<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I take some issue with Susan Fulop's claim that: "City bylaws, zoning and heritage designations are in place to protect green space, residential homes, neighbourhoods and historically important buildings." While that is somewhat true, zoning began as a mechanism for protecting property rights and excluding undesirable people. We need to ensure that zoning also secures the right of every resident to safe, affordable housing.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Today, there is a growing list of 6,000 individuals and families in Waterloo Region who are waiting for adequate and affordable housing. WR's strategy is to intensify housing development within urban spaces before expanding beyond current boundaries. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>We have the knowledge, skills and resources to protect property rights, meet the critical need for safe, adequate housing, and reduce GHG emissions in the building development sector. All of these need to be considered and balanced. That is currently not the case.</div><div><br></div><div>Henriette Thompson</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 2:27 PM Susan Bryant <<a href="mailto:shbryant@uwaterloo.ca">shbryant@uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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On Oct 30, 2020, at 10:02 AM, John Jackson <<a href="mailto:jjackson@web.ca" target="_blank">jjackson@web.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2020/10/27/cambridge-to-review-heritage-of-century-home-in-wake-of-redevelopment-proposal.html" target="_blank">Cambridge to review heritage of
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<p>Has anyone else noticed a pattern with developments in Waterloo Region in the last few years?</p>
<p>City bylaws, zoning and heritage designations are in place to protect green space, residential homes, neighbourhoods and historically important buildings.</p>
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<p>A developer approaches a city council and asks that these protections be overturned so they can build their development. Groups of concerned neighbours, heritage bodies and environmental groups devote a lot of time and thought
to eloquently express their concerns to council about tearing down heritage buildings, removing old trees that will take a hundred years to replace and changing the flavour of neighbourhoods.</p>
<p>The city then asks the builder: How high would you like to build?</p>
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<p>Cities in the region should listen to the people that will have to live with the new developments, and not just the developers.</p>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Henriette Thompson<div><br></div><div>Residing on the traditional lands of the Neutral, Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples and on the Haldimand Tract (1784).</div><div><span style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-family:proxima-nova;font-size:15px"><br></span></div><ul style="color:rgb(54,54,54);font-family:proxima-nova;font-size:15px"></ul></div></div></div></div>