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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 24 Jan 1996, p. 5

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Ierrreraane l en 1; » se S“ & p + .. > provide the extra $300,000 in funding for structure, work that was supposed gfi'?*udnnz'g. ; xh-’h l!n-rh,flyhm 4 deeil i Mands, wight meral goa u1 rad ie ow idobiiaion pe: % consider the Silver Lake funding issue at eight years instead of the pro | presame oo e - &# ‘ate council v or . 5| nds Shii io m Tose w uago‘o" â€" "I gness what I‘m really 7| Mtate Silver Lake at aw;ndr-;ligh C Nov. 20. Counting the $300,000 the 3| 207 20. Counting the $300,000 the f%flmmgnmlu [lof $821,000 worth of work was 10 be done i‘ on the lake in 1996. %| _ That included $381,000 for dredging the ?thkc. $127,000 for botrom work and +« $313,000 for construction of the cascading [ | outlet structure, * 2'[ The lake has suffered for a number of 1 | years due to serious soil erosion, chemical + | and animal waste polJution and silt /: deposits flowing into the lake from Laure! x . Creek. 2 7| â€" Approximately 350 waterfowl died on ?fflmlficlfimuamfidab& M P rprm > ~~ ; ooo ooo u4 L Tsl P 7 :‘;’ /,:‘ '!’ % T W 3: 7 :‘ <BF i B â€" S o [ ;%)%l i i.=-u : w C o ;;{@ =l3Sajes P PA PPA Paaf" .. m‘ ty: L B & _ P eA CSE L us h f f * ‘ a i a | T 645 Victoria St. N. 1448111 . Abbott said that because of the loss of GRCA funding, roundtable members are now recommending to city staff that the clity delay work on Silver Lake until this fall, 1f the city agrees 10 fund the cost of the $2.3â€"million process to rehabilâ€" nsm cvrniomgerpmenonet ern es ocm pevslinnectcveris o n (MRiweanems riromn ie ie nlovenes orld‘s Best 17,000 $Q. FT. SIX SOUND ROOMS, TWO HUGE SHOWROOMS, LARGE INSTALLATION AREA & ON SITE SERVICE COME TO ONTARIO‘S LARGEST AUDIO STORE‘S * =»â€" ARCHIE MACROBBIE As for whether council will approve the extra $300,000 in funding for the outlet structure, Abbou said she was hopeful. "I‘m confidenm now, after all the discus sions I‘ve been involved in, that it‘s going to be included in the capital budget," Abbou said. "There‘s a preity good solid contingent of councillors that favor this." However as for a possible reoccurrence of the botulism outbreak that plagued waterfowl on Silver Lake last summer, Abbott said that is a danger. "I‘m not sure there‘s anything we can do about it," she said. "I think probably the parks people will try 10 keep the water ~(Cortinued rom page 1) are other alternatives." LOWEST PRICES IN THE COUNTRY! saying is if they (the DON‘T MISS T However whether the GRCA would ever make a decision tw do that wouldn‘t occur until midâ€"summer, he said. "I guess what I‘m really saying is if they (the province) don‘t come up with anyâ€" thing, there are other alternatives," Macâ€" Robbic said. "And one might be taking money out of the reserve accounts that can Hznhkfinbdnflya from the sediment.* There is also some hope that the GRCA flflaâ€"&-&mhfih ndfome ud onen s sabd GRCA stafl recently sectived disection to go back to the provinâ€" cial government to see if it can‘t provide money for the outlet structure. Because the Silver Lake rehabilitation project has been mdlaan,w-l he the province would consider fundâ€" ing it as an ‘ongoing project . He said he expected to hear back from the province about the idea in a few weeks JBut failing that, there still might be some hope that the GRCA can fund the outlet saructure, he said. The GRCA currently has approximately $8 million in reserves that i might conâ€" sider tapping im in order to fund such projects as the outlet structure for Silver RPQy Jlâ€"reuuyl 645 Victoria St. N. 744â€"3111

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