Meeting commenced at 7:30 PM

Approximately 32 attendees

 

Meeting agenda:         

 

1)      Concerns about proposed widening of Sixteenth Avenue.

2)      Observatory Lands

3)      Previous OHHA objectives

4)      OHHA Elections

5)      Feedback and discussion

 

Widening of Sixteenth Avenue (per letter sent to residents backing onto 16^th Ave)

 

Cynthia Martin (P.Eng) Project Manager Roads for York Region presented the following details:

·        The widening of Sixteenth Avenue is possible option included in a “Master Plan” study for future traffic planning within the region.  Highway 7 and Major MacKenzie are also being looked at for potential expansion options of the east/west corridor.

·        This “Master Plan” is a 10 year capital program to identify future infrastructure requirements.

·        Cynthia introduced Tyrone Gan (President) and Nathalie Baudais (Transportation Planner) both from iTRANS Consulting Inc.

·        iTRANS was contracted to perform the Environmental assessment study.

·        Components of this study include Rapid Transit, intersection improvements, road widening, bicycle routes, impact on residents, etc.

·        They will be holding “Open Houses “ at Hillcrest Mall and Markville Mall in about 1 month and signs are to be posted

 

Residents responded with the following concerns:

 

·        increased speeding and related safety concerns (pedestrians, schools, daycares, arena, etc)

·        road noise already a problem

·        police not patrolling effectively currently

·        potential issues with turning onto Sixteenth Avenue from Fern

 

Observatory Lands:

 

·        Bert has been in contact with the Hillsview Homeowners group and the Bayview Hills Homeowners group and they will contact us if any new developments surface.

 

 

OHHA website and e-mail information

 

Bert provided above information

·        e-mail         [email protected]

·        website       http://www.geocities.com/observatory_hill/

 

 

Elections

 

·        Nominations/Elections for Executive

The following people were elected for a term of one year:

-President - Gord Sanford – 75 Gordon Rowe, (905-883-0604)

-Treasurer - Maureen Essig – 43 Gordon Rowe, (905-883-0407)

-Secretary - Chris Hitz – 16 Gordon Rowe, (905-508-6509)

-Renu Duggal – 332 Fern, (905-780-1302)

 

 

Membership

 

·        Several new members joined the association

 

 

Feed back and new ideas

 

·        A resident expressed concerns about the slow growth of town planted trees along Fern Avenue. Another resident explained that these are slow growth oak trees.

 

·        Someone suggested having a “Litter pickup event for Earth Day” - volunteers are needed to organize the event.

 

·        A Family Day in the Park was suggested – again volunteers are needed to organize the event. The OHHA offered to provide some funding for such an event.

 

·        Reintroduce the OHHA via flyer distribution – volunteers?

 

·        Someone suggested starting a neighbourhood watch program – again someone has to volunteer and implement the program.

 

 

 

Farewell to Bert

 

·        Best wishes and thanks to Bert and his family with their move to BC.