Park Royal Community Association Annual General Meeting Karen Ras Councillor, Ward 2 October 9, 2019
Agenda • Community Safety/Neighbourhood Watch • Regional Governance Review • Coyotes in our Neighbourhoods • Traffic / Traffic Calming • Nine Creeks Trail Update • Questions/Answers
Break and Enter Trends (Houses) Organized Crime (Georgia, Eastern Groups are Canada wide, Very well organized European, South not just GTA American)
Pay extra attention Do NOT keep Strategies to your backyards valuables in master (Ravine entries) bedroom; alarm upper levels Vacations (50% of Neighborhood entries people on Watch vacation)
Strategies ● Call Police, not friends/family ● Beware of Dog ● Property Marking
Car Entries Always lock vehicles ● ● Culprits walk up and down streets checking door handles ● No plain view Report any break ins! ●
Contact Information Cst. Rodney #3615 Community Liaison Officer 905- 453-2121 ext.1160 Non-Emergency Line - 905-453-3311 (ask for communications)
Neighbourhood Watch Register at: safecitymississauga.on.ca/programs/neighbourhood-watch/ What’s included?... • CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) Audit of your neighbourhood. • A community Setup Meeting inviting Peel Regional Police & your local Ward Councillor. • Crime Prevention information, materials, newsletters, and resources. • City Signage labelling the street as a Neighbourhood Watch - reminding potential offenders that chances of being reported are higher. • Inspires residents to take back their neighbourhood from crime.
History of Regional Review in Mississauga Regional Composition Council 2002 2004 Council initiates the 2016 Discussion appoints a “One City, One Voice “ (Mississauga vetoes the Citizens’ Task Campaign Region’s plan to increase Force membership to 32) 2000 TODAY City commissions Province changes Province a Financial Report Regional Composition in 2003 2005 2019 announces ($32 million Peel Regional Review estimated subsidy) (2 more seats for Mississauga)
Provincial Review (Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon and Peel) • January 2019 – The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced that it had appointed two special advisors to review regional government in Ontario. • Fall 2019 – The advisors will be making recommendations to the Minister for the purpose of “improving governance, decision making and service deliveries”. • The review includes 82 municipalities in total: including the Regions of Peel, Halton, York and Durham.
Budget Breakdown Property Tax Distribution
Region of Peel Facts Did You Know? Regional Representation at Regional Regional Roads Regional Council Population Tax Levy
Options Considered by Council 1. Regional Reform: Mississauga remains part of the Region of Peel but changes are made to address inefficiencies and systemic issues 2. Amalgamation: Mississauga combines with Brampton, Caledon and the Region of Peel to form one city 3. Independence: Mississauga separates from the Region of Peel
INDEPENDENCE Transition Period What happens to Regional Services? • Police – Mississauga and Brampton are serviced by Peel Regional Police which has a separate legislated Police Board. This model could continue. • Water/Wastewater – could be managed through a utility model as it is currently paid for by user fees, not property taxes. • Social and Health Services – must be delivered in compliance with Provincial laws and funding arrangements from the Province. • Other Services – Many services like planning, roads and Transhelp could be absorbed into Mississauga with no disruption to service levels
Coyotes
Factors that may contribute to coyote sightings • Proximity to Natural Areas or Travel Corridors: creeks, rivers, ravines, hydro, hwy., rail, park trails • Abundance of natural food/water resources or lack of • Anthropogenic food resources • Free roaming – off leash pets • Changes to the Landscape - new development, construction, forestry projects, vacant property • Time of year – mating, denning, juveniles, dispersing, food availability • Time of day • Health of animal • Human contributors
Enforcement Strategies • In 2011 – Animal Care and Control By-law amended to prohibit the feeding of wildlife • Officers actively enforce leashing, stoop and scoop and wildlife feeding to minimize conflicts
Food Attractants in Parks and Hydro RoWs Corridors
Traffic & Traffic Calming • New provincial legislation enabled municipalities to designate areas where by-lawed speed limits can be imposed lower than 50 km/hr. • City will be moving ahead to establish 40 km/hr neighbourhood area speed limits – Park Royal will be the first neighbourhood in Ward 2 to be converted • Vision Zero came about from the belief that no loss of life is an acceptable price for travelling on our roads. • City Council passed a resolution to adopt Vision Zero, a framework which focuses on the prevention of fatalities and injuries due to motor vehicle collisions. • As part of lowering speed limits, we are developing plans that will lay out how we will achieve Vision Zero through education, enforcement and engineering and what resources will be required to do so. Reducing speeds to 40 km/hr moves us in the right direction.
Nine Creeks Trail Update There are currently 3 sections under construction and they are planned to be completed by October 18th, weather permitting: • Truscott Rd. to Whitoaks Ave.- bridge and trail are installed. [Fencing, gates, hydroseeding, line painting, signage and R-O-W works are outstanding]; • Indian Road to Woodeden Dr.- trail, Lornewood Creek culvert replacement and plantings are complete. [Fencing, gates, line painting, hydroseeding and R-O-W works are outstanding]; • Indian Grove to South Service Rd. – trail is installed. [Fencing, gates, hydroseeding, line painting, signage and R-O-W works are outstanding]
Nine Creeks Trail Update • Construction of the trail section between Winston Churchill Blvd. and Bromsgrove Rd. is scheduled to commence within 1-2 weeks. • TNPL locates are currently being completed by hydrovac. • Resident notification notices for this section will be mailed out next week. • Additional directional signage will be added soon
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