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12919. You No. 39 Wednesday, swam 28, 1933 yum. Ontario " can. at km. t0qtamtagtd Mo matter how hard he pushed, Kitchener Mayor Dominic Cardillo couldn't stop Alderman Glen Wright ot the Waterloo council team from romping to victory in Monday's Go-Kart Race held at Pioneer Sportsworld. The Waterloo team trailed its competitors throughout the race but, just like the lowly tortoise. snatched victory trom its rivals in the final stretch when both had problems with their vehicles. The event was held to launch this years K-W Federated Appeal Community Fund Drive. The organization, representing 30 member agencies, hopes to raise $1 375,090 in its seven-week campaign. See story and additional photo p. 9. s Bonnie condemns porn SEE PAGE 3 THIS WEEK INSIDE SWEET VICTORY Alumni come home - SEE PAGE " . City studying property rules - for Waterloo Calling for property standards. Mayor Mar- jorie Carroll said there has been an "increase" in the number of com- plaints from residents over "problems" with neighbours not keeping up their homes. A minimum property standards bylaw could be enacted by the city of Waterloo. Aldermen unanimously agreed Monday to have staff prepare a report on such a regulation, also known as a maintenance and occupancy bylaw, which would give the city legislative power to force local landowners to upgrade their properties. Carroll attributed this rise in complaints to the fact that Water- loo is a "university city" with many absen- tee property owners who purchase buildings to rent to students. "Without a bylaw we have no legislative power to make them (property owners) up- grade to a minimum standard," she said. According to the mayor property stan- dards have been con- sidered, and rejected. by city councils at least twice in the past. "We've had no need to have maintenance standards before ... the people of Waterloo have always had pride in their properties," she said. Carroll also stressed that Waterloo must enact such standards in order to be eligible for proirincially-funded municipal develop- ment and improvement programs. She admitted that en- forcing maintenance standards would have “a lot of ramifica- tions" for the city, in- cluding the need for added staff and in, creased bureaucracy. The mayor fav'rs reg- ulations which would only be enforced in the event of a complaint. "'We don‘t want to carry things too far," Carroll said. "This is in keeping with the way Waterloo has operated in the hast - we have attempted to keep teg- Andy isat thetop SEE PAGE " islation and bureaucra- cy to a minimum." And, while enact- ment of property stan- dards has led to con- troversy in other com- munities, Carroll re- marked that in her experience "more peo- ple expect us to have one ... most people are surprised that we do not." . In other council Fourteen Waterloo core area businesses and residents are this year's winners of the Uptown Residents' Association civic im- provement award. "The response has been excellent, it's done very well for us this year," remarked Rob Dawson. URA awards committee chairman. While Dawson would not reveal the total number of nominations received, he did say the response had increased "considerably" from the " entries of last year. This is the third year the Uptown Residents' Associa- tion has run this program. Official presentation of the award. a framed certificate signed by Mayor Mar- jorie Carroll and the president of the residents' association, will be made at the October " meeting of Waterloo city coun- cil. Civic improvem'.t award recipients for 1983 are: The Tailor Shop, 46 King St. S.; Magic Mountain Trading Company. 48 King St. S.; Waterloo Town Square, 75 King St. S.; Labatt's Ontario Breweries, 155 King St. S.; Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Ltd., 83 Erb St. W., The Seagram Museum. 57 Erb St. W.; House of Friendship, 174 King St. N.; Bill Manning, 64 Allen St. E.; Phyllis Enel. so Allen St. E.: Larry Tumbull, 44 George St.; Carl Gail, 167 Park St.: Dr. William Sehl, 187 Erb St. W.; Kathy Weigel, The civic improvement award is given annually to residents, groups or businesses in recognition of improvements made to properties in the central Waterloo area. " Dietz Ave. N.; William Nixon, 81 Norman Cream of the crop news. city aldermen learned Monday that objections from busi- nesses are holding up efforts to improve the Conestogo Road indus- trial area. Council was told that three of six property owners in the area have objected to the city's plan to pave and install curbs on the (Continued on page 9)