News and Updates

Felstead Park Improvements Coming this Summer

Park Improvement with a Community Vision

Thank you to all of the residents who have contributed to the design for improvements to Felstead Park. The community design process has been tremendously rewarding and many of the ideas generated at our meetings have been incorporated into this final design.

The park will offer many exciting features including a re-purposed wading pool with water spout, new playground equipment including new swings, natural play features including climbing logs, and significant new tree plantings.

Budget Update

Small But Significant Victories

Thanks to the thousands of Ward 30 residents who signed petitions, wrote emails and letters, made phone calls, and attended City Hall during this budget process.

Along with many colleagues, I have worked for a budget which supports kids and families; protects the vulnerable and the elderly; supports a prosperous Toronto; and makes a liveable city. At times this has been a most difficult task.

Save Frankland Pool

Hope you can make it tonight- Monday, December 19th at 7:30 at the Frankland Community Centre to discuss our plans to save city programming at the Frankland Community Centre.

Please take a moment to sign the online petition here:

http://www.change.org/petitions/toronto-city-council-stop-the-closure-of-frankland-pool

and take a look at the facebook group here:

RESCHEDULING OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS DECEMBER 7 AND 8, 2011

The Chair of the Budget Committee has advised the City Clerk of the rescheduling of the following
meetings under s. 27-34 of the Council Procedures.
The meeting of the Budget Committee originally scheduled for December 8, 2011 to hear public
deputations on the 2012 Capital and Operating Budgets has been rescheduled to Wednesday,
December 7 at 9:30 a.m.
The meeting originally scheduled for December 7, 2011 to hear from

Public Meeting on the Port Lands Development

Public Meeting on the Port Lands Development Monday, December 12 6:30pm to 9:00pm Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge Street

Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto have started work to create a development and implementation plan for the Port Lands and are inviting members of the public to be part

Save Frankland Pool

The City is proposing to withdraw funding from the pool at Frankland CC., as well as 6 other TDSB pools at Bedford Park CC, Gordon A. Brown MS, Hillcrest CC, Runnymede CI, S.H. Armstrong CRC and Sir Wilfred Laurier CI. I am very concerned about this.

 

I am absolutely shocked that this announcement would be made without any prior consultation with the City's community partners, the Toronto District School

Guide to Accessing City Services

Guide to Accessing City  Services

November 29- December 1st City Council discusses Recycling and Waste Budgets

City Council will be discussing the recycling and waste budget. Ward 30 residents count on putting out extra recycling in clear plastic bags. That was the agreement the city made with residents when the new bins were introduced. I will be fighting to keep overflow recycling pick up for Ward 30 residents. 

Ward 30 Residents show support for local libraries

Please take a moment to read this Inside Toronto news article about the tremendous support ward 30 residents have shown for preserving our local libraries.

 

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/1247050--residents-show-support-for-libraries

Felstead Park Preliminary Designs

Felstead Park Community Design Meeting #2

Date:         Wednesday, November 23