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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 21 Apr 2010, p. 3

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,_â€"_â€"______â€"__â€"___â€"â€"__.â€"__.__â€"â€" 77 , 7 WA! HULK) CHRUNlCll ' Wednesday April J L got U ' 3 ._ a a. W magnum ‘ y , /// first "WWW'M \~\\yl\;,/ / tun-aw mNMmMmANDY WAT-ON m'u" “a. “mu-um may“ 519.579.4110 919.147.2108 W _._ ‘ Double ViSiOn ’ O I 0 0 O , City releases two options for improvmg the Northdale neighbourhood Bt Gnu. MALDONAIJI opments like apanment buildings, whether 77 W “Ll'l'l’i‘LQ‘flj, fl ,, 7777 ,, they be live storeys or twelve storeys. in g“ tt’aterlooi" Nevin said, / <1 ' too much supply would dilute the mar, ril‘l Wt! visions tor the Northdale iieigh / ' ' " \ ket. he said. hourhood Wlll tillllpt‘ll‘ for t itt ttitlll' ‘,' ~- 4 But the biggest factor is tiriie Netin til‘sapprotal early next month ff," ' ' believes that both plans Will take a long l)eteloputerit st’rHt’t‘s stall has unveiled ///' ‘ ’ while toconte to lruitioni its ltllig'delIt‘Ll report on the tuture ol' ' /'f/ 1 m ' : "were talking decades” Nevin said "Mid Northdale, a student dominated neighbour .â€"‘»'" , w â€"-â€"â€"--â€"»~ â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" they‘ll never really be achieved lhe plan Will hood in the t ore ot the ( itv y” " ' ' ” ' constantly be tweaked." l‘here are mo \isiotis lor Northdale outâ€" ‘ i ’ _ i y â€" ’ 7 M “' "‘ There's also no guarantee that the prob? lined iti the report and [bet ‘ll be familiar to , g | ‘ » â€" â€" “ml lem in the neighbourhood will go atvav with anyone who has been lollowmg the issue ‘ f N l I 7 _ l fl changes in zoning. [he first is to stay the Course the city is .', ,.. v , , Q,“ "" %, “Regardless of which path council choosâ€" .ilreadv on l hat means maintaining the ‘ n ' ' " ' ., ' ' ' f, ~ 85, we will continue to have friction between "lots rise loss density (hammer ot the if; , ,_,_ 7' i ‘ certain segments of the population? Nevin interior ol the neighhtiurhood“ while allow ~ “iii-2 ' e ; "ff said “land use and zoning can't fix it " any; bigger developments stieh as apartment - "if? A ‘w - lie stressed otlter options sueh as lt)lll[)lt’\l‘\ and other lllgliilt‘lhlly‘ buildings -~~â€"- « r . i ' engagettient with University olWaterloo and to he built on the eorrtdors surrounding the M " Wilfrid lattrier University as well as an Northdale neighbourhood K _ . . upcoming rental housing licensing by‘lats as lhe alternative \'Isl()fl is the one presentâ€" ~ ~ “to. ways the (it): could affet't behaviour. ed to (Ullllt il earlier this year by a group 3 ’ "' " I“ ' ‘ ”‘ 7" ‘jfizrg‘s‘ But Deborah lzasson. (hair of the Northâ€" titllt'tl Help llrlhtlil/A‘ the (them) in Waterâ€" ‘ ' -‘-| a - “mifffl 5a,” dale neighbourhood assot'iationi isn't but loo or Illlti ' '-.' 9 I1 - ‘ “Iii “;,,;,~§‘g§; mg it. It st‘t'lss increased density in Northdale as " I" r, ' ’ 9. - . s‘ “ """"’-”"" A lot (it the problems residents have ideii nell as .i number ot “green” initiatnes sueh " ‘ " / . f» " ‘ " tilled in the neighbourhood, such as garbage as transit and tarâ€"tree areas 5 i I ’ , so a on lawns. keg parties and frontâ€"yard parkâ€" ”1" ”PU” “i" “13de 0” lhl’ PM it “fly [it eLsM-g,‘ ( , t. _ {£37M“ 3 ing, could be curtailed ll higher/density site last i riday and mil be tabled at next - 1.433: 7-315 ”if _ . A: “N w f'gjxw ‘-"a..;;r,k developments are t’lN'UllrilgtKl l asson said Monday s totineil meeting (otiiitillors have "it ‘Wv 3“ é “Tfigg Q: 7- i "People can't park on their iront lawn if teiiltititelv seheduled a de( isioii for May 1 P ' l’ ' f y €>~ ,, q 45 they don‘t have a front lawn," she said “A lot though that dtitt-t‘iitild ehatige ' ' " ”V 7 ‘ "' ‘ > 1 ' ' ' ' Ev of the problems are betause we have lletelopiiient servit es has iiidit'ated .i people who don't rare about their properties prelereni e tor the (iirrenl vision, tiling the i ‘ living in houses mtli huge front yards. need for a diverse. lott detisitt neighbour "llyou takeaway those yards and hate hoodtlosetotheuptottiitore . “4 a " f" - - property management the problems 14“ "We’ve had ti longstanding heliel that the fi 4? away" lll\ should hate strong t ore neighbour lxassun, alongwtth many permanent rest hoods and Northdale is one oi those," said _- is Q Q dents believes it's time to move to a new M on ‘\'l‘\\l\i direr tor of polit‘v development J »- : ‘ ' model in Northdale. tor the t ity ' i , _,_,_ "I think it's time to move past the Ltlrt't'lil H “f” “fl” taking, m,mmmuillm)d\ City councillors Will have to choose between two vistons for the Northdale neighbourhood ”mm" “ht id“? , _ lhe t “it mm} m my“? _ l tl‘»\i1\itll'( (llllt r iieiglihoiiihoods ne\i' lasson l)(l|(\t\ tht stall l't port is biased MM” \\ould (“W “M m w“ “mmmmm The first is to perserve the Single-family, lowdensdy dwellingsycurrently in the area, such as towards the ( urrent “mm and H N” M ‘ _ ~ the Spru(e Street house pictured above The other is to allow mtensdmation and high»density “ ,. 7 niiproteineni plan lllllllt‘lllt‘lllt'tl in the bulldlngs such as the King Street apartment building w ”mm“ M, open minded as she had hoped neighbourhood no lililllt‘l' tshith option It irks me that it says 10“ng “out toiiiit ii ( hoosi's If approved. the initial prit e tag for the over what happens in the neighbourhood t‘ltange behavioural problems" lasson said Moiiiiiiiiiiitt iiiiprotement plan is a polâ€" improvement plan is SltXHXX) and the first “Both options Wlll he a challenge as they ”l here is not an area in the tits‘ that is «H it s that allows 1 will“ iI to target an area or report on the proiett would be due in the proteedf' Nevin said appropriateforintensification as thisoiie ” neighbourhood tor upgrades t urrentlyi the fall lhe market will dit'tate what happens in in see the lull report t isit only plan in plat r in \\.iterloo is in rhetore More ( osts are t‘\t)(‘(’lt‘tl during Ilnpll‘ Nortlidale in fact, int‘reased density iii that www waterloot.ii‘riortlidalt-vision lniprmenit-ois t liiiltl int little sireetstap irientation ' neighbourhood (otild allert other areas til 1 in); and parkland lint it also allows the t in No matter whit h option ( tillllt Il t houses, the (”lit New wee/t Ill {lie( llItlIlh [w read ltunlh um! ltHlllt‘l lllt i-iitni-s iodrvelopers in the area the ( itv doesn't haw the lllllllldll‘ ( oiitrol \' Hit-res ooh so ”1111 h demand tor iletel mayor/11uirillidutr'x'mu trim to the report ‘ - a ,i t l / 5 ':1"'j\{“‘-‘nt ; a: 7 7 , as ~ _, 3. _ limo cam 1: your envanenmotmllh €ntetidl3. _ i v.,. _ y _ ,. _ . - i , , l l"-"'.‘"'-',s-. .- » ’ ‘ ’ ‘ v ' H " s '. 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