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y on td .â€" uie ze se 18 kvm‘NorBI!‘nl,Clappisqn‘s Corners). pae eRA OD C( .... 4.zo0â€"465â€"8045 905â€"600â€"7676 :: OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 401 EAST, TAKE HWY. #6 SOUTH Tricia Siemens, the coâ€"owner of uptown‘s Words Worth Books, presented council with another 321 names to add to a petition she presented to counâ€" cil June 21. That 1,010â€"name petition asked council to place significant limits on developâ€" ment on the former Seagram lands, for the sake of maintainâ€" ing the uptown‘s unique lifestyle, and included a request not to allow a cinema complex to exceed six screens and 1,200 seats. Gibson also said if First Gulf is eventually successful in buyâ€" ing the mall, as well as the forâ€" mer Seagram lands and Waterloo Town Square parking lot from the city, company offiâ€" cials hope to begin construcâ€" tion of the new cinema and the new Zehrs store by this spring "The food store and the cinâ€" ema (companies) â€" they‘ve both expressed interest in being apen at the end of next year," he said. "And we‘d like tostry and meet that metable." whole development Now thai council had approved the newâ€" essary zomng changes. first GuH would be walling to go ahead and finalize uts agreeâ€" ment to buy Waterloo Town Square from Canada Life Assurance Company, he said "That‘s correct," Gibson said "And we‘ll probably be able to do that within the next two weeks" In all, 59 delegations spoke to council Monday nighuTuesâ€" day morning. Although there was strong support for the new development, a slight majority spoke against First Gull‘s proâ€" posed project or had major concerns with it. <MILLGROVE HWY #401 Euclid Avenue resident Marâ€" cia Shortreed confirmed last Thursday that if council approved proper zoning for a 12â€"screen cinema complex on the former Seagram lands, she would appeal the decision to the Ontario Municipal Board. she said However another delegation, Michael Phippen, the viceâ€" president and director of Nes bitt Burns in Waterloo, located in the uptown Marsland Cenâ€" ire, said he couldn‘t understand why anyone would be opposed to the project. However he said city officials still intended to form a partaerâ€" ship to help the city finance the parking garages over a period of time. "I will be joined by quite a few of our neighbours. ves." Phippen said the Uptown Waterloo Business Improveâ€" ment Area. the Chamber of Commerce â€" Kitchener & Waterloo. Waterloo city staff, the Waterloo Economic Develâ€" opment Commuttee, the Uptown Waterloo Viston Comâ€" mittee and Communiech all fully endarsed First Gulf‘s plans Stockie was also successful in getting council to agree to defer voting on a final developâ€" ment agreement between First Gulf and the city to Sept. 27 instead of Aug. 23. Aug. 23 was not a council meeting date. Stockie sard. "You. city council hold the cards." Siemens said. "Yowwe own the land You‘re the ones who should be shuffling the deck, not just picking up the cards First Gulf has deali " "And I think that‘s a pretty strong group of people to recâ€" ommend that project," he said. City chief administrative officer, Tom Stockie, confirmed Tuesday morning that the city‘s costs in facilitating the develâ€" opment would still total about $17.5 million, including approximately $15 million to help build the two parking garages. FINE AUTOMOBILE BODY AND PAINT Meticulous Restoration Original Paint Finishes Unsurpassed Collision Repair FINE AUTO iNC * 15 CeblehniAi Dr. Kitbheher‘ :'..'. '."g" '!'7':' I g’ii :J‘ ++ Specializing In BMW PORSCHE JAGUAR Mercedes Benz â€" Dealer Authorized Mkich Mkhith