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<p>Greetings from the cottage.</p>
<p>Thank you Brandon for the letter of update re.Hidden Valley. I hope to attend the public meeting.</p>
<p>Respectfully submitted,</p>
<p>Neil (E. Taylor)</p>
<p><br />> ---------- Original Message ----------<br />> From: Brandon.Sloan@kitchener.ca<br />> Date: June 1, 2018 at 4:11 PM<br />> <br />> <br />> Gord, Neil and Jean,<br />> Hope this summer-like weather isn't too hot for you and hope you are well. My<br />> apologies, as it has been a little while since I've been able to provide any<br />> updates to you on the upcoming planning review in the Hidden Valley area.<br />> There is certainly a lot going on in our busy city and an exciting time.<br />> <br />> Although I've talked to each of you about some of the water management<br />> technical work that we started last year and that there will be a new plan and<br />> new zoning prepared over the next year for this area, many of the property<br />> owners within the Hidden Valley community are likely not aware of what is<br />> upcoming. As such, we will be having an introductory meeting to talk about the<br />> context, the process and what the final deliverable would be. This session<br />> would involve soliciting some feedback and conversations about what people<br />> like about the area, what is missing, what is important to consider for any<br />> future development and the process we are undertaking.<br />> <br />> It is primarily aimed at those that own property within the subject area as it<br />> involves changing the policies and zoning that directly will affect them.<br />> However, I know that each of you and others in your network have a keen<br />> interest and past involvement in the area. The information meeting (please see<br />> the attached notice) is scheduled for the evening of June 19th and it is open<br />> to the public.<br />> <br />> As we had previously discussed, I am hoping and relying on you to help with<br />> communicating this notice to your networks or others that you think would like<br />> to be informed and/or involved, so please feel free to pass the notice along.<br />> We are just starting to pull a webpage together and there is not too much<br />> information available yet, but after the June meeting we will start to have<br />> more available. We expect to have a session in early November of this year<br />> that is more specific about draft new land use mapping (we will take the<br />> feedback from the June session and anything else received in order to help<br />> formulate that).<br />> <br />> As always, if you have questions or want to have a separate discussion outside<br />> of the meeting, please let me know.<br />> <br />> Brandon Sloan<br />> Manager, Long Range & Policy Planning | Planning Division | City of Kitchener<br />> 519-741-2200 x7648 | TTY 1-866-969-9994 |<br />> brandon.sloan@kitchener.ca<mailto:brandon.sloan@kitchener.ca><br />> <br />><br /><br />"In the end, we conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand<br />and we will understand only what we are taught." -- Baba Dioum<br /></p>
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