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P e . O . _ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 - WATERLOO, ONTARI* Si INCLUDING HST '. mottolandmedla ' ' (“iâ€"“r" o o City’s semors .~ - «a ARTS FOCUS . th ? \ , Waterloo is a hot on e mOVe o bed of_ country Council studies possibility of ,. ' ”Us” “31?” . . . a_ e combmmgsenwr centres 7 J or potential relocation * y - Br lane Mason "ti 5 " ouncll has approved $275,000 to study ‘ F T l m _ an the potential relocation of two seniors' " ”if, 14 facilities to the Waterloo Memorial Rec» ,______ “â€" ' reation Complex (WRMC) and the logistics of Q‘- t r c building a new addition on the rec complex. 3- A , t! The money will be used to hire a consultant ' y . to complete a needs assessment for the reloca~ , .. \ cm LIFE tion of the Adult Recreation Centre. located at % Woman shares her ' 185 King St. S.. and the Wing 404 service club A L , , , , at 510 Dutton Dr., as well as a feasibility smdy ' ; j ‘ story as inspiration ' for the WMRC to examine an expansion of the i ' fl ‘ 5 for Red Day event building to meet future community needs, 1 y ' " _ , "The feasibility study would look at where it ' l l A this Fnday would be built, the parking, and what it looks i ‘ â€". , ',-._ '1- page 9 like,~ said Beth Rajnovich, a policy and perfor- ' a m P, . ~ .. 7 A “I“ , ”ii manceanalystwiththecity. M fl iii! a)”. She said the feasibility study would be com- Pass the cup ' g; ‘f . . ~' , fig] 131.3 713; L7 ' pletebylatezon. The Bang-8139 Wade up onlohnâ€"Mtche‘lzaé and David gkenfeentexme‘dtheaowdsatme d by; “A um: all 7.7 Th tall rt th AdltR f annua Wat 008 erCamiva wrth' avau 'e-styleshow at atur auto clowningaroun “"""°‘f" "“' “‘ Centr: ind m fig igngfacsgs: this with cups and other flying instruments. Thousands attended the annual festival of street performers. Save $250 require upgrades and structural adjustments OFF m Si to support continued use,“ and it is estimated - . . W ROG , ROG 1 m.mfme.wm..qm.m mum we Councfl urged to up mfrastructure funding “we“ i million in capital rehabilitation over the next 20 years. Many of those costs could be avoided "I“ lacuna! City" said Nick IAmn, a consul P0n reserve, used (0 help PW fl" with relocation to the WMRC, the report said. ”WNW-VHF tant with GM Blue Plan Eighteen a range of city asset: that includes “Mil" m CAN m , The funding approved last week will come ‘ “18 that is PM Waterloo 5 asset transportation. faculties. parks. forâ€" 55 a“. . from two sources: $100,000 from the capital n order "7 W “W infrastruc. management plan W bythe any. fire services. furniture and 5 I 9- 67-6707 reserve fund, and an advance of $175,000 from ture operating acceptably over end of drinyear. information tedmology. mm“ $447,000 already budgeted for 2017 for the the next 25 years. millions of “The expenditures need to be The city has budgeted allocat- feulbuny “Hill’- Construction on the WMRC dollars more will need to be spent increased in order to provide the lngSllJ million to the taxâ€"support svm centre expansion is set for 3020 for 510] million annually performance of infrastructure to recerve in 2017. and the estimated ’ M m Coun. Mark Whaley didn’t like the idea of According to an asset manage» be acceptable to most stakehold- replacement cost of all assets in VACUUM m “in“ more than , yea,- [or the report to come ment report update presented to ers.’ that category is about $355 mflljon back and tell council “m“ M already know. council last week, infrastructure Currently, about 70 per cent of dollars. YOUR CHOICE Of “December 2017 seems like along way off") expenses could amount to $20 mii- the city’s assets are rated 'fair' to That’s about half the $1.6 biI- CENTRAL VACS determine that these are outdated facilities that lion or more in additional costs "excellent" but if current funding lion in total replacement costs for Ca (iii don't meet the needs ofthe older adult popula- per year to keep the city's toads, continues. by 2042 about halfof all all city assets, which works out to o? n Hide tion _ we already know that.’ he said. bridges and sewers up to a man assets will be of “very poor” quality about $38,000 per household. Mam Ralnovich said much of the work on the (“A dard most residents would expect. - the lowest rating for municipal Other increases in contribu- OR Cyclo-Vac slbility study must be done despite the bowl "If you spend what you're our infrastructure. (ions include 53 million per year ” Riveer E Unit 15 edge that the two adult centres will need to be WNW planning to spend, there will The bulk Of that spending. 5“ m the stormwatet reserve "id 33 mm “MAO 53. 101 relocated. be a decline in the average perfor~ million to $17 million, will need million to the water reaetve fund. ‘ ‘ m Continuation” 0 manceofthe infrastructure attire tobedirectedtothecity/staxsup- mm”. 741' Aug , l, | ' ~ Sta Current. . .? e ' ‘ \ * W1 From the latest information on local politics, to minor sports scores, to what‘s going on down the street. visit \\ vi ‘ k ”g”? - . \ a t; , www.waterloochromcle.ca - f " . ‘ it; ' munqsumzomamtoo-srmzno . .- we" . . ”a“.