[GREN-Exec] Prep for GREN meeting

[John Jackson]

I wasn¹t saying that it wasn¹t important, but I don¹t know if many of our
people will even be down there to get the message. Certainly mention it as
part of your ROPP and Growth Management strategy stuff, but I want to make
sure that we leave lots of time to hear from people further down the
watershed. 

On the LRT and Community Building Strategy, I suggest that you send out a
message updating people and playing up their need to be involved now and how
to on the GREN e-mail list. By the way, Rob Horne has appointed me to be a
Core Member of the Regional Reurbanization Community Advisory Panel. We were
supposed to have had our first meeting last Monday but the meeting was
cancelled because of the weather.

John



On 13-02-02 3:52 PM, "Kevin Thomason" <kevinthomason at mac.com> wrote:

> John,
> 
> Great agenda.  I think it sounds like a good plan.  I can address the ROPP and
> the Growth Management Strategy (which was front page news again today -
> http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/879881--environmentalists-develope
> rs-watch-closely-as-the-region-goes-to-court-over-extent-of-sprawl ).
> 
> The only thing that I suggest is that we do take a minute to talk about LRT.
> The Community Building Strategy - which is all about how we build a great
> community along the LRT corridor has just been released and there are open
> houses coming up on Feb 20th, 21st and 25th that we need to ensure strong
> attendance at.   
> 
> There has been increasing negative sentiment about the LRT building in the
> community again with significant numbers of angry letters to the editor, new
> anti-LRT Facebook groups being created, etc.  In 2010 when rapid transit was
> first approved we took it for granted and then almost lost it during the
> ensuing election.  I don't want to be overconfident now and see a groundswell
> of negativism in the community do something to de-rail the LRT at this point.
> 
> The Region has done a great job on the Community Building Strategy and I
> really encourage folks to read it - it is an easy read, full of photos,
> diagrams and inspiring ideas of what our community can become.  The coming
> weeks are going to be the perfect time for us to restart positive dialog about
> rapid transit in the community and help the public to understand the vision
> and benefits.
> 
> I don't think we need much time to talk about the LRT but I would like to at
> least mention the latest report - check it out at
> http://centraltransitcorridor.ca/?cat=5 - and encourage people to attend and
> engage their neighbours in the upcoming open houses.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kevin.
> 
> ----------------------------
> 
> On 2013-02-02, at 1:16 PM, John Jackson <jjackson at web.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Re: [GREN-Exec] Prep for GREN meeting
>> No powerpoints. I don¹t think they are going to have that set up. Yes 5-7
>> minute summaries.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 13-02-02 1:10 PM, "Susan Bryant" <shbryant at uwaterloo.ca
>> <x-msg://122/shbryant@uwaterloo.ca> > wrote:
>> 
>>> Great. Thanks, John. Maybe we should put pipeline before conservation
>>> (problem-solution order)‹and Bob and John do conservation and I¹ll do
>>> pipeline. 
>>>  
>>> Am I right in thinking that the last two items, conservation and pipeline,
>>> should be brief, 5-minute summaries rather than 10-minute powerpoints?
>>>  
>>> Perhaps in the car we can discuss actions for GREN to support the Region¹s
>>> appeal.
>>>  
>>> I have no idea what to expect from my opthamologist appt on Tuesday. If I¹m
>>> not functional afterwards and can¹t go, I¹ll email you ASAP.
>>>  
>>> Susan B.
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From: Executive [mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of John Jackson
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 11:44 AM
>>> To: GREN Executive
>>> Cc: Bob Burtt
>>> Subject: [GREN-Exec] Prep for GREN meeting
>>>  
>>> Things are coming together well for the meeting on Tuesday ­ I think.
>>> 
>>> Just wanted to check with you on what issues you think we should present on.
>>> They will be interspersed throughout the evening and each one should be kept
>>> short. 
>>> 
>>> The issues I was thinking we should present on and who are as follows:
>>> 1. Waterloo Region ROPP and Growth Management Strategy (suggested presenter
>>> Kevin). This would be immediately followed or preceded by sprawl and loss of
>>> rural farm land issues in Brant County.
>>> 2. Grand River Source Water Protection: brief summary of our latest comments
>>> (John) followed by Theresa at CELA commenting on SWP
>>> 3. Water Conservation Work & Workshop: Susan B & Bob B
>>> 4. Water Pipeline: Susan B, Bob & John
>>> 
>>> Should all these be put in and am I missing anything that should be added? I
>>> didn¹t put the LRT in because we don¹t want to take up too much time and
>>> because I figured it had least interest and significance downstream. Also
>>> have I listed the proper speakers above?
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> 

-- 
John Jackson
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Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1
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