<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Kevin, <div>This submission is incredible. It concisely addresses so many issues. And the research nails the points made. Where to start must have been mind-boggling. </div><div> When the commentary period opens, I’m sure we can facilitate a groundswell of support for this submission and for the ROPA 6.</div><div><br></div><div>A giant, warm, thank you, to you, Kevin Eby and Mark Reusser. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Kindest regards,<div>Sandra</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sandra Bray</span><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">519.616.2026</span></div><div><b><i style="font-size: 14px;">As the CO2 goes, </i></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b><i>So we go. </i></b><br></span><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sent from my iPhone</span></div></div><div><i style="font-size: 14px;">From the traditional lands of the Anishnawbe, the Neutral, and the <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Haudenosaunee</span> First Nations. </i></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Oct 20, 2022, at 10:12 PM, Kevin Thomason <kevinthomason@mac.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Good Day,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please find attached a submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing prepared by Kevin Eby, Mark Reusser, and myself supporting Ministerial approval of the Region of Waterloo Regional Official Plan Update (ROPA 6). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">This submission focuses on the amount and locations of the Community Area expansion supported by the Region and concludes:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">“</span><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">ROPA 6 complies with the legislated requirements of the Planning Act, conforms to the Growth Plan and is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement and the LNA Methodology. ROPA 6 is also strongly supported by the applicable First Nations. There appears to be no Provincial policy basis that requires or even supports substantial Ministerial modifications to ROPA 6.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">We strongly urge the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to support the Region of Waterloo in its efforts to ensure the residents of this community continue to experience a prosperous and sustainable future by approving ROPA 6</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">”</span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We need to ensure that our region continues on its current successful trajectory for the decades ahead and that our provincial government is supportive of this incredible Regional Official Plan update with it’s focus on sustainability, complete 15 minute communities, the missing middle, active transportation, housing affordability and so much more.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the coming weeks the Minister will seek feedback on our Regional Official Plan on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) in a 30 day comment period. We hope that you too will speak up and send a clear message to Queen’s Park about the future that you would like to see.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please share any questions or ideas.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kevin Thomason, Grand River Environmental Network</div><div class="">Kevin Eby, RPP, PLE</div><div class="">Mark Reusser, Waterloo Federation of Agriculture</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">
<meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><Submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs - Region of Waterloo Official Plan Amendment No 6 - October 20 2022 - by K Eby - K Thomason - M Reusser.pdf></div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class="">-------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Kevin Thomason<br class=""><br class="">1115 Cedar Grove Road<br class="">Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3Z4<br class=""><br class="">Phone: (519) 888-0519<br class="">Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648<br class="">Twitter: @kthomason<br class=""><a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">E-mail: kevinthomason@mac.com</a><br class=""><br class="">-----------------------------------------</div></div></div></div>
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