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"With the projected growth over the next 15 to 20 years to the north and west of it," he said. “we‘ll put them (the city) smack dab in the middle of the com- munity): - - - The leasing manager said he felt a big selling point of the proposal is the Ioction ot tbsbvsims Park _ _ Allen Square, the other contender for new, lease space, could give Major Holdiogs a run for its money The just-completed. seven-storey building at the corner of King and Alien Streets in downtown Wa- tcrloojs in the "prestige of- fice class," adeording to a spokesman for the leasing agent, Royal Trust. 7 “It's illogical to relocate for a five-year period any- wit" O'Brien said. 7 - Bill Cook, national leasing manager for the trust com- pany in Toronto. claimed in an interview that the build- The leasing unmet said the estimated cost of the structure would be between, five and six million dollars and said “I think our lease rates would be competitive with any other structure." The city would have to ne- gotiate a long-term lease if it decidedto go, for the pro- posal however. City considers offer for new city hall Formation of the first four committees was an- nounced by Norton in’Au- gust d 1978. They are locat- ed in the Regional Municipa- lity of Niagara. the City/of, Windsor and the County of Essex and in the counties of Hastings and Prince Ed- ward. "We can design it right to digit specifications," he Ontario Minister of Com- munity and Social Services Keith Norton has selected the Regional Municipality of Waterloo as the location of the fifth local Chiidren's Services Committee for the Prgvime- A. - _ -. The plan entails having a committee composed of elected municipal officials. As was the case with the initial tour committees, the Ministry will provide 100 per cent I',',',',',',)',',, for the Wa- terloo comm ttee while it is in its developmental stages. At the same time, the muni- cipality also will be con- tributiu some services. In its initial stage', the committee will be primarily cancel-Ind with intormation “them and the perfor- maoee at a general advisory rule. with 'g1ttl1,1l't2,r. ttttet- on the can at. rd- Minister announces (m from a. " can.“ at the business M since architects originally d.tatted, plus. Me said the City had not commissioned the deslgn‘Itudy of either the build or chambers. _ But. he said. putting a new building up "allows a lot more Humility“ to the city if it decides to lease new Prestige class Region chosen as children’s committee forms The planned leiitdigiait tem, he said, is called ASK because lights are clustered only in areas where tasks are performed. primarily at desks. . When it's operating, in- dividuals could only enter the building through insert- ing treoded card into a slot to open the doors. _ Then. to get to any floor, the person would have to in- sert the electronic card into another slot on the elevator. The code on the card will allow the particular person to travel only to a designat- ed floor. as recorded try the computer for that person. As well, the computer sys- tem will lprovide print-outs on a regu ar basis as to ex- actly who entered what room on what floor at such- and-such a time and date. The electronic security system, to be used after hours and on weekends. would be hooked into a cen- tral system computer in Toronto. Cook said the automated security system "is proba- bly less expensive (than wages and benefits for guards) and eliminates the human error." The pumps absorb and transmit any heat in the air. including that emanating from equipment operating and human bodies. whim ti, Ne,'; are a u e groan oor lobby. an Jeannie. compu- terized security system and use of an Wailing lighting technique. TT . The building has a 60.0“ gallon water tank for stor- ing cool water for air condi~ tioning in uie'summer, and hot water in the winter. taken from heat pumps in- stalled on every floor. in; B "the and d- neiettt (one! in the gum Cities." lnnovntin lighting toplace and hard-to-serve children. The second stage of its de- velopment will be to per- form planning duties based on the information gath- ered, developing local priorities for program deve- lopment and reviewing bud- gets of all children's ser- vices in its area.' Once it has had sufficient experience with these re- sponsibilities and has in- creased its competency, the committee will assume the final responsibility and authority for ensuring that a full range of required ser. vices is available in the community. This will in- clude responsibility for a re- view ot programs and the al- location of funds. second stage and the other two are expected to do the same. shortly. It is also ex- pected that all four commit- teesnriiltteittapositioetto advance into the fully open. tional third stage in approx- imately 25 montlu. At this time. two of the four original committees. Windsor-Essex and Hast- inga-Prinee Edward. already have moved into the When asked if he would be disappointed if the city moved, he replied "certain- ly. I don't want to lose any tenant. But it wouldn‘t be the end of the world." “‘I sure hope they stay here," he told The Chroni- cle. City treasurer t Don Schaeffer has said the city will probably need an addi- tional floor of space if it stays in the Centre, where it has leased since 1971. "The capacity to do that is there," he said, addi “to do this on a 'ttrg, ue is inconceivable. t could be done if they wanted to stay fot Jo yeat" __ - - Meanwhile. Marsland Centre president, Larry Marsland. is hoping his eompay won't get lost in 't'flNl'll'J, v the 3 Mile. "I could accommodate them," Marsland said. He said "the city still needs a good downtown of.. fice building" and claimed the Marsland Centre “is still more energy-efficient than most buildings built He said he has made a de- tailed proposal to the city should it wish to renew its lease. The leasing manager said “we can either make one big room" in the building for council chambers. or “we can knock out the roof" and build up. if something more gragdiose were desired. Mayor noncommital Mayor Carroll was non- commital about the three' proposals. saying the Allen Square one is "just as in- ts/resting" as the Major Holdings project, and that the Mainland Centre propo- sal is We? good.” She sai t e committee Asfarasthelobbyiscon- cemed. Cook said "it will be one of the highlights of the building. You‘ve got to dedi- cate all arga to the lobby}: 'He said the cost work: out to about m;- watts of power per square cat. as armed to (our in the typical iid- ing with bright lighting “mt ' _ -- _ She said the committee, had virtually scrapped pre- vious considerations of a vacant office building at Bridgeport and Erb. be- cause the size is too small and a Dominion Life build- ing on King St. N. because it's "too far out from the core area." imam to Cook. “the whole a in drama- tic with lights cum“ in lighting and can also save on .hygm eprtr. - he test is and“ M9 in. L. _ _ __ As well, she said the city would not proceed on the basis of a Joint facility with either the region or board of education, as had previously been considered. That leaves only the alter- native of the city putting up its own structure, with a site behind he downtown library as the likely location. But the Mayor has argued the city can't afford that at present, although she would like to see such an undertak- ingin about five years. he city has a ready set aside $300,000 in a facility reserve fund for that pur- The mayor said "there's not going to be a firm re- commendation” from the committee to council to to what course to take. Rather, she said, the op- tions wlll simply be outlined at the next Council meeting a week this Monday. Council heard a proposal Monday from a dozen of- ficials of Centerville, Ohio, who are hoping to twin with Waterloo. 19,500 people is located just south of Dayton, a few miles from Interstate TS, a major route from Ontario to Flori- Council entertains sister city hopefuls Fifteen residents of Rus- tic Drive were at the meet- ing to object to the de- trimental effects they claim the subdivision will have on their neighborhood, Waterloo may soon have a sister city from south of the border. V The Ohio delegation gave a slide presenation about City council approved a draft planning report Mon- day for Williamsburg Acres subdivision, in spite of pro- tests by local residents who want to continue using well water. Williamsburg Acres is a, 70home project to be locat-' ed south of Wissler Road, in the northeast end of Wa- terloo. In order to provide municipal services to the subdivision, the city plans to install sanitary sewers and water mills. City officials admit the work could “dru- tically lower" the water table. Residents' protest fails as city OKs subdivision for the Rustic Drive delegs- council has handled the mat- te,', told ttel reddents ter. 't smut to up to city .. services. They also want tci2ggu'l,'t'/gt1'fed some assurance she said m cameras " one woman that the water level in their said ' - wells. which now provide . household water. will rise The m presented a pe- again after atgtgtetttttitat. titlon to mil on Jung 16, J.V. Stone, Mayor of Centerville. Ohio..is interviewed by CKCO-TV's Patricia Hill prior to appearing before council Monday night. The mayor, along with 1 1 members of his city's government, travelled to Waterloo to talk to council about twinning the two cities. Tho- residential city of By Karla Wheeler their city at the meeting, and Centerville Mayor J. V. Stone told council. "We want to learn as much about Waterloo as we can and hope you can learn about us, The city acknowledged there is risk involved. but said it Can't guarantee what will happen to the water table. , . "Can we have something in writing from Council," Mrs. Jones asked. The mayor said the group didn't know what to expect oniheir visit to Waterloo. but, be said, “we're very pleased with what we've found." Council voted to consider Centerville's proposal, and if the twinning relationship "There are too many un- certainties," James Willis, city engineer. toid the group. Residents are afraid that if the well dries up. they will be forced to hook up to city water and face higher taxes. They are also concerned that trees in their neigh- borhood will be harmed. Be- cause the well level has been high, tree roots are very shallow. If the water level is lowered, they claim trees will die. In an interview after the meeting, residents said they are frustrated with the way comcil has handled the mat- ter. 1ttytetc_ttnt1esttiigrsgit_uirto,oggitis is later approved, a delega- tion from Waterloo will pro- bably be visiting its new sis- ter city later this summer. Old homes coming down The campus of Wilfrid Laurier University will look more attractive shortly, now that six older homes on Bricker Street along one side of the campus are being torn down. The houses had been used for faculty offices and classroom space, no longer required now that the new Frank C. Peters profes- sional building on campus has been completed. . Construction of the Peters building, with 100 faculty of- fices and 40 classrooms. has allowed the university to re- move many portable classroom units on campus and demolish the older When asked what he thought Centerville had in common with Waterloo. Mayor Stone cited the Na- tional Cash Register (NCR) plant and the similarity in The city of Centerville, when considered along with Washington Township which it may amalgamate with, has a total population of about 50,000, he said. Wes Robinson. WLU': physical and planning direc- tor, said the space coupled by the houses will be used to extend badly needed parkln‘ lacllltiea and to allow straWeting ot an access roofio the Gamma. protesting the subdivision but "council didn't pay any attention," Mrs. Jones said.