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<DIV>Thanks for that pic re the shaking hands consultants. Right
on.$$$$$$ to be made. Ginny</DIV>
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<A title=butterflybluelu@rogers.com
href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com">Louisette Lanteigne</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [All] The meeting at RIM re:
strategic plan</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>Hi folks<BR><BR>The Chronicle wrote an article about the
previous planning sessions saying the Environment was taking a high
priority but that it was mainly due to "students" participating in the
planning process. Well this evening the only student there was my
daughter Samantha and the rest of the folks were 40 on up and still the
environment came out as the main issue closely followed by the
LRT.<BR><BR>The group discussion was focused mainly on the five criteria
as outlined by the city's guidelines followed with a series of topics on
which to give comment using the electronic devices. 1 means it's a top
priority, 9 is least. People were visibly frustrated by a couple of the
questions due to the double meanings of some of the wording. For
example, one question asked if the city should be more pro active in
regards to the clearing of sidewalks. Some didn't know if that would
mean giving more tickets to our retired 80 year old home owners for not
clearing snow soon enough or if that meant they supported the city
taking the responsibility to clear city sidewalks faster. There were a
few topics of that nature that left you wondering if this is a concept
to support in principal or will this issue would actually increase our
tax base. Some of the topics were CLEARLY under regional jurisdiction
but we were told that the answers we give would help shape the city's
views on those topics which left me wondering why we were not actually
prioritizing shaping policy of the city's actual jurisdiction. It is the
CITY'S planning strategy after all. Although they added constraints to
limit public input, they should have used those same constraints to keep
their process on topic and relevant to city based policy
formation.<BR><BR>Either way, the cookies were good so I'm happy. I've
included a poster in the attachments that might be good for a smile.
<BR><BR>Have a good one folks.<BR><BR>Lulu :0)<BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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