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Sylvia Watson
Recent offenses:
1. Trying to lease Dowling beach; half to Boulevard Club, half to Toronto Sail & Canoe Club (without consulting residents)
2. Trying to lease waterfront park (and now median parklands) to Palais Royale for 150 car parking lot and 10 ton truck turn around (without consulting residents)
3. Trying to construct a 4 phase sport project for Marylin Bell park,
1) olympic bmx course (fenced off)
2) olympic bmx freestyle course (fenced off)
3) concrete skateboard park (they are building one a mile to the west on the waterfront as well)
4) Extreme sports facility
surface parking lot to serve above uses
and private dragon boat clubhouse and launching area
After 200 people came out to a meeting (audio recording on PRA website) she did not back down and lied that it was too late because a private contract had been signed between city and the proponent Terry Tisianos (Palais Royale).
Miller found out about it from us and told us that there was no deal between the city and Terry Tisianos. He then stopped the project before a lease could be signed. The Boulevard Club has also backed down and says it will listen to the public.
Our councillor will never back down and is cooking up further schemes to privatize the waterfront. She is now planning a parking lot across from the Palais Royale in city parklands in the Lakeshore median. She submitted a plan for the waterfront which divides the ward in half at Dowling avenue leaving Marylin Bell Park out of the planning (as well as all projects in negotiation with the city).
Sylvia will be at a pulbic meeting on May 29th
Meeting on the Palais Royale parking situation
With Councillor Watson
Monday May 29th, begins at 7:00pm
Fern School, 126 Fern Avenue (just east of Roncesvalles)
Here's some of the media reports
Life’s a Beach, Toronto sun (Thane Burnett)
www.torontosun.com/News/C...61732.html
Beach side Parking, Eye Weekly (Allison Martell)
* 2nd article*
www.eye.net/eye/issue/iss.../news.html
Residents claim Victory in Beach Battle, Toronto Star (John Goddard)
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs...6606640275
CBC TV (David Craig) parkdale.to/?q=node/90
Motorhead Beachhead, Spacing wire (Shawn Micallef ) spacing.ca/wire/?p=719
Battle brews over western beaches, Toronto Star (John Goddard)
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs...6174637038
Pave Paradise and put up a parking lot, The Globe and Mail (John Lorinc) www.theglobeandmail.com/s...rtainment/
Residents not happy with Palais Parking Arrangements, Bloor West Villager (Lisa Rainford)
www.insidetoronto.com/to/...c=villager
Parkdalers seek help fighting city hall
www.thebulletin.ca/cbulle...id=1000767
Not on line: Globe TV News-Tuesday
For more waterfront news including Councillor Watson’s update go to
parkdale.to/?q=node/92
We plan to flyer the Parkdale-High Park this week to get people to the meeting to oppose her latest schemes to convert lakeshore parklands. Want to help, contact
Roger Brook green22@sympatico.ca or 416 538-1285
Recent offenses:
1. Trying to lease Dowling beach; half to Boulevard Club, half to Toronto Sail & Canoe Club (without consulting residents)
2. Trying to lease waterfront park (and now median parklands) to Palais Royale for 150 car parking lot and 10 ton truck turn around (without consulting residents)
3. Trying to construct a 4 phase sport project for Marylin Bell park,
1) olympic bmx course (fenced off)
2) olympic bmx freestyle course (fenced off)
3) concrete skateboard park (they are building one a mile to the west on the waterfront as well)
4) Extreme sports facility
surface parking lot to serve above uses
and private dragon boat clubhouse and launching area
After 200 people came out to a meeting (audio recording on PRA website) she did not back down and lied that it was too late because a private contract had been signed between city and the proponent Terry Tisianos (Palais Royale).
Miller found out about it from us and told us that there was no deal between the city and Terry Tisianos. He then stopped the project before a lease could be signed. The Boulevard Club has also backed down and says it will listen to the public.
Our councillor will never back down and is cooking up further schemes to privatize the waterfront. She is now planning a parking lot across from the Palais Royale in city parklands in the Lakeshore median. She submitted a plan for the waterfront which divides the ward in half at Dowling avenue leaving Marylin Bell Park out of the planning (as well as all projects in negotiation with the city).
Sylvia will be at a pulbic meeting on May 29th
Meeting on the Palais Royale parking situation
With Councillor Watson
Monday May 29th, begins at 7:00pm
Fern School, 126 Fern Avenue (just east of Roncesvalles)
Here's some of the media reports
Life’s a Beach, Toronto sun (Thane Burnett)
www.torontosun.com/News/C...61732.html
Beach side Parking, Eye Weekly (Allison Martell)
* 2nd article*
www.eye.net/eye/issue/iss.../news.html
Residents claim Victory in Beach Battle, Toronto Star (John Goddard)
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs...6606640275
CBC TV (David Craig) parkdale.to/?q=node/90
Motorhead Beachhead, Spacing wire (Shawn Micallef ) spacing.ca/wire/?p=719
Battle brews over western beaches, Toronto Star (John Goddard)
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs...6174637038
Pave Paradise and put up a parking lot, The Globe and Mail (John Lorinc) www.theglobeandmail.com/s...rtainment/
Residents not happy with Palais Parking Arrangements, Bloor West Villager (Lisa Rainford)
www.insidetoronto.com/to/...c=villager
Parkdalers seek help fighting city hall
www.thebulletin.ca/cbulle...id=1000767
Not on line: Globe TV News-Tuesday
For more waterfront news including Councillor Watson’s update go to
parkdale.to/?q=node/92
We plan to flyer the Parkdale-High Park this week to get people to the meeting to oppose her latest schemes to convert lakeshore parklands. Want to help, contact
Roger Brook green22@sympatico.ca or 416 538-1285