ARECA to host Ward 16 candidates’ debate
[attach]2293[/attach]ARECA will host an All Candidates Meeting at the community association’s Annual General Meeting on October 18th, 2010, in the North Toronto Memorial Centre. All Ward 16 Candidates for Council will be present at the All-Candidates Forum on October 18 at 7 p.m. in the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre. The Forum will be sponsored and moderated by the Town Crier and light refreshments will be served. All residents are encouraged to attend to hear from the candidates running to represent Ward 16 at Toronto City Council.
For a recap of the debate read the Town Crier’s story [url=https://streeter.ca/development-dominates-ward-16-debate.html]here[/url]
Orchard View-Duplex development approved despite massive community opposition:
A 20-storey apartment building at Orchard View and Duplex was approved at Toronto Council on Aug. 25. This despite several petitions being submitted to council, two by Councillor Michael Walker. The approved development is 1,000 percent greater than what is permitted for the site and is denser than any building at the Yonge & Eglinton Centre. The Yonge & Eglinton Centre is designated for intensification, whereas the Orchard View Duplex site is not. The Working Group, made up of community members and two community associations, unanimously agreed on amendments that were not carried by Councillor Stintz at North York Community Council. Instead, amendments that were more favourable to the developer were submitted by the councillor who claimed erroneously that they were agreed to by the Working Group.
The development is particularly troublesome to the Stanley Knowles Cooperative, a subsidized housing development built on top of the library on Orchard View Boulevard. The applicant was given approval to build up the property line of the library which effectively denies any further development of future affordable housing on the library site. The development also towers over several two-storey houses to the north on the same block. ARECA and the Stanley Knowles Coop are progressing with a complaint to the Toronto Ombudsperson. A challenge at the Ontario Municipal Board is also being considered.
ARECA is a volunteer community association representing the views of residents in matters that affect our community in North Toronto. ARECA represents the area bounded by Eglinton Avenue West, Yonge Street, Roselawn Avenue, Avenue Road, St Clements Avenue and Chaplin Road. If you live in the ARECA area please join your community association. To join send a cheque for $20 ($10 seniors) for your 2010 or 2011 membership, along with your name, address and phone number and email address to Avenue Road Eglinton Community Association, c/o Membership Secretary 23 Elwood Boulevard, Toronto M4R 1B8. Note if you wish to receive fax or email updates from ARECA please include these with your membership details or email us at [email=information@areca.info]information@areca.info[/email].
