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Viewpoint Broadway musical RENT returns to Kitchener theatre. of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo 663 Victoria St. N. 744â€"5811 Bundle up and Save | Six Saab WHATS INSIDE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Thet drsing recmmes ing marks in satets Experts reveal three safe ways to get from Point A to Point B. Ask tor detais Page 21 #hiti. 10 16 _ { PML iKek Citizen groups want better representation on council n idea to look into expandâ€" A;ng Waterloo city council ize or redrawing ward boundaries is receiving support from other groups interested in getting better representation at The Voter Support committee, which organized candidate debates and launched a campaign Idea to increase council size or redraw boundaries receives support Daniel Faries, 10, and Mackenzie Perkin, 11, dissect owl pellets to determine what the birds eat, prior to embarking on an owl prow! at Laurel Creek Nature Centre on Saturday night. mudsize category for By Bos Vrranac Chronicle Staff WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2005 «+ WATERLOO, ONTARIO 1« j Serving your community since 1856 Steve Lindt, who made the preâ€" sentation, said the Voter Support committee did a thorough comâ€" parison of 29 mediumâ€"sized cities in Ontario, and found Waterloo had one of the highest constituent loads per councillor. The average Waterloo councilâ€" lor represents 20,460 people. In cities of similar size. like Camâ€" to get more citizen involvement in the last municipal election, preâ€" sented the idea last week at counâ€" Their concern is if something is going to change in how the citiâ€" zens of Waterloo are represented on council, it has to be done immediately to be in place for the next municipal election in Novem:â€" ber 2006. bridge, councillors represent 18,395, while in Guelph they repâ€" resent just 8,894. And with Waterloo quickly approaching its borders, the numâ€" bers were only going to grow if the city and its citizens didn‘t look at redrawing the boundaries of Waterloo‘s five wards, or adding more councillors to the horseshoe. "The simple fact is that they can‘t do a good job in all areas that they are responsible for," said Lindt, who is also a part of the city‘s 55+ committee. "How in the world can you sit on 15 commitâ€" tees, council, committee of the whole and have a personal life and do a good job at all of it? $1 INCLUDING GST Continued on page 7 Provincial legislation which would protect such groundwater sources is in the works. "It is really important to underâ€" stand the program is based on a combo of risk management and risk avoidance," he said. Doug Owen Construction wants the city to amend the zoning bylaw for this land, located down the street from Sir John A. MacDonald high school, in order to move forward with its plan to build a subdivision on the property. Controversy regarding the develâ€" opment stems from the fact the land is part of the recharge area for the Waterloo Moraine. However, there is a fear in the community the developers will be granted approval to move forward with their plans before the legislaâ€" tion is passed. Kevin Eby, director of community planning for the Regional Municiâ€" pality of Waterioo, said their prumary focus is the protection of municipal water supplies. In areas where the risk is high, avoidance would be the appropriate mechanism to apply. However, Dr. Allan Morgan, a professor at the University of Waterâ€" loo, raised concern regarding the decline in the quantity of drinking water in the Waterloo Moraine. In the 1980s, 100 per cent of the city‘s drinking water came from the moraine. public meeting regarding the Ag:f:sible development of the ens/McNally property on Waterloo‘s west side was met with a flood of opposition at Monday night‘s city council. In this week‘s informal hearing, development planner Rob Trotter presented the public with informaâ€" tion about the proposal before stepâ€" ping aside to hear public input, which he received from close to 20 delegations who opposed the plan. Controversy continues over local groundwater concerns By JEnnirer OrMstonN For The Chronicle Continued on page 5 move your mend