<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi GREN Folks,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This coming Friday, May 27th is the deadline to get Regional Staff your feedback and comments on the proposed 3 Growth Options proposed for the Regional Official Plan. As outlined in the document below it is felt that all three options are insufficient and overly complicated. A 4th Growth Option has been proposed and we hope that you will speak up in favour of it with its simple intensification approach, consistency with the Smart Growth path we are already on, and no farmland loss.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regional Staff are expected to present a preferred Growth Option at their June 15th meeting which could either be a progressive option like #3 or #4 with intensification and no farmland loss or a a regressive option resulting in thousands of acres of farmland destroyed forever. We all need to speak up for the best possible outcomes - particularly if we are to meet any of our climate change goals.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Municipal Recommendations to Region</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All area municipalities also have to get their preferred Growth Option to the Region as soon as possible which is causing serious issues due to the extremely short timelines:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Wellesley Township -</b> Last night at Wellesley Township some developers, Kevin Eby, Mark Reusser, Neil Lackey and myself delegated at a very lengthy and intense meeting where Staff and the Mayor's Recommendation for Option #2 was not approved by Council who instead voiced support for our Option #4 and have directed Staff to come back on June 7th with a new report better addressing a sustainable future plan for the Township.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Wilmot Township -</b> Wilmot Staff just released their Staff Report tonight that doesn’t consider our Option #4 and instead surprisingly recommends Option #1’s massive population growth to increase their population by over 50% in the next 30 years - as much as their sewage plant capacity will allow. We need Wilmot residents to speak up and send letters to their Councillors expressing concerns about this approach and instead suggesting a more moderate and sustainable growth option such as #4. The Council meeting to approve this Staff Recommendation is this coming Monday, May 30th.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Woolwich Township -</b> has announced in newspaper ads and letters to the community that their Council will consider their Staff Report at the June 6th Council meeting. More details are below.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">City of Waterloo -</b> has announced that they will be bringing forward their Staff Recommendations at their June 13th Council meeting which is confounding because it is well past the date by which Regional Staff will have had to make their decision and publish their Recommended Growth Option.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are still trying to learn about the plans/timelines for Cambridge, Kitchener, and North Dumfries Township.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please share anything that you can learn and be prepared to write letters and perhaps even delegate in your municipality as these reports come forward and we try to ensure the most sustainable Regional Official Plan possible.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">------------------------------------</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">1) Option #4 - Full Document</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>