<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="">Just a couple of things in caps near the end of the minutes.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also a woman approached me right after the meeting part to say that she would like to help out so should be put on the list. Sadly, I can't remember her name. She was sitting in the chair on the right had side of Gord. She has grey hair and glasses. She was a friend of Daphne's. I am sure one of you must remember her name. She is a frequent attendee at GREN meetings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope you all have a great break over Christmas and New Years. Susan B, I hope you don't run into any weather problems in your travel to and from your mother's. Luckily I don't have to travel anywhere over the next couple of weeks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">John</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 19, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Susan Koswan <<a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com" class="">susankoswan@execulink.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Looks good to me, Susan B!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks for doing the minutes and hosting the lovely gathering!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Merry Christmas to all!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Susan K<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Executive [<a href="mailto:executive-bounces@gren.ca" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:executive-bounces@gren.ca</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Susan Bryant<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>19 December 2016 12:00<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GREN Exec<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[GREN-Exec] Draft GREN minutes from Dec. 8<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">Hi Exec-<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">Please check to see if all the necessary is here. I’ll send it out this week.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">Merry merry,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">Susan B<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">GREN Minutes – Dec. 8, 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">Christmas Party and Discussion of Hidden Valley<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">At 5 Park West in Elmira<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" 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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Various options for protecting the area were brought forward—land trust, making a business case, a whole-neighbourhood plan, etc.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Noted that the City of Kitchener has struck a committee to discuss the matter<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Noted that the Region has asked its road engineer to see how the LRT could fit in the area<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Proposed that GREN invite someone from the Region to discuss Hidden Valley with us<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Noted that GREN needs to decide what kind of management we would like and plan a strategy to achieve it<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Yvonne agreed to be the point person WITH THE CITY for an informal steering committee, and John J, Deb S, Kevin T, Deaun M, Bob B and Gord N volunteered for the committee. JOHN WILL ARRANGE THE FIRST YEAR EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 13pt;" class=""><span style="" class="">Then a good time, with good food, was had by all. Merry Christmas, everyone. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Executive mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="mailto:Executive@gren.ca" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Executive@gren.ca</a><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/executive_gren.ca" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/executive_gren.ca</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>