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Pollution Prevention

By Food for thought, Issues

Stormwater is the rain and melted snow flowing from your property and roads that drains into streets, ditches, storm drains, local creeks and the Credit River into Lake Ontario. Stormwater drains to the natural environment. Preventing pollution from contaminating stormwater protects plants, fish and other animals downstream and also our critical drinking water supply from Lake Ontario.

Here are some ways you can help prevent contaminated water from entering the City’s stormwater system:

  • Does your car need a wash? Consider taking it to a commercial car wash that is connected to the sanitary sewer. Dirt, soap and other pollutants from your car flow into the City’s stormwater system when you wash your car in the driveway.
  • Take active steps to prevent any fertilizer products for your lawn and garden from over-spraying onto the roadway, sidewalk or driveway. Rain washes these pollutants directly into local waterways through the City’s stormwater system. Fertilizer in creeks, rivers and Lake Ontario can cause toxic algal blooms.
  • Store household wastes and chemicals in proper waste containers and take waste chemicals to a Community Recycling Centre.
  • Always pick up pet waste and dispose of it properly. Pet waste contains bacteria, viruses and high levels of nitrogen and phosphorous that make it a serious threat to water quality.

To learn more about Mississauga’s stormwater system and how to prevent stormwater pollution, visit mississauga.ca/stormwater.

To learn more about Mississauga’s parks and amenities, visit mississauga.ca/parks.

Message from Councillor Stephen Dasko Regarding Lakeview Community Partners – MZO

By Issues, Planning & Development, Ward 1

Councillor Dasko is very disturbed by the Province’s decision to approve a MZO (Minister’s Zoning Order) for the Lakeview development which was released late afternoon on Friday, May 12, 2023.

The Councillor has since been interviewed by the press sharing his concerns on this matter. CP24

An excerpt of the Councillor’s comments is below as well.

But the city councillor that represents the Lakeview area says that by unilaterally doubling the size of the development, the Ford government is undoing planning work for the site that dates back to 2006.

“We had a very comprehensive report saying that this is a bad idea, that you don’t want to do this and we were sending that back to the ministry and copying the minister on this when we got absolutely blindsided at 5 p.m. on a Friday going into Mother’s Day weekend,” he said. “It’s devastating. The infrastructure concerns weren’t taken to account and the vision of this has not been taken into account. We went from a mid-rise development to essentially the sky’s the limit with removing height caps and things like that. So this has changed the trajectory and what this was and is intended (for the area) dramatically.”

The government has said that it will continue to work with stakeholders “to facilitate approvals and ensure the realization of tangible community benefits.”

Dasko, however, said that he feels like the city will now have to “start at square one,” with some of the planning work, as the intended vision for the neighbourhood has been “completely upended.”

He also said that he fears a planned two-kilometre bus rapid transit line along Lakeshore Road East will be insufficient to accommodate the thousands of new residents along Mississauga’s lakeshore.

“Planning was always predicated on that 8,000 units since this was put forward as a master plan community. So that’s what people were working on up at the region and also at the city in terms of pipes in the ground for somebody that wants to have a drink of water or flush a toilet. All of these things were always based on those types of numbers,” he said. “To say I am disappointed, devastated would be an understatement.”

As originally planned, the Councillor insisted that the Planning and Development Committee meeting go ahead tonight to discuss this issue.  Please see the report that was prepared to review as well as the link to the Committee meeting this evening below:

  1. Report: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/f89becb0/navdCOEnik_y_Ta68_7BEg?u=https://pub-mississauga.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=40264
  2. Link to Planning and Development meeting – Monday, May 15, 2023 @ 6:00 p.m. https://www.mississauga.ca/council/council-activities/council-and-committee-videos/live-council-and-committee-videos/

Coyote Issues in Mineola

By Events, Issues, Ward 1

 

The Councillor would  like to invite you to a webex virtual meeting to discuss these coyote matters on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

 

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Councillor Dasko and Animal Services look forward to you joining this meeting.

 

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Cannabis Retail Stores Update

By Issues

The regulation of cannabis retail outlets is significant to many people on both sides of this issue. On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, Council made the overwhelming decision to pass resolution 0103-2023 to lift the prohibition on cannabis retail stores and permit them to locate and operate in the City of Mississauga.

I have continuously voted to opt-out as I still have grave concerns with allowing retail cannabis locations in the city. The only framework that the province has put in place for municipalities is that the stores cannot be within 150 metres of a school or learning facility.  It does not give any framework to indicate how many could be clustered in any particular area of the city.

As cannabis is legal, it should be available for consumption in a safe and responsible manner by adults wishing to use the product. This issue is not about the product; it’s about having control of where and how these outlets will be positioned in the community.

To learn more about cannabis retail in Mississauga, please visit:

https://www.mississauga.ca/city-of-mississauga-news/news/mississauga-council-opts-in-for-retail-cannabis-stores/

Stephen Dasko

Councillor Ward 1