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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hi Susan and ALL. Good for Terry. I am
reminded of the "Save our parks "issue . It <STRONG>seemed</STRONG> that council
in Kit had 'voted' to save the parks. Most of the Kiwanis Group believed
it was a done deal, but I,having had past 'complacency' experiences with such
issues called around to get the key folks to return to council the
following Monday nite for the 'formal vote' ...only a few came out. I
presented and proposed in my 'thank you' speech, that I and WE would be very
happy to participate in the further and designated and "written agreement 'for
the parks future definite protection.' and if a lawyer would be
writing up the decision's agreement to protect in such a way that they can't
attack Kiwanis, Lakeside etc parks again. Basically It was
commented later that I put "thier feet to the fire" I didn't think
of it as that...however <STRONG>they </STRONG>said it was a done protective
deal and I just wanted it in writing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Well guess what ? We found out it was
just a way of pacifying us "at this point in time". There was no
intention of keeping a protective stance on the parks in the future. Mayor
Zehr explained "This council can't make binding decisions for the next
council." My response was "So, I guess there really is no protection
against a future attack on our main parks and parkland." We must be constantly
on the alert.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4> Point being <STRONG>follow
it all the way to the end and last word for assurances.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>But now we have just had an issue in Waterloo where
the law firm of Sorbora took down a whole woodlot for parking space where
the people had thought they had been heard and so kept quiet in the belief that
there beloved trees would "mostly" be saved. Dianne Freeman is gouing to try for
a bylaw or action to notify residents of any change or action to thier
concerns. nobody told them until the chain SAWS WERE
ACTIVATED.. Guess they didn't follow it all the way through and now
the trees are gone in the neighbourhood. This was at Union St </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>My vote would be to contact Terry Pender...if he's
put it on Facebook , he's wanting reaction and to stir folks to such protective
action. Them's my feelings. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>If you do make contact , it would be interesting to
find the cost of flat parking lots with HUGE environmenatal foot prints versus
tiered garages . Ginny</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dandelion@gto.net href="mailto:dandelion@gto.net">Susan Koswan</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">'GREN2'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 28, 2010 9:25 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [All] planning and
bureaucrats</DIV>
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<H6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I
hope it’s not a breach of privacy protocol, but Terry Pender posted this on
facebook:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H6>
<H6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.facebook.com/terry.pender">Terry Pender</A> hears there was
no compromise to the planned demilition (sic) of four historic buildings on
Joseph Street. A closed-door meeting among senior city bureaucrats, the
developer and heritage advocates produced no agreement.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H6>
<H6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">It
reaffirms John’s suggestion that all planning decisions need to be approved by
council. Anything we can do now? It certainly looks like we have an ally with
Terry on this. Should we approach Terry to ask him to dig deeper to see if he
can do a story on bad planning decisions that should have been made public?
Let him know that this is one of the issues we are planning on advocating
for?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H6>
<H6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Should
respond ASAP. Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H6>
<H6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Susan
K<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H6>
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