<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Looks great to me Susan.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks again for an amazing evening!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Happy Holidays!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 19, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Susan Bryant <<a href="mailto:shbryant@uwaterloo.ca" class="">shbryant@uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Hi Exec-</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt" align="left"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Please check to see if all the
necessary is here. I’ll send it out this week.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt" align="left"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Merry merry,</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt" align="left"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Susan B</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt" align="left"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class=""></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt" align="left"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">GREN Minutes – Dec. 8,
2016</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Christmas Party and Discussion of
Hidden Valley</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">At 5 Park West in Elmira</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt" align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">We had a short meeting before the party to discuss
Gord Nicholls’ proposal for the Expansion of the Hidden Valley Protected Area.
This document was sent out to GREN before the meeting. </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 13pt; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol" class=""><span style="mso-list: ignore" class=""><font face="Symbol" class="">·</font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" class="">
</font></font></span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Various
options for protecting the area were brought forward—land trust, making a
business case, a whole-neighbourhood plan, etc. </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 13pt; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol" class=""><span style="mso-list: ignore" class=""><font face="Symbol" class="">·</font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" class="">
</font></font></span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Noted that
the City of Kitchener has struck a committee to discuss the matter</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 13pt; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol" class=""><span style="mso-list: ignore" class=""><font face="Symbol" class="">·</font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" class="">
</font></font></span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Noted that
the Region has asked its road engineer to see how the LRT could fit in the
area</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 13pt; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol" class=""><span style="mso-list: ignore" class=""><font face="Symbol" class="">·</font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" class="">
</font></font></span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Proposed that
GREN invite someone from the Region to discuss Hidden Valley with us</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 13pt; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol" class=""><span style="mso-list: ignore" class=""><font face="Symbol" class="">·</font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" class="">
</font></font></span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Noted that
GREN needs to decide what kind of management we would like and plan a strategy
to achieve it</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: 13pt; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: symbol" class=""><span style="mso-list: ignore" class=""><font face="Symbol" class="">·</font><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" class="">
</font></font></span></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Yvonne agreed
to be the point person for an informal steering committee, and John J, Deb S,
Kevin T, Deaun M, Bob B and Gord N volunteered for the committee.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class=""></span> </p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt" class="">Then a good time, with good food, was had by all.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class=""> </span>Merry Christmas, everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class="">
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