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The numbers of new building impact of Lli’i' and work to pre- M35,» ,, 9 {21s according to Mayor Brenda permits spoke to that. and thetotal serve the mix of retail. business ' sing?” t»; Halloran’s annual state of the value for last year 013450 million is and residential livirg already going first: 23a dryaddresswhich focusedonthe doubleofwhatthecitywouldhisâ€" oninthecore , x ‘ *‘ " ' ' I positives of the past year including torically consider a ‘pretty good The city will work with the . 3 r: »_ y}? l $450 million in new building per- year.” said Halloran. region to develop mmuflybenefi- . 7, , .. ~ $3: ' is? mlta taken out in 201! and build- the mayor also dropped a line cial solutions to any issues that " ' v1?!" ', ff; ingcranes doting the skyline. in her prepared remarks reaming arise. like the one reported last i? . v r“; _ 155152, ' 5; But she veered from her pre- LRT and its tremendous impact on week by the Chronicle concerning ‘ _ ‘ ‘ ' pared remarks last Friday at a the city byenabiing more inhensifi- the Waterloo Central ”my and , . breakfast meeting put on by the cation of the uptown core its tourist train. ‘ _ , Rotary Club of Waterloo at RIM On the topic oldie controversy “ft." . Park. acknowledging some of the u r - surrounding the citizens’ budget ‘ 1:55; challenges but failing to mention We re talk‘ng about task force and the pointed recom- _A “5 the troubles at Research in Motion posiuue things, and I mendations those community 75.1.” and the mitigation work being do rt h k tha members made about the culture . ~ done to accommodate the new n t In . tw at city hall and the priorities oi _ fi , n r . ~ ‘ ' mi?“ 3323": t h'ghligh should be highhght- or task 2mm to m I . l 7 i‘ ' i ”I ‘ US I I'll wan (0 I l ' e c we . ‘ it.“ said Halloran after the speech "lg that one b “817.1888 and would share a report card to left out prepared remarks about m our communny reflect its progress on the citywebâ€" the challenging year RIM has had. 7 - n site. M , and the continued support it has that S Strughng' “We‘re going to prrt on ourweb- from the community. “We're talk- -MIWMHM site over the next few months a ' r ing about positive things. and l all/brutinson wmmmmh" report card and we'll be charting don't think that we should be high- qu-m,a,ym for the community about what ’ lighting that one business in our we've doneand what we’ve accom- _ 4 - , _ community that's struggling," “We're seeing it anyway.’ said pliahed so far.’ said Hailoran. L , ~- instead she chose to reflect on Halloran about the intensification “We've taken the recommenda- , _ , fl , the wider success of the local hid» already underway in the city core tions seriously and we're going to , ' ‘ "1 ' " tech community. which continues and with projects like M4 Park on beactingon it." at r "* tobuild momentum, and has more the horizon. “We have a lot of As for the future of the task- . _ 4 ”A than 1.300 jobs available locally building pemtit activity in ourcore force. she said it was a one time w ’ according to Communitech. which so we are seeing that intensifi- thing. satisfying a commitment ”Ni . ‘ , masanumbrcllagroupiorthe cationhappeningnatunlly.’ shemadeduringthelastmunici- , ' ' ‘ sector. “l‘heregionhassaidufl'willbe palcampaignforenhancedpublic 'We know that there are a lot of a driver for intensification in the engagement. ., - financial challenges in the com- rest of the system. but Halloran lnherspeech shesaid tiredtyls munity.‘ said Halloran. she said said Waterloo has questioned committed to more public «rage ‘ , referencing layoffs and plant clo- some of the statistics on what that ment. but going forward it won‘t be Mayor Brenda Halloran listed off a long string of the city's mnplish- suresannounced in the Iastyearat will bring to the city because the inthesameformatasthecitizens' "terminherannualsmeofti'teOtyaddressFriday. mum-om l.M. Schneiders She also acknowl- numbers are already there and budgettaskforce. ‘ edged the growing pressure on the there will be growing pressure on “We're looking at workirm with paid on average $1,400 a year in “We haven't had to shut down local social service safety net. with the city’s infrastructure. including our existing audit committee and property taxes to the city. “rat's libraries or shut down facilities. growing Ontario Works rolls and roads. to meet thedemand. ' expanding the role of that group." around what the average house- wereatillotleringtheservlce. more people using the local food “By the time the urr comes to she said. “We're looking to put hold pays for landline and ceil- “i think we're finding that bal- banlc Waterloo we've already intensl- more people into it and give it a phorteserviceeachyear. ance and it's a tough balance to Butshesaidarecentsurveyby iied."shesaid."Soitwillbebenefi‘ termofreierencenwrespecificto 'we'renotbringinginesceasive find." CIBC World Markets pegged our cial to the people who have already what the citinns' budget task have tax increases.” said Halloran. The event. hosted bytheWater- regional economy as the third moved tothecore recommended." “We're being very efficient and loo Rotary Club. was also a 1 strongest in Canada as of the third 'We are aware oiwhat the dial- in her speech she said local tax- keeping our costs as low as posai- fundraiser for KldsAbillty. The r quarter of 20! I. And while the lenses will be in the uptown core. payers are getting good value for blewhile buildingourreservesand Mayor's State of the City address 1 local economy isn't immune to the We have a lot of concerns on the their money. Residents of Waterloo oliering services helped raise more than $7,000. 3 ‘ . v . . .. ',.‘4\"‘"“ y, .. A; l "at 1 TOP AWARD ’ as“ mm GlNA S M a s 1 Guide has the medispa services you need it! A ' ‘ desrre, mcluding our medical certified pra .~ .‘ ' w G I N A S for lxrtox and fillet injections. 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