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Based on the outcome of a recent vote, the majority of area homeowners support this pilot project. About 70 per cent of ballots cast were in favour of the levy, with the same percentage of eligiâ€" ble voters casting a vote. Continued from page 1 Bruce Simpson, the association‘s president, said the results confirm an original vote taken in June 2005 on the principle of implementing a levy. At that time, 83 out of 120 ballots cast were in favour. He views council‘s support of the project as a "courageous" move â€" one that‘s fraught with misunderstandings. "There‘s actually minimal governâ€" ment involvement, however, the profile of council is one of involvement so they‘ll likely get lots of criticism if anyâ€" thing goes wrong, so it was a couraâ€" geous move," he said in an interview. _A handful of delegates voiced their opinions to cqum‘il before the decision. Former city councillor Jim Bolger spoke on behalf of the levy, saying his neighbourhood association ~ Beechâ€" wood North ~ opened the doors of its recreational facilities to other neighâ€" bourhoods after its covenants expired. Council cautious about the precedent set That‘s led to parking problems, among others, because the facilities were not built to accommodate the cars, he said. This levy model, converseâ€" ly, could be applied in new neighbourâ€" hoods, and in existing communities where ample lands on school properâ€" ties could be leased. â€"_"I think this model can be used throughout the city to set up what everybody dreams and has a vision of," Oe l1 ROYAL LEPAGE N SCHARF REALTY INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED, BROKERAG he said. "You will never get a more costâ€" effective solution to delivering proâ€" grams in this community than on the backs of volunteers who know their communities and have their communiâ€" ties‘ wellâ€"being in mind." Jiri Viach, who has lived on Craigleiâ€" th Drive since 1971, doesn‘t have finanâ€" cial problems that make paying annual dues to the Beechwood II Homes Assoâ€" ciation difficult. But he is against the levy. Finding time to use the pool is diffiâ€" cult because of kids‘ programming that takes place there. And the pool is only open for daily use in July and August, he said. But these kinds of organizational details are of no interest to city hall. "This is precisely the problem. By introducing another level of totally disâ€" interested administration it will not be possible to influence anything because the money will be taken from everyâ€" body whether he agrees or not." For Ivan Cerny, also of Craigleith Drive, the homes association is only partially accepted by its members because of the way it has managed the facilities. "Instead of modifying the way the facilities‘ utilized to make it more wideâ€" ly acceptable, (the association} decided to engage the City of Waterloo to act as an enforcer in their quest to maintain, as they say, the status quo â€" the status (quo) where we are forced to pay for services or activities we either do not wish to participate in or can not particiâ€" pate in." Members of council also had some concems. "If the city had known what we were getting in for a couple of years ago, we might not have opened this Pandora‘s Box, but here we are," said Coun. Mark Whaley. "What I worry about is that we‘ll end up with this patchwork of ways ofâ€"dealing with this issue in the future, and, from streetâ€"toâ€"street, no standardized way of dealing with it." Coun. Diane Freeman is also uneasy about some issues surrounding the levy, including the fact it has pitted neighâ€" bours against one another. "I‘m also torn from the perspective I feel as though covenants were signed and entered into with good faith, they were paid in good faith and they had an expiry date on them," she said. For Coun. Scott Witmer, hearing homes associations talk about some of the challenges they face makes him wonder if there are too many pools in this part of the city. 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