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Next MIRANET monthly meeting:
Wed. June 6, 2012 @ 7:00 p.m.
(Click here for Agenda webpage).

CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT

Lakeview Waterfront Connection
Tuesday, May 1 @ 6:30 - 9 p.m.
MISSISSAUGA SENIORS CENTRE
This project will improve public access to the waterfront and restore coastal habitats using clean lakefill.
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City By-law re Location of Crematoriums
Monday, May 14 @ 7 p.m.
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
This is a Public Meeting to discuss a proposed By-law to regulate the location of crematoriums in Mississauga.
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Tree Permit By-law Public Consultations
May 12, 14 and 23 @ various times
Public information centres on the proposed Tree By-law amendments, to be held at locations around the City.
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Q.E.W. Credit River Bridge - Rehabilitation
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Lake Ontario Integrated Shoreline Study
The CVC is conducting a study of the shoreline and a portion of the Credit River watershed.
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MOVING FORWARD:
Public Forum on Transportation

Saturday, May 12, 2012 @ 1:00 p.m. at Markham Council Chambers, 101 Town Centre Blvd, Markham (MAP).  Click for FLYER and AGENDA (2p PDF).

In response to the province-wide frustration with transportation issues, grassroots organizations are partnering to produce a major event to advance transportation infrastructure and funding.

The interactive Forum will feature high profile speakers and expert panelists discussing what the current transportation plans are, the options to fund and sustain the necessary investments and what we can learn from others who are succeeding.

MIRANET is a (non-organizing) partner with:
- Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods of Ontario (F.U.N.)
- Transport Action Ontario (TAO)
- Markham Action Group for Improved Community
   (MAGIC)
- Federation of North Toronto Residents’ Associations
   (FoNTRA)

FREE event (by registration only).
► Register now at: movingforward registration.
► Full details posted at: www.urbanneighbourhoods.ca.

 

COMMUNITY / EVENTS

ACTIVE MISSISSAUGA GUIDE:  Register online for Spring programs or in-person at major community centres.

 ► Browse the Active Mississauga guide.  ► Read more...  

GRAFFITI OCCURRENCE REPORT
February 16 - March 15, 2012
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Passages Project: Exhibition
2011-2012
Sponsored by: Peel Heritage Complex
Includes online component.
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Click the POSTCARD for many City-wide events going on during May!

2012 Provincial Budget

► See the 'Drummond Report' (Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services): PUBLIC SERVICES FOR ONTARIANS: A PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY AND EXCELLENCE (February 15, 2012). 

► Pre-Budget submission by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO): Let's Get this Right: March 19, 2012. 

► Ministry of Finance Ontario 2012 Budget website: releases, Budget speech, highlights, backgrounders and tables.

► Toronto Star (March 27, 2012): Highlights
► National Post (March 27, 2012): Highlights
► Globe and Mail (March 27, 2012): Highlights

Tree Permit By-Law

The Corporate Report: Proposed Amendments to Tree Permit By-Law 474-05 (25p PDF) will be reviewed at (3) separate Public Information Centres on May 12, 14, and 23, 2012 (details). 

MIRANET's Tree By-law Subcommittee made a Deputation to GC on February 29, 2012. 

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Cell Phone Towers

MIRANET ROUND TABLE ON CELL TOWERS & THE CITY'S INTERIM PROTOCOL:  Thursday, May 24 @ 7-9 p.m.  MIRANET is hosting this invitational meeting which will include RA reps, local politicians from all levels of government, City and Industry Canada staff and telecom reps. 

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2012 City Budget

MIRANET STATEMENT: February 13, 2012.
Issued by the Municipal Finance Subcommittee.
2012 OPERATING & CAPITAL BUDGETS: CITY OF MISSISSAUGA - No service cuts but big salary increases. 

The 2012 SUNSHINE LIST (Mississauga staff making over $100,000 in 2011) is now public.

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City Governance

Mississauga Council has established a new Governance Subcommittee, which first met in December 2011.  MIRANET has identified the following concerns as needing to be addressed...

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Added Night Flights

There are plans to add more night flights from Pearson International Airport in 2012 and subsequent years.  There are presently 36 flights a night between the restricted hours of 12:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. which will increase to 42 in 2012 and 52 flights a night by 2014.  Citizens had until the end of the year (2011) to comment.

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 Crematorium Proposal

Many in the Malton community of Ward 5 are concerned about the prospect of a crematorium being located near their residential neighbourhoods, per a rezoning application by Benisasia Funeral Home located at 3263 Derry Road East (satellite map).  The Concerned Citizens of Malton have started a petition.

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SHERWAY Power Plant

SHERWAY POWER PLANT ELECTION PROMISES:  During the October 6th provincial election campaign, the Liberal and Progressive Conservative leaders promised that if elected, their respective government would cancel (relocate) the Sherway power plant. 

 

 


The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) announced on November 21, 2011 that they have reached an agreement with Greenfield South Power Corporation to stop construction at the Sherway power plant site; there will be no gas plant there.

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Judicial Inquiry Report

The report was released on October 3, 2011.  For full details, view the Judicial Inquiry website.

Click for direct access to the Inquiry report: Updating the Ethical Infrastructure.

 A Corporate Staff Report on how the City will address the Inquiry's recommendations was reviewed at the General Committee of Council on Wed. November 2, 2011.  

The 'Next Steps' report is now available online: see Pages 198-220 of the GC Agenda (230p PDF).

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Britannia Farm Deal

Plans to redevelop 32 acres of the 200-acre Britannia Farm (owned by the Peel District School Board) as a commercial hi-rise office complex under a 99-year lease were withdrawn by Toronto-based developer Osmington Inc. in May 2011.  Now what?

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Air Quality Task Force

Announcement on August 17, 2011 concerning the implementation of Dr. David Balsillie's SW GTA Air Quality Task Force Action Plan. 

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2011 Provincial Election

The latest provincial election was held on October 6, 2011.  There are several important issues in Mississauga which are governed at the provincial level.

During the election campaign, Liberal and Progressive Conservative candidates in Mississauga South and Mississauga East-Cooksville (and their party leaders) promised that if elected, their respective government would cancel the Sherway power plant, which was one of 10 issues identified by MIRANET.

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Wastewater Plant Tour

A citizen tour of the G.E. Booth Wasterwater Treatment Facility in Lakeview took place on October 1, 2011.

The Booth plant abuts the OPG lands which are part of the Inspiration Lakeview visioning.

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2011 Ward 5 By-Election

There was a by-election on September 19, 2011 to fill the vacant Ward 5 Councillor seat. 

MIRANET co-sponsored a televised All-Candidates Forum (photo) on Rogers TV, held at the Malton Community Centre. 

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Ontario Municipal Board

On June 22, 2011, Mississauga Council unanimously passed a Resolution that the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing be requested to amend the Ontario Planning Act to abolish the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). 

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2011 Federal Election

The federal election was held on May 2, 2011.  Candidates, results, election information and media coverage are all linked from this article, along with the City's issues in this election.

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Inspiration Lakeview

The City asked all citizens to come together to develop the Visionary Concept Plan for the Lakeview area waterfront.  The report was released in April 2011.

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2010 Municipal Election

The municipal election in Mississauga was held on October 25, 2010 including Trustee, Councillor and Mayoral contests.

Candidates, results, election information and media coverage are all linked from this article.

MIRANET sponsored a televised Mayoral Debate on Rogers TV at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM).

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MIRANET Website Reload

The MIRANET Website Subcommittee is undertaking a redesign and reload of the MIRANET website.  

Above is the Home Page view of our former website. 

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MIRANET Logo

We are finalizing the new MIRANET logo which represents our community of residents and the concept of RAs working together.  Colour, size and orientation are undergoing consideration.

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