Wednesday Apr. 30, 2014 – 10am
Posted Apr 30, 2014 02:53:25 PM.
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10:00- Should the region and cities work together ensuring there’s a mixture of housing along the LRT route?
Markus Moos, Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo professors are researching the effects of the LRT, including on affordable housing along the route. To keep light rail transit from displacing the region’s poor, measures have to be taken now, says Moos. The region is three years away from having the first light rail vehicles roll through the streets of uptown Waterloo and downtown Kitchener, where a large percentage of the region’s working poor and low-income families currently live. But that’s at risk because of increased development and density along the LRT line, according to Moos. He, along with 2 others, are researching the effects of LRT on the region. What’s at risk is pushing lower-income residents to the suburbs away from public transit, like what has happened in Toronto and Vancouver, when they are the people who need reliable transit service most.
10:30- Do you feel there should be a single set of rules for food trucks in Waterloo Region?
Melissa Durrell, Ward 7 Councillor in the City of Waterloo
Unlike their counterparts on Kitchener council, Waterloo councillors are paving the way for more food truck vehicles to set up shop in the city. Council voted recently to cut license fees for the truck from the $2,200 level they were at in 2013 to something closer to $350. Coun. Berry Vrbanovic tabled a motion to lower food truck licence fees from the proposed $1,947 to about $650 annually. Kitchener city council will make a final decision on licensing fees for food trucks Monday, May 5.
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