<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">HI folks<br>
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System wide policy failures are being observed throughout Ontario in regards to Threatened Jefferson Salamanders at risk.<br>
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We have the Mount Nemo Quarry putting them at risk with an OMB process
underway. The MNR DECLINED to get involved with that hearing.<br>
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Locally we have Hidden Valley at risk by way of the proposed River Road Extension and staff want to secure Kill permits for this site. <br>
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We also have a kill permit request listed in the Environmental Bill of
Right's Registry submitted by a housing firm building in Doon South.<br>
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Now the latest info re: Jeff's at risk comes from the Oakridges Moraine. Details below.<br>
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Lulu<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 5/23/11, Carrie Hoffelner <i><carrie.hoffelner@sympatico.ca></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Carrie Hoffelner <carrie.hoffelner@sympatico.ca><br>Subject: CASA/Gormley West - 400 homes to start +then 1800 more (bounded by Bayview, Bethesda, Leslie and Stouffville Road) Town Council Meeting May 24, 2011<br>To: carrie.hoffelner@sympatico.ca<br>Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 9:50 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">My apologies if you are receiving this email more than once and the short<br>notice. Please let your neighbours know.<br><br> <br><br>Your Voice Is Needed<br><br> <br><br>Oak Ridges, Ward 1 is the site of the most environmentally sensitive,<br>biodiverse and highly protected areas of the Oak Ridges Moraine.<br><br> <br><br>As a result of the efforts of residents, community members and environmental<br>groups, the
Province passed the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and Plan<br>(ORMCA) in 2001. This would not have happened without people like you who<br>are concerned about their community. That is why I am writing to you. Your<br>voice is needed now.<br><br> <br><br>The Proposed Developments<br><br> <br><br>The proposed developments abut natural core and natural linkage areas of the<br>Moraine - the highest level of protection conferred by ORMCA.<br><br> <br><br>To carry out these developments, the developer needs water and sewer lines<br>to traverse the natural core and natural linkage areas. Storm water<br>overflow will be diverted to Lake Wilcox and also drain into Catfish Pond.<br><br> <br><br>The development will destroy 6 hectares of the habitat of the Jefferson<br>Salamander, a threatened species. <br><br> <br><br>There are other issues as well.<br><br> <br><br>The Prior OMB Hearing<br><br> <br><br>At a prior OMB hearing in
respect of these very lands, the OMB ruled that<br>planning must occur for the entire concession block and that an<br>environmental assessment needed to be carried out for consideration of all<br>servicing alternatives. This ruling was supported by both the developer and<br>the Town.<br><br> <br><br>Now, the developer is seeking approval for only the western part of the<br>lands at Bayview and Bethesda, without regard to ORMCA or the prior OMB<br>ruling and without an environmental assessment or meeting the tests required<br>by the ORMCA. Predictably, the Town appears to be inclined to acquiesce to<br>the developer's approach. <br><br> <br><br>By splitting the developments and proceeding in this fashion, the developer<br>and the Town will be disregarding both ORMCA and the prior OMB ruling.<br><br> <br><br>Tell Town Council<br><br> <br><br>* they should be a champion of ORMCA, as opposed to
participating to<br>undermine it<br><br>* to comply with the OMB ruling they themselves sought<br><br>* to carry out the required environmental assessment<br><br> <br><br>at the council tomorrow night (Tuesday, May 24th at 7:30 p.m.). To put your<br>name on the delegations list, you will need to send an email to<br><a ymailto="mailto:clerks@richmondhill.ca" href="/mc/compose?to=clerks@richmondhill.ca">clerks@richmondhill.ca</a> by noon tomorrow. Alternatively, you can express<br>your views by sending a letter or an email to Town Council.<br><br> <br><br>May 24th Council Meeting<br><br> <br><br>Council Chambers<br><br>Town of Richmond Hill<br><br>225 East Beaver Creek, at Leslie Street<br><br> <br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Carrie <br><br>905-773-7700<br><br>416-454-8810 cell<br><br>This message is privileged and confidential and intended only for the<br>recipient. Do
not forward this email without my written permission. If you<br>have received this email in error, delete it from your computer and do not<br>print it out.<br><br> <br><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table>