Save Frankland Pool

December 19th, 2011

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: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Save-the-Frankland-Pool/211903832222569

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RESCHEDULING OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS DECEMBER 7 AND 8, 2011

December 5th, 2011

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

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Save Frankland Pool

December 2nd, 2011

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 [...]

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Guide to Accessing City Services

December 1st, 2011

Guide to Accessing City  Services City of Toronto Departments and Services 311- Non-Emergency Support and Information Dial 3-1-1 for non-emergency services, programs and information, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Calling from outside of Toronto: 416-392-CITY (2489) TTY for the hearing impaired: 416-338-0TTY (0889) Fax: 416-338-0685 E-mail: 311@toronto.ca Website: www.toronto.ca/311 City of Toronto [...]

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

December 1st, 2011

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.  http://www.torontosun.com/2011/11/18/city-hall-talks-loads-of-rubbish

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Ward 30 Residents show support for local libraries

December 1st, 2011

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

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Felstead Park Preliminary Designs

November 17th, 2011

Felstead Park Community Design Meeting #2 Date:         Wednesday, November 23 Time:        7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m Location: Greenwood Secondary School – Cafeteria, 24 Mountjoy Avenue Thank you to everyone who attended the November 2 Felstead Park Community Meeting as well as those of you who took the time to send in your ideas for improvements to the park.  The [...]

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Community Forum Public Services, Good Jobs, Healthy Communities

November 14th, 2011

East Enders for Public Services presents a community forum: Public Services, Good Jobs, Healthy Communities When:          Wednesday, November 23 at 7pm Where:        Ralph Thornton Community Centre, 765 Queen St E., 2nd Floor Rob Ford’s slash and burn agenda is all about privatizing and reducing public services, eliminating good jobs, and undermining communities. Come to [...]

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55 Howie

November 10th, 2011

Earlier this year, a number of residents attended the first two community meetings with Urbancorp, the builder wanting to re-develop the former St. Ann’s school site.  Urbancorp has made a number of changes in height, design, form and density based on the feedback from residents and city staff. During the summer, I had asked our [...]

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50 Curzon Meeting

November 10th, 2011

Earlier this year, a number of residents attended two meetings with Urbancorp, the builder wanting to re-develop the former St. Joseph’s school site.  At those meetings, many residents raised questions about density, setbacks, and traffic patterns. As a result, Urbancorp has made some changes to their initial application submitted to City Planning. I am hosting [...]

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