.Bailey@ontario.ca'" <Sharon.Bailey@ontario.ca>, "'commissioner@eco.on.ca'" <commissioner@eco.on.ca>, "'davidwellhauser@yahoo.ca'" <davidwellhauser@yahoo.ca>, "'jgerretsen.mpp@liberal.ola.org'" <jgerretsen.mpp@liberal.ola.org>, "'dcansfield.mpp@liberal.ola.org'" <dcansfield.mpp@liberal.ola.org>, "'ScarpF@parl.gc.ca'" <ScarpF@parl.gc.ca><BR>Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 3:23 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ms. Lanteigne.</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The meetings are public meetings. They will be advertised in the paper. We will also be directly inviting those people who own property within the protection area to come to the meeting.</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The purpose of the meetings is to discuss the vulnerability mapping related to the Clean Water Act. We will not be presenting any mitigation strategies at this time as they have not been developed. This will be completed by 2012 in accordance with the Clean Water Act. We will also not be discussing in any way protection of the Waterloo or Galt Moraines.</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Eric Hodgins, M.Sc., P.Geo.</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Manager Hydrogeology and Source Water</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Regional Municipality of Waterloo</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">150 Frederick Street, 7th Floor</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Kitchener, ON, N2G 4J3</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">(p) 519-575-4434</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">(f) 529-575-4452</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Kevin Eby <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 29, 2010 11:19 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Eric Hodgins<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fw: Request for permission to attend public meeting</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">: Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com> <BR><B>To</B>: Kevin Eby; Sharon.Bailey@ontario.ca <Sharon.Bailey@ontario.ca>; commissioner@eco.on.ca <commissioner@eco.on.ca>; davidwellhauser@yahoo.ca <davidwellhauser@yahoo.ca> <BR><B>Cc</B>: jgerretsen.mpp@liberal.ola.org <jgerretsen.mpp@liberal.ola.org>; dcansfield.mpp@liberal.ola.org <dcansfield.mpp@liberal.ola.org>; ScarpF@parl.gc.ca <ScarpF@parl.gc.ca> <BR><B>Sent</B>: Fri Jan 29 11:13:11 2010<BR><B>Subject</B>: Request for permission to attend public meeting </SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hello Mr. Eby</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>In Today's Kitchener Waterloo Record, the front page featured the following article:</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Region targets 2,655 properties that could pose threat to groundwater</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><A href="http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/664119" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/664119</A></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>In the article it states the following passage: </DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM>The </EM><STRONG><I>province </I></STRONG><EM>has told planners not to publicly identify properties that could threaten groundwater. </EM><STRONG><I>Owners</I></STRONG><EM> will be invited to a series of public meetings this spring, to explain next steps.</EM> </DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Based on the wording of today's article it was unclear if it would be a meeting open to only property owners or the general public. Please email me to clarify that.</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>David Wellhauser of Waterlooians and I, among others, applied for a Waterloo Moraine Protection Act using the Environmental Bill of Rights. We are active community volunteers who have spent years educating the public about the Waterloo Moraine and the need to establish better source water protection. If this meeting is only for property owners, I would like to ask Regional Staff and/or the Provincial Ministers if we may be privy to this series of public meetings in order to better understand the issues and to observe what sorts of mitigation strategies are proposed. </DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>As NGO's, Mr. Wellhauser and I have a quite a wide communication network working with various Government agencies and conservation groups. In understanding what Waterloo Region views as potential risks and how they can be circumvented, we can better advocate for stronger source water protection policies at the provincial and federal levels. Our goal is to get more communities looking at similar issues in their respective jurisdictions in order to protect and preserve their water supplies. </DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Please respond by email if our attendance to these workshops would be acceptable.</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I would like to thank Regional Staff for taking the initiative for looking into this matter. It is an excellent thing to do and it is my sincere hope that other communities will follow this example including Guelph along the Galt Paris Moraine System.</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Thank you kindly for your time and your continued efforts in protecting this valuable resources. It is greatly appreciated. </DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Yours sincerely,</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Louisette Lanteigne</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>700 Star Flower Ave.</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Waterloo Ontario</DIV></DIV>
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