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the tribune thursday january 8 1976 3 standardized charges thanks to all the people mr and mrs john boriskewich of rr 2 stouf fville hold up a travel certificate good for a trip to nassau for two they were the win ners of the skylark draw on dec 24 sponsored by stouffville merchants the tribune and triad travel mr boriskewich was a winner three years ago as well when he won 500 in a local minor hockey draw regarding his nassau holiday he said simply that he wanted to thank all the people who made this possible ted wilcox coordinator of community schools projects approved richmond hill crosby heights sr public school here will be the home base for york regions new co ordinator of community schools projects i while the crosby heights study will require about twothirds of his time initially mr crosby will spend the other third of his time working with newmarket and other york region municipalities in developing the com munity school concept throughout his work the post created as the result of a series of community schools conferences has been filled by robert crosby a 25 year old torontonian mr crosby will be ac- who previously was co- countable to the regional ordmator of community consultative committee schools for the wellington consisting of public county board of school board represen- education in guelph tative mr adamson a major task facing separate school mr crosby will be to board representative study the crosby heights lawerence pelliccione project gary adamson and york region chairman of the con- representative dave sultative committee on schiller community schools the committee will explained sunday receive quarterly reports this first job will which will be passed on to take about twothirds of the three groups his time mr adamson i represented on the explained he certainly regional body isnt going to spend any the first report will less than three months on contain a summarj of the that proposal role of the community with the majority of schools coordinator mr the coordinators time adamson said devoted to the richmond at the end of three hill project it was months hell have a decided to base the written document about initial operation in rich- his job he explained mond hill the committee the community chairman said schools chairman praised mr crosby will the decision to hire the co- continue to work out the ordmator i crosby heights as long im really excited as the project directly about it he said the involves the majority of great thing about this is his time he added that we finally have after his initial in- somebody who can help volvement with the mr adamson said crosby heights project the co ordmator will has ended the co- bring all the elements of ordmator will be located the community school in a more central concept together to make region mr adamson a project work noted for the idea to become a reality you need somebody to get involved with it he said the committee chairman compared the role of the coordinator to that of a social worker when the need is fulfilled certainly he shouldnt be there mr adamson noted but part of the future of the community schools coordinator rests with financing for the job in its initial year the post is being financed through provincial community schools grants a total of 8300 has been approved until september of this year final okay on an ad ditional 4250 approved in principle until the end of 1976 is expected this month mr crosby will operate at a salary of just under 12000 starts friday cornel wilde yaphetk0tt0 ournext attraction ftoosxra cogburn town approves developing fees stouffville at the last meeting planning board approved a set of planning fees the fees will be levied against developers to standardize the costs of planning studies if council is favorable to a proposed develop ment the applicant will ha e to deposit 250 for a preliminary planning report if the preliminary report is favorable the developer will then have to support his proposal with a detailed landscape analysis including a topographic survey a detailed site plan and a detailed engineering report and servicing plan relating to watersupply snowmobiles may be banned durham region a proposed bylaw in durham region would prohibit the use of snowmobiles on regional roads except in emergencies members of the central ontario regional snowmobile association have reacted by starting a letterwriting campaign against the proposed regulation sanitary sewage disposal and storm drainage this information must be received by council before preparation of an amendment to the of ficial plan the developer will then have to pay 500 to cover most of the cost of preparing the amend ment and holding pubhc meetings following approval of the amendment the developer will then be required to hand over another 200 for the amendment to the bylaw to defray the costs of the subdivision agreement a charge of 30 per single family house and 50 per semi detached will be levied this is applicable for the first 100 lots and the charge will be 10 each after that if jcouncil feels a site plan agreement is necessary then the owner will be charged an ad ditional 200 for this work the lot severance fees hae been raised to 1000 for single duelling lots and 1200 for semi detached in the case of rural residential lots there will be a special contribution to community senices required of 8000 for single lots and 1000 for semidetached ones in addition the developers are required to provide paved roads curbs sewers un derground hydro and telephone and street lighting in the urban areas this coupon entitles the bearer to tax free shopping during the month of january stouffville surplus 123 main st ontario ministry of revenue assessment region no 14 460 oak street newmarket ontario to the owner or tenant take notice that pursuant to section 40 of the asessment act chapter 32 as amended rs0 1 970 1 have on the 6th day of january delivered or caused to be delivered assessment notices to all owners and tenants in this region the last day for appealing the assessment is february 111 976 and the assessment roll may be examined at the municipal offices during regular business hours commencing january 21 1976 ian w mcclung regional assessment commissioner york no 14 ontario rent review these are the facts v fr ontario s new rcsidentiil premises rent review act affects most landlords and tenants in the province the act allows lor a review of the amount of rent a landlord may charge landlords and tenants should be aware ol their rights and responsibilities under this legislation the ontario government is in the process of establishing rent review offices in major centres across the province review olhcers will hear disputes on rent increases by both landlords and tenants a rent review board is being established to hear appeals by tenants and landlords against the decisions ol rent review ollicers what does the act cover apartments houses townhouses duplexes triplexes rooming houses mobilehome sites rentgearedtoincome units what are the exceptions certain nonprofit housing or nonprofit cooperatives units in a hotel motel or vacation home which are rented for a seasonal or temporary period not exceeding four months buildings that were first occupied as residential premises on or after jan 11976 commercial premises hon does it work if on ha e entered into or renew ed a tenancy agreement n inch became effec luehetw een fuv 30 and dec i97s inclusn a on ihould be aw are that the maximum rent increase for such agreements cannot exceed eight percent of the rent charged during the last lull month prior to aug i 1975 unless a the tenant and landlord agree on a higher rate of rent or b the landlord obtains the necessary approval from a rent review ofliccr a landlord niay appl to a rent review ofliccr for permission to increase rent more than eight per cent a tenant may file an application with the landlord requiring him to justify any increase these applications must be made by jan 31 1976 should a landlord and tenant agree on an increase in rent above the cightperccnt guide- line hey must complete and sign a rent increase agreement no later than jan 17 1976 copies of these agreements should be kept bv both parties tonus mas be obtained b writin rent review box 580 postal station f toronto m4y 2l8 or ou ma wish to use the lorm published recntlv in this newspaper however a tenant mavcancel such an agreement bv completing a statement ol rcvocationwilhin 30 das of the signing of the agreement bv signing a rent increase agreement the lenint- waives the right to appeal the increase during the period jul 30 to dec 31 1975 the tenant also waives the right to collect a rebate ol rent as provided lor in this act other than the amount ol rebate il anv stated in the rent increase agreement rent increase agreements do not apply for any period after dec 31 1975 and do not constitute a waiver of the tenants right to appeal the amount of rent charged on or aucr jan i 1976 the rent increase agreements do not relieve the landlord from his obligation to obtain approval from a rent rev lew oflicer for any rent increase charged on or alter jan i 1976 that is more than eight per cent ol the julv 1975 rent where the landlord and tenant do not agree on a rent increase above the eight per cent the tenant is entitled to a rebate ot anv rent paid in excess ol eight per cent by feb 16 1976 ifthe landlord fails to make such a rebate the ten ml ma apply to a rent review oflicer if a tenant i arienunt bti nines iffictue or is miewed between jan i andjnh si l76 tiulimie oti should know a landlord who wishes an increase ol more than eight percent must hie an application with his rent review office and notily the tenant at least 60 das before the increase is scheduled to become eflective in respect to those rental increases taking cllect between jan i and feb 29 1976 the application must be made bv jan 31 1976 a tenant who wishes to appeal an increase has 60 days in which to file an application with his landlord requiring him tojusufy the increase in case of a hearing a date will be set by the rent review oflicer and both landlord and tenant will be notified after the hearing the rent review oflicer will establish the rem and may order retroactive adjustments what is a tenancy agreement a tenancv agreement gives a tenant the right to oceup a particular dwelling or to renew the right to rent a particularvwelling the agreement can be written verbal or implied in other words even if vou dont have a written le isc ou are covered bv the legislation for written agreements the important daw is the date the agreement comes into ell eel not the date on which the rent review legislmon is tied to the dwelling on an annual basis with the julv 197s rent taken as the base rent who attends hearings tenants landlords or their representatives should attend rent review hearings failure to appear or be represented removes the right to appeal the rent review oflicer s decision the hearings will be informal and every ellort will be made to keep the procedures simple so th it indiv idii lis mav conduct their own cases it a rent review oflicer has the power to call witnesses ind to order the production ol the necessary documents tenants should be aware that should the appeal their rent mi reuse to a n nl ri i it it oftt i r tin ofjtter toitld pirnut tin landlord a itattr mt raise than the one oriinulh di inandi d il7i re a landlord has in i n ri quirt d to nri an trwwmit or propositi mil incnasi the mil rtwen offutrma adjust tin rent to an amount inlaw the original mil lttl until he rent review mechanism is in place- please do not telephone you can obtain further information on the residential premises rent review act b writing rent review box 580 postil station y toronto m4y2i8 province of ontario