Comments

I am writing as a follow-up to our conversation on July 11, 2017 and on behalf of our client, Wm. J. Gies Construction Ltd.

Our client has asked that we review the draft Agricultural Land Base Map as it relates to his lands located in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

I am writing as a follow-up to our conversation on July 11, 2017 and on behalf of our client, Hallman Construction Limited.

Our client has asked that we review the draft Agricultural Land Base Map as it relates to its lands located in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

I am writing as a follow-up to our conversation on July 11, 2017 and on behalf of our client, Activa Holdings Inc.

Our client has asked that we review the draft Agricultural Land Base Map as it relates to its lands located in the City of Kitchener, Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

why would you have David Crombie chair this project as i cannot ever percieve that a former citified mayor could even begin to maintain a true agricultural land use line of thinking for th better of anywhere much less the golden horseshoe!

This is a long-overdue initiative that must come to fruition as soon as possible. The prime agricultural land is the prime target for the development industry because it has been cleared and is generally flat, making it the most economically advantageous to develop.

I appreciate the efforts that have gone into creation of the agricultural zones for protection. It is a difficult task to say the least. I do have some concerns regarding the mapping, particularly in the edge mapping between the south shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment area.

1.On pg.22 of the Draft Implementation Procedure document, last sentence, it is stated that the greater the extent of the natural heritage features and areas in an area, the lower the LEAR score, and the less likely the area would be to be identified as a prime agricultural area.

A number of agricultural system assets located at the Port of Hamilton are not currently listed on the Agricultural System Portal:

- G3 Canada Ltd. grain terminal

- Bunge oilseed crushing and processing facility

Ontario needs to model its farmland preservation after the successful model in the state of Pennsylvania.

http://www.agriculture.pa.gov/encourage/farmland/pages/default.aspx

a)The area west of the Nottawasaga River and north of County Road 90 is subject to an OMB Appeal which may result in a Settlement Area Boundary expansion;

b)The area bounded by the eastern boundary of the Angus Settlement Area, Bear Creek, County Road

The web based portal inaccurately depicts "Agriculturally" designated lands within the County of Peterborough. Through discussions with OMAFRA staff (Arthur Churchyard) we were advised that the mapping for Peterborough County depicted what was in the County OP.

York Region's comments have been directly emailed to Helma Geerts, Policy Advisor Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs because the EBR site does not allow for the uploading of documents as an organization's formal comments.

[Original Comment ID: 210994]

We are retained as the planning consultants for 1800615 Ontario Inc. and Avatar International with respect to their lands located at the northwest corner of Barton Street and Fifty Road (the ‘subject lands’) in the City of Hamilton.

Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the proposed Agricultural System policies for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH).

We have a letter to submit, what is the e-mail address we are to send these to?

[Original Comment ID: 211024]

The Town of Mono endorses the comments provided by Mr John Riley regarding EBR Registry No. 013-1014 and 013-0968, which were submitted in writing on September 25, 2017.

The Town of Mono endorses the comments provided by Mr John Riley regarding EBR Registry No. 013-1014 and 013-0968, which were submitted in writing on September 25, 2017.

Our Township is very concerned about the broad-brush approach the has been applied to the recent provincial mapping exercises in relation tot he Growth Plan, as all of the land within our Township (and all of the County as well) has now been divided into only 3 categories: Agricultural, Natural H

MHBC is currently retained by the United Church of Canada in relation to the properties located 5050 Hillside Drive, Beamsville, also known as the Albright Centre (the “Subject Lands”).

October 2, 2017

Helma Geerts, Policy Advisor

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Policy Division

Food Safety and Environmental Policy Branch

1 Stone Road West, Floor 2

Guelph, Ontario

N1G 4Y2

Dear Ms. Geerts: