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NOTICES Take notice that the Council of The Corporation of the City of Waterloo will hold a Formal Public Meeting on Monday, June 26, 2017 (evening), at a time to be determined, in the Council Chambers, 3rd Floor,Waterloo City Centre, 100 Regina Street South,Waterloo, to consider the above noted application to amend the Zoning By-law pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act. The applicant is requesting to amend the City's Zoning By-law No. 1418 by rezoning the lands from Agriculture (A) to Institutional (IN) and Green One (G1). The zone change application is being advanced to permit the existing buildings on the property to be used for spiritual uses, and to zone the natural heritage features on the property "green". No new buildings or building additions are contemplated on the subject lands at this time. In the future, the applicant intends to develop a larger spiritual use building on the subject lands. In response to community feedback, the Applicant has scoped the range of permitted uses being sought under the Institutional 'IN' zone to: • single detached dwelling; • child care centre; • private school; • spiritual uses; and, • any uses accessory to the foregoing including recreational uses (those commonly found in a church, synagogue or mosque, such as a gym and recreation/meeting room). This meeting shall constitute the formal public meeting required under Section 34 of The Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended. It is expected that Council will decide whether the application should be approved, denied or amended. A copy of the staff report will be available prior to the Public Meeting. If Council approves the application, a by-law to amend the Zoning By-law will be passed. For further information regarding the above matter, please contact the City of Waterloo Integrated Planning and Public Works, 2nd Floor, Waterloo City Centre, Waterloo, Ontario, by calling Rita Szilock at 519.747.8650 or email rita.szilock@waterloo.ca Any person may attend the Public Meeting and/or make a written or verbal representation either in support of, or in opposition to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment. If you wish to make a presentation to Council or would like more information about the meeting, please contact Lissy Spencer at 519.747.8549 or by email at clerkinfo@waterloo.ca A written summary of the presentation should be filed with the City Clerk prior to the public meeting. We encourage the public to provide input into this important Zoning By-law Amendment application. Individuals may submit written/electronic comments. The public is informed and notified that names, addresses and comments may be made public. NOTICE OF A FORMAL PUBLIC MEETING ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT APPLICATION Z-16-03, MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, 510 ERBSVILLE ROAD, WARD 2 If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Corporation of the City of Waterloo before the by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of Council to the Ontario Municipal Board. In addition, if a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Corporation of the City of Waterloo before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Olga Smith, City Clerk, City of Waterloo P. 519.886.1550 TTY. 1.866.786.3941 waterloo.ca/publicnotices THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2017 • WATERLOO CHRONICLE • 17 CITY LIFE Continued from page 16 I had meaningful conversation with good friends, and took time to observe the world around me with gratitude. I'm grateful for the large cotton- tail rabbit nibbling the grass in our backyard at dawn and dusk. I've even learned to appreciate the loud call of the cardinal that wakes me from my slumber too early every morning. I'm grateful for the skittish moth- er chickadee that resides in my bird- house. All day long, she follows the same pattern. With food for her babies in her beak, she'll land on the main railing of my back deck. She'll glance around warily before hopping over to the side railing, scanning the area again, and finally darting inside her home. She reappears seconds later to repeat this manoeuvre again and again. If you can, as soon as you can, I encourage you to take time to really observe the world around you. Equally as important, take the time to observe your inner self. ••• A freelance writer, blogger and communications consultant based in Waterloo, Penny Walford can be reached at penny.walford@hotmail.com. Reconnecting with the world The University of Waterloo Weather Station said the see-saw monthly temperatures continued in May with much cooler tempera- tures than the warmth the Region of Waterloo saw in April. With a very cold start to the month and only a couple days above 25°C, the final overall temperature was 0.6 degrees below average mak- ing it the coldest May since 2009. But the bigger story was that it just wouldn't stop raining. It did for a week but that didn't seem to matter to the overall total. The total precipitation of 146.2 mm was much more than the aver- age of 82.3 m for May. While it might seem like a lot, it wasn't even in the top five for the history of measure- ments made in the region. However, the total for April and May of 270.6 mm was the third high- est of all time and not that much behind the record of 286.0 mm back in 1916. While the total so far for the year of 540 mm is not only well above the average of 340 mm, but is also just below the record wettest first five months of the year at 541.6 mm in 2011. � e highest temperature recorded this past May was 28.4°C The lowest minimum tempera- ture was -0.7°C The average daily high tempera- ture was 16.7°C, while the long term average for may is 18.5°C. The average daily low tempera- ture was 7.0°C, while the long term average for May is 6.4°C. � e long term averages are based on 1981-2010 data for the Waterloo- Wellington Airport. The UW Weather Station is sup- ported by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Department of Geography, the Cli- mate Research Branch of Environ- ment and Climate Change Canada. May cooler than normal says UW Weather Station