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<p>Sorry - not Thurs at 7 and I would have to be done by 5:30 on
Thurs if we meet at 4 - and would have to be Zoom. <br>
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<p>Susan K<br>
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Thanks Susan! It’s great to know when you are available. The
evening times might be best on Zoom though we could meet in my
screen porch - particularly if it is as mild as it is tonight!
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<div class="">Keep me posted and we’ll figure out the best plan
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<div class="">On Oct 11, 2021, at 11:17 PM, Susan Koswan
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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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Thursday, 4:00pm or 7:00pm Susan K yes<br class="">
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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="">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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GREN for $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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<div class="">Cheers,</div>
<div class="">Kevin.</div>
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1115 Cedar Grove Road<br class="">
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Phone: (519) 888-0519<br class="">
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