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WATERLOO cit-0mm - Wednesday. November 13. 2013 . 3 S . 8 L0 . avmg t. ms . I O , 0 Local developer to present plan to czty council that would save City sfirst Catholic school Brunt-31.4mm maki' it happen.” I “" .‘ ,. . "l ‘ an: , ”1”” (.‘hmm'cles‘aff Th?!and in front of the school \‘ , ‘5 nj'a‘ A k if i A‘.‘ a . will be excavated back to grade so I," ‘1 1453’! ‘ effZ'ivitz isaman with a vision â€" the basement of the school will l ’ ' . Ia v‘m’on to revitaliu the decaying become the ground floor and be and decrepit St. Louis (‘atholic fully accessible. Hydro restrictions -. " ' school and return it to its place as the on the site and in the neighbour- - 5; . hmnOftheoommunity. hood prohibit the construction of if ' The co-owner of TavisrRoland an elevator. {3.3 Development inc. presented his 7ay1'tz was one of about 25 buy- plan for the future of the school to crs and developers who ' , area residents last Thursday night approached the city with interest in ' He wants to save the building and the site after it was put up for sale preserve its historical character by in May. But he ended up being the ' adaptively reusing it for residential only developer to submit a bid by condos. the lune 17 deadline. It involves no demolition or He‘s had an eye on the property ' additions to the current three for more than a decade and lives in storey, 24.000 squarefoot building, the neighbourhood on nearby lolin 19" 23‘1“! M" present a 9'30 ‘0 (WNW next week "10' W00” see him adaptively reuse the former 5'- L005! located on a halfracre plot of land Street Catholic school, located at 75 Allen St. E., and turn it into condo units. at 75 Allen St. ii. instead. the ”“9”: One of the biggest limitations to m ”‘0'“ or of the school would be gutted redeveloping the site is a shortage spots to be built in the park acmss plete the Mary Allen Park across “it needs to be torn down to its and IT units, ranging in si7c from of parking space. To help get the street. but7avitz wanted to pro Willow Street by purchasing the bones and completely outfitted.” 885 square feet to 1.400 square feet. around that issue. Yavitz proposes tect as much park land as possible land from the school board. but the he said. including new plumbing would hebuilt. moving the sidewalk on Willow because hisownkjdsplay there. school had to be included in the and electrical. “ (But) it's got good "The hard pan of this negotiar Street five or six feet closer to the The city used six criteria to eval- deal. The city's decision to sell the bones and can carry a lot oi tion is striking a balance between school and constructing ll angled uate proposals. with purdiase price building was the culmination of weight.” fiscal responsibility on the city side parting spots in front of the build (60 points) weighted the heaviest months of debate and discussion More than a dozen neighbour and a viable project that meets the ing. The angled parking would not Other criteria included overall within council chambers and in the hood residents attended the meet- neighbourhoods needs. and l think impact traffic movement on Mllow vision ()0 points). heritage (l0). community: ing last week and many were this does that." said 7avit'1 follow Street. and six more non-angled environmental rehabilitation 15). in May council also voted to put impressed with the plan. ing his presentation at i‘lllaht'lh spots would be built on Allen Street parkingandability to deliver. the school on the city's municipal "l think it's a great idea." said Viegler Public School for a total of l 7 spots 7avitz said the other interested heritage registry as a non-dammit Brooke Thiessen. the chair of the "This is not an easy thing to To try and facilitate a sale. the developers likely dropped out ed property. giving the city more MaryAllen Neighbourhood Associ make happen. but it‘s worth tity permitted up to 20 parking because they knew knocking the time to consider demorequesm ation. ‘1 think it includes every - structure down would draw the ire Councillors will consider this thing that many of the neighbours . - _ of the community. and adaptively latest plan when they hear from would like to see." a ”a -â€"= - '3 ~ reusing the structure would have 7avit7 in a presentation next Mon» Thiessen said residents Wl“ .u. ' been difficult and expensive His day, Nov iii appreciate the fact lavitz wants to a, l u . ' I ‘ earlier proiems include the Princess 7avit7's bid is 5535.000 for the retain the original building and I: Twm (iiiieinas and Regina Street site. which he thought would have does not want parking to encroach ‘ I . I! I (limmons. ciwered the city's entiiecostnf put: on the park land The fact the - z .. I _ The city purchased the st hool chasing the school and the park developer lives in the area is .i an . u _ . and the propeny from the (athobc After the city paid for engineering bonus and should lead to a proper i ‘ school board last Man it for studies and public input sessions. it that Is not only financtally viable- 3535.000 Built in HOS. it was Will end up paying about $130,000 butcommunity oriented as well closed by the (Latholii board in for the park Yawn said that IS stilla 'fZavilzl is one of us. so hi ‘i ”All? due to falling enrolment but tt‘rrifit price for apprrmrriatcly one knows what we want and what “iii 7 ’1 7 1‘ .’ was used as an adult ('(lllt ation acre of parkland in the bean of the fit in." said [hieswii "Hi.” s tlir The VWW 9‘3" "Kim gutting the interior otrhe school m centre until zoos city, He expects it could cost up to most important [Hit who u ill 3H budding 17 condo units The ground from m” be fun). “(agape m ”m” lhc l IlV ‘s lllll‘lllltlll was to tom 3?: million to upgrade the building in the coriiiiiiiiim' “m Tiff}? 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