<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class="" style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style=""><br style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="">River Road Extension Environmental Study data is available at Kitchener City Hall and Regional Municipality of Waterloo's headquarters via the Clerk's office at both locations from 4:30 to 8:30 until July 31. The project has been approved and public notice given. I spoke with solicitors at Ecojustice, Ontario Nature and Wild lands League. They recommended that due to PRICE of project, Ecological Constraints and lack of mapping for SEVERAL threatened and Endangered Species we should request a bump up from EA schedule C to EA SCHEDULE D using a Part II order
request. Here is a list of demands we need to request to save Hidden Valley. </span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">I respectfully request that the Minister initiate an order ensuring </span><span style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;" class="">that the following strategies are implemented:</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">• reclassification of the project from a Schedule C to a Schedule D process to address </span><span style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;" class="">the complex nature of this
proposal. </span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">• that required studies for all Species At Risk in the area are carried out appropriately </span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">• Require the Region to conduct a “detailed receiving water assessment”, for the </span><span style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;" class="">purpose of ‘avoiding adverse impacts” to nearby water users, municipal drinking water </span><span style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;" class="">supplies, aquatic habitats, fish spawning
and fish migration routes.</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">• that mapping of protected zones includes reasonable delineation of known dispersal </span><span style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;" class="">areas. </span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">• that the data of the EA be peer and publicly reviewed </span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size:
10px;">• that a salt mitigation strategy is created to restore the water quality of this area to </span><span style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;" class="">protect Species At Risk and fresh water fisheries. </span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">• that the proper authorization is secured for all the Species At Risk adversely impacted </span><span style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;" class="">by this proposal</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">• that the technical requirements for the proposed road expansion
be finally determined </span><span style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;" class="">only after these steps so the final design can take the studies fully into account in order </span><span style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;" class="">to reasonably mitigate risks and costs.</span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent;" class=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">According to the data of the LGL reports suitable habitat exists for the following species and beyond Jeffersons, the others all lack reasonable mapping in compliance with the Species At Risk Act. </span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color:
transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Acadian Flycatchers (Endangered)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">American Badger (Endangered)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">American Ginsing (Endangered)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Bald Eagle (Specieal Concern)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class=""
style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Barn Swallow (Threatened)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Black Tern (Special Concern)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Bobolink (Threatened)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Butternut Trees
(Endangered)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Canadian Warbler (Special Concern)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Chimney Swift (Threatened)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Five-lined Skink (Endangered)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class=""
style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Greater Redhorse (Special Concern)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Jefferson Salamanders (Endangered)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Least Bittern (Threatened)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Milk Snake (Special Concern)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color:
transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Night Hawl (Special Concern)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Northern Myotis (Long Eared Bat: Endangered)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Rainbow Mussel (Threatnened)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class=""
style="font-size: 10px;">Rusty Patch Bumble Bee (Endangered)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Silver Shiner (Threatened)</span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Snapping Turtle (Special Concern)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">Wavy Rayed Lampmussel
(Threatened)</span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;"></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10px;">West Virgina White (Special Concern)</span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 10px; background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="" style=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold;">Requests for a Part II Order must be received by the Minister, at the address below, no later than Thursday, July 31, 2014 and the City via Wayne Cheater and the Region via Ken Seiling need to be notified as well. Details in attachments. The more of us submitting Part II responses the
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