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Disposers â€" and Upright ompactors + nakers + s + Venmar umidifiers â€" ces « WOLF s » Everpure Systems + i“l "~HWATERLOO 1 > | Chronicle S HIFI VCR King 40,000 BTU Gas Grill OME dual infinity burner VCR SALE and outperforms in its class 4 :' <~é§ e and Operated" ALE ULTRA ues Made of major ) and From! A Westvale resident presented Waterloo council with a 47â€"name petition calling for the removal of a bus route from the subdivision, but to no avail. No councillor was willing to make a motion to take Kitchener Transit‘s Route 4 bus out of Westvale, so the bus route will continue to loop around University Avenue, Portsmouth Gate, Westvale Drive and Westâ€" vale Gate on its way to and from downtown Kitchâ€" David Meyer, whose home is on the bus route, told council that 90 per cent of the people in his neighborâ€" hood had no knowledge of the bus route change made by council Aug. 30 until the buses began ambling through south Westvale two weeks ago. Van Le tries to stuff the shot as Scott Reynolds drives for the basket at the first annual Hoops for Humanity Basketball Showdown Saturday. Proceeds from the event went to the St. Mary‘s Hospital Foundation and Habitat for Humanity. Deborah Crandall photo Westvale bus route stays â€" for now cherâ€"Hallman Road, Thorndale Drive, Westvale Drive, Portsmouth Gate and University Avenue. However, pressure from residents along the west part of Westvale Drive, as well as financial considerations, prompted council to switch to the shorter loop. Coun. John Summers told Meyer that the City of Kitchener took away the best possible loop for the bus when it announced July 5 that the west end of Glasâ€" gow Street would be closed â€"â€" although the street has yet to be closed. Meyer and another resident, Sue Pallas, suggested On July 5, council had approved a different Westâ€" vale loop for the Westvaleâ€"Kitchener bus: along Fisâ€" (Continued on page 2) No pressing need for ‘"Waterloo City Hall" CN has been unwilling to disâ€" Turnbull said City staff have asked CN Real Estate if they would sell the building to the City on several occasions, but Waterloo has not owned its own city hall since the early 1960s, when the old Waterloo Town Hall at the corner of Erb Street and Albert Street was torn down. The City‘s offices were moved to the newly built Waterloo Town Square office In 1969, the City‘s offices were moved to the newly built Marsland Centre, where they remained until the Waterloo City Centre building in 1987 In each of the last three locaâ€" tions, the City has simply been a tenant. Turnbull said he would love to see the Waterloo City Centre building become a publicly owned city hall, giving it both an attractive, functional buildâ€" ing and a stable, longâ€"term home free from lease pay ments. "If you get a fair deal, its always better to own," he said. There is no real ‘Waterloo City Hall‘ â€" the City of Waterâ€" loo leases its office space in the Waterloo City Centre building from CN Real Estate for approximately $850,000 per "It‘s extremely economical," said mayor Brian Turnbull. He said an important advanâ€" tage of leasing space in the building is the flexibility it offers. As Waterloo‘s population grew rapidly in the 1980s, the City followed suit by hiring more staff. Rather than having the new staff crowd the existâ€" ing staff, the City simply leased more space in Waterloo City Centre. "We love the building. The building works very well," Turnbull said, adding that the open design of the atrium, corâ€" ridors and stairs facilitates informal _ communication among City staff and creates a positive atmosphere. like Kitchener City Hall would be nice, but Waterloo‘s current situation is "extremely economâ€" ical", said mayor Brian Turnâ€" Tom Brockelbank Chronicle Staff Owning a shiny new building 485 King St. North VOLNVO City Centre than build a new city hall, because he likes the City Centre building and doesn‘t want to see an expenâ€" sive project undertaken for no good reason. "We don‘t need a palace. All we need is something that‘s functional, efficient and ecoâ€" nomical. This building serves Coun. Joan McKinnon said that in the long run it will be better for Waterloo to own the building that houses its municâ€" ipal offices, whether it is Waterloo City Centre or another building On the other hand, she said. the recent opening of the $21â€" million Waterloo Recreation Complex leaves Waterloo resiâ€" dents no reason to feel jealous Coun John would rather tinue to ty to Turnbull said in the past sevâ€" eral years, the idea of building a city hall near Silver Lake has been discussed by City staff and council, but never formally proposed. If such a project was undertaken, he said, it would have to be started within the next seven years in order to be complete by the end of the curâ€" rent lease. While the new Kitchener City Hall is expected to serve as a focal point for that city‘s events and a gathering place for its citizens, Turnbull said the same need in Waterloo could be filled by the developâ€" ment of a public square, which council is examining now cuss It, The City‘s lease expires July 31 Several other Uptown locaâ€" tions have been suggested for a public square, some of which are only in the running if a city hall is built next to them. But Turnbull said while the square is key to Waterloo‘s future building a new city hall is not "We don‘t need a palace. All we need is something that‘s functional, efficient and economical." 11 14 Village Variety* Summers said he see the City con buy the Waterio Summers