l . â€"â€"Serving your community since 1856 â€"â€" 1 | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 2011 0 WATERLOO, ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING HST I City ready ‘ i l g1] I ‘5‘ III!!- I MPAC on ‘ | | | I _ \ f cubes i ate tax . 9 ~. \ I : ‘ 1-" †1 l assessments ‘ ' " "’ I l ‘ ,- w 3 l l , . 1 EV Plum Drsmosn ‘ <’ ‘ “I ‘ Chronicle Va]! 1 . ' ‘ . â€" ,_d___.,__‘ l , h \N ' ., ., he ( it)‘ til Waterloo plans to L ‘ ‘ I“ g" a. , _ take a hard line against the l , . Celebmnngawnght l Municipal Property Assessment i t Christmas/Page 20 (.orporation on late itssl’sstnt‘nls l ! costing the city [as cash. i . ' C I (itiiin. Angela Vii-[h said she was i . :3; l surprised by the information uncov» ‘ â€if ‘ ered by the Chronicle that one late 1 . {5,3}; l assessment cost the city thousands in ! “LEE 1 - I l tax cash. ' 2; 1»_,f";‘7"7‘ 41 tag. ' "It's disturbing to me what's kind at ~- «1. . f w’ i 'V ' ' 1 come out of this â€" that the city's los- ' _ ‘ , ing tax dollars,†Vieth said. ,_ .. an , f -' According to information obtained ' is; ‘ 7 by the Chronicle and reported last ‘ ‘ A} 3;: 1. 5;“ week. in one 2007 instance the city #537: .2 â€if; » ‘ ify‘" lost nearly $20,000 due to a late ' ' "' " 3‘39 assessment on an addition to the Desâ€" ‘ 3.3: ' . tjnation Inn. . i ‘ Council voted unanimously Mon- Cami-("0'0 {lay to request MPAC‘rrovide }data on PI] 8 causes $250,‘"N, ill dalllage LIFESI 'I E 05‘ â€I assessment uring '_ 9 past Waterloo Fire Rescue responded to a stubborn house fire at 18 Bridgeport Rd. E. last Wednesday that . ï¬ve years. A") pan 0f "‘9 motion. the caused more than $250,000 in damage and left eight people temporarily homeless. For the full story, and Annual M of "30“"? W011“ be ‘0'“de! F" the l the heroic efforts of one man. turn to Page 5. 14718915 campaign Association of Munitipalities of f rakesflight Ontario MMO) and copied to all i . _ lPage 12 ()ntano municipalities. ‘ d b d rthdal (jhiefï¬nanCial oï¬â€˜icer’l’im llettlnga : New “81011 approve for trou 1e NO 8 ‘ 2"“: â€:1 (I: sh "‘12‘1'Aiâ€â€œa‘:g;':‘$" ‘ BY PAM} Drsnots'n “reiitaliled and rcurbanized into 3 works." ! u o e on . s 'e e _ , '., . ,~ ~ . ‘ ' , Inllnlt Ipal level. 45 per Cent of that “we; 1â€â€th L.†’v â€" ge‘iéhhluyrhlgggt and sustainablt accgrdsidgtgfhzcclzrfsvlflfartl? 2029' Let US Take Away ‘ ivas assessment from prior years. At aterloo cit} coiiticil (Loun Diane Freeman said the But vocal Northdale landlord YOUI' Tlre Storage ~ } d†“we“ “I gowrnment the amount unanimously a 1 )l'OVL'd a stakes for Northdale were high. Paul Ellingham. said he hoped to eadache t - id be , ht sr II ‘ l I “"" . d. ""l J m' "m Vision lot ll\ embattled “All of us have a lot riding on see change sooner. t ‘ â€(fulï¬l-{d “ml not]: response from I \‘orthdale neighbourhood Monr this vision and this work,†she said. "Twenty years Off is a long l “I f“ \wuld [W “W“ “’l“ahk'- do) what our II) that Vision will “People really care and they really time." Iillingham said. “Ten years . ' . â€1“ “WW“ '†r“WWW“ "Wm†look like lllt‘dll and when it will (are about this neighbourhood." oï¬is a longtime, ' .L, :1 "â€"““"â€fâ€â€˜ '†â€W W“ H†"mm R†be â€let‘llll'lllt‘tI. has yet to he According to the vision. North “The complexuy of the prob ‘ 1 anything. â€ï¬‚ung“ "m1 ‘ (It‘lt'tllilllt‘tl dale WI†have "educational. resi- Iem is largely the result of inaction ‘ H ““ "m†’4‘" " ""l'““‘“ w“ “"1 \llt'l about a year ot piiblii dential. ionunercial. cultural, her» that should have happened I0 Wm "“3â€â€ †l" “hatcwr â€""’â€â€˜ “T "W" tllll\llIIilllUn and planning. (ihris â€age and recreational functions, years or more ago.†. . (#4.. 4,. 4 I!†‘ "’ IV! tell of MM M Group revealed and imprtn‘ed open space. pedes- l‘yTrell said changetakes lime. . ‘ « Continued on page 7 the Vision that W|II see Northdale Irian. cycling and transit net Continued on W6 A...“ - than ‘- tum } l ‘ ' \Nay Y( â€I SHOP I WEEKDAYS < ., ~ , , _ . , I a . ll :' SAVINGS a. SELECTION EVERYDAY In outlet stores including TOP 1 ' ND ‘ UNTlL 1 . I a: ‘ o’ ‘ 2’ .’ ST. JACOBS OUTLETS PM ' . , 25 BENJAMIN no EAST. WATERLOO pyOâ€â€"m33 A ,t‘ . ,I' or ‘ .7 . _, www.EmbraoeYour Change.“ . ‘ . 3' Â¥ .. 7 . W 7 A," i*â€"‘__V~â€"‘_â€"â€"_H , ‘ I I