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» City hall was sympathetic Monâ€" » City hall was sympathetic Monâ€" dqyltgutinthsenddncidsdthnt Celia and Roy Cowan will just have to put up with having a utilities in front of their home. The Cowans, who live at 376 Dovercliffe Pi., wanted Canada Post to move the box. Canada Council sorry, but Cowans must put up with mailbox \\ w \ ® ‘ i. 9 ‘v h > 6 i cfi 6 . â€" P L TÂ¥ .‘ ‘._::“ w 2’% % * â€" lc ?{é‘ ooo 4 T: S n [ hilhs, .. w# C \\ ‘ M ‘ A Cub, hoiding his trophy, watches starter Harvey Haun, release the cars during Saturday‘s Kub Kar Raily at Conestoga Mail. Close to 100 North Waterioo cubs gathered * at the mail for a day of racing and hot dog eating. goupulihtheYl(CAmaybeuhdw with residents of Elmira and St. KE a of Waterloo Coun. a suggestion ater Andrew Telegdi is found to be workable, city dwellers will be asked to share their water facilities with their country couâ€" sgins. With residents of the two towns being urged to not drink from DMNA contamiâ€" nated tap water, Telegdi thought Waterâ€" looewljhelp.Somerelidenumay not feel confident in bathing in water they cannot drink, he said. "I guess you could say our neighbors to north are under a great deal of stress ing their water supply," Telegdi told city council Monday. oogantahnme the universities, YMCA, racquetball clubs and nursing homes might be asked to help, Telegdi said. "I‘m hoping by this action we can make this crisis a little more bearable ‘and show a face of neighborliness." Coun. Blake Hull suggested a commitâ€" tee be formed to coâ€"ordinate any such effort. But Coun. Mary Jane Mewhinney opposed the idea. She said the logistics of organizing the buddy system could be Water buddies. ally, 1 think it‘s a good idea to That is what Waterloo residents and reaching out but certainly we Want to be a water buddy? Post refused, said Cow it once before being asked by the mayor‘s office to move it back. However, he said, Canada Post will move it if city hall will pick up the tab. Cowan, a homebuilâ€" der, volunteered to act as a contractor in order to reduce costs discuss it with the region." Woolwich council should also be inâ€" . volved, added Telegdi, ~â€" Regional Chairman Ken Seiling is not reason to do it yet," he said. While provincial limits for drinking DMNA is 14 parts per trillion, no limit has been set for bathing because it is not as easily is considering a bathing limit of 288 ppt, he added. ‘There‘s a big step between a water advm and a bathing advisory," Seilâ€" ing said. The region is currently making plans to outfit two portable classrooms in the ;‘vmthat a bathing warning is mafi elegdi‘s suggestion might fit into that plan, he said. In related news, the second of four wells in the north wellfield of Elmira was closed Tuesday after DMNA was discovered in concentrations of 16 ppt. Seiling said he expects a third well close by may also be closed soon. In November, the two south wells serving Elmira and St. Jacobs were closed after DMNA was discovered. A new south well is expected to be on enthusiastic about the idea. "There‘s no hibiti _4 ally, I think it‘s a good idea to do this City hall has a policy to not have any more than three utiliâ€" ties in front of any one home, council was told by Jim Willis, the gity'u eommunm:;r:f engiâ€" neering. However, super mailbox was placed in front of the Cowan household because "we can‘t control Canada Post." ‘"There are two hotels prepared to come into a deal with us." Delays in finding a hotel anchor for the development were caused by a faulty study of the location done by a noted hospitality industry consultant, he said. Torgan/Entredev asked for the consulâ€" tant to reâ€"study Waterloo, said Richardâ€" A agreement with one or two wellâ€" known hotel operators is around the corner, according to Gary Richardson, president of Entredev, one of two Toronâ€" toâ€"based development companies asking Waterloo council to give it more time to build a 280,00â€"squareâ€"foot retail/comâ€" mercial complex in Uptown. Hotel deal is close, Torgan pres says Citizen advice opment can only be gotten i municiâ€" pality goes along with it: "I don‘t find small lots that frightenâ€" ing. Instead of a monolitihic core strucâ€" ture, business operators will be able to buy their own property." Finally, the agreement between the After a neighbor objected, counâ€" cil voted against a motion to ask for the super mailbox to be loâ€" cated between the Cowan resiâ€" dence and the neighbor. Instead, the super mailbox will remain and the city landscape architect will be asked to work with the Cowan‘s to plant trees to WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1980 â€" PAGE 3 The company is also negotiating with two potential joint partners, he said to ‘"bring in larger purchasing power." The Canadian Imperial Bank of Comâ€" merce is financing the land acquisition To date, the company has spent approxi mately $6 million on land assembly at high interest rates, said Eli Swirsky, president of Torgan. "As far as we‘re concerned we‘d like to start (construction) tomorrow . Every day we wait costs us more money." city and Torgan/Entredevy has meant that the badly needed parking structure firU.ptovnhu.be-ddnyedUlingthe parking requirements of a proposed Uptown parking bylaw which calls for the provision of three parking spots per 1,000 square feet of retail or office space, Torgan should be providing 840 parking Ep.‘eufor_iu_prwypdzw,OOanmnâ€" son. The figures came out better the second time around. An offer from a cinema company had lapsed, Richardson said. "We don‘t see that as a must. A hotel is a must." "It really isn‘t going to solve the problem," Cowan said later ‘"We‘re going to have to create a forest to hide what‘s there. Theyâ€" ‘ve penalized me by reducing the value of my property. J shouldn‘t have to hide what they‘ve allowed to be done." obscure the four utilities (Continued from page 1)