<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>Hello Everyone</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Tonight is an openhouse re: Strasburg Road Extention, a project involving Jefferson Salamanders, fisheries etc. The openhouse takes place tonight from 6-8pm at Huron Heights Secondary School at 1825 Strasburg Rd in Kitchener. This is the 3rd public form regarding this Class EA schedule C process. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">In the public notice the city of Kitchener has clearly failed to disclosed what phase of the EA process we are in, stage 1,2,3,4 or 5 but once the </font>preferred<font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> option has been identified to the public, citizens can proceed to contact the Environment Minister directly for a "Part II order request" which is a written request to the minister to call for a review of any outstanding environmental issues that may remain. In the attachments is a ministry document showing how to craft a Part II request for your reference. I got it from the following website here: </font><a href="http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/resources/STDPROD_082313.html">http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/resources/STDPROD_082313.html</a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">You can use this process to address any Class EA process that impacts sensitive ecological areas. ie: Road and infrastructure projects. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> Part II orders can address risks to water
features, fisheries, rare species etc. </font> </div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div>When it comes to the Endangered Species Act 2007 the most CURRENT LAW APPLIES. This provincial law cannot be "grandfathered" to an older, less protective version. The government deals with these matters as an immediate threat so current law stands. This information was confirmed to me by Senior MNR policy advisor Gail Jackson on October 6, 2011. T</div><div><br></div><div>he Endangered Species Act protects threatened and endangered species and their habitats too. The definition of Jefferson Salamander habitat in Ontario according to the Endangered Species Act as consolidated on July 1 2011 states: </div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><div class="headnote-e"
style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; page-break-after: avoid; font-weight: bold; "><b>Jefferson salamander habitat</b></div><div class="section-e" style="margin-top: 0pc; margin-right: 0pc; margin-left: 0pc; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: 30pt; "><b><a name="P594_72490" style="text-decoration: none; "></a><a name="s28" style="text-decoration: none; "></a><a name="BK37" style="text-decoration: none; "></a><a href="http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/french/elaws_regs_080242_f.htm#s28" style="text-decoration: underline; color: blue; ">28.</a> </b>For the purpose of clause (a) of the definition of "habitat" in subsection 2 (1) of the Act, the following areas are prescribed as the habitat of the Jefferson salamander:</div><div class="paragraph-e" style="margin-top: 0pc; margin-right: 0pc;
margin-left: 55.8666666666667pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -20pt; ">1. In the City of Hamilton, the counties of Brant, Dufferin, Elgin, Grey, Haldimand, Norfolk and Wellington and the regional municipalities of Halton, Niagara, Peel, Waterloo and York,</div><div class="subpara-e" style="margin-top: 0pc; margin-right: 0pc; margin-left: 83.6666666666667pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -20pt; ">i. a wetland, pond or vernal or other temporary pool that is being used by a Jefferson salamander or Jefferson dominated polyploid or was used by a Jefferson salamander or Jefferson dominated polyploid at any time during the previous five years,</div><div class="subpara-e" style="margin-top: 0pc; margin-right: 0pc; margin-left: 83.6666666666667pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -20pt; ">ii. an area that is
within 300 metres of a wetland, pond or vernal or other temporary pool described in subparagraph i and that provides suitable foraging, dispersal, migration or hibernation conditions for Jefferson salamanders or Jefferson dominated polyploids,</div><div class="subpara-e" style="margin-top: 0pc; margin-right: 0pc; margin-left: 83.6666666666667pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -20pt; ">iii. a wetland, pond or vernal or other temporary pool that,</div><div class="subsubpara-e" style="margin-top: 0pc; margin-right: 0pc; margin-left: 115.666666666667pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -20pt; ">A. would provide suitable breeding conditions for Jefferson salamanders or Jefferson dominated polyploids,</div><div class="subsubpara-e" style="margin-top: 0pc; margin-right: 0pc; margin-left: 115.666666666667pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family:
'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -20pt; ">B. is within one kilometre of an area described in subparagraph i, and</div><div class="subsubpara-e" style="margin-top: 0pc; margin-right: 0pc; margin-left: 115.666666666667pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -20pt; ">C. is connected to the area described in subparagraph i by an area described in subparagraph iv, and</div><div class="subpara-e" style="margin-top: 0pc; margin-right: 0pc; margin-left: 83.6666666666667pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -20pt; ">iv. an area that provides suitable conditions for Jefferson salamanders or Jefferson dominated polyploids to disperse and is within one kilometre of an area described in subparagraph i. O. Reg. 436/09, s. 1.</div></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"
size="3">If the City or developers will knowingly encroach upon habitat areas, they have to utilize Endangered Species Act section 17 2 c) to request permission from the MNR ministry to allow for the potential destruction of </font>specimens during construction<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">. In layman's terms, they need permission to kill or disrupt habitat. No land augmentations at all can take place without this permit. That is how the law is designed.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The law demands that there be a NET BENEFIT for the species. If one is killed, they must be replaced by two or more live specimens per kill AND they must expand on the delineated protected habitat area to assure the improved survival rates of the remaining specimens in the area. The provincial and federal government are bound by international
treaty to meet their obligations to protect biodiversity and this law is to assure their responsibility towards conservation efforts are reasonably met.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The process to secure a kill permit must pass through several review agencies and Gail Jackson is one of the signing officers for this process. She states the application can take up to 7 years before a permit is issued. It must be signed three times by various review agencies including MNR staff, the deputy minister, the MNR ministers and others. Prior to the issuance of permit the request be posted on the Environmental Bill of Rights Registry for public comment. ALL alternative designs submitted by city planners, developers AND the public can be reviewed at this phase and the decision that best balances needs of the threatened/endangered species and
planning needs can be implemented. If there is no reasonable way to secure a net benefit of the species. the request will be denied. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">That's it in a nutshell. If you go to council this evening, bring a camera to photograph the displays for reference that can be submitted during a Part II request as evidence if need be. See if a Part II order request is warranted and gather the data at this open house to support your claim and go from there.</font></div><div><br></div><div>Anytime you feel the need to voice concerns for threatened and endangered species, you should contact the Guelph MNR about the concern to give them the heads up. The contact person for this is Ian Thornton at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">(519) 826-4955.</span></div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps!</div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Lulu :0)</font></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div></div></body></html>