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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 21 Nov 2012, p. 1

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. O G O â€"â€"Servmg your community smce 1856 â€"- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2l, 20l2 0 WATBRLOO. ONTARIO * SI INCLUDING HST M Time out _ I St. Louis school / , ,. ‘ A.» . redevelopment . proposals called a f , , m . f, “A 3 n , g ‘ on the carpet . A ”A t A (”a By 1mm 1m - ‘ , I J \ Chronicle “of 4: ‘ ' ' .,.:Q m T he redevelopment of the for- . " l ' .' mer St. Louis school has hit a ‘ _ I Y snag after councillors balked at Q . “Qt?“ _ CI L'FE three options tabled Monday after- a? Nothing tofear noon. , r . Page 12 Concems were raised about costs _ , ' associated with rehabilitating the W - ‘ . aging structure. known to have seri- A E i ous mould problems and asbestos on A . ‘ is - the ground floor. Options included ‘ "’ ‘ é ' repurposing the school into apart» q "7 ~ PW ‘ ments or condos. an ans studio or a ~ ' ' public park. \ ~~ .. "One of the options that i thought ~< A was being discussed was options a .. about not repurposing the structure ‘ and doing other things with that prop- A“ ~" - erry." said Ooun. Diane Freeman. ”g- " . ‘What we've seen today is not W i walking down the path as 1 under . 3) stood itâ€"whenwetalked about this , . .» J as a council when making IandApur- mum mammal.” commandant A Frosty reception fl?“ only word that comes 1° Four-year-old Alexander Kyrlacou gets a highâ€"five from Frostythe Snowman on King Street in Waterloo ARTS mind 15 feeling duped. . during the 54th annual Santa Claus Parade, hosted by the Lions Club of Kitchener. Santa was the main, and _ Counctl approved the City's pur- final, attraction during the approximately two-hour parade down King from Erb Street in Waterloo to Celebrating chase of the land from the Waterloo Cedar Street in Kitchener. and“ Music Catholic District School Board for Week/Page21 $535,000 in March. An additional ' h f ' f al ' ° “22-000 was budgeted to spend 0," ng allure rate or rent 1nspect10ns legal fees. surveying costs and env1~ ronmental evaluations at the site. 75 minus Jansen “We were certainly surprised by throughout the home AllenScWinWaterloo. (fhmnlclcnajf it, but at the same time we're lackson fought against the The three-storey. 24,000 square- happy that it was captured,” said bylaw when it was first passed. _ 4-4 foot school and the vacant parcel bout 80 per cent of the Barry. “This is just one element of arguing if the city really cared FREE i‘ I across Willow Street have been the more than 2.000 applica- (the bylaw) that is showing us it's about increased safety for renters. MARKET ‘ » l focus of the St. louis school project. lions under the city's done its job.” the bylaw would reinstate the the total area is about one acre. controversial rental bylaw have landlords are less convinced. mandatory fire inspections MUA . A delegation comprised of Debi failed the required electrical Bob Jackson. who owns a fourplex required under the old system 14 M m l ‘l" ,.,. , Lucas Switzer from Waterloo's com- safety inspection. on lirh Street. said the high failure rather than rely on the assertion of . 4 . munity. culture and recreation sorvic- Bylaw director lim Barry said he rate was to be expected given the owners that the home is fire code ~ ’ 3 ~-.- es, Glenn Scheels of the planning firm was surprised by the number. but wide range of reasons for why a compliant. . _ (iSP Group Inc, lngrid Pregel of Ingrid argued it is proof the bylaw. which house might not pass. ”fliey're issuing licences under - - ‘T'v' wm Pregel Consulting Inc. and Rick was passed last April. is helping to A failure could result from a the owners word that it meets all " “ It‘sEASSTSV "rm?“ Reichard of SRM Architect Inc. made achieve a higher level of safety for range of problems. from a single the fire standards," he said. , m Continued on w 7 the city's rental community. faulty plug to faulty wiring m on ”7 nut-unnum- u mm" «we . Q , A ,, , a a , «f i . u an“ A». "kit”: - . » ”" ‘ """'“__“ "7 ,,;.,./-» H,â€" t ~ its. . at" _ I l A / H F ’ an m 2.5.x . A I ' I 0 . mm; mom 97,927 was . ”A C A A; “a“? I ‘2, 999mm "" f cww-m-hmbn , ~- 2 ~â€"" M”, A""”' _. _. . 0.5“LEA55 RAVE -- _. AA ’ ,-...,-â€"â€"7 " L ; ' ’°"‘ ,.... amount-mow . ,,-/»-/ . ,, f”, walnut-m ’- . (l ‘ Q ”a. -. :~A ‘ H m FUN-”FM ompmuum-ummrmâ€"numnmmâ€"mnbwmnmmma“mm-mmmtrQ-eu-eâ€"mâ€"ehn “andn-el-lhfl-“nw fiâ€"ebum-Ie-m-mlm wwbmfinuefleWIMJ“Wumfimmuth-fiz-~~N~¢film-MHO‘QflMul-udflbthnunr-l , nun-owfle-nm womanam-Wm monoun- tum-permutation»humour-ammonia“huwmmqmnmâ€"uuu-pâ€"m’rnnâ€"nmum a... un.- mumâ€"wtnumnmmnnmamm l‘lqne-h-umt-‘omu‘ in:“uwfllMâ€"fil-uou*dmu~~Q-â€"-ln Mann-mun- ml-HO-n-‘mrnlm mâ€"nmmmm“ “mewâ€"mnuwmmmumemmnuhwfl-m w-mnmtmxu-ua-u-nve-nm‘

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