[GREN-Exec] WREN-GREN

[John Jackson]

Deb

If you can send me some info with the ask that we should be making now and
the main reasons for the ask, I will be glad to put together on GREN¹s
behalf to send to the council.

John



On 14-04-02 1:06 PM, "Kevin Thomason" <kevinthomason at mac.com> wrote:

> I agree and know the WREN folks well.  Unfortunately, I am totally consumed
> until Monday trying to deal with this Westside Costco development proposal
> coming to Waterloo City Council for a final vote on Monday.  It is an
> extremely grim scenario with far reaching long-term impacts across the entire
> West side of Waterloo.
> 
> GREN should be speaking out regarding the potential impacts of so much traffic
> in the ESL, ESPA areas, the nearby wetlands, aquifer recharge areas etc.
> Other issues such as severe traffic congestion in an already busy and highly
> constrained area could impact quality of life in our community for
> generations.
> 
> I think that Deb is going to try to reach out to GREN with more information.
> I think with enough community support we can get City Council defer the vote
> to allow time for proper public engagement and better solutions to be found.
> We need letters to Councillors (City and Regional), more attention in the
> media (everyone is excited about Costco, few realize the significant negative
> implications of building in an area without any of the needed infrastructure -
> not even sidewalks!), and attendance at Monday's Council meeting.
> 
> Let us know any thoughts or ideas and I will follow-up more on the WREN stuff
> on Tuesday.
> 
> Kevin.
> 
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> 
> On Apr 2, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Theo Negoita <ante712-gren at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> 
>> I think a report from the WREN meeting would be useful.  Can Kevin or John do
>> it?  (I think a member of GREN Exec should do it, if present at the WREN
>> meeting.)
>> 
>> We defintely need to meet as Exec ASAP.
>> 
>> Theo
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>>    From: John Jackson <jjackson at web.ca>
>>  To: GREN Executive <executive at gren.ca>
>>  Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11:07:42 AM
>>  Subject: [GREN-Exec] WREN-GREN
>>   
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>> WREN-GREN 
>> It hasn¹t worked out for us to have a meeting before the next GREN meeting to
>> discuss the website. I would now like to do it in the week after the GREN
>> meeting.
>> 
>> Fortunately the GREN vs WREN e-mails seem to have ended. I propose that we
>> put ³Report from WREN meeting² on the agenda for the GREN meeting next
>> Thursday. I think to not put WREN on the agenda would look like we were
>> burying our heads in the sand and would create further tensions. I do not see
>> this, however, as a continuation of the ³dialogue² that was going on in the
>> e-mails. I see it as a way to get people more informed of WREN. Should I
>> invite someone from WREN to come to the meeting to fill people in on WREN,
>> etc. or should we just have reports from the GREN people who attended the
>> WREN meeting? The PRO of having a WREN person there is that we will gain more
>> detail on WREN and their plans and it will be more complete. The ANTI is that
>> the GREN members who attended may feel less open in saying what they thought
>> of the meeting. We also must remember, however, that it is likely that WREN
>> will know that a report on the WREN meeting is on our agenda and will show up
>> anyway because some of them are on our GREN e-mail list.
>> 
>> PLEASE LET ME KNOW RIGHT AWAY HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED ON WREN AT NEXT
>> THURSDAY¹S MEETING:
>> 1. Put WREN meeting on agenda?
>> 2. Invite a person from WREN to come to do a report on WREN?
>> 
>> Kevin and I expect to have a meeting with WREN next Wednesday to explore the
>> situation. I do not see the outcome of that meeting as being something
>> brought to the meeting on Thursday ­ the next day after the WREN-GREN
>> meeting. 
>> 
>> It is because of these events that I think it is essential that we have a
>> GREN Executive meeting as soon after the full GREN meeting as possible so we
>> can have a serious discussion on the next steps forward and on the discussion
>> Kevin and I have had. We also can then discuss our website, because the
>> WREN-GREN relationship may affect the website needs.
>> 
>> John

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