<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,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You will have seen that I have sent the e-mail below to the GREN membership regarding tomorrow’s Special Council Meeting on the ROP. I’m wondering if there is someone on the Executive who can specifically delegate on behalf of GREN at the meeting so that I can present on behalf of Smart Growth Waterloo Region - giving us 2 delegations rather than just myself. I hear that there are a number of developers including Activa already signed up and I want to ensure a strong community message to the Councillors as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’s a virtual meeting on Zoom so it is pretty easy to attend and speak. There’s only 5 minutes allotted and I think the message is pretty simple - we are in a climate crisis, we can’t afford to lose farmland, need to protect our water and biodiversity, and need to approve the superior Option #4 with no farmland loss and a focus on the intensification path we are already on.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please let me know if anyone on the Executive might be able to delegate on behalf of GREN.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Kevin.<br 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="">-------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Kevin Thomason<br class=""><br class="">1115 Cedar Grove Road<br class="">Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3Z4<br class=""><br class="">Phone: (519) 888-0519<br class="">Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648<br class="">Twitter: @kthomason<br class=""><a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">E-mail: kevinthomason@mac.com</a><br class=""><br class="">-----------------------------------------</div></div></div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Kevin Thomason <<a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">kevinthomason@mac.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Reminder: Regional Official Plan Review Special Council Meeting - Wed, May 18th 3pm</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">May 17, 2022 at 11:36:22 AM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Grand River Environmental Network (GREN)" <<a href="mailto:all@gren.ca" class="">all@gren.ca</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Good Day!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A reminder about tomorrow’s Special Council Meeting on the Regional Official Plan at 3:00pm. Given everything the ROP irrevocably determines including how and where we will grow for the next 30 years it is so important that we speak up for a sustainable future that adequately addresses our climate crisis and ensures Waterloo Region remains a smart growth leader.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you can not delegate at the meeting, I encourage you to write to Councillors (information below) urging them to adopt the new community proposed Growth Option #4 that focusses on simpler and more achievable intensification, no boundary expansion, and no farmland loss. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have attached below a new 2 page overview of Option #4 that explains the concerns with Option #1, #2 and #3 along with the advantages of Option #4.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please share any questions or ideas and hopefully we can send a strong message to Council on the future we want to see.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class="">Kevin.</div><div class=""><div class="">
<meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div style="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="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;" class=""><br class="">-------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><b class="">1) Regional Official Plan Citizen’s Proposed Option #4 - Summary Document</b></div><div style="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;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="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;" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>