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The city has given the land developer responsible for the Barrel Warehouse lofts, located on the former Seagram lands, until today to produce a design for a soundproof wall that is to be built around a noisy air conditioning unit atop one of the buildings. he City of Waterloo‘s recent decision I on how to deal with a noisy air conâ€" ditioning unit is music to the ears of nearby residents who haven‘t had a good night sleep in three months. And if the developer, the Barrel Works Group, fails to come up with a design plan and begin work immediately, the city will press charges under its municipal noise bylaw. Residents to see relief from noise problem "The developer is now responsible for drafting a unit or wall that will comply with our requirements," said Chery] Czerwinski, a bylaw enforcement clerk with the city. "We would like to see conâ€" struction begin Aug. 1, and it shouldn‘t take more than a week to complete." Czerwinski said once the wall is up, the city‘s hired acoustic engineer will inspect the work to make sure the wall is suffiâ€" ciently reducing the noise. If the wall doesn‘t pass inspection and area residents are still not satisfied, Czerwinski said the city will pursue legal action. "Our hope though is to resolve the matter as quickly as possible," Czerwinski said. "We‘re are hoping there will be no necessary legal action." Problems with the cooling system came about in late April when the unit began emitting a loud whine that would last from about 6 p.m. through to about 7 You said it 9 Nearby residents who were kept awake WHAT‘S INSIDE WAEERLQOQ PUBLIC LLBRARY : REMOVE FROM LIB By Anpeea Bamey Chronicle Staff Continued on page 4 PIFAB. 19 Dh Wil WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2001 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO The Needlewood Glen Coâ€"Operative Homes Inc. memberâ€"run community organization celebrated its 10th anniversary Saturday with a party commemorating the event. Pictured, twoâ€"yearâ€"old Ethan Campbell proved you don‘t have to use a fork to enjoy a piece of cake. Serving your community since 1856 Yummy, yummy $1 INCLUDING GST ANOREA BAILEY PHOTO ans for uptown redeâ€" Plvelopmem and the sale of the former Seagram lands have fizzled after First Gulf Development Corporation couldn‘t meet an Aug. 1 deadline for a completed building permit application. When asked Monday if the Mississaugaâ€"based developer planned to meet the deadline to submit a complete building permit application to the City of Waterloo for 80,000 square feet of land on the former distillery site or on its Waterloo Town Square site, Mark Kindrachuk, viceâ€" president of development for the company, said, "No we won‘t." First fails to meet deadline That‘s after Waterloo council decided July 9 not to Continued on page 2 Saab of Kitchener Waterloo 663 Victoria St. N. 744â€"5811 Bos VRBANAC Chronicle Staff