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City plan will guide growth of WLU he City of Waterloo took a step I towards creating a special policy area around Wilfrid Laurier University last week to guide future expansion and growth of the landlocked institution, with the hope that it would balance the interâ€" ests of the surrounding neighbour hoods and the school. The growing university had expanded to the physical limits of its main campus in the early ‘90s. and in the past few years has started to acquire surrounding residential, commercial and industrial proper It was time to roll out the barrels again at the 22nd annual Oktoberfest Barrel Race in uptown Waterloo on Saturday with more than 20 teams taking part in the annual sudser. One of the heat winners was M&M Meat Shops men‘s barre! race team featuring Paul King (left} and Steve Beaupre running the keg on its final leg. Looking on is first leg runner Kelvin Yee, who was partnered up with J.T. Kennedy to give the team its early lead. Looking for a new or preâ€"owned BMW? â€" WATERLOQ CHRONICLE By Bos VrBaNac Chronicle Staff 527 King St. N. WATERLOO, ON (519) 885â€"5090 Come visit our new bhome ties to meet the school‘s needs for future growth. While WLU adminisâ€" trators want the school to remain one of most prestigious smaller uniâ€" versities in Canada, the elimination of Grade 13 in Ontario means the province is on the crest of the greatâ€" est influx of new students since the baby boomers started attending uniâ€" versities in mass numbers more than 30 years ago The double cohort, combined with population growth and rising participation rates means that uniâ€" versities, like WLU, could see an increase of 40 per cent more stuâ€" dents seeking university admission by the year 2010 WEDNESDAY, OKTOBER 11, 2000 «_ WATERLOO, ONTARIO Roll out the barrel Serving your community since 1856 That puts pressure on the existing facilities of the school that was founded in 1911, and drives the need for a physical expansion over the next decade to meet that need. The university first approached the city in midâ€"1999 to amend the official plan, district plan and zoning bylaws on the numerous properties that were already acquired. The city proposed the creation of a special policy area to address the most recent growth and future expansion which would take the university eastward from the main campus. Waterlao council approved the creation of that special policy area at a council meeting last week, and "They way we structured the speâ€" cial policy area was that we added a major institutional designation to the â€" existing â€" designations â€" that already exist on all private property. What that does is ensure that any planning rights a person has today asked for an official plan amendâ€" ment from the Region of Waterioo within the next 15 days. "We tried to find an area where the city finds it is more appropriate to locate," said Joel Cotter, a develâ€" opment planner with the city‘s development services department. "And that‘s what the special policy area is intended to do. $1 INCLUDING GST NATERLOO PUBLIC LIBRARY Continued on page 2 808 VARANAC PHOTO www.bâ€"kmotors.cam lcanadacom| 533 King St. N. Waterloo, ON 885â€"5091 _ WLU students share the joys of reading. Local high school athletes back in action. Viewpoint You said it Arts Focus Classified WHAT‘S INSIDE fick here Bâ€"K VOLVO Page 11 Page 25 30 16