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Waterlo© M Manulife Financial dagjchm tm 570 CKGL Ccé?("%)“ mAGICiN HOTI Weber & King St. N., Waterioo ON TOPSOIL wWoeavels & vymnerv mcekl'w ;PAR‘. Skturday.'septcmber § 11:00 am â€" 6:00 pm Rai ~>‘ _ Admission $5~ Kide 10 an lc o0 2 D o. AleqSbarng: _ Musicians from the Black Wa THE UITY OF __ NV | "Musicians from Musicians from the Black Wainut Folk Club . .}| {N i Magician Lee Andrew ~â€"The MadriGALS _ Lâ€"‘S) ‘ Contemporary Dance Theatre ~ Midnight Clear ~ The Magic of D. J. Carroll .__ Weavers & Spinners Food Fit for a King! {King‘s Brew) Minatl;cls Large Selection of f Muskoka Stone Jesters Theatre Oe roau e( es ments +« Wooden La & Paving luich * Coloures C _ 884â€"6441 cerloo PARK «esc irday, September 18, 1999 ) am â€" 6:00 pm Rain or Shinel on $5. ~ Kide 10 and under: 2 for t St. Clements 699â€"4550 SPONSORS: ‘OICEVAL m w w w n n welingermmeee pler‘e n ns a a n Waterloo _ council â€" has decided to at least temporarily abandon plans to directly link Caroline Street with Park Street through the former Alexandra school parking lot Plans abandoned to link Park and Caroline Streets Council voted 5â€"3 to termiâ€" nate negotiations to acquire the land for the construction of a Tim Gardner Chronicle Staff Merchants Drumming Circle with Dale Marce! nAGIC iN MOYION ; 1 + uin id is 6B h6 bin a anmmene d Park StreeuWilham StreeuiCarâ€" oline Street realignment, and to take no further action to acquire the parking lot land at this ume, at its regular meeting last week. Couns. Bruce Alexander, Sean Strickland and Lynne Woolstencroft vored against the motion However in a related matter, council voted 7â€"1 in favour of the city buying .26 acres (or "Negotiations for the purâ€" chase of the lands... have reached the point where it has been determined that the cost to purchase the land cannot be ejustified considering the uncerâ€" 11,385 square feet} of land at the west end of the former Alexandra schoel site for $75,000. The land is to be used as park land by the city and will also sausfy the citys park land dedication requirement for she recently redeveloped former school Council also voted 7â€"1 to approve a further expenditure of $25.000 to cover ancillary costs associated with the city‘s acquisition of the park land Woolstencroft voted against both expenditures. The former Alexandra school site, currently being redeveloped into highâ€"tech condominiums, is owned by Waterloo _ businessman Shawky Fahel In a city staff report prepared on the proposed | Park Street/William StreevCaroline Street realignment, the city‘s director of public works serâ€" vices, Gord Lemon, said staff felt council should abandon trying to buy the former school parking lot because the asking price was too high. The Foreigner Sept. 10 â€" 25 Tuesdays â€" Saturdays 8pm nightly Water Street Theatre Downtown Kitchener Tickets $16 â€" $25 $8 Tues./Wed. for students/seniors 519â€"571â€"0928 A story in the Aug. 25 ediion af the Waterio regarding Home Hardware Stores Limited of St. Ja Beaver Lumber incorrectly said the Beaver Lum Park Street in Kitchener was corporateiy awned actually owned and operated by a franchised deal by Larry Shue efi bni l lA to? Correction tunty of such constructim ever proceeding," Lemon wrote However Strickland said h felt the land had ~strategis value" for the city, especialls since Waterloo‘s uptown area was continuing to grow Increasing traffic demand made acquisition of the land hy the city essential, he said, espeâ€" cially since the price of the land would likely only go up "I think in the long run, u may cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands, if not millions af dollars." h@said However Coun, Mike Conâ€" nolly said the city had the chance to buy the former school before Fahel did and passed on the opportunity. He also said by not building the realignment, council would be helping ‘calm traffic in Water loo‘s uptown core And Coun. Bruce Anderson the councillor responsible for roads in the city, said those who attended a public open house on the issue within the past year had come across "loud and clear" against the proposed realignment "1 think this is the right avenuc, so to speak " he sad about Lemons recommenda tion Waterloo Lh of St Jacobs Lumber st MU