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GOREWAY BRIDGE FINALLY DELIVERED!

Well it is official. After 20 years of waiting the Goreway Bridge has finally started.

The Goreway project will be funded via a three party cost sharing agreement between The City of Mississauga.  Brampton and CN. The total cost of the project is $41.6M with each party contributing approximately one third. Construction is to be complete in late 2024.

Thank you to our residents for your support and patience through this process.

 

Malton Youth Hub – Jonathan Davis Centre – Grand Opening

Join us

December 12, 2023

6:00 pm

3545 Morning Star Drive

Malton Youth Hub – Now Open

Grand Opening

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December 12, 2023
6:00pm
3545 Morning Star Drive

 

The Malton Youth Hub is the result of converting an indoor swimming pool into 18,000 square foot building dedicated to the youth of Malton — with activity spaces on the ground floor, two storey atrium, a mezzanine for counselling, tutoring and healthcare for youth of Malton.

This 12.7 million project has a Recording Studio as its star attraction, among many other activity and teaching spaces. The Hub is an amazing addition to our community, specifically dedicated to youth engagement.

Wow!

Milk Fund 2023 “Yellowstone”

A huge thank you to all the sponsors and guests who attended this year’s TENTH ANNIVERSARY MILK FUND. The theme YELLOWSTONE was a huge hit with casual dress and complimentary cowboy hats. A special thanks to PEGASUS at HARDING WATERFRONT ESTATE on Lakeshore for spectacular food and very special attention to every detail.

This was our best year ever, with a net result of $238,800 for the many small community food banks, breakfast programs and summer camp lunches for the less fortunate residents of our City. Over forty cheques were distributed last year through the recommendations of the Ward Councillors.

Again, thank you to everyone involved. Please enjoy the attached photos.
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Canada Day 2023 Photo Gallery

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Summer 2023 Ward 5 Newsletter

Catch up on all the Ward 5 news!

Download a PDF of the newsletter (2.4mb PDF): Summer 2023 Newsletter

CANADA DAY 2023

Canada Day Poster

Clear Explanation of Bill 23 in Toronto Star

An article in today’s Toronto Star provides the clearest explanation of the damage being caused by Bill 23:

Minister Clark is shamefully misleading or dangerously ignorant about development charges

“I was involved in municipal politics in the GTA for 28 years, 23 of which I served as the Mayor of Ajax (1995-2018). Therefore, I have some detailed familiarity with development charges — how they are calculated, approved, budgeted and spent.

When I read the commentary on this subject by Steven Clark, Ontario’s minister of municipal affairs and housing, I couldn’t believe what I was reading.

Is it possible that a former mayor and now minister is so poorly informed about development charges? Or is he deliberately misleading the citizens of Ontario to justify his government’s disastrous Bill 23 recently rammed down our throats without municipal and expert input?

Development charges are authorized by provincial statute to allow municipalities to raise the very large sums of money to build water, sewer, road and other infrastructure necessary to allow growth, both for housing and employment purposes. These charges are based on the principle that growth should pay for growth — and not be funded by existing property taxpayers.

The costs of this infrastructure are calculated based on long-term growth projections with full input from the development industry. Then these costs are apportioned between those that solely benefit from new development and those that benefit both new and existing taxpayers. The latter category is excluded from development charges.

Let me be clear: Clark’s statement that these costs are completely borne by homeowners is false. The portion that benefits everyone is raised through property taxes on everyone.

The minister then goes on to say that he will ensure 60 per cent of funds from development charges will be spent immediately so as to prevent municipalities from “sitting” on these funds, ensuring that they are spent on the infrastructure they were raised for. The fact is that development charges must, by statute, be spent on what they were raised for and disbursed over the life of the project — often many years.

Municipalities must report balances and commitments on each infrastructure category annually. The development industry has the ability to challenge amounts raised and expended and appeal if they are not satisfied. The financial oversight is scrupulous. To imply that these moneys constitute some sort of slush fund that municipalities can use and abuse as they see fit is simply false. Ministry staff, if not the minister, surely are aware of this information.

Finally, how does the minister expect new housing to be built if the water, sewer and roads aren’t built to support it? Either he is deliberately sabotaging his housing goals or he is insisting that all infrastructure costs be funded by existing taxpayers, who have lived in their homes for decades and have already paid their fare share. Which is it, Mr. Clark?

There are only two possible conclusions from the minister’s commentary. He is either embarrassingly ignorant of the intricacies of development charges or he is misleading the electorate with gross misrepresentations that some might call lies. But, hey, they already lied about the Greenbelt. What’s one more? No matter which explanation is offered, the minister has shown himself unfit for this portfolio and ought to resign.

The overarching truth with respect to Bill 23 is this: there is no need whatsoever to encroach on existing Greenbelt land to provide for additional — never mind “affordable” — housing.

The government’s own expert panel stated that the problem is not a lack of land but how existing urban lands are used. GTA Regions are in the process of completing their Official Plan reviews that provide land for growth beyond 2051 without encroaching on the Greenbelt.”

Written by Steven Parish, who was the mayor of Ajax for 23 years.

Fairwind Park Opening

Fairwind Park Opening

Huge thank you to Pinnacle International for donating the land for Fairwinds Park as well as a generous donation for the creative playground including an enormous ship named the HMCS PINNACLE!

 

The pirate theme of the day was taken very seriously by many of the participants.

 

This photo was taken by staff from EARTHSCAPE, the award-winning company that designed and built the incredible creative playground. They commented that they had never seen one of their creations swarming with this many children!

 

Drone view of Fairwinds Park Opening provided by Christian Lanctot. An enormous crowd, well over 500 persons, enjoying this fantastic new facility in Ward 5.

Saigon Park Opening

 

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Entertainment, food, children’s amusements from 1:00pm to well after dusk. Fabulous weather and an amazing day of celebration.

 

Drone Photo

Drone photo of Official Opening of Saigon Park on Matheson, with several thousand people in attendance. Sunday May 14, 2022.

Official Opening Ceremony at 2:00pm with greetings from Councillor, Mayor and City Officials. A second ceremony followed immediately with members of the Mississauga Vietnamese Community. Fabulous day for a wonderful park opening.

Fireworks

The Saigon Park festivities ended with a sparkling fireworks display over one of the park’s huge stormwater retention ponds.

 

The Day Our Ship Came In!

On July 23, 2021 — a scorching hot day— Earthworks started the installation of the massive ship, lighthouse and other amazing components of the incredible Fairwinds Park at Eglinton and Fairwind Drive. A long but fascinating day!
Thank you to Jay Kana of Modern Mississauga!

A New Park for Ward 5!

The City has completed the purchase of 27 acres of parkland, formerly used as a 9 hole golf course. The intention is to keep the land as passive recreation with walking trails, areas in which to picnic and just enjoy the peace and quiet of a large green space in the middle of a bustling city.

Once part of a 100-acre family farm owned and worked by the Scott family for over 80 years, we intend to raise funds for the installation of giant insect – climbing equipment to place along the trails for children to enjoy. EARTHWORKS, the company that built the creative playground in Fairwinds Park, will be commissioned to build giant ladybugs, dragon flies and bees, in keeping with the natural theme of the new park!

We’re looking forward to our next amazing addition to the Britannia Community.

Hot off the Press – Our Malton and Britannia Fall 2021 Newsletters!

Click here to download the PDF’s:

Carolyn Parrish News Malton Fall 2021

Carolyn Parrish Ward 5 News Britannia_Fall 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Ahoy Matey! Our Ship Came In at Fairwinds!

We want to hear from you about the Malton Hub

The City of Mississauga is converting the former Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School pool in Malton into a Hub providing services and programs that reflect local community youth needs.

Have your voice heard!

What you can do:

Join a virtual information session

April 20 at 6:30pm for youth & students

April 21 at 2pm for community agencies & stakeholders

April 22 at 6:30pm for residents

CLICK HERE to learn more about the project and how to have your voice heard!

Take our SHORT SURVEY.

Goreway (former Starwinds) 7085 Goreway Drive

Finally, the long vacated Starwinds Grocery building next to the fire station on Goreway will be demolished to be replaced by two affordable apartment buildings and townhouses – much needed new residential units in Malton. The apartments are family-sized with two and three bedroom units. The location is conveniently within walking distance to Westwood Square, Paul Coffey arena and Park and the bus terminal. The Village has very little residential land remaining so this conversion of commercial space to residential will be most welcome.

Bristol Road East and Hurontario – 30 Bristol Road East – Riocan

These buildings by Riocan have been approved on the east side of Hurontario at Bristol Road. They are replacing a portion of the plaza that was lost due to fire. They will be rental buildings, increasing the City’s low supply. Mississauga has been tasked by the Province, in conjunction with Brampton, to take 55% of accommodation for 700,000 new residents by the year 2051. Given we have very little land left to develop, the type of construction these buildings represent is practical infill where infrastructure like water/sewer pipes and roads as well as schools and community centres already exist. Sitting on the proposed LRT, on site parking can be kept to a minimum with the attached plaza parking available for guests to the building. Construction is due to start shortly.

Paul Coffey Park Renovations

Celebrating our Community for Black History Month

This year we are recognizing Mississauga’s Black trailblazers, organizations and businesses who have gone above and beyond in the past year, during the pandemic, to help and uplift the community through various initiatives, programs and artistry.

Here are four community leaders that Carolyn would like to specifically acknowledge:

1. Hyacinth Harper and Beverly Patterson from Mount Zion Church in Malton. These two ladies have been running the Mount Zion Food Bank from two trailers in the church parking lot – recently replaced by a donated school portable – for many years. Through the hardship of Covid they have tripled their efforts joining forces with S.H.I.P who are the anchor agency for the new Malton Youth Hub and SEVA Food Bank run by a Sikh Group in Erindale and Malton. They have expanded from food assistance to include massive collections of cleaning and sanitizing products, virtual learning equipment and personal hygiene products for the whole family. Incredibly dedicated to their black church community, they have enthusiastically shared hundreds of hours with all members of the Malton Village who are in need. I will send a photo of Beverly at the end of this email.

2. Blossom Patterson had been a very active member of the Malton Neighbourhood Services Team for many years. She organizes special activities for Seniors including a massive Christmas hot lunch for all Malton’s Seniors in cooperation with the staff at the Malton Community Centre. Covid hasn’t stopped her. While in person events have been stopped, Blossom arranged for packages to be delivered to needy seniors all through the lock downs, checked in on the vulnerable by phone and generally spread sunshine to those who needed it most. She’s a real gem.

3. Pat McNaughton: Patricia is the most incredibly perfect staff person the City could have placed in Malton. She treats the Village, and especially the children, as though every soul there was a member of her own family. As Manager of the Malton Community Centre, Paul Coffey Arena and Park, she knows who the families in need are and had gone out of her way to alert my office as well as the various social agencies working in Malton to the specific needs of her extended “family”. For summer parks programs, she arranges donated registration fees. For the Malton BIA bike repair shop which provided kids with 160 donated bikes during Covid, she made Victory Hall available and protected from floor damage. For community health, cleaning products and food distribution she pitched in with personal funds and hours of personal time. She knows the kids who hang out at the Community Centre during lunch breaks because they have no food, and buys them lunches.

Malton Greenway Bridge Replacement Information

Please be informed that all four bridges (01 -04) along the Malton Greenway will be replaced over the next few months.  Public access will be impacted at each site for short periods. 

Bridges 03 & 04 (behind Westwood Mall – See attached Map)

  • Prep work will begin around November 18th – bridge closure is not required for this work
  • Bridge 04 – installation (requiring closure of the existing bridge) is tentatively scheduled for November 21st
  • Bridge 03 – installation (requiring closure of the existing bridge) is tentatively scheduled November 28th
  • Service Disruption signs will be installed at the sites identified in the attached map

Bridges 01 & 02 (behind Lincoln Alexander Secondary School)

  • Prep work late November – bridge closure is not required for this work
  • Bridges 01 & 02 – installation dates are targeted for late November to mid-December – I will confirm actual dates when I have confirmation from the contractor.  Service Disruption signs will be installed a week prior to installations.

Service disruption signs will be installed for Bridge 04 in the next few days. 

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