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i Ap ?‘flhluli:ednapnblnhfifindmndlfora W"mwm ‘p ~"I| _ As well, senfor staff will look at the question of the : ~ new council being held accountable for actions of the fs _ asked staff to examine the current process of notifying | E en n o. Ciystefl "“Mb’“mnrmr"""."’ o ) IgN w sair Shey I 'l‘;A‘. L l:_ Ufi ol ‘Westmount â€"Place, M and *Meats*, Beechwood Travel*. ‘l0o Chronicle: St. Jacob‘s, Wa:. £ YJ. â€"WATIERLOO _ Chronicle *Selected areas only. Pille At ‘Coun. Lynne Woolstencroft‘s urging, council sked staff to examine the current process of notifying Her protest prompts procedural review the new council merely reconfirms decisions increase between Kitchener and Toronto. ‘The bus is not a real alternative, either. â€"~*This is not the time to add more cars to the â€" They get just as stuck in highway traffic . road," said Moran, 89, an investment banker _ Another alternative that Moran calls unreaâ€" working in downtown Toronto and living in _ listic is to drive to Milton and catch the GO :Waterloo. } train. But that takes a good two hours and n “l’nmgn'udn;:to'l‘u&nfioin& again contributes to highway traffic, she said. f«"fl‘_ traffic just stops.â€"If th When federal Transport Minister Benoit ~ off the lll.M'“bemm‘t:{ * Bouchard last month announced details of the mlnrm And she claims to have no : for political office of any kind. ' ...';fm";‘m mmm%v'wlly' t +Waterloo has so frustrated Moran that last week she led ‘_,’#'vg_yofzounslowingtnmconflighny protest against VIA cuts ftgridlock" that..she says will happen if _ commuter automobilé traffieâ€"continues to Pattie Moran led a convoy of 20 cars from Kitchener to Milton Thursday in protest against federal plans to eliminate eartyâ€"morning VIA service from Sarnia to Toronto. lan Kirkby phoic Waterloo resident leads It was a demonstration of the kind of Pattie Moran does not see herself as a bnbin t nabratiin‘ si~ We vimnonatpataa of past council, what obligation does staff have to notify us it‘s been a thorny issue?" asked Woolstenâ€" As well the issue of councilmaking major and s«mmuuhnmmmmwm Amn&mmmimfixufl?} examine. Staff survey neighboring cities to see i they have limitations to the hours of businesses located near populated areas. That issue arose at the OMB hearing when chairâ€" man Douglas Colbourne used the word "antiquated" to describe the lack ofâ€"such a bylaw in Waterloo. Mark ‘Courtepatte, 392 Strawberry Cres., told councilâ€"it needs to look at the city‘s notification process for zone changes and industrial expansions. Whmthehnerggopnl was first dealt with by council July 25, 1988, a 13,000â€"squareâ€"metre expanâ€" sion was proposed by the planning department. Because of Pillers insistence on a larger expansion said. Many commuters â€" often women â€" don‘t own cars or are members of oneâ€"car A VIA study showed an investment of $9 million on the North Main Line (running from Sarnia to Toronto) could reduce the Kitchener to Union Station trip by 25 minutes. The 6:53 a.m. train is essential to business gople who commute daily from Kitchenerâ€" aterloo, Guelph and area, said Moran. It is not a cheap way of getting to Toronto â€" costing around $5,000 a year. Taking a car is not always possible, Moran Outraged neighbors took the issue to the OMB last week and lost. However, Colbourne did order that the building be limited to the current height. That means that, while Piller cannot make the building taller, it will be able to spread over a larger wwmw-mm.ml & decision until August 15, 1988. It also instructed staff to not notify those citizens who had already left the meeting about the future date. That meant people who had left their name on a standard sheet of paper that normally ensures they Then at the Aug. 15 meeting, a major expansion of 40,000â€"squareâ€"metres was approved. "What was presented to the ic was a very minor increase in the size of the pfl:fwud council Monday. "What was I,Pprowd three weeks later was a tripling in the size. It didn‘t seem to do any good. And neither did organizations opposing the cuts, such as Transport 2000, said Moran. So, in frustration, Moran and a few other area residents organized last Thursday‘s convoy. Taped to their back windows were signs saying, "I‘d rather go VIA." Though their speeds reportedly varied from 35km/h to 55 km/h, the participants were "We expected they‘d keep the early mornâ€" ing train because it is so heavily used. I said. ‘enough is enough,‘ and some of us formed a committee and sent a petition around the train. We got 300 signatures and sent it to politicians at all levels of government â€" mayors, provincial and federal members of parliament." caught off guard, said Moran expected cuts to VIA service, commuters were Lest we forget Page A11 (Continued on page A2)