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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Kevin,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Randy makes the same points that Cambridge
residents do. I didn't see anything in your response though as to why the
townships and Cambridge residents should support this. Doug Craig no
matter what any person in Cambridge or elsewhere thinks of him as mayor, IS
speaking on behalf of the Cambridge taxpayer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The cost of 790,000 was back four years ago.
It was rushed through ( I was there that night), with Jane Mitchell walking out
because regional council was told they had to vote on it that night without
proper evaluation of the project. She refused to be part of such a
rushed and costly decision. They were told the funding deadline was
imminent. The price has escalated since then (and that is without the 10 -
25% cost over runs), but no one wants to talk about that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cambridge and the townships were left out
that night as well. The excuse is that we don't have a high enough bus
ridership. We don't have high ridership because we HAVE to use our
cars. The buses don't run when & where we want them to. A
personal example; I have to drive my staff to the I Express bus stop if we work
overtime after 5:00 and today Saturday, there are no buses into the industrial
area where my company is located. Since he worked overtime today, he had
to get someone to drive him from his home by Huron Rd and pick him up
again. Across the street is a call centre with 1,000's of employees and
one of their biggest problems is the buses.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need employees to be able to get to and from work
without having to drive them myself. It's not enough to say Cambridge will
get an upgraded bus system but that they should pay the same amount as Kitchener
and Waterloo residents for the LRT. We should have had a good bus system
years ago and yet we are expected to trust that we will eventually get what we
are already paying for and not getting. Would those who support the LRT
support paying for it without Cambridge and township residents helping with
the costs? Or if they do pay equally would KW residents approve of them
getting free bus service in those areas? In other words, what would KW
residents be willing to give to the townships and Cambridge to make this
equitable?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Even if it were to be built now, within 30 years
there will have to be upgrades, so to use your projections doesn't seem
feasible. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This isn't just about the environment when a large
portion of the population are left out. It is also about fairness or else
it becomes a situation of the haves and the have nots. What solutions
can be found? Thinking caps please.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jan</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kevinthomason@mac.com href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com">Kevin
Thomason</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=randybmclean@rogers.com
href="mailto:randybmclean@rogers.com">randybmclean@rogers.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 04, 2010 4:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [All] Fw: Rapid Transit
Funding Update</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Randy,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Good points, however with 300,000 more people coming in the next 20 years
we have no choice but to put in the required public transit needed to allow
the city cores to take the majority of the density of the people or the
alternative is that you will no longer be living out in the countryside - you
will be overrun by endless kilometers of urban sprawl like Mississauga, Milton
or Ajax.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>If we want to keep our rural lands and countryside we need to accommodate
these people in the current urban areas and make it appealing to them.
Yes, $800 million is expensive but it is the same cost as a few bridges
over the Grand at $83 million each, or a few kilometers of new expressways
averaging roughly $14 million/per km. Even if we have to come up with
$300 million locally it is still only a few months worth of the $1
billion/year Regional budget and surely we can find a way to come up with it
over the next three decades - the taxes and user fees of the new folks alone
will more than pay for it many times over. Rapid transit is still by far
the cheapest of any of the alternatives - and way better than buses which
won't even take the capacities they are projecting and will still cost almost
$600 million.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>We have to remember that the rapid transit isn't really being built for
any of us here now but for the tens of thousands of people who aren't even
here yet. And don't worry - if we get a successful main-line running
from mall to mall it won't be long until additional lines run from campus to
campus. Just look at all the LRT lines now in Calgary, Portland, or even
emerging cities such as Kuala Lumpur or anywhere in China. If they can
do it successfully so can we.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>What we need to do now is ensure that the LRT or any sort of public
transit improvements don't die because of mis-information, bad media coverage,
or a jealous Doug Craig shutting down the entire project because he isn't
getting trains at the onset like Kitchener or Waterloo. Even the CTV
poll the other day claiming 72% were against the LRT actually was worded more
about about increasing taxes than public transit. It is amazing that
anyone responded that they were willing to pay more taxes let alone 28% saying
they were willing to pay more for better public transit.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>This is going to become the major issue of the election (likely even more
than amalgamation or fluoride). GREN needs to help ensure people
understand the issue, the consequences one way or another, and the
possibilities rather than just getting carried away by a single budget number
taken out of context with no regards to all kinds of other capital
expenditures already underway such as the $500 million in construction
happening in town on our university/college campuses, the $300 million being
spent on new sewage treatment facilities, the $450 million being spent on
roads in just 3 years, the $150 million being spent on GO Transit, the $1.5
billion being proposed for the pipeline to Lake Erie, etc. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Even the $432 per person capital cost of the LRT cited by the Record the
other day only works out to $14.40 per year over the next 30 years.
Surely it is worth $14 each for all the benefits world-class transit
will bring our community be it better air quality, new investment, jobs,
vibrant urban cores, quality of life, protecting our countryside, etc.
The costs of not doing this well will surely be more than $14.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Kevin.</DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>On 2010-09-03, at 8:43 AM, <A
href="mailto:randybmclean@rogers.com">randybmclean@rogers.com</A>
wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif">I
will ask the questions.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif">1/
have major capital, multi-government projects ever had significant overruns
in cost?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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has any government ever backed out of their promise to
finance?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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Living in North Dumfries why do I have to pay for something I see no use for
especially when I only go to Kitchener and Waterloo about 2 times/ month and
Cambridge about 1 time per week?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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Why are these end terminals from shopping mall to shopping mall and not from
education centre to education centre?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif">5/
Does anyone else believe this will never get off the
ground?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca">all-bounces@gren.ca</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca]<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>On Behalf Of<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></B>Robert
Milligan<BR><B>Sent:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>September-03-10 2:16
AM<BR><B>To:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Louisette
Lanteigne<BR><B>Cc:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</A><BR><B>Subject:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Re: [All] Fw: Rapid Transit Funding
Update<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Thanks
Lulu. Really great news, finally, especially because the need to be frugal
can lead to significant technological innovation as in India and China.
See <SPAN class=apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"><A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://forums.treehugger.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8551">http://forums.treehugger.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8551</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>& <A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6762f77a-77de-11df-82c3-00144feabdc0.html">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6762f77a-77de-11df-82c3-00144feabdc0.html</A></SPAN></SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">If
so, things will get even more interesting as the Region hopefully
struggles to avoid designing an LRT system that -- on detailed analysis --
can unfortunately be considered a potentially very costly "white elephant".
I prefer potentially moderately costing successful "green elephants" that
can fly fast (between terminals at Northfield & Ainslie) carrying
many and many types of people on their back while very conservatively (my
tip of the hat to Stephen Harper) using only renewable energy (via
solar cells -- for UltraBattery charging --covering the terminal
areas). <O:P></O:P></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Will
our Regional Government have the necessary insight, vision and wisdom to
dream such a "green elephant" into reality? Or will a dream of a potential
"green elephant" be forced to become a "white elephant" out of conventional
bureaucratic fear of thinking outside-the-box? It is indeed unfortunate that
our Regional Government in not supported in such potential creative
innovation by a community culture of World-class pioneering
innovation!<O:P></O:P></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">I
particularly appreciated the implied openness to some new possibilities in
Chair Ken Seiling's statement, "Now that we know the amount of the federal
and provincial funding,<B>we can proceed to determine the best balance
between available funding and the long-term, best interests of our
community.” </B><O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif"><O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">A
key question is, "To help prevent our community's perceived innovative
potential from being stomped on by a costly "white elephant", what IDEAS
within the current LRT system design need to be enhanced -- with minimum
disruption of the existing Environmental Assessment -- by better
IDEAS (that have become apparent in recent months) for successful
goal realization so as to be of an affordable cost and serve in a<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>timely and equitable</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>manner "the long-term, best
interests of our community.” <O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Robert
(definitely not in support of same old, same old -- unless appropriately
enhanced)<O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">P.S.:
1. Check out first how advanced some key Japanese LRT manufacturers
(especially Kinki Sharyo) are in battery powered LRT vehicles, then second
the now proven UltraBattery that would likely enable my suggested
terminal to terminal on-board (braking enhanced) electrical energy storage
requirements to be met. (The increased demand for air conditioning could be
supplemented by solar cells on the LRT roof and heating for the coldest
days<O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">supplemented
by heaters that burn air pollution free hydrogen [that we produce ourselves
from solar cells over our major land-fill sites].<O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">i) <SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201008250414.html">http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201008250414.html</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>(I've been invited to take a ride
on it when they come to the US in late fall, viz. "</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">We will again
present this vehicle at Innotrans and will have a scale model of the vehicle
in our exhibit. At that time, the whole rail industry will become
aware of the vehicle. We plan to demonstrate this vehicle in Charlotte
NC in the 4<SUP>th</SUP> quarter of this year. If you would like
a ride, let me know.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">"</SPAN></SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">ii) <A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://www.greencarsaregreat.com/blog/east-penn-manufacturing-granted-32-5-million-to-push-for-breakthrough-ultrabattery-in-the-united-states.php6">http://www.greencarsaregreat.com/blog/east-penn-manufacturing-granted-32-5-million-to-push-for-breakthrough-ultrabattery-in-the-united-states.php6</A> (As
East Penn will not be set to manufacture these until 2012, I have suggested
that Kinki Sharyo enhance their demonstration tour vehicle to be
able to switch between their Lithium-ion battery and Furakawa's -- same as
sub-licensee East Penn Mfg.'s --proven UltraBattery which they manufacture
now! Maybe their possible discussions with East Penn will lead to this
initial action.) viz."<SPAN class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">Additionally,
as I explained our vehicle is a platform that can be upgraded with new
technology as it is advanced. ... if East Penn would like to work on a
development with us I will float the idea.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, sans-serif">"</SPAN></SPAN><O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">2.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>I only wish that there was some
way to better reach the community (beyond a measly 200 word, editor
distorted, letter to the Record) with viable green IDEAS for the LRT system
design -- maybe I can create an IDEA to achieve
this.</B><O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Note:
bcc's have been also sent to other parties who might be
interested.<O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">On
2-Sep-10, at 8:55 PM, Louisette Lanteigne wrote:<O:P></O:P></DIV></DIV>
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On<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>Thu, 9/2/10,
RTInfo<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I><<A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:rtinfo@region.waterloo.on.ca">rtinfo@region.waterloo.on.ca</A>></I></B><SPAN
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RTInfo <<A style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:rtinfo@region.waterloo.on.ca">rtinfo@region.waterloo.on.ca</A>><BR>Subject:
Rapid Transit Funding Update<BR>To:<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</A><BR>Date:
Thursday, September 2, 2010, 4:25 PM<O:P></O:P></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">It
is my pleasure to share with you some important news about the Region
of Waterloo’s rapid transit project.<BR><BR>Below you will find the
news release from today's announcement.<BR><BR>Nancy
Button<BR>Director, Rapid Transit<BR><BR><BR>The Government of Canada
announces funding for rapid transit in Waterloo
Region<BR><BR>(September 2, 2010) The Government of Canada will
provide one-third of eligible costs, up to $265 million to support the
construction of the Region's rapid transit project. Prime Minister
Stephen Harper came to Waterloo Region today to make the
announcement.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><BR>“We are pleased that
the Federal government recognizes the importance of the Region’s rapid
transit project, and has made this funding commitment to the initial
phase of the project,” said Regional Chair Ken Seiling.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><BR>In light of the
Federal government’s funding commitment today and the Province of
Ontario’s commitment of $300 million, the Region can now move forward
with the planning of the project’s scope, design details, cost and
Regional funding options. The goal will be to identify the Phase
1 project that provides best value to the community and is affordable
to Regional taxpayers given the available federal and provincial
funding. Regional staff will evaluate various options for
consideration and final decision by Regional Council.<BR><BR>“Now that
we know the amount of the federal and provincial funding, we can
proceed to determine the best balance between available funding and
the long-term, best interests of our community,” said Regional Chair
Ken Seiling.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>
<BR>In June 2009,
based on the extensive evaluation and analysis conducted during the
Rapid Transit Environmental Assessment, Regional
Council:<BR>• Approved a light rail transit (LRT)
system from Waterloo to Cambridge as the Region’s long-term preferred
rapid transit system;<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>•
Recognized that a staged implementation would be required to reflect
the financial resources required and to ensure the best match of
transit technology to ridership and intensification potential;
and<BR>• Approved the initial phase of the project
which includes LRT from Conestoga Mall to Fairview Park Mall and
adapted bus rapid transit from Fairview Park Mall to the Ainslie
Street Terminal in Cambridge.<BR> <SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>For more information on
the rapid transit project, please visit the website at <SPAN
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href="http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/rapidtransit">www.region.waterloo.on.ca/rapidtransit</A>.<BR><BR><BR><O:P></O:P></P></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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