[GREN-Exec] Fw: Cambridge West Community Development MESP

[Kevin Thomason]

Susan,

Sounds like an excellent plan.  Keep moving forward and respond!

Cheers,
Kevin.

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On 2010-12-08, at 8:05 AM, Susan Koswan wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> When we get correspondence like this via email, we need a process in place to respond, so we don’t lose potential members and to ensure we stay on top of emerging issues.
>  
> I recommend that the responsibility be rotated among the 3 secretaries to respond with an email to:
>  
> 1) determine if and what immediate action, if any, is requested of GREN and/or specific GREN members
> 2) determine if the person is appropriate for a guest speaker at our next GREN meeting, time permitting, or
> 3) just extend an invitation to attend next GREN meeting and provide an update, or
> 4) ask if the email should just be circulated to the GREN list, or
> 5) if the person should receive a “form” email explaining that we are all volunteers, they are welcome to join GREN and be added to the elist and it’s up to them to initiate and recruit (as needed) other GREN members for their issue.
>  
> I can draft a “form” email response for your consideration. Let me know how we want to proceed as this email requires a response.
>  
> Thanks,
> Susan K
>  
> From: executive-bounces at gren.ca [mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of Theo Negoita
> Sent: December-07-10 3:07 PM
> To: Executive GREN
> Subject: [GREN-Exec] Fw: Cambridge West Community Development MESP
>  
> FYI
> 
> --- On Tue, 12/7/10, S Stubley <scstubley at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> 
> From: S Stubley <scstubley at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: Cambridge West Community Development MESP
> To: info at gren.ca
> Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 2:47 PM
> 
> Good afternoon,
>  
> I have just learned about your organization from a friend at the University of Waterloo. I am writing to you to increase public awareness of the proposed Cambridge West Community Development and to seek your expertise. My family is very concerned about the affect this development will have on Barrie's Lake, ESPA 57, a provincially significant wetland, Devil's Creek and the surrounding wetlands and rural areas. I have attached the map of the Cambridge West Community MESP that we received from the City of Cambridge.
>  
> We have been told that a notice for the first public meeting will be placed in the Cambridge Times. This meeting may be in December and we are afraid that few people will attend so close to Christmas and sign the mailing list. If anyone from your organization is interested in being placed on the mailing list for meetings about the Cambridge West Community MESP please contact"Jim Kirchin" KirchinJ at cambridge.ca "Elaine Brunn Shaw" BrunnShawE at cambridge.ca and Dave Aston daston at mhbcplan.com
>  
> My family purchased land that Barrie's Lake is on over 20 years ago and we have fought battles against gravel pits, the spreading of sludge and pesticides and a plan to build a road through the wetlands. My mother Bernice Beal, purchased unusable, landlocked land from the gravel pits as a last resort to stop gravel extraction beside the lake that would have destroyed Barrie's Lake and Gilholm Marsh. We own about 80 acres in North Dumfries and would rightly never be allowed to build more than one dwelling on our property because of the Barrie's Lake wetlands, however, Cambridge may be allowed to build an entire subdivision at the east end of the lake. We are very concerned about groundwater issues and the lack of government controls and inspection and how this will affect the wetlands and wildlife.
>  
> Also, drilling for soil samples is taking place directly north of Barrie's Lake, across Roseville Road. There may be gravel extraction plans for this area.
>  
> Please let me know if you would like any other information. If there is anything you can suggest to protect this rare and fragile wetland and its wildlife, we would be very thankful. It will not survive being surrounded by subdivisions and gravel pits. Please let us know if there is anyone else we can contact or if you have any suggestions.
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Sue Stubley
> Bernice Beal
> 1145 Roseville Road
> Cambridge, ON
> N1R 5S3
> 519-623-4583
>  
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