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Feds deny U-Pass negotiations on housing issue (Ryan Chen-Wing)
Contributed by: uws archive on Monday, September 16 2002 @ 12:19 AM CDT

This is an archived story posted by Ryan Chen-Wing. You can view the original here.

The Federation of Students will not negotiate with GRT on a universal bus pass until the 75 metre restriction in the lodging house bylaw is repealed.

Feds Students' Council demonstrated its desire to mobilize student voters and to motivate the city to change restrictions on lodging houses, with two resolutions on Sunday 15 September.

In the first resolution, council resolved to enumerate and educate students to vote in municipal elections and to co-operate with other post-secondary student governments and the municipal governments to increase voter turnout. This motion passed 22-0.

The second resolution stated that Feds "oppose unequivocally" the section of the lodging house licensing bylaw that restricts any new lodging houses from being closer than 75 metres to an existing licensed lodging house.

The second resolution also directed Feds President Brenda Slomka to "articulate students' concerns as well as Students' Council's opposition concerning subsection 4.1.9 of ... By-law 00-140 [the 75 m restriction]" and that Feds "end all negotiations and discussions with Grand River Transit concerning the implementation of a Universal Bus Pass until subsection 4.1.9...is repealed in its entirety."

The second resolution passed 18-1-2.

Slomka said that the first thing she will do is send a letter to the Mayor, "I think the first thing to do would be to document the motion with a letter attached sending that more of a point of information to the Mayor.

"I'm sure there is going to be a response and I'm sure well set up a meeting."

Talking about GRT's reaction she said, "I dont really know. I am sure they will be upset. I'd like to say this in a nice way, but I don't really care. The main thing is that if they are looking at services they will ask what can we do for you."

Slomka abstained from the motion, "I don't have a problem doing what council has asked me to do. I am being instructed to do that — because they are instructing me, it just makes sense.



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Whoa. (tri-eyed hampster)
Authored by: uws archive on Monday, September 16 2002 @ 01:34 AM CDT

This is an archived comment posted by tri-eyed hampster. You can view the original here.

Since when did student council get a backbone? And do things that are useful and relevant to students?

Check hell -- I think it's frozen over.

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It will never happen (Matt)
Authored by: uws archive on Monday, September 16 2002 @ 10:23 AM CDT

This is an archived comment posted by Matt. You can view the original here.

Before buying a house five months ago I went down to city hall and spoke with the people in charge of logding licenses and they said that if anything happens the 'minimum separation distance' of 75m will in fact increase before it will decrease but for the distance to change in either direction will require an extensive study requiring at least two years to complete and analyze and by that time they believe the so called 'house crisis' will in fact no longer be a crisis.

Of course the funny thing is that these people who lobbied for the 75m rule and now want to sell their houses are kicking themselves because the rule has increased the value of their neighbours who already have a license and depressed the value of their un-licensable houses.

Needless to say I just made sure I bought a house in GR zoning where the minimum separation distance doesn't apply.

But anyway, I've sure seen a lot of vacancy signs around town this fall so this can't be such a pressing issue.

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Not Impressed (Chris Ferguson)
Authored by: uws archive on Tuesday, September 17 2002 @ 12:51 AM CDT

This is an archived comment posted by Chris Ferguson. You can view the original here.

I'm not very happy about this action taken by Feds. Grand River Transit is operated by the Region of Waterloo, whereas the City of Waterloo is the one with the 75m bylaw. While I also oppose the bylaw, I cannot fathom what the Feds think they are doing by annoying a different tier of municipal government.

How will fighting with the Region help us with the City? If anything, it will simply make Feds look silly and uneducated.

If Feds doesn't want a bus pass, they should just say it, but this almost sounds like a stalling technique given the loopy logic here.

The 75m bylaw will be a long fight and I certainly admire the efforts of Feds with the whole election thing, but now they are jeopardising a real chance at a universal bus pass.
The bus pass is supposed to help students, and holding it hostage is the wrong move.

I think the "I don't really care" statement speaks for itself.

Feds Council is totally off the mark on this, in my opinion.

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Wording of Housing Resolution (Feds Council)
Authored by: uws archive on Tuesday, September 17 2002 @ 10:32 AM CDT

This is an archived comment posted by Feds Council. You can view the original here.

WHEREAS the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo, finds it desireable to have an appropriate amount of affordable, high quality housing as close to the university as possible;

and WHEREAS it appears that the full-time undergraduate enrollment at UW will increase steadily in the near future;

and WHEREAS there is not enough affordable, high-quality housing as close to the university as possible;

and WHEREAS subsection 4.1.9 of The Corporation of the City of Waterloo By-Law No. 00-140 restricts the proximity of licensed lodging houses;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo oppose unequivocally subsection 4.1.9 of The Corporation of the City of Waterloo By-Law No. 00-140.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Students' Council direct the President of the Federation of Students to articulate students' concerns as well as Students' Council's opposition concerning subsection 4.1.9 of The Corporation of the City of Waterloo By-law 00-140 to both the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Waterloo at a reasonable time;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo, end all negotiations and discussions with Grand River Transit concerning the implementation of a Universal Bus Pass until subsection 4.1.9 of The Corporation of the City of Waterloo By-Law No. 00-140 is repealed in its entirety.

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Wording of 'Enumeration and Education' Motion (Feds Council)
Authored by: uws archive on Tuesday, September 17 2002 @ 10:36 AM CDT

This is an archived comment posted by Feds Council. You can view the original here.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Federation of Students commence a campaign to enumerate and encourage student voters for municipal elections and educate them on municipal issues;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo enter into discussions with the Wilfrid Laurier Unviersity Students' Union, Conestoga Students Inc. and the Graduate Student Associations of the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University to encourage these organizations to enumerate their students to vote in municipal elections;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Federation of Students approach the Municipal Governments to request collaboration for the enumeration of student voters.

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Why Just Students (Doug Sibley)
Authored by: uws archive on Saturday, September 21 2002 @ 05:14 PM CDT

This is an archived comment posted by Doug Sibley. You can view the original here.

UPASS is a bad idea for UW. If the region wants to decrease congestion and improve the environment, why not just use its taxation power to make busses free? Why only for students?

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can't we have a semi-universal bus pass (me)
Authored by: uws archive on Saturday, September 28 2002 @ 08:05 PM CDT

This is an archived comment posted by me. You can view the original here.

if there are people who want to pay for this universal bus pass, can't they have a watcard with a little picture of a bus on it or something? they already have a different watcard for undergrad, grad, faculty, etc. why not make one for undergrads who can ride the bus?

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