Web site:www.ward9.ca August 2001 E-mail:pat.saito@city..on.ca

Message from Your Meadows underway. Lisgar together to get the job done for to the City or Region, we will Councillor and Central are you as fast and as efficiently as make sure you are directed to the nearing completion. New we can. right person at any other level of Welcome to the fall, 2001 Ward 9 businesses continue to open My office is here to help you government. Please feel free to Report. I have tried to cover as in the Meadowvale Business contact me at any time. many topics as possible that may with any City or Region of Peel Park providing jobs for the issues. If your issue isn’t related be of interest to you. If you have community. Ward 9 is the second a question or concern on these or largest Ward in the city with Recycling and Garbage Collection any other issues, please contact more than 85,000 residents, me at any time. and still growing. Blue and Grey Box Recycling is ¥ Phase Three - September 2002 - I have moved the Ward 9 Web collected weekly A nominal fee will be charged for tags My office continues to be very for excess bags site to its own domain at busy with hundreds of daily A three bag limit for garbage began in www.ward9.ca and will 2001 with a phased in approach: ¥ Three 'Amnesty Weeks' will be requests. I do try to view every provided per year: first week of ¥ Phase One - June 2001 compliance update it with information letter, e-mail or call and respond January,, thethe weekweek afterafter Victoria Day in education phase - Complimentary relevant to the Ward so check May and the week after Labour Day in directly wherever possible. In garbage tags must be placed on bags September it often. I also send out regular order to expedite your issues as or containers in excess of three e-mail newsletters to those Furniture, bulky items, large appliances quickly as possible, my assistant ¥ Phase Two - February 2002 ¥ Phase Two - February 2002 and large metal items are not subscribed to the Ward 9 Garbage bags in excess of three Brenda Luckhurst is available to Garbage bags in excess of three considered part of the Three Bag Limit newsletter. Visit my Web site for take your call and ensure it is without the mandatory complimentary information on how to join. directed to the correct staff. She tag will be left behind Ward 9 continues to grow with will call you back with an answer For more information contact: WASTELINE at 905-791-9499. the new community of Churchill as soon as possible. We work Erin Meadows Community Centre and Library Grand Opening Celebration On Saturday, September 15, I Library Board. The facility recreational programs. It is also hard work and dedication of the have the pleasure of hosting the features a 22,000 square foot home to the 214,000 square foot staff at the City of Mississauga Official Opening Celebration for library, a 25 metre, 6 lane St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic and the Dufferin-Peel Separate Ward 9’s newest facility - the swimming pool and tot learning Secondary School. School Board. Also very integral Erin Meadows Community pool, multi-purpose rooms, and This unique facility could not to the realization of this Centre and Library Ð and I hope active living space for dance and have been achieved without the partnership were the community you will join me. Activities begin representatives on the initial at 10 a.m. and continue until steering committee Ð Mike 4 p.m. with the formal ceremony Harwood and Mark starting at 11 a.m. Hollingsworth. These residents Erin Meadows opened its doors attended numerous meetings with to our community on July 3, me and the steering committee 2001 and hundreds of residents and provided valuable input from have already enjoyed recreational the community’s perspective. swimming, the library and a When we started planning the sampling of future library, complex, I insisted on the recreation and active living formation of a Community programs. This multi-use facility Advisory Committee to work is the first of its kind in with the community centre, Mississauga and I am extremely library and school staff on an pleased residents of Ward 9 ongoing basis. This committee, will be able to enjoy its Names Needed for Erin Meadows Rooms which includes myself, local many benefits. representatives and the separate The rooms at the Erin Central Erin Mills. Names board trustee, will meet regularly Erin Meadows is located at to ensure that staff are aware of 2800 Erin Centre Boulevard, Meadows Community Centre can be historical or of need names and I am inviting other significance. Please any community concerns and to opposite the Erin Mills Town make programming suggestions. Centre. It represents a unique the community to make send your ideas to me at partnership between the City of suggestions. Names are [email protected]. For more for information, Mississauga, the Dufferin-Peel needed for the multi-purpose on.ca or fax to me please call Erin Meadows Catholic District School Board and meeting rooms and should at 905-896-5463 or Community Centre and and the Mississauga Public reflect the community of call 905-896-5900. Library at 905-569-9100. Page 2

What You Should Know About Our Natural Areas

Whether it’s hiking, bird- damage caused by people watching, fishing or just simply who innocently take part in enjoying the scenery, many activities that threaten these There are many innocent acts that have resulted in residents make good use of our fragile areas. More important costly damage to our naturalized areas: city’s natural areas. You don’t than dollars, it is impossible ¥ Cutting natural grasses causes the infiltration of problem have to travel very far from most to quantify the costs associated neighbourhoods to experience with irreparable damage caused seeds such as burdock and poison ivy. nature in Mississauga. to our natural ecosystem. The ¥ Backwashing pool water into natural lands causes bank In Ward 9, we are fortunate to City of Mississauga is working deterioration, erosion, and deposits chemicals into the have such preserved areas as the hard to preserve our natural areas ecosystem. but we will only be successful Lisgar Meadow Brook trail and ¥ Dumping grass clippings and brush may lead to rat with your help. Mullet Creek trail. These areas infestations, which are extremely difficult to remove were designated to be preserved In Lisgar, the Lisgar Residents’ once they become established. in a natural state many years ago Association (LRA) has played a when the initial concept plans for vital role in the preservation of ¥ Failing to pick up dog droppings makes areas unsightly the communities were developed. the Lisgar Meadow Brook trail as and unsafe for children. The natural beauty of these areas a natural area. For the past 10 ¥ Encroaching on natural areas for personal use such as is for all to enjoy but with that years, under the LRA’s landscaping, adding structures such as stairs or play enjoyment comes the organization, residents have equipment and removing the forest undergrowth upsets responsibility of stewardship. In helped plant thousands of the natural ecosystem. order to preserve these lands we wildflowers, trees and shrubs within the natural floodplain ¥ Introducing invasive species to the area may out-compete must understand their fragility. In and push-out native plants. many cases, residents unwittingly lands. Students of West Credit take part in activities that threaten Secondary School have joined the delicate balance that exists with staff of CIBA Specialty Chemicals to adopt the Mullet between the natural areas I hope you will appreciate the For more information about and our urban environment. Creek area and have spent many hours doing clean-ups and importance of becoming a our natural areas, please It is costly for taxpayers when planting in this area. steward of our natural areas and contact Eugene Furgiuele City staff must restore the help preserve them for present at 905-615-3736. and future generations.

Lisgar Residents numerous issues. For want skateboard users to provide Road Works information, contact Neil Evans input into how these parks will be Association at 905-824-2991 or by built. Have your say; visit the Eglinton Avenue was closed from June 30 for reconstruction This very active residents e-mail at: [email protected] City of Mississauga’s Web site at www.city.mississauga.on.ca/rec between Winston Churchill and association serves the community Ninth Line. of Lisgar bounded by Britannia Skateboard Park &parks/skateboard.htm Road, Ninth Line, Tenth Line and In 2002, new full right turn lanes Derry Road. The LRA reviews Survey will be constructed at Derry Road and comments on development The City has been working for and Winston Churchill applications in the community, some time towards the Boulevard. Derry Road will organises the annual tree planting development of skateboard parks. have an additional eastbound and picnic each May in Lisgar The Skateboard committee, curb lane from Millcreek Drive Meadow Brook Park and which includes myself, to Argentia Road. represents the community on Councillor Dale and City staff, Page 3

Development Updates for Ward 9 Meadowvale Police that money now spent on youth Boulevard Ð long-term care Argentia Road and Winston Station Expands programs would go to the facility to accommodate Churchill Boulevard. mall for rent. 180 beds and scheduled to After four years in its present The Dam board and staff along open winter 2002/2003. Meadowvale Library location, the Meadowvale News Reporting Centre will be with many members of the Southwest corner Erin Centre expanding to become a full community are working towards Boulevard and Plantation Place Ð With all of the planned Community Police Station. The finding a new home. Daniels Group is building renovations at Meadowvale station will remain in Unfortunately there are few 135 townhouses. Town Centre, the library will be Meadowvale Town Centre but opportunities within the Town Northeast corner of Hazelton moving from its present location move into larger premises Centre area. I am still hopeful and Plantation Ð 5 apartment on the upper level to the lower adjacent to the Meadowvale that we will find the drop-in buildings. There is no level near Dominion. I do not Library’s future location on the centre a suitable temporary construction date. have a date yet for the move but main level near Dominion. headquarters as well as a long- we will make every effort to term location in the coming year. Loblaws Marketplace ensure the service impact on construction is underway at Glen The Dam Looks for The Drop-In campaign “Give a patrons will be minimal during Erin and Eglinton. The existing the process. The new facility will a New Home Dam” is running right now and Loblaws Superstore will remain any support would be most be about 17,000 square feet and One of the casualties of the open until the new store opens have similar features as are Meadowvale Town Centre welcome. Please contact Bill in spring of 2002. Crawford at the Dam at available now. Watch my Web renovations is the Dam Youth site for ongoing updates. Drop-in. Started six years ago 905-826-6558 or by e-mail at Winston Churchill [email protected] and 401 Area with the ongoing support of the 805 New Parking former mall owners, Erin Mills Regional Building Box due to open Spots for Meadowvale fall 2001. Markborough Properties, the Centre GO Station Dam has served thousands of Site plans in progress for: youth in the Meadowvale area. North side of Eglinton Avenue, The Meadowvale GO station At that time the Dam was east of Glen Erin Drive Ð three ¥ Pier One Imports is undergoing an expansion given space at a very reduced free standing restaurants Ð ¥ Bouclair that will allow for a total of rent but now with new owners Wendy’s/Tim Hortons, Kelsey’s ¥ Business Depot 805 new parking spaces. The and new plans this option has and Montana’s scheduled to open ¥ Moore’s The Suit People proposed plan will move the been discontinued. Although my late fall 2001/winter 2002. ¥ Mark’s Work Wearhouse buses to the area by the water staff and I have tried to fit the North side of Eglinton Avenue, ¥ Sport Mart tower and will add two Dam in the library facility, the additional entrances/exits to the east of Winston Churchill ¥ Home Outfitters space we can allocate is too Boulevard - three free standing station. Expected completion by small to support its programs. In restaurants Ð Swiss Chalet, Proposed Loblaws Marketplaces summer 2002. addition, the rent would no McDonalds and Mediterraneo for the southwest corner of longer be subsidised and the scheduled to open fall 2001. Dam would be paying many Route 49 Churchill Meadows New Weekday times more rent for about one Southeast corner of Erin Centre third the space. This means Boulevard and Winston Churchill Service New 20 minute service will connect with both morning and Route 45 evening Streetsville GO trains. Winston Churchill Mid-day service every 45 minutes from Churchill Meadows to New Routing: area. Monday to Sunday New 40 minute midday, evening and weekend service will travel from Clarkson GO station to Meadowvale Town Centre. 30 minute rush hour service from Clarkson GO Station to Financial Drive (Royal Bank Towers) via Meadowvale Town Centre.

New all-day routing through Plymouth /Bristol Circle/Winston Park area (AMC 24 complex area/Oakville). Page 4

Smoke Free By-Law

The second phase of implemented sooner than the Mississauga’s Smoke Free By- original June, 2004 date in order law came into effect on June 1, to ensure a level playing field. 2001. The City of Mississauga On May 10, 2001 Peel Regional joined forces with the Region of Council passed a resolution that Peel, the municipalities of the Smoke-Free By-law Brampton, Caledon, York Committee consult with the Region and Toronto to promote City of Toronto and Regions of the smoke-free by-laws within York and Halton to review the the . feasibility of moving the This phase of the by-law implementation date of the third Stats and Facts about Smoking mandates all restaurants, phase to January 1, 2002 or Fact: 70 per cent of people don't smoke. banquet halls, dinner theatres, June 1, 2002. We also made an food courts and recreational immediate request to the Fact: A 2001 Environics Survey indicated that 58 per cent facilities to be smoke-free Province of to move of people would be more likely to visit a smoke-free unless a designated smoking forward on legislating smoke- restaurant, while 28 per cent said it would not make a room with separate ventilation free public places province difference. is provided. wide. As the Mississauga Fact: Smoke-free restaurants attract more families, fewer The third and final phase of the representative on the committee, by-law is currently scheduled I am meeting with staff and lingerers and consequently see an increase in sales. for June 1, 2004 and will representatives of the restaurant industry on a regular basis to Fact: the introduction of smoke-free public places require bars or taverns to reduces exposure to second-hand smoke, discourages become smoke-free or provide a review potential changes to the designated smoking room with 2004 date. We expect to bring a young people from starting to smoke and supports separate ventilation. Workplaces report to Council this fall. smokers who want to quit. and most other public places in For more detailed information Fact: Statistics show that the vast majority of City of Mississauga have been smoke- on Mississauga’s Smoke-free free since the by-law was By-law, please call Director of Mississauga residents are supportive of Council's smoke- passed in 1999. Enforcement Elaine Buckstein free resolution. There has been some feedback at 905-615-4194 or visit the Fact: It is estimated that second-hand smoke kills more from the community and City of Mississauga’s Web site at www.city.mississauga.on.ca than 330 non-smoking Canadians a year from lung cancer restaurant owners that the third and 3,000 die prematurely from heart disease. phase of this by-law should be and click on the icon.

Parking Battleford Off-leash Park Considerations I have received many calls I do not support closing the concerns and I will continue to Guests who visit you and from users of the Battleford Battleford site. I do want work on this project on behalf wish to have a consideration off-leash Dog Park who are another Off-leash Park of Ward 9. I have suggested and park longer than the concerned the park will be established at Totoredaca Park the Region locate the recycling 3-hour limit on city streets moved to Totoredaca Park in and have asked that this be facility to land in an industrial must call Parking Control. the Meadowvale Business incorporated into the Master area as to have less impact on Parking Control can be Park. There is a proposal by Plan for the park, which has the residents. reached at 905-896-5678 the Region of Peel Works not yet been done. I feel that during regular business department to lease this land, by turning the site over to the hours or at 905-615-3000 which is owned by the City for Region, the City would be after hours and weekends. a Community Recycling taking away a well-used To request a review of Centre. The Region wants to facility from the community. parking on your street, move the centre from Britannia This park was leased to the please call Traffic Landfill site when the landfill off-leash group and all work Operations at 905-896-5131 closes next year as to not and costs have been borne by conflict with the golf course the organization at no cost to For more information about or my office at Mississauga Animal Services, 905-896-5900 users. the taxpayers. It primarily serves the Meadowvale please contact 905-896-5858 Staff will survey the residents Although the Battleford site is in Ward 6, I have been very community as it is within affected by the parking walking distance of many change and, if more than involved over the years with the off-leash organizers and homes and is enjoyed by 66 per cent of respondents hundreds of Ward 9 residents. agree, a recommendation with the new proposed site in will be made to Council to Ward 9, I have also been The Ward 6 Councillor enact the change. concerned with the process. I George Carlson, City and have told City and Region staff Region staff are aware of my cutline even thoughtheprovincial result inacontrolbeingrequired at any otherfactors thatmay technical staff but wealso look recommendations ofour Council willfollow the careful attention.Ingeneral, and Works Departmentpays to whichthe Transportation controls isacomplicatedissue The placementoftraffic have theoppositeeffect. warrant themandinfact, can amount oftraffic doesnot installed inlocationswherethe always theresultwhensignsare to crosstheroad. This isnot safer inparticular, forchildren traffic onastreetandmake it often requestedtoslow down such asstopsigns. These are placement oftraffic controls from residentsregarding the receive questionsandconcerns As yourCouncillor, Ioften related traffic issues. member anddealswithschool Committee, ofwhichIama Mississauga TrafficSafety works incooperationwiththe The SafeDriving Committee can andshouldbeimplemented. recommends toCouncilifthey potential programsand The Committeereviews and CommunitySafetyZones Neighbourhood Speed Watch These include support ofCouncil. have received theunanimous which wehave implemented inception andtheprograms sat onthiscommitteesinceits solutions totheproblems.Ihave community experts tofind Committee tobringtogether the Mississauga SafeDriving Council. In1998,weestablished driving areahighpriorityof such asspeedinganddangerous Dealing withtraffic concerns Update on Traffic Concerns andtheSafeDriving Committee Road Watch, . such asreduced road widths, Traffic calming techniques methods canbeemployed. necessary andwherephysical where technicalcontrolsare There arehowever situations ineffective traffic controls. to installunnecessaryand residential roadswithouthaving Committee wecanensuresafer with theSafeDriving driving. Byworking together instances ofunsafeandcareless resulted inareductionthe Driving programshasalready Participation intheseSafe speed onresidentialroads. make motoristsaware oftheir assistance from Traffic staff to that isusedbyresidentswith program isadigitalradardevice Neighbourhood Speed Watch focussed areas. The doubling fines indesignated initiative actsasadeterrentby The CommunitySafetyZones for follow upwiththedriver. is senttoPeelRegional Police fill inaRoad Watch formwhich unsafe driver andwhenstopped, encouraged tonotedetailsofthe unsafe driving. Motoristsare they witnessaninstanceof motorists toalertpolicewhen encourages anddependson Road Watch isaprogramthat approach. problems inamoreproactive are abletodealwithtraffic that wehave implemented,we utilizing thevarious programs and dangerousdriving. By that occurasaresultofcareless ways toaddressthechallenges Committee, Iwork todevelop Through theSafeDriving traffic onresidentialroads. There areotherways tomanage your neighbourhood. location oftraffic controlsin concerns withregard tothe I welcomecommentsand making any decision. As always, study resultscarefullybefore is whyIreview allrequestsand warrants arenotfullymet. That Page 5 workshop, pleasecontact Wayne Nishihamaat905-896-5540. For information aboutCPTEDOntariooronattending this Civic Centre andCentralLibrary. attend theworkshop, whichisexpectedtobelocatedatthe with CrimePrevention Week. The publicis encouragedto Ontario’s inaugural workshop, November 5,2001tocoincide The CityofMississaugahasbeenchosentohostCPTED neighbourhood. support ofthe only money, but alsothe communities asthey requirenot calming devices inestablished be very difficult toinstall traffic cue drivers toslow down. Itcan to theschoolandparkareas where curbsnarrow theentrance McDowell Drive isanexample integrated intotheroaddesigns. community, Ihave hadthese In thenew ChurchillMeadows methods thatcananddowork. that therearetraffic calming options available tous.Ibelieve local roadsareafew ofthe to schoolandparkareason narrowed entrances(chicanes) Edie Newtonat905-793-4233. Driving CommitteeChair direct orcontact theSafe www.city.mississauga.on.ca/ Mississauga’s Web siteat please visittheCityof the SafeDriving Committee, For more information about decisions aremade. and publicprocessbeforeany request wewilldoafullreview Upona after ashorttrial. project, they wereremoved many residents-inonepilot by emergency servicesand humps, areopposedvehemently Some methods,suchasspeed Page 6

New BMX Track for Meadowvale Youth Tax Bill Clarification I am happy to say that designed and built by bikers Meadowvale BMXers have a and their parents with assistance I have had some questions $240,000 home will see its new place to call home. The new from City staff. It is the regarding this year’s tax bills. education taxes increase by $42. facility is located at the culmination of more than a You already know the City of You may also see an increase in Meadowvale North Sports Park years work which started when Mississauga was able to hold the your taxes based on Current on Meadowvale Boulevard at Laura Buchal from Community line on taxes for the 10th straight Value Assessment (CVA). The Syntex Drive. Getting this Services and I met with year and the Region of Peel was Municipal Property Assessment facility up and running was truly local youth last year to also able to freeze taxes this Corporation (MPAC) is a team effort Ð the track was discuss their needs. year. However, some residents responsible for placing a value have still noticed an increase on on all properties in Ontario. The their tax bill. City of Mississauga supports I can assure you that any CVA because we believe it is increase on your tax bill is the important to keep values up-to- result of provincial legislation date. This year, the MPAC and is not related to municipal reassessed your property operations. You may have bringing values up from 1996 noticed a significant increase in values to 1999. The next value the educational portion of your assessment will take place in tax bill. That is because the 2003, followed by yearly education rate, calculated by the reassessments. province, was based on property For further clarification on value reassessment. As property your tax bill, please contact values in Mississauga and the the Mississauga Tax Office at GTA increased more than the 905-896-5575. provincial average, the average

City Map Quick Reference Phone Numbers Keep this handy reference map that identifies our Ward’s boundaries in relation to the City’s other eight Wards. City after hours dispatch ...... 905-615-3000 Region of Peel after hours dispatch ...... 905-791-7800 Animal Control ...... 905-896-5858 By-law Enforcement ...... 905-896-5655 Transit ...... 905-615-4636 Aircraft Noise Complaints ...... 905-676-4531 Meadowvale Library ...... 905-821-7570 Meadowvale CC ...... 905-821-3330 Erin Meadows Library ...... 905-569-9100 Erin Meadows CC ...... 905-569-9100 Meadowvale Four Rinks ...... 905-826-9300 Mississauga Crime Prevention Assoc...... 905-803-8118 Councillor Saito Phone ...... 905-896-5900 Fax ...... 905-896-5463 E-mail ...... [email protected] Web site ...... www.ward9.ca Phone: 905-896-5900 Fax: 905-896-5463 Residence (msgs): 905-824-4508 Mail: Councillor Pat Saito, Ward 9 300 City Centre Drive Mississauga, ON L5B 3C1 Web site: www.ward9.ca