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<p>Also Save Our Water in Elora.</p>
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<p>And Stephanie Goertz texted me recently about Citizens for Safe
Groundwater Inc but I don't really know anything about them. <br>
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<p>My last column was about "daylighting" urban streams (as well as
about Waterloo Park reno)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/01/20/work-in-waterloo-park-highlights-the-importance-and-vulnerability-of-our-urban-streams.html">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/2021/01/20/work-in-waterloo-park-highlights-the-importance-and-vulnerability-of-our-urban-streams.html</a></p>
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<p> 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
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://uwaterloo.ca/stream-daylighting/publications-0">https://uwaterloo.ca/stream-daylighting/publications-0</a></p>
<p>if that's of any use. <br>
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<p>Susan K</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/26/2021 11:51 AM, Greg Michalenko
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<p>Dear Grenxecutives,</p>
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<p>Re: Greenbelt document.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>The Paris-Guelph moraine act is linked, but it doesn't
include a map. I'd like to see one.</p>
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<p>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?</p>
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<p>- Greg</p>
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