<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi GREN Executive and Franz,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Look what just landed into my mailbox at 7:00pm tonight! Just after Franz and I spoke at noon today, trying to figure out what is next with the Regional Official Plan and when, it seems that Regional Staff have been working late and pushing things forward. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Interestingly, it seems that they are rejecting the Council motion and request for Scenario #4 and #5 at 65% and 70% densities and instead have re-written the original three scenarios into three new alternatives at higher densities that they will be studying instead. I don’t know if Staff can ignore a Council request but I guess they aren’t really ignoring it, they are just reconfiguring everything which may not be a bad thing particularly if the “middle of the road” alternative now is no boundary expansion similar to Hamilton. The high intensification scenario is actually taking designated land out of the urban envelope and putting it back into the countryside which is certainly an extreme option (and from what I’ve heard a very ugly process since no developer wants their existing land approvals rolled back….).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is going to be coming to Council quickly - this Wednesday, Dec 15th but then for public consultation in January so I’m not too worried about this first timeline unless there is a feeling that we need to have radically different scenarios being investigated. From my first glance these seem to be good and cover a broad range. In fact, most of the wording seems to be against the demands of the developers and their lawyers and in favour of what the community has been asking for.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Interestingly there is a new Director of Community Planning (Danielle De Fields) listed as reviewer of this report. This would mean that they have finally replaced Michelle Sergi who left for Niagara, ironically with someone who appears to have come from Niagara and York Region. I will have to see what we can learn about her and meet with her as soon as possible.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can learn more at: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><a href="https://emails.engagementhq.com/ls/click?upn=9vcdD193qA8wVAWAMcxkDfE-2BZ7fcrTm0c5PaNLGu1mMZtiKkke1YKc74LaJ1wHjUmO-2FchtNwirIp8YOMkNihC30wSDh11UY15EHZ78-2BBb-2FlXiGN5UxPrq9BDVi-2BvRe82Lv-2FBzAPwLrYCQQnOK6anh4bYTYYA7FX589c49zuuoYgitKgNX-2FYxXB0EcL1Gp-2FaEssSbg4Y263amByDg9ABPpDKNpvbZ4U9g6pTGcmLe-2FT98pfMMHNyh-2BbqMCWghkZvFzMYG9IyikESAb4Hpies273ynnAwUuoVsKJBlaS-2Ba2S4-3DSJva_p5ZQ9mQ8XWiPBAEDaKxGg-2BE4mDdF1QeDBttQrh58TSkXFD1eQDex6FIAO2gcA8EJXADSc-2BcCAoqZ1IBir-2Fp-2F6MvvWYOWU1Lc6tw1ylPb2sWIER2w9ckLz-2FO6ubCNdO-2FHtWWtC7-2BSK7Gtz1wuWeyjJRWVI7OZBtjvvjaDoYSW46whbYLOTlhrccQlnU0SlQQ0omzjdlC7D17BF4EHZqxRUIRaBL3Jd-2B3cw4E1BCrb-2BCWO9vTz8si-2B6CJdUUU5G5RANhce0FEW7ze-2B2WCC2XNchQ-3D-3D" target="_blank" class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: purple;">www.engagewr.ca/regional-official-plan</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">.</span></div><div class=""><div class="">
<meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">I have attached a copy of the Staff Report below. I will reach out to Kevin Eby and other experts for insights this weekend and circulate these new regional materials to the interested local groups and people that have been engaged in ROP activities in recent weeks.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Let me know any thoughts or ideas.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Cheers,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Kevin.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>