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Empowering You
Your Regional Councillor
Peter RodriguesRegional Councillor, Ward 3
905.420.4605
City Website: www.pickering.ca
Peter’s Website: www.YourVoicePickering.ca
E-mail: [email protected]
What you will learn
• Maps – Pickering and Durham
• Who are your Pickering Councillors?
• Regional & City Councillors……. and what’s the difference?
• How to easily contact your Councillors.
• Pickering City and Durham Region – Committees, Meetings and
Schedules
• Speaking to Council
• General information – Resident Committees, Fact & Figures
• Major and Minor Issues
• Pickering vs. Durham – responsibilities
• Road Watch & Neighbourhood Watch
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
1811 Township
1974 Town
2000 City
Pickering
Pickering CouncilWARD 3
WARD 1 WARD 2
Mayor Dave Ryan
Peter Rodrigues David Pickles
Jennifer O’Connell Kevin AsheBill McLean Doug Dickerson
Regional
RegionalRegional
City
CityCity
ContactMayor and Councillors
Mayor's OfficeTel.: 905.420.4600Email: [email protected]
Councillors' OfficeTel.: 905.420.4605Email:
Pickering – Facts & Figures
Population: 91,000• Voters: 65,000
Total number of businesses in Pickering: 3,000 +
Voters in Pickering
90,000 residents 64,000 eligible voters
20,500 voted 32% turnout
Ward 3 – Facts & Figures
Voters: 25,500 Homes: 11,600
18 kilometres (N to S) by 14 kilometres (W to E)
240 square kilometres = 92 square miles
Duffin Heights adding ~2,000 new homes
Duffin Heights
Duffin Heights
Specialized Services-- Application Form-- Using Specialized
Services
www.DurhamRegionTransit.com
Durham Region Transit
Advisory Committees
2013 Council & Committee Meetings Schedule Start Time
7:00 pm
Start Time 7:00 pm
2014 Meetings Schedule
Speaking to Council(delegations)
Every month there is one Council meetingand there are two Standing Committee meetings:
the Planning and Development Committee the Executive Committee
Members of the public who wish to speak to a Standing Committee and/or Council are called delegations. In order to appear before Council, delegations are encouraged to have first appeared before a Standing Committee. Delegations can speak for up to ten minutes. Afterwards, councillors may ask questions.
Speaking to Council(delegations)
If the matter is a statutory planning matter, no formal registration is required for the Planning & Development Committee.
Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on a Committee meeting agenda should register in writing by 12 noon on the day of the meeting.
Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on the Council meeting agenda should register in writing by 12 noon on the day of the meeting.
Request for delegation status are to be sent to the Committee Coordinator at [email protected] or by fax at 905.420.9685 or by dropping off the request at City Hall.
The 8 Municipalities of Durham
Durham Regionestablished 1974
Durham Council
Regional Chair and CEO Roger Anderson
AjaxSteve Parish, Shaun Collier, Colleen Jordan
BrockTerry Clayton, Debbie Bath
ClaringtonAdrian Foster, Mary Novak, Willie Woo
OshawaJohn Henry, John Aker, Bob Chapman, Nancy Diamond, Amy England, Tito-Dante Marimpietri, John Neal, Nester Pidwerbecki
PickeringDave Ryan, Bill McLean, Jennifer O'Connell, Peter Rodrigues
ScugogChuck Mercier, Bobbie Drew
UxbridgeGerri Lynn O'Connor, Jack Ballinger
WhitbyPat Perkins, Lorne Coe, Joe Drumm, Don Mitchell
AJAX
BROCK
CLARINGTON
OSHAWA
PICKERING
SCUGOG
UXBRIDGE
WHITBY
CHAIR
AJAX
BROCK
CLARINGTON
OSHAWA
PICKERING
SCUGOG
UXBRIDGE
WHITBY
3 councillors
2 councillors
3 councillors
8 councillors
4 councillors
2 councillors
84,550 residents
11,350 residents
149,600 residents
109,600 residents 88,700 residents
21,650 residents
20,600 residents
122,000 residents
2 councillors
4 councillors
608,100
DurhamPopulatio
n
Region Committees
Finance & AdministrationCouncillor Mitchell – Chair
Councillor Chapman – Vice-Chair
Councillor CollierCouncillor DiamondCouncillor DrewCouncillor FosterCouncillor O'Connell
Health & Social ServicesCouncillor Coe – Chair
Councillor England – Vice-Chair
Councillor ClaytonCouncillor NealCouncillor ParishCouncillor RodriguesCouncillor Woo
Planning & Economic DevelopmentCouncillor O'Connor – Chair
Councillor Aker – Vice-Chair
Councillor BathCouncillor DrummCouncillor HenryCouncillor NovakCouncillor Ryan
WorksCouncillor Pidwerbecki – Chair
Councillor Mercier – Vice-Chair
Councillor BallingerCouncillor JordanCouncillor MarimpietriCouncillor McLeanCouncillor Perkins
3 week cycle
DURHAM REGIONmeetings
Durham Region – City of Pickering
• City roads
• Fire services
• Economic development
• Snow removal
• Parks
• Recreation (facilities and programs)
• Sidewalks
• Building permits
• Property tax collection
• Libraries – governed separately
• Regional roads – 75 km
• Garbage – Miller Waste
• Economic development
• Health
• Social services
• Tourism
• Police
• Water supply
• Sewage treatment
• Public transit
Matters of Interest
Federal / Airport Lands
Seaton Development Lands
Greenwood Conservation Lands
Oak Ridges Moraine
Duffin Heights Developments
407ETR – highway extension
Property Taxes
Neighbourhood Watch
Road Watch
Libraries
Your Issues – Questions & Answers
York-Durham Sewer
York-Durham Incinerator
Brock Rd improvements
Land Over Landings
Pickering Downtown Intensification
Pickering Fire Services
Official Plans
Conservation Authorities
CLOCA/TRCA
Schools Boards
Federal Lands (Airport)
Important Meetings
Seaton
Notifications of
Seaton
Seaton Land Owners
407ETR extension
Brock Road Improvements
Oak Ridges Moraine
Rouge National Park
York-Durham Sewer System
York-Durham Sewer System
York-Durham Sewer Systems
ROPA 128Regional Official Plan Amendment 128
Property Taxes
Durham region tax:55%Pickering city tax:
28% School tax
17%
Who pays the Region’s tax proportionally?
The Region expects to collect $533,496,000 in property taxes from all categories including residents and businesses in 2012.
According to the 2001 census, Durham has a population of 608,124. Property taxes are assessed at different rates for business, residential, farms and government institutions.
Pickering
Percentage of residents:14.6 per cent
Percentage of Regional tax paid: 16.7 per cent
Neighbourhood WatchA community crime prevention program designed to reduce the threat of crime to neighbours or property. This program encourages all residents to be alert to suspicious persons or vehicles and to get to know neighbours.
Lessons in crime prevention are given to participants and Operation Identification is addressed (marking belongings for identification by police).
Approximately 183 watches are currently running in the Durham Region with over 50,000 residents educated on security measures on an ongoing basis.
The DRPS has a Regional Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator who will assist neighbourhoods to form watches. Call 905-668-9893 or view our section on Safety Tips - Neighbourhood Watch, or you can email the Coordinator directly at [email protected] for more information.
Road WatchROAD WATCH is a community based program that is utilized in many towns and cities across Ontario. Its purpose is to make drivers more aware of their actions.
In conjunction with the Durham Regional Police Services, the program is run by community volunteers. The ROAD WATCH program is active in Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington, Scugog, Ajax, Pickering and Uxbridge.
ROAD WATCH gives residents an opportunity to report dangerous and aggressive driving throughout the Durham Region. If you observe aggressive or dangerous driving, fill out a PDF version of our Citizen’s Report Form and drop it off at one of our ROAD WATCH boxes (listed on the form) or report the incident online using our Online Citizen Report Form .
Aggressive driving may include: Excessive speeding, tailgating, failure to stop and any act that puts other drivers at a high risk of collision or injury.
Record as much information as possible. Even if you are unable to record the license number, submit the form so police have information on high-risk areas in the community. It is important that the form be signed to safeguard the system from abuse. Your personal information is used for statistical purposes only and is held in the strictest of confidence by us. If a driver is reported more than once, the police will contact that individual regarding the reports. Subsequent offences may result in enforcement action by the police depending on the severity of the incident.
www.drps.ca
Police not Emergency 905 579 1520
Pickering Fire Services
Medical alarms – 2,003 (50%) Motor vehicle Accident alarms – 683 (17%) Alarms (no fire, false alarms, defect triggered, mischief) – 386
(10%) Fire/Smoke – 307 alarms (8%) – Non-Structural fires such as
involving burning complaints, grass/bush fires, rubbish and vehicle fires as well as structural fires such as commercial/industrial fires, residential fires, institution fires.
Other alarms (9-1-1- unknowns, public assist, assist other agencies) – 299 (8%)
Carbon Monoxide alarms – 174 (4%) Hazard alarms (natural gas leaks, power lines, unknown odour) –
112 (3%) Rescue (elevators, ice-water) – 14 (0%) Hazardous Material alarms (spills and leaks) – 6 (0%) Explosions – 0 alarms (0%)
Fire Alarm responses – 2011Total alarms in 2011 – 3,984
$ 5.4 Million from property taxes
Library Costs
Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
North 730 acres (300 hectares)South 240 acres (100 hectares)
Ajax – PickeringPickering – Scarborough East
A-P MP Chris AlexanderP-SE MP Corneliu Chisu
Federal
Provincial A-P MPP Joe DicksonP-SE MPP Tracy MacCharles
Ridings
Federal & Provincial Ridings
Customer Carefor almost all matters
• General questions• By-laws – parking, business, building permit• Report dead animals on road,• Illegal garbage dumping• snowploughing• sidewalks• neighbour problems (serious - police matter)
Pickering Customer Care
Office Hours: 8:30 – 4:30, Monday-Friday905.683.7575 (24-hour line)
1.877.420.4666TTY Service: 905.420.1739
Fax: 905.420.4610Email: [email protected]
Program Cancellations, Service Disruptions, and Road & Facility Closures: 1.866.278.9993
Information Resources
www.Pickering.ca www.Durham.ca www.YourVoicePickering.ca
Contact
www.YourVoicePickering.ca
© 2010-2014 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues