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t MF ft A Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club proposal " to build a $600,000 figure skating arena in Wa- terloo cleared its first financial hurdle Monday. The chairman of the arena committee, Jack Adams, received a letter Monday from Robert Welch, minister ots culture and recreation, promising a Wintario grant of between $100,000 and$150,000 for the project. . Skating arena jiri, promised Wintario grant an“ vuvvwvv -v- _....- r- -a" - This, grant is conditional on the ability of the Kitchener-Waterloo community, to raise an equal amount from public donations. . V _ .. A A A It -----" Al.‘ inn-u in “a... -...-_--- -- We r __ "Now we're all set to figure out how to raise the money. I've already had indications that some companies may be interested in con- tributing to the project," said Mr. Adams. Tentative plans for the arena were pre sented to the city in 1974 and city council agreed in July, 1976 to recommend that between $125,000 and $200,000 be allocated for the'pro- ject in its 1977 budget. This financial commit- ment includes the price of about two acres of city-owned land behind Waterloo arena which the city has pledged as the site of the skating arena. - The city also plans to apply for a $75,000 to $100,000 community centres grant from the provincial government to assist with the pro- ject. W _ mV A "__-.'...-..-. I..- .1111 than“ “who dlllrtiortiiid'llld é; ' P-.. Tentative concept drawings for the arena were completed in 1975. They include a 30,000 square foot building with a large ice surface measuring 100 feet by 200 feet. A mezzanine area would overlook the ice surface. The mezzanine would be a combined community hall and spec- tator area that could be used for parties and receptions. The ice surface would be designed strictly for ice skating. No hockey boards or glass would separate the audience from the rink. "It'll be like an indoor pond. with benches around it." said Mr. Adams. "We hope to have good sound equipment and lighting so it will be a place where skating parties and pleasure skating can be held. The great bulk of the time it would be used for figure skating on a year-round basis." _ .. _e AL- _.....Inln It... tho luau-v --"e, “Vs -' or - Mr. Adams said one of the models for the proposed skating arena is the Ice Gallery in Scarborough which openeg last spring. NIL"- - vub-- vF_-eiei- -r - - v _ Present plans for the Waterloo arena call for the structure to be built behind Waterloo arena at right-angles to it. The skating arena would overlook Waterloo Park and Silver Lake. Mr. Adams said the estimated cost of the arena is $600,000 "but we hope it will be less than that. That figure includes the cost of land and operational equipment. .. The city's administrative committee was asked Mon- day by council to consider alternative sum and pro- posals for a future Water- loo Region headquarters budding The request was prompt- ed try a motion from Ald Marjorie Carroll Ald Carroll sand the City should Investigate the economic repercussions that might occur If the Region moves Its offices from their pres- City will check Region headquarters site alternatives wh By Mary Stupart 121st Year No.38 em location In Walerloo's Marsland Centre. Ald, Carroll said studies should be conducted to see how much business IS brought Into downtown Wa- terloo by the presence of about 250 regional omploy- ces She also said she opposes the K-Mart shop- ping plaza Site which was suggested Aug 23 as the location for a regional head- quarters building . Her protrdnce would he a Site near the Conestoga Parkway Instead of along Wednesday, September 22. 1976 Highway 8 m the centre of the Region. Aid, Carroll also urged the administra- tive committee to check the prospect of keeping the regional headquarters an? m the city of Waterloo Ald Carroll said she be- mg adjacent to Waterloo heves regional council will Square. not consider alternate “ls this filed away some- headquarters sites unless where and forgotten by the specific locations are pre- committee?) asked. sented to It Ald. Henry said all the "We‘re Sltllng here do- comments he has received mg nothing, ICs obvious to date about building a to me that the regional com- new regional headquarters mtttee ts not going to look building have been negative -Weye Sitting here do- mg nothing, ICs obvious to me that the regional com- mittee IS not going to look Sunny skies Saturday made perfect sailing weather for members of Universrty 0t waterioo s sailing club participating in the first regatta of autumn. Everything was going well for these two crews (top) until one of the sailboats jibbed in front of the other sailboat (bottom). The two boats narrowly missed each other but both crews took the incident with a grin. at something else unless IS brought to them." Ald. Bob Henry said Wa- terloo council looked sew eral years ago at a possible alternative Site for the re- gional headquarters build- Ing adjacent to Waterloo Square. Waterloo, Ontario ‘ good comments about the possibility of having a re- gional headquarters build- mg." he said, Aid. Mary Jane Mewhin- my agreed, "I think it's a real political gaffe to get in- volved in an expenditure of this kind in a time of finan- cial restraint." Ald. Mewhinney also said she objected to the way the regional headquarters proposal was presented to the public without advance haven't heard any discussions with municipal nnmmpnts about the councils. members of University of Waterloo's Ald, Rudy Kominek said he didn't know how the Re- gion could make a decision on a headquarters building without studying its future budding needs. functions of "Until that IS known, I don't think anyone is capable of coming up with a recom- mendation as to the sue and building." he said a headquarters building and which regional services should be centralized, 10 Cents mstorlett1 Society