, 1 ‘E an §‘\L5 6 .. WEDNESDAY, lUNE 24, 2009 0 WATERLOO, ONTARIO * Si INCLUDING CST fl" Council Sk t t ' . r ,g approves a reprieve 0 new at 1)“th 8 By Gum MACDONALD BY Gnu-x: MacDowun ,- Chronicle Sraï¬ Chronicle Sta/7 _ fa, k . " f‘e‘ 3:4 \ a ‘ , sthelishinrerxhskate hewestside ofWaterloo †.‘ r, are} boarring'srxxacrime. wrllbehometoanewl» .. -‘ My “ million square foot ‘ 5 ,_.%‘ ,§§§J At least, it’s not for the megali that will feature a Ly is Q" r time being in a portion of movie theatre, restaurants. f» E; 3 ;._ ' : the Waterloo’s new public stores and ofï¬ce space 5,3- _ 5 J ., “i ‘ square. City councillors approved " y ' i r; as ., City councillors passed a ’ zoning at Monday night’s ~ 7 5:35 resolution Monday that will council meeting for the new is? f)“ allow skateboarding in a “mixed»use centre," which ; is portion of the public square will be located near the cor- ' ’ on a trial basis. The three ner of Ira Needles Boulevard ‘9’ week pilot program will see and University Avenue. ‘ ' ' c if allowing skateboarding in The development will i ' the square is viable. said straddle the border of Kitch- . Conn. [an McLean. ener and Waterloo. , “If this is not a roaring Kitchener council also _ a success. I personally will go lean! its support for the mall _ a}? down the road and say we at a committee of the whole ‘ . ,4- ‘ ban skateboarding in the meeting on Monday. A ~ 3 square,†he said. While she had some can Councillors said the cerns about traffic and †most complaints they've pedestrian safety, Counr received about the recently- Karen Scian said she was » . opened square were centred glad to ï¬nally see some serV< t , on skateboarders ices on the west side. ' 1 They reluctantly passed “We have schools, we ' A / the trial program‘ Mayor have houses and we have Fm " »,, "Dr ’ ’ ‘ Brenda Halloran said she Starhucks, that's about it," “i »,-‘ l , was having a hard time bal- she said. _ 5 l «I ancing the need for the ‘ ‘ _ . square to be inclusive and ' ' ' the outrage of citizens Continued on 7 ‘ ' ' ‘ ‘. we ‘ ' ‘ 7 ‘ . (Aw fl Wimp-$7 ' i h > i A y. 8 r. s. m’" l anew-now (- /- Goingcountry g, ‘\ ‘ Dry County perfOfms at the UpTown Country Music Festival last Saturday. Singer. Jeff Gallagher, and lead guitarist, ngg , Randy Solski had the Mime dancmg and cheering at the free concert held at the Regina Street parking lot. W1 to: mo I | ‘ _ _ Ml ‘ ’ h ' ' . “5 ‘. ~'- ' , "1" var an, AI, 1. k . WINDOW WORKS u ,/ . ; ‘ . 1 1 l. I! , -- _‘ “A ’ g ! i r i » e .. I \ @00fl % a 00m tyr . __ - "’ ‘ _~~ 1“ _‘ ' ~. “w - _- ~ use“ -<,. . m.. '. . A w WWB:MM.-M9-S;Sd.l0-2 . . . ~."J'J..'.i.r.“,... ..t....J.1J