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~ 1812 Re-enactment Event

~ 2013 New Year’s Day Skate Party!!!

~ Streetsville Watermain / Sewer Replacement

~ Peel Climate Change Strategy

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This year marks the historic Bicentennial ofthe War of 1812. Two centuries ago, theUnited States was at war with Great Britainand our country was the battleground. As acolony of Great Britain, Canada was invadednumerous times by the Americans. The Warof 1812 represents a significant chapter in thehistory of our country.

The War of 1812 also holds special signifi-cance and importance in the history of pres-ent-day Mississauga. While the battles of theWar of 1812 were primarily fought in theNiagara region, more than 10% ofMississauga’s population left behind theirfarm homesteads and families to fight fortheir country. To celebrate and commemo-rate the historic bicentennial of the War of1812, volunteer members of the Bread &

Honey Festival group, under the leadership ofDuncan Willock, organized a spectacularMississauga War of 1812 Re-enactment event on the island at Streetsville MemorialPark on September 15-16, 2012. The groupwas awarded a grant of $64,500 from thefederal government to commemorate this his-toric national milestone.

This event featured exciting live re-enact-ments of the battles fought betweenAmerican, British, Militia, and Native forces.British, Native, and American forces wereencamped on the island. Thousands of spec-tators witnessed the loud blasts of cannonsand rifles during the live re-enactments.Between the exciting battles, spectators wereable to speak with the re-enactors, whoexplained what life was like in 1812. The

event also featured period entertainment,such as brass bands, the York RegencyDancers, historical displays, presentations, adrum corps, and a Sutler’s Market, with ven-dors selling reproductions of goods from theera.

The festivities concluded with a bang onSaturday at dusk with a stunning fireworks

display. This event was a great success! Iwould like to thank all of the event volunteersand participants for their hard work and dedi-cation in organizing this event. A specialthanks to the Federal Government (Brad ButtMP), Mississauga Recreation (HeatherCoupey), and all the generous donors whopaid for the fireworks.

War of 1812 FlagRaising Ceremony

To pay a special tribute toStreetsville’s founder and War of1812 participant, Mr. TimothyStreet, Councillor Carlsonarranged a special commemora-tive service in the StreetsvilleMemorial Cemetery. City Staffworked very hard to restore thegraveyard and Timothy Street’sgravesite—adding a small gar-den and flag pole.

On September 29th, War of1812 re-enactors, together with

the Royal Canadian LegionColour Party and Navy LeagueCadet Band raised a Union Jack

in Timothy Street’s honour.

Mayor McCallion, MP Brad Butt,and dozens of local residentsattended the ceremony, recep-tion, and tour of the cemetery,with re-enactors telling the storyof veterans of the War of 1812who are buried there.

A commemorative Union Jackwas presented to Ms. MaryRutledge, a direct descendant ofTimothy Street and lifetime localresident.

Epic War of 1812 Battles Fought in Streetsville

Councillor Carlson with young constituents at theMississauga War of 1812 Re-enactment event

American soldiers returning fire against their Britishfoes during one of the re-enactment battles

The Navy League Cadet Band playing atthe War of 1812 Flag Raising Ceremony

Re-enactment actors getting ready to raise a Union Jack to honour Timothy Street

The Redcoats firing rifles during a re-enactment bat-tle against the Americans



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Mississauga Food Bank Needs You!

The Mississauga Food Bank(MFB) operates the centralfood distribution system whichsupports 65,000Mississaugans each month. Alarge number of seniors and

children receive support through seven neighbour-hood food banks. Nearly 2 million pounds (900,000kilograms) of food are distributed annually. Over thisholiday season, please drop off your food donation atany Fire Hall or local grocery store. The MississaugaFood Bank receives 93% of its funding from the com-munity. If you are able to make a financial donation,your dollars go to work right here in Mississauga.Every dollar given pays for three meals! You candonate quickly and securely online at the MFB’swebsite: www.themississaugafoodbank.org . Forfurther information, or to volunteer, please call 905-270-5589.

Over the coming decades, Peel Region can expect an increase in annual andseasonal temperatures, changes in annual and seasonal precipitation, and anincrease in the number of extreme heat days. Frequent extreme weatherevents are also anticipated. In an effort to proactively mitigate, address, and

adapt to the effects of climate change in Peel Region at the local level,Mississauga has partnered with other local authorities to develop and activelyimplement a comprehensive climate change action plan called the Peel Climate Change Strategy .

Our climate change strategy aims to reduce the amount of greenhouse gasesemitted to our atmosphere and reduce the vulnerability of our natural andhuman systems to climate change effects. Through the strategy, our City andits partners commit to addressing 6 key climate change goals:

Proactive and Responsive Planning and Leadership- Effectively address climate change impacts on our communities through exist-ing and future plans, policies, procedures, technologies, and education pro-grams

Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Mitigation)- By 2050, reduce partners’ corporate and community net emissions by 80%

below 1990 levels through various actions; this will be tracked by a greenhousegas monitoring system

Targeted and Proactive Adaptation Actions

- Improve Peel’s resilience to the local impacts of climate change

Making the Shift to a Green Economy- Build on and support the green economic initiatives underway

Increasing Awareness and Level of Engagement Throughout Peel- Increase community awareness and level of engagement about climatechange and support local actions that can be undertaken to reduce GHG

Ongoing Research and Adaptive Risk Management- Continue to expand our understanding of climate change strategies, science,and technologies for GHG reduction and climate adaptation

For more information about our new Peel Climate Change Strategy , pleasecheck out the Region of Peel’s Climate Change Strategy website atwww.peelregion.ca/planning/climatechange.

Peel Climate Change Strategy

Citizen Satisfaction Survey

This year, Mississauga residentsprovided feedback to the City viathe 2012 Citizen SatisfactionSurvey. Residents rated their satis-faction with City programs and serv-ices and the value for services.Here is a snapshot of what weheard from residents:

- 95% of residents rate their qualityof life as excellent or good and 96%are satisfied with Mississauga as aplace to live

- Residents are satisfied with mostprograms and services offered. Fire

and emergency services tops thelist, with 90% expressing satisfac-tion. 75% of residents are pleasedwith the City’s library services andparks and forestry services, and73% are satisfied with recreationservices

- Residents identify transportationissues – such as congestion (20%)and inadequate public transit (15%)as the City’s top challenges

- Mississauga’s parks and naturalspaces are heavily used, with resi-dents visiting a Mississauga park,trail or natural area about 29 times

in the past year.

- 77% of residents are satisfied withthe safety of parks and open areas;76% are satisfied with the mainte-nance and upkeep of parks as wellas the provision of outdoor places

- 60% of residents are satisfied withthe value for taxes that theyreceive. 52% favour cutting servic-es in order to maintain or reducetaxes, while 48% favour increasingtaxes in order to continue to main-tain or improve services

- Residents are strongly committedto environmental protection (83%),and support funding initiatives thatwould protect the local and globalenvironment, especially air quality(82%), use renewable energy(79%), and reduce greenhouse gasemissions (76%).

- Residents are satisfied with road

services, with 80% satisfied withstreet lighting; 73% satisfied withsnow removal, road safety (71%)and pedestrian-friendly roads(69%).

- 66% of residents have not takenpart in City public engagement.Only 18% participated in City sur-veys and 15% participated in publicmeetings

- 42% of residents have had contactwith the City in the past year.Residents most often accessed theCity website (35%), or communicat-ed via email (29%)

- Residents contacted the City for avariety of reasons, including com-munity and recreation programs(11%), taxes (9%), garbage pickup(9%) and parking (8%)



The Region of Peel will be replacing some of the watermains andsewers in Streetsville this coming spring. The existing system andinfrastructure is aging and requires replacement to provide therequired level of service (flow and pressure), reliability, and waterquality. As part of this project, the Region of Peel will be constructingmore than 3,000 metres of watermain, including water services andfire hydrants, as well as 960 meters of sanitary sewers and services.Local streets that will be affected by this project include:

- Church Street from Main Street to Ontario Street and throughto Ellen Street

- Water Street- Wyndham Street

- Reid Drive from Queen Street South to 14 Reid Drive- Church Street from Reid Drive to Main Street- Mill Street- Queen Street South from Reid Drive to Old Pine Street- Old Pine Street

A Public Information Centre about this project was held on September25, 2012, at the Vic Johnston Community Centre. If you would likemore information about this project, please visit the Region’s websitewww.peelregion.ca/pw/water/environ-assess and click on the link forStreetsville Watermain Replacement. If you have any questions,

please contact the Project Manager, Dan Bennington, at 905-791-7800, ext. 7917 or [email protected].


Meadowvale Village Electrical Rebuild

Enersource has begun upgrading the existing electrical distribution system inMeadowvale Village to provide better power reliability to the village. Thearea being upgraded is located along Second Line, north of Old Derry Road,along Old Mill and Pond Street to the east. The current distribution system,installed in 1957, is outdated. The new system will be up to current electri-cal code standards and will provide reliable power. The cost of this project isapproximately $405,000 and is funded from the Enersource Capital Budget.

The upgrade work began in September and will take approximately threemonths to complete. The work will consist of installing new wooden poles ofsimilar height, removing old wooden poles, transformers, power lines, sec-ondary overhead cables, and associated hardware. The existing cobra headstreetlight fixtures will be reinstalled until a suitable replacement light fixturecan be found. During construction, occasional power interruptions will occurdue to the transferring of hydro lines, and residents will be notified inadvance.

All areas that are disturbed by the construction will be restored to their origi-nal condition at the completion of this project. In order to ensure safe andreliable hydroelectric service, tree trimming may be required on City and pri-vately owned trees. Residents will be notified in advance. If you have anyquestions about this project, please contact, Karen Ras, Director ofCorporate Relations at 905-283-4275, or Steve MacDougall, ConstructionSupervisor at 905-283-3971.

New Improvements to Meadow Green Park

The City is undertaking improvements to Meadow Green Park, located at 6595Falconer Drive. This park is approximately 3.96 ha in area and consists of aplayground, tennis courts, multi-purpose pad, ball diamond, walking pathwaynetwork, water services, tree plantings, and various other amenities.

Improvements to Meadow Green Park began in late October and will be com-pleted in November 2012 (with additional plantings in May 2013). Approximately$200,000 has been allocated for this project. The improvements include:

- Senior (5-12 years) play structure: spiral slide, fire pole, horizontal lad-der, Infinity Wings climber, Standing Spinfinity, counter, and transfer sta-tion for more accessibility

- Junior (2-5 years) play structure: double wide plastic slide, elbow slide,lean-out monkey seat, steering wheel, store counter, and animal crawl-tunnel

- Swings: 4 belt seats, 2 tot seats, 1 accessible swing seat, 1 tire swing

- Stand-alone play pieces: bulldozer spring toy, ATV spring toy, Solo spin-ner

- A sandbox and wheelchair accessible protective surfacing- A brand new dedicated park parking lot with 30 parking spots, including

2 spots which are accessible.

If you have any questions about this project, please contact Bill Montague,Project Coordinator at [email protected] or 905-615-3200 ext.3676.

Streetsville Watermain Replacement

It Takes a Team to Clean a Village...

Over 150 community volunteers joined together toclean up downtown Streetsville. Over 2 tonnes ofgarbage and recyclables were picked up in a fewhours. Many thanks to our local Cadet Corps, theB.I.A., Streetsville Lion’s Club, Streetsville Rotary Club,local Scouts, and Kingdom Glory Ministries for all thehard work!

Councillor Carlson Receives Honours

Councillor Carlson received two recent honours for his service to our com-munity. He received both an Award of Distinction for his environmental workin the Credit Valley Watershed and a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for hislong service to our local Cadet organizations. “I’m honoured to receive theserecognitions for protecting the environment and promoting the Cadet pro-gram in our community.” George received the Diamond Jubilee from localMP, Brad Butt.

The old playground equipment in Meadow Green Park is currently being replaced

Wooden hydro poles in Meadowvale Village that are currently being upgraded aspart of Enersource’s electrical distribution system upgrade in Meadowvale Village

Councillor Carlson, MP Brad Butt and the volunteer cleanup crew in Streetsville

Councillor Pat Mullin, Chair of the CVC, presents an Award of Distinction toCouncillor Carlson for his environmental work in the Credit Valley Watershed



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Contact Your Ward 11 Councillor, George Carlson

Important Numbers .

Aircraft Noise Complaints416-247-7682Animal Services 905-896-5858City (after hours) 905-615-3000Courtneypark Library 905-615-4745Catholic School Board 905-890-1221Enersource (Hydro) 905-273-9050

GO Transit 416-869-3200Health Line Peel 905-799-7700Ministry of Health 905-275-2730Mississauga Ambulance 905-844-4242Mississauga Fire 905-615-3777Mississauga Transit 905-615-4636Park Lights (City) 905-615-4999Parking Control 905-896-5678Peel District School Bd. 905-890-1099

Peel Regional Police 905-453-3311Poison Control Centre 416-813-5900Recreation & Parks 905-615-4100Region of Peel 905-791-7800River Grove CC 905-615-4780Safe City Mississauga 905-615-6272Snow Removal 905-615-7669Streetlights (Enersource) 905-566-2718Streetsville B.I.A. 905-858-5974Streetsville Library 905-615-4785Transhelp 905-791-1015Vic Johnston CC 905-826-3011Waste Management 905-791-9499Water Billing 905-791-8711

This newsletter is printed on 30% recycled paper.


New Park Named “Horseshoe Park”

A local park in our community, located at 7150 Saint BarbaraBoulevard, on the east side of McLaughlin Road, north of, DerryRoad West, has been named “Horseshoe Park.” The park isapproximately 1.43 ha (3.53 ac) in area and consists of a largewood lot on the west side, and a soccer field and playground nearSaint Barbara Boulevard.

Historically, Horseshoe Park was part of a 100 acre farm. Thename was chosen due to the discovery of an old horseshoe dur-ing excavation of the park. Research revealed a historical con-nection to Hackney horse breeding at this location, during theearly part of the 20th century by Joseph Tilt.

Tilt was recognized as one of the premier breeders of Hackneyhorses, and his horse named “Glenavon Renown” won first prizeat the 1927 Canadian National Exhibition. The origins of theHackney horse began in England. They were bred for the pur-pose of carriage driving. The Hackney horse is known for itsamazing high step while trotting, as well as its elegant style andspeed. The recovered horseshoe that inspired the park name willbe used as part of an interpretive sign in the park.

If you require assistance with Cityor Regional programs and services,help is only a phone call away withMississauga’s 3-1-1 customer serv-ice line. To access this service, dial3-1-1 within city limits or 905-615-4311 outside city limits.

The call centre is open Monday to

Friday from 7am to 7pm. Languagetranslation is also available uponrequest. 3-1-1 can assist you withthe following services:

- Animal shelter and adoption information

- Boulevard maintenance and weed control

- Building applications, complaints

and permits, residential and busi- nesses

- Building records / plans /

drawings requests - Catch basins, storm sewers, ditch-

es, culverts

- Committee of Adjustment

- Construction subdivision/municipal servicing and development

Agreements - Council agendas/minutes - Curb, sidewalk, boulevard damage

and repairs - Encroachments - Events (City) and locations

- Death registration - Fixed Location Business

Operating Licences

- Flooding from roads and creeks and preventative information and advice

- Leaf pick-up program - Litter, dumping and vandalism

- Marriage licences and civil cere-

monies - Mobile Business Operating

Licences

- Municipal/Provincial/ Federal Election information

- Ontario Building Code Inquiries

- Parking enforcement and consid- erations

- Parking ticket information and First Attendance appointment bookings - Parks maintenance, sports fields

and programs

- Pet licensing - POA (Provincial Offences Act)

driving ticket information

- Potholes, road and bridge maintenance

- Property taxes - business and res-

idential - Recreation and Parks general

information

- Snow removal on streets, side- walks, bus shelters and park path- ways

- Spring roadway clean-up/street

sweeping - Storm drainage, clean-up of roads,

trees and creeks - Taxi training courses and registra-

tion information

- Trades Business Operating Licences

- Traffic lights and signs

- Tree and shrub inspection, plant- ing, pruning and fertilization (City owned)

- Zoning general information and Certificate of Occupancy

Mississauga 3-1-1Mississauga Business Enterprise Centre

If you’re thinking about starting or growing a small business,the Mississauga Business Enterprise Centre (MBEC) can helpyou. MBEC offers:

- Free business information and resources- Free one-on-one business consultations- Free business plan reviews- Low cost business seminars and workshops- Low cost online business training courses

- Young Entrepreneur programs, and more!

MBEC is located on the 4th floor of the Mississauga CentralLibrary at 301 Burnhamthorpe Rd. W. They are open Mondayto Friday, from 9am to 5pm, and can be reached at 905-615-4460 or [email protected].

Issues in Brief…New B.I.A. Manager

We are pleased to welcome AngelaTrewartha as the new GeneralManager of the Streetsville B.I.A.Angela Trewartha grew up just out-side of Streetsville and has spent a

lot of time in the area, attending theBread and Honey Festival, SantaClaus Parade, and other localevents for many years. Angelahopes to bring fresh new ideas tothe BIA, including using socialmedia and new communicationstechnologies to promote the Village.She would also like to host moreevents to bring people from aroundthe city and the GTA to enjoy Streetsville. Angela can be reachedat 905-858-5974 or [email protected].

New Traffic Signals at Joymar Dr. and Britannia Rd. W.

New traffic signals were installed at the busy intersection of

Joymar Drive and Britannia Road West. The new traffic signal willhelp with peak traffic volumes and make it safer for cyclists andpedestrians crossing in this area. The signal was installed justbefore the start of the new school year.

Second Line Bridge UpdateAs you may be aware, the Ministry of Transportation Ontario(MTO) has plans in place for the expansion of Highway 401, fromthe Highway 410/403 interchange to east of the Credit River. Thisexpansion will involve the permanent removal of the Second LineWest vehicle bridge over Highway 401. The City is looking intoincorporating a pedestrian / cyclist overpass as part of the MTO’swidening project. To date, the MTO has not received any fundingfor the highway construction, so no time frame has been estab-

lished for this project.

Angela Trewartha, the new GeneralManager of the Streetsville B.I.A.

Horseshoe Park, a new community park located at 7150 Saint Barbara Boulevard

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