<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-size: 10pt; ">Hi everyone</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; ">Thank you Kevin for filling us in. I was worried. </div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; ">I saw this article from the New Hamburg Independent that states <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; ">Wilmot’s director of planning Harold O’Krafka</span> is hoping to table a report in September to ask the region to initiate an environmental impact study as soon as possible to pave through the ESL arguing that the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; ">Wilmot Line is the only road within the ESL that isn’t
paved. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; ">If no significant impacts are found, the township could be given a green light to tar and chip the road surface through the ESL. The full article is online here:</span><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/news/paving-wilmot-line-sparks-growing-animosity-between-city-and-township/"
style="color: blue !important; text-decoration: underline !important; cursor: text !important; ">http://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/news/paving-wilmot-line-sparks-growing-animosity-between-city-and-township/</a></span><br></span></font><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I've checked the city council minutes up to September and didn't specifically see data on this in the minutes but it might we worth checking out what the current status of this situation is.</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> I would like to suggest
that GREN take a position on this issue and p repair a delegate to present on the issue when the time comes. The next council meeting is scheduled for Oct. 17th. </span></font></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Lulu </span></font></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>