Wow, hundreds attend "Elbows Up" rally at city hall Saturday - www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6694930
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LAST UPDATED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 21
By Roman Kowalczuk, 25 Problems administrator
FMTA is looking to hire a communications manager, but it's not clear where they are advertising this opportunity. I found out, this past week, because I am on their e-mail list, but I have yet to repost the information here.
They also had a statement out about the displacement of tenants 262266 St. George Street
In the above statement I have no idea what “PH19.1” is (probably an upcoming Planning and Housing Committee agenda item?) and it is not referenced anywhere in their statement. Just in the headline. Good thing they are looking for someone to improve outreach - and hopefully proof-reading!
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I am starting to reprise some of the graphics from last Tuesday. In particular there is a street sign on the side-ride in front of 1 Deauville Lane that people should see, but I don't think it was referenced at the consultation.
The number one take-away that I had from the consultation is the way the city stressed that the review process around the application to change 1 Deauville Lane is ongoing. THERE WILL be an opportunity for folks to appear before city council with their research, surveys and petitions, pictures and diagrams.
And unless I'm greatly mistaken, everyone was being tight-lipped about who the builder is. Why? Stanford Homes. Why is this such a big secret. I think (I'm not sure) that the actual Stanford person did not... indicate her presence at the consultation until the very end (I was the last person to speak), when I sort of called her out! And she did not stand up and introduce herself.
I also called out the city on their lack of outreach. Planner Jenny Choi suggested that the next round of the review of the application would be published in newspapers.
I'll grant that if you search the city's web pages for upcoming consultations, the date and place (Gateway P.S.) was mentioned. But that's different from seeing posters or flyers at the library or community centres, or on apartment bulletin boards. And I doubt very much that anyone has posted a summary of Tuesday's event.
Separately I stated my opinion that the notices could use some improvement; FWIW you may download the draft version of what the city supposedly sent around here. (PDF)
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CBC actually reported from Antarctica last Monday evening! Wow.
That thing with city councillor's office staff wanting to unionize is the real deal![/color] (TORONTO STAR ARCHIVED LINK)
And one item was in, about election day shenanigans: https://25problems.com/viewtopic.php?p=284#p284
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Building management at 25 St. Dennis sent around a really wacky memo recently about doorbell cams the other day. The left hand is falling all over itself to overturn what the right hand is doing! This would be funny - any time the building waxes forth on legal matters everybody has to run and hide - if the underlying issues of privacy weren't so serious.
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The recent "town hall" at Don Mills Collegiate wasn't that great. I did post a... couple of comments on the Don Mills Residents web page, under their item about the local councillor and under their list of recent development applications.
The Ontario Science Centre has been looking pretty dark this month and the big sign is gone. On Tuesday evening the builder's consultant referred to it in the past tense, even as he predicted that the “Ontario Line” would soon connect to the “Science Centre Station” of the Crosstown LRT. And as for exactly where and how the “Ontario Line” would be going, he merely waved his finger at a dimly projected aerial image of Don Mills Road north of Overlea Blvd.
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During the lead-up to the municipal budget back in January, CBC Radio invited comments about the city's priorities... a lady called in and actually spoke for a couple of minutes about the science centre and under-served areas like Flemingdon Park.
Very cool!
The e-mail for the evening program that the woman's clip was played on is "hereandnow" at CBC dot C, A ... I did write to them and I received a detailed "thank you" form letter.
- Roman Kowalczuk, 25 Problems administrator
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By Roman Kowalczuk, 25 Problems administrator
FMTA is looking to hire a communications manager, but it's not clear where they are advertising this opportunity. I found out, this past week, because I am on their e-mail list, but I have yet to repost the information here.
They also had a statement out about the displacement of tenants 262266 St. George Street
In the above statement I have no idea what “PH19.1” is (probably an upcoming Planning and Housing Committee agenda item?) and it is not referenced anywhere in their statement. Just in the headline. Good thing they are looking for someone to improve outreach - and hopefully proof-reading!
----------
I am starting to reprise some of the graphics from last Tuesday. In particular there is a street sign on the side-ride in front of 1 Deauville Lane that people should see, but I don't think it was referenced at the consultation.
The number one take-away that I had from the consultation is the way the city stressed that the review process around the application to change 1 Deauville Lane is ongoing. THERE WILL be an opportunity for folks to appear before city council with their research, surveys and petitions, pictures and diagrams.
And unless I'm greatly mistaken, everyone was being tight-lipped about who the builder is. Why? Stanford Homes. Why is this such a big secret. I think (I'm not sure) that the actual Stanford person did not... indicate her presence at the consultation until the very end (I was the last person to speak), when I sort of called her out! And she did not stand up and introduce herself.
I also called out the city on their lack of outreach. Planner Jenny Choi suggested that the next round of the review of the application would be published in newspapers.
I'll grant that if you search the city's web pages for upcoming consultations, the date and place (Gateway P.S.) was mentioned. But that's different from seeing posters or flyers at the library or community centres, or on apartment bulletin boards. And I doubt very much that anyone has posted a summary of Tuesday's event.
Separately I stated my opinion that the notices could use some improvement; FWIW you may download the draft version of what the city supposedly sent around here. (PDF)
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CBC actually reported from Antarctica last Monday evening! Wow.
That thing with city councillor's office staff wanting to unionize is the real deal![/color] (TORONTO STAR ARCHIVED LINK)
And one item was in, about election day shenanigans: https://25problems.com/viewtopic.php?p=284#p284
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Building management at 25 St. Dennis sent around a really wacky memo recently about doorbell cams the other day. The left hand is falling all over itself to overturn what the right hand is doing! This would be funny - any time the building waxes forth on legal matters everybody has to run and hide - if the underlying issues of privacy weren't so serious.
----------
The recent "town hall" at Don Mills Collegiate wasn't that great. I did post a... couple of comments on the Don Mills Residents web page, under their item about the local councillor and under their list of recent development applications.
The Ontario Science Centre has been looking pretty dark this month and the big sign is gone. On Tuesday evening the builder's consultant referred to it in the past tense, even as he predicted that the “Ontario Line” would soon connect to the “Science Centre Station” of the Crosstown LRT. And as for exactly where and how the “Ontario Line” would be going, he merely waved his finger at a dimly projected aerial image of Don Mills Road north of Overlea Blvd.
----------
During the lead-up to the municipal budget back in January, CBC Radio invited comments about the city's priorities... a lady called in and actually spoke for a couple of minutes about the science centre and under-served areas like Flemingdon Park.
Very cool!
The e-mail for the evening program that the woman's clip was played on is "hereandnow" at CBC dot C, A ... I did write to them and I received a detailed "thank you" form letter.
- Roman Kowalczuk, 25 Problems administrator
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