Keep the water recharge areas of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo free of land development.
It is our resource; it protects all residents from haing to spend tax dollars to create a pipeline to bring in water from elsewhere.
Protect our water, water recharge areas!
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I am very concerned about the plan to develop lands in Wilmot twp. This is so bad for our water and farmland. Please reinstateoriginal plans for keeping the line preventing development in this environmentally sensitive area.
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My submission comes in two parts. The first (1) is about amending the Region of Waterloo Official Plan (ROP). The second (2) is about preserving our water supply.
(1) Region of Waterloo Official Plan (ROP)
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Dear Minister Calandra,
As a citizen of Kitchener who actively campaigned for the progressive Official Plan submitted by our Region of Waterloo, I urge you to restore the original visionary plan developed by all upper and lower tier municipalities working together under Regional leadership.
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Dear Minister Calandra,
If you won't restore the original Waterloo Region Official Plan, then I urge you to at least, above all else, avoid the nightmare of allowing development in the Regional Recharge Area.
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I am asking that the government restore the original visionary plan developed in the Region of Waterloo by all upper and lower tier municipalities working together under Regional leadership.
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To Minister Calandra and Premier Ford
It is absolutely essential that your proposal be amended to avoid the nightmare of allowing development in the Waterloo Regional Recharge Area.
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We don't need to build on the Regional Recharge Area. Our visionary Regional Official Plan approved in August 2022 had only minimal farmland loss and showed there were lots of opportunities within our current urban boundaries to meet all our housing needs.
We beg you to re-think and retract plans to put development on Region of Waterloo land which according to our Engineering and Environmental experts will endanger the quality and quantity of water.
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Two years ago in 2022 Waterloo Regional Councillors voted for an excellent and well substantiated Regional Official Plan (ROP) that protected farmland.
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I believe that the settlement areas around New Hamburg between Bleams Road and Highway 7 should be left as is, but if changes are contemplated, public consultant and transparency should be present.
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An excellent report by Region of Waterloo Engineering and Environmental staff was presented to Region Council Wednesday March 20, 2024. It explained why the Regional Recharge Area must be protected from urban development. Several of the proposed new Urban Areas overlap with the recharge area.
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It's crucial to protect our farmland and water supply and restrict urban development and sprawl. Let's be proactive and consider our children's future. Paving over these areas will seriously affect our groundwater recharge and food supply. Please keep your promises to the people of Ontario.
Good morning Minister Calandra ,
On behalf of RSR Inc., please kindly accept the attached letter as an official submission to ERO# 019-8273.
We appreciate you allowing us the opportunity to submit our comments on the Get It Done Act, 2024 - Amending the Official Plan Adjustments Act, 2023.
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Please keep Waterloo Region's original Official Plan of August 2022. Thousands of residents took part in developing it. There is no reason to change it.
The National Farmers Union - Ontario (NFU-O) is responding to ERO-019-8273 to voice our concerns regarding changes in the Environmental Assessment Act and the Official Plan Adjustments Act that would fast track protective regulatory mechanisms, degrading the quality of decision-making around farmlan
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