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(Continued from page 1) ruling has been made as yet, Riedel said. _ _ By Melodee Martinuk The Uptown Water loo Business Improveâ€" ment Area (BIA) will have to wait still a while yet before they know whether a bid to have their boungdaries extended is granted. Council approves sewer extension in city‘s northeast Fluoride Backing up on freeways banned plies on all highways _ Snow said more than the zoning changes Doulton h: divided by a median 200 accidents have .there will be a lot of Bauman wh strip with a posted been caused by drivers thorny issues‘‘ that Lester St speed limit in excess of â€" backing up on freeways could affect the final ester Gifre 80 km/hr," Snow said. . over the last four approval of the Kraus China & Gif ‘"‘It‘s designed to ree years. . development. Holding the second vote at election time is only logical, the Safe Water Society presiâ€" dent said, because there will be no addiâ€" tional cost involved. If the vote were held separately, council was told, it would cost the city approximately Reidel said there is only one valid concern with having the vote in conjunction with the municipal election â€" that a candidate may be elected or rejected on the basis of that one issue. Protesting the move of developer Neison Kraus to extend sewer services to his property on Wissler Road this year, Henry said, "the sewer doesn‘t have to go in... we‘ve going out there next year and with the problems it is going to create, it is not worth having houses going in one year early." Kraus is currently seeking municipal apâ€" proval to construct walkup apartments on his property in the Wissler wedge, boundâ€" ed by Wissler Road and Northfield Drive and had intended to begin work this year. By Chronicie Staff Writer Waterloo city council should hold back on residential developâ€" ment in the city‘s north east end, says Ald. Robert Henry. However, at a counâ€" cil meeting of three weeks ago, council deâ€" Ontario Transportaâ€" tion and Communicaâ€" tions Minister James Snow reminds motorâ€" ists that backing up on all divided highways is prohibited, effective April 1, 1982. *"‘The legislation apâ€" plies on all highways divided by a median strip with a posted speed limit in excess of 80 km/hr." Snow said. HENRY PROTESTS Uptown BIA boundary expansion stalls Although council Monday night apâ€" proved of the organizaâ€" tion‘s planned expanâ€" sion to include bustâ€" nesses in the area bounded by Caroline, Regina and William Streets and Bridgeport Road, as well as firms But, Riedel guaranâ€" teed that the Waterloo Safe Water Society would not endorse any candidate because of his or her stand on fluoridation. In an interview with the Chronicle yesterâ€" day, Riedel said that the Waterloo Safe Water Society, which has a membership of almost 200, will ‘"go the way of a petition and force them to put it on the ballot," if council denies his request. According to the pro vincial Fluoridation Act, if a petition signed by 10 per cent of the population is presented to council, a vote must duce the number of accidents resulting from this unsafe drivâ€" ing practice, particuâ€" larly by drivers who elect to back up after missing an exit ramp." *"‘There is going to be public pressure to get public transportation out there." the alderâ€" The development, Henry argued, ‘‘is ahead of its time and will create problems out there." **Peopie going there," he said, "will be isolated" if the deâ€" velopment goes ahead. ‘"This type of developâ€" ment will create tranâ€" sit riders, but not to the extent that a transit line will be put in. On Monday night planning consultant Ian McNaughton told council that Kraus was prepared to pay the city $46,500, part of the development‘s unit levy, to have the sewer extended to his lot this year. cided that, because of insufficient city funds, the sewer line into that area would not be exâ€" tended to the Kraus property until 1983. Riedel also said that he was surprised at the lack of discussion the fluoridation question received at Monday‘s council meeting. Riede} and his group are confident that if a second vote is held the city of Waterloo‘s 14â€" year program of artifiâ€" cial fluoridation can be halted. ‘"Our group repreâ€" sents a sizeable part of the city and we are determined to have a vote in November,‘"‘ Riedel said. "I was really surâ€" prised," he said. "I got no feedback, there was no discussion." be held Although Ald. John Shortreed agreed with Henry that the develâ€" opment of land for resiâ€" dential use in the Wissler wedge was ‘"premature" he supâ€" ported the proposal beâ€" cause "‘we need it (the sewer pipe) up there. on King Street South between William and Allen, the final decision on the matter must be made by the Ontario Municipal Board (O.M.B). The BIA has petiâ€" tioned for the expanâ€" sion for over a year Mayor Marjorie Carâ€" roll said she hoped the Kraus offer to pay for the services was made ‘‘*without prejudice or future pressure beâ€" cause when it comes to the zoning changes there will be a lot of thorny issues"‘ that could affect the final approval of the Kraus development. **We don‘t have to get quite as excited about transportation,‘‘ Voelker said. Ald. Charles Voelker said that "as far as public transportation is concerned we only put a bus in when it is reasonably viable. **We‘ve spent so long moving in an orderly fashion... to have orâ€" derly development in this city, but this is a jump," he concluded. Despite Henry‘s obâ€" jections council apâ€" proved the sewer exâ€" tension. *‘*We really need the apartment units," arâ€" gued Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinney. A new route in that area would be "highly subsidized for the next five to 10 years,"‘" Henry maintained. man warned, and Henry pointed out, transit is already one of the city‘s largest budget items. now, and in early Febâ€" ruary the city sent noâ€" tices to 270 uptown businesses to inform them of the proposal. Had there been no objections the city could have made the final decision on the matter. Wayne Deyarmond, president of the BIA, told council that fewer than five per cent of the businesses involved opâ€" posed the expansion. As well, he noted, two of the largest fiâ€" nancial contributors in the expanded area, Joâ€" seph «Eâ€" Seagram and Sons and Labbatt‘s Breweries have not protested the move. These two firms will contribute $17,.000 a However, as city clerk Ron Keeling told council, if any objecâ€" tions to the expansion are received the plan must go to the OMB. As of Monday‘s meeting the city had received 13 objections to the planâ€" ning expansion. Area residents had a chance to meet and request autographs from Michael Doulton, fifth generation descendent of John Doulton who founded the Royal Douiton Co. in 1815, when the Englishman visited Waterioo last weekend. Above, Doulton hands an autographed ‘"Bunnykins‘‘ bowl to fourâ€"yearâ€"old Rebecca Bauman while mom Joyce and sister Christina look on. The Baumans, who live on Lester Street, were among hundreds of people who met Doulton at Household China & Gifts on King St. N. (Photo by Karla Wheeler). ROYAL DOULTON DAY Monty Caplan, of the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada, owners and tenants of Allen Square which is included in the expandâ€" ‘"For most businessâ€" es the assessment was decreased," Shortreed said, and for the BIA to have the same operatâ€" ing capital as last year the mill rate had to inâ€" crease. Ald. John Shartreed, who is a member of the BIA, explained that ‘"part of the increase is due to the reassessâ€" ment of properties‘ under section 86. ‘"So few people are objecting to it," said Deyarmond. ‘"Someone who is paying $36 a year could defeat a very, very large projâ€" ect." According to the BIA president, much of the criticism of the expanâ€" sion is directed towards the recentlyâ€" approved increase in the mill rate from 10 to 18 per cent. year to the BIA if expansion is approved WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1982 â€" PAGE 3 "It seems to me it is something we should go ahead with," he argued. "I think that we have an effort now Shortreed disagreed with the arguments of those who objected to the expansion. "I submit that the objectives of those repâ€" resenting the retail section on King Street are vastly different from us who are situatâ€" ed on King Street south of William,"‘ Good went on to explain. . Although the goals of the BIA organization are commendable for promoting downtown retail interest, I feel those goals have little application to the operation. of a funeral home,"" wrote Edward R. Good of the Edward R. Good Funeral Home Ltd. ed boundaries, said in a letter to the city that neither beautification nor promotion of the core are "of direct benâ€" efit to our business or the businesses of our tenants." Carroll suggested that ‘"it might behoove you and your board to sit down and explain what‘s happening ... perhaps a dialogue might be the thing. ‘"A number of the objections might be withdrawn‘"‘ after such an explanation, she said. ‘"On reading the ob jections it seemed that all are not clear what you spend your money on,"‘ the mayor told Deyarmond . ‘"I understand the obâ€" jections (of firms south of William) because they are not retail outâ€" lets," said Ald. Charles Voelker, but "I‘d hate to see the whole thing go down the tubes." ‘‘The issue,"" said Mayer Marjorie Car roll, has been "clouded because the expansion has been linked to the mill rate increase. to enhance our uptown _ _and if we are suc cessful in the uptown, buildings like Mutual Life will find it easier to rent their space."