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w at er lo oc hr on ic le .c a W at er lo o C hr on ic le | T hu rs da y, A pr il 1, 20 21 | 12 NOTICE OF A FORMAL PUBLIC MEETING ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT APPLICATION Z-18-14 JOHN PERKS AND STELICA AVRAM, 319, 337, 343 WOOLWICH STREET, WARD 5 TAKE NOTICE that the Council of The Corporation of the City ofWaterloo will hold an electronic Formal Public Meeting on Monday, April 19, 2021, during the electronic Council Meeting, to consider the above noted application to amend the Zoning By-law 2018-050 pursuant to Section 34 of the Planning Act. The Applicant is proposing to amend the City's Zoning Bylaw No. 2018-050 by rezoning the lands at 319, 337 and 343 Woolwich Street from 'Zone Change Application' (ZC) to 'Conservation' (OS3), 'Residential Four' (R4) and 'Residential Eight' (R8) with site specific provisions. The Residential Eight (R8) site specific provisions would include reduced interior lot line setbacks, reduced rear yard setbacks, reduced private road setbacks and permission for one townhouse building to contain 7 units. This application is being advance to redevelop the subject property with eight (8) single detached lots fronting onto Woolwich Street and 16 townhouse units to be located behind the single detached dwellings with a single driveway access to Woolwich Street. 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 at:www.waterloo.ca/en/government/zone-changes.aspx#woolwichst 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 ofWaterloo IntegratedPlanning andPublicWorks,2nd Floor,Waterloo City Centre, Waterloo, Ontario, by calling Rita Szilock at 519-747-8650 or email rita.szilock@waterloo.ca HOW TO GET INVOLVED: Thepurposeof thepublicmeeting is toshare informationandtohearandconsider public and stakeholder comments regarding the planning application as part of City Council's decision making process. The public is invited to watch and/ or listen to the remote meeting on www.youtube.com/citywaterloo/live and may participate by submitting written comments in advance of the public meeting and/or arranging to speak to the application. TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS Written comments received before 9:00am on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, will be included in the City Council Agenda. Written comments received after 9:00am on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, will be provided to City Council for consideration prior to the formal public meeting, but will not be included in the Council Agenda.Written comments can be provided in the following ways: • Via email to Rita Szilock (rita.szilock@waterloo.ca) • By dropping off a hardcopy atWaterloo City Hall, addressed toRita Szilock, Planning Division, 2nd floor, 100 Regina St S, Waterloo, ON • By placing a hardcopy in the Waterloo City Hall after hours mail slot to the left of the side door entrance on William Street All written submissions should clearly state "Formal Public Meeting, 319, 337, 343 Woolwich Street, Zoning By-law Amendment Z-18-14" at the top of the letter/correspondence. TO SPEAK TO THE APPLICATION If you wish to speak to the Application, please contact the Legislative Services Division no later than 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 19, 2021, by any of the following ways: • By phone at 519-747-8705 • By email to clerkinfo@waterloo.ca When we receive your registration, we will send you a confirmation message and instructions for participating in the remote public meeting. Instructions will also be provided during the meeting to ensure that those watching the remote public meeting will be given the opportunity to speak. 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. 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 Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. 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 Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Julie Scott, Acting City Clerk, City of Waterloo. P. 519-886-1550 TTY. 1-866-786-3941waterloo.ca I am reading the news with dismay. Eight Asians were murdered in Atlanta. The shooter specifically chose spas run by Asian women. The motive is clear as crystal to anyone who has ever been singled out for who they are. Yet somehow, people are still debating if this was a 'hate-motivated' crime. Just to clarify, murder is never committed out of love. And premeditated murder against a random group of strangers, chosen simply because of their identity is definitely com- mitted out of hate. I hope I have made my stand on this amply clear right at the out- set. I am reading some comment threads on the news story and seeing people argue over the 'technicality' of the crime. There are questions that are swimming around cyberspace, like: "Should this even come under the purview of racism?" And "Does the shooter's confession validate any race motive?" and "Wasn't this about a sex ad- diction?" I am at loss for words. The victims were selected as targets, be- cause of their gender and their race. As a visible, Muslim woman, I promise you, that gendered racism is real. But this is not about me. This is about those women lying ATLANTA: A TRAGEDY WE SHOULD ALL MOURN MIFRAH ABID OPINION WHAT POISONS ONE COMMUNITY, HAS A WAY OF POISONING ALL OTHERS ON ITS WAY, WRITES MIFRAH ABID See - page 13 MIFRAH ABID Column