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NF/ GSA Regional reform meeting didn‘t accomplish much, Seiling says During the fourâ€"hour session held Saturday at the David Durward Centre in Cambridge, 43 municipal polinâ€" cians took the first steps on the road to reform. A coordinating committee The latest allâ€"councils sumitut may have set the timetable for a local soluâ€" tion to regional restructuring, but now the big question is can it be done 2 1+] m F Y WATERLOO «e BE e KHTCHENER Prplic P i4 *4 _ .% ATTN XtaAL‘GE AR Y <4 Q)%\% & . $ !\\ MAL REEN LEESON 85 QUEEN _ M UA ~_P «& P KITCHENER, on a" 7 kok 2 Sciins o o ." rwch unotors.com 145th Year Wednesday. March 15. 2000 A Fairway Group Community Newspaper $1 Including GST Chronicle Students of Cameo Models of Waterloo, like 12â€"yearâ€"oid Erin Franklin, took many top honours at a recent national convention 14 Viewpoint You Said It Arts Calendar Sports Classified 75 Kings St. S., Suite 201, Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1p2 Published every Wednesday by The Fairway Group, a j division of Southam Inc. Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement # 136379 Culligans*, Pizzaway* Grand Valley Garden Centre* *Selected distribution INSERTS By Ray Martin For the Chronicle 16 20 25 After promising the dec:smnm]; procels would be an open book, the Waterfdd public library board is now displaying the initial designs of a new library that may be a part of the First Gulf uptown redevelopment plans. The concepts, which include drawings of a brand new facility to front onto Caroline Street behind the new Zehrs superstore, and plans for an expanded facility on the existing library site, address some of the board‘s main concerns over space needs and modernization. The designs, which can be found for the next three weeks in the main lobby of the current lhibrary, are in the early stages and will likely go through some changes before a formal report is made by May, according to chief libranan Joanne Tate. Tate explained that a new twoâ€"storey facility would include such amenities as a front lobby which would provide clear directions of where to find the different departments, larger adult and children‘s sections, a story room for children, a meeting room which could be rented out, and a snack bar and cafe area "It‘s almost like a retail store " Tate explained "You need to see where you are, where different sections are, and you need to have people around to help." While plans for expansion of the existing site have also been explored, Tate said with the limâ€" (Continued on page 4) Some of the issues now facing the current library include a limited children‘s section, excesâ€" sive noise coming from the lobby, public confuâ€" sion over where to go when they enter the hbrary, and a lack staff to accommodate patrons Plans unveiled for new uptown library fecifiy® will now compile the necessary data by the end of May and give itself unuil the end of June to reach a consensus It was also mutually agreed that the cost of the exercise would be borne by all municipalities on a per capita basis. That recommendation has to go back to each of the councils for approval Regional Chair Ken Seiling, howâ€" ever, believes local politicians are spinning their wheels "This meeting hasn‘t produced Andrea Bailey _/ Chronicle Staff MAR much more than has been produced already," he said. "The real test will come when they try to answer the tough questions." Seiling said the province by its absence "has become a real player" in regional reform. He said there will be serious repercussions for the region by pursuing a local solution. _ "All of our competitors have moved {orward and made the changes neededâ€"we haven‘t," he said. "The LT During Saturday‘s meeting, councilâ€" lors whittled down the number of models of government to be studied to five. Those models include * a singleâ€"city concept, with an amalgamated Region of Waterloo; * a twoâ€"city model that simply splits the region in two. Under this model longer we delay, the longer there will be uncertainty in the business comâ€" munity which will affect our continâ€" ued economic growth." KHTCHENER PMg) TCP mfl ATTNMAUREEN LEESON ST N KITCHENER, on NH >H1j * a threeâ€"city model, which looks at combining Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo. Camâ€" bridge would become independent, while the townships would join to become a new rural city; * an alternate threeâ€"city model which would involve dividing the region along the current hydro (Continued on page 4) Kâ€"W would join the northern townâ€" ships while Cambridge would merge with North Dumfries;