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HPa/lk, land, could be site for arena The special week is beingmsed in an attempt to make the people of Waterloo and surrounding area more aware of the agencies and‘services currently in opera- tion. It is co-ordinated by the Central Volunteer Bureau on behalf of the K-W agencies and services in cooperation with the Rotary Club Mrs. Dorothy Schnarr. chairman of the Central Volunteer Bureau. said next to the family unit. the community is the most important centre of activity She said. "The environment of this com- munity contributes so significantly to nourish the values of life Community cannot be expressed in any single phrase. it is inhabited by people with diversified interests. hopes and talents with one com- mon goal __.- people interacting with each ' The work of agencies and services in the Twin Cities will be the focal pointol the "Week of Commuiiity Concern" which will be held from Oct. 27 to Nov. 3. (kmmunity should be aware of services Traffic light hopes look rather dim A report from the Region was before Waterloo council Monday night and had inadequate sewage capacity listed as one of its reasons for keeping the pro- ject from going into the construction stages. The developer of a 159 unit Erb Street apartment building which was approved by Waterloo city council during the sum- mer is being held up from proceeding with his project because of Regional Gov- ernment. Final approval could not be given ac- cording to the report until the Region had been advised by the Ministry of the En- vironment that there is sufficient sew- age capacity in the city to handle this ad- ditional development. City Clerk Durwood Preston was up- set with the Region's report and accused them of playing the numbers game for which he did not feel they were qualified. The report. prepared by Regional planner Nancy Cummings said the Re- gion had been monitoring the number of units remaining in the city's sewage capacity. If this zone change is approved, there would be approximately 40 units re- maining according to the report. Until word was received from the Ministry, no additional development would be approv- ed by the Region. An undeveloped portion of land which is considered part of Waterloo Park is being looked at by the" two Waterloo uni- versities as the site for their new student - for the arena were being widely circulated to the student body of both Wil- frid Laurier and the University of Water- loo today. A referendum is expected to be called within a very short time to see if the students would be in favor of the arena. There are [our arena plans under con- sideration with the most popular, because of its low cost, being the 350 seat struc- ture built on the Waterloo Park site at a cost of $552,000. Because of a freeze on building grants from the government to the universities, the financing of the new arena will have to come from the student body. For the lowest price arena, students would prob- ably be asked to pay $10 a year through their athletic activities fee for about three years. The site proposed encompasses 1.73 Mr. Preston felt the Region wasn't 118TH YEAR No. 43 []C2llrrlllllj5fl1 crllill"lmlrlrhll?, On this basis, the Erb Street project woulp not have even been brought to the Ministry's attention since it is a fill-in development in the downtown area and does not count as new units which would affect sewage capacity. City officials had met with the Minis- try and set guidelines as to what would be considered as additional units to the city. Fill-in areas of development was not to be added onto the total for new units. fair in making such a statement on the city's sewage capacity since they had not been involved with the problem when it was first discussed over a year ago. The sewage capacity of Waterloo was far from the limit they had put on it. He said the capacity had been worked out with the Ministry over the past year. Although the traffic light, asked for by residents of the area, has the city's ap- proval, it has been delayed all this time in the workings of Regional Government. According to Act 167. the Region must A traffic light, approved two months ago by Waterloo city council for the cor- ner of Glenridge and University, is still a long way from being installed. other to make the community a better place to live and grow." _ Mrs. Schnarr went on to say that there is a lack of knowledge in the "community however of the agencies and services. The worst part of this unawareness being th'at people do not really realize they are needed as volunteers to help enhance the various work going on in the community. . “The youth of today are the hopes for tomorrow's community," Mrs Schnarr said. "Arrangements have been made with our two county school boards to have this week designated Community Concern Week, During this time. agency and ser- vice personnel both staff and volunteer. will be invited to speak to the students in senior public and secondary schools throughout the city and surrounding area During the upcoming week. Mrs. Schnarr said they hope to bring this awareness to the youth and adult population. Should the students vote in favor of the idea, it is expected that the universities will move quickly on the project. A re- port from the university describing the project says the facilities would be planned for use in November of 1974 meaning tenders would have to be called this November. Aid. Mary Jane Mewbinney expressed her concern to Waterloo council Monday night. She said she knew of numerous residents interested in the project and asked that a public hearing be held before council made any decision. lan Dagg, a resident of 81 Albert Street, and a member of the athletic advisory board at the University of Waterloo said, acres of city owned land bounded by the C.N.R. tracks to the east, Seagram Drive to the north, natural bush to the west and Waterloo Park to the south. Waterloo council had no comment on the proposal since a formal application had not been made by the universities to theeity. Region is holding up project WEDNEDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1973 Who is to fill the role of a volunteer has also been confused in the past according to Mrs, Schnarr. She said many people think volunteer participation has been meant as a strictly feminine role. , “Man has been stereotyped to the role of the wage earner." she said. “This is no longer the expectation or the rule. Leisure time and mechanized advantages have freed men to seek the role of helper and friend, We want all residents to know and experience the added dimension of par- ticipating in this community." "By focusing on community services we hope to stimulate their career pos- sibilities in the fields of public service: health, welfare, rehabilitation and re- creation. We hope to establish their identi- ty as participants in the voluntary sector to fill the need for voluntary. assistance within local agencies and services." The foreground of the above picture shows just how undeveloped the pro- posed arena land site is. Only yards away from the back of the lot though is Laurel Creek which runs through Waterloo Park and where residents feed the ducks in the summer. _ Mr. Dagg said that he got the impres- sion through the various meetings and If a larger arena is agreed to the Waterloo Park site would not be large enough. Then a 3,000 seat arena costing over " million would have to go on the university owned land north of Columbia Street. The provincial government instituted a plan this year whereby it would cover 50 percent of the cost involved in in- stallation of a traffic light. This grant approve the installation of all traffic lights. The Region has the final say in the mat- ter. but the financial responsibility for the light belongs to the city. “It's my feeling that the students just may not support this proposal because I think they would likeaiargerarena." WATE R LOO; ONTARIO On that basis. Mr Lemmon sand. “The need for a light does not comply to the warrants as the ministry interprets them This does not mean though that the Re- gion will turn it down.“ Representatives from the Ministry of Transportation were in Waterloo Oct. 15 to inspect the Intersection. but it is doubt- ful that it will comply with their warrants. Cord Lemmon. traffic engineer for the city of Waterloo, said he did not think the Ministry takes into account the presence of the hill that is there. They base the need for the light on the amount of traf- he Once the provincial report does come through, the light must still be discuss- ed by Regional council. If the light was approved by the province the matter would go directly before' the next council meeting. If it is turned down. it has to be discussed by the Regional engineering commifteofirst. "I am hoping for fast action," he said. "The Ministry has made this into more of a riajor effort than I had originally intended. There has been some indication from the Ministry that they shouldn't subsidize this type of installation." can be received bnly if the light is deem- ed necessary by the province. D'Arcy Dutton. chief engineer for the Region. said at present the region is a- waiting a report from the Ministry of Transportation on whether or not they will subsidize the light. Should the students, favor the smaller arena, the universities would have to make a formal application to the city to acguire the Waterloo Park land through aland trade. . The Waterloo Park site is seen as the best to serve the two universities. The site is equidistant to the two universities and within walking distance of both. talks that acquiring the land from the city of Waterloo would be no problem. f 3, 700 copies delivered by carrier every Wednesday in WA TERLOO PRICE 10 CENTS