<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">----- Forwarded Message ----<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Colleen Sargeant <CSargeant@regionofwaterloo.ca><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, April 28, 2011 10:47:39 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> <br></font><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font
style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"></span></span></font>Dear Council members<br><br>Here is a quick video showing how Urban Sprawl contributes to Tornadoes. <br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/urbanstorm/">http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/urbanstorm/</a><br><br>To the west,
the Waterloo Moraine acts to cool the air and as long as our urban core retains tree coverage and natural areas our risks of severe storms are reduced but if we pave over large sections of land, such as the new mega mall on Ira Needles, it will put us at a greater risk of more intense storms. More pavement, more dark asphalt rooftops, more heat being emitted upwards. This is one reason why it is imperative to protect and preserve areas like<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Hidden Valley </span>and the<span style="font-weight: bold;"> U of W ecological reserve</span>. We need to plant trees and allow natural open spaces to cool air currents rising from the ground up to prevent the risks. We need to protect groundwater volumes to protect our atmospheric temperatures. Quarry pits and sprawl will add more heat and bigger storms to our area unless we plan appropriately. <br><br>Last year I made a video last year warning about the Tornado risk
increases associate with the Ira Needles mall which I shared with provincial officials. It's on You Tube here:<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yWAjp11dnA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yWAjp11dnA</a><br><br>I am very much concerned with the impacts of the proposed West Side Lands in regards to this matter and all the properties sitting directly adjacent to the country side line because this is a dramatic delineation of natural to urban. Before the West Side Lands were approved, the tree line of ESPA 19 and the fields of Vista Hills served to cool the air naturally but if we heat things up at this particular location with roadways, housing and cover up the primary recharge we will have greater atmospheric changes at this point simply because this is the property that sits adjacent to the moist cool air coming off of the protected sections of the moraine. Perhaps we can plan more gradual transitions
including measures such as intensified
tree coverage to subdivisions adjacent to the Country Side Line and bump up impervious surfaces it would help to reduce the risks. Wetlands and recharge areas serve as nature's air conditioners. Keep things cool. <br><br><br>Thank you kindly for your time.<br><br>Louisette Lanteigne<br>700 Star Flower Ave.<br>Waterloo Ontario<br>N2V 2L2<br></div>
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