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oi ~ The use of tours. pamâ€" phiets and improved signs were just three of the recâ€" ommendations _ presented to Waterloo city council as a means of improving and gaining better use of the wildlife facilities loâ€" cated in Waterloo Park. Bob Viola, a member of the group of environmental study students at the Uniâ€" Council refers grant request Waterloo _ city â€" council, during a committee of the whole â€" meeting _ Monday night, has referred to budâ€" get a request for a $14.000 grant from the Social Plar.â€" ning Council of Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo. Bobbie the Boatman jumps into the arms of Blackbeard in a scene from The Pastry Cook and the Pirate, an operetta presented by students of Centennial Public School last week. Playing the part of Bobbie was Doug Hemphilli. 13. Blackbeard was grade eight student Bruce Gordon. Moare than 800 people attended the operetta which featured a 41 member cast of grade seven and eight students. The students had been rehearsing the show since last November. Not all of the council members were in agreeâ€" ment with the presentaâ€" tion made by the council‘s president Don Scully. Ald. _ Harold _ Wagner questioned the need for the planning council and felt it was a duplication of effort with the same serâ€" vices offered by the 29 agenâ€" cies that are part of the Federated Appeal. Ald. Wagner told council that the social planning council was not a taxâ€" payers issue. He mentionâ€" ed a number of service clubs and other organiâ€" zations that supply services to the community but never approach council for funds. _‘"What value will Waterâ€" loo get for the $14,000 you Waterloo Park can improve 120th Year No. 16 whiterioo chronicle = versity of Waterloo, presenâ€" ted the findings of its study to council Monday night at a committee of the whole meeting. Mr. Viola said that the present use of the faciliâ€" ties could be improved by improving _ the _ existing signs on the cages, impleâ€" menting pamphlets â€" for visitors _ and _ conducting are asking for?" asked Ald Wagner. â€" â€" Mr. Scully replied that the planning council does proâ€" vide services that are not provided by FA agencies and mentioned the counâ€" cil‘s _ transportation â€" proâ€" gram and its work on agâ€" ing. Mr. Scully said that this agency did bring perâ€" sons together that may not be brought together at all. He said the agency was not in the business to proâ€" vide solutions but to act as a catalyst. The â€"community inforâ€" mation service is one facet provided by the social planning council and this branch of the agency reâ€" ceived about 5,000 enquirâ€" ies in 1974. i anUln Vi NC Cment) CC ceived about 5.000 enquir _ The use of pamphlets ies in 1974. was also suggested and Mr. _ Scuily _ mentioned could !nclpde‘the history, that the council has a cenâ€" 10Ca! distribution, habitats, tral _ volunteer _ agency mating and ecological asâ€" which supplied more than Pects. of the animals in 170 volunteers in 1974 plus â€" the Park. hundreds of other volunâ€" The â€" pamphiets _ could teers on a oneâ€"time basis. also be used to announce Wednesday, April 16, 1975 tours. ‘*Presently the wildlife area is viewed strictly as a â€" recreational â€" facility,"~ said Mr. Viola. ~"It is our belief that the area‘s fullest potential can only be realâ€" ized if it is also viewed from an educational perspective. ‘*Both school children and the general public will beneâ€" fit from this concept through the use of tours, pamphâ€" lets and improvement of existing signs." ~ Some of the improvements mentioned in the report are in the form of expansions of existing cages. Some of the cages mentioned by Mr. Viola included the bird cages and the cbear and cougar cages. The need for more benchâ€" es and extensive use of flora displays throughout the park area was also mentioned in the report. The main point of the study was to increase its use as an educational teachâ€" ing aid for both the general public and school children. The report suggested that tours, which would be free, should be designed for groups of about 15 persons and include a tapeâ€"recordâ€" ing _ located _ near _ an animal‘s cage that would tell viewers some of the unique qualities of the animal. coming events that are sponsored by the: commuâ€" nity services branch of city hall. Mr. Viola said that disâ€" tribution of the pamphlet may create some problems such as litter but this could be overcome if perâ€" sons had to pay for the pamphlets or only a limitâ€" ed number of pamphlets were placed in â€" boxes and the excess pamphlets were removed at the end of the day. The question of the signs came under â€" review â€" in the report and it suggested these signs, which are made of wood, be placed on the outside of the cage so that it would be easier for persons to read them. The â€" report _ suggested that signs could be made of metal, such as a No Parking sign. and contain ‘‘Although the area is presently serving a useâ€" ful function in the comâ€" munity," said Mr. Viola, ‘"we concluded that the site could better utilize the physical resources of the area to improve the general environment for the animals and persons . all the major facts about the animals. He said that persons visited the park for reâ€" laxation and the enjoyâ€" ment of viewing the aniâ€" mails. Mr. Viola felt that incorporating the pamâ€" phiets, signs and tours would improve _ the _ aesthetic qualities of the park. Waterioo, Ontario Citizen wants plan stopped The proposed developâ€" ment of Waterloo Square. a development that would add â€" more than _ 79,000 square feet of retail space to the mall, came â€" under heavy fire in Waterloo Council â€" chambers â€" Monâ€" day night. Professor Edward Farâ€" kas, a chemical engineer at the University of Waâ€" terloo, approached counâ€" cil requesting that developâ€" ment in the downtown secâ€" tion ‘be halted as this deveâ€" lopment would not beneâ€" fit the city. Prof. Farkas suggested that instead of developâ€" ing the downtown area with new projects council should pursue reâ€"developâ€" ment of existing buildings. Prof. Farkas suggested that more building could be used instead of being torn down for new developâ€" ment. He pointed out the case of a property on Young Street that was now being renovated for a private home. Ald. â€" Charles â€" Voelker, who was chairing the meetâ€" ing. pointed out to Prof. Farkas that the owner realâ€" ly did not have much choice with this property. He said this property had been a grocery store but now the owner had made it into a home. Ald. Voelker said the property had been a groâ€" cery store and then the owner retired from this business. Because of the size of the lot a number of attempts to install other businesses failed. The owner. who was _ Ald. Marjorie Carroll still paying taxes on the â€" told him that the survey he property. could not tear was referring to did not inâ€" the building down as she clude a question of growth would never be granted for the downtown area. from city streets He said that she apâ€" proached council for perâ€" mits for a beauty salon and a laundramat â€" but. due to the small lot and the lack of adequate parkâ€" ing, council could not apâ€" prove the projects. The owner. who was still paying taxes on the property. could not tear the building down as she would never be granted Banners across Waterâ€" loo‘s streets may soon be a thing of the past as Waâ€" terloo city council has apâ€" proved a resolution calling for the repeal of a bylaw allowing banners to be placed across city streets. The issue first came up during a meeting on Apr. 7 when Ald. Marjorie Carâ€" roll felt the banners were dangerous, a . distraction to drivers and did not enâ€" hance the appearance of the downtown streets. During Monday‘s comâ€" mittee of the whole meetâ€" ing a report was submitâ€" permission to rebuild so the only choice was to renovyate the property into a home. During his presentation to council Prof. Farkas suggested that the city adopt a noâ€"growth policy and control people and the amount of housing. Mayor Herb Epp asked him if he was suggesting a police state and said "If you are taiking about a police state then I don‘t want anything to do with Ald. Robert Henry told Prof. Frakas that he was not promoting growth but he could not ignore it. Prof. Frakas main obâ€" jection seemed to be the plaris for Waterloo Square by its owners. Oxford Deâ€" velopment Group of Edâ€" monton. it." Prof. Frakas felt that developers were only out Mayor Epp said that while it was true that deâ€" velopers were in business to make money, it was possible for a development to be beneficial to a comâ€" munity. to make money and this was not good for a comâ€" munity. Ald. Rudy Kominek told Prof. Farkas that most of the increased space at the Waterloo â€" Square would be used by existing tenants and there would only be a few new tenants in the mall. Ald. Henry said there were a lot of communities in Ontario that were sufâ€" fering from lack of growth. Frof. Farkas mentioned a survey in which 5,500 perâ€" sons answered questions reâ€" garding intensive growth and that most of them were opposed to growth in the downtown core area. ted from a Waterloo hydro official. The report stated that banners, could only be mounted in one location, at King and William Streets. Each of the two banners were damaged by high winds and had to be installed again and that the poles used for the banners are not designed for supportâ€" ing banners. _ _ Only two banners have been placed across King Street at the present time, one advertising the Seagram the Kitchenerâ€" Waterioo Fedâ€" erated Appeal. 10 Cents