Action alert: Ask Pickering to vote against sprawl Feb 22

Submitted by Kristina Jackson on Thu, 2011-02-03 16:52

SAY “NO” TO SPRAWL -- SAY “NO” TO URBANIZATION OF NORTH-EAST PICKERING (GREENWOOD)

The past Durham Regional Council voted to urbanize an enormous tract of land in North Pickering (Greenwood). BUT the Province rejected this proposal as it is contrary to “Places to Grow”. Durham Region has appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board --they are spending our Tax Dollars to fight FOR sprawl!

In 2010 Pickering Council supported the development of Greenwood; with new representatives we must reverse this position. Pickering Regional Councillors O’Connell, McLean and Rodrigues oppose the urbanization of North East Pickering and want Pickering Council to tell Durham to abandon their appeal and oppose expanding the Urban Boundary

On February 22, 2011 a Motion will be presented to Pickering Council that “SAYS NO” to:

X Increased traffic and sprawl in rural Pickering

X Increased taxes to pay for infrastructure and future operational needs for 30,000 more residents

X Increased flooding in Ajax/Pickering

X Destruction of water quality, wildlife and some of the finest farmland in Ontario

What can you do?

Tell them to support the Motion that says NO to Sprawl!

Call the Mayor Dave Ryan (905) 420-4600

Call City Councillors: David Pickles (905) 426-5442, Doug Dickerson (905) 420-4605, Kevin Ashe (905) 420-4605

or email them at council@cityofpickering.com

Get on the Council agenda, by calling (905) 420-4611 and registering to be a delegation

ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2011 AT 7:30 PM ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING AND SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THAT SAYS NO TO SPRAWL.

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Pickering Sprawl

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sat, 2011-02-26 10:08.
I note that the vote to NOT continue with the OMB appeal on the development of Northeast Pickering failed. Would it be worthwhile to go to Ajax Councillors to oppose the apppeal to the OMB? I wonder what would make it worthwhile for the local farmers to stay on the land rather than selling to developers.

Municipal Elections - Contributions to by businesses and unions

Submitted by Graham Lodge (not verified) on Sun, 2011-02-13 14:24.
My understanding is that the provincial government passes legislation to make it unlawful for businesses and corporations to contribute to the financing of elections. Unfortunately, this legislation applied only to the City of Toronto. This legislation should be expanded to apply to all municipalities in Ontario; otherwise, we can surely expect more efforts to subvert the intention of the legislation to prevent urban sprawl. I think if you look at who contributed to the financing of the election of those members of council voting for developments involving urban sprawl, you will find much of the financing coming from developers and development corporations.

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