Dear Member,
Would you like to know more about what can be done to save Angell Woods?
APAW, along with S.A.V.E. (Senneville As a Village Environment) and the Comité de l’Anse à l’Orme has organized an evening with a well known lawyer, biologist and conservation advocate, Me Jean-François Girard ( Dufresne, Hébert, Comeau) for January 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaconsfield Annex- 1974 City Lane, Beaconsfield.
His topic of discussion will be: understanding the existing laws that can enable municipalities to protect their green spaces, making sense of the legal and fiscal aspects of them and providing information for both residents and municipal councilors to help make the preservation of green space an attainable reality. He will also be using concrete examples of jurisprudence to illustrate his points making it more meaningful to us all.
Places are limited, so please reserve your place by sending us an email at angellwoods@yahoo.ca .
Please note that the presentation will be in French, with some support in English if need be.
Dear member,
We would like to inform you that if you haven’t had a chance to sign our petition, you can do so at:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/sauvons-le-bois-angell-save-angell-woods.html
Please feel free to forward it to your friends. For more info, visit our website at apaw.ca
We would also like to thank you for your overwhelming support. We have received great number of letters and if you wish to include your voice against development in Angell Woods and its buffer zones, you can still do so by sending your letter to the Mayor and Council:
david.pollock@beaconsfield.ca
michael.montagano@beaconsfield.ca
karin.essen@beaconsfield.ca
wade.staddon@beaconsfield.ca
brian.ross@beaconsfield.ca
roy.baird@beaconfield.ca
rhonda.massad@beaconsfield.ca
We are keeping a tally of letters sent. Please do not hesitate to cc APAW on your letter angellwoods@yahoo.ca
As well, please support APAW on Facebook by clicking on “Like”. We can be found at APAW-APBA
Thanks for your continuing support.
Angell Woods needs you!
Dear members:
As you may know, the City of Beaconsfield is carrying out a special urban planning exercise (a “Particular planning program”, or “Plan particulier en urbanisme”) for Angell Woods.
This process will determine whether and how Angell Woods will be developed or conserved. APAW will of course be actively participating on your behalf. Attached is our members’ resolution guiding that input. However, now is the time for YOU to participate. The City is soliciting testimonials from citizens that use the Woods, whether or not they are Beaconsfield residents.
Saving Angell Woods is not an obvious solution for everyone. Many still see the area as a prime site for high density residential or industrial development and will be lobbying for that result. We have to speak up to ensure that the majority community view prevails.
Please send in a note or an email, detailing how you think the whole of Angell Woods should be formally recognized in the City’s by-laws as a public nature park. Or how you feel that sneaking in a few condos or townhouses or industrial facilities “at the edges” would only destroy valuable buffer zones and the ecological integrity of Angell Woods. How would this potential development actually improve the welfare of current residents? What are the chances that our taxes would go down? Maybe you feel strongly about the increased traffic flows at the Woodland exchange that additional development would bring. We know that once municipal infrastructure (i.e. sewers) is brought into Angell Woods for any kind of project, there is no guarantee that the rest of the Woods can be protected.
Now is the time to firmly pass on your thoughts and views to our elected Councillors - before May 1. We may never have an opportunity like this again. We are counting on you! Please take 10 minutes right now to send an email to denis.chabot@beaconsfield.ca or mail a note addressed to Denis Chabot, Director of Urban Planning and Municipal Patrol, 303 Beaconsfield Boulevard, Beaconsfield, Quebec, H9W 4A7.
Thanks for your support.
The APAW Executive
