<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Letter submitted: I hope it gets approved for print.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Lulu </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue,
'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> BobVrbanac <BVrbanac@waterloochronicle.ca> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 11, 2014 2:32:18 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Letter to Editor or Second Opinion article. Either one. <br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv3328628447"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size:
10pt;"><div class="yiv3328628447" style="">Hi Bob</div><div class="yiv3328628447" style=""><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I wrote this in response to Mr. Wideman proposing to pave Wilmot Line. I'd like this printed up. </div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">For your reference the OMB hearing
specific to Wilmot Line is online here: <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3328628447"> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/pl091182-May-06-2010.pdf" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3328628447">http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/pl091182-May-06-2010.pdf</a></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;">Lulu </div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">____________________________________________________________________________</div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue',
Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">The Vista HIlls subdivisions were once known as the West Side Lands. They were subject to an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing due to insufficient environmental studies. The ruling for case PL071044 secured new studies and the expansion of buffer zones to better protect rare species, fish and water resources of the area. Soon afterwards, another OMB hearing took place regarding the Wilmot Line,<span style="font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447"> a heritage roadway located beside the Vista Hills subdivisions. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447"> </span></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span
style="font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447"><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></span></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447">Developers of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447">Vista Hills were required to conduct environmental studies on Wilmot Line since they wanted to use it to access the new subdivisions. There were so many issues the process was costly. </span><span class="yiv3328628447" style="font-size:10pt;">Wilmot Line was created for Mennonite buggies not cars.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447"> It has poor sight lines due to the natural grading. It crosses wetlands, it floods annually, it is home to several rare species
and it crosses over cold water trout fisheries.</span></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447"><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></span></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447">The developers initiated an</span><span style="font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447"> OMB hearing to bypass the need for further studies on Wilmot Line. The OMB ruling for case PL091182</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;"
class="yiv3328628447"> allowed the road to be paved from Erb Street to the Columbia Road extension to allow access to the new subdivisions. They prohibited paving Wilmot Line beyond that and they accepted a plan to divert traffic away from the northern areas of Wilmot Line to protect the natural features. The ruling
states the developer was to pay all costs of paving. </span></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style=""><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447">The Greenbrook wells in Kitchener provides 5% of our Regional water supply and Vista HIlls and the </span>Wilmot Line are in the source areas. Vista Hills subdivisions already pushes the threshold on acceptable road salt limits but if Wilmot Line is paved, those wells could close due to chloride contamination. How much do regional taxpayers stand to lose in tax revenues if we loose 5% of our water supply in perpetuity due to road salt?</div><div class="yiv3328628447" style=""><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="">On June 6, 2006, work crews installing phone lines on Wideman Road near the Wilmot Line, hit an aquifer resulting in flooding of the area. Hundreds of wells were
used to divert cold groundwater water into the warm water fisheries of Clair Creek which
may or may not have resulted in fish kills. These are the kind of costly mistakes we could see repeated along Wilmot Line if construction is allowed. </div><div class="yiv3328628447" style=""><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="">The Carmel of St. Joseph monastery<span style="font-size:10pt;" class="yiv3328628447"> is located next to Wilmot Line. Do we want traffic noise to disrupt the lives of nuns and the people who come here to pray at this retreat? </span></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style=""><br class="yiv3328628447" style=""></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="">Waterloo's Regional Representative Jim Wideman is a former land owner of Vista Hills and the Chair of Planning and Works Committee with the Region of Waterloo. He is recommending we pave Wilmot Line in spite of the OMB ruling and I hope folks remember this fact during our upcoming election.</div><div class="yiv3328628447"
style=""><br></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Water is ours to protect. Protect it with your votes. </div><div class="yiv3328628447" style=""><br></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style=""><br></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Louisette Lanteigne</div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">700 Star Flower Ave.</div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family:
HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Waterloo ON</div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">N2V 2L2</div><div class="yiv3328628447" style=""><br></div><div class="yiv3328628447" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>