I support initiatives to…

I support initiatives to build more higher density housing in infill lots, but strongly oppose measures which would allow for more sprawl of single family detached homes in suburban areas around our major cities.

As an individual who believes in living a healthy and connected lifestyle, pedestrian and cyclist oriented cities and towns are the ideal socially responsible way to go about building our cities. Sprawl encourages car dependency and also results in the destruction of farmlands and wetlands which play important roles in the lives of human and animals and guarantee food supply and biodiversity.

We need to maintain the wetlands that we currently have and any proposed changes to the OWES to make it easier for developers to build on top of established wetlands should not proceed. Especially shocking among these proposed changes is the suggested removal of sources of information of agencies containing useful ecological or biological info on wetlands that could be useful for planning committees.