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Council candidates diiseuUthe issues Richard Biiigs--.----. We need another Marsha Heseesarteedforthenew council to"maintaintheet. munity without increasing Market value reassess- ment, when it comes. will impose quite sitptincatnt con- sequences upon Waterloo ttttmem-ms, says alderman- ic candidate Richard Bigtps, and because of that, financial restraint is extremely impor- Robert Henry. elsewhere in Ontario, this is alderman's post in Waterloo. She sees a need at unmcil Elsie Campbell Elsie Campbell would like to deal with the issues of the city by trying to solve the problems of the individuals in it. She has composed an "action list" based upon re- The general feeling is that council is doing a pretty fair job, says Aid. Bob Henry, "certainly a more than ade- quate, job. Either we have a self-satisfied, complacent community or it is a well run city." Md. Henry says that no individual can take credit for it, it is a situation everybody has to keep working at. He doesn't see an awful lot in the way of major issues at the present time but conceeds that the downtown central residential plan as defined by city by-Iaw number 78-153 appears to be causing some concern. The 35 foot planning policy governing building height in the city centre will Robert Cruise Aid. Cruise doesn't see any major issues facing the new Waterloo city council at the moment. Ho- wever, he views the city's downtown as an area where something needs to be done." He points out "I'm sick of hearing the federal and provincial go- vernment calling for muni- cipal cutbacks in spend- ing," says Ald. Bob Cruise, "but I still feel that we as a council must keep watch- ing the budget and exer- cise financial restraint." for an Watedoo improvement one board of management looks upon the downtown area as his “favwrite subject." He is intermtedintherevitaiimtittet of the bum core. its beautiNeatiuettoattractsho- perstutdexptmsimtotpaNing other Marshmd Centre." Mr. Biggs says "Water%o must on planning for types of houses to be built in the city and togenerally plan first for residential development and secondly for industrial growth. "You're going to have growth," she says. “Control growth with a The idea of using clésed school classrooms for sen- ior citizen housing in Aid. Cruise's opinion, applies more where a school is completely empty rather than doing it half and half. According to a proposal submitted to council last month. empty classrooms could be converted to sen- iors' apartments on a tem- level to try to preserve the standards that exist in Water- loo and to promote the city as an "entity. Mrs. Campbell would like emphasis placed The alderman sees the con- troversial proposed loo-unit senior citizen apartment building at budge and Regina Sis, as "one motherhood issue against another." The building plan calling for an ll-storey building in an es- tablished residential area near Wilfrid Laurier Univer- sity was temporarily quashed in council chambers by a delegation of nieghborhood ratepayers. Commenting further on the issue, Ald. Henry said "I wouldn't want to raise a family in a high rise...h0wever living in a high that the present council has not yet seen an overall plan for the downtown re- development or schedule of money to be spent. "come up again and again" he said. Mr. Bias. as a three-year i. "We need more tmtnChorttmtdodBee."oth. wiitatqmystteserxtetdeuattto cramming a lot of people into the downtéwn area." Me would also like to see attai- tion given to the transports. tiou needs of senior citizens development in Waterloo." The aldermanic candidate priority on developing good theatre. sidewalk restaurants. "Waterloo suffers in the shade of Kitchener...and that while it is a well run city, there is still some room for Aid. Cruise considers the work of the regional re- view committee to be thorough, but he prefers to wait to See what they are going to say when their final report is in. "I don't expect too much" he says "regional reviews in Toronto and other similar areas haven't resulted in proper healthy life style.” improvement. .. She would He sees the money issue being something the new council will have to consider seriously. "We had a tight budget last year...to maintain low spending will be harder..." will require a good deal of soul searching to keep it down," he said. "Each year we keep expenditures down to a zero budget will require a cut in services that the people rise is likely to be the most economical means of housing you can get, taking into consideration the cost of land." Aid. Henry feels that council should adopt the stance that high rise buildings not io into older residential areas. porary basis. However, the alderman claims he hasn't "seen figures to convince me there is a terrific need for senior citizen accom- modation in Waterloo." Mr. Bugs {Imam rise Woo Gimmick. Noam. Nov-mun 1,1078 - amtt,peeeratttra1oetttKirttr Storottterarterulrmds. Hammmmrhl landmusthemadeavailable, inMr.Biggsopinim.inotder toheepcnstsdomt. Parking is another of his priorities. He ratestttepre+ ent parking facilities inade- quateandrmuhtishetoseean overall policy of expanding available property for this Mrs. Campbell would also like to develop a scheme whereby parking facilities could be planned outside the city and workers and shop- 'ttCatatddtt.tttotttedttmttogm area on an improved transit a bit of night life and general- ly the cultural aspects that make life happier for most any major changes. If it had been my choice, the region never would have been formed...and I don't think it will ever be changed. so we've got to make it work.“ Water is one area where Ald. Cruise sees the regional staff making an important con- tritnition in terms of tech- nical expertise. He prefers to see the regional experts analysing the problem, although he personally favors the West Montrose dam concept, for supplying are bring to see." Ald. Henry lists environ- mental issues and the need to make some decision on the future’of industrial develop ment as other matters of We need mower Manland Contra Shewouhttihetoseeen. Planning for a health y lifestyle Keep an eye on the budget Council is doing a fair job \JIanning and closer scrutiny to correct any problems that presently exist in the city. 'mqtoeens.uattrttotitiatedto viewthecity'ttpaNirttrm- andhtmputttietmmporuttttit tteatmetrirmttved lam virmmental factorsbecome the subject of long range Ald. Cruise is not op- posed to high rise develop- ment in the city's down- town core, depending upon the location chosen. He does not agree with the planning department's 35- foot building height policy. It is preferable to have the developers bring in their proposed projects before council to be assessed on their individual merits, he water, to the construction of a pipeline from Lake Erie. importance to council. The decision on downtown devel- opment has been made, he said, the important thing is to make sure it keeps going.