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Notice of Study Completion Iron Horse Trail to Future Transit Hub Active Transportation Connection Schedule 'B' Municipal Class Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Design Study The Region of Waterloo has completed a Schedule "B" Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study to improve the cycling and walking connection between the Iron Horse Trail and the future Transit Hub in the City of Kitchener. The study area is shown in the attached map. The Project File Report dated November 10, 2017 is available on the Region of Waterloo web site at http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/discoveringtheregion/parkstrails.asp. A printed copy is also available for public review at the Region of Waterloo Administrative Headquarters by contacting the Region's Project Manager noted below. Regional Council approved the Hybrid 2-3 alternative route and directed staff to proceed with the detailed design and construction of this alternative. By this Notice, the Project File Report has been placed on the public record. Subject to comments received as a result of this Notice, the Region may proceed with planning and implementation of the Hybrid 2-3 route. If concerns regarding this project cannot be resolved in discussions with the Region of Waterloo, a person or party may request the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change to make an order for the project to comply with Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act which addresses individual environmental assessments. Requests for a Part II Order must be received by the Ministry at the addresses below, no later than December 11, 2017. The request to the Ministry must also be copied to the Region's Project Manager. Hanan Wahib, P. Eng. Project Manager, Region of Waterloo 150 Frederick Street, 6th Floor Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3 Phone 519-575-4811 hwabib@regionofwaterloo.ca Minister of the Environment and Climate Change 77 Wellesley Street West 11th Floor, Ferguson Block Toronto, ON M7A 2T5 Director, Environmental Approvals Branch Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change 135 St. Clair Ave West, 1st Floor Toronto ON M4V 1P5 EAASIBgen@ontario.ca Thursday, November 16, 2017 • WATERLOO CHRONICLE • 11Serving your community since 1856 By Lisa Rutledge For the Chronicle A regionwide task force formed to review how sexual assault reports are handled by the judicial system and why cases are ruled as unfounded has opted to divide and conquer to bet- ter meet goals for change. The task force, borne out of roundtable discussions on how to improve Waterloo Region's unfounded rate, has chosen to break into two sub- committees. One committee is tasked with studying a groundbreak- ing review model developed in Philadelphia during 2000 and recommending how to apply best practices here. The model established a new standard of handling reports of sexual assault that reduces potential mistakes made in investiga- tions and improves treatment of victims in the judicial sys- tem. "We're hoping they can provide some guidance to the complete group to address different ways and aspects of reporting structure and inves- tigations of sexual assaults," said Waterloo Regional Police Insp. Michael Haffner. The group will then discuss how to apply any new prac- tices to improve the region's unfounded rate, a term given to sexual assault cases deemed by investigators to be baseless. The second subcommittee will be responsible for evaluat- ing and auditing a selection of unfounded cases reported in the region during the past few years. Haffner said both groups, chaired by Sara Casselman, executive director of the Sex- ual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region, will contin- ue to meet regularly and then report back to the full group in the next few months. The full committee is expected to pres- ent a report to the Waterloo Regional Services Police Board early next year. Last spring, Waterloo police invited representatives from community organiza- tions, as well as members of the justice system, to take part in roundtable discussions on how to improve its unfounded rate. Waterloo Regional Police's unfounded rate is 27 per cent, higher than the national aver- age of 17 per cent. It's estimat- ed one in every five reports of sexual assault made to police is dismissed as groundless. Shortly after a report on unfounded cases was pub- lished by the Globe and Mail, police organizations around the country, including in Waterloo Region, vowed to review their unfounded rates. Unfounded review delves deeper