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The Cootes to Escarpment Park System:
A Conservation and Land Management Strategy

Stakeholder Advisory Committee

A Stakeholder Advisory Committee is essential to development of the Cootes to Escarpment Strategy. We therefore formed a Stakeholder Advisory Committee early on to help formulate this conservation and management strategy.

Responsibility of Stakeholder Advisory Committee Members

RBG and the project partners sought individuals to help define the issues and develop a course of action for the conservation and management of the public and non-profit owned natural lands. It was essential that each stakeholder could:

• Speak as a citizen of the community or on behalf of their interest group;
  

• Attend seven stakeholder meetings over the course of the two year vision project;
  
• Act as a liaison and solicit feedback on behalf of their organization;
  
• Review information and draft documents prepared; and
  
• Be either a resident within the study area, owned or managed a business in the study area, or belonged to an organization active in the study area.

Stakeholder meetings have been in the evening except for one full day meeting and one full day study area tour, both on Saturdays. The first meeting was held on January 29, 2008. Our final meeting under the present project was held on 22 April 2009. We have greatly appreciated the input from the stakeholder Advisory Group in the first two years of the project. The Steering Committee extends its thanks for their interest, candor and opinions.

Cootes to Escarpment Park System
Conservation and Land Management Strategy
Stakeholder Advisory Group
as of November 2009

John Bacher, Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment

Don Charlong, Valley Ratepayers Association

Alan V. Dore, City of Hamilton

Doug Duke, Hamilton-Halton Homebuilders' Association

Helene Dutka, Hamilton Naturalists' Club and Citizens Opposed to Paving the Escarpment

Professor Turlough Finan, McMaster University

Leanne Fischl, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Ken Glasbergen, LGL Limited Environmental Research Associates

Lisa Grbinicek, Niagara Escarpment Commission

Ken Hall

Jim Hudson, Bay Area Restoration Council

Randy Kay, Ontario Public Interest Research Group - McMaster

Julia Kollek, Environment Hamilton

Steve Kostidis

Phillip Krakar, Hamilton-Wentworth Federation of Agriculture

Joe Mattiacci, Bella Court Developments

Beth Merinchuck

Rosalind Minaji, City of Burlington

Robert Norman, City of Hamilton

Lorraine Norminton, Hamilton-Wentworth Stewardship Council

Gordon Ofield

Rob Peachey, City of Burlington

Werner Plessl, Hamilton Waterfront Trust

Barbara Rabicki, McMaster University

Barbara Rusnak, Aldershot Business Community BIA

Bill Stoddart, Aldershot Community Council

Peter Tigchelaar

Paul Toffoletti, Burlington Sustainability Committee and Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club

Geoff Woods, Ontario Realty Corporation

Last Updated: 18 January 2010