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A City of Waterloo commu- tee cet up to help prepare a public questionnaire on con- tinced use of the Local Improvement Act is recom- mending the city stop using the act this Jan l, Waterloo council approved the committee's report 6-2 Monday night, with counCII- lors Mike Connolly and Bruce Anderson voting against the report. Council Is to review and approve the final wordmg of the questionnaire at Its next council meeting Monday . The questionnaires will be enclosed in this year's Mal tax bill and are to be returned lo city officials by the second week m September. The committee (largely made up of senior city staff members) also suggested that any current charges to home- owners for work already done be waived. A total general tax Increase of 2.85 per cent would be necessary if council eventu- ally approved what the com- mrllee IS recommending. "The senior management team believes the most appro- priate course of action IS to waive outstanding local improvement payments, and the equivalent portion of local programs that were prepald within the last 10 years," the mmmmec report reads However lite City's chef admmtstratwe ofhcer, Tom Mockue, sod any tax relief for uuzcns currently paying for completed local Improvements would be pro- rated bor cxample, If someone had .Igrccd In FY for a local unprovcrnent an their cum luvs years ago and had agreed m pay for the work annually through their taxes over l0 yum, that person would only have the fees waived for the Mal mTrovemertt for the five wan after lhlsjan. I ( urrrnlly. abutting property »\~'nrrrid.1£'53 M M. 100.ptrr mm of the cost of all curb and Zachary Pawley (above, left) and Daniel Saunders, both five and both from Waterloo, took the opportunity to practise their dinghy rowing Sunday while relaxing at the Laurel Creek Conservation Area beach. To the right, Roxane Schwartz of Waterloo also used the conservation area Sunday to practise her frishee throwing. Tim Card-er plums Council to review questionnaire Tim Gardner C hmnit le Staf A Day At the Beach driveway construction as well as for boulevard landscaping. The City will pay for 100 per cent of the cost of all roadbase ryevcmawcw. , SMART PACK "; , PAINT SPECIAL I Proofs ready to view in 1 Hour 496 WE.BER ST. N., WATERLOO PORTRAIT STUDIO NOW OPEN 8863-9430 F... [jalElIlfEl and asphalt reconstruction on roads approved for local Improvements in residential areas.