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<br><div><div>On Apr 2, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Susan Koswan <<a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com">susankoswan@execulink.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Should also bring up how this affects the landfill operations – 300 trucks a day into the landfill! Has the City consulted with the Region on that impact? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Good luck with this Kevin,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Susan K <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><div><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""> Executive [<a href="mailto:executive-bounces@gren.ca">mailto:executive-bounces@gren.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Thomason<br><b>Sent:</b> April-02-14 1:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> GREN Executive<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [GREN-Exec] WREN-GREN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Let us know any thoughts or ideas and I will follow-up more on the WREN stuff on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Kevin.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">----------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Apr 2, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Theo Negoita <<a href="mailto:ante712-gren@yahoo.ca">ante712-gren@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">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.)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">We defintely need to meet as Exec ASAP.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Theo<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p></div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> John Jackson <<a href="mailto:jjackson@web.ca">jjackson@web.ca</a>><br><b>To:</b> GREN Executive <<a href="mailto:executive@gren.ca">executive@gren.ca</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11:07:42 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> [GREN-Exec] WREN-GREN</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span></p><div id="yiv5112071483"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">It hasn’t 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.<br><br>Fortunately the GREN vs WREN e-mails seem to have ended. I propose that we put “Report from WREN meeting” 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 “dialogue” 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.<br><br><span style="color:teal">PLEASE LET ME KNOW RIGHT AWAY HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED ON WREN AT NEXT THURSDAY’S MEETING:</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:teal">Put WREN meeting on agenda? </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:teal">Invite a person from WREN to come to do a report on WREN?</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>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. <br><br>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.<br><br>John<br><br>-- <br>John Jackson<br>17 Major Street<br>Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<br>519-744-7503</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><br>_______________________________________________<br>Executive mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Executive@gren.ca">Executive@gren.ca</a><br><a href="http://mail.gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/executive_gren.ca" target="_blank">http://mail.gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/executive_gren.ca</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>Executive mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Executive@gren.ca">Executive@gren.ca</a><br><a href="http://mail.gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/executive_gren.ca">http://mail.gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/executive_gren.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Executive mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Executive@gren.ca">Executive@gren.ca</a><br>http://mail.gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/executive_gren.ca<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>