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‘l"wlterloo‘ ,‘ 4 rils 5l / t :. ,,m “ ‘l ‘h-' e s ’A j 35 acré core site proposed for Region BM * A,0 RrRg By Mary Stupart A S%â€"acre site in downâ€" town Waterico will be pfeâ€" sented to regional~ céuncil Thursday by Mayor Herb Epp as an alternative site The Waterioo site, which is bounded by Caroline St. and the back of Westmount Place shopping â€" centre, would include land behind houses on the north side of Erb St. W. It is presently occupied by railway freight sheds, warehouses and vaâ€" Few people today pick and cut their own Christmas trees. Students at Ceâ€" darbrae public school in Waterloo revived that halfâ€"forgotten tradition Friday by hauling home their own sixâ€"foot evergreen. The decorated tree will be the After nine _ months of consideration, council comâ€" miftee Monday decided to delay a decision on the controversial project until 1977 when the newlyâ€"electâ€" ed council will take office. A decision on the Freure Homes Ltd, subdivision proposed for the Hallman Rd. â€"Craigleith Dr. _ area and the rechannelling of Clair Creek has again been postponed by council. One of the major reasons for the postponement Monâ€" day centred around the lack of a comprehensive study of the Clair Creek watershed above and inâ€" _â€" waterioo chronicle Freure subdivision approval delayed again Waterl00 Hist, Museum Kitchener P, Queen Street KITCHENER, Historical Society | sically industrial in nature and* include Canada Barrel and Kegs Ltd., the old Globe furniture building, and Canâ€" bar Products Ltd. The land ciréles Waterloo Park and Silver Lake to the west and joins Centennial Park. cluding the Clair Lake dam. the site is Waterioo alderâ€" man Charles Voelker. Mr. Voelker, an architectural designer, has been discussâ€" ing the area as a possible redevelopment site for sevâ€" Aldermen _ Mary Jane Mewhinney and Marjorie Carroll refused to endorse the Freure project without first _ commissioning _ a creek study. An adminisâ€" trative committee report presented Monday to counâ€" cil _ committee recommendâ€" ed that the Freure project be approved and that a study of the creek be unâ€" dertaken _ after _ approval is given Since the current counâ€" cil _ cannot _ commit 1977 funds for . new projects., Ald. _ Carrollâ€" successfully M ie tag o qs . comp Wednesday, December 15, 1976 Mizmond «e e "ag + werle o e " C 0 .mC _ â€" ie * 4 businessmen and regional of Waterioo Square and Westâ€" m» srioo‘s ~â€"citizen» housing are somhe of chairman Jack Young. moult Place shopping pla« ind "where they~ the uwsesâ€" possible for the Mr. Voelker sees the site za," Mr. Voelker said. _ hdn" . .â€".~. ... land leftâ€"over after governâ€" , as an mmm for a _ He believes the site . is Iq;lvm believes réâ€" ment buildings are conâ€" uttindiihoniitiiieiznn t e aintnndibnt 6 > P irinindnihe 2. 200 WCOSDpNIEE CBReh CEVE . CC go) V OEPCBRRHE : OOCMRRRR CAAAE ME regional hea buildâ€" ripe for redegvelopment ald development of the: site ing, a M£E the. proposed regicnal â€" would be ideal for both Waâ€" expanded recreational hedadquarters building as the terloo and the Reloxd. It ities, greemspace, high rise ideal vehicle for redevelop would be cheaper to gervice apartments andâ€"senior citiâ€". ment of the area. The press than the Kâ€"Martâ€"shopping site overlooks â€"Silver Lake and Waterloo Park. The site is presently serâ€" viced from all directions, is located in the core of Waâ€" terloo and the Region, and is piloted a project deferral through â€" council _ Monday asking the 1977 council to consider initiating a creek study before granting subâ€" division approval to the Freure project. Several counciliors exâ€" pressed displeasure Monâ€" day that the Grand River Conservation Authority had granted Freure â€" apâ€" proval for rechannelization and fill of the Clair Creek Nov. 26 without waiting for council‘s policy deciâ€" sion on the project. This GRCA _ approval gives â€" Freure â€" the â€" legal right to begin rechannelâ€" w t *\ Mrrrgs € is ts / ciofi¢int" 62. " ideal vehicle for redevelop ment of the area. The presâ€" ent use of the sité isn‘t anyâ€"_ thing near its potential he says. Ramshackle storage sheds, and industrial buildâ€" ings are not the proper use for such primeland in the core. He would like to see ing the Clair Creek, one of the major controversial items in the Freure sub division â€" plan. Hawever, city engineer Jim Willis said Monday that Freure is unlikely to take this step without first securing subdivision _ approval. _ A planning report presented Monday to council also stated that Freure has verbally agreed not to proâ€" ceed with the Clair Creek channelization â€" until counâ€" cil makes a decigion on the proposal _â€" Residents of the Beechâ€" wood area abutting the proposed subdivision have focus of Christmas celebrations in the grade four class room at the school. Helping to carry the tree Friday were Sheldon Hoffman (left) and Andrew Persaud (right). Bringing up the rear was Brian Warner. Inbiae =xy," : sp" Waterloo, Ontario would also be more central to arterial road systems and expressed continuous opâ€" position to the Freure proâ€" posal for the last nine months. Monday â€" spokesâ€" men from several resiâ€" dents‘ groups in the area reiterated their ecological arguménts _ against _ the project. They are concerned that rechannelization _ of _ the creek will destroy its waâ€" ter recharge sources and leave a stagnant pond during the summer months. Melvin â€" Code, â€" manager of â€" planning, â€" engineering and land development for Freure Homes Ltd., deâ€" nied the residents‘ charges Development of high rises, the sve posivie. for "the e usesâ€" for land leftâ€"over after governâ€" ment buildings are conâ€" structed says Voelker. Re development of this area would be a ‘"real boost for dewntown merchants‘"‘. Ir Voelker has been quietly nthg(pdlfiehu, administrative‘ staff and through the area for the past to spend $10â€"15,000 on creek landscaping to make the creek look better than it does now. __ A â€"compromise â€" solution to the problem presented Monday by Ald. Brian Turnbull called for apâ€" proval of part of Freure‘s subdivision and a freeze on langds abutting the creek (Continued on page 2) that â€" rechannelization _ of Clair Creek would turn it into a ditch. Mr. Code said his company was willing ‘"‘We are willing to make a bonded commitment to landscaping the creek," he said. sbar tigeds . =Ya * A%) 10 Cents (Continued on page 2)