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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Fyi a Presentation about the ROPP this week- the Region’s Official Plan -details below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lori S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Avery Core <corewaterloocitizens@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 23, 2020 5:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> undisclosed-recipients:<br><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Awkward questions -- and how to avoid them<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>We are forwarding FYI the following email received from CORE member Kae Elgie (and while we're at it, we'll congratulate Kae on her recent election to the position of President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario).</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Kae Elgie</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:kaeelgie@yahoo.com">kaeelgie@yahoo.com</a>><br>Date: Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 9:55 AM<br>Subject: Awkward questions -- and how to avoid them<br>To: MACA <<a href="mailto:maca-waterloo@yahoogroups.ca">maca-waterloo@yahoogroups.ca</a>>, Uptown North <<a href="mailto:uptown-north@googlegroups.com">uptown-north@googlegroups.com</a>>, Avery CORE <<a href="mailto:corewaterloocitizens@gmail.com">corewaterloocitizens@gmail.com</a>>, Pat Uptown West N.A. Fenessy <<a href="mailto:info.uptown.west@gmail.com">info.uptown.west@gmail.com</a>>, Mary-Allen Neighbourhood Association <<a href="mailto:maryallenneighbourhood@gmail.com">maryallenneighbourhood@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Q: "How come there's a highrise going up next to me?"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Q: "Who gave them the right to pave over that nice farm where I always buy strawberries?"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A: "It's all in the Official Plan which was approved eight years ago."<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>To prevent this happening to you, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>you can learn about what the Region of Waterloo Official Plan foresees for our city. Learn which streets are proposed to be major thoroughfares. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>If you don't like the plans, now is the time to speak up.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Learn what's being planned on <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Tuesday night, February 25, 7 pm </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Downtown Community Centre, Youth Room<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>35B Weber Street West, Kitchener<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(I'm planning to go.)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A friend of mine, Hal Jaeger organizes a monthly meeting to keep his Kitchener neighbours apprised of development planning issues that could affect them. For this meeting the group has asked the Region of Waterloo's Principal Planner Alyssa Bridge to tell us about the new Regional Official Plan (ROP) that's currently being developed. We're all invited.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Alyssa will identify<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>a) the main goals of the new Regional Official Plan (ROP);</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>b) the process and schedule by which the new ROP will be reviewed and adopted;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>c) where the draft documents are to be found and how the public may submit comments; and</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>d) any key questions on which the Region is especially seeking public feedback</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Kae Elgie</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>CORE</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Conserve Our Residential Environment</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>