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An administrative comâ€" mittee report to council Monday recommended that lot _ levies _ and _ impost charges on single family housing units be raised from $450 to $600. Mike Smit of the Guelph Optimists Knights drum and bugle corps warmed up on his snare drums Friday before the Bell ‘75 drum and bugle competition at Seagram Stadium. For story and more photos see pages 16 and 24. Waterloo council voted Monday to add their supâ€" port to a policy statement on _ regional _ government written by Mayor Herb Epp. The policy _ statement. which will be forwarded to regional council, requests that population projections included in the region‘s ofâ€" ficial policies plan should not be treated as foreâ€" casts or _ guidelines | for growth Mayor‘s criticism of region plan endorsed by council The statement also says the five year capital works program included in the plan should be flexible and ‘"not _ rigidly carved _ in stone. Mayor _ Epp _ expresses concern that the region s plan is incomprehensible to Single unit levies may rise by $350 The report said this inâ€" crease in levies charged against a â€" developer is necessary because of the spiralling costs of proâ€" viding city services. Lot levies for muitiple housing units will rise by $50 if the administrative Mayor Epp also requests that the division of local and regional responsibilities be more clearly defined in the region‘s official policies plan the average citizen. "I believe each political person _ must ask himself whether or not the people in his municipality can possiâ€" bly understand this plan and 1 believe the answer will be no."" he said. "I _ understood â€" that the regional _ planning _ staff o. Af your citizens cannot comprehend the plan. then the plan has failed in the key task of communâ€" cating â€" council policyto the people _ terloo chronicle â€" Wednesday, August 27, 1975 Residential housing starts im Waterloo for July are up 73 per cent over last year says a report from Waterâ€" loo‘s _ building _ inspector. Walter Scheifele report is accepted . by council. The report also asks that lot levies against industrial and commercial land be raised by $1,000. The report justifies the increase by pointing out that Kitchener‘s levies on single units are $250 higher had been directed to draw a clear distinction between local and regional responâ€" sibilities and concentrate the plan on regional responâ€" sibilities. It would appear to me that this has not been done,"" he said. Eighty â€"residential perâ€" mits were issued for the month of July for 40 single family units. 10 semiâ€"deâ€" Housing starts are up for July u+ The value of residential permits was estimated as $1,476,000. up $900.000 from PeTâ€" _ last July the igle However. the value of â€"de. _ commercial bwlding starts City defers motion on conflict of interest A motion by Ald. Marâ€" jorie Carroll to make senior city staff and counciliors file a declaration of properâ€" ty holdings and stock ownerâ€" ship with the city clerk was deferred indefinitely Monâ€" day by majority council decision. Ald. Carroll sought the motion as an addendum to a present city guideline that prevents city employees from using information obâ€" tained on the job for perâ€" sonal business transactions. "I want an awareness of the conflict of interest problem. I‘m looking to the future as the city grows," she said. Ald. Carroll said she felt the present guidelines were not strong enough to plan for the city‘s future. Opposition to Ald: Carâ€" roll‘s motion was voiced by Ald. Bob Henry. He said he agreed with the present guidelines for conflict of interest but not Ald. Carâ€" roll‘s motion for a sworn declaration _ of _ property ownership. ‘‘*You . can‘t â€" guarantee that the declaration would be true." he said. "Also, I doubt that we could legally do it as a requirement of employment. We may be in trouble with the law. I can see no valug in a declaraâ€" tion. Ald. _ Charles _ Voelker was also opposed to the motion. "It isn‘t anyone‘s busiâ€" ness what I have invested in, ~ he said. â€" Regional council is also considering the imposition of a development charge. Waterloo‘s administraâ€" tive committee report recâ€" ommends a â€" regional â€" lot levy of $200 for single family units and $75 for multiple _ housing . units. This regional charge will be in addition to Waterloo‘s lot levies. ed by Waterloo. Rates it Cambridge are presently $200 higher than Waterloo. than rates presently chargâ€" The combination of a raise in Waterloo‘s lot levies and an extra lot levy imâ€" posed by the region will raise the cost of buying services for developers by $350 for single family units and â€" $125 for _ multiple housing units. tached units, 30 additions and _ accessory _ buildings Only 46 were issued in July. 1974. > Ald. Carroll‘s motion did Waterloo, Ontario receive â€" limited support from Ald. Brian Turnbull. . _ "I agree with it in prinâ€" ciple. It‘s a matter of closâ€" ing the barn door before the animal gets out. If 1 have stock in Major Holdâ€" ings and Developments for example, 1 feel the citizens should know about it,~ he said. Rape centre grant denied by council A motion to indefinitely defer Ald Carroll‘s proâ€" However, Ald. Turnbull felt the motion was not strong enough. He thought it should specifically deal with stock ownership in development companies. A request for funding by employees of the Rape Disâ€" tress Centre in Waterloo was turned down by majorâ€" ity council decision Monday. Margaret â€" Telegdi. _ an employee of the centre, said federal government fundâ€" ing for the centre, in the form of an Opportunities for Youth grant. would exâ€" pire this week. She requested an interim grant from council that would enable the centre to carry on its operations unâ€" til _ permanent _ financing could be arranged. _ * ‘"Right now we‘re in a low slump. We would like to continue but we need maintenance costs for our telephone _ service," _ she said. Ms. Telegdi said many of the employees were willâ€" ing to continue the service in a volunteer capacity if funds could be obtained for telephone service. Ald. Mary Jane Mewâ€" hinney was in favour of giving the centre a grant. She said a check with the city treasurer had revealed money still available for community groups. Ald. Marjorie Carroll said she supported the idea beâ€" hind the centre but felt permanent funding should come from regional council. ‘"We are hamstrung in what we might do without knowing _ what _ regional council will do, ° she said. Ald. Carroll thought it was unfair of the federal government to expect loâ€" cal municipalities to carry on with projects started with summer grants. was down by $550,000 over July, 1974. The building inâ€" spector recorded two comâ€" mercial permits issued for July as compared to seven last year The value of commercial, residential. industrial and government permits is up by $1,300 for the first seven months of this year posal was moved by Ald. Roy Bauman. It received majority â€" support. . with Mayor Herb Epp. Ald. Rudy Kominek, and Ald. Charles Voelker. Ald. Carroll voted in favour of the deferral so members of council would have more time to consider her motion. She said she was disâ€" appointed in _ council‘s reaction to her motion but she has not given up. ‘‘*Eventually it might be made into a byâ€"law, I will do more work on it and reâ€" submit it again,"‘ she said. **We are ready to support in principle your organiâ€" zation but other levels of government _ should _ not dump the pieces in our lap,"~ she said. < A motion by Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinney to grant the centre $500 was deâ€" feated by a majority vote. Ald. Mewhinney was the only councillor voting in favour of the motion. Ms. Telegdi will be apâ€" proaching 30 other groups ‘‘"We have no funds for you â€" now _ because _ we have â€"already drawn up our budget,"" he said. A motion by Ald. Carroll that council forward a letâ€" ter of support for the group to regional council was passed by council. . in the community for fiâ€" flancial support. She exâ€" pects the centre to receive charitable status by the next fiscal year as it is presently in the process of incorporation. Schendel gets committee job Ald. Harold Wagner told Ms. Telegdi that council had already de@ded how it would spend its money this year. Allan _ P. Schendel, a former owner of Schendel Stationery for 23 y ears, was appointed to Waterloo‘s committee of adjustment Monday â€" during â€" council‘s committee of the whole. Mr. Schendel, of 397 Arden Place, is a governor of University of Waterioo and a director of Lutheran Life Insurance _ Society. He is a past president of the Waterloo branch of the Red Cross Society, the Waâ€" terloo Lions Club and the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce. He is a former member of the Waterloo planning board. The five members of the committee of adjustment, who are citizens appointed by council, consider apâ€" plications for variances in the city‘s zoning byâ€"laws. 10 Cents