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Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff A large contingent of Waterloo residents attended Monday night‘s city council meeting to voice supâ€" port for Ald. Brian Turnbull‘s resoâ€" lution to establish a student housing task force. Whether or not the packed council chambers had any affect on council, it was decided unanimously to follow up on Turnbull‘s proposal. What the alderman is hoping to learn from the task force is how to attract families to the uptown area and put an end to the absentee landlord situation which is placing a large number of students in the uptown area. 130th Year No. 39 "There are two reasons we need this task force. In Waterloo we‘ve always had an unwritten policy that we‘d do our best for students and a written one to encourage families in the uptown area," said Turnbull "Over the past year or so the balance is moving away from fami ly living towards student housing and this is a conflict between our policies .‘ The declining enrollment at Brighton public school ai the corner of Noecker and Peppler Streets is another reason behind the proposal Unless the school is kept open, Turnbull fears there will be nothing left to offer young families His resolution calls for represent atives from the City of Waterioo, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, Conestoga Col 61. David story > core residents voice support for proposal Wednesday, September 25, 1985 Waterloo, Ontario _ 25. cents at the Newstand lege, student groups, landlords and residents associations. Turnbull admitted that despite numerous meetings with various groups, no one has yet to come out with a suggestion on how to combat the problem. The group in attendance was a little less sympathetic to the situaâ€" tion. They wanted fast action. Steve Brown, a resident in the Albert and Hiqkory area presented council with a‘petition signed by 255 persons from 179 households, claim ing students let properties deterio rate, park cars on the lawn, make excessive noise and break bylaws by overcrowding dwellings. While Browin was in full support of the task force,‘he recommended to council that bylaws should begin to be enforced more stringently, espeâ€" cially noise qnd occupancy bylaws. He claimed it is not uncommon in his neighbothood for 10 or more students to be packed in houses with rents as high as $2,000 per month The city bylaw states that only five unrelated pérsons may reside in the samo dweljing. Visibly disturhed, Ald. John Shor treed suggeste@â€"that the city consid er the petition a complaint and begin to immediately enforce the bylaws as they are written, particu larly the occupancy bylaw, and the city "doesn‘t need a task force to enforce the law .‘ Brown pginlt'd out to council that attempts t& get the bylaw enforced have gone in vain because bylaw officers will not &nforce such items unless a local politician has request ed the mave As for nomse bylaw enforcement, Brown said police take up to an hour and a‘half to answer a call Brown was given a loud round of applause after making an impres sive presentation to council ‘"Integrating students in the up town area is not going well and it‘s about time something is done. None of us are really blaming the stu dents, it‘s the absentee landlords who are at fault," said Brown He {furthered his argument by showing council a real estate ad that said properties in the area could be rented for $2,000 per month. Under the bylaw, each of the five students legally allowed in the dwelling would be forced to pay $400 per month. But since the real estate agents know the bylaw isn‘t en forced, the $2,000 figure is not based on occupancy by five. Brenda Hulk of Albert Street added there is no incentive for residents to stay in the area The whole matter has been left with the city‘s technical coâ€"ordinat ing committee to set up a method of attack. Ts zs Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff The list of names on the Nov. 12 municipal ballot has increased by t this week as two current Waterloo aldvmâ€"‘vo stated they will seek reâ€"election. Aldermen Jim Erb and John Shortreed both stated at Monday night‘s council meeting that after much consideration, they‘ve chosen to try and continue being part of Waterloo‘s decisionâ€" making process. With the addition of Shortreed and Erb, the list of contenders for the eight aldermanic seats has increased to eight. Four other current alder men, Mary Jane Mewhinney, Doreen Thomas, Bob Henry and Brian Turnbull, will also be on the ballot. Rounding out the field to this point are Waterloo lawyer Jim Axler and actuary Robert Brown. The two aldermen who have not yet entered the race are Charles Voelker and Richard Biggs Voelker was not present at Monday‘s meeting but had stated earlier this summer that it was unlikeiy he would try for another term. Biggs stated he was still "weighing the matter‘" and would make a decision by the first week of Oc tober. | 1 Members of the 404 Kâ€"W Wing RCAF association got together Sunday to mark the 45th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Prior to their march from King and William Streets in Waterloo, a lot of memories surfaced in the conversation. Shown here: Bill Engel, (left), gets a bit of last minute uniform straightening from Vic Showden Mark Bryson photo "I‘m very interested in the city and its The field expands READY TO PARADE City Countdown ‘85 problems but 1 have other commitments that I want to make sure 1 can meet," said Biggs Erb had earlier stated his decision weighed upon who else was seeking a seat. Being the top voteâ€"getter in the past two elections, Erb automatically qualified but declined a seat on regional council for being one of the top two choices on the ballot. Assuming he once again will be one of the top two, Erb wanted to make sure the person likely to finish third or fourth would do a good job at the regional level since he would once again turn down the seat "I know who is running and I feel any of them will do well. Waterloo is having some pretty exciting times right now and IPd like to be around to play a part in it," said Erb. The determining factor in Shortreed‘s deci sion was his enjovyment of the role. "I really enjoyed the job and know I do a reasonably good job at it. I‘d rate my perfor mance among the top half of current aldermen and want to keep contributing," said Shor treed. (Continuecd on page 9) achievement _ j â€" ...â€"~. Page 31 Page 10