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Resident upset with council‘s action in dog bylaw issue Andrea Bailey Chronicle Staff A neighborhood dispute, which recently resulted in a Waterloo family being granted an exemption from a citywide dog bylaw, has gone from bad to worse. Tracy Ballantyne, a resident of Exmoor Street in Waterloo, claims she was treated unfairly by both the City of Waterloo bylaw enforcement department and local media sources right up until the matter she comâ€" plained about, her neighbours‘ infraction of the municipal threeâ€"dog limit rule, went before city council over two weeks ago. At that time, council voted to grant Dave and Pat Laskey, Ballantyne‘s nextâ€"door neighbours, a temporary exemption to the bylaw for the life of their dogs, four of which range in age from 11 to 18. mo popmenmeene g gaay s 743 ' l 4 4: L.s S We «o_ Nce wl e se .. . o es . . aave eapey . ie Ballantyne, who was not in attendance at the meeting, said the reason for her absence was based on the information, she claimed, was given to her from the city‘s bylaw enforcement department stating the deciâ€" sion to exempt the Laskeys had already been made, and it was just a matter of decidâ€" ing how long the exemption would be. Anyone who attended the meeting, howâ€" ever, would have noted there were three motions for council to vote on: the first being to deny an exemption all together, the second to grant an exemption for the life of the dogs, and the third to grant a temporary exemption to a specific date to allow the dog owners more time to reduce the number of dogs at the residence to three. "I didn‘t attend the meeting because 1 believed it was already decided," Ballantyne Kaye Crawford of the city‘s bylaw enforceâ€" ment department said Ballantyne‘s account of the events leading up to the meeting are inaccurate. "I had no idea what was going t\ happen at the meeting," she said, adding she never informed Ballantyne otherwise. "The motions were right there in the open that night." In fact, Crawford said she advised Ballanâ€" tyne that she should prepare either a written or verbal presentation to put forth to counâ€" cil during the meeting Visit us at www.baka.ca P (Continued on page 5) Andrea Bailey Chronicle Staff If the name of the south end of Father David Bauer Drive is to change, it will do so only after a public process is held on the issue. Waterloo council decided Monday night to refer the matâ€" ter of renaming that portion of the street, which extends from Erb Street to Caroline Street, to city staff after hearing the request from local rcsudoqg Dave Rosekat. Rosekat, who moved into the new Seagram lofts last fall, said the current name of the street is too long to include on any envelope, letterhead, or even in giving directions. On behalf of over 60 resiâ€" dents and others who signed a petition in favour of a change, Rosekat put forth a couple of name suggestions including Father David Bauer Drive keeps its name, for now Clockwise from left Phil Taylor, Bill Ruegg and Kelly Brandon helped their team, the Lakeshore Bible Chapel, in a semiâ€"final game against Alma in the Elmira Church League‘s second annual snowâ€"pitch tournament at Waterloo Park Saturâ€" day. All the money raised through the tourn@â€" ment went towards the Oasis Outreach program. all the time. PP an ho M Mabsiy Maronet ao rednaind mcrew Millennium Drive or Willis Way, which, he said, would work well as an extension of the current street. Counting on the uptown development creating a roadâ€" way which would naturally continue the current Willis Way across King Street to evenâ€" tually join with Erb Street, he said it would be a natural move. "With the uptown developâ€" ment," Rosekat explained, "quite likely there will be a hotel and a number of retail shops built along our street. I‘m sure they could all benefit from a shorter street name. We as a group have the highest respect for the memory and accomplishments of Father David Bauer, but when we purâ€" chased the loft we were told it would be Millennium Drive." Some councillors, however, * Dual Band / Dual Mode * . Up to 2.5 hes Stlke thave / 4 days stundby * â€" Store 199 numbers of Ne Conads vand sndar Heanan *Ofler applic in m antatons a plues so i minioum 36 ty sentont Tscws and sevattons apply * _ Weighs only 4.4 ounces * Opfional batteries availuble up to 17 days stundby * Four languagat avaflable; English, French, Sponish, "Changing it now would be premature," said Coun. Scott Jones, adding without the plans, no one can be sure Willis Way would even line up with Erb Street the way Rosekat suggested. "I‘m not saying it should be Father David Bauer Drive forever. But we should wait and see what happens with the uptown first." felt that a decision on the issue should be put off until clear site plans of the redevelopment are produced. Rosekat commented that if the street name had not have changed last year to Father David Bauer Drive, there would likely be no issue to disâ€" pute. "Ironically," he said, "perâ€" haps the original name of Civic Drive might have been the overall best choice." ts pom e Samsung Digima: Compact digital Turbo MP3 Player Phay MP3 files? $329 299 Motorola Spirit GT Up Jo 5 km range / headset & microphone 529995 ea. 91 King St. N 30 Church S1 Leftâ€"hand turn restriction on Blythwood still controversial City officials are looking for a solution to a conâ€" troversial leftâ€"hand turn restriction that pitted resâ€" idents of Blythwood Road against local business owners. The City of Waterloo held a public meeting last week to discuss the turning restrictions impleâ€" mented on Blythwood Road and the intersections of Weber Street and Hazel Street in early July. The turning restriction was the culmination of a 15â€"year fight by some local residents to have the amount of cutâ€"through traffic reduced on their resâ€" idential street after Bearinger Road was realigned with the subdivision. Residents complained that as many as 2,500 vehicles a day would use their road as a shortcut from Weber Street to Albert Street. They said leftâ€" turn lane restrictions would restore some peace to their relatively quiet neighbourhood. The city put a sixâ€"month restriction in place to determine if the speed and amount of traffic could be reduced. Members of the city‘s road department met with more than 40 concerned residents and business owners to discuss the findings of the sixâ€"month trial period. After a number of eightâ€"hour traffic counts to determine speed and volume, the city found that the amount of cutâ€"through traffic has been reduced on Blythwood Road. Unfortunately, the city also found that the amount of traffic on Milford Avenue, one street up from Blythwood, has increased to compensate for the restrictions. "The alternate seems to be Milford," said Chrisâ€" tine Koehler, the city‘s traffic operations coordinaâ€" tor. "Some people have shifted. Not everybody, but a good majority have shifted." * While cutâ€"through traffic has been reduced by half on Blythwood, it‘s increased by 25 per cent on Milford which is also home to Winston Churchill public school. "It‘s clear that although there‘s a problem on Blythwood, a compromise would probably would be the best alternative." said Koehler. "We haven‘t come up with the compromise yet." "I don‘t know if compromise is the right word," said Moore. "It‘s more of a neighbourhood approach where we retain a level of cutâ€"through Randy Moore, one of the residents of Blythwood Road who spearheaded the fight to have the leftâ€" hand turn restriction in place, said any comproâ€" mise should include maintaining the restrictions Waterloo BENEFIT FROM OUR EXPERIENCE 13 years with Revenue Canada 14 years in private practice Personal and Business Income Bob Yrbanac Chronicle Staff $00 Vilene B Mc *« M Eam qi areâ€" 2282 m“ (Continued on page 5) Mobility (519) 886â€"2001 (519) 669â€"2242