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Still hopeful that an agreement can be reached out of court, objectors to the "commercial use" of an uptown parking lot are seeking one last meeting between involved parties to find a compromise, Bruce Lumsden, representing a group of Allen Street homeowners engaged in a seven month battle with Mutual Life and the Church of the Holy Saviour, is hoping that an "informal meeting" between the three parties and a representative from the city of Waterloo will lead to some sort of agreement. "It's worth having another go round with the four parties concerned on a less formal structure. I just want to see if we can come together on areas where we are widely apart on," said Lumsden, although he declined to say what those areas were "tst Year No. 13 Chronicle Staff While Premier David Peterson and local Liberals sipped wine inside the Seagram Museum last Wednesday, a mob of over 100 local doctors assembled outside calling unsuccessfully for the Premier to come out and talk about extra billing. The doctors had marched from Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital in a hope of a face-to-face encounter with Peterson, but arrived five minutes after his limousine had dropped the Premier off for the party fundraiser. The doctors chanted slogans and heckled arriving guests before ending the protest 40 minutes after they arrived. "Uriiidy" iriarGed away, Ge doctor hollered "So much for accessibility." _ A _ _ The protest was part of a campaign by the Kitchener-Waterloo Academy of Medicine to show the medical profession's displeasure with the proposed Health Care Accessibility Act which would outlaw extra-billing in the province. The doctor's exit was much to the chagrin of Kitchener MPP David Cooke's executive assistant Bryan Stortz, who had promised the Premier would make an appearance. This was news to Peterson and his staff. Vince Borg, executive assistant to the Premier, said Peterson was in fact unaware of the gathering outside, because upon their arrival there were only a few doctors present, to whom Peterson introduced himself and invited inside for the get together. Residents organize one last meeting to resolve parking tot controversy f "He (Petersen) is-always pleased to talk to protestors on the way in and on the way out and that is what he did tonight," said Borg, _ -- _ . . - Tie Premier cortfirmed Borg's statement during a press scrum shortly before his departure at 7rso p.m.. ”T‘When I airived at 6 p.m." there was five-or six of them (doctors) and I was very happy to talk to them," said Peterson. _ - Further pressed by reporters to talk about the doctors' request to meet him, Peterson said: "I'm going out right now." Dr. Bili Bryant acts as head cheerleader to the mob of doctors who marched on Premier David Peterson'tt Liberal get-together. um Bryoon photo Peterson sips wine while K-W doctors protest Wednesday, April 2, 1986 DOCTORS PROTEST (Continued on page 3) The issue, which revolves around whether tenants of Mutual Life's Allen Square property can legally use the parking lot of the church on Allen Street East, has been going on since last September. Nearby residents claim the church is breaking a city bylaw which prohibits any use not specifically devoted to the use of the church. The city has decided, on advice from solicitor Bill White,that nothing can be done. "Tiir"ciGcis' GrMutuat Life have been arguing all along that there is no commerical use-the company built the lot in the church's rear yard as , donation. _ .. Various __:;tteinpts to settle the dispute, including a mediation process and a news blackout, were unsuccess- ful. tiWith Keith Glaze (the mediator) they were fairly Dllii.tititti"hti! Sllll"A"rtit i_,ll,lt,, jMlEllheji"i'i'ijti! Waterloo, Ontario 25 cents structured meetings with a lot of people there. What I'm suggesting is a different 1ormat," said Lumsden. "iiT,iaiiiiiLe 16 see only one /epresentative from each group sit down and talk at the meeting which he hopes to take place late this weet or early [text . Resident lawyer David Estrin is being kept aprised of the proceedings but will not be asked to sit down at Lumsden's proposed meeting. "He's still around in the background," said Lumsden. Although residents have been saying all along that a court appearance would likely be necessary to settle the dispute, Lumsden only calls it an "alternative". -;Tki/iiGrriiimber"of options if the meeting doesn't go anywhere. One is to go to court and another is not to do anything," he said. Ph;