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A Waterloo mother‘s letâ€" ter to council has prompted an investigation to see if parking is a problem for library patrons. Kim Hornbury (cleft) assists Jackie Ankenmann as they set up the bulletin board at Elizabeth Ziegler School. The board will relate the progress of the grade four and five classes in their exchange program, Project Canada. Mother‘s complaint sets off â€"Waterloo Chronicle An experimental program has been inâ€" stigated by the staff of the City of Waterloo to come up with a new sign greeting those entering Waterloo. Although it is not in his department the project of coming up with a new sign has been done under his direction. ‘‘I‘ve been thinking about this for quite .netime." Mr. Schaefer said. "I don‘t like our existing signs and I think there should be some improvement made. Of course when I said that they told me to come up with something better."" Don. Schaeffer. city treasurer said the subject had been under discussion for some time though it has not been officially brought before council. The city crest is the main weak point of the present signs Mr. Schaefer thinks. "I don‘t think the crest is necessary on these signs." He said, "There is so much detail involved there that I think it gets lost anyâ€" way and just looks like a black blob." Doug Ratchford, designer of the Waterâ€" loo Regional Crest was asked to "put difâ€" ferent ideas on paper,"" Mr. Schaefer said. Mr. Ratchford was told he did not have to stick to the Waterloo colours nor should they contain the city crest. Two of Mr. Ratchford‘s submissions have been selected for the testing period. Mr. 118TH YEAR NO 11 Waterloo will try out new sign designs Council committee of the whole Monday night made the decision to find out to what extent parking was a problem at the library beâ€" WEDNESDAY MARCH 14 1973 fore making any recomâ€" mendations as to what to do about it. The letter came from Mrs. Chris Nanson and was Schaefer said the ones picked are two of ‘the more conservative crests. These will be painted up as road signs and placed at two well travelled areas in a couple of weeks to see what the public‘s reaction is to them. These signs will give the city some idea of what should be used. The signs will likely be tested at Erb Street West and at Highway 85 on Weber 4 Ke, s *% ; "ar s "»“J ‘Jn~ â€". aMis $ 14 es ioh ‘! n es Posaselrity 3. x +. " (whak ® ind s , ing > i ~ C . 4 a # "’ The crests on the present signs cannot be read by drivers passing by Lakeshore gets .85 acre Teakwood Drive parklet received by Ald. Bauman. She said one Wednesday she had driven to the lower parking lot closest to the entrance to the children‘s library with her two preâ€" school children and 13 books. Mrs. Nanson was surâ€" prised to find the area was taken over by minimum five hour meters and the rest of the area designated as red permit holders only. She said she finally found one empty spot next to Marsland Centre and ‘dragâ€" ged my two little children and the pile of books to the entrance."‘ Lakeshore â€" Village _ reâ€" ceived a parklet Monday night although council . aâ€" greed the size would not please everyone. Waterloo council comâ€" mittee of the whole acâ€" cepted planning departâ€" ment‘s decision to alot a .85 acre parklet behind Teakwood Drive. Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinâ€" ney said she talked to sevâ€" eral people in that district who did not find that footâ€" age acceptable. After City Clerk Durâ€" wood _ Preston _ reviewed the park issue which has been under discussion for several months he said shape and usable area of a parklet may be more After speaking to severâ€" WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA al other mothers in the liâ€" brary, Mrs. Nanson said she discovered they had had similar problems. When inâ€" quiring at the desk about the parking Mrs. Nanson said she was told that the upstairs jlot (on Albert Street) was all that was left and that it was used by police department staff and was so full that one of their own staff members had to park in a one hour area. City _ Treasurer _ Don Schaefer said there was very seldom any real empâ€" ty spaces in the library lot. He added it was usually As an example of this he pointed out that the 0.9 acre parklet in the Erb, Weber, Allen, Dover area was frequently being put to good use by residents there. Waterloo residents @re cordance with other muniâ€" being asked to switch their _ cipalities which also change clocks back at 2 am. April _ at that time. 29 for Daylight time rather than 12:01 which has been City Clerk Preston said used in the past. Waterloo adopted the 12:01 Council committee votâ€" changing time many years ed in favor of the change ago and the practice was Monday night to keep in acâ€" â€" never questioned. important than the area. Ald. Epp said, "It won‘t satisfy them comâ€" pletely. Although it doesn‘t fully meet with their expecâ€" No extra time for drinkers Street, two of the most busiest entrances to the city. Mr. Schaefer said this is being done so the city and the residents can get an idea of what the signs will really look like, something which can‘t accurately be decided by looking at a piece of paper. After ore sign has been picked over the others, the subject will be brought before council for discussion. 13,460 copies delivered by carrier to every household in WATERLOO study PRICE 10 CENTS filled by people who would shift their spots from time to time but basically were in the lot all day. Aldâ€" Bauman wondered that if parking was really a problem should the Seâ€" nior Citizens get the special privileges of parking exâ€" tensions. Ald. Epp replied saying some seniors had trouble walking and it would not be easy for them to be moving their cars all the time so he was in faâ€" vor of the extended privilâ€" tations, in my estimation they may have asked for something â€" they . never thought they‘d get anyway. I don‘t think they would have any grievance should Council committee voted five to two in favor of the parklet. we go ahead with this so I move we do." _Mr. Schaefer told council the matter would be looked