<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span>Hello everyone</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>The Region of Waterloo is currently appealing the OMB decision. The story was just released. Details here: </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><a
href="http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/877864--region-appeals-omb-decision">http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/877864--region-appeals-omb-decision</a><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>On December 7th I sent a letter to the Ontario Municipal Board regarding concerns for potential conflict of interest with OMB chair Susan Schiller. She was the board member who worked on two different West Side Lands cases. </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Today I received a response from the Attorney General's office who informed me they are sending notice of the concern to the Executive chair of the OMB, Ms. Tanaka.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Below is the response I received and under that is the original email I sent regarding the potential bias. </font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Paul Pupolo</font></span> was the President of Planning and Engineering Initiatives Limited (PEIL) <span style="background-color: transparent;">is currently the Chair of the Waterloo Economic Development Committee and is a Associate/General Manager of the Kitchener Office of IBI Group from 2007 til present. IBI was one of the firms who helped abolish the country side line recently at the OMB. He and his wife both worked for IBI at the time Susan Shiller chaired our OMB process for the West Side Lands. She was a special consultant for IBI at the time.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color:
transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Details below. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Lulu</font></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><span>________________________________________________________</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Louisette Lanteigne</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">700 Star Flower Avenue</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Waterloo, ON N2V 2L2</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:karg_12@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:karg_12@hotmail.com" style="color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline: 0px;"><font
color="blue"><u>butterflybluelu@rogers.com</u></font></a></div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dear Ms. Lanteigne:</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Thank you for your recent email regarding the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). The Policy and Adjudicative Tribunals Division has been asked to respond on behalf of the Ministry of the Attorney General.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;">The OMB is an adjudicative tribunal that sets its procedures and makes decisions independently of government. To maintain this independence, neither the Attorney General nor
Ministry officials can interfere in, or comment on, the OMB’s processes or individual cases.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;">As you are aware, the <i>Ontario Municipal Board Act</i> provides for any OMB order or decision to be filed with the Superior Court of Justice, at which point it is enforceable as a judgment or order of the Court.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;">We have taken the liberty of forwarding your email to Lynda Tanaka, Executive Chair of the OMB, so that Ms. Tanaka may be aware of your concerns.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We appreciate you taking the time to share your comments with us.</div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family:
'Times New Roman';"> </div><div style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;">Policy and Adjudicative Tribunals Division<br>Ministry of the Attorney General</div></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> ----- 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> "ontario.municipal.board@ontario.ca" <ontario.municipal.board@ontario.ca> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 7, 2012 3:50:52 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Concerns for Potential Conflict of Interest of Board Chair<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv2125936034"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_148 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_152" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">Hello</div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_148 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_152" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;
background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_148 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_152" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">I wanted to inform the OMB about potential conflict of interest regarding two OMB processes that took place in the city of Waterloo Ontario regarding OMB appeal PL071044 and <span style="font-size:12pt;">PL091182. Both of these hearings involved a proposed
subdivision known as Vista Hills which is a property owned by </span><span style="font-size:12pt;">Louise Pupolo, wife of Paul Pupolo and fellow employee of a planning firm called IBI. Mrs. Pupolo's husband is the Associate/General Manager of the Kitchener Office of IBI group and has been since October 2007 as noted online here: </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/paul-f-puopolo/27/633/b6" style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;">http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/paul-f-puopolo/27/633/b6</a><span style="font-size:12pt;"> and Louise is the graphic designer for IBI as seen here: </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/louise-puopolo/8/65b/29" style="font-size:12pt;">http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/louise-puopolo/8/65b/29</a></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_148 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_152" style="font-family: arial,
helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_148 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_152" style="background-color:transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Both of these hearings had Susan de Avellar Shiller as the chair who provided the final rulings in regards to these hearings. I found the following information online which states: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 23px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;">Susan de Avellar Schiller was a Special Consultant at the Center for Collaborative Policy and a Senior Consultant for the IBI Group. </span></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_148 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_152" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color:
transparent;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pas.gov.on.ca/scripts/en/bios.asp?boardID=682&persID=158559" class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_150 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_154" style="color: rgb(223, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">http://www.pas.gov.on.ca/scripts/en/bios.asp?boardID=682&persID=158559</a><br></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_151 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_155" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_155 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_159" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In
spite of the potential conflict of interest she provided the final ruling for OMB case
PL071044 and you can note that Louise Pupulo's name is listed as a party in the final ruling: </font><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://city.waterloo.on.ca/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/DS_DEVAPPROV_documents/OMBWestside.pdf" class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_157 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_161" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;">http://city.waterloo.on.ca/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/DS_DEVAPPROV_documents/OMBWestside.pdf</a></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_155 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_159" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_155 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_159" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;"><span
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yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_183" style="font-size:12pt;">Later on Ms. Schiller was acting as chair in the final hearing of PL091182 which I was involved with again, regarding these same properties on May 6, 2010 and once again she failed to declare conflict of interest in spite of the fact Louise Pupolo is still named as a party. </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/pl091182-May-06-2010.pdf" style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;">http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/pl091182-May-06-2010.pdf</a><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span><span class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_181 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_185" style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;"> </span></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_155 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_159" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
12pt; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_17_1354499077839_204 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_215 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_219" style="padding:0px 0px 10px;background-color:transparent;"><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Is there a set protocol to address conflict of interest concerns to assure a fair and reasonable process. Was Ms. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Schiller</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> allowed to choose her case or was it assigned to her. If it was assigned I would like to know by whom it was assigned.</span></span></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_17_1354499077839_204 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_215 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_219"
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: transparent;"><span style="line-height:18px;"><br></span></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_17_1354499077839_204 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_217 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_221" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: transparent;"><span style="line-height:18px;">Thank you kindly for your time. </span></div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_219 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_223" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: transparent;"><br>Louisette Lanteigne</div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_220 yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354910542373_224" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0px 0px 10px;
background-color: transparent;">700 Star Flower Ave.,</div><div class="yiv2125936034yui_3_7_2_18_1354499077839_221
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