[GREN-Exec] support for Greenbelt document

[Susan Koswan]

Also Save Our Water in Elora.


And Stephanie Goertz texted me recently about Citizens for Safe 
Groundwater Inc but I don't really know anything about them.


My last column was about "daylighting" urban streams (as well as about 
Waterloo Park reno) 
https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/01/20/work-in-waterloo-park-highlights-the-importance-and-vulnerability-of-our-urban-streams.html


  I spoke for a bit with Luna Khirfan at U Waterloo. She's doing lots of 
work with importance of blue and green natural capital 
https://uwaterloo.ca/stream-daylighting/publications-0

if that's of any use.


Susan K


On 1/26/2021 11:51 AM, Greg Michalenko wrote:
>
> Dear Grenxecutives,
>
>
> Re: Greenbelt document.
>
>
> I've gone through the document and think GREN should back it.  In some 
> places I think it strays too much into being a publicity document, but 
> it's not productive to quibble at this time.  I wish it mentioned the 
> issue of aggregate development as well as residential or industrial 
> issues.
>
>
> What GREN might comment on as matters develop about expansion 
> proposals is some detailed considerations about how the map of "blue" 
> areas in Waterloo and Wellington was decided and how it could be 
> amended.  For instance, there is an east-west strip to the west of KW 
> that is left out  of the surrounding blue, and I'm surprised that a 
> blue corridor wasn't proposed along the Grand River upstream of the 
> City of Waterloo. Such a strip would be logical from a 
> scenic/ecological point of view, as well as signifying the original 
> extent of the Six Nations land grant.  As this document heads to the 
> next stage as a proposal, perhaps we could suggest some fine tuning to 
> take such issues into account.
>
>
> The Paris-Guelph moraine act is linked, but it doesn't include a map. 
>  I'd like to see one.
>
>
> Re: getting other groups to back it.  Have Waterloo Region Nature, the 
> Nith Valley Ecoboosters, rare Land Trust, Gravel Watch, Six Nations, 
> Wellington Water Watchers, and KW chapter of the Council of Canadians 
> (which seems to be getting very active) signed on or been approached? 
>  Also, is the group in Paris that opposed gravel development a 
> possibility?
>
>
> - Greg
>
>
>
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