The public presentations to Fredericton City Council will take place tonight starting at 7:30 PM. Anyone can speak. You simply have to show up and ask to speak.
To get to the Council chamber, you walk up the front steps of CIty Hall that face Queen Street. Once inside, you turn right and go up the stairs to the Council Chamber on the 2nd Floor, and the public gallery on the 3rd Floor.
Here are 2 key points:
(1) NO NEW EIA WILL BE REQUIRED BY THE DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT
The Friends of the UNB Woodlot just learned that the gas station will be allowed by the Department of Environment. There will be conditions placed on the gas station such as a monitoring plan, and a surface runoff plan. There will be no encroachment allowed within 30metres of Corbett Brook Marsh. Also, there is a condition for a compensation plan to be prepared for the loss of the 0.7 hectare wetland (the one beside the New Maryland Highway) which is being lost due to the construction of the gas station.
(2) UNB COMMITTED THAT IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ENCROACHMENT OF 80 METRE BUFFERS ON WETLANDS & WATERCOURSES
Here is the proof of UNB’s commitment back in 2004 to preserve 80metre buffers and ecologically sensitive areas.
(Note: A permanent record of this pdf will always be available on the Internet Archive website. The Internet Archive retrieved this page from the UNB website on Dec. 27, 2004.)
And the same information sheet can be found as part of the many public presentations given by Dr. John McLaughlin and Mike Ryan. (click on the “Display Panel 3 – UNB Woodlot – Endowment Conservation Lands” found on the UNB website: http://www.unb.ca/lms/woodlot/openhouse.html
Therefore, the proposed Costco development cannot proceed without a significant change to the footprint of the building and the parking lot. The 80metre buffer on the sensitive wetland Corbett Brook Marsh must be preserved.
Please show up at CIty Council tonight and add your voice in support of the Woodlot.
Sincerely yours,
Mark D’Arcy and Caroline Lubbe-D’Arcy
379 Northumberland Street
Fredericton, NB
(506)454-5119
