City Councillor Mike Colle

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collection, municipal licensing, and more, while still dealing with COVID-19 public health issues. Our Public At the St. Clement’s Parkette this summer with Sgt . Chazz Stern (Community Response MyHealth office Team is is here leading to theassist way inyou cooperation with any with questions our andUnit, con- 53 Division) and Uptown Yonge BIA representatives (Daly McCarten and cernsfrontline you workers. may have and encourage you to keep update Alexby Mazelow) meetingYonge with smalland businesses Eglinton: along Yonge Safety Street. Management signing-up for my monthly eNewsletter at My office continues to operate remotely. Please do not Plan 65-storey Condo Development hesitatewww.mikecolletoronto.ca to contact us and my staff for would updates be happy on toevents, 2 commu- I have been advocating for a Yonge and Eglinton Traffic follow-upnity consultations on any of your and municipal projects inquiries happening by phone in atthe Ward. at Duplex and Eglinton (416) 338-0008 OR by email: [email protected] Safety Management Plan, along with the bordering Ward Sincerely, unanimouslyCouncillors rejected and Mayor at Tory to help mitigate construction traf- Stay Safe, North Yorkfic Community on city streets, especiallyCouncil at Yonge and Eglinton area.

On September 16, 2020, a public communityth consultation meeting was held to discuss the development Onproposal Sept.,16 to construct I’ve a 65-storeypassed buildinga motion on atthe North north- York Community Toronto City Councillor, Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence east corner of Eglinton WestCouncil and Duplex. to develop a 5 step comprehensive Construction Toronto City Councillor, Traffic Safety Management Plan in the Yonge-Eglinton area, Many issues with the proposal were raised by residents and Planning staff. The Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence which calls for the following: 1 Little application went to Community Council where it was unanimously rejected. I encourage you to contact your MPP (Member of Provincial Heritage Area  Parliament) and voice yourtraffic objections and andPedestrian state your Safety views on Plan the proposal. for all major construction York Updates sites in the Yonge-Eglinton area proclaimed by Next steps are that the applicant will likely appeal the City’s refusal to LPAT/ City Council: OMB, the Provincial body that will make the final decision, and the City will send representation.  requesting that the Province institute a Safe City Driving This fall, City Council unanimously endorsed my training for all heavy con- motion calling for the City to declare the Eglinton West The proposal is to permit a 65-storeystruction mixed-use truck buildingdrivers with a height of 220 metres neighbourhood as Eglinton West Little Jamaica to the top of the mechanical penthouse, containing 663 dwelling units, 550 square metres of commercial space and three levels of underground parking. Heritage and Economic Innovation Hub to celebrate  to implement full-time pe- the outstanding cultural and economic contributions made by the Black community in Toronto and to afford Reasons for the rejectiondestrian of the application: crossing guards or paid duty Police Officers on hope and opportunity for this legacy to be expanded A. Impact of this added density on the E. Dangerous loading and delivery upon. The motion also asks that the Province’s Metrolinx already dangerous overcrowdingsite at all majorplus construc- access issues that presently compensate small businesses that have been devastated tion projects, paid for on the platforms exist on Duplex are going to be by the 8 years of the Eglinton Crosstown construction. that will be further impactedby developers, by significantly in the increased by adding

The motion passed by Council also calls: the Eglinton CrosstownYonge LRT and-Eglinton over Ward 600 units 8 to corner. future extension of thearea Yonge Outside of the RIOCAN Centre for a press conference. 1. For the Provincial Metrolinx Agency to immediately Subway north. F. Density of over 32 times coverage compensate small businesses that have been is twice the coverage of recent  install full-time Crossing Personnel or paid Duty Officers at devastated by the 8 years of the Eglinton B. Lack of underground pedestrian redevelopment proposals and sets Crosstown Construction connection to the Subwayall intersectionsStation a dangerous on Yonge precedent Street fromgiven Castlefieldthe Ave. to adds more people to the thenarrow Kay and Gardner hyper Beltline development Trail, that paid has for taken by Developers At 2.the For York the Beltline immediate Trail completion entrance on of Marlee the western Ave., as the new signs haveportion been erected of the atEglinton the new LRT entrance. from to crowded sidewalks and entrances to place at Yonge and Eglinton and has Yonge Street Eglinton Station.  immediate implementationbeen approved. of a Construction Traffic Safety The3. YorkElimination Beltline of theTrail Commercial extension Property project Tax from that Walter C. 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Loss/Removal of Commercialcontrol Blitz at in [email protected] the Yonge-Eglinton Ward. 8 area like Jimmy Wisdom, Charles Roach, Dudley Laws and Office space is contrary to Provincial Thisothers summer, at the Torontonew Eglinton City LRT Council Crosstown adopted Stations my motion requesting More info on 36-44 and City policy of maintaining West can be found at the City of thatof staff Oakwood, review Dufferin, opportunities and Eglinton to connectWest with heritagethe York Beltlineand expanding Trail and work I places joined in Mayor the Tory on Sept., 25th for a roundtable he hosted Kayplaques Gardner and murals.Beltline I look Park, forward which to working is the withfirst thestep. with constructionToronto stakeholders Planning’s pages: and Toronto Police Services “complete community“ approach. http://app.toronto.ca/AIC/index.do local community and City partners on this initiative. to discuss bes practice ideas and next steps to ensure the In addition, Toronto City Council also adopted my motion to construction workers are working in compliance with the best Create a Jayesh Prajapati Park in memory of a local Gas Station practices. Worker,Councillor Jayesh Prajapati, Mike who Colle was murdered | (416) on the338-0008 job in 2015. | [email protected] Proposed park to be eastern extension of York Beltline Park to Thank you for all of your emails, phone calls, requesting ac- Allen Expressway. tion for Yonge and Eglinton. We are continuing to work to- gether with City staff, stakeholders, and community mem- For update join our “Friends of the York Beltline” group on Face- bers . Please call my office to keep updated at 416-338-2500. book: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164491743706931/ about/ Councillor Mike Colle | (416) 338-0008 | www.mikecolletoronto.com Planning Development Updates: 1 4050 Yonge Street - Parking Lot on North West Corner of 1 1 1924 – 1928 Eglinton Ave W, 5 & 7 Fairbank Ave and Yonge 8 storey mixed-use building containing 27 dwelling units. One Proposed redevelopment of the existing surface parking lot with two ground floor retail unit, and on-site parking. Under review towers: 21- storeys non-residential (office, retail, restaurant, 312 hotel Oasis Townhomes I & II (579-599 Lawrence Ave W.) suites) and access to the York Mills TTC subway station; 35-storey with 290 1 2 Two buildings of stacked townhouse units at 579-585 Lawrence residential units. 766 below grade parking spaces. Under review. Public West, comprising a total of 25 condominium units and 30 surface parking Meeting TBA. spaces at grade. Two 4-storey townhouse blocks containing 9 residential 2 Avenue Rd.-Lawrence West Site - North East corner units at 595-599 Lawrence Avenue West. Both sites will be serviced by a (284-296 Lawrence W., 1507-1545 Avenue Rd.) common rear driveway from Lawrence Avenue West. Application to permit 13-storey and 10-storey, mixed-use buildings. OMNI Jewellers Site - North East corner - 2793-2801 Bathurst 455 residential dwelling units and retail and service commercial space. 1 3 Street at Glencairn - revised Underground parking levels for 605 vehicles & 481 bike spaces. Vehicle Application for 9-storey midrise residential building fronting on to access onto Avenue Road and Lawrence Avenue West. Under review. Bathurst Street with 165 units, below-grade parking for 174 vehicles. Site Meeting held on October 22, 2020. now includes corner property at 2793 Bathurst Street. 65 Storey Site at North East Corner of Duplex and 3 The Bean Condos at Beltline Trail (2433 Dufferin St) Eglinton Ave W. (36 - 44 Eglinton Ave W.) 1 4 Application to permit 9-storey mixed-use building consisting of Application to permit a 65-storey mixed-use building containing 663 114 residential units and commercial area. 115 parking spaces. Under dwelling units, commercial space and three levels of underground construction. parking. The application has been unanimously rejected by the City and will likely be appealed by the applicant to the Provincial LPAT/OMB. 1 5 Revitalization and Development of — Phase 2 Former Bank of Montreal Site (2400 – 2444 Yonge St. 4 Phase 1 is now complete and we’re entering into Phase 2 of this at Roselawn) revitalization and development. It is a mixed-income, mixed-use Application for 2 residential towers of 27 & 23 storeys over a 9-storey neighbourhood which is park centred, transit supportive and well podium. Ground floor commercial, 687 residential units and 280 integrated within the City. The plans will be realized over the next 20 underground parking. Also block of 6 3-storey town houses. This years and is Toronto Community Housing’s largest revitalization project. application has been refused by the City and appealed by owners. Currently before the Province’s LPAT/OMB (PL171386). It is being carried out in multiple phases through replacement with a variety of housing types and units, along with new parks, retail space and Former Petro Site (2908 Yonge St. at Chatsworth 5 roads. Phase 2 includes a new community centre, community park and Application for a 13-storey mixed-use building with 85 residential new TDSB school. units and at-grade retail. This application has been refused by the City and appealed by the owners. (PL180573). LPAT Hearing date is 1 6 Yorkdale Master Plan redevelopment proposal Feb. 16, 2021. Development is by Oxford Properties, which includes a range of retail, office, hotel and residences of up to 10 residential towers proposed Site of the former Trull Funeral Home (2674 – 2704 Yonge St.) 6 for addition to the Yorkdale site over the next 20+ years. Working to Proposed 9-storey mid-rise, mixed-use building. Replacing the 31 identify transportation programs, policies, and infrastructure that will rental units and offering 96 additional units. Underground parking for support the growth identified in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre Block 82 vehicles. Owner will be restoring the Alexandra Gates. New proposal, Master Plan, the Lawrence-Allen Secondary Plan, and the under review. 1 Secondary Plan. This proposal is in the early stages and there’s a Local 7 Wenderly Site (724 – 724 Marlee Ave.) Advisory Committee (LAC) group in place. Proposed 4-storey residential building with 28 units and on-site parkland dedication of 129 square metres enlarging Wenderly Park. Underground parking for 20 vehicles and 40 bicycle spaces. Community Public Meeting held September 23, 2020.

8 Former Holiday Inn Site – Under new ownership 8 (3450 Dufferin St.) Mixed-use purpose built development consisting of 3 towers: a 37-storey hotel/residential building stepping down to 15 storeys; 33-storey 16 residential building connected to a 6-storey residential building; 3 29-storey residential building; 2-storey townhouses. 1,290 parking spaces. 1 Under review. 5 9 Former Mar-Ville Salon site (831 Glencairn at Marlee - 831-837 Glencairn, 278-280 Hillmount.) 10-storey mid-rise, mixed-use building. 218 dwelling units, including 15 2 live work units and ground floor retail. Underground parking. 190 vehicle spaces and 218 bicycle spaces are proposed. Community Public Meeting was held in March 2019. 2

1 0 Former KFC Site—(1886 - 1920 Eglinton Ave W.) 12 8-storey mid-rise purpose-built rental development, 200-unit 5 residential units, one ground-level retail space. Rental units would be 7 2 comprised of 42 studios, 106 one-bedrooms, 32 two-bedrooms, and 20 3 three-bedrooms. A total of 70 underground vehicle parking spaces— 13 provided across two levels—and 202 bicycle spaces. Steps from the 9 Crosstown LRT’s future Fairbank Station. Under review. 6 The Construction Safety Hub at Yonge and Eglinton: This construction safety hub was created at Yonge and 7 Eglinton to deal with LRT 4 construction equipment 4 and condo construction 14 in the area. My motion to 6 create it was successfully 4 1 passed by City Council. 11 10 3 2 Councillor Mike Colle | (416) 338-0008 | www.mikecolletoronto.com 3 Midtown Cycling Lanes on Park Updates in Ward 8: Yonge Street Initiative: 1 Lawrence Heights Triangular Greenspace: Given the COVID-19 pandemic, In Jan., Parks staff held we urgently need more active a meeting for the proposed transportation modes and must Lawrence Heights Triangular continue to connect and expand the Greenspace. Part of the meeting cycling network and make cycling safer included an opportunity for and more convenient for all. residents to provide their feedback on the proposed park I have asked the City’s Transportation Services to explore the plan provided by Parks staff as well as voting on the playground design. feasibility of adding a temporary protected bikeway along Yonge Street, or parallel routes, from Bloor Street to Lawrence Avenue. The Lawrence Heights community has started a petition campaign to This would be in conjunction with on-street patios, road safety and name this after a local resident, Shane Stanford, who tragically passed traffic-calming measures, and other streetscape improvements away. We hope to rename this park to Shane Stanford Memorial Park, identified through consultation with local businesses and community which is a community effort that I support. Hopefully this will be done groups, following the complete streets approach applied to in the new year as the City is reviewing all re-namings. Staff anticipate Danforth Avenue. My motion successfully passed at City Council on-site park design to be finalized by the end of 2020 with park works on Oct. 28. I will keep you updated as it moves forward. to begin in 2022. I’ve also teamed up with my colleague, Deputy Mayor Michael 2 Renaming Duplex Parkette to Butterfly Park: Thompson, and an incredible team of dedicated City staff across I am working with the Residents departments to work on Bikes4All an exciting initiative that will Organization and the community to rename the see greater access to bicycles for residents in low-income Duplex Parkette (2906 Yonge Street at Chatsworth) to priority neighborhoods across the City at no cost. Stay tuned for Butterfly Park. more announcements! This would align with the Healing Garden planted within the park where Bereaved Families of —Toronto hosts their annual Butterfly Release where butterflies are released in memory of lost loved ones. Yorkdale Park Upgrade and 3 Improvement: This September, the sewer upgrade work impacting Yorkdale Park was completed and the park is finally restored and is now open to public! The City’s Parks Capital Projects team has carried out asphalt path resurface work for the remaining path sections in Yorkdale Park. Feel free to walk by and enjoy the park! 1 York Beltline Park Updates 4 My goal for the York Beltline Park is to create a park to connect the existing green space west of . This will create an interconnected series of parks in which cyclists and pedestrians can enjoy. 1 Parks Staff is working to complete various surveys in order to continue with the 8 extension process of the park 2. Signage alerting pedestrians to the park has 16 been erected on the west side of Marlee Avenue 3 3. In the coming months and future meetings, we are hoping to cover the topics of: - Lighting in the park - Surface material of 1 trails going through the parks - A pre-engineering report to be 5 conducted by the City of Toronto Transportation department At the June meeting of City Council, I put forward a motion to start the process of examining the feasibility of creating a pedestrian and 15 cycling bridge over Allen Road to build a continuous York Beltline 2 Trail connection over the Allen to the Kay Gardner Beltline Trail. 12 5 Ongoing Traffi c Safety Initiatives: 7 2 3 Traffic Lights at Dufferin and Glengrove installed 13 9 6 Traffic Lights at Duplex and Montgomery installed

All-Way Stop Sign at Orfus Rd. & Paul David St. installed 7 4 4 14 All-Way Stop Sign at Carmichael Ave. and Falkirk St. installed 6 4 1 All-Way Stop Sign at Flemington and Blossomfield installed 11 10 3 2 Councillor Mike Colle | (416) 338-0008 | [email protected] Shopping local to support T H A N K Y O U small businesses T O O U R It’s extremely important given COVID-19 that we do all we can to F R O N T L I N E support our local small businesses. Here is a list of the local BIAs in Ward 8 that need your support more WORKERS: than ever. Please patronize our small businesses throughout Eglinton- A great thank you Lawrence. We have wonderful street shopping on Upper Avenue to all our frontline and Marlee-Ville. Find them on Facebook: @upperavenuetoronto health professionals and @friendsofmarleeville including doctors, 1. Yonge Lawrence Village BIA (Yonge St. from Yonge Blvd. nurses, caregivers, and to Lawrence) personal support workers who are doing heroic work each and every day in our great City and across the world. 2. Uptown Yonge BIA (Yonge St. from Roehampton to Glengrove) 3. The Eglinton Way BIA (Eglinton Ave. West between Oriole Thank you to Dr. Eileen de Villa, the City’s Medical Officer of Health, Parkway and Chaplin Crescent) for her leadership during this time and all staff at Toronto Public Health who are assisting residents around the clock, including 4. Upper Village BIA (Eglinton Avenue West between Bathurst Street all our City workers from EMS, TPS, Toronto Water, MLS, and Strathearn Road) Waste Management. 5. York-Eglinton BIA (Eglinton Ave. West between Marlee and Dufferin, and along north side of Dufferin to Whitmore Ave.) Thank you to all who continue to follow public health guidelines and do their part, including wearing masks while on the TTC. 6. Fairbank Village BIA (Eglinton Ave. West, from Dufferin to Chamberlain Ave., and along Dufferin from Hunter Ave. to the There were countless heartwarming stories of our Ward 8 residents CNR rail) demonstrating neighbourly acts of kindness and community spirit 7. MarkeTO District BIA (Dufferin Street between Wingold Avenue in the spring. Please remember to continue to show kindness to and Lawrence Avenue) one another. A full list is available on my website www.mikecolletoronto.com The Eglinton Way BIA’s C a f é T O Summer Farmers’ Market The City worked with Business took place every Sunday Improvement Areas (BIAs) and restaurant and bar operators this year by creating this summer curb lane closures and expanding Follow them on Twitter:@EglintonWay patios as part of the CaféTO program. These patios brought much-needed vibrant life to our main streets this Street renaming in Little Jamaica summer. With cooler fall weather now, 4 the City will allow portable heaters “Jimmy Wisdom Way”: to be placed in outdoor patios to A portion help provide additional support for of Locksley local restaurants. Avenue between Eglinton Yonge St. Ice Cream Drop-by Avenue West and Hopewell Ave has now Councillor Robinson and I hosted an “Ice been named “Jimmy Wisdom Way”. Cream Drop-by” to show our support Known by his thousands of friends for local small businesses in light of the and admirers as “Wisdom”, Jimmy difficult summer experienced due to was a uniquely talented musician COVID-19. Thanks to Daly McCarten from and an active community leader and Uptown Yonge BIA and Daniela Durisova pioneer who constantly gave back from the Upper Yonge Village Daycare to his community and helped many Centre. It was great to lift spirits up in the newcomers to Canada and the City of Toronto from his Barber’s chair community while shopping locally. on Eglinton Avenue West for over 40 years. I spearheaded this initiative reaching out to local community members and groups so that we can honour and celebrate Jimmy, who played 15,000 calls an integral part in shaping Toronto’s community and were made by our office and Ward 8 residents to 311: the Eglinton West-Little Jamaica neighbourhood. The proposal From Jan. to Oct. 2020, 15,000 calls were placed into 311 was approved by North York Community Council on Oct. 7 and the by residents and my office. unveiling date is scheduled for Nov. 16. For more information, please contact my office. Ward 8 ranks as one of the wards across the City with the highest volume of calls to 311. 5 Lawrence Heights Safety Walk: In Sept., I was joined by Lawrence Heights community Keep in Touch members in an effort to My office continues to operate remotely during the deal with gun violence COVID-19 pandemic. in this community. Residents joined the If you require any assistance with municipal-related issues, Lawrence Heights my staff are available to assist you at Parents Association, local police, and local community leaders all to support the effort to stop the gun violence and enhance safety in the (416) 338-0008 or Lawrence Heights community. Special thanks to Change Makers and Lawrence Heights Parents Association. c o u n c i llo [email protected] Councillor Mike Colle | (416) 338-0008 | www.mikecolletoronto.com International Holocaust Effective Public Realm Design Remembrance Day at Toronto City and Street Furniture Near Hall, January 27th: Places of Worship In Dec., 2019 Toronto City Council unanimously passed my motion This July my request to enhance pedestrian safety and protection declaring Jan. 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the vicinity of places of worship, especially on streets like Bathurst, in the City of Toronto. A huge thank you for everyone who made was approved by City Council. the effort to attend our City of Toronto Reception honouring This is followed up by the many concerns raised last year at our Better International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Toronto City Hall. Bathurst Security Committee. Thanks to Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Mayor Tory, Toronto City Councillors, MPP’s, School Trustees and Consul Generals from over 15 countries who attended. A very A c t i v e T O : special thanks to the Holocaust Survivors and their families who In May, Duplex Avenue/Jedburgh attended and spoke. Rd from Montgomery Ave to Brooke Ave was designated as a Quiet Street as part of the ActiveTO program to allow for physical distancing for all road users. Even though the Quiet Streets program has wrapped up, please be mindful to share our streets.

6 Tom Longboat—Recognizing our Indigenous roots and Indigenous heroes: In November 2019, City Council adopted my motion requesting a report on the feasibility of naming Eglinton Park the Tom Longboat - Cogwagee Park after Tom Longboat to increase public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of our Indigenous history and culture within the area of Ward 8. Born at Six Nations of the Grand River, Tom is celebrated as one of our greatest long-distance runners, as well as a World War veteran and resident who lived on Erskine Avenue and Roslin Avenue. The proposed re-naming also ties into the significance of the Eglinton Park site within the City’s landscape of Indigenous history and presence as a settlement of the people of the Huron-Wendat Nation. As per the City’s direction, all public consultations for park naming and renaming are currently placed on hold until further notice.

Further delays of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT: I have been actively advocating for compensation to be provided for small businesses impacted by the Crosstown LRT construction, which has been further delayed. In response to the announcement from Crosslinx/Metrolinx with yet another delay of the Eglinton Crosstown construction, I held a press conference at Yonge and Eglinton in February proposing a three point plan, calling upon the Province and the Province’s Metrolinx/Crosslinx to provide extra supports for small businesses on Eglinton Avenue affected by the construction delay. The three point plan called for the Province and Metrolinx/Crosslinx to: 1) Provide a financial compensation plan to support small business tenants and owners along Eglinton Avenue on the Crosstown construction route; 2) Undertake an immediate construction equipment clean-up from sidewalks and road allowances so that small businesses will no longer have their store fronts blocked and obstructed; 3) Consider opening parts of the line as soon as possible. In addition, I organized a “Shop and Walk” with local residents, business owners, and BIAs along Eglinton Ave., West to encourage local shopping and declared March 3rd as “Shop on Eglinton Day”. I recognize the challenges that COVID-19 has created in order to complete the Crosstown by its anticipated opening date, but I will continue to fight for small businesses on Eglinton as construction work continues to move forward.

Mayor Tory Speed Cameras coming to and I at the 7 reopening Allenby School on Avenue Road: of my local After years of waiting, the Automated Speed golf course, Enforcement (ASE) program came into effect in July the Don and is now issuing tickets to speeding drivers. Valley Golf I have long been a proponent of ASE to increase Course, in road safety, reduce speeding, and raise Eglinton- awareness about the need to slow down. One Lawrence month following the start of issuing tickets, the speed when the cameras issued a total of over 22,000 tickets. Province Currently there are 50 cameras installed city-wide permitted on local, collector and arterial roads in Community the use of Safety Zones near schools and each ward has two golf courses ASE cameras. I look forward to one of our Ward 8 in May. cameras being placed by Allenby Junior Public School. Councillor Mike Colle | (416) 338-0008 | www.mikecolletoronto.com Celebrating the 45th Anniversary of Update on Committee of Adjustment the Design of the City of Toronto Flag! (CofA) - North York Panel The Committee holds public hearings to consider applications for Last November, I celebrated the minor variances and consents. During COVID-19 the CofA will be 45th anniversary of the design of holding Virtual Public Hearings. Deputations are made by telephone the City of Toronto flag, created or via WebEx virtually. Hearing can be viewed on the City of Toronto in 1974 by local resident Rene Planning YouTube Channel. DeSantis who was then a 21-year- old graphic design student Year to date, of the 6 North York Wards, Ward 8 has had 130 or 30% of from George Brown College. the 423 applications. This October, 45 applications were on the Agenda. Mayor Tory, Councillor Bradford, 233 building permits have been issued in September including Councillor Nunziata, and George 26 demolitions, 38 new houses, 12 additions and 44 small Brown College President Anne residential projects. Sado joined me to celebrate. The CofA is a public meeting and anyone wishing to comment on an application is encouraged to make a deputation. “CAHOOTS” We are here to assist both applicants and area residents in order to – an alternative policing model have a successful outcome at the CofA. If you require help or have questions, please reach out to We cannot continue to have the Linda McCarthy in my office at [email protected] police respond to all community challenges including intoxication, substance abuse, mental health- Make Our Streets Safer: related issues and those in need 1) Slow Down Lawn Signs of dispute resolution and basic Put up a “Slow Down Sign” on your lawn to help medical emergency care services. remind the public to slow down. The safety of all road In June 2020, Toronto City Council approved a report, introduced by users is a priority, and these signs are one of the ways Mayor Tory, to initiate changes to policing in Toronto. As part of to make motorists more aware of their speed as they this report, I put forward a motion to examine the implementation travel in residential areas. Call my Community Office of a City of Toronto Mobile Crisis Assistance Intervention Service, to get your sign. that would deploy unarmed, medically-trained crisis intervention 2) Watch Your Speed Sign assistance personnel, based on the “CAHOOTS” model from Eugene, Request a Watch Your Speed Program (WYSP) radar Oregon, to respond to community challenges like those listed above. sign to be temporarily installed on your block. These My motion proposed that the total cost of the program’s operations portable units are rotated throughout the ward on a be deducted from the Toronto Police Service’s budget after the monthly basis throughout the year. service is created. 3) Request Police Enforcement Making our Streets Safer – Contact the Toronto Police Service (TPS) to file a Local Neighbourhood Traffic Issue or Concern Inclusion of COVID-19 Pandemic report online. It assists citizens with providing TPS Protection Infrastructure: with information about ongoing traffic concerns in In June, I moved a motion for staff to report their neighbourhood. on what new planning strategies and If you have a traffic concern on your street, please contact my office. frameworks should be incorporated into Please note that the support of Transportation Services staff is the City’s planning processes so that the needed with all requests. Given that traffic studies are data dependent impacts of the pandemic are considered in and current traffic conditions do not reflect normal circumstances, these all future planning for the City. studies continue to be deferred temporarily. This September, I requested City staff to undertake a review of current plans for our parks with the inclusion of a COVID-19 Pandemic School Crossing Guard Program Protection Lens to ensure all changes and redevelopment in Effective August 1, 2019, the School Crossing Guard Program transferred parks incorporate public health protection protocols like physical to the City of Toronto’s Transportation Services from the Toronto Police distancing, expansion and retention of open green spaces, Service. The program has gone from $11 million to nearly $30 million public washrooms and hand washing stations to help ensure the and the program is a key piece of Vision Zero and is the largest of its safe enjoyment of our parks. kind in in Canada with 704 locations and counting. 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