OOPS !
As per today's Elmira Independent (pg. 2) it turns out that there were three presenters on Monday night in regards to the Kuntz (Jigs Hollow) pit near Winterbourne. The third was Jan Huisson who gave a visiual display to Council in regards to the proposed pit. The title of the article in the Indepndent is "Additional concerns raised over Jigs Hollow pit".
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
This Notice was published in the Woolwich Observer on October 29/11. It is in regards to "Cultural Heritage Landscape in the Vicinity of West Montrose Official Plan Amendment Application 3/2011". The date and location of this public meeting is Tuesday November 22/11 in the Woolwich Council Chambers at 7 pm.. I am guessing that Monday's delegation to Council by Lynne Hare and Laurie Breed (mentioned here yesterday) may have been as a result of this upcoming public meeting. Also last evening on Rogers Channel 20 I saw Tony Dowling of "Bridgekeepers" speaking in regards to this proposed CHL designation and how it hopefully will help their case at the covered bridge in West Montrose. I intend to attend this public meeting as I have others in the past and I urge all Woolwich residents, not just West Montrose and area folks to also attend. Support for this designation is also support for people and homes and to "...put gravel in it's place.." which is not where we live and not in and beside the Grand River.
This Notice was published in the Woolwich Observer on October 29/11. It is in regards to "Cultural Heritage Landscape in the Vicinity of West Montrose Official Plan Amendment Application 3/2011". The date and location of this public meeting is Tuesday November 22/11 in the Woolwich Council Chambers at 7 pm.. I am guessing that Monday's delegation to Council by Lynne Hare and Laurie Breed (mentioned here yesterday) may have been as a result of this upcoming public meeting. Also last evening on Rogers Channel 20 I saw Tony Dowling of "Bridgekeepers" speaking in regards to this proposed CHL designation and how it hopefully will help their case at the covered bridge in West Montrose. I intend to attend this public meeting as I have others in the past and I urge all Woolwich residents, not just West Montrose and area folks to also attend. Support for this designation is also support for people and homes and to "...put gravel in it's place.." which is not where we live and not in and beside the Grand River.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
PROPOSED KUNTZ GRAVEL PIT
There was a very brief mention in the on-line Agenda of Woolwich Township that Lynne Hare would be a Delegate at last night's televised Woolwich Council meeting, to speak about the Kuntz Pit on Jigs Hollow Rd.. This proposed pit is just outside the village of Winterbourne and within view of the old steel bridge across the Grand River. While watching my wife's favourite TV show last night and while channel surfing during the long commercials I came across Channel 20 and the televised Council meeting. Indeed I saw Lynne Hare as well as Laurie Breed, both speaking to this proposed pit. Not unsurprisingly they feel that this pit, similar to the one at West Montrose should be the subject of a CHL (Cultural Heritage Landscape) study. It is unfortunate that this many contentious gravel pits are coming forward nearly simultaneously. There is a political strategy whereby politicians pick and choose their battles carefully. In this instance they have clearly set their sights on stopping the West Montrose Pit and probably the Hunder Pit in Conestogo as well. The proposed Kuntz Pit may possibly also be a poor location but will Council go to the wall for it? I'm doubtful.
There was a very brief mention in the on-line Agenda of Woolwich Township that Lynne Hare would be a Delegate at last night's televised Woolwich Council meeting, to speak about the Kuntz Pit on Jigs Hollow Rd.. This proposed pit is just outside the village of Winterbourne and within view of the old steel bridge across the Grand River. While watching my wife's favourite TV show last night and while channel surfing during the long commercials I came across Channel 20 and the televised Council meeting. Indeed I saw Lynne Hare as well as Laurie Breed, both speaking to this proposed pit. Not unsurprisingly they feel that this pit, similar to the one at West Montrose should be the subject of a CHL (Cultural Heritage Landscape) study. It is unfortunate that this many contentious gravel pits are coming forward nearly simultaneously. There is a political strategy whereby politicians pick and choose their battles carefully. In this instance they have clearly set their sights on stopping the West Montrose Pit and probably the Hunder Pit in Conestogo as well. The proposed Kuntz Pit may possibly also be a poor location but will Council go to the wall for it? I'm doubtful.
Monday, November 7, 2011
FIT (FEED IN TARIFF) PROGRAM
This Province of Ontario program is designed to promote the production of green energy in Ontario. It includes Biogas, Wind and Solar programs. Saturday's Woolwich Observer have a very informative article titled "FIT changes have green sector in limbo". Here in Woolwich Township we have a number of wind and solar facilities in place and we are of course involved in the proposed Bio-Gas facility at Martin's Lane in Elmira. There will be a review done by the Province which will look at both the prices paid to renewable energy producers as well as the possibility of including other technologies into the program. One of these for example would be geothermal installations.
As is understandable there has been some criticism, not so much of the review itself, but of the timing. Businesses that build either solar panels or wind turbines would like to be able to confidently market their products to potential customers with a firm price that the customers will be paid if they put their excess energy back into the electrical grid. At the moment, as the title of the Observer's article indicates, these customers and manufactureres are in limbo.
This Province of Ontario program is designed to promote the production of green energy in Ontario. It includes Biogas, Wind and Solar programs. Saturday's Woolwich Observer have a very informative article titled "FIT changes have green sector in limbo". Here in Woolwich Township we have a number of wind and solar facilities in place and we are of course involved in the proposed Bio-Gas facility at Martin's Lane in Elmira. There will be a review done by the Province which will look at both the prices paid to renewable energy producers as well as the possibility of including other technologies into the program. One of these for example would be geothermal installations.
As is understandable there has been some criticism, not so much of the review itself, but of the timing. Businesses that build either solar panels or wind turbines would like to be able to confidently market their products to potential customers with a firm price that the customers will be paid if they put their excess energy back into the electrical grid. At the moment, as the title of the Observer's article indicates, these customers and manufactureres are in limbo.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
"DON"T FEED THE LANDFILL"
These above titled advertisements have been repeatedly in our local newspapers over the last several weeks. I would agree that they serve some good purposes in that hopefully the public can decrease the amount of garbage they send to the dump. Secondly this can partly be achieved by a greater use of the green bins provided by the Region of Waterloo. My wife and I have just started back using our green bin over the last three weeks as it's getting too cold outside for our outdoor composter to do it's work. All this being said one can be excused for perhaps seeing some hypocrisy in the situation when one reads the following posting dealing with adding 60,000 tonnes of contaminated sediments to this very same landfill. Food is bad but heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons etc. are O.K. ??? Here's a thought City of Kitchener. Bill the offending upstream industrial/commercial users for more than $30 per tonne with the excess being used to treat and hence lessen the levels of contamination BEFORE putting it in our landfill. This principle is called POLLUTER PAYS.
These above titled advertisements have been repeatedly in our local newspapers over the last several weeks. I would agree that they serve some good purposes in that hopefully the public can decrease the amount of garbage they send to the dump. Secondly this can partly be achieved by a greater use of the green bins provided by the Region of Waterloo. My wife and I have just started back using our green bin over the last three weeks as it's getting too cold outside for our outdoor composter to do it's work. All this being said one can be excused for perhaps seeing some hypocrisy in the situation when one reads the following posting dealing with adding 60,000 tonnes of contaminated sediments to this very same landfill. Food is bad but heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons etc. are O.K. ??? Here's a thought City of Kitchener. Bill the offending upstream industrial/commercial users for more than $30 per tonne with the excess being used to treat and hence lessen the levels of contamination BEFORE putting it in our landfill. This principle is called POLLUTER PAYS.
MORE ON VICTORIA PARK LAKE
There was another article in the K-W Record last Tuesday titled "Victoria Park lake project short of funds". As titled this article focuses on some financing problems associated with the project. At the same time the writer provides some interesting environmental information. There is 60,000 tonnes of contaminated sediment and 25,000 tonnes of native soil below the sediment to be removed. The contaminated sediment will be sent to the Regional Landfill on Erb St. for $30 per tonne while the native soil will go to the same place for only $5 a tonne. The efficacy of the higher fee for contaminated soils could be debated either way. The bottom line is that this landfill should never have been sited beside and above the St.Agatha Aquifer in the first place. It is probably far too late to close the barn door now, but somehow still adding any level of contaminated materials to this landfill seems to me to be more than pushing our luck.
There was another article in the K-W Record last Tuesday titled "Victoria Park lake project short of funds". As titled this article focuses on some financing problems associated with the project. At the same time the writer provides some interesting environmental information. There is 60,000 tonnes of contaminated sediment and 25,000 tonnes of native soil below the sediment to be removed. The contaminated sediment will be sent to the Regional Landfill on Erb St. for $30 per tonne while the native soil will go to the same place for only $5 a tonne. The efficacy of the higher fee for contaminated soils could be debated either way. The bottom line is that this landfill should never have been sited beside and above the St.Agatha Aquifer in the first place. It is probably far too late to close the barn door now, but somehow still adding any level of contaminated materials to this landfill seems to me to be more than pushing our luck.
Friday, November 4, 2011
WOOLWICH OBSERVER PUBLISHES A CPAC ARTICLE
Yesterday I criticized the K-W Record, CKCO-TV and the Woolwich Observer for not covering ANY CPAC meetings over the last few years. Lo and behold today's Woolwich Observer does have a very small article about CPAC. It is on pg. 3 and took place at Committee of the Whole meeting this last Tuesday night. The Observer have indicated that Woolwich Council have agreed to give $8,000 to CPAC in order to hire Dr. Gail krantzberg to assist them .
Yesterday I criticized the K-W Record, CKCO-TV and the Woolwich Observer for not covering ANY CPAC meetings over the last few years. Lo and behold today's Woolwich Observer does have a very small article about CPAC. It is on pg. 3 and took place at Committee of the Whole meeting this last Tuesday night. The Observer have indicated that Woolwich Council have agreed to give $8,000 to CPAC in order to hire Dr. Gail krantzberg to assist them .
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