<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1558479331">Hello Gren <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="yiv1558479331bodyDrftID" class="yiv1558479331"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1558479331drftMsgContent" style="font:inherit;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#800000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Point of clairification</span></font></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The city of Waterloo has approved the community gardens</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> but are clarifying the funding and programs currently. Karen Scian just got in touch with me on this. Good news there. My apology for the previous mix up. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"
 style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MUNICIPAL NEWS</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br>It's the end of summer, many folks aren't home so of course at the municipal level, there is PLENTY happening. Key reports (lots of environmental ones), request for public input and more are all happening at once so here is the low down based on municipality. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">CITY OF WATERLOO:</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">City of Waterloo wants public input on forming </span><span class="yiv1558479331Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, serif; "><span
 class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">an operating budget for 2011,  2012-2014 forecast, as well as a 2011 capital budget and forecast for 2012-2020. Many ways to give feedback including online survey. Details here:</span></span></div><div><span class="yiv1558479331Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=78&mid=526&def=News%20Article%20View&ItemId=1331"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=78&mid=526&def=News%20Article%20View&ItemId=1331</span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The City of Waterloo wants public input via a short survey to find out where to install new bike parking shelters and
 what to put on their new bike trail map.  Details here:</span></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=2607"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=2607</span></a></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Everything you need to know about
 the Waterloo Municipal Election is here:</span></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=2524"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=2524</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Emerald Ash Borer is in Waterloo Region. Info page on this is here:</span></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=2639"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.city.waterloo.on.ca/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=2639</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">CITY OF KITCHENER:</span></b></div><div><span
 class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New "AIR QUALITY IN KITCHENER" report receives support:<br></span></div><div><span class="yiv1558479331Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 16px; "><h1 style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;line-height:30px;color:rgb(17, 91, 53);font-weight:bold;"><span class="yiv1558479331Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cityofkitchener.icreate.kitchener.ca/en/newslist/index.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://cityofkitchener.icreate.kitchener.ca/en/newslist/index.aspx</span></a></span></h1><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><font
 class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Kitchener Cycling Master Plan has been endorsed by Committee</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://cityofkitchener.icreate.kitchener.ca/en/newslist/index.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://cityofkitchener.icreate.kitchener.ca/en/newslist/index.aspx</span></a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span
 class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For Kitchener Election Info visit here:</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://app.kitchener.ca/election/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://app.kitchener.ca/election/</span></a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">City of Cambridge:</span></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><meta http-equiv="content-type"
 content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For Cambridge Election Info visit here:</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://www.cambridge.ca/article.php?sid=222"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://www.cambridge.ca/article.php?sid=222</span></a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">CITY OF GUELPH:</span></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
 small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; border-collapse: collapse; "><font class="title" style="font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Landmark District Energy Feasibility Study Evaluates Potential Clean Energy Projects for Guelp</span></i></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">h</span></i></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font><font class="subtitle" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span"
 style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">District Energy study provides a roadmap for city planners considering combined heat and power plants as part of their sustainable energy planning for communitie</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s</span></font></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; border-collapse: collapse; "><font class="subtitle" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://guelph.ca/newsroom_display.cfm?itemID=79124"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://guelph.ca/newsroom_display.cfm?itemID=79124</span></a></font></font></span></font></div><div><font
 class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; border-collapse: collapse; "><font class="title" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Guelph Hydro to Lead the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Implementation of Sustainable Energy Projects for the City of Guelph</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: </span></font><font class="subtitle" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rooftop solar, biogas and district energy being explored under the Community Energy
 Initiativ</span></font><font class="subtitle" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(60, 60, 60); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">e</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><b><a href="http://guelph.ca/newsroom_display.cfm?itemID=79114"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://guelph.ca/newsroom_display.cfm?itemID=79114</span></a></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>OTHER NEWS:</b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
 small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">IN WOOLWICH, Tonight at 6:30</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Elmira Bio Fuel Citizen’s Committee (BFCC)  is hosting a meeting against a proposed the biogas plant in Woolwich at the Woolwich Memorial Centre tonight starting at 6:30. To read a recent article about this visit here:</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a
 href="http://observerxtra.com/2/news/biogas-opponents-rally-for-support/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://observerxtra.com/2/news/biogas-opponents-rally-for-support/</span></a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The Draft Grand River Watershed Assessment Report is now available for public comment:  </font></span></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height:
 normal; font-size: small; ">New maps, new data by region, new risks identified. This is a major report for anyone who is interested in source water protection. View contents here: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); font-family: arial; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size: small; "><a href="http://www.sourcewater.ca/index/document.cfm?sec=7&sub1=8&sub2=1">http://www.sourcewater.ca/index/document.cfm?sec=7&sub1=8&sub2=1</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">To share feedback on the report or to attend the meetings regarding this data visit here:</font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><a href="http://www.sourcewater.ca/index/document.cfm?Sec=7&Sub1=8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
 small;">http://www.sourcewater.ca/index/document.cfm?Sec=7&Sub1=8</span></a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><br></span></font></div></span></div><div><h1><span id="yiv1558479331altHeadline"><span class="yiv1558479331Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Video Recommendation: Lisa Margonelli: The political chemistry of oil</span></span></span></h1><h1><span id="yiv1558479331altHeadline"><span class="yiv1558479331Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: small; ">Only 4% of the world's population uses 25% of the world's oil. Gas stations are trying to brainwash consumers into feeling that refilling is a fun experience which is why gas tank machines are now designed to look like ATM's and why
 stations look more appealing these days. One
 gallon of gas purchased results in 29 cents in related health care costs. To learn of this and more more view the video here: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_margonelli_the_political_chemistry_of_oil.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_margonelli_the_political_chemistry_of_oil.html</a></span></span></h1></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Have a good one folks</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lulu :0)</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></table>