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As the days get warmer more and more people are getting out to enjoy the weather. To do this, they don‘t go to shopping malls, but to green spaces. Laurel Creek Conâ€" 1 live in the Laurelwood neighâ€" borhood and would like to strongly give my opinion that 1 believe the land should be placed as a green space and would encourage the City of Waterloo to do whatever it can in order to make that possible. We do not think that the land that is subject to development should take place. 1t should remain conserved as a green space. 1 am totally opposed to any more land going for building around the Laurel Creek area. 1 am a hiker myself and I feel there is already too much building going on there anyway. And what is there isnt very appealing. So I have to say once again I am totally opposed to anymore land being appropriated for development in that area. Greatest green space in Waterloo City should do what it can Better shutters by design Yinylbilt technology brings you the warmth of southerâ€"style shutters with the most odvanced product in the industry. The shutters are custom made, easy to instoll and Conserve it require virtually no maintenance. Only Vinyibilt offers you the quality, price and service plus our exclusive Lfetime Worranty Myra Placonouris James Knowlton Cindy Jacobsen ) & & r <t _ 5 C ® . Should this fall‘s municipal mBarers | you said it We should be asking how proâ€" posed development on this small strip of land relates to the surâ€" rounding land use. Given it will be located on the edge, as opposed to in the centre of a subâ€" urban landscape, and its isolation from any other such facilities and services, it seems a very poor locaâ€" tion for office and commercial uses. Unless there is a plan to eventually pave over the entire conservation area, this is an odd place to develop such a project. As its name implies, this place is not just a park, but a conservation area. Laurel Creek is a sanctuary to many kinds of wildlife, in the water, on the banks and in the surrounding landscape. As urban sprawl encroaches on every site, this preserve is increasingly threatened. Now we are told the authority feels the need to sell off a small parcel of land, which is eventually going to be cut off by the Westmount extension through the university lands to join Northfield Drive. The Grand River Conservation Authority has asked that this piece of land be reâ€" zoned to allow the development. There are two important quesâ€" tions to ask about such developâ€" ment. One involves appropriate use of such land if it is developed, the second involves the environâ€" mental impact of such developâ€" ment on an already compromised ecological system we say we value. With regard to the more imporâ€" tant issue of environmental k Inside Round Steaks or Roasts Smoked Sausage with Cheese Deli Sliced Black Forest Ham Havarti Cheese Pork Cordon Bleu Breakfast Sausage WEEKLY SPECIALS Amazing as it might sound, ecosysâ€" tems are even more complex than the minds of civil engineers! You cannot deal with such a precious legacy pieceâ€" meal! You also have to take into account the entire environmental picâ€" ture and not separate it into meaningâ€" less little sections. The current studies being done by the GRCA do not look at This insult compounded the real injury done years before to the creek ecology when Bearinger Road was straightened and any natural corridor between the conservation area and the environmental reserve running through the University of Waterloo‘s north camâ€" pus was completely destroyed. This injury will be compounded when the Westmount extension also goes through this area at the same spot! Has any thought been given to the impact of these grand plans on the entire ecologiâ€" cal system in north Waterloo? impact, there are far more problems. Laying the road bed for the Westmount Road extension ygars ago already destroyed the rich river bank environâ€" ment that had existed along this part of the creek. "If they‘re going to do the reform, they should delay it It doesn‘t make much sense to hold an election then have amalâ€" gamation force another election a few months later." "I say yes. I think they should decide on reform before they hold an elecâ€" tion. " $5.191, 2.5Q9n1, $3.99;, 2.5911 $2.99/;, 1.49.. Patrick Bergeron I am very much against the sale of land by the Grand River Conservation Authority and 1 definitely hope that they do not sell it and that it is kept for public use. This land as years go by will become more and more vital to the community. Now it is time save it, not Keep it for public use Its up to us as citizens and residents to ensure this proposal is very carefully scrutinized and that no action is taken until such questions are satisfactorily answered. The real bossthere is not the GRCA or even the city, it is us. It is up to us to call these people to account. What is the longâ€"range plan for this area? We know the University of Waterloo has a plan for the eventual development of most of its north campus. Does the city of Waterloo have a longâ€"range plan? Or does it wait for each developer to come along and destroy each remaining natâ€" ural space one at a time with no conâ€" sideration of the larger implications? how to repair the existing damage, but how to minimize further damage. Brad Bettridge Fridays fi'-'â€"i_‘:"':'i email: fridayshaircanada@on.aibn.com Harstyumc * Hicxucets + Foam Wears « Cotours = Perms WaxinG + Maxeâ€"Up « Sun Tanwinc * Puoto Imacinc Manicures + Peoicures * Ear Prerams * Acrvuc Nas Lyn McGinnis 208 KING ST. S., WATERLOO No, I don‘t think the land should be sold. 1 think it should be conserved as a green space! With the population growing and so much of the land being taken up with development, houses apartments and so on, I think we defiâ€" nitely need this green space to be kept in our area. The land belongs to Grand River Conservation Authority, and they can do with it as they please. Who wouldâ€" n‘t sell it to the highest bidder? Don‘t we all live in houses on lots that were once a pristine nature? We all know that the mighty dollar always wins at the end. If this council refuses to reâ€"zone the land, there will be another one down the line that will eventually cave in. when the community is filled up with urban sprawl. GRCA can do what it pleases T45â€"3972 Don‘t sell it (Continued on page 9) "I think they should make a decision before they hold an election. I think they should amalâ€" gamate and hold the election afterwards. It will save some money." "Yes 1 think so. The decistion on whether or not to amalgamate would probably effect the platforms that peoâ€" ple ran on." Expires April 30/00 Dennis Robinson Holly Thomson Alison Dekker Alice Gingich