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Ernst said that over the past few weeks she has been contacting neighbors to inform them of Thursday‘s meeting, | encouraging them to come out to support the extension As well, she said. rather than reduce traffic on Erb, the completion of Hallman Road has only added to Already serious probâ€" lems. ‘"We‘ve got douâ€" bie the traffic at peak time now," she said Many of her neighâ€" bors, she said, were University Avenue {Continued from page 1} said, "traffic is so heavy on Erb Street, "we can‘t even get out our road." Disarmament issue to be put on ballot, pending legal decision from province Monica Heide, of the Kâ€"W Status of Women, agreed with Mayor Marjorie Carroll who recently said "it is somewhat ludicrous that municipalities have to kick the feds in the shins to get them to do something." "It is ludicrous," said Heide, "that the prime minister is not standing up and taking action on the issue of nuclear disarmament ... it is ludicrous the provin cial premiers are not pressing the federal ‘"Governments are elected to lead," said Walter Klaassen, of William Street in Waterloo. The disarmament question, he said, "is the most pressing of issues that will ever cross your agenda «.. if you are concerned about the welfare of Waterloo then you must be concerned about this monstrous threat to Waterloo." At Monday‘s council meeting Waterloo‘s aldermen voted 7 to 2 in favor of placing the disarmantent question on the bailot, providing the provincial government says it is legal to do so. Council made its decision after hearing Waterloo residents emotionally argue the ease for disarmament. â€"__â€" By Melodee Martinuk Whether or not Waterloo puts the question of nuclear disarmament on the ballot for the November municipal elecâ€" tion is now in the hands of the provincial government of Premier William Davis. And, he said, "If we are going to spend those dollars, there are a lot of other places where we should be expanding service in Waterloo. *‘*We have many new areas, shopâ€" ping centres, subdivisions and opâ€" portunities which have no transit Shortreed, a professor of engiâ€" neering at the University of Waterâ€" loo and an expert in transportation, said the route will cost the city more than $200,000, which translates to a 16 to 20 per cent increase in Waterioo‘s transit budget. Instead of approving the proposal for Route 14, council voted 6 to 2 in favor of a motion from Ald. John Shortreed that the city‘s engineerâ€" ing department investigate alternaâ€" tives to improve transit service in the west section of Waterloo with recommendations to be considered before next year‘s budget is set. City stalls plan for bus Route 14 By Chronicle Staff Writer A Kitchener Transit proposal for a _ service," Sh new bus route linking Waterloo‘s According two universities and Fairview Park _ planner with Mall was stalled by Waterloo counâ€" _ proposed rou cil Monday night. imately 11,5( "Everybody felt it was going through," Ernst explained. "It‘s something that has been on the books for years, and we just figâ€" ured it would go through .‘ And, aithough the trailic over a whoie supporters of the route series of roads, which have not yet started a makes more sense to petition, Ernst said M than overloading that if one seems necâ€" O"° 024. essary after tomor row‘s meeting,. she will Since Fischerâ€" Hallâ€" organize it. man was completed, the mayor said, "getâ€" "I‘m not generally a _ ting out onto Erb Street fighter," she said. "but is almost impossible. this has been the Westmount has carried pits." an overload of traffic I‘m not generally a fighter."" she said. "but this has been the pits." ‘"not even aware that construction of the exâ€" tension was in quesâ€" tion. When the proposal for the new route was first presented to Waterâ€" loo council in March, Mayor Marâ€" jorie Carroll warned that it could draw shoppers from Uptown Waterâ€" loo to Fairview Park Mall. However, Beck reassured council that Route 14 would improve service The benefits of the route to Waterloo, he told aldermen, are that it would provide direct service to both universities and would extend transit service in the Beechwood and Westvale areas until 10 p.m. Presently these areas of Waterloo have no evening bus service. The proposal, hesaid, was drawn up by Kitchener Transit in response to numerous requests from resiâ€" dents in the west sections of both Kitchener and Waterloo. According to Walter Beck, a planner with Kitchener Transit, the proposed route would serve approxâ€" imately 11,500 househoids in Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterlioo, 4,500 in Waterioo. service," Shortreed continued Last month residents appeared before council asking for a referendum but the matter was deferred because some council members were absent. In October of last year council decided to take no action on a request for a municipal referendum . Lorna Warlow of Conservation Drive in Waterloo told council "this is an issue that affects all our lives, all our families‘ lives and all the world." Warlow added she gets ‘"angry"" when councillors say it is not in their jurisdiction to deal with the quesâ€" tion. Already 30 municipalities across Canada have decided to hold a referendum on disarmament, and, she said, "our concertâ€" ed effort will have an impact on the provincial and on the federal governâ€" ment."‘ This is the third time that the issue of global disarmament has been before Waterloo council. In 1978 Waterloo‘s alderâ€" men unanimously supported a motion calling for a national referendum on disarâ€" mement. The Status of Women, she said, is appealing to the city to help force the provincial and federal governments to take the initiative on disarmement. government to address our basic need for survival." ‘"The building of it affects a whole netâ€" work of roads in the city ... it will disperse traffic over a whole series of roads, which makes more sense to me than overlioading one road." Mayor Marjorie Carâ€" roll, who is a member of the regional engiâ€" neering committee, is "convinced it (the exâ€" tension is necessary to handle traffic‘ on the west side of the city IContinued on page 4) The extension, Carâ€" roll said, was initially planned to be built at the same time as Hall man Road and ‘"proba bly should have been done long before now . The city "will need to widen the intersection of Erb and Hallman if the university exten sion is not built." she said, ‘"which would mear the purchase of property at a very high cost." As well, Carroll said, the construction of other road projects in the city hinge on whether the extension is put through. for years." The hard work paid off for Waterloo collegiate institute students Debi Joslin {left) and Sherry O‘Rourke, who on Monday proudly presented Cecil Bell, campaign chairman of the North Waterloo Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, with a cheque for over $1,200 to go fo the Terry Fox fund. The money was raised through a number of school activities including a Daffodil Dance in April, a hockey game between WCI teachers and students, the sale of handmade paper daffodiis and a silver collection taken at a showing of the film, If | Had a Dream, documenting the run of Terry Fox. WCI STUDENTS HELP OUT Council, Thomas said, "shouldn‘t be concerned"" about the legal issue. "I think council shoulid stand up and be counted. Whether it is legal or illegai, council should do it. This transcends Premier (William) Davis or the attorneyâ€"general or anyone else. This is where the people should speak .‘ Ald. Jim Erb supported the motion saying that although he continues to have reservations, "I have to look at it rather Ald. Doreen Thomas, who seconded the motion, argued that "disarmament is an issue that supersedes all other issues ... it crosses different levels of government ... ‘"If the federal and provincial governâ€" ments need a push to accept responsibility, then we have a responsibility to do so," she said. In making the motion to reconsider the disarmament question Monday, Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinney said that "the first time we dealt with it (in October) we had no inkling of the interest in the community. The issue, she said, ‘"is very important ... council has the responsibility of dealing with this issue and to ask the people to think about it." Council was then told that the results of the November election may be invalid if such a referendum is held in conjunction with the fall election. Control 24â€"hour stores, Wright urges council ‘"The neighbors have Bbeen reaâ€" sonably patient hoping that they (the storeowners) would find there is no market for this sort of operation."" Wright said. "but the neighborhood is now faced with a 24â€"hour operation and we don‘t like it." The alderman toid council Monday that he has received ‘numerous‘"‘ calls from residents of the Lakeshore Village area, where he lives, complaining about noise from an allâ€"night variety store located in a nearby plaza. _ They claim to be a convenience but allâ€"night variety stores are proving to be a nuisance for many Waterioo residents, says Ald. Glen Wrigh.. Wright said such 24â€"hour By Chronicle Staff Writer WATERLOO CHRONLIC "I have to do what I think is right for the city," she added. ‘"An issue the magnitude of disarmaâ€" ment will cloud many of the issues voters should be considering when they elect a municipal council," the mayor said. In an interview following the meeting, Carroll said, "I really think that it is out of our jurisdiction. I think there are other ways to raise our concern about disarmaâ€" ment rather than through a municipal election." Proponents of the referendum, the mayor suggested, should contact their federal members of Parliament. ‘*I wonder how many of these people have written to their own member of Parliaâ€" ment, but they‘ll spend all this time with us," she said. "It is a very important issue and every person should do what he can to prevent nuclear war," said Shortreed. However, he stressed, "I don‘t think it is the role of municipalities to hold this referendum. Council ‘"has some responsibility to let the community state its case," said Ald. Glen Wright. Ald. John Shortreed and Mayor Marjorie Carroll opposed the motion, arguing that such a referendum is outside the jurisdicâ€" tion of a municipal government. than being a . municipal or federal issue as an issue of conscience." LE, WEDNESDA Y The city solicitor, she exâ€" plained, has said that regulation of the hours of operation of these variety stores may be accomâ€" plished through the passage of a bylaw similar to the one which regulates the hours of service stations in Waterloo Mayor Marjorie Caroll said she too had received numerous comâ€" plaints from residents faced with similar problems elsewhere in the city. The trend to allâ€"day operations of variety stores is one which is ‘"happening to our whole city," Wright added. ‘"We should take a look at it." operations are not compatible with residential areas and asked that the city investigate ways "to take control and regulate the sitâ€" uation."‘ MAY 19, 1982 â€" FAGE 3