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Melissa Dune“. also a member of WPAC. said any 5 new development continues in and around Water- Eckhard Pastrik. the city's director of environment and newcrossing over laurel Creek will be respectful of the envi- Aloo Park. one member of the park‘s advisory commit- parks, said the plan is to create a loop for pedestrians to walk ronment. and that they'vemoving forward cautiously. tee is raising concems about the fate of the wetland at around the entire park There is currently only one crossing ‘We'll be taking all concerns into the design phase. We're the bean of the park. over laurel Creek. just north ofthe baseball diamonds nowhere near that point.‘ said Durrell. “We believe it is 4 ‘ Sharon Woodley. who has only been a member of the “But we are years out." from construction. said Pastrik. important to have access between the east and west side of ' l ‘ Waterloo Park Advisory Committee (WPAC) for about six “We'll go through a screening repon â€" an environmental Waterloo Park, especially now that there's LRT tracks going 1 . months. worries the city's planned redesign of the park and inventory ~â€" and it will guide or even tell us lfit’s even feasi- through it.” 1 ‘ the future operation of light rail transit will put the locally ble to go thr ugh there. depending on the location of the As part of its Lll'l' planning the Region of Waterloo com- 4 significant wetland at risk wetland (and? the sensiu'vity of the wetland. there’s a whole pleted an Environmental Project Report in March 2012, l ‘ "It's an important part of the park that people may not be bunch of factors" which highlighted Laurel Creek as a medium-low constraint 1 ‘ ' aware of,” said Woodley of the wetland. which is on the west area and that “appropriate construction mitigation will be 1 l side of the central promenande that divides the east and g ' utilized to avoid negative afiects to features" 1 ‘ west ponion ofthc park. < & it also said appropriate approvals must be obtained 1 She points out the Waterloo Park Master Plan. adopted in ‘ ,, , ., , before any work can get underway. t 200“), includes the goal of "protecting and enhancing the ' Yet the study is "fairly high level" said GRCA Manager of i ‘ Grand River Conservation Authority! Ministry of Natural Communications Dave Schultz, and once [RT moves into l Resources designated wetland" but worries that goal isn't a ‘ the more detailed design phase thth the park. Gmnstnq i I priority as the i ity redesigns the park. 4. ‘ â€" the consortium tasked with designing, building and oper- ‘ Woodlr'y has discussed her ("om urns With the rest of the itingthe LRT â€" Will have to obtain permits. advisory L‘t)nlllllllt‘(‘ and (If) stall. and also lllt‘l Wllll a ll'pr(’- Those plans will he more detailed and GRCA staff Will st-iitntive from Waterloo Region Nature lh|\ wot-k review them to ensure mitigation efforts are sufficient. ‘ slu- sais shi- hill lht' onh lllt'llllK'r of mi- r linillllllt't‘ who ‘ Schultz said one work permit has been issued for Waterâ€" l\ t out t‘I’nt‘tl and will ask Watt-Hm) Region Nature members \ loo Park. for bridge work over Silver Lake. but he expects l ll lllt'\ ‘rt- Inlt‘l’l‘\l(‘(l int ondiit ting an Ill(lt'p('ll(l(‘ll| lllvt‘llltln ' more permit applications will be filed in the future. of ”It“ wetland and tlw Npt't It'\ living the-re . Avril Fisken. a spokesperson from Grandh'nq, said lht‘ll lllt' (it) of Wain-flu» has "hid!" the redesign of Waterltm '_ environmental team conducts daily inspections of the in \ lfiirk ()ll(' of its prltll'llll'\ in fl‘tt‘l’ll N'EIH, spending about $1 6 e“ water work. and their monitoring assesses water qualiti, , million to redesign the t'lllrillttt‘ rill lather David Bauer wildlife activity. erosion and sediment control measures l)I'I\l‘ with .i new splash pad and play areas l'he t I!) also mm dust and air quality along with general housekeeping and 1 l ri-i l'|\('(l about $773,001) in federal funding for the pron-i t m.“ w.“ M,“ proper storage of waste. i ‘\( t ording to ti report approved by t ouiit il this past May, (bnstruction staff also underwent training prior to the ‘ two more pron-i ts have llt't'll lill‘llllrll'tl for (omplt'tion in work getting underway. Fisken said. and mitigation moth l 2013 (ll‘ldlll'tl ill-sign and ( list tin-thus for it new lt'\ll\'ill lllill work Will he in (oniunction with the “RCA. WhK‘h tires were put in place from thestart. 1 Nil!" just Wl'\l oi lllt' Wt'llillltl on land ( urri-tulv in l llplt'tl l“ .i has authority over wetlands in the region [hose measures include a mobile groundwater treatv 4 l pair oi liiw'lmll (lldtlltmtls “Wt-“vi- got a very good relationship With the (iR('A and merit unit to ensure any poundwater coflected during (on 1 llu- other pnoritv is to work With thv ("an") to wilt-sign wed iii-vi-riompromise that." Pastrik said struction is returned to the water system in the same or bet 1 the mortal proint-n.iili- inst mist of the Wl‘llillltl <ind along ”in park master plan highlights the need to maintain ter condition as when it came otit of the ground, and thv 1 \l(lt' llll' railroad not its wlwri- ”(I thI (lpt‘litlt' Watt-dim Park as an “urban oasis“ and a natural setting in establishment of sediment and erosion controls to pfl‘Vt‘lll l lh.it rt'ptirl also outlines that lwiwwn so“, and All“; the the lau-ofthe tity expanding around ll sedimentation of the creek and wetland during (‘onxtriu r lll\ Will (ll‘lt'lllllllt‘ .i Nlllldhlt' ltit anon for a new trli\\tllg lht' plan also ( llt'S the need for halantt- between the lion. 1 over l.|tttt‘l i not tor tfi‘tlt‘strtdlh in lltt' park in t llllllt‘tl the heavily "tilt/rd vast \ltlt‘ of the park and the tmderutililrd (irandlinq crt'Ws will work continuously during the d.“ } Ham-r parting lot to thr- Wt'xl and llll' prnlllt'lliltlt' to tho t'il\l west side, along Wllll improved road and pathway condi- and through the night from lulv I? to luly 22. 1 1 l l ,, < ‘ YOUR TOP AWARD WINNING SPA ‘ ‘ i l (5:15? l with Z'il‘ h “a 4g ‘ V 1 - . w ‘ ‘.‘-lt‘lll 'i ' A.,.‘tt H'r‘ ' ' ’ t ‘ G l N A S v 1 swoooaooo l omASDAcon l j 0 eta-smudualv m ". ‘n-“m I t _ , l 1 ‘ t ‘ M 1 l _