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<p>Hi Kevin,</p>
<p>See below. Since it's dark by 6:30 - only Zoom for 7 pm. <br>
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<p>Susan K<br>
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<div class="">Following up my e-mail below please let me know if
you are available to meet this week either in person or via
Zoom. Some times that could work for me would include:</div>
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Wednesday, 7:00pm Susan K yes <br>
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Thursday, 4:00pm or 7:00pm Susan K yes<br>
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Saturday, 2:00pm Susan K possible<br>
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<div class="">I don’t think that the meeting will take long but we
do need to come up with a starting plan for the year ahead.</div>
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<div class="">Cheers,</div>
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<div class="">I hope that you have been keeping well
since our recent meeting in Wellesley. It was great
to see everyone in person and discuss the funding, the
opportunities, and the challenges for the months and
year ahead.</div>
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<div class="">I completed a call yesterday with the
Ontario Greenbelt Alliance Steering Committee and it
seems that there is waning patience with the Ford
provincial government and much to be done as Ford and
his developer buddies are getting desperate in the
final months of their mandate.</div>
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<div class="">At our GREN Executive meeting we had
discussed focussing on the Regional Official Plan and
local Official Plans this autumn and then focussing on
the likely Greenbelt expansion announcement in the
Spring in advance of the June provincial election. It
now appears that the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and
Housing is going to announce the Greenbelt expansion
to the Paris Galt Moraine in the next couple of weeks
along with a month of public consultation.</div>
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<div class="">This will impact our planning and
potential activities as it looks like everything will
be happening this autumn rather than being more spread
out across the year ahead. </div>
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$12,000 that I will get to you Greg for deposit. Now
that we have had a GREN Executive meeting with Franz
for some of the OGA/provincial perspective I think
that we need to have more of an internally focussed
GREN Executive meeting to figure out how we are going
to spend/invest the funds coming to achieve the goals
that we need to succeed at. This includes deciding
how much we can do ourselves, if we hire someone
specifically focussed on things, and how much we
distribute to area groups. Already the Guelph moraine
group has reached out this week to see how we can work
together on this pending Greenbelt expansion
announcement.</div>
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<div class="">They are calling for good weather next
week. I would be willing to host a meeting on my
dock/lawn again or we can meet one afternoon/evening
via Zoom. Please share any ideas and what you think
might work best for you.</div>
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<div class="">I realize that we are all busy however
decades of our efforts are at risk here if we don’t
get these long-term official plans and land use
decisions done properly - particularly when we have
governments working against the best public interest
and climate action we need.</div>
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