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operators who have no? made applica- a... A Wilfrid LOW Ur6erstty student A large number of Waterloo landlords have failed to comply with the city's lodging house licensing program. prompting city council to endorse a planning report suggesting rigid enforce- mentoftheprogramandtaklngcourt action where necessary. . Approved Monday. council's initiative isaimeddtreetiyatthose1odginghouse operators who have still yet to make ".tieatioakrlieeatsring.rtishostedttte new stance will reduce the number of outstanding unlicensed properties as well as increasing the number of properties meeting life safety standards. Planning (injector Tom Slornke says 148 up.“ is offe. 13.3.7.0qu to be gleaned “in! Asttre, Slough; says Chtoniclé Staff That's right, it's Girl Guide cookie time again, and hundreds of Girl Guides Ilka Beth Winged (left) and Laura Ibbotson (right) are travelling door-to-door taking orders as part of their annual fund- raiser. We. Mammal: photo Landlord feet-dragging prompts city to endorse plan of action on lodging licence program GUIDING BITES were The concentrated enort on delinquent landlord: has taken some heat off those who have made applications. All applica- tion acknowledgments and existing ir. censes which were to have expired April Mr will be renewed automatically until April 30, 1903. Applications were to have been re- celved originally by Oct. l of last year. That date was extended to Jan. I, l”? with aeemlngly little effect. Council was unanimous in its support of the goals, but Aid. Mary Jane Mewhinney suggested the “punitive" approach may cause landlorda to atop accommodating lodge". leading to a loan of Waterloo'a housing qteteit. housing surve last fall suggested that 300 dwellings 'dd under the category for licensing. Buildings where four or more lodgers are accommodated will be li. censed only after achieving conformity with the zoning bylaw and the Ontario Fire Code aid the exterior " of the property passing the scrutiny of Water- loo’s Property Standards Bylaw. Chronicle Staff In a move designed to boost enrolment in its underutilized inner city schools, and relieve the overcrowding of facilities located in several rapidly-growing new subdivisions, the Waterloo county board of education is considering major changes to its school boundary areas. A The fire prevention officer has con- ducted " inspections under the program and all properties have had to be upraded to meet Fire Code requirements. The prevention division has also inspected 44 houses operated as lodging houses for which no license application has been made. Landlords at these addresses will receive one more registered letter call- ing for compliance and will then be charged. Renovations to meet lire standards will cost between $3,000 and 00.000 depending on whether a basement egress is needed or not, estimates Slomhe. Mewhlnneyalno liked for the planning department 2 review the cumnt park- ing stand- at lodging house: and upon but to council. Chronicle Staff Waterloo county board of education trustees have given the Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo permis- sion to conduct a survey of teachers to determine whether there are children going to school hungry. The two-page survey, to be distributed to teachers in a random sample of elementary schools in the region, is designed to identify whether there's a hunger problem among school children and}! so, where ibis occurring. Among revisions proposed by board senior staff, are adjustments to the catchment area of Kitchener's Bridge- port public school which. would send children from the Davenport West area of Waterloo to Northdale public school, and youngsters from the Wissler/Nortlr field Drive triangle and Williamsburg Acres North area to Harold Wagner school. Boundary changes are also rec- ommended for several schools in Kitch- ener and Cambridge. Addressing the board last Thursday, Social Planning Council Past President Mafilyn Lambert asked trustees to approve the survey because it is "vitally important" to "not only settle the question of whether there really are hungry children in the system, but more importantly, if some are found to allow the problem to be addressed." "This comes about as a result of a serious accommodation problem," Bob "Are there any more carrots we can offer before bringing out the big stick?," she asked. Ald. Brian Tumbull seemed to settle Mewhinney's concern. saying the attack was not "punitive" but actually the application of "gentle pressure." The survey program was developed by a committee composed of representative from the public and separate school board of education, the Social Planning Council, the House of Friendship and Hammering Out Poverty Everywhere (HOPE). The group was formed in response to a series of articles in the K-W uestion of whether there really are Voting against the survey was Water- ungry children in the system, but more loo trustee John Hendry, who felt that nportantly, if some are found to allow teachers are not qualified to determine he problem to be addressed." whether a child is going to school hungry. The survey program was developed by "I'm not sure the teachers answering committee composed of representative these questions are qualified to be on) the public and separate school making that kind of analysis," Hendry card of education, the Social Planning said. Board Chairman Elizabeth Witmer ouncil, the House of Friendship and replied, however, that teachers answer- Cammering Out Poverty Everywhere ing the survey have the option of ROPE). The group was formed in answering "unsure", if they can't give a esponse to a series of articles in the K-W definite yes or no answer. I ti n patterns Planning "iiiiiiiiiiiil {0 survey teachers on hungry child issue Staff also recommend that enrolment at Uptown Waterloo's Brighton school be boosted with the addition of students moving into the new Westvale housing development. A public meeting was held Tuesday and and one will be held this evening at 7:30 at Bridgeport school to hear com- munity reaction to the Northdnle/Hnrold Wagner [imposed changes. Conversely Northdale, which has an effective capacity of 338 students, prol- ects an enrolment of 185 students for this September, while Harold Wagner school, with a capacity of 346, projects this fall's enrolment to be only 215. The proposed boundary change could mean an addi- tional 150-200 studets for Northdale, and 150 for Harold Wagner. "We have wrestled with the dilemma of accommodation needs for new com- munities while keeping a watchful eye on efficient use of schools in established neighborhoods where there is stable or declining enrolment." According to a staff report, new housing starts in the northeast corner of Waterloo have resulted in a rapid increase in enrolment at Bridgeport public school and additional projects under review or about to start could mean at least 600 more school-aged children in the Bridgeport school catch- ment area. Bridgeport, with an effective capacity of 390 students, has a projected enrolment of 472 students in 1987. Al- ready three Portables are required to meant current enrolment demands. Somerville, executive assistant to board superintendent of operations Stewart Whitney, explained. "We did not enter into this lightly because we know we're taking children from their current schools and moving them to solve this problem." The Waterloo public library auditorl- um, to be restored to its original form when expansion begins later this sum- mer, will be dedicated to former chief librarian James J. Brown. An article last week stated that the new addition would be dedicated to Brown. Record last June which revealed that " children had gone to school hungry in 1985-86 because their families would not atrord food. "Every since the recession of 1982-83 we have received ongoing reports of thudteet coming to school hungry. Al- though the recession has abated, poverty has not. The most recent statistics indicate that one child in five in Canada lives in poverty. Evidence based on the use of the Soup Kitchen in Kitchener and the food hamper program in the region indicates that the need continues to grow. A significant proportion of the recipients of emergency food are children," said planning council president Susan Har- kins in a letter to the board. Correction