CCFEW, South Skateboarders Association, Friends of Sam Smith Park Lakeshore Planning Council and New Good Neighbours are agreed:

 In SEPTEMBER 2006: The City of Toronto plans to build a $2.5 million dollar Skateboard Facility and Skating Track in Colonel Sam Smith Park, in the field south of the Power House.  Does a skateboard park belong in one of our city’s few naturalized green spaces, among wetlands, open meadows, wildlife habitats, and secluded trails?  We were promised a competition class skate board facility. That’s not what has been designed.  Our community deserves an OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PUBLIC CONSULTATION to achieve the best design and location of a $2.5M skate park. Let’s find a solution that works for our community! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! ASK YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND NEIGHBOURS TO HELP

Email, phone, or write to your mayor and councillors NOW. Ask for a “Notice of Motion to defer the skateboard project for further review.”

Mayor David Miller e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-696-3687 Councillor Mark Grimes e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-397-9279 Councillor e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-397-9238 Councillor Doug Holyday e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-392-4121 Councillor Suzan Hall e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-696-4207 Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-696-4138 Councillor e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-392-4127

Send the MOE letters asking for an Environmental Assessment Ask the Minister of the Environment to “designate the planned skateboard/ice skating facility in Colonel Samuel Smith Park a project to which the Environmental Assessment Act applies.” Laurel C. Broten, Minister of the Environment e-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-314-7337 AND write or e-mail letters to the editors of the local papers. More info: www.ccfew.org or www.newtoronto.ca Want to help? Contact us: [email protected] or [email protected]