[GREN-Exec] first draft GREN submission for land use planning Jan2014

[Susan Bryant]

Happy new year to you too, Susan K.

So many thanks for putting this together. It’s wonderful, and I think expresses the GREN perspective very well. My only suggestion would be that it could perhaps highlight again and restate, at the end, our current concern.

That OMB challenges to a ROP should not be allowed when that ROP 1) accords with provincial requirements, 2) has been worked out after years of open and inclusive local public consultation, 3) has been amended and approved by the province. 

And perhaps we should note that in an urban area like Waterloo Region which depends on groundwater for most of its water supply---and plans to depend on that local resource for the foreseeable future---it’s especially important that land-use issues not be vulnerable to developers’ pressures at the OMB.

I don’t have the right wording here, but someone else will if they agree that we should highlight this point. 

That’s my 2 cents-worth. 

Cheers,

Susan B

From: Susan Koswan 
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 3:44 PM
To: 'GREN Executive' ; 'Bob Burtt' 
Subject: [GREN-Exec] first draft GREN submission for land use planning Jan2014

Happy New Year all!

 

So here’s my first kick at the can. This submission is due Friday, so comments and suggestions welcomed pronto! Then I shall put it on GREN letterhead and Bob’s your uncle! Ok, that’s enough clichés. 8-)

 

Susan K 



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