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The six parties appealing the council decision are Euclid Avenue residents John and Marâ€" cia Shortreed, coâ€"owner of Words Worth Books and uptown resident Tricia Siemens, residents Greg Bewick and Joyce Matthison, residents Roseanna Rigo and Ray Sweezey, owner of the Princess Cinema John Tutt and residents Ray Blackport and Joanne Beauvais. At least six different parties have decided to appeal a Waterâ€" loo counait decaision to allow construction of a L2â€"screen cinâ€" ema on Waterloo‘s former Seaâ€" gram lands. A city clerk official said early Tuesday afternoon at least six parties had filed appeals of the lune 29 council decision with the Ontario Municipal Board through the city clerk‘s office Residents had until 5 p.m. Tuesâ€" day to formally appeal the zoneâ€" change amendment permitting construction of the cinema on the citvâ€"owned land. "I‘m very impressed so far with floâ€" ral displays on the industrial, comâ€" mercial and the municipal flower beds," said Ted Blowes, viceâ€"chairman with the national committee for Comâ€" munities in Bloom. "It‘s mice to see a city really in bloom." Blowes, along with Francoisâ€"Pietre Nadeau, came for a tour of the city, spending time with local volunteers to learn about Waterloo‘s enviranmental. parks and program inttiatives with The Shortreeds filed their OMB appeal with city clerk staff in midâ€"July while Siemens filed her appeal last Friday. Three parties filed their appeals Monâ€" day while Blackport and Beauâ€" vais filed their appeal Tuesday. Waterloo‘s front yards and Nower beds were under close scrutiny last Thursday, as provincial judges from the Communities in Bloom program were in the city. And judging from their response they liked what they saw. Renwnovation L1qQuiDpatION SALE : up to Cinema appeals roll in PAGEF 3 Charles Kuepfer Special to the Chronicle Tim Gardner Chronicle Staff Pay m Waterloo looks to grow into national bloom competition like the Shortreeds, Stemens sad in an interview Monday she filed her appeal at least partly because the proposed cinema does not represent a traditional transitional land use between uptown Waterloo‘s retail core and a nearby uptown residential neighbourhaod. The Shartreeds said in a recent interview they believed the rezoming of the forâ€" mer Seagram lands in 1994 betâ€" ter reflected more appropriate transitronal land uses between the retail core and a nearby uptown residential area "My feeling is that the Seaâ€" gram lands should be treated as they were before, as a type of transition zone between resiâ€" dential and commercial," Siemens said. "The {nearby) Canbar lands are treated that way. I think its more appropriate for a cinema to be on the Waterâ€" loo Square lands, which aren‘t surrounded by residential." Siemens also said she felt conâ€" fident she could win an appeal to the OMB over the cinema issue. All parties filing appeals with the OMB must pay an upâ€" front $125 fee. "I don‘t like to throw away $125 for nothing." Stemens said. "I dont think anybody else would. And I wouldn‘t be doing this if I didn‘t think that there is room for change." will pay the GST on Casegoods, Accessories, Lamps As a judge, Blowes explained there are a number of criteria used to evaluâ€" ate the flower beds. He looks at the design, the types of flowers used, whether or not ornamental grasses are used. the colour patterns of the flowâ€" ers and whether or not the beds are maintained â€" "Some municipaliies spend a lot of money putting in flower beds then just forget them," lamented Blowes. "Flowers are magic as far as I‘m conâ€" cerned." Blowes also remarked on the community effort he sensed, noting the spirit of cooperation among differâ€" ent aspects of the community, includâ€" ing the industrial and commercial sectors. individual residents. the volâ€" respect to the Communities in Bloom. _ unteer committee and city employees He was especially impressed with the state of the flower beds in Waterâ€" oo 70 % oft The development manager for First Gulf, Mark Kindraâ€" chuk, said in an interview Monâ€" day company ofhicials were sull conhdent they could win an OMB hearing concerning the cinema issue. And he also said he didn‘t think OMB officials would be influenced by the number of parties filing appeals of the June 29 counal decision, a view put forward by John Shortreed "No," Kindrachuk said. "Peoâ€" ple focused, as we all know, on the theatre. So it‘s the same issue. So I dont think (there‘s) a difference. It‘s the quality, not the quantity, of peoples objections." The principal planner for the Region of Waterloo, Douglas Stewart, said Tuesday at least two parties had expressed interâ€" est to regional officials about appealing the region‘s possible approval of an official plan amendment that would allow construction of the cinema to go ahead. However because the region had not approved the official plan amendment yet, Stewar said there were no deciâ€" sions yet to appeal to the OMB. Stewart said he intended to recommend the proposed offiâ€" cral plan amendment, allowing the cinema to go ahead, to the region‘s commissioner of planâ€" ning and culture by Thursday. "It‘s really good to see the partnerâ€" ships and the community getting along with each other." said Blowes He was also impressed with Waterâ€" loo‘s zera use of pesticides, something he called a step forward in environâ€" mental effort ‘Among all the things that interest me (the most), is that I met people who are proud of their city â€"judge Nadeau By the end of the summer, Blowes will have judged 50 municipalities across Canada, mostly in Ontario. Nadeau said that as a judge he focuses on the lawns, flower beds, health of the trees and any noticeable environmental effort. Angela Vieth, coâ€"chairwoman of the Waterloo in Bloom committee, said it is hoping for a good response from the judges "We‘re going for a fourâ€"bloom ratâ€" ing," said Vieth: "If we get the fourâ€" blooms. then next vear we‘ll be Nadeau, a landscape architect from Montreal, also was impressed by the flower beds he had seen so far, but especially by the citizens of Waterloao. "Among all the things that interest me (the most}, is that 1 met people who are proud of their city," said Nadeau, who described Waterloo as peaceful GICs * RRSPs # RRIFs SPECIAL RATE! o FuTe] waterioo 0 Regional is ons Kitchene T _ Union amaa Limited Time Offer Deposits insured 4y Canaa‘s Finest . DEPENDABLE SERVICE SINCE 1959 46 King St. N.. Waterloo 886â€"2040 CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY TUESDAY â€" THURSDAY 9â€"5â€":30 FREE PARKING AT FRONT & REAR OF STORE Vieth said the committee won‘t know how the city fared in this years judging until the end of September Letter carriers have nominated front yards for the Waterloo in Bloom frontâ€"yard competition and this week a local volunteer judges commuttee will be going out to pick the winners There will be one winner for each ward, with one overall winner being selected. Waterloo first introduced the frontâ€" yard competition last year. 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