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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 1 May 2013, p. 6

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s - WAI moo CHMICLE Wednesday May i. 2013 O 0 Interest expressed 1n school srte u" ° ““W'mw‘ . a ‘ "AWARD The sale would close ‘ ~»â€"4 within 120 days ofthecondi- _, ... . . [ions being met and no 5% I.. l.. . g i, .r, '_ appraisal ofthelandisavail~ “‘ 3'. 3i? ( ‘ ' .- - ”be, able. 5 f 2 -,’ _ i 5‘4 ' Built in 1905, the city pur- i , s 3’ 3 fit 3: W15: â€" M”" chased the school and the - ‘ ' ' ' “ "' property from the separate . ‘ J; school board last March for 40 $535,000. it was closed by . f the Catholic board in 1983 _‘ “~35 due to falling enrolment. but A wasusedasanadulteduca- ThefmdStLouludroolwlllbefomullydlscusudMays. tion centre until 2005. '“ ”'°'° The city purchased the In March, prominent past president lohn Arndt h . _.‘ land with the intention of developer Shawky Fahd told after his presentation was ~ ‘3 ‘1‘ securing the roughly one the Chronicle he has had an completes _, v '_ 2’ fig. Z . _ , . a .2 acre parcel of parkland interest in redeveloping the Just last Monday council- ‘ ' -’" ,7 ' 4;; “a. ,5“ -. , .T - ' ' ‘ ;..,.;,g across Willow Street. but has school since 2005 and even lors held a closed meeting to ' V - " - “I“ ‘ 2* ‘ H , k f I” struggled for months to made several attempts to discus St. Louis and the ' a ‘ a ,3: f w ’g‘“a"j”i‘wl“i”‘; Y‘grw:§’ ‘ make a decision on the purchase and renovate the mayor said the ultimate , ‘ ‘ »-- é - “5 s" 3 , 9‘ V ‘ v. 'r ‘ building’s future. site into apartments. similar decision to listen to delega- ’ “r ”I 5. 'g?" g g 5 as: £Q;:»:,.¢i«; 33,; "r’tvj but November, councilâ€" to his redevelopment of the tions on the site came out of .- : ' - , ' . .,' in. ‘ .‘i,§;:"t.'4. " - " ' 1;:- «it lors balked at three redevel- former Alexandra school that meeting, 1 “ ’2 ‘ ., A A ‘ ‘3 ' «- - ("a C 5. ‘ a , " : opment options tabledbya backinzooo. Uptown Ward councillor ., {vi-3“" ‘ g ff . \’ $._ ' “aw-"ab“ ' - w team olcitystafiand outside On March 25. the North Melissa Durrell could not be i ”A a ‘ 7" ‘ ‘3 Min ‘ 3/ ; K 7;. ,‘ consultants who had sur- Waterloo Region Branch of readied for comment before 3 - ’ ‘ , - ‘ 3‘ : ~‘ a" ., ‘1' .y ‘. ‘ veyed residents in the Mary the Architectural Conservan- deadline. 1 fi _‘ " i 3 f~ -,; 3’ ‘ ”F “at a it » Allen neighbourhood, cy of Ontario came to coun- Anyone hoping to speak : if ,‘ - "skew; \ _ 44. a. c g , ‘ .! y ‘. g -, 5 including a studio space. oil to ask the city to consider in from of council on May 6 ' J :2; K”- - A“ ~ ‘ _ ‘ ‘; apamnentsand apart. designating the building. the must register as a delegation £7 :2" '_ 4"“ s > . ’ 4" £3 They wanted more infor- first Catholic school in the no later than 10 am. that 4 “ 7%, g I _.I . motion on the cost of devel- city. a heritage landmark. morning . ~ ' " *1 ‘1 [a ‘ 3: opment and to consider Council was quiet on the To register. contact Rose ' ' a. , I ‘ " 3. " ' other options. including the issue, asking no questions of Clemens at 519â€"747-8549 or ‘ ‘ ‘V ‘ it; saleofthesite. local conservancy branch rose.demens@waterlooca. a 9‘ p y . i i c . ‘ MWMMn .7 mm, § a . J’IWME RIB Swrtch to a Hayward” Variable Speed Pump and save i X i ’ up to 64%" on annual energy costs! g 3 I N N E R i M a > a STARTING FROM “‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ' 84 9 s "S-mqu-hnrn .“ ”as ”we we, ‘. Thedigitalinterfaoeshows power a“ consumption for immediate feedback to help you maximize s energy semesâ€" 3w are“; i i 1',“ '- It i ‘ . 337?." L; I be m arm you can an! ‘ vrsn oun ENERGY sownous' CALCULATOR AT WWWHAYWARDPOOLCA ”~mv-W~--â€"-â€"â€"â€"~v~~--â€" -. I ~ ~ ‘5- -â€"-- v - --- o~« nmammwm

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