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The board informed the city Monday that it is not feasible for the commission to assume the responsibili- ties of hiring crossing guards and allocating costs for "three or more separate municipalities." The board added it would be prepar- ed to train crossing guards The Regional Board of Police Commissioners has informed the City of Water- loo it will not assume the responsibility of hiring, equipping or paying crossing guards. Mr. Pflug informed coun- cil the Ministry of Com- munity and Social Services The committee, to include mayor Herb Epp, com- munity services director Ken Pnug, community ser- vices committee chairman alderman Marjorie Carroll, and city treasurer Don Schaefer. will consider the costs and possible benefits of hosting one of, ttvtatt vincial games jointly" ith the City of Kitchener. city may bid for _ Ohmic games A committee has' been appointed by Waterloo city council to investigate the possibility of hosting either the 1975 Ontario Summer Games or the 1976 Ontario Winter Games. Crossing guards .. city problem area. ' ' "We are not finding that the areas surrounding the core are deteriorating. We are not finding areas of transi- tion. And we are not finding areas of high density usage. For the most part" Smith said, "we are finding low density housing which should be protected." According to Smith the first phase of the proposed three phased Central Residential Study indicates the majority of homes in'the area are in good to excellent condi- tion and worth preserving. , "There are no serious signs of deterioration on a major scale. There are a few tmil. . . scattered throughout the area that should be. tl'iii,iil!ltisi'i ," be pointed out, "these are few and are tttit, -. , in any specific The classic evolution “of wiiiiGilpiriifi I: irhTii' not supported here. This is not happening in the City of Waterloo," Smith informed council. The presentation. a preview of an in-depth study of the core area commissioned by the city at a cost of Mo,- on. indicates the vast majority of the more than 10,600 People in the area prefer to see little or no changes in their neighbourhoods Mr. Smith indicated the area under “My (bounded try University Ave.- city limits and Weber St.- Westmount Rd.) is in excellent condition for a city core. He said while most cities have core areas that have rapidly deteriorated and have experienced transition to high density housing and extensive com- mercial encrouchment Waterloo has retained a core area supporting good, low/ density housing for the most part. _ "When we look at the classic c0ncept of what happens to a city we see that it starts in the older Section and grows out from there. Core areas are (usually) areas of transition where higher density uses intrude the area. The classic evolution of what happens to a citris not _ . Br.Doectarir,c-eoatte. Residents in the downtown core of Waterloo are not isttemsteit in large scale development, accotding to a precaution to city council Monday by Howard Smith 'er?deortlstt.tittt Planning Cmtsultantaikitettener). Core residential _ study underway Eirwaterloo chronicle a? 120th Year No. City purchasing and per- sonnel director Terry Hall- man said Monday while Waterloo has enough cross- ing guards at the present time anyone interested in future employment should contact his office. Mr. Hall- man said the city would like to build a reserve list for replacement due to illness or accidents. and provide substitutes in an emergency situation but the city would be respon- sible for all other areas, in- cluding assigning locations. According to Pflug the largest drawback facing an application would be the provision of housing facili- ties for the up to 2,000 com- petitors and officials invol- ved in an athletic endea- vour of this nature. He said he has already received "a qualified no" from the Uni- versity of Waterloo and Wil- frid Laurier University in a has approached 24 munici- palities in the province to consider hosting either the summer or winter games. Pflug said he has met with Kitchener city officials briefly and they have ex- pressed a willingness to consider a joint bid for one of the games. Wednesday, January 22, 1975 Alderman Brian Tumbull said transportation could be handled by the public who could use their personal vehicles to transport the participants. Turnbull said that since the games are supposed to be a community l effort he foresees very few problems in soliciting public participation. the average citizen," alder- man Charles Voelker said, pointing out it will be the restaurant and motel/hotel owners that will benefit financially from the games "We've got to take a long, hard look at this and decide if it will do anything for be about $20,000 and the city would have to cover. this ex- pense. to subsidize housing facili- ties but the athletes and of- ficials would be housed throughout the area and this could pose problems for transportation. He said transportation costs Would Pflug pointed out the provir_1ce_3__woqld be willing request to use their cam- pus residences. Pflug said the Summer Games would be held on the Labour Day weekend (August 29' to September 1) and the resi- dences would be undergoing last minute organizing for the students who will arrive the week following the holi- day. In the case of the Win- ter Games (to be held be- tween Jan. and March) the residences would be full. Questionaires mailed to 5,500 people in the area last August had a 23 per tent return but, Smith pointed out. the 1,200 cards returned accounted for 44 per cent of the property owners. Basically the questionaire asked the residents how they use their properties, how they would like to see their properties used in the future and what they would allow their neighbours to use their proper- ties for. Smith said most responses indicated they would prefer to see present property usage continuebut they were "slightly more generous when asked what their neighbourcoulddo". - __ _-' "This isn't greatly sigAieant but. ft is an indication 'rnestudy.comniissionedhythecitytodetermine planning and zoning controlsthat will best meet the requirements of the residents involved, will involve a large amount it public participation. According' to Smith meetings will be scheduled for five designated areas in an effort to "make every interested citizen a planner“. Smith said the study will only be successful if the public participates. In effect the planning study has onlylistedthepresentconditionsdtheareaandSmith said the tttlit,? will hopefully, provide the recommenda- tions for city. According to his preliminary report. the core area of the city could not adequately handle large scale develop- ment. Existing services (water, sanitary and storm sewers) and the transportatiai network would not be able to handle higher densities and unless the city is prepared to undertake large scale development, similar to Kitchener's project in their downtown section. exten- sive high density use should be avoided. _ According to Smith if the area experiences large scale development changes the rebuilding and replace- ment of existing sewage and water services would be necessary and "this is obviously impractical". Trans- portation patterns would also require extensive altera- tions. (Continued on page 2) ervices (water, sanitary and storm transportatim network would not be gher densities and units: the city is take large scale development, similar iect in their downtown section. exten- Members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Bonsai Club held its monthly meeting last Thursday at the Adult Recreation Centre. The club's activities involve the dwerling of trees through season pruning of leaves and roots. Linda and her tether Eldon Leis wrap wire around this tree's branches to form the desired triangular shape. Waterloo, Ontario Danziger noted his staff could not have completed the study because of the time involved. The public is encom- aged to attend Wednesday's meeting. According to the. city's chief planner "' Richard Dan- ziger the study to date has been impressive. Danziger noted thtrqtianners have acquired a great deal of infor- mation on the area and he expects the final presentation: to the city will be valuable in determining future planning and zoning regulations. e r“..- “mu-.53 mu :1: mm at the general meet- ing planned for the Adult Recreation Centre next Wed- nesday evening. At the general meeting the best means of acquiring public participation will also be discussed. "These uses are unlikely to disappear over a 25-year period so we have to plan around them. We have been very-careful not to assume soniething will happen to changetheseases,"smithsaiit. - To date the study has cost the city close to “QM, of which one-third has been spent on aerial photographs. Theupttotos,-Smittt explained. are extremely important because residents will be able to pin point their own properties accurately. "With the information we have we can go with a fairly clear story of the existing conditions to the residents and ask them to consider the possibilities. We are after the opinions of the residents so we have to consider the best manner of citizen input," he said, adding a series of public meetings will be scheduled at the general meet- inn lilo-“Ind ., av, Al Ma, - -- A t.tt..ttttneyeriir.eeiirtstottemmeee-s,.ia 1ed'euttttaritt-tstei'GGiitrtieiTi'iiii7'Uii5 heuid. _ A large portion a! the area has been tamed fixed - by Smith. These are "the areas that have qeeifie matmepresenttimeudwillconfii-euehaqed (anthem! 20 to 5 years. Included are the univeru'ty lands, churches. M. the Liquor Control Board out- let, Seagram's Distillery, Mutual mend a wide variety of otherpmperties including the Mount Hope Cemetery. l0 Cents