Holy Jehosophat!!!

Dear Town of Aurora,

Further to my presentation to council on Tuesday March 29, 2011, I respectfully request your support for the ongoing work of the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation by way of resolution by council and/or letter of support.

As you know, the future of the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation is in jeopardy - our ability to work with your council and others depends on winning renewed investment from the Province of Ontario.

The Foundation’s mandate, based on the 2001 Oak Ridges Moraine Act and subsequent Conservation Plan, is to preserve, protect and restore the environmental integrity of the Oak Ridges Moraine. Today, more than ever, the headwaters on the Oak Ridge Moraine are understood as vital to the Moraine’s inhabitants. 

The Conservation Plan is clear, as is the Foundation, that the Town of Aurora and your colleagues in municipalities across the Moraine are key implementers in this headwaters recovery mission. For the past eight years, we have been proud to work with you and more than seventy partners in delivering our shared mission to restore headwaters on the Oak Ridges Moraine.  But now, we need your important support to win renewed investment for the Foundation’s work.

While much has been accomplished, much remains to be done.  The Foundation and its Stakeholders prepared a ten year strategic review of progress and essential work needed.  We have a road map forward that highlights vulnerable aquifers to be protected and the forests, streams and grasslands where strategic restoration will produce the most effective results.

The Foundation’s Business Plan seeks renewed investment of $11 million over four years from the Province of Ontario to deliver the essential headwaters recovery mission in partnership with your municipality and others across the Oak Ridges Moraine.

May we count on your council’s support in our quest for renewed investment from the Province? Your important support should be expressed through a formal resolution and/or letter to decision makers, Premier Dalton McGuinty and Minister Jim Bradley, the minister charged with the Foundation’s mandate.

Thank you for your attention to the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation’s request for time sensitive moral support. Please do call me for any detail I can provide that will make it possible to gain council’s important support.

Respectfully,

Kim Gavine

Executive Director

Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation

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Yesterday I made the error of confusing the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation with the Oak Ridges Morain Trust.

I had no idea there were two of them.

I received an angry e-mail from a Volunteer Director of the O.R.M.T. which I  will be happy to share if I receive permission.