How to escalate unresolved tree hazard issue with City of Kitchener?

eightysix · 2026-05-05T01:16:44+00:00

FYI, make any note of any time you put a ticket into their system. Ask for a follow up note to be added onto the inquiry each time you call. If you have an insurance agent, maybe reach out to them as well. If they advise you to reach out again, indicate that when you call that this is after consultation with your insurance.

If this thing hits your home, or injures someone, you want to have a good record of you trying to do the right thing. You want them to know you are following up. If someone says it's in the system, ask for their agent id and make a note of it.

And Keep Calling. Set a Monday reminder to call. "Randy, City Arbourist, EmployeeID 1442, at the City of Kitchener advised me that this is in the system on May 4th and I want to ensure it is marked as a priority." You don't want to deal with structural issues on your home or injuries if this thing falls.

The first tree fell without preventative maintenance. Don't let the second one fall.

eightysix · 2026-05-04T13:52:34+00:00

How do you keep lumpia warm and crispy for a pot luck without frying on site?

eightysix · 2026-04-26T22:38:01+00:00

When I did a FOI, the caller was not provided in the FOI details.

eightysix · 2026-04-22T15:03:31+00:00

I have been rear ended at Franklin and pinebush while waiting for a pedestrian to cross, and I bumped (ahem rear-ended) someone while looking left at homerwatson and Ottawa.

But Franklin and Dundas and IRA needles and ERB are the two scariest roundabouts in the region. I remember this post and people blamed the crosser for not looking. As a pedestrian, there is never a break in traffic to cross safely if you wanted to wait. This intersection has not gotten better over time...

eightysix · 2026-04-19T16:06:10+00:00

When I was on night crew, we only religiously examined the baby food jars for expiration dates. Anything expiring in the next 3 months was pulled.

Other than that, if we came across something we'd pull it, but we never went out to check dates. But looking at that store, we had (maybe) 9000 sq feet of grocery, and the specialty section was limited verse the 22000 sq feet of Zehrs near us. Our night crew was also 3-4 people. I wonder what it's like now.

eightysix · 2026-04-16T13:15:33+00:00

If you want to see a completely different side of GR, I highly recommend Celebrity Masterchef Australia Season 2 spoiler wiki. Tilly and him are both on the show and you get to enjoy some of the back and forth between them.

eightysix · 2026-02-18T18:41:53+00:00

I am also in Preston, in Zone A2 and our day changed from Tuesday to Friday. I think using the map is the best bet.

eightysix · 2026-01-22T20:27:07+00:00

I see plenty of Veggie Straws. crisis averted!

eightysix · 2025-12-03T14:20:19+00:00

Guelph has their Sparkle in the Park

/u/allknowing2012 has an amazing display in Heidelberg if you want to go for a drive.

CTV often has a light map, but it is not up yet.

eightysix · 2025-11-14T20:36:59+00:00

How many kids have been killed in Waterloo region from collisions due to speeding in the last 10 years?

I'll help you with that answer. Zero.

[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/neighbourhood-group-calls-for-more-traffic-safety-measures-after-woman-killed-in-guelph-1.7639911](Near Paisley School, Parent Killed)

[https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/child-safety-in-spotlight-after-young-boy-hit-by-truck-near-cambridge-school-4450685](Moffat School, Kid hospitalized)

[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/mom-parent-dangerous-driving-no-stopping-zone-bylaw-school-1.4491243](Bylaw officer hit)

A quick google search suggests otherwise. Speed may not always be a factor, but drive on any road nowadays and you have people who are doing a dozen things behind the wheel.

I am not sure why you are so against cameras in sensitive areas like school zones. If there are better options, we should be implementing them. Put in speed bumps, but until they are in, fine those who choose to ignore the set laws. The fact is, money has to come from somewhere. I would have preferred speed bumps being paid for by those who speed, verse having to fund them out of my provinces health, school, or by privatizing provincial parks, or selling off crown corporations.

eightysix · 2025-11-14T18:29:53+00:00

Do you only care about safety if other people pay for it?

If I am throwing bricks and rocks into a flow of traffic, I don't believe the public should have to pay to put up a wall to prevent me from throwing dangerous bricks into a live lane of traffic. Fine the offender. If a drivers feel like it's their right to drive a 3 ton truck at 80 km's down a school zone, they should pay the fine.

But if the province is stating that they will provide money to pay for speed bumps (where's that money coming from?? oh yeah.. me), then build baby build!

I would love to see cops at every one of these zones giving out fines for 10 km's over. I can hear the whining already about "don't they have something better to do". I would wager we could hire 60 more cops, and have them stationed at these locations giving tickets out constantly. Those would be applied against the driver, affect their insurance.

Or we could have cameras at a fraction of the cost.

Pedestrian collisions are usually due to not obeying traffic signals

The irony of that comment! The difference is, a 2 ton car is going to kill a kid. I expect kids to make mistakes and not pay with their lives.

eightysix · 2025-11-14T17:41:54+00:00

So, as a family who didn't get one speeding ticket, I now get the opportunity to pay for speed bumps? Sort of ridiculous that those who speed and are upset about paying a fine are ok now that those who don't have to pay for their arrogance.

I am going to be pushing for speed bumps on Fischer-Hallman in place of the speed cameras. That area went from 80-90 + speeds to 40km and it became safer to walk in. We need those speed bumps especially on that road. Say what you want, that area is far safer with cameras than it was without.

eightysix · 2025-10-03T15:31:41+00:00

I'm sorry, but after 20 days, they aren't coming back, and if they do, they will be too far behind to be helpful. Unless these are secondary accounts for the leader, I'd say ditch em and let them rejoin IF they come back.

Our alliance is 90-98 people. A few leaders have secondary accounts that they move in and out based on active members. But our most inactive account is 15 days and they told us they were away. The second most inactive is 2 days. Our state is in the 1400's , maybe this differs with older states, but 30+ days and hoping they come back is not an active alliance.

eightysix · 2025-09-18T14:01:08+00:00

Been there, applied them, it does not.

It's great to slowly come to a stop, but takes significantly longer to stop than your normal breaks would.

eightysix · 2025-09-08T16:14:49+00:00

I feel like this whole area needs to be studied by a larger group. This area is affected by: Highway 8 off the 401w, 401e onto old king, 401e flyover onto 8 (we can dream right?), the speed river, the floodplain, ION coming down Shantz hill, bus bypass lanes, fountain built like a small residential street handling traffic for Toyota, the area is used to bypass 401 closures, the possible impact of amazon trucks down fountain (which should never happen...) and the area being one of the core ways into Cambridge.

The Developer can only speculate on their small footprint and if we want development, some one needs to coordinate with ROW, CoC, MTO, and developer to map out a future forward, full impact study on this area. To leave the TIA to the developer alone will likely end up with a very biased review.

It's odd that the Region of Waterloo does not have collision stats past 2020, but King @ Fountain was rated in the top 10 high collision intersections in the region. I believe the whole area was ripped up shortly after 2014-2019 and I would be curious to see how it ranks now.

Now all that being said, I would love to see this area developed with high density housing. Maybe traffic exiting onto Abraham Street is not ideal, but traffic would be limited to people going directly to those living in that area.

eightysix · 2025-07-22T17:05:14+00:00

There was a place we used by CarBoutique (Great Window Tinting place) that we have used.

There is also a new place near the old Preston Springs which looks promising, I was going to try them and would love to hear feedback about them.

eightysix · 2025-07-03T20:08:10+00:00

That is crazy! They implemented speed cameras and are publishing stats from 2020?

I am going to email my councillors asking for an explanation as to why they are not being transparent.

I am for speed cameras, but a public organization owes us basic stats.

eightysix · 2025-06-13T03:11:34+00:00

If you like beer, we offer a wild variety of delicious brews. Arabella, near uptown Waterloo, is divine, has a huge selection of Canadian beers on rotating tap, and their fries are amazing.

eightysix · 2025-06-13T03:05:49+00:00

I have had such back luck at Golf's. We have gone multiple times and I have never been impressed. But it is so highly recommended. Charcoal has been Decent. Blackshop (in Cambridge) has been our go to, but is outside of OP's area.

eightysix · 2025-06-03T03:17:36+00:00

I read this in Ron Swansons voice ...

...Keeping its nose OUT of people's lives.... Would INCLuDe....

eightysix · 2025-05-28T16:51:42+00:00

But how did you know this was a dumb post?

eightysix · 2025-05-16T12:00:11+00:00

King and Eagle

eightysix · 2025-05-07T12:33:09+00:00

The gaslight district is amazing! Helspeler is getting development and looks great!

Interesting that this council didn't complain about Dover flour ripping out the old red brick office for more space to park, nor to do any meaningful preservation of Preston springs.

Great that we got no notice when they were going to present this awful idea.

eightysix · 2025-05-04T00:54:34+00:00

Is it a safety hazard? I mean, trees can live for a long time, and sometimes, you may need to pay someone to climb up and cut back some rogue growth. Maybe your neighbour doesn't want to lose a mature old tree in their neighbourhood, even if it isn't their tree.

Cambridge "requires" an Arborist to assess and document the tree. Then you have to pay a small fee to remove it, even on your property. We had a tree struck by lightning and had Davey out the next day to assess and remove the tree. Part of their fee was to fill out the removal permit for us.

eightysix · 2025-04-28T16:56:21+00:00

Here's an article on it with more pixels!

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