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Seniors‘ complex â€" _ gets green light from city council In the four years since the project was proposed, city hall has â€"*‘*done nothing but put roadblocks in his (deâ€" veloper John Alâ€" brecht‘s) way," said Ald. Mary Jane Meâ€" whinney who argued in favor of changing zonâ€" ing byâ€"laws to allow the project to proceed. **Now, she continued, "when we are at a point in the city where we are desperate for these units ... we have to find a compromise on zoning ... something that will allow the projâ€" * B{llolodoo Martinuk _ hronicle Staff Writer Ignoring the recommendation of its planning department, Waterloo city council Monday night decided to okay construction of a senior citizen‘s complex in the city‘s core. Oh, that doesn‘t mean she is ready to engage in fisticuffs and physically wrestle anyone who happens by. Instead, Carroll would like to squareâ€"off with an opponent in the November municipal election. ‘"Any politician prefers to be elected," Carroll explained. ‘"Perhaps if I had been elected initially at large then I wouldn‘t be champing quite as much at having a contest against a competent opponent.‘‘ Carroll had been elected twice as alderman before being selected by council in Julle 1977 to be mayor, following the decision of Herb Epp to run for the provincial legislature. ‘"‘This is my sixth year as mayor, my third term," she commented, ‘"and I‘ve never been elected." The issues, the upcoming election will be fought on, Carroll said, "are all economic. The decisions, that we have to face in the next term, are all economic." The provincial government, she said, has already given notice that grants to municipalities will not increase in the coming years, which means that councils will have to choose whether to increase taxes or decrease services. Are there any challengers? Although she is "very flattered" to have been acclaimed mayor in the past two elections, Carroll says, "I‘d like a fight." ‘"And," Carroll said, ‘"in the next few years, raising taxes will be the most difficult of the two choices. People can‘t afford to pay more, and even if they can, they are going to balk." Mayor Marjorie Carroll is looking for a fight. THIS WEEK INSIDE: At that time, conâ€" sideration of his projâ€" ect was deferred beâ€" cause the city‘s planâ€" ning department was preparing zoning amendments to impleâ€" ment the Central Resiâ€" dential District Plan. The proposal was alâ€" tered in 1978 to a nineâ€" ect to go ahead." Council first viewed the proposal in 1978 when Albrecht asked the city‘s approval for construction of an 11â€" storey, 100â€"unit apartâ€" ment building on Lodge Bunny wheels in marathon SEE PAGE 4 storey building with 80 units following a public hearing. _ _ After the developâ€" ment was rejected in 1979 by Waterloo‘s planning department, the developer asked council to defer conâ€" sideration of the proâ€" Earlier this year Alâ€" brecht purchased an additional property on Regina Street and on Monday, the developer appeared before counâ€" cil to ask the city to waive density, parking and amenityâ€"area zonâ€" ing requirements for his property to allow construction of an eightâ€"storey senior citiâ€" zen apartment building with 64 units. posal until he could acquire additional property to make his development more atâ€" tractive to council. City planner Tom Slomke, in a report to council, recommended that the city reject Alâ€" brecht‘s proposal beâ€" cause, "there is no way to guarantee that occuâ€" pancy will be limited to senior citizens." This concern, he added in his report, was also expressed by area resiâ€" dents at a public hearâ€" ing on the matter in February who ‘"were concerned that, should the building be opened up to students, there would be increased traffic, noise and parkâ€" ing demand." Albrecht told council that his project is eligiâ€" ble for lowâ€"interest funding through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corperation, stressing that a deciâ€" sion on his application ‘"must be made soon or else grant money will go to other municipalâ€" with grants for other (Continued on page 4) , 1982 Waterioo, Ontario â€"â€" SEE PAGE 20 Tiger backs to wall it‘s back to the books for Waterioo school children Tuesday, Sept, 7. Andrew Abicht (feft), Bob Neibert (centre) and Jon Swain (right) of St. John‘s School in waterioo returned to school Tuesday for some general mopping up. The shcool, which has doubled its enroiment since it opened last fail has just undergone extensive renovations, including the addition of a chemistry ilab and other BROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT â€" SEE PAGE 5 Device to save lives