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<DIV>Hi GREN-</DIV>
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<DIV>The minutes are below and attached.</DIV>
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<DIV>Susan Bryant</DIV>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">GREN Minutes – April 10, 2014</SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">St. John’s Kitchen,
Kitchener</SPAN></P>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">1.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sue Stubley, Guest Presenter re:
Barrie’s Lake and Turtle Campaigns </SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">–
Sue outlined her family’s long struggle to protect Barrie’s Lake and the turtles
there, many of which are killed or injured by traffic every year on Roseville
Road. Most of the Lake is on her family property (83 acres, with 78 acres
designated provincially significant wetland) in North Dumfries, with the rest in
Cambridge, owned by a developer. Currently, the developer is planning a
subdivision with 1200 housing units. Sue’s main concerns are the </SPAN><SPAN
style='COLOR: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: tahoma; mso-fareast-language: en-ca'>possible
deleterious effects of this development on both water quality and the water
balance of the lake and wetlands,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">as well as the likelihood of more traffic killing more
turtles. A few positives have come of their struggles with the GRCA, the Region
and municipal gov’ts over the years, including a reduced speed limit on
Roseville Road, turtle-crossing signs from the Toronto Zoo, a plan to put in
eco-passages in the future, and excellent hospital care for Sue’s mother when
staff discovered her turtle-rescue efforts. </SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">GREN made suggestions: posting info about
turtle-crossing seasons and organizing turtle-watch events to attract tourists
and sympathizers, and pursuing steps through the Species at Risk Act. Jan
Liggett volunteered to draft a letter on behalf of GREN expressing our support
for protecting the area and the turtles. Greg noted that the matter will be
coming to EEAC.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">2.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>GREN’s Role in Municipal Elections
</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">– After discussion, everyone agreed
that GREN should team up with like-minded groups (e.g. Sustainable Waterloo, Kae
Elgie’s Architectural Conservancy of Ontario) to hold an event for candidates to
express their views, listen to ours, field questions. We need people to take the
lead on contacting other groups and organizing. No one at the meeting
volunteered. (Note that Susan Koswan has since volunteered for this task,
responding to the email request sent out April 11.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please contact Susan K if you want to
help.)</SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">3.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Report on WREN/GREN
Meeting</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"> – John J, Kevin T, and Yvonne
F had a fruitful meeting with WREN on April 9, agreeing that WREN and GREN have
differing but complementary strengths and objectives and should therefore
continue to develop a cooperative relationship. The WREN focus is on supportive
services for the broad community, including public communications and outreach,
connecting organizations, and encouraging citizen involvement. WREN does not
take stands on issues but acts as a communication hub. The GREN focus is on
environmental activism and advocacy, including speaking out as GREN on some
issues.</SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>WREN will be registering as a charitable organization and seek funding;
it hopes for funding for a place/space, a Green Hub for meetings, etc. in
addition to providing a digital hub. </SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">WREN proposed that GREN have a member on the WREN
steering committee to facilitate communication and cooperation. The GREN
membership agreed with the direction of the WREN/GREN discussion and urged
ongoing cooperation. John and Kevin will liaise with them; we encourage WREN to
include Cambridge; we discussed options related to the confusing similarity in
the names <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">GREN</I> and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">WREN.</I></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">4.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Professional Engineers’ Code (
Lulu)</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>- deferred to next meeting</SPAN></P>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"></SPAN> </P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">5.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Updates:</SPAN></B></P>
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</SPAN>Headwater Hikes in Greenbelt Proposal </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">– John wrote a letter on behalf of GREN supporting the
proposal. A decision is expected in June. </SPAN></P>
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</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Green Scene TV Show</B> - Susan K
has taped most of the episodes of her 6-part TV program for Rogers, including
one on waste management (Erb St. Landfill visit) and another on the Mannheim
Water Treatment facility. John was a guest on these. No schedule set as yet for
airing.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></B></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>Costco in Waterloo (Kevin)</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"> –
Kevin outlined objections to the planned Costco on Erb St. in Waterloo. If
opened now, this huge facility would run for 4 years on a two-lane road,
snarling traffic in the already busy area across from the Erb St. landfill.
People would then use Wilmot Line through the ESPAs and ESLs. In recent weeks,
since hearing of the Costco plan, he and Deb have rallied support to delay the
opening until traffic studies and public consultation were done. With the help
of neighborhood groups, GREN members and others speaking at council, they
succeeded in getting the City of Waterloo to postpone the development until
these issues have been addressed. </SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">Highway 7
(Eleanor) – </SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">Eleanor asked what we can
do to have the road widened rather than have a new 4-lane built. Some members
outlined the long history of this issue, noting that protest succeeded in having
the original plan for a new highway modified to eat up less farmland/wetland.
Yet there’s no clear answer as to why the current highway can’t simply be
widened. </SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">Climate and
Ocean Change (Robert)</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"> – Robert noted
that people need to understand the process and mechanisms of these changes much
better. Emphasis on the economic consequences might get people to take notice as
well. </SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">Airport
Expansion (Gord and Daphne</SPAN></B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">) - Gord
outlined his concerns, and those of Concerned Residents Against Waterloo Airport
Noise (</SPAN><A style='href: "http://www.crawan.org"'><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"><FONT
color=#0000ff>www.crawan.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt">),
about the proposed expansion of the Waterloo airport. 1) The expensive proposals
are not prudent, given that the airport has achieved about 60% of its last
business plan, and the Region now has other large capital expenditures. 2) The
negative impact on home values has not been considered. 3) The current Breslau
location is too small for expansion, with houses too close. 4) Flight paths and
timings must be designed to consider health, minimizing noise and pollution, and
eliminating night flights. </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Next Meeting</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> – </FONT><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">June 25, a
pot-luck picnic at Kevin’s house</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"> on Sunfish Lake. Kevin will send directions closer to
the date. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
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