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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I believe I only heard back from Greg in support of this – should I send the GREN logo? I’m good with it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sorry if you did reply and I forgot – this last week has been very stressful and confusing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Susan K <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> healthycommunities-list@socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org [mailto:healthycommunities-list@socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>healthycommunities@socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org<br><b>Sent:</b> May-23-11 6:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> ahilliard@wonderfulwaterloo.com; andy@activecambridge.ca; doucettem@cambridge.ca; linda@socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org; dina@socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org; laura@socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org; linda.pretty@kitchener.ca; lori.ludwig@waterloo.ca; healthycommunities@socialplanningcouncil-cnd.org; kwwalkingclassic@gmail.com; genmail@theworkingcentre.org; uwsp@feds.ca; alicja.kennedy@wdghu.org; kitchener@runningroom.com; waterloo@runningroom.com; info@wpirg.org; safecommunitiesonthegrand@gmail.com; sabisaab@hsf.on.ca; info@downtown.cambridge.on.ca; trails@woolwich.ca; waterloo@ontario.cancer.ca; graac@kitchener.ca; Admin@healthywoolwich.org; hcrn@healthy.uwaterloo.ca; CACAQ@pirg.uwaterloo.ca; spckw@waterlooregion.org; info@waterlooregion.org; kim@waterlooregion.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [healthycommunities] FINAL REQUEST: Seeking Your Support on Sidewalk Snow Clearing in Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge community groups and organizations,<br><br>The Pedestrian Charter Steering Committee would like to follow-up with a reminder and final request seeking your support – in the form of adding your organization’s signature to a letter to our city councils – in our efforts to improve the City of Kitchener, City of Waterloo and City of Cambridge sidewalk snowclearing policies.<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>Our committee has noted that the current by-laws do not adequately serve the needs of members of our community who walk or use assistive mobility devices in the winter months according to criteria laid out in the Pedestrian Charter that all three cities have adopted.<br><br>We have drafted a letter (<b>please see attached</b>) to the city councils requesting a review/reassessment of their respective sidewalk snowclearing bylaws and pointing out some of the problems with the by-laws currently in place. We would like to add strength to our letter by including the names of groups and organizations in our community that share our concerns and support our request for such a review/reassessment of the bylaw. A number of community groups and organizations have already added their names in support of our letter before the Pedestrian Charter Steerin Committee made a presentation at the City of Waterloo council meeting in support of this issue. We would like to send our letter to all three councils with as much support as possible and so we are following up to ask: <b>would your group/organization be willing to lend support to this issue by being listed in our letter as supporting organization?</b><br><br>We welcome your feedback and request your response by the end of the month -- <b>May 31, 2011</b>. <br><br>If you know of any other groups not on our list that might be potential supporters of this initiative please let us know. <br><br>We look forward to hearing back from you -- and thank you for your support!<br><br>The Pedestrian Charter Steering Committee</span><br><br clear=all><b><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><img width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><br><br>Pedestrian Charter Steering Committee</b><br>email | <a href="mailto:pedestriancharter@together4health.ca" target="_blank">pedestriancharter@gmail.com</a><br>website | <a href="http://www.together4health.ca/workgroups/pedestrian-charter" target="_blank">http://www.together4health.ca/workgroups/pedestrian-charter</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>