Oriole Park Association – Annual General Meeting – Virtual Zoom

Thursday November 21, 2024     7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

In attendance:  Dave McMahon, President; Lynne Frank, Vice-President; Daryle Hunt, Vice-President; Steve Sims, Treasurer; Deborah Staiman, Director; Paul Nimigon, Director, and Richard MacFarlane, Special Consultant.

Chaplin Residents: David Easden, Leif Malling, Carrol Paleothodoros, James Houlachan.

Presentations by: The Hon. Jill Andrew, MPP (Toronto-St. Paul’s) NDP; Ethan Hoddes, Constituency Assistant at the office of the Hon. Jill Andrew; Noah Ross, Transportation Policy Advisor for Councillor Josh Matlow.

Regrets:  Councillor Josh Matlow (in Japan), Ron Hutchinson, Director; Heather Harris, Director; Bruce Huggins, Director; and Shelley Ortved, Special Consultant.

Welcome, Introduction

Dave McMahon, President of the Oriole Park Association, welcomed everyone to the OPA Annual General Meeting, virtual zoom.

Lynne Frank, facilitator, thanked everyone for attending. She introduced our first speaker, the Hon. Jill Andrew, MPP (Toronto-St. Paul’s) NDP. Jill Andrew has been a critic in support of women and encouraging social opportunities. She brought us        up-to-date about Queen’s Park and our St. Paul’s district.

Lynne Frank

Our next speaker was Noah Ross who is with Councillor Josh Matlow’s office. Thank you very much for being here.

Dave McMahon

This year is the 70th anniversary of the Oriole Park Association. It’s been fairly quiet over the past year. Condo development has basically ground to a halt. Sammy’s Garage has finally come close to completion. For Rockport, the Manor Road parkette is getting done. The first residents are anticipated to move there in March 2025.

Regarding the Eglinton Avenue West condo development at Starbucks, on the north side, there have been quite a few protests. We have people who are still actively protesting it. We started with a petition. There are 814 names on it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t count because the OLT needs verification of every signature.

The surprising aspect is that from that petition, no one stepped forward to challenge that condo development.

We wondered where the petition came from. We found out that it was the ‘Eglinton Way’ community.

Major news is that the Yitz Bakery project, the northwest corner of Avenue Road and Eglinton Avenue West, is in bankruptcy. It has defaulted on $53 million dollars in mortgages.  Who knows who the next owner will be?

Traffic safety has been an important issue, traditionally, in our community. The last meeting we had, there were 27 people on the Traffic Safety Committee. Our first meeting began in December 2021. It’s been over two years and people want to have the next meeting. As an example, in Leaside, their Traffic Safety Plan was approved 1½ years ago, but nothing happened.

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Dave McMahon  (cont’d)

We have to keep advocating for small traffic issues as a preferred strategy.

Sadly, it took us up to 12 years from start to finish on some of these projects.

Jim Baker of the ARECA ratepayer association worked on the “Eglinton Today” project about bicycle lanes. We have concerns about the layouts.

There is a problem with the right hand turn off Eglinton Avenue onto Avenue Road north. There is an issue with street design.

Lynne Frank

Thank you very much, Dave. Do I have a motion to approve the previous OPA minutes on our website?  Motion approved.

Dave McMahon

Richard MacFarlane had a brief statement about our Past President, the Hon. Roy McMurtry.

Paul Nimigon – Toronto Police Services Liaison Committee

As you know, I am the Toronto Police Services 53 Division representative. I am pleased to be on that committee. The last meeting was on September 29th, 2024.  Shelley Ortved was there as well.  There was a good mixture of people and ideas.

The Toronto Police Services Open House was excellent. The TPS was pleased with the turnout. They handed out scholarships. This will continue next summer.

They have developed a community crisis response program. I’m impressed. It’s up on our OPA website. It’s a great support service offered by the City of Toronto.

This is “Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month.” That will be posted to our community. Putting it on our OPA website will be perfect.

There will be a fund-raiser on Sunday December 8, 2024 at First Canadian Place in Toronto. It will be an opportunity to meet our Toronto police officers, in person, and to discuss your concerns.

Tickets are $50.00.  (We didn’t do this last year). The OPA has already purchased            5 tickets.  It’s a good conduit for our OPA association, to share experiences and generate ideas.

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Paul Nimigon – Break and Enters

The Toronto Police Services post ‘break and enters’ in real time on their website. They said that we should make sure that people know how to download their security cameras. Sometimes, the police arrive, and they ask the homeowner about security footage, and want to download it. But the homeowner doesn’t know how, and this can be a problem.

Lynne Frank

We now have the election of the OPA Board of Directors for       2024-2025.

Dave McMahon, President

Daryle Hunt, Vice-President

Lynne Frank, Vice-President

Steven Sims, Treasurer

Directors

Heather Harris

Deborah Staiman

Bruce Huggins

Ron Hutchinson

Paul Nimigon

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Special Consultants

Shelley Ortved

Richard MacFarlane

All in favour?  Approved unanimously.

We have time for questions and comments.

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Thank you very much, everyone, for attending tonight’s Annual General Meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

Oriole Park Association, Annual General Meeting (November 21, 2024) notations were prepared

by Richard MacFarlane.

On Friday September 5,2025 TPS 53 Division is hosting a Community Safety BBQ at the Yonge Eglinton Centre between 10am and 2pm.

Hot dogs will be served as well as activities and treats.

Help 53 Division cram a cruiser with school supplies to help thos in need!

The local community has active schedule lined up for 2025 Spring and Fall Community Events.

The following are the current events planned: 

- SATURDAY MAY 31, 2025 - Oriole Park JPS annual  MAYFAIR on Saturday May 31,2025 from 1100AM to 300PM . 

- EVERY SUNDAY JUNE 1 TO OCTOBER 26,2025 - The Eglinton Way Farmers Market, 800AM to 100PM 125 Burnaby Blvd..

-SUNDAY JUNE 8, 2025 - TPS 53 Division Annual Open House 1000AM to 200PM, 75 Eglnton Ave West.

SATURDAY JUNE 21,2025 - Midtown Yonge BIA  'ARRAIA ON YONGE' street festival on Yonge Street between Manor Road and Belsize 1100AM to 900PM.

SATURDAY JULY 26, 2025 - The annual Eglinton Way BIA 'DREAM WHEELS" car show from 1100AM - 500PM

On Saturday May 25 ,2024 OPJPS will host its annual Mayfair event........ and community volunteers are welcome.

If you are available and able to support this annual event please contact Principal Neil Quimby @ neil.quimby@tdsb.on.ca

Bring your friends and family to Oriole Park School's Annual Mayfair! There will be lots of fun and activities for the whole family.

Oriole Park Public School is located at 80 Braemar Avenue, one block west of Avenue Rd. at Eglinton.

All proceeds go toward enriching childhood education at Oriole Park School. SEE YOU THERE!

The Eglinton Way BIA  are continuing their very successful Farmer's Market this year every Sunday starting June 2nd and running to October 27th. and we have our Dream Wheels vintage car show event on July 27th.

Additionally, we have recently launched a Gift Card Program which works like any other gift card for a shopping mall but the difference is, it can only be used only at participating businesses in our BIA. This is a pilot program for Toronto although it has been very successfully done in many cities and communities around the world. It is a great way to support the businesses in our community.

Our street is coming back to life post construction as our planters, banners and benches that were removed for many years have been reinstalled in the BIA. We are continuing with our plans for additional beautification projects and are looking forward to the installation of six more  original sculptural pieces that we commissioned to enhance our community space. 

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OPA AGM MINUTE SUMMARY 2023

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THE ORIOLE PARK ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2023

THIS YEAR THE MEETING IS VIRTUAL

AGENDA

6:45 PM: Online Registration Commences

7:00PM : President’s Welcome

AGM Meeting Moderator: Ms. Lynne Frank

OPA Board Members Present:

·       -         Lynne Frank

·       -         Daryle Hunt

·       -         Steve Sims

·       -         Ron Hutchinson

·       -         Deborah Staiman

·       -         Bruce Huggins

·       -         Shelley Ortved – Special Consultant

·       -         Richard MacFarlane – Special Consultant

·       -         Regrets – Heather Harris

·       -         Regrets – Nancy Bell

·       President’s Remarks

DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Last year we were monitoring 7 major developments in our catchment area and this year we have added an additional 3 for a total of 10 redevelopment projects.

Nine of the projects are on or bordering Yonge Street and one is on the south side of Eglinton West between Tarlton and Warren Road.

. This is the updated list from June 2022.

·       -         1910 Yonge Street (W/S north of Chaplin Cres.)-an application is currently under review originally for a project 2-45 storey high rise buildings which will feature retail  plus 680 residential suites. This is now being revised for 2 towers – 1 @48 storeys and 1 @53 storeys with the unit count to increase to 939 units

·       -         1984 Yonge Street (W/S)- an application approved for a project 9 storey high rise building which will feature retail  plus 20 residential rental suites. This project was approved in 2018 but building has not commenced. (No change October 2023)

     

·       -         2010 -2050 Yonge Street  (W/S between Glebe West and Lola Road)-an application is currently under review for a 14 storey high rise building which will feature retail  plus 164 residential suites. (No change October 2023)

·       -         2100 Yonge Street  (W/S -N/W corner of Yonge and Manor Road)-an application is approved for a 14 storey high rise building which will feature retail  plus 164 residential suites. (construction underway October 2023)

·       -         2112-2114 Yonge Street (W/S – S/W corner of Hillsdale West and Yonge -former Sammy’s Garage) approved by the Committee of Adjustment  for 12 storeys and 70 residential units. Construction underway October 2023.Completion expected in 2024.

·       -         2128 Yonge Street (W/S N/W corner of Hillsdale West and Yonge (former Firestone Garage) under review  for 12 storey, 80 residential units. (No change October 2023)

·       -         2200 Yonge Street (Canada Square block bounded by Yonge Street /Eglinton West/ Duplex / Berwick). This is a 2-phase redevelopment project currently under review with an anticipated completion date of 10 / 15 years. The OPA Board is actively involved in this process and are advocating for strict traffic measures to control incursion into our community. (No change October 2023)

·       -         25 Imperial Street (S/S between Yonge and TTC ROW)- an application is currently under review for a 14 storey high rise building which will feature 144 residential suites. (No change October 2023)

·       -         26 Imperial Street (N/S between Yonge and TTC ROW)- an application is currently under review for a 9 storey high rise building which will feature 30 residential suites. (No change October 2023)

·       -         523 Eglinton Avenue West – (west of Tarlton)is currently under review for a 7 storey mid rise with 35 rental units. (No change October 2023)

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Community Involvement

-         We held a Community Skating Party co-hosted by Councillor Josh Matlow on Saturday February 25, 2022 at North Toronto Memorial Community Center. We had excellent attendance from the neighbourhood and the OPJPS community. With thanks to Board Member Nancy Bell for organizing this event.

- We made a donation on behalf of the Association to ‘Churches on the Hill’ food bank which serves our local community.

Sponsoring churches are Calvin Presbyterian Church, Christ Church Deer Park (Anglican), Grace Church-on-the-Hill (Anglican), Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Catholic), St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Latvian Church, Timothy Eaton Memorial Church (United) and Yorkminster Park Baptist Church in Toronto.

Approval of AGM Minutes: November 15,2022

·       -         The minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s Report

We had an increase in membership dues this year but we also had an increase in lapsed memberships which is a common occurrence with organizations such as the OPA.

Our balance sheet remains stable and the Board does not anticipate any adverse impacts over the coming year.

  Copies of the Financial Statement are available.

Overview of operations

·      The association collects annual memberships from its members to support out activities.

·      The members consist of residents from Oriole Park who have joined the association.

·      All residents are encouraged to join the association and we encourage you to encourage your neighbours and friends to join and support our association.

·      The Association charges its members $100 for a 3 year membership or $40 for a one year membership.

·      There are no paid positions in the Association – all activities are carried out by volunteers.

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Review of financial statements:

·      The annual financial statements consists of a profit and loss statement which shows cash received and recorded as income less cash paid out and recorded as expense for the year ended September 30, 2023.

·      The balance sheet presents a listing of the assets owned and liabilities of the OPA as at September 30, 2023.

·      The financial statements record only cash transactions, and like the financial statements of all Not for Profit Organizations do not record the financial value of donated services by the many OPA members and other volunteers who contribute their time.

·       -         Committee Reports

·       -         The Davisville Community Centre 

·       -         The Centre is in pre construction mode with all required approvals. Construction is to commence in June 2024 and scheduled completion is February 2027

-         Oriole Parkway Revitalization

·       The design of the project has been finalized and the budget in place for the project. Completion is scheduled for Spring / Summer 2025.

              The City website for the project is:        https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/oriole-parkway-road-resurfacing-and-centre-median-greening/

·       Eglinton LRT

·       -          We continue to attend Bi-monthly meetings with Metrolinx / Crosslinx and other community groups including the Eglinton Way BIA and Avenue Road Eglinton Community Association. There is still no hard deadline for the system to be activated but the Chaplin and Avenue Road Stations are complete,  and the streetscape is being restored.

     TPS 53 Division Community Police Liaison Committee.

·       We have been active with the Committee and assisted in bringing forth messages on safety and crime prevention in the neighbourhood.

·       The website for 53 Division and staff is:

·       https://www.tps.ca/my-neighbourhood/53-division/53-division-contacts/

Our primary liaison is Constable Timothy Somers - Crime prevention & Community Relations Officer.

·       Phone: 416-808-5337

·       -         Election of the Board of Directors for 2022/2023

·       -         The current Board has stood for re-election namely:

·       -         Bruce Huggins; Daryle Hunt; Deborah Staiman; Lynne Frank; Heather Harris; Ron Hutchinson; Steve Sims; David McMahon;

·       -         . Shelley Ortved and Richard MacFarlane will remain on the Board for another term as Special Advisers.

·       Nancy Bell has retired from the Board. We thank Nancy for her service to the Oriole Park Community over the years.

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·       -         Adjournment of formal portion of meeting

         Questions to the Board

·       -         Those in attendance asked questions to the Board relating to ongoing development; Oriole Parkway Revitalization ; and requested an update of the Canada Square redevelopment.

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Oriole Park Association

The referenced 19 storey project is proposed for the north side of Eglinton West west of  Castleknock and includes the buildings from Starbucks to Josephsons Optical.

The OPA is working in conjunction with the Avenue Road Eglinton Community Association (our neighbours to the north) to oppose the project as presented.

This proposal contravenes the Yonge-EgIinton Secondary Plan of maximum 8 storeys; sets a dangerous precedent & violates the preservation of the character of the Egiinton Way Village.

Councillor Mike Colle (Ward 8) is hosting a Community Meeting with Planning on Friday April 19 at IOam-11:30am to provide a project update and to hear your concerns.

Pre-register with Casey Richardson: Casey.Richardson@toronto.ca

Voice your opposition in an email to:

City Planner: Valeria Maurizio; valeria.maurizio@toronto.ca

Councillor Mike Colle; 

councillor_colle8@toronto.ca

Councillor Josh Matlow;

councillor_matlow@toronto.ca

Learn more at:

www.ARECA.info

Avenue Road Eglinton Community Association

The City of Toronto is planning to make changes on Oriole Parkway as part of upcoming road resurfacing. The changes support the City’s commitment the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. The Plan’s goal is to eliminate traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries by making our roads safer for everyone, especially for seniors, school children, and people walking and cycling.

The greening of the Oriole Parkway centre median supports the City of Toronto’s objectives to increase tree canopy coverage and will help provide local mitigation to climate change.

For further information :

https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/oriole-parkway-road-resurfacing-and-centre-median-greening/

Community Groups,

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Thank you

Constable Timothy Somers #90023

Toronto Police Service

53 Division

Community Response Unit

Crime Prevention – Community Safety Officer Office 416-808-5337 Mobile 416-473-6314

Good morning everyone,

We welcome you to join us in our upcoming, inter faith, “Prayer Walk” taking place on Thursday, April 11, 2024 commencing at 1230hrs.  

The Toronto Police Service is liaising with faith leaders across each Division, welcoming members of all faith communities to join together for a 1 hour, leisurely walk around the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood, with two scheduled stops in park space for prayer/mindful meditation.

We aim to encourage “Unity in the Community” through prayerful relations, among TPS Divisions and local Faith-Leaders who are valuable “bridge builders” to the community.

1200pm - gathering in the D53 Division lobby, 75 Eglinton Ave West.;

1230pm - Step out as a group; and

130pm - return to 53 Division and disperse.

Thank you,

 

 

Lee Anne CHONG | CRU Clerk

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Toronto Police Service | 53 Division Community Response Unit

75 Eglinton Avenue W, Toronto, Ontario  M4R 2G9

Phone: 416-808-5319