The Picnic, Sunday August 29th 11-3pm - TOMORROW!

A final reminder that Friends of Stanley Park’s community picnic and BBQ is happening in Stanley Park tomorrow! Full agenda is below - hope to see you there!

Agenda:

South Side

11am-3pm Eva’s Initiatives Yard Sale
[10am-11am donate items]

11am-12:30pm Pawsway Dog Agility


North Side

11:30am Site Opens

11:45am-12:45pm Games Zone

12:45pm - 2:30pm Stage

12 noon Wiener Roast

12 noon Community Zone

12 noon Ask the Vet

12:30pm Wiener Race Registration

1pm Wiener Tricks + Wiener Races

1pm-2:30pm Pawsway Small Dog Agility

Help Eva's make our Yard Sale a Success

Please donate unwanted items to help homeless youth
Please help us to make the Eva's Initiatives yard sale a huge success by donating any items on either Sat, Aug 28th from 9:30 - 11am at 15 Stafford [through back terrace] or on event day Sun, Aug 29th from 10 - 11am.
This is a perfect time to do some early fall cleaning and get rid of those unwanted items that would help us to raise funds for our homeless youth.

Update: King Liberty Pedestrian Link

Quick update from the city on the King Liberty Pedestrian Link – it is definitely moving forward.

Infrastructure and Planning advise they are still in the Environmental Assessment and Planning phase. After meeting with the counselor in June, they have developed and reviewed several alternatives for the crossing. A Consultant was retained and is currently in the process of analyzing, comparing, and reporting on the new alternatives and will provide that material for city staff review by the first week of September. This will then go to an internal Technical Advisory Committee meeting where comments from the Councillor will be taken into account. After this, a second round of public consultations will be held.

More information can be expected after October. 

Friends of Stanley Park Community Day and Charity Garage Sale

A reminder that Friends of Stanley Park is holding a community picnic and BBQ in Stanley Park on August 29^th. There’ll be events for the kids in the north park, a small dog agility area, musical and theatre performances, and much more.

There will also be a large dog agility area in the south park, as well as a charity garage sale.

The charity garage sale will benefit Eva’s Initiatives (http://www.evasinitiatives.com/) – so if you have furniture, small appliances, or other items in good repair you’d like to clear out and donate, start clearing out those basements and attics and please let me know – there will be a drop-off on the 28^th of August (details TBD).

For more info on this great event, please visit:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123270274368740

90 Niagara meeting

The Committee of Adjustment meeting was held Toronto City Hall re: the request for variances concerning the 90 Niagara St development.

We are pleased to tell you that the request for variances has been deferred at both the request of the planning department and the developer.

There are issues of concern and the developer will be meeting with key members in the NNNow and neighborhood to discuss changes to the plans.

Thank-you all for your concern and participation.

We have a great neighborhood because of great neighbors.

We will keep you updated.

Stanley Park Buttons

Friends of Stanley Park (http://stanleyparktoronto.ca/) have released limited-edition buttons depicting a 1913 baseball game in the park:

http://toronto.typepad.com/stanleyparktoronto/limited-edition-button/

The $2 purchase price goes toward supporting initiatives in the park: if you’d like one, I have some on hand, or please contact friends@stanleyparktoronto.ca for more info.

90 Niagara

We the Niagara Neighbourhood Now (NNNow) are officially stating that we cannot support the proposed development at 90 Niagara St.

This development has 13 variances against the current by-laws that we do not consider minor.

The developer is asking the "Committee of Adjustment" to allow these infractions.

There is a public meeting before the "Committee of Adjustment"

Wed July 28^th 2010, 2:30 pm.

Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St West

Committee Room 2

File # AO518/10TEY

Contact Anne Pyle (416) 392-0097 (Office of the Committee of Adjustment)

You are able to make your views known by attending this meeting

or

mail by letter or Fax (to the Office of the Committee of Adjustement and/or Councillor Joe Pantalone)

or

by contacting us and/or signing our petition.

In 2005 the NNNow, residents of the community, city planning department and Councillor Joe Pantalone participated in a series of meetings where we discussed and decided what we wanted and would be best for this neighbourhood. The results of these meetings were presented as changes to the bylaws when they were passed in 2006.

This development at 90 Niagara has as stated above 13 infractions against those bylaws.

They are :

1. HEIGHT: proposed height will be 6.7 meters over the maximum allowed

Proposed 18.7m Bylaw 12m

2. HEIGHT AT STREET FRONT proposed 1.225m over maximum allowed and violates the 44 degree angular plane from front to rear of building

Proposed 10.225 Bylaw 9m

3. REARYARD SETBACK : proposed setback 7.2 meters under minimum allowed

Proposed 0.30m Bylaw 7.5m

4. MAXIMUM DEPTH OF BUILDING: proposed depth 13.6 over maximum allowed

Proposed 30.60m Bylaw 17.0m

5. SIDE LOT SETBACK : East proposed .21m under minimum allowed 

6.                                        West proposed .32 under minimum allowed

Proposed East 0.39m West 0.28m Bylaw 0.6m

7. FRONT SETBACK : proposed 0.4m under minimum

Proposed 0.6m Bylaw 1.0m

8. RESIDENTAIL GROSS FLOOR AREA  : proposed area 1.18 times or  (1745.9mSQ) over

Proposed 3966.5mSQ  Bylaw 2220.60mSQ

9. TOTAL PARKING proposed 18 parking spaces under minimum

Proposed Residential 28 Bylaw 39

Proposed Visitor 5 Bylaw 12

10. SOFT LANDSCAPING FRONT AND SIDE : proposed 45%(20mSQ) under minimum

Proposed 35%(17.2mSQ) Bylaw 80%(37.2mSQ)

11. SOFT LANDSCAPING OF LOT : Proposed 9% under minimum

Proposed 6% (89mSQ) Bylaw 15% (222mSQ)

12. RESIDENTIAL AMENITY SPACE Proposed indoor 31.2mSQ under minimum

                                                             Proposed outdoor 51.2mSQ under minimum

Proposed indoor 58.8mSQ outdoor 38.8mSQ  Bylaw indoor 90mSQ outdoor 90mSQ

13. LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE Proposed 13% (192.12mSQ) under minimum

Proposed 17% (252mSQ) Bylaw 30% (444.12mSQ)

If you have any questions concerning this matter contact us by email.