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OMB application may change pt request of Major Holdings ' Despite strong objections from aid. Robert Henry, city development committee agreed Monday night to at- tempt to delete a portion of an Ontario municipal board application on behalf of Ma- jor Holdings and Develop- ments Ltd. _ The OMB will be cdnsider- ing an application from the city next Tuesday morning concerning development on two parcels of land owned by Major Holdings. The company asked com- mittee fo delete from the application a proposal for multiple-family dwellings on a parcel of land on the north side of Keats Way and south of homes on Coleridge in Beechwood. It would still like the OMB to consider an application for a zone change so that single-family homes can be built.on small lots on the south side of Keats. The committee's recommenda- tion will be considered by city council next Monday night and, if passed, go to the OMB hearing the next day. No one at the committee meeting could be sure what action the OMB representa- tives would take on the mat- ter. The hearing is a contin- uation of one begun last April. The evidence was presented then and only summations from various solicitors remain to be heard. The hearing was necessi- tated when residents on Coleridge objected to the proposed development, say- ing it might detract from the value of their homes. homes. Major Holdings represen- tative Richard Van Veldhui- sen told council the com- Wednesday, January ' - Three Waterloo mailmen. all members of the executive of Local 122 of the letter carriers union. were given five-day suspensions for their leadership in a one-day walkout last November 12. Twenty seven oth- ers received letters of reprimand. The walkout was called to protest the post office depart- ment's hiring of casual labor rather than offering posties overtime. Thursday. January 6 -- Marsland Engineering of Water- loo announced a SH; million contract from the US. war department. The contract will create 100 new jobs, begin- ning in May. Friday. January , »â€" Private snow removal operators will be prohibited from dumping snow at the Waterloo arena parking lot, Works crews found considerably more snow lon the lot than had been dumped by the city and it cost extra to have it removed, Sunday, January 9 _-- Vandals placed a firebomb near the doors of Empire school during the night but it didn't explode It was made from a paint can stuffed with gasoline- soaked rags Monday. January it! _ At a special meeting Monday night. Waterloo city council approved a mning exemption so that the day care center for the K-W and district association for the mentally rcta rdcd can he built Construction of the building-must he finished by May 31 so that the project can qualify for full subsidization from the provincial winter works program If there are no no jections from adjacent property owners. construction could start early next month. Tuesday. January ll - Police were called to quell an ear- ly-morning disturbance on University Avenue but found nothing amiss. A ia"ree crowd of students in front of Hammarskjold House were engaged in one of their usual capers. a snowball fight, Week in retrospect Delivered by carrier to every household in WA TERLOO pany had no intention of changing its mind about a medium density develop- ment. "We want to work with the residents on Coleridge on a site plan which wilgl be suitable to them," he said. Ald. Henry told Mr. Van Veldhuisen the com- pany had "no business" coming to council a week before the hearing. Beech wood residents prptflrt "We'd like to take a fresh look at the property." said Mr. Van Veldhuisen. Ald. Henry replied that made no difference since it was designated as medium density on the official plan which has been approved by the department of munici- pal affairs. Then Mr. Burns, vice- president of Major Holdings, told committee that the OMB had shown a tendency to reject zoning applications which weren't accompanied by site plans. A proposed medium-den- sity development on pro- perty in Beech wood bounded by McDougall Road. Shakes- peare Drive. Coleridge Drive and Keats Way was approved Monday night by the city development com- mittee. "We feel the OMB may reject the proposal for the north side of Keats Way," he said, suggesting that this would endanger the pro- posal for the south side as The property owner is Whitecliffs Developments Ltd. Two residents from MC Dougall Road, whose pro- perty backs on the develop- Ale w development approved Waterloo Chmnicle 118TH YEAR - NO 2 well, if the board considered the application as a whole and rejected it. Ald. Henry replied that it was too late in the game for the company to change its mind. "This could have been worked out before Christmas. Now we're a week away and you're in here to split the application. ment site, appeared before committee to protest. The development had been pre- viously approved by the city planning board. - "Why wasn't there a site plan submitted? There must be a reason." Ald. Bob Cruise added that he too was “suspicious? But after listening to a short explanation from Mayor Don Meston. he agreed to support the re- quest. Later in the meeting, ald. Henry suggested the action may affect OMB approval of a similar development on an adjacent parcel of land. Earlier, committee had approved a proposal by Whitecliffs Developments for that property. He and the mayor vated in favor and ald. Henry was opposed. Aid. Herb Epp is chairman of the commit- tee. One of the residents re- minded council of a previous Ontario municipal board decision on the site which said parking lots shouldn't abut single-family property. "I'm not interested in hav- ing a parking lot or maisonettes on my back line," she said. Another delegate. Abe Shantz of 95 McDougall Road, urged committee to rezone the area to indivi- dual lots. "It's a beautiful area, specially with the two rows of trees. There aren't a lot of lots like that in Wa- terloo." he said. . “I think it's a pity. If this site had been develop- ed before, none of us would have bought homes here, You shouidn't consider just dollars in a case like this," said Mr. Shantz, He invited committee members to visit the site before making a de- cisiotr Committee members in- formed him it wouldn't be feasible to divide the site into individual lots. Md. Herb Epp denied the committee was using only financial considers tions "At this level we're just considering good plan- ning." he said. Ald Henry told Mr Shantz he had visited the site a number of times, Mr. Shantz also expressed concern about the two rows of trees and expressed the hope that they could be sav- ed, Clair Creek runs through the property and would have to be relocated and dredged to prevent flooding Ald Henry was of the Minister attends opening of new Equitable Life building Waterloo mayor Don Meston (left) and Equitable Life president Tom Suttie listen to guest speaker Gordon Carton at the official opening of Equitable's new office. Gordon Carton, provin- cial minister for financial and commercial affairs was guest speaker at the official opening of the new Equitable Life building at Erb and Westmount Mon- day evening. Earlier in the discussion ald. Epp had expressed concern about the location of the parking lot backing on the homes along McDoug- all. “I find it disturbing that anyone would even begin a project with such a plan in mind,"he said. opinion that the trees not removed for construction and creek relocation would die when the water table was lowered as a result of the work. But city engineer Darcy Button said. in reply to a question from Mr. Shantz. that there was a possibility the trees could be saved. Md. Henry dismissed this objection saying the park- ing lot would be used mini- mally. The lot in question would be used mainly by visitors to the development according to the plan shown in committee. The Busy B grocery su- permarket in Waterloo Square will close on Friday, January 28. This statement was made by Albert Wal- lace. vieepresident of Lob- laws, from the head office in Toronto, ' Other special guests at the opening were the Twin Busy B is one of the dis, count chains owned and operated by Loblaws which is part of the holdings of Canadian financier Garfield Weston. Loblaws will close Busy B January 28 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada With the closing will come the layoff of most of the 10 full-time and eight part- time employees at the store Some may be trans- ferred to other Inhlaw- City mayors Don Meston and Sid McLeannan. La- vern Asmussen. the gin- eral contractor and Jim Searle, senior partner of the architect's firm, Searle, Wilbee and Rowland. Mr. Carton, who was in- troduced by Equitable Life president Tom Suttie, told the group he'd lei! his pre- pared speech in his over- coat pocket. He then spoke briefly on the history of Equitable Life, congratulating the company on its Canadian ownership and, the fact that ownership will remain in the hands of the policy holders. owned stores elsewhere in southern Ontario, The stock from the Busy B store will be trucked out to other stores He also congratulated the company on their fine build- ing. "This is one of the most magnificent I have ever seen. It exudes the right atmosphere for em- ployees and policy hold- ers. Equitable Life should He apologized to the gath- ering of more than 100 for the fact that he had to leave immediately after his talk, He had to return to To- ronto for a meeting in his riding. be proud." Fred Ryan, manager of Waterloo Square. said he hadn't heard officially from Lahlaws about the closing hut added he IS prepared for "any eventuality" Busy B still has M years to go in its lease with Wa- terloo Square two anecdotes Mr. Carton, who is also minister of labor. repre- sents Armourdale riding in Metro Toronto. He ex- plained that he holds a Mr. Ryan said there will always be a grocery store in that location "Water- loo Square is a viable place to sell from te minister also told THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1972 weekly clinic in his riding on Monday nights and has done so for nine years. He said he has only missed it three times since then. "We were eager to move from the old building af- ter 50 years. It served us well but working conditions became increasingly un- satisfactory as growth in the staff forced us to use every nook and cranny," he said. The $2 million structure. on a five-acre site, is 210 feet long and has 60.000 square feet of floor space. Eventually it will be ex- tended another 100 feet along Westmount Road. Mayor Meston, in his brief remarks, welcomed the building to Waterloo. He compared the similar growth rates of the city and the company, noting that the company even- tually shot ahead of the city Dr Jeannette Admur, di- rector of the learning disa- bilities clinic of the K-W Hospital. will speak at a public meeting sponsored by the K-W chapter of the Orr tario association for childrm with learning disabilities, Mr, Suttie introduced the guests and commented on Equitabie's move to the new building. Doctor to speak on disabilities The meeting will be held m the Waterloo public li- hrary Wednesday, January 26, at 8 p m, Dr Admur will speak on the topic, "Living with your child" The new building will handle company growth for 10 to 15 years and is de- signed for "economical, integrated expansion". It has been three years since initial planning was begun. An. open discussion will follow the doctor's talk. Mayor McLénnan said that Waterloo was the Hartford of Canada, According to projected plans, an office tower will be added to the building's rear in _ wise growth percentage- PRICE M?