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Continued from page 1 The station has been touted as the city‘s first green building and architect Francesco Alaimo designed it to the environmentally friendly LEED (Leadâ€" ership in Energy and Environmental Design) standard. but cost estimates came in at $4.36 million, even after scaling down the building‘s size by nearly 25 per cent. The current design features enviâ€" ronmentally friendly features such as a moat to prevent erosion and a metal roof to help fight global warming, Alaimo said. But while the design is full of good intentions, it‘s also very expensive, said Coun. Scott Witmer. "We haven‘t put a shovel in the ground and are $1 million over budget already," he said. _ ______ Costs associated with LEED raise price Costs associated with achieving the LEED standard made up more than $600,000 of the budget overrun, while the rest was mainly associated with rapidly rising construction costs and inflation, said Alan McGregor, conâ€" Continued from page 3 want," Easson said. And while council‘s decision to the neighbourhood will fall into further _ carry on with a 25â€"year development disrepair, and soon become a dilapiâ€" * ptan caused much consternation in the dated mess filled only with students. neighbourhood, one councillor‘s comâ€" Easson and her neighbours want _ ments are causing outright panic, Easâ€" the city to encourage different kinds of _ son said. Easson and her neighbours want the city to encourage different kinds of development in the area, such as highâ€" end condominiums. With the area‘s proximity to both uptown Waterloo and the technology park, the city could easily attract young professionals and highâ€"tech workers, Dorscht said. The city contends that they can only zone areas, not dictate what type of development is built there. Easson believes there are ways to attract developers to the potentially lucrative area. 4) uP L "Why not offer incentives? (The city) could waive development fees if the buildings were the type they Members of the _ Waterloo regional police Division 1 Detecâ€" tives have arrestâ€" ed and charged a Waterloo regional police officer in connection with an investigation into an allegation of threats. Sgt. Lawrence O‘Connell, an 18â€" year member, has been â€" charged with _ uttering threats, mischief under $5,000 and assault with a weapon in conâ€" nection with offâ€" duty incidents in October 2007. Officer has been charged O‘Connell is curre n tly assigned to Diviâ€" sion 2 Detectives. He is schedâ€" uled to appear in Kitchener Provinâ€" cial Court on April 29. Residents ask city to show creativity in area "THINK PINK" Cancer Awareness Evening WrepnEesbpaAy, Apri 16t4 ar 7:00pmMm Guest speaker: Lynn Roodbol from the Guelph Wellington Breast Cancer Support Group 51 Come and see the "SINGING SENIORS" TuEspaAy, Aprir 29tn at 2:00pmM _ SENIORS HEALTH SERVICES FAIR WEDNEsDAY, Apriu 3014 ar 2;:00pmM EUCHRE PARTY FripaAy, Aprir 2574 ar 2:00pPM _Reserve your table today! _ struction manager for the city. Staff have already significantly reduced the cost of the building by reducing its footprint by more than 2,000 square feet and optimizing floor space, fire Chief John deHooge told council "To the best of our ability, we‘ve done what we can do," he said. But Witmer questioned the buildâ€" ing‘s modern design and wondered if costs could be cut with a more utilitariâ€" an model. "I guess the purpose of this is to deliver fire services, not win architecâ€" tural awards," he said. "This is about safety, it‘s not about beauty and wonâ€" der "If you have a fire at your home or business, I don‘t think it would matter if it came from a beautifully designed building or a rectangle." Coun. Diane Freeman also shared her concerns, even though she sees a pressing need for the fire station. _ "This is my ward. We really do need the fire hall â€" we want the fire hall," she said. "But I‘m really struggling with Coun. Jan d‘Ailly said in his remarks at the council meeting that property values in the area could be driven down in order to attract nonâ€"landlord buyers. This comment has made neighâ€" bours who were never thinking of sellâ€" ing before start to consider it, which will only make the problem worse, Easâ€" son said. She wants to see the area saved these numbers. "I want to support this piece, but it‘s just too much over budget." _ _ Council eventually voted 6â€"1 to reject a recommendation to increase the budget for the fire station. They sent staff back to the drawing board with instructions to bring back plans that would fit in the allotted budget. DeHooge said it was too early to say whether or not staff could achieve that goal. "We hope we will be able to, but it‘s premature to say we will," he said. Coun. Mark Whaley was the lone councillor to support the recommenâ€" dation. He believed that the extra costs the city would pay now would be made back through the money it saves in energy costs. If the‘city is going to encourage more green motions like this one, council will have to broaden its scope to see the savings down the road, Whaâ€" ley said. _ "We have to start (thinking with a) longâ€"term vision if we‘re going to get the community what they want," he said. from itself and made into something more than a Kingston, Ont.â€"style stuâ€" dent ghetto. Residents believe that the area can be more than temporary residences for undergrads, she said. . 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