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than.) - - nun-mamma- may”. ‘wuumnsm In“. Mayor ttttttttthm region's support tlt his lynx} centre egional council's ten- Rlative support for a Woolwich retail power centre, featuring a new Wal- Mart store, might have short-circuited the City of waterloo's opposition to the controversial development when it goes before the Ontario Municipal Board. Waterloo Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft said regional council's conditional sup- port for the 305,00trsquare- foot King/86 retail develop- ment holds a lot more weight before the provincial planning body than the city's objections over the size of the development and the impact it will have on the uptown cor . Regional council voted 9- 5 in favour of the project at a Minotaur BY Boa VmNAc - Chronicle Staff council meeting last week, conditional on a yet-to-be- done market study, and despite some stiff opposi- tion from Woolstencroft and Waterloo regional council- lors Sean Strickland and Jane Mitchell, who voted against the recommenda- tion. "The region has far more impact because of its omcial plan than the city does," said Woolstencroft, about the setback. "The city works under the umbrella of the region. "I'm very anxious about it. I don't know how citizens of Waterloo can even get themselves to be heard at the pre-hearings." Woolstencmft was criti- cal of the regional planners' decision to go against their own official plan, which lim, its the location of these can TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS of Waterloo can even get themselves to be heard at the pre-hearings." "I'm very anxious about it. I don't know how citizens -- Lynne Woolsten croft Mayor of Waterloo PAGE 3 Fo at glomerations of big-box stores called power centres. to the cities or urban parts of the township. The remnant parcel chosen for the King/86 development is just across the Waterloo border in Woolwich, and far from both the city core of Waterloo and the outskirts of Elmira. The omcial plan also calls for the region to do detailed market impact studies of the effects of these develop- ments on nearby downtown cores before approval, something that wasn't done in this case. That has Woolstencroft, a rrrrn believer in good plan- ning practices and a big sup- porter of the uptown core, steamed. It makes the city's work in preserving its vital core that much harder. "For a region that has The t3th annual Waterloo Husker Carnival had something for everyone during the tour- day event. Performers like Reid Belstock and Dado entertained the crowd (far left), while face painting and chess contests entertained the kids. The death defying juggling of Alakazam also entralled the more than 60,000 people who attended. IOI will” MOYOS always said, up until now, that they support the lower- level decision, it's very inter- esting." said woolstencroft. "I think they should have stayed neutral and let us duke it out with the King/86 development." Woolstencroft also won- dered why the region was seeking an amendment to its official plan if the develop- ment was already in keeping with its set-om planning guidelines. "No one's asked them that yet." said Woolstencroft. "Obviously it doesnt tit with the regional plan or they wouldn't have to do any of And while the city initial, ly extended some services to the Stockyards that sur- round the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market, it was never the municipality's -__ . _ 1, "nary" " " 15w . J V. 11 "a3ra'FSBi'P, W _ 1,3»? Ct 5'3me kT', ii:ttk"'%H' c, Yt's5 '~' fiv,,i"s'2ri," "human-una- sun's-n urhi6_t8f'2E't [dd-“hm- “Forcing intent to service a built-up retail commercial power centre that now threatens to change the fundamental rural nature of that corner of Woolwich. Evidence of that can already be seen with outlet stores that have come to dominate the area around the old farmers' market. "It is no longer rural in flavour," said woolstencroit. "lt is what I call a shopping centre by stealth. "You've got the massing of uses and you've driven out the original use for which you applied. Even Woolwich's official plan says that area is not to be used for day-to-day shop- ping." _ ihe region's own master plan only allows for a region - L55 'pf-, ttair, 'A , 353M". Ay, E 1gc TiA25 $1 Continued on W 4