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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As a gentle response,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> First,
thank you Lulu for all your research, insights & courage to share them with
decision makers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> Second,
I have some concerns when situations escalate beyond showing up, rational
debate & presenting petitions of support. Democracy allows other opinions
to be on the table, the majority to rule, etc. “Losing it.” In a
public place scares me & I am sure scares others away because extreme
emotion is so very volatile. Over escalating & over personalizing drains
away audience attention from the big picture, the slow, democratic process
& the consensus building needed for long term solutions. Losing a battle is
not the same as losing the war! This situation has come up in some of the
candidate debates on Rogers TV. In my opinion, it is a time for the many to
think carefully not for the few to scream madly. We need to be a persistent but
reasoned voice for environmental sustainability, To lead the way we need
followers!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> Third,
over care of others sometimes means we are not taking enough care of ourselves.
Lulu take care. Trust that the weigh of the world is a shared weight & many
are contributing. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>With thoughtful consideration,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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all-bounces@gren.ca [mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Louisette Lanteigne<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> September 21, 2010 10:42 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> all@gren.ca<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [All] Challenges we still
face on Source Protection</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi folks<br>
<br>
Last night the city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kitchener</st1:place></st1:City>
approved building a gas bar with car wash to be built over top a sensitive
well head protection area within 500 meters of Strasburg Creek. The runoff
from the car wash is intended to discharge into sewers, the related chloride
of road salts from the cars will end up in the Grand because they can't
remove it. The Fuel storage is supposedly going to be placed "above the
water line" using a fiber glass tank, but the land has not been subject
to an EIS study. The zoning was given back in 1987 so the ecological
constraints are set to those standards.<br>
<br>
Well over a hundred signed the petition against it, all delegates opposed it
except for Mr. Brittan who was representing the group. No regional hydrology
staff or GRCA were present. Council said the GRCA approved this, and council
Vrbanic stated that even with todays laws it would still technically be a use
allowed for this location. Kelly Galloway stated that conflicts with what she
was told by Regional Staff. According to the current ROPP it would not be
allowed but the ministry has yet to fully approve that ROPP so it doesn't
stick yet.<br>
<br>
Citizens tried to put a delay on the project stating more info is needed, why
not let the next council participate in this decision but no delay was given.
They simply approved of it with the only opposition from Ms. Wiley and Ms.
Galloway.<br>
<br>
When Mr.Gazolla started speaking of his confidence of developers to be able
to responsibly construct this project in this area I lost it. I stood up,
showed him my the iron suppliments my doctor ordered me to take to make up
for the chronic anemia I have from all the bloody episodes of e coli that I
endured in my subdivision. The result of poor planning has changed the
biological composition of my blood. I stormed out of there so angry. They
just don't get it. They have not actualized the risk.<br>
<br>
The technical manual as produced by the MOE clearly identifies projects of
this nature as a "threat to drinking water quality". I told them in
my speech how all the legislation I've reviewed from the Clean Water Act, the
Ontario Source Protection Act, the PPS, ROPP, Kitchener OPP, there is no way
this project can reasonably be viewed as compliant. Seriously, if any of
those pipes sink or shift for either the car wash or the gas station it's
contamination. They just don't get it<br>
<br>
The City planners and city council are woefully undereducated on the bona
fide risks and they give absolutely no regard to any legislation outside of
the outdated planning policies of this project. They don't know or understand
what other options exist.<br>
<br>
At this time we are sitting along a fault line where on one side there has
been extraordinary scientific advancements that can identify ecological and
hydrological risks and develop policy strategies to avert them. On the other
side there are past plans and associated fiscal investments pushing the
ecological limits to advance forward. It's a time of opposing and conflicting
values, opposing and conflicting long term economic and environmental visions.
To add to the sense of horror, the educated public is witnessing these
economic projects come to fruition going beyond environmental constraints. We
can see the damages at the local level with <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Elmira</st1:place></st1:City>, Northstar, leaky landfills etc.
Then at the national level we have Tar Sands, the Gulf Oil spill. The
trust in government working for the good will of the people has been
shattered at every level we have a gross disconnect between municipal
objectives and the public. <br>
<br>
It's easy to blame council, but on the flip side, the latest ROPP is amazing.
Our policies are trying catch up to science and make everyone happy while
trying to avert fiscal disaster associated with previous investments. <br>
<br>
Maybe GREN needs to create a panel to consult with ministry officials and
planners to see if we can create ways to intervene with past planning that
poses a risk if only to bump up mitigation strategies. If we created a report
like that we can distribute this widely, not only our region but others. <br>
<br>
Politicans across <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ontario</st1:place></st1:State>
need access to options like this otherwise these crazy things are going to
continue over and over again. Reactionary approaches are weakest but in
providing strategies,knowledge that can be used, to address these types of
issues, now that's the path to creating real solutions. <br>
<br>
Lulu :0)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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