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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 1 Aug 2001, p. 2

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All members of the public are invited to attend the committee meetings. The goal of the Committee is to identify operational problems that affect local residents such as litter and noise and to resolve those issues in a cooperative manner. The next meeting of the Liaison Committee is schedâ€" uled for 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 7th, 2001 at the Waterloo Landfill Administration Building, 925 Erb Street West, Waterloo. Subsequent meetings will be held quarterly on the first Tuesday of November, 2001 and February, 2002 at the same time and location. If you require any additional information on the Liaison Committee, please contact Linda Churchill at 883â€"5150 ext. 243 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Regional Municipality of Waterloo has estabâ€" lished a Landfill Liaison Committee for the Waterloo Landfill Site. PUBLIC NOTICE WATERLOO LANDFILL LIAISON *‘ COMMITTEE MEETING 886â€"5520 W ES T M O UNT PL AC CE Fifty Westmount Road, Waterloo Ontario it ioi Kindrachuk said the comâ€" pany will still pursue opporâ€" tunities in the uptown core with the properties they own, which include a block of retail space along King Street in addition to the mall, but are no longer interested in the Seagram site. That makes the existing twoâ€"year agreement between the city and the developer for a $230â€"million redevelopâ€" ment of the core null and void, and returns control of the former Seagram lands back to the city. The only connections left between the two parties is a extend the deadline for appliâ€" cations to Dec. 1, as requestâ€" ed by First Gulf, fearing that plans for the core would be tied up for years. Continued from page 1 First Gulf fails to meet deadline Paul Eichinger, director of economic development for the city and a key architect of the initial deal, said city staff are disappointed that more than two years of work has gone down the drain with First Gulf‘s failure to meet the building permit conditions. "I think everyone is disapâ€" pointed that more hasn‘t happened," said Eichinger. "But a lot of things have been happening in the uptown in the last few years with all the residential development, so the uptown is very healthly from a development standâ€" point, and a growth standâ€" parking _ agreement _ that extends to 2028 which gives First Gulf access to the cityâ€" controlled parking lots that surround the mall, including a smaller parking lot off "We‘ve got to assess what all the options are with those lands, and in the coming "What‘s left of the Seagram lands are no longer encumbered by any agreeâ€" ments, aside from the Waterloo Maple agreement," said Eichinger. "The park is still under construction, so there is about two to three acres of land left there in a couple of different parcels around the Waterloo Maple Staff will issue a report regarding options for the Seagram lapids in the fall, with an eye towards pursuing other interested suitors lookâ€" ing to redevelop the lands. point. _ "Hopefully that momenâ€" tum can continue and someâ€" thing can happen on these Westmount Place + 519 884â€"8558 Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft believes the uptown redevelopment can now proceed in a manner that is more in keeping with what already exists in the core, instead of bringing a glass and steel megaâ€"project to King Street. Eichinger said the city is also open to future discusâ€" sion with First Gulf regarding the redevelopment of the Watérloo _ Town _ Square. "There has been a lot of mome‘z:lxn and progress made with Zehrs and some other key tenants so that can keep going," said Eichinger. "We‘ll keep talking to First Gulf as progress is being made, and see where it leads to." months we‘ll go back to council with what all the options are." +1

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