CCRA President                                                      
Jeff Forsyth                                                       

Posted Sept. 2007                                                                                  

On Thursday October 18^th we will be holding our Annual General Meeting.  Last year due to a lack of attendance, we were unable to hold elections as we did not have a quorum.  I sincerely hope this does not occur again this year. 

When there are no controversial issues in a community it is easy to sit back and rely on others to get involved.  However there continue to be important issues that require community input.  Community events that are held throughout the year are the result of people devoting time to make them happen.  We need your attendance at this meeting to hear your input on community issues that matter to you.  Please plan to attend, give us your views, opinions and get involved. 

 Our quarterly meeting of the Waterfront Trail Working Committee scheduled for September was cancelled.  The next meeting will be held in early December.  In the meantime Nancy Gaffney Waterfront Specialist, at Toronto Region Conservation Authority has issued an update on the Waterfront Trail.  Nancy’s comments are summarized below.

 
The Park really looks beautiful now, and the grass is growing faster than the geese can eat it.  People are coming to Port Union Park in droves and we are getting very good press through many newspapers, magazines and City of Toronto Council discussions.  We continue to have issues relating to parking; TRCA and the City are working together to resolve this.  We will continue to stress the importance of leashing all dogs and not to feed the geese in order to promote good behaviour from all park users.   Gord MacPherson, of the TRCA Coastal Ecology section advised that the Port Union shoreline has become a fish magnet! We are having great success in attracting all life stages of a diversity of fish species! You can actually see them quite easily off the headlands.  We are continuing to monitor terrestrial and aquatic habitat.  TRCA will also be planting trees in the fall to replace those that did not survive.  A Fall/Winter newsletter will be going out to the area in late October/early November.  

Plans are in place for work on Phase 2of the Waterfront Trail from the GO station to the Rouge River.  Work will not commence on this section until all 5 remaining private properties in this section have been acquired.  Steps are being undertaken by TRCA to acquire these properties in a timely, satisfactory manner so work can get underway on this section in early 2008.  

Hope to see you at our Annual General Meeting

Jeff Forsyth President

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