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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>HI Kevin and all at GREN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Happy New Year to all of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Just before the Christmas holidays I learned that the City of Kitchener will be bringing the Environmental Assessment to City Council on Feb. 13. The plan is to extend Biehn Dr. through the wetland that supports Strasburg Creek one of the last cold water brook trout habibitat left in this area. Our group will be asking for a deferral until another road is completed and connected to Strasburg Road. We are also asking that if infrastructure connections for development are required that it be done without a road and through directional drilling which would hopefully protect the wetland from an open and cut process. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This has been a fight I have been working on for years. We have a great working group that has put together wonderful presentations. All of these were supposed to happen in May of last year. It was delayed until what was supposed to be the early spring of this year. It was a complete surprise to me that it was moved up to February. No information was given to me by the present Ward 4 Councillor Christine Michaud, I had to emails various staff at the City of Kitchener. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>My ask of you is this, if you could spare some time on Monday Feb. 13<sup>th</sup> to come and fill the Council chambers. I am still waiting for a definite time for the meeting and an agenda but that may not come until the first week of February. I have asked for an evening meeting so that many of our residents in this area who work will be able to attend. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please mark you calendars for Feb. 13 . The meetings are now hybrids which means that you can also sign on the Zoom meeting under Watch a Meeting. At least it will count to the number of concerned residents </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions of me please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or my cell 226-750-3047.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks so very muich.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"'>Yvonne Fernandes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Community Liaison Doon Pioneer Park Community Association<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Former City of Kitchener Councillor Ward 4<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2010-2018<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Caslon Pro",serif;color:#203864'>Follow your dreams of a better world, and keep on trying, even when there seems to be little hope, because it is the right thing to do." 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