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lan Kirkby Chronicle Staff Waterloo citizens are generally happy with the informal public meeting system used to address neighborhood planning issues, according to a writâ€" ten survey conducted by the planning department. However, there were some concerns raised by the respondents, and Commissioner of Planning Tom Slomke said he intends to address them. residents have a chance to be heard and we try very hard to accom matters, said Slomke. The survey, conducted at five informal public meetings from Oct. 15, 1986 to May 6, 1987, found that much of the public dissatisfaction with the meetings arose out of the physical layout of the old council chambers at the Marsland Centre. As a result, once the "bugs‘" are ironed out at the new city hall, the planning department intends to conduct a followâ€"up study. â€" The survey discovered that most citizens were informed about the public meetings by way of a circulation notice which is sent to those who live within 120 metres of a property under discussion. Most citizens who replied to the survey were satisfied with the ease of finding the meeting location, their comprehension of the plm process, compreéhansion of the presentation, â€" ness of visyal aids, and the usefulness of handouts. Some citizens however, had suggestions. Some found the Uisplays at the presentation too small, ‘Physical with public ate them‘" in planning and zoning and the power of the microphones insufficient. Others had problems with the process of informing citizens of the public meeting and the planning process. For example, the zone change request sign should be placed lower to the ground or made larger so as to be more visible to passing motorists, said some. Information on the city planning process should be included with the notice of the meeting, suggested others. Yet others suggested that copies of overhead transparencies be distributed to the difficult th understand," he said. He noted that planning staff are available to help citizens. . concerns Suzuki at Seagram these concerns. Copies of the transparencies will be available after the meetings from the planning department, he said. They will not be handed out at the public meetings because "we don‘t know in advance how many people will show up. We don‘t want to throw leftovers in the garbage." Information about the planning process will soon be included with the notice sent to neighbors of request signs are still being considered. Slomke is not inclined to make signs larger because of the cost involved. He also noted that the survey indicated that only three per cent of respondents were informed of the application through the sign, and says other cities have used larger signs, and still get the same results. Slomke said his department is addressing some of meetings in it is number of the people choosing multiâ€"unit housing "are senior citizens on fixed incomes, whose Waterloo." George Biehn, a resident of Columbia Place said that a large families have left the traditional singleâ€"unit family home or are incapable of maintaining a Rebate noted, "the argument that I find most compelling is that there is no other service where people are, by law, denied access to it." Coun. Jim Erb disagreed. "If we deal with the groups that are here this evening, in six months we‘re going to have the industrial and per cent annually on their garâ€" David Suzuki, host of CBC‘s The Nature of Things, will be in Waterloo Monday, Oct. 23 to publicize his memoris METAMORâ€" PHOSIS Stages in a Life. Words Worth Books is sponsoring his visit as part of their fall author festival at Seagram Museum at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and are available at the bookstore at 88 King St. South. Geneticist, journalist, television host and educator, Suzuki is above all an outspoken critic of the role of science in our culture. Reaching the age of 50 he decided to write about his life thus far. He will be reading from and talking about his new book. Afterwards he will be happy to autograph copies of Metamorphosis. Make plans now to meet him in person at Seagram Museum. Call 884â€"2665 to reserve tickets now. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 1987 â€" PAGE & (Continued from page 1) assessed value of their property. Rebates will range from $9.60 to $40 per unit. To cover the inâ€" creased costs of the new system, residents of singly family and multiple dwellings of less than six units will pay an additional 13 the same thing," he said. Council voted 6â€"1, with Erb opposed, to institute a tax credit system. City officials estimate it will cost $95,000 to initiate the mated total of 7,000 residential buildings of more than six units in the city. Condominium owners receive