This memo is provided to give further clarity to the recent brochure mailed out to Alton, Orchard and Uptown residents. As you are aware for the past 2 years the City of Burlington has been actively striving to engage residents in order to find solutions to some of the parking challenges in these areas. At the end of our last … Read More
Mount Nemo Plateau Heritage Conservation District Study – Public Consultation Meeting
The City of Burlington is inviting residents to attend a consultation meeting about the Mount Nemo Plateau Heritage Conservation District Study. Council approved staff report, PB-38-14 recommended that a Heritage Conservation District study process be initiated for the Mount Nemo Plateau area. This meeting will be to discuss the consultant’s work to date on the study, provide input and to … Read More
2015 Budget Update
Happy New Year! It’s a new year year and that means a new City of Burlington budget. Over the next few weeks Council will review our Current and Capital budgets, and I thought I would highlight a few areas that might be of interest to Ward 6 residents. As your Ward 6 Council representative in our community I have accepted … Read More
Transit Update for Route 6, Headon Forest Drive
Transit report (TR-08-14) providing alternate transit service models for Route 6, Headon Forest Drive went to Development and Infrastructure Committee on Monday, December 15, 2014. Mike Spicer, Director of Transit provided an overview. Please visit the Agenda for the report. I know this has been an area of concern for Headon Forest area residents and those who rely on our transit system. At … Read More
Where Is My Snow Plow?
Coming soon for 2015 Find it frustrating wondering where and when your street will be snow plowed? Well now you can go online and track the snow plow by A.V.L (automated vehicle locator). Coming soon for 2015, residents can log in, navigate the online map, highlight a street and receive snow plowing status information. The site will also include weather forecast information … Read More
Keep Safe This Holiday Season: New Carbon Monoxide Regulations
As we all enjoy the holiday season with our loved ones, I wanted to remind everyone about the new carbon monoxide (CO) law and regulations. The update to Ontario’s Fire Code (Div. B – section 2.16 – Installation of Carbon Monoxide Alarms), requires CO alarms adjacent to all sleeping areas in all residential buildings that contain fuel-fired appliances (such as furnaces, stoves or … Read More
Rezoning for Twelve Mile Trail in Orchard Community
This report provides a description of the Hallawest Developments (Twelve Mile Trail)Inc. applications proposing a 15-lot residential subdivision in the eastern portion of the Orchard Community. The applications affect two large residential properties located on the west side of Twelve Mile Trail in the Orchard Community of Burlington. Please see link to Agenda for the detailed report. This was presented as a … Read More
Donnic Drive Traffic Calming Poll
On December 1, 2014, the City of Burlington notified residents on Donnic Drive that they have received a request to install traffic calming measures on Donnic Drive to address speeding and aggressive driving concerns. Staff requires a minimum support rate of 50%+1 of the households on Donnic Drive to support reviewing Donnic Drive for traffic calming measures, subject to the technical warrant criteria being … Read More
Taywood Drive Traffic Calming Poll
Update: Taywood Drive Traffic Calming Request – Poll Extension: Staff are sending out a notification to households on Taywood Drive which did not respond to the poll, requesting residents to complete the traffic calming poll. You can e-mail, fax or mail the completed poll, or it can be completed on-line at (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TaywoodPoll). Please submit your completed poll by February 3, … Read More
Meeting on proposed high-rises at Appleby Mall
Staff held a neighborhood meeting regarding two proposed high-rise condominium apartment buildings on a portion of the existing northeast parking lot of Appleby Mall along Pinedale Avenue. While the units on the first floor in both buildings have been identified as Commercial use, the upper units would be sold as condominiums. The 12-storey building would have 132 units, while the … Read More