EAST LIONS COMMUNITY CENTRE OFFICIALLY OPENS!
After a long, long, long wait…Friday December 17th the East Lions Community Centre officially OPENS!!!
This is a long overdue but incredibly important edition to the Argyle neighbourhood and the wider east London community. Behind schedule before I was even elected and faced with practically every delay imaginable, it felt like this day was never going to come.
But, in the spirit of the season, it felt like being a kid on Christmas Eve to be able to share the opening day announcement this week. The *gift* of our new community is finally ready for us to open together, and will be enjoyed by many generations now and in the years to come.
Public WiFi is online at Argyle Arena!
Honouring Canada’s Battle of Hong Kong Veterans
On November 16, 1941 Canadian troops arrived in Hong Kong to reinforce the British defence of the island against Japanese forces in WWII.
To the day, 79 years later, Mayor Holder and myself were joined by Debbie Legg on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans of Canada Association to mark the addition of a plaque commemorating the service of those troops to City Hall’s “Hall of Honour”.
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Review of Advisory Committees at City Hall
Last year Advisory Committees sat almost as long at Council (197hrs vs. 211hrs) and required well over 2500 hours of city staff time. These are not limited to the clerk staff either, it includes hours spent by senior management addressing these committees; the City Engineer, Manager for Roads, Manager for Parks & Rec, etc.
A staff review of Advisory Committees was already underway, contrary to some reports I did not initiate that, however I certainly support it. And as a result of the interim staff report, I do not support maintaining the status quo.
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New Playground for Kiwanis Park
A great update for Ward 2 residents from council. We have officially approved the contract to begin the work for a new play structure in Kiwanis Park!
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New Crosswalks Coming to Ward 2
There are several areas in the Argyle neighbourhood where crossing the road safely can present a challenge.
I worked with the Ward 2 community, including our school communities and the people at Trinity United Church and Community Centre. Then, I took that community feedback to city staff. As a result, 10 of the 34 new pedestrian crosswalks approved by City Council for 2020 installations are in Ward 2!
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COVID-19 & News from City Hall Newsletter Update June 1st
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COVID-19 London Local Update for May 15th
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Ward 2 Infrastructure Renewal: Churchill & Spruce Projects Approved
Even during COVID-19, I am continuing to fight to ensure that Ward 2’s long list of needs gets addressed, keeping the promise I made to residents when I ran to be your City Councillor.
Public construction work is still moving ahead where it involves the delivery of essential services the city provides and there is no more essential service than water coming into and leaving homes.
Ward 2 has 2 such projects to replace watermains, sewers, sanitary sewers, resurface roads, and put in proper curbs and gutters where they don’t currently exist, ready to start construction in May (other projects, including Jena Cres, & Pottersburg Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Churchill project which will include Calgary St, are in the works with more to come on those later).
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