Elmira Advocate on the Bio-En CLC Meeting of 7 May 2013

Alan Marshall has a nice summary on the Elmira Advocate of the Bio-En Community Liaison Committee meeting held on Tuesday, 7 May 2013:

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From a distance things may look quiet but apparently to date soil has been moved, conduit laid and some concrete has been poured. Also the excavation for a storm water pond has been completed. Earl Brubacher runs a very calm, sedate and professional meeting and I would describe all participants as conducting themselves accordingly.
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A pointer to the official meeting minutes will be posted here once they’re published on the Bio-En Meeting Minutes page.

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Bio-En Construction has begun

As was mentioned at the Bio-En CLC meeting in March, the site preparation for the biogas plant has begun. Construction was well under way this past Saturday, 4 May 2013.

A drainage ditch has been created at the approach to the construction site:

Culvert

Culvert at Bio-En construction site

That’s a might large sign with mighty little information!

Bio-En construction sign

Construction sign

Here’s a 3/4 round view at the end of the road leading to the construction site:

Panorama of Bio-En construction site

Bio-En construction site (full size)

And don’t forget the upcoming CLC meeting on Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 7:00pm at the Woolwich Memorial Arena.

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Sustainability forum focuses on collaboration

City of Kitchener logoThis is a media release from the City of Kitchener

KITCHENER – Collaboration and commitment are on the agenda for the Sustainability Networking Forum on Saturday, April 20 at Kitchener City Hall in the rotunda from 9 a.m. until noon.

Hosted by the City of Kitchener councillor, Yvonne Fernandes, and the environmental advisory committee, the forum highlights the need to work together and also identifies the values and principles that underscore collaboration. During the morning there will be a guided presentation for attendees to work together on a variety of activities.

Grassroots environmental groups have a wide variety of reasons for organizing; this forum will be an opportunity for them to connect with each other, find common threads and perhaps pool resources in a wider effort to get their message out to the public. The hope is that a bigger annual event can be planned so that the public will be able to attend in the future.

Participation in the forum is open to community environmental organizations by registration. Contact Brian Scott, City of Kitchener, at brian.scott@kitchener.ca.

What: Environmental sustainability networking forum
Who: Councillor Fernandes and the environmental advisory committee
When: Saturday, April 20, 9 a.m. to noon.
Where: City hall rotunda

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The Kitchener City Hall Rotunda is at 200 King St. W., Kitchener, Ontario (map)

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Minutes of 12 March 2013 CLC Meeting now available

The minutes of the Bio-En Community Liaison Committee meeting held on 12 March 2013 are now available, courtesy of Bio-En.

The documents referred to in the minutes are also available:

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Bio-En Community Liaison Committee Meeting, 7 May 2013

Title: Bio-En Community Liaison Committee Meeting
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Date: Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Location: Woolwich Memorial Centre, Concourse Cafe (map)

Agenda:

  1. March 12th meeting minutes
  2. Woolwich Bio-en update – construction schedule
  3. Other Business
  4. Schedule next meeting

Unfortunately, this date conflicts with the Woolwich Council meeting.

Bio-En CLC meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month.

The Stop The Stink Events Calendar lists CLC meetings, CPAC meetings, and Woolwich Council meetings.

Check these pages on the Bio-En website:

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Bio-En Community Liaison Committee Meeting, 12 March 2013

Update 18 March 2013: The minutes of this meeting are now available

Hi everyone: Today I learned of a new Community Liaison Committee Meeting from the Bio-En Web page listing CLC Agendas:

Title: Bio-En Community Liaison Committee Meeting

Location:
Lions Hall, 40 South St. W., Elmira, Ontario, Canada
(map)
Link out:
CLC Agendas at Bio-En Elmira

Woolwich Bio-en CLC Meeting

When: March 12, 2013
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Where: Lions Hall Elmira

Agenda:

1. Nov 21/12 meeting minutes
2. Woolwich Bio-en update
- anticipated construction schedule
- submission of draft contingency plan
- upcoming MOE admin amendment
3. Finalize terms of reference
4. Other Business
5. Schedule next meeting

Note:

This meeting is also open to the public.

CLC invitees

Earl Brubacher, Chair
Doug Thomas, V chair
Marg Tassy Kreller
Robert Musselman
Earl Martin
Jerry Heidbuurt
Bob Grey
Michael Purves Smith
Kevin Martin
Chuck Martin

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Another biosolids facility in Waterloo Region?

Waterloo Chronicle.caThe Waterloo Chronicle is running a series of articles on a biosolids facility in the Region of Waterloo. The latest article, entitled Not in my backyard opens with the observation:

Ask a regional councillor from the city of Waterloo or Cambridge what their opinion is of the region’s proposed biosolids heat-drying facility and you’ll likely get the same answer.

I love it – just don’t put it in my city.

The Waterloo Chronicle quotes Woolwich Township Mayor (and Waterloo Regional Councillor) Todd Cowan:

[Cowan], who experienced a similar debate in his town, said NIMBYism is inherent in almost any major municipal project.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a skate park or something like (the biosolids plant), said councillor Todd Cowan, mayor of Woolwich Township. For years he has been fighting with the provincial government to relocate a biogas facility from near Elmira’s downtown to a less residential area.

And we know how effective that’s been…

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