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PM40050478 THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 2020 January 29 - February 7 WATERLOO • University Downs • 425 University Ave KITCHENER • Lackner Centre • 1405 Ottawa St N KITCHENER • Fairway Plaza • 10 Manitou Dr * *Taxes not included ---DEAL OF THE WEEK--- 6MM THICK • 100% WATERPROOF! CLICK VINYL PLANKS 99¢/SQ FTREG 3.99 FROM PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND? V IS IT O U R O N LI N E EV EN T C A LE N D A R W A TE R LO O C H R O N IC LE .C A /E V EN TS Sharon Woodley is excited that Waterloo is buying electric vehicles outfitted with solar pan- els and that it plans to be more proactive in addressing what's been declared a climate emergen- cy. Conveniently, she said the city already has an idling control by- law, passed in 2009, which could be a tool to help reduce carbon emissions. "Unfortunately, this bylaw - to my knowledge - has never been enforced," Woodley said Monday, appearing before Waterloo coun- cil as a public delegation. Woodley has taken it upon her-Woodley has taken it upon her-W self to educate drivers: walking up to the side windows of people's vehicles, knocking and handing out small business cards that say "Turn Off Your engine ... Save your fuel and keep the air clean." The card includes the bylaw number, a please and thank you. "Over all of these years, no one I talked to had ever heard of the bylaw," Woodley said. The issue of idling persists these days, with more drive- thrus and people sitting in their cars texting, she added. Woodley approached the city'sWoodley approached the city'sW bylaw department at a communi- ty barbecue last spring. "I asked when the no-idling by- law would be enforced. They laughed at me," she said. "The See 'REGARDLESS, page 4 'WE NEED MORE BYLAW OFFICERS' BILL JACKSON bjackson@kitchenerpost.cabjackson@kitchenerpost.cab ADEQUACY OF STAFF COMPLEMENT UNDER QUESTION AS BYLAW ENFORCEMENT FOR IDLING, SNOW CLEARING FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE BREAKING THE ICE AT WINTERLOO Ice sculptor David Hawey chips away at his sculpture in front of the Princess Twin Cinemas in Uptown Waterloo during Winterloo celebrations on Saturday.Twin Cinemas in Uptown Waterloo during Winterloo celebrations on Saturday.T The mild conditions created a challenge for organizers but hundreds of people turned out for the annual event that included a popular Comfort Food Crawl. Doug Coxson/Torstar