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_i._.'i, Zoning bylaw outdated l UW to Wevelop audio programs By Gooff Hoilo C8teqqtH. an an. The Allen Square office complex in downtown Wa- terloo caught city staff and officials by surprise because of a very liberal parking li- mitation in the City's 10- ear-old commercial two . g bylaw. aterloo Planning Direci Paul Dietrich admitted “we were really surprised when a six storey, huge building was shomn the (building) plans. with Rrovi- sion for going to IO storeys" The commercial two (C2) section of the 1959 zoning bylaw states that parking tor multiple dwellings may be provided within 500 feet of the building to be served, and parking shall not be per- mitted in the front yard of any lot. No parking require- ments are stipulated for of- fices. Mr. Dietrich pointed out that since the smaller lot di- mension is generally con- ned to be the frontage, . Allen Square property its frontage along Allen Street East rather than on King Street, and con- sequently any rear yard requirements would apply to the lot line abutting the Kumpf house rather than the United Mennonite Church. Student group bucks merger of education ministries lCommued trom page 1) field-it was decided the ministries should be merged," Dr. Stephenson said. According to the UW le- deration, that lack of infor- mation suggests that there is no need for amalgama- tion, And, the brief says, . e the operation of the 'ministry is described in il, the advantage over the present system is "less apparent". In a recent planning re- port approved by the Wa- terloo Planning and Civic Development Committee At the elementary and se- condary levels the schools prepare the young for cr. tizenship through a program that stresses compulsory at- tendance and mandatory courses Colleges and uni- By Howard Elliott Chronicle no" writov Sometime In the near nr ture. about 200 federal civil servants will begin to take courses designed by the Um versity of Waterloo But Planners would change parking ivil servants go back to school the rear yard requirements were waived to facilitate a parking garage structure that will provide 160 on-site parking spaces. The plan- ning report called for ream- ing of the entire property to change part of the land needed for the garage from residential to C2 and to res- trict the existing C2 portion to a building height of eight storeys on the basis of the present planned parking fa- cility. verities. on the other hand, broaden the mind and pro- vide mature persons with marketable job skills, and professional training. The only C2 zone in Wa- terloo extends along the east side of King Street from the Kitchener boundary to George Street and on the west side as far up as John Street. “it's a good zone for along King Street," said Mr. Dietrich. "It's very similar to what Kitchener has along The report also points oat that elementary and secon- dary schools receive about 55 per cent of their funds from the province. Ontario's share of the education costs for colleges and universities is as per cent and 80 per cent respectively, The Federation of Stu- dents asks: "How will com- bining the this financial base affect the distribution of funds across all segments of the new ministry"" “lf these pmblems exist now." the report says. "how can we expect to see an im- The university recently announced it had received a $225,000 contract from the staff development branch of the Public Service Commis- sum of Canada The purpose of the contract IS to "assist most of them won't be any where near the UW campus In the development and operation of correspondence courses m the branch's open learning program for fe- deral civil servems The courses will teach management skills to civil servents such as the fun- damentals of budget formu- latmn and control. manager mom of public enterprise, staffing for managers and supervisors and office pro redures Paul Dietrich The developer of the con- troversial Allen Square pro- ject, S. C. a. S. Investments of Hespeler, took advantage of what Mr. Dietrich calls "sleeper sites" rather than purchase land in the more expensive central core bu- siness area. City planners had the impression the pro- ject would be five or six storeys and not covering as much of the property site. Since the developers' were not digressing from the ex- isting lot zoning, they were not obliged to go before the planning department. Pre- sumably taking advantage of existing financing and no apparant obstacle in the way of constructing the ot- fice building, they obtained the building permit and commenced construction. despite the obvious lack of available parking to make the project viable King Street there.'] An attempt to convert an adjacent ll George Street residence into a parking lot failed when a committee of adjustment approval was reversed by the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). At this point the developers were obliged to go to the city planning department as the only way of getting resi- dential land abutting the eastern lot line rezoned to facilitate construction of the two-level parking garage structure. portant improvement if the ministries are merged into a larger bureaucracy with even more red tape?" According to a paper ti- tled A Plan Of Organization. published by the govern- ment, the goal of the new ministry would be to “en- sure that educational oppor- tunities of recognized qua- lity are made available on an equal basis, to all chil- dren up to a minimum age of 16, and to all youth and ci. tizens who have a desire to learn and develop through secondary and post-Seton- dary educational experien- This is the first time UW has received a contract to develop correspondence programs. according to director of the university's correspondence program Dr James Leslie Until now. all correspondence courses have been deve- loped by the university for the general public The quarter-million dollar contract could be the forerunner of many others. Dr Leslie says. depending on how successful " is and whether or not the federal government sees a financial savmg in teaching programs this wav "The students at the Uni- versity of Waterloo have good reason to take such a UW received the contract because of Its expertise in the realm of corresponden- The actual structure of She sgid no study had been presented that found a delin- cite relationship between funding and the quality of education. the office complex will phy- sically permit the building to go to nine or tO' storeys. but the Waterloo planning department can now control that with the rezoning con- ditions outlined in the plan- ning report approved a week ago. Mr. Dietrich pointed out that "adequate" parking would have to be gathered before “his department would look favourably on any increase above the eight storey existing limit on the site. Could another developer put together similar lands in the City's C2 sector and begin building a skyscraper along that section of King Street where no height res- triction or parking require- ments exist? At the moment the answer would be yes. However, Mr. Dietrich was quick to point out that the draft plan of a proposed city-wide update in parking requirements in the various zones will soon go before the administrative committee and subsequently before council. The plan, said Mr. Die- trich, will be expressing parking standards, suitable ratios of employees to park- ing spaces, whether parking should be an ancillary operation to a building, and addressing whether parking should be permitted in some cases. At present no one is permitted to put up a park- ing structure on its own pronouncement with more than one grain of salt," Mc- Guire says in _thttrrief. _ _ Several of the points brought up by education minister Bette Stephenson in replying to the brief also bothered the student federa- tion president. To prove the minister is wrong on that point. the Fe- deration of Students is pre- sently carrying out a study that will show such a rela- tionship. McGuire says, ce teaching. Dr Leslie said The university has the big- gest correspondence pro- gram of any university in North America The "results of that study should be published in Sep tember Dr Leslie says the $225,000 invested by the le- deral government will pro- bably save a good deal of money In the past the go- vernment had to bring all its civil servants together in a number of training centres to learn management skills And that process. accord- ing to Dr Leslie. was very expensive The government had to pay for accommoda- tton. food. transportation and salaries In addition to the cost of running the ac- tual program In the program being de Despité the fact Allen Square "unveiled a problem with the C2 none." and has been a highly controversial issue with downtown resi- dents along adjacent streets. Mr. Dietrich sees it under the zoning bylaw, but the City is allowed to violate its own rules under certain situations, such as a parking lot to serve a library, an arena or building like the Marsland Centre or Wa- terloo Square. . Dr. William M. Lyle, 135r- tometry professor at the Un- iversity of Waterloo's School of Optometry. has re- cently received the Presi- dent's Award of the Cana- dian Association at Optome- trists. This is only the sixth time in the past 40 years that this award has been made, (Two of the other five awards have also gone to professors in UW's School of Optometry-Dr. ELI. Fisher and Dr. CW. Bobier.) veloped by UW. the civil servants will be able to study where they work, by using audio-tapes Each sttr dent will have a separate program to study. so each will be able to work at his own pace The COA President's Award is for distinguished service to the profession. In Dr, Lyle's case it was in re- cognition of both teaching and research activities " president Dr Burt Matthews says 200 civil ser- vents are expected to enroll In each of the five courses being developed for the go- vemment In all. about 1.000 student courses will be " fered If more enroll. the public service commission will provide more money Preparing a Correspon- denre course at UW IS a complex procedure Text- books must be selected, study materials must be UW prof honored by optometrists Watertoo Chronicle. Wednesday. August l, 1979 . A'i. 3 Dr. William M. Lyle as "a gopd project" for the City. “(Staff and council would (however) have pre- ferred it had come throng: as a package proposal." The planning director doesn't want Malt until an overall l province-funded parking study can bear- ranged for Waterloo before plugging the loophole in the C2 zoning. He is hoping the draft plan prepared by his department will go before city council before the end of the summer. f Canadian-born (in Sum- merside, P.E.I.), Dr. Lyle practised optometry in the late thirties and, during the war, in the Canadian armed forces. Afterwards he prac- tised in Winnipeg for many years. During the early six- ties he undertook graduate studies at the University of Indiana where he completed a PhD in physiological optics in 1965. He sub- sequently joined the faculty of the College of Optometry in TOronto and came to Wa- terloo when the College moved here, in 1967. His home is a 171 Shuh Ave., Kitchener. Dr. Lyle's research in- terests include phar- macology, ocular pathology and genetics. His research activities have included stu- dying the effect of drugs on vision, and on driving per- formance, Four years ago he was involved in studies into the possibility of mer- cury poisoning among ln- dians near the English- Wabigoon river system, complied-such as lecture notes. sets of problems etc -and then a full set of audio-taped lectures are prepared The taped lectures are du- plicated on cassettes, so each student gets a full set of lectures According to uw, the um- versity pioneered the use of audio-tapes for correspon- dence teaching. and the sys- tem has been effective Each year thousands of stu- dents enroll in correspon- dence courses. some from foreign countries The University of Wa terloo has the largest cor respondence degree pro gram of any Canadian uni Dr, Lyle is a member of several associations and bodies related to his profes- sion He is also a member of Sigma XI, the American So ciety of Human Genetics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science. the Genetics So ciety of Canada and the Torch Club (Commued on 039! a)