Designation of the Laurel Creek Headwaters and Blair-Bechtel-Cru/ton Environmentally Sensitive Landscapes Removal of the Northwest Corner of the City of Waterloo from the City Urban Area, and Re-designation as Agricultural Resource Area One of the major Initiatives of the Regional Greenlands Strategy IS the designaton of Environmentally Sensrtwe Landscapes (ESL) ESLs are clusters of interconnected natural ecosystems and the human-altered lands among them. The Region IS proposmg amendments to the Regional Offical Policies Plan to create a policy framework for ESLs and desrgnate the first two such areas Laurel Creek Headwaters and Blair-Bechtel-Cru/hon, as shown below. In order to create the Laurel Creek Headwaters ESL. a second amendment is necessary to withdraw the "City Urban Area" designation from the extreme northwest corner ot the City of Waterloo. and re-desrgnate the lands as "Agncultural Resource Area." in accordance with the Ontario Planning Act, a Public Meeting is being held to receive input from interested members of the public on the draft amendments. The Public Meeting will be held on: Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 Time: 7:00 pm. Place: Regional Council Chambers 150 Frederick Street, 2nd Floor. Kitchener No formal decision on the proposed amendments will be made at the Public Meeting. Information received at the Public Meeting and in written submissions received before Friday. May 20, 2005 will be considered in making appropriate revisions to the draft amendments or mapping before they are submitted to Regional Council tor approval at a later date. For more information. visit the Region's website at yyiwteiriar1wat_eLloiELo and follow the living Here" link to "Growth Management," select "Greenlands Strategy" at the bottom of the page, and scroll down to "Environmentally Sensitive Landscapes" If you have any questions regarding this project or wish to provide comment, please contact either: l l Chris Gosselin Manager of Environmental Planning Regional Municipality ot Waterloo 150 Frederick Street Kitchener, ON N25 4J3 Phone: 575-4501 Fax: 575-4449 Email: gchris©region.waterioo.on.ca Written comments may be submitted to: Department of Planning. Housing and Community Services, Region of WaterIoo, 150 Frederick Street, 5th Floor. Kitchener, Ontario, N26 4J3. Fax: (519) 575-4449 If you wish to speak at the Public Meeting, please register in advance by calling the Regional Clerk's Office at 575-4420 by 4:30 pm. Wednesday. May 11, 2005 Kns Fletcher, Director of Council and Admlnlstralwe Services/Regional Clerk LAUREL CiEEK HEIDWATERg EBL- Region of Waterloo PUBLIC NOTICE HINGE 0f PUBLIB Grifiliri, Wendy Fisher Principal Planner Regional Municipality of Waterloo 150 Frederick Street Kitchener, 0N N26 4J3 Phone: 575-401 4 Fur. 575-4449 Email: fweMWhegion.wateriooon.ca -trCATMEeTrtEIamuTelaT6rt tWL WCI rugby led by 'little' Montgomery tl, luugh ttt call Wt ilk six, Iiliit,'?i.'i,) Mik Mont, gummy a lilllv lorrulter. but that's just what he is in relation ((1 big brother [nun at six-foot-tcn. And while Juan has cast u widv shadow on the basket- ball court. helping the Vikings In the W'CSh'hh and (:WUSSA senior boys title this past soasnn. Mik is making a name for himwlt an the rugby field aw a tough man to bring down. Mik Montgomery reaches for the ball during a throw in He scored thrce more trys against Resurrection in a 65-O blowout last Thttrs- day, as the Phoenix try to rise from the ashes once again after being dormant for a few years. And while his teammates gently rib him for not giving up the ball more often when in the heart of a scrum, Montgomery makes no apologies, saying the ball is safer in hands than flop- ping around on the ground. "l would have passed more often. it's just when I was looking for the pass I had hands on me, so it would have been unsafe to pass it in that kind of (on tact." he said, There are no Excuses for Montgomery on the field, as hr. Hum marry inch of his imposing frame. 1n hrvak lllrnugh th" opposition fit' admits to rclishing thc 'o" tm t "I inmmv mm! of [hr 14tHtiUt and s,titrt 1mm of In BuuVun-‘n‘u t Janna fr War! thts rumhlvs and _uuti'." sititl Mnnlgnmvry. "I like thut ('Ulll‘di‘l. that's Nu. I," And (hun' ix " lot orcorr [an m initiate as thc vighlh man in the Vikings" forward “HIE When Montgomery isn't loading by exampltt hr isn't afraid to get vocal with his "'ammatt"i. After all, there are high expectations for the veter- am on this WC] mam after already winning thump} nnshipw at the hanmm and iuuiut level. [he Vikings stiffvst com- pclitinn could tame from familiar rivals KCl, who already heat them to slarl the season. Montgomery said it taught his team an important lesson from which they have to build "KCI is a tough team." said Montgomery. about WCl's 33-22 loss. "And now we know we have to step it up." _ While the Vikings match up well physically with the Raiders. their fitness level wasn't were it should have been. "We need to get our " ness level up, and hopefully meet them again in the finals," said Montgomery. Resurrection gave WCI the opportunity to get rolling in the right direction. and they took it out an the unfortunate Phoenix "We III-0d In 0th tHe nnplavx hcttpr." said Mont, gnrm'n "And hnpvhlllv wc'll hr nhh' In plits bcttvr In thr- fulurr ..