Budget Town Hall: Now with Twitter and Facebook

January 19, 2012

In a first for Waterloo, perhaps in Canada, the City will be holding an All-Access Town Hall meeting on the budget this Tuesday, January 24, 2012.

We will be taking questions via email before 7 pm and via Twitter, Facebook, and over the phone starting at 7.

For more information on how to participate, visit http://www.waterloo.ca/budget

I look forward to hearing from you.

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Better Transit for Ward 6

December 29, 2011

Grand River Transit has announced that, due to demand along Columbia St., two new stops will be added for the 201 iXpress on January 2, 2012, outbound from Laurier: one at Columbia at Hazel and Columbia at Albert.

In conversations with regional transit planners, we discussed the volume on this route and the option of adding additional stops in this highly congested corridor, particularly near WCI.

I am very pleased that the region is taking this important step, and it is good news for transit riders. It will be especially helpful for residents of the east side of Ward 6 looking for less congestion and more connections to the University of Waterloo and the west side of Waterloo and Kitchener as well as many WCI students heading home throughout the day.

Happy New Year!

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Rental Housing License Application Workshops

December 20, 2011

December 20, 2011
The City of Waterloo is offering a special workshop to assist landlords in applying for a residential rental housing license under the new by-law at fifteen different times/days. These sessions will help people understand what documentation is required and how to complete an application, but will not answer any question about a specific address.
These [...]

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Getting on the GO

December 18, 2011

December 18, 2011
(Written from onboard the GO)
The first GO Train left the station in Kitchener today with free service to and from Guelph. Excited passengers packed the platform and filled the seats.
Hopefully the enthusiasm people had today will carry forward and provide solid ridership, convincing GO to make the investment in track upgrades to make [...]

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Reflections: Council, One Year In

December 6, 2011

December 6, 2011
One year ago today, I was officially inaugurated as the Councillor for Ward 6. In my first address to Council, as a male engineering graduate I reflected on the tragic events of December 6, 1989 at Ecolé Polytechnique and the need to work hard to promote inclusion and diversity in our community. Tonight, [...]

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Mike Connolly

October 24, 2011

October 24, 2011
Yesterday, Mike Connolly passed away.
He served his community with passion and a dedicated focus to the issues he cared about, including nearly 11 years on local municipal councils.
I saw a lot of Mike over the past year – from the campaign trail last year and, regularly, on the Northdale Special Project Committee. The [...]

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Progress and the Past

September 25, 2011

September 25, 2011
I was in Savannah, Georgia about one month ago as part of a short, but much needed vacation.
The original capital of the colony of Georgia and founded in 1733, this bustling capital and fourth largest U.S. port city is also host to one of the country’s largest historic districts. Encompassing nearly the entirety [...]

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Prioritizing our Strategic Plan

July 28, 2011

July 28, 2011
On August 15, Council will spend the morning in its first budget-related workshop towards the 2012-2014 City of Waterloo Operating and Capital budgets.
Earlier this summer, we adopted our 2011-2014 Strategic Plan. Under the six pillars of “Sustainability and Our Living Environment”, “Public Engagement”, “Healthy & Safe Community”, “Vibrant Neighbourhoods”, “Getting Around”, and “Economic [...]

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Walking on the West Side

July 28, 2011

July 28, 2011
Accepting an invitation from Kevin Thomason, earlier this week I headed out with my spouse, Kate Daley, to the west side of Waterloo to get local perspective on the developments of late and over the last several years.
It was a perfect evening for a walk through the Schneider and McNally lands.
As a Waterlooian [...]

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KW Turkish Festival

July 10, 2011

July 10, 2011
I was pleased to have the opportunity to tour the displays, try some of the delicacies, and attempt an Ebru under the guide of Shuhrat Ochilov, a University of Waterloo PhD student.
I learned about the art of Ebru – water colour marbling – from Feyza Baykan, who, after two years of practice in the art, [...]

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