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Page 2 â€" Watericoo Chronicie, Wednesday, June 265, 1975 William Street gets oversized stop sign A new larger stop sign is to be installed at the intersection of William and Herbert Streets thanks to the efforts of James Heimâ€" becker of â€". William St. East Mr. Heimbecker approachâ€" ed city council on June 16 to complain that the city had done nothing about drivâ€" ers that ignored the stop sign on William . Street East. During Monday‘s comâ€" mittee of the whole mieetâ€" ing council approved the installation of the 30 by 30 inch sign at the interâ€" section. Stop signs are norâ€" mally 24 by 24 inches in size. An _ engineering report submitted to council by the city engineer, James Willis, stated that the stop sign was partially obscured by a hydro pole. Mr. . Heimbecker _ said during his address that a number of motorists would drive through the intersecâ€" Garbage normally collected on Tuesday,. WILL BE collected on Tuesday, July 1st, 1975 (Domâ€" inion Day). All garbage must be out by 8: 00 a.m. "Discussion of the choices will take place at this meeting"‘ | DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT STUDY CITY OF WATERLOO GARBAGE COLLECTION Presentation of the Goals and Objectives and of the apparent choices of development policies by lan MacNaughton and Howard S. Smith PUBLIC MEETING WATERLOO DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS ASSOC. CITY OF WATERLOO Thursday, June 26, 1975 8 :00 p.m. ADULT RECREATION CENTRE tion without stopping or would see the sign and slide into the intersection. King and Allen Streets Waterloo He said that he had writâ€" ten to council two years ago expres::'n& his concern about the itions at the intersection â€" and â€" written to Mayor Herb Epp last year but nothing had been The engineering report stated that there ‘ is an average of two accidents at this intersection per year as a result of eastbound motâ€" orists failing to stop at the sign. Hwy. 85 detour Due to the construction of the Conestoga Parkway exâ€" tension overpass Highway 85 will be closed at Northâ€" field Drive. Motorists are asked to detour by Northâ€" field Drive and Weber Street. in the â€" Epp named to hydro study Waterloo Mayor Herb Epp is one of eight persons named to a study committee by Sidâ€" ney Baldwin to conduct a feasibility study and analysâ€" is of possible alternatives for municipal utility restrucâ€" turing in the region. Ron Musselman installs the final length of frame for the print Caribou by Eskimo artist Lypa Pitsiulak. The print was made by cutting the design in relief into stone and then inking the stone and pressing the paper onto it. The show, which opened last Sunday at the Inunshuk Gallery at 25 Young St. East, features a wide variety of Eskimo art. Mr. Baldwin, the chairâ€" man of the provincial steerâ€" ing committee on restrucâ€" turing, made the announceâ€" ment of the appointments last week. Other members of the comâ€"â€" mittee are; Regional Chairâ€" man Jack Young; Camâ€" bridge Mayor Robert Kerr; Woolwich Mayor Howard Ziegler; Donald _ Weber, the chairman of the Kitchâ€" ener Public Utilities Comâ€" mission; William Smith, the viceâ€"chairman of Waterioo Hydro; Jim Warnock the chairman of Galt PUC and Ray Behrendt, the chairâ€" man of Bridgeport Hydro. The chairman of the study team and a representative from labor will be named at a later date. Mayor Epp said the purâ€" pose of the study team is to determine which system will best serve the hydro needs of region residents. He said there are a numâ€" ber of possibilities to streamâ€" line the present 13 commisâ€" New ideas in housing (Continued from page 1} asked about maintenance along the side of the house on a property line and was told that there would be an. agreement in the sales contract allowing ownâ€" ers to be on their neighbor‘s property for maintenance work. Ald. Brian Turnbull said that each house and lot should be studied by the city‘s architectural â€" adviâ€" sory committee. No steps on the zoning application will be taken by the city at this time until council has had a chance to study a further report on the project including the designs of the six models of homes the developer plans to market. sions in the region and sugâ€" gested that the study comâ€" mittee may recommend a single commission for the region or seven smaller ones, one in each municipality. If the committee recomâ€" mends the second suggestion then there may be a hydro commission in Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Woolâ€" wich, â€" Wilmot, Wellesey, and North Dumfries. Mayor Epp said he hopes the committee will be able to submit a tentative plan to the provincial government in the fall and, if the plan is approved, have the plan in operation by midâ€"1976. The study will be conductâ€" ed in accordance with the reâ€" vised Hogg Report tabled by the Ontario minister of energy on February 11, 1975. This report established guidelines for the restrucâ€" turing of utilities in regional municipalities and counties where local government reâ€" form has taken or is about to take place. Regardless of the type of commission or commissions approved by the governâ€" ment, the first commission commission or commissions _ Mayor Epp said this study approved by the governâ€" team was the first of its kind ment, the first commission â€" in the province. © Chamber hoists flags to mark Canada Week Waterloo residents may have noticed a number of Canadian Flags flying from light posts in downtown Waterloo recently. The flags were installed by the retail branch of the chamber of Commerce to mark Canada‘s birthday on July 1. Speck Turner, the secreâ€" taryâ€"manager of the chamâ€" ber, said the flags were there to celebrate Canada‘s birthday and to remind people that Canada is a great place to live. _ He said the chamber hopes the flags will remind resiâ€" dents of Canada Week and He said that once a chairâ€" man is named and a repreâ€" sentative from labor appointâ€" ed to the study team then work can begin on the proâ€" ject. ‘ will probably be appointed / said Mayor Epp. Mr. Baldwin, the comâ€" missioner of Ancaster Townâ€" ship PUC, was named chairâ€" man of the provincial steerâ€" ing committee by Ontario Hydro â€" chairman â€" Robert Taylor. Other members are A.G. Stacey, general manager Guelph Board of Light and Heat;, L. E. Cooke, Barrie, a member of the provincialâ€" municipal liaison commitâ€" tee; E.M. Fleming, repreâ€" senting the Ministry of Treaâ€" sury, Economics and Interâ€" governmental Affairs; HK. Wright, Ontario Hydro Diâ€" rector of Customer Service, and the chairman of each loâ€" cal study group requesting assistance. . Hydro was named executive director of the steering committee. give them a chance to pause and reflect on the many great freedoms Canadians enjoy. _ In other chamber news a recent canoe safety demâ€" onstration held at the Waâ€" terloo Family YMCA saw 40 persons in attendance. Mr. Turner said the event was excellent. ‘"The demâ€" onstration was great," he said, it was very well done, very educational." The safety program was sponsored by the chamber, the YÂ¥MCA and the Kitchenâ€" erâ€"Waterloo branch of the Canadian Red Cross Sociâ€" ety.