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Wheelchair ramps approved On recommendation of the city‘s engineerâ€" ing department, counâ€" cil approved construcâ€" tion of ramps at: Weber Street S. at Union, Rodney, Bristol, Cornwall, Allien, Erb, Royal Streets and Bridgeport Road; Union Street E. at Deâ€" vitt Street, Moore Aveâ€" nue, Lucan and Bpwâ€" man Streets; Albert Waterioo‘s 1982 Wheelchair Ramp Proâ€" gram will fund the ramping of 53 sidewalk intersections in the city at a total cost of Council briefs Last month the committee agreed to an Omniplan suggestion that the construction of the timeteller be staged with phase one, erection of the bandshell, to be completed by October, and phase two, construcâ€" Following the Omnipian presentaâ€" tion, Renaud admitted that the proposal was ‘"‘certainly dramtiâ€" cally different,"" from what the committee had originally enviâ€" saged, but, he conceded, in earlier discussions of cost the committee ‘‘was going on guesstimates." Now, he said, "we are talking about a steam timetelier with no steam in it ... we are talking about a steam timeteller with no timeâ€" teller." The estimates, he said, were based on tenders received by Omâ€" niplan from four contractors. The costs presented by Omnipian. Renaud said, "have shaken us all." In preparing the cost estimated, Omniplan president Chester Niziol said the firm "has taken a fairly pragmatic view, not too optimistic The cost estimate presented by (Omniplan Design Group, the Toronâ€" to firm hired to design and construct the timeteller, includes construction and finishing of ar eightâ€"sided bandshell and a mechanism for operating the animated, carved figures located in the roof dormers. .. we tried to develop it as pragmatâ€" ically as we could without being too mundane." According to Renaud, Oktoberfest executives will meet this week to discuss the organization‘s role in the future of the timeteller. ‘‘It would be foolish to say that I don‘t have some concerns," said committee chairman Bill Renaud, president of Kâ€"W Oktoberfest Inc., the organization which first conâ€" ceived of the idea and is responsible for project fund raising. Originally the committee had estimated that total cost of the project would be approximately $100,000. What‘s in a name? in the case of the Heritage Steam Timeteller, there may not be a lot. Following a meeting Monday oé the committee coâ€"ordinating th project, it appears that what could eventually stand in the city‘s new Heritage Square at King and Wilâ€" llam Streets may be a bandshell only and that installation of the clock itself may have to be dropped because of high design and conâ€" struction costs. The committee was told Monday that cost of phase one of the project, construction of a 25â€"foot bandshell which was to house the timepiece, will be between $122,000 and $141,000. STEAM TIMETELLER High costs could jeopardize plan for heritage clock By Melodee Martinuk Street at Bearinger Road, and Greenbrier Drive; Longwood Drive at Moccasin, Greenbrier and Longâ€" wood; and Moccasin Drive at Greenbrier Drive. Cost per ramp was estimated at $575. In addition, the reâ€" port said, a ‘"considerâ€" able number of ramps (will be) constructed under the several maintenance and conâ€" struction programs plus all new subdiviâ€" sion walks" over the year. Route 14 discussion Representatives of Kitchener Transit will appear before Water However, said Ryan, "I‘ve got the appointments made and I‘ll know roughly in five days whether we should go ahead with it." ‘If it gets up to $200,000, we‘ll call it adios on our part," said Oktoberâ€" fest manager Fred Ryan, who is in charge of fund raising for the timeteller project. Now that Oktoberfest has the actual cost estimates for phase one of the project, the organization has 30 days to canvass the community for donations. Although Omniplan was unable to furnish any cost estimates for conâ€" struction of the timepiece, Renaud said the total cost of the project could go as high as $200,000. Renaud suggested that funding for phase two may have to come from service clubs or other organiâ€" zations if the project is to go ahead. tion of the timpiece, to occur in the future. Despite concerns of committee members regarding dropping the timepiece, Renaud adamantly reâ€" fused to commit Oktoberfest to collecting funds for both phases of the project. "I can‘t go to the executive (of Oktoberfest) and say ‘can we enâ€" danger Oktoberfest to go into total catastrophy and debt," " for the project, he said. So far, Renaud said, of the committee has received a grant fo $38,800 from Wintario, but he added, even that may be jeopardized beâ€" cause of changes in project plans. Stipulations within the Wintario contract may require that a steam timetellier be included in the finâ€" ished project. When the idea of the timeteller was first proposed, Oktoberfest was to raise $40,000 and the rest was to come from other sources: $38,000 from Wintario, $10,000 from the city of Waterloo, as much as $20,000 from Labatt‘s and $6,000 from the Uptown Waterloo Business Imâ€" provement Area. But now, cost of the timeteller itself is causing Oktoberfest to have second thoughts about including the clock in the project at all. _ _ *"‘The magnitude of what Oktoberâ€" fest is trying to bite off is an awful lot," the Oktoberfest president comâ€" mented. "Fifty to Fiftyâ€"five thouâ€" sand dollars is a lot of money to raise in these economic times." For construction of the bandshell alone, he said, Oktoberfest ‘"has to go to the public and corporations for "Our (Oktoberfest‘s) part of the project is just what we see here," Renaud said, pointing to plans for phase one. Whfin the route proâ€" posal came before council last month, it was strongly criticized by Mayor Marjorie Carroll and Alderman Robert Henry, who felt loo council at next week‘s meeting, May 17 to discuss the proâ€" posed Route 14. According to a report prepared by the city‘s engineering departâ€" ment, cost to the city of Waterioo for the route, which would connect Waterioo‘s two univerâ€" sities to Fairview Park Mall via Westmount Road and Fischerâ€"Hallâ€" man, woulid be more than $185.000 in ‘82. (Continued on page 4) Alderman Mary Jane Mewhinney told Neufeld that ‘"council will probably see far more of you because you are living in an area that is changing very rapidly ... you won‘t be on the fringe much longer." Ald. Glen Wright argued that the proposed development should not be considered unnecesâ€" sary, ‘"because we have a shortage of that type of development in the city.‘"‘ When council decided the zoning of this section of land east of Conestoga Mall last December, the city‘s aldermen were divided over whether the property should be designated for industrial or residential use. Monday night Waterlioo‘s aldermen voted 5â€"3 in favor of a zone change application to allow construction of apartment buildings in the wedge, a 22â€"hectare parcel of land bounded by Wissler Road, Northfield Drive and Bridge Street, despite objections from three aldermen and area resiâ€" dents. Joyce Neufeld of 592 Rustic Drive, a resident of Waterloo for 15 years, told council that she and two neighbors opposed the proposal because ‘‘we are concerned that there aren‘t facilities for the people who wilil move in there ... concerned about increases in population and in transportation‘"‘ needs. Two years ago the land was zoned industrial, and Neufeld said she "would prefer industrial deâ€" velopment."‘ â€" ‘‘There is enough land already zoned for residential use," Neufeld said, "which is not being used up. ‘"I am an individual opposed to it, but if it goes in at least I can say I tried," she said. The request for the zone change was submitted by Kraus Holdings, which wishes to construct five walkup apartment buildings on a section of the property. The construction of apartment buildings, she argued, "doesn‘t fit in the existing area ... I don‘t feel the concerns of the average person living in the area are being met. By Chronicle Staftf Writer The controversy continues conderning developâ€" ment of the Wissler Wedge in northeast Waterâ€" loo. WISSLER WEDGE Apartments okayed despite objections At Monday‘s meeting, Ald. Robert Henry, who Above, a group of bannerâ€"carrying marchers walk along University Avenue during Sunday‘s Mother‘s Day walk held to protest nuclear arms. The marchers, who ranged from the elderiy to infants carried in their mother‘s arms, walked along King Street from Waterloo Square to University Avenue, west on Uniâ€" versity to Westmount Road, along Westâ€" *"I don‘t know how * it‘ feels to you," Klaassen, who organized the march, told the crowd which gathered at Waterloo Square. **But I know it has changed something in me. I hope it gives you more of a feeling of being part of objecting to nuclear weapons in our time." Because they care. That, said Waterioo resident Ruth Klaasâ€" sen, is the reason some 200 bannerâ€"carrying marchers turned up Sunday afternoon to walk in Waterloo‘s first Mother‘s Day march against nuclear arms. Mother‘s Day march held to protest nuclear arms ‘i::‘ll.!lq.‘l;!.‘Aual“Ia! :!l;!l! !I The members of the CDC applauded the reâ€" port and enthusiastiâ€" cally endorsed its proâ€" posals, ‘‘The report makes me very happy," said Alderman Doreen Thomas. ‘"I know it reflects the perception The proposal, Henry argued, is ‘"completely out of phase.‘" Residents, he explained, will be stranded because there is no bus service to the area. Wright rejected these arguments, saying "we have luxury apartment buildings," but, with a vacancy rate that is less than one per cent, "we have a responsibility to put housing in that is afâ€" fordable. The guidelines, Dieâ€" trich said, ‘"aren‘t the only solution, (to imâ€" proving the core) but one of the ingredients that when completed will help you (the CDC) get new and exciting things happening.‘‘ has fought the residential designation from the start, argued that the proposal ‘"is premature ... it is going to cause a lot of trouble. type of apartment, but 1 think there is land in more suitable areas." *In order to make that a viable area we have to subsidize transportation and that isn‘t orderly development," Henry said. (Contnued from page 1) ‘"*Not only should we do it â€" we have a responsibility to do it," Wright stressed. Henry was backed up in his stand by Mayor Marjorie Carroll and Ald. John Shortreed. compliment,.‘‘ the building. Town image Klaassen said she was "very pleased" by the turnout for the march, which she began organizing on the spur of the moment just last week. The protestors, she added, ‘"are not hippies of the Sixties," but average citizens concerned about the future. m Although Klaassen has worked for eight years with the Peace Research Institute of Dundas, a group of scientists which studies the ramifications of war, it is as a private citizen that she organized the walk. "I‘ve been within organizations for so long," she said, "but sometimes organizaâ€" tions prevent people from participating. Sometimes you have to allow an opportunity for people to just take part." 4 mount to Erb Street and east on Erb back to the Square. 7 ‘"I agree," he said, "that there is a need for this (Photo by Melodee Martinuk). The AGC will be presenting the comâ€" pleted report to the Uptown Waterioo Busiâ€" ness Improvement Area in June. Dietrich said the reâ€" port has yet to be finished; sections dealâ€" ing with specific areas in the core have to be completed; and illusâ€" trations to complement and explain the suggesâ€" tions have to be done. of council." "I think it is a good direction,"" declared Mayor Marjorie Carâ€" roll. "As far as image goes I can‘t agree more." MAY 12 â€" PAGE 3