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Three large metal containers outside North York’s Roding Arena and Community Centre may look like ordinary hydro boxes but they actually contain North America’s first energy storage system installed in an urban community.

Visitors to the community centre aren’t likely to give them more than a passing glance at the moment.

But soon, the boxes will carry some sort of text or pictorial explaining to the public the innovative project being tested inside, Toronto Hydro spokesperson Tanya Bruckmueller said.

The boxes contain a community energy storage (CES) system, which means stored energy can be used in the event of a power outage, although Bruckmueller said Toronto Hydro sees CES systems being able to do much more in the future to help power Toronto’s aging electrical grid.

Testing of the system in the coming weeks will show Toronto Hydro what the CES is capable of now and in the future, she said.

At some point, testing will likely include simulating a power outage at the community centre to demonstrate how the CES kicks in to keep >>>system, page 8

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beachy keen: Ellis Don’s Jennifer Nguyen, right, plays the ball over the net during the 17th annual Ice Wave indoor beach volleyball tourney for SickKids at Beach Blast Saturday. The tournament continues for the next two Saturdays at the North York facility. Funds raised support childhood cancer research at the Hospital for Sick Children.

Celebrate the Chinese New Year in North York n Seneca hosts concert You are invited to the Newnham campus of Seneca College in North York for a musical experience to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Hosted by the Confucius Institute, the event will feature a

performance featuring Li Delun Music Foundation and the Toronto Festival Chamber Orchestra.

The free concert will be held Monday, Feb. 4 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Great Hall at 1750 Finch Ave., west of Hwy. 404.

n Celebrate the Year of the Snake in Don Mills

The Year of the Snake will be celebrated at Advent Lutheran Church Saturday, Feb. 23.

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The night will include cultural shows, prizes and food.

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YMCA recognizes pair of long-time volunteers Judith Levkoe and George Rodger recieve Fellowship of Honours medals in Ottawa

What is the YMCA?

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ack when Judith Levkoe began her career with the YMCA, women with children typically stayed in the home and out of the workforce.

But the long-time North York resident was the exception. Not only did she work part-time as a nursery school supervisor at a Keele Street and Wilson Avenue church, she then took on permanent work with the YMCA of North York as program director.

During her employment with the nursery, Levkoe said she attended a conference at which the YMCA was also present, setting the scene for what would become a fruitful career with the organization.

“I thought, someday I’d like to volunteer with the organization,” she said.

“I was a woman and Jewish, but they struck me as being very communityoriented people.”

After setting up a lunch meeting with the YMCA’s general manager in 1971, where Levkoe thought she would discuss volunteer opportunities, she was floored when she was offered a job.

“The North York Y, which was at Bayview and Sheppard, seemed to only have had eastern orientation,” she said.

“I lived in the west end, I knew the people, I knew the facilities. I was to be the face of the YMCA in the west end, which was pretty unusual, given I was a woman.”

Levkoe was one of 13 people who were recognized with the YMCA Fellowship of Honour medal for outstanding leadership – and the first female employee of the YMCA of Greater Toronto to be appointed to the medal – at a ceremony in Ottawa Jan. 22, presided by Gov. Gen. David Johnston.

The YMCA Fellowship of Honour was established in 1978 as the highest recognition for YMCA volunteers and staff and is

According to the YMCA of Greater Toronto website: “The YMCA of Greater Toronto is a charity focused on community support and development.

Our aim is to provide every individual in our community with opportunities for personal growth, community involvement, and leadership. By making connections, collaborating, and mirroring our region’s diversity, we believe we can become the network that binds our many neighbourhoods into one city, one country, and one world.”

The North York Y is located at 567 Sheppard Ave. E. near Bayview Avenue.

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Photos courtesy/DENIS DREVER

Judith Levkoe, left, receives the YMCA Fellowship of Honour Medal from Governor General David Johnston in Ottawa recently.

George Rodger, left, receives the YMCA Fellowship of Honour Medal from Governor General David Johnston in Ottawa recently.

After leaving the North York location in 1981, she went on to serve as general manager of the High Park YMCA before being asked to lead child care for the YMCA of Greater Toronto in 1986.

By 1993, the YMCA of Greater Toronto had become the country’s largest provider of not-forprofit childcare in Canada.

Levkoe, who held many positions in the organization, including manager of government relations for YMCAs in Ontario and vice-president of children’s services, created a consultation program to support the rollout of school age childcare in more than 80 sites with the North York School Board, and the creation of common standards of practice and resource guides to bring consistency to YMCA school-age child care, preschool child care and camping programs.

Upon retiring in 2000, Levkoe, who now resides downtown, had been

The year was 1958 and George Rodger set out to find work, landing a job as camp counsellor and archery instructor with Big Cove YMCA Camp in Nova Scotia.

Four years later, he was hired as a fellowship student at the Halifax YMCA’s resident’s desk. Five years after that, he found himself in Toronto as a youth worker and camp director with the YMCA of Greater Toronto.

He would eventually rise to the position of vicepresident, financial and facility development.

During his time in Toronto, Rodger helped to lay the foundation to build five new YMCAs – including the North York facility – which saw membership grow from 4,500 to 45,000 in a decade.

In 1991, he returned to the East Coast to lead the Halifax/Dartmouth YMCA before heading west to Vancouver five years later to take on the role of senior vice-president of

‘I lived in the west end, I knew the people, I knew the facilities. I was to be the face of the YMCA in the west end, which was pretty unusual, given I was a woman.’

– Judith Levkoe presented every three to four years by the Governor General of Canada.

A graduate of Ryerson University’s early childhood education diploma and degree programs, Levkoe nearly doubled program delivery and created a surplus of more than $100,000 during her first year as program director for the YMCA of North York, despite significant funding and staff cuts.

‘George was the primary driver of the North York Y.’ – Medhat Mahdy, president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Toronto. involved with the Life Institute, an organization providing education, leadership, personal growth and social activity opportunities for people aged 50 and up.

And though she no longer works for the YMCA, Levkoe is still active in a volunteer role with the organization.

“It’s very, very exciting,” she said of receiving the Fellowship of Honour medal. “It’s a wonderful mixture of elation and humility.”

Levkoe wasn’t the only person with strong North York ties to be honoured with the YMCA Fellowship of Honour medal.

development to manage the campaign and construction of the Tong Louie Surrey Family YMCA, British Columbia’s first YMCA in 25 years.

Rodger retired in 2012 after a 54-year career with the YMCA. Rodger was travelling outside the country and was unavailable for comment by The Mirror’s deadline.

The YMCA was on the verge of bankruptcy when a plan was put together to build five new locations in the city, with the North York site being the first, said Medhat Mahdy, president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Toronto.

“George was the primary driver of the North York Y,” said Mahdy, who worked with both Rodger and Levkoe for 30 years.

“Judith was the driver behind quality child care.

I think (the medal) is a tremendous recognition of their dedication, passion and commitment. They have both been instrumental with the YMCA.”

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eeling congested?

It’s a question Toronto Talks Transportation is asking residents regarding the increasing traffic congestion the city is experiencing with large-scale development that is leading all North American municipalities.

With community consultation meetings taking place from our view Feb. 4 to 13 across Toronto, residents will have the chance Consultations to speak on the city’s transportation system and learn about a great future plans. opportunity It’s an important discussion to have now.

Land-use planning today will have a great impact on future development. But more importantly, as Toronto Talks Transportation states, congestion has become a fact of life in Toronto, which is threatening our prosperity and quality of life.

“At the end of the day, how we design our city has a profound impact on how we move about,” said Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto’s chief planner. “I would like to suggest that transportation planning is not ancillary to our quality of life – it is central to it.”

Residents of North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke should make note that Keesmaat sees great opportunity in redeveloping the avenues – stretches of road that have been earmarked in the city’s official plan for both transit and mid-rise development – as “very livable urban places.”

Currently the largest level of residential development surrounds the downtown core, but Keesmaat noted many of those housing units are too small in which to raise a family.

Another important question to ask is how do we attract and retain families to live and contribute to the city rather than force them to live in the 905 area code yet still commute to work in the city, thereby creating even more congestion.

Keesmaat called transportation “one of the most challenging issues of our time.”

We encourage all residents to take part in the consultations and help generate ideas to make the city more liveable for years to come.

The first consultation meeting is Monday, Feb. 4 at the York Civic Centre followed by a meeting Feb. 6 at the Scarborough Civic Centre. The North York Civic Centre hosts a session on Feb. 11, and the final meeting is at Toronto City Hall on Feb. 13.

For more info, visit www.feelingcongested.ca newsroom

To the editor: Re: Don’t use Downsview Park as ‘cash cow,’ community pleads (News, Jan. 25).

Write us The North York Mirror welcomes letters of 400 words or less. All submissions must include name, address and a daytime telephone number for verification purposes.

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Reader skeptical about revenue estimate from casino To the editor: So having a casino in Toronto would generate $400 million in revenues annually.

Really? Generate from what: thin air?

In reality, those $400 million would be funds that consumers would spend or

save otherwise.

Capturing them with a casino would likely diminish vital revenues of other economic agents that depend on these to sustain their businesses.

If these $400 million were to be redistributed

to taxpayers, for example under the form of a tax rebate, it may not matter much.

But it does not seem to be on the table.

Looks like just another tax grab to me.

Jean-Marc Frion

Put casino question out for the citizens of Toronto to decide To the editor: A poll suggests 52 per cent of Torontonians approve of the idea of a casino.

And to suggest that just the poor or needy use casinos is not doing much research. Where do you think the people who go to Niagara or Casino Rama come from? They are people

from Toronto.

Having a casino downtown makes us more of a world-class city and a tourist destination. It only makes sense to keep those tax revenues here in Toronto.

The politicians in Niagara are up in arms about a Toronto casino. Why?

Because they know their city’s biggest revenue comes from us, the taxpaying Toronto population.

I say put out a vote to the citizens of the city and do what we want. A handful of left-wing activists shouldn’t make that decision for all of us.

Sheila Barron

I would like to address the comments of Toronto Councillor Maria Augimeri and NDP MP Olivia Chow regarding the future of Downsview Park.

There is no intention to sell the parkland at Downsview Park.

We recognize and value Downsview Park as a community resource within the GTA and we’re confident that Canada Land Company Ltd.’s extensive tourism and management expertise will benefit the long-term viability of Downsview Park.

I have asked Canada Land Company Ltd. to report back to me with their proposed vision for Downsview Park. Their corporate plans will continue to be tabled in Parliament.

What Chow omits to say is that in addition to disposing of former government land, Canada Land Company Ltd. plays an important role in improving and managing properties and operating specific assets such as the CN Tower.

As an independent crown corporation, Canada Lands Company Ltd. has an impeccable record of community consultation.

Canada Lands Company Ltd. can proudly boast a track record of creating strong, vibrant communities that honour the past, while creating developments that will be enjoyed by future generations.

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The Royal Ontario Legion, Ontario Command, will hold its Winter Indoor Track and Field Championships at York University Saturday, Feb. 9.

Some 300 to 400 young amateur athletes will gather from across the province at the Keele Street and Steeles Avenue campus for the competition, which includes hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault and shot put events.

The competition, at the university’s Track and Field Centre, is open to boys and girls aged 17 years and younger.

For details, visit www. on.legion.ca/youth/tf.asp

n Discuss casino issue at Don Mills forum A public information meeting to discuss the building of a possible casino in Toronto will be held Wednesday, Feb. 6 at Don Mills United Church, 126 O’Connor Dr., at 7 p.m.

The meeting will be hosted by Ward 29

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controlling many diseases such as West Nile virus and drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis.

The workshop was organized by York’s Centre for Disease Modelling and is funded by the federal government’s Going Global Innovation program.

n Muki Baum to receive Diamond Jubilee Medal

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STILL A LION: North York native Shawn Gore (85) is staying with the CFL’s B.C. Lions. The Lions announced yesterday that Gore had re-signed with the club.

Councillor Mary Fragedakis, Toronto-Danforth MPP Peter Tabuns and Don Mills United Church. Speakers will include Tabuns, Fragedakis, independent health researcher Dr. Nigel Turner, principal of Integrative Trade and Economics Henry Lotin, and representatives from No Casino Toronto.

Council is expected to vote in April on whether to allow a casino and enter-

tainment complex to operate in the city.

n York U. scientists travel to Brazil York University researchers are packing their bags.

Scientists from the university are travelling to São Paulo to meet with Brazilian researchers today and Saturday. The international collaboration is expected to lead to advances in

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Michael “Muki” Baum will be presented with a Diamond Jubilee Medal on Feb. 6.

The award, which pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth’s 60 years on the throne, recognizes the $600,000 Baum has raised over the last 24 years for programs that help children and adults with complex disabilities and their families.

The MukiBaum Foundation is at 40 Samor Rd., northwest of Lawrence Avenue and Dufferin Street

n York U. president getting Order of Ontario York University president Mamdouh Shoukri has been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s

most prestigious honour for individual excellence and achievement.

He will be one of 25 people invested by Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onley at a ceremony at Queen’s Park Wednesday, Feb. 6.

Shoukri is being recognized for his visionary leadership, first at McMaster University in Hamilton and now at York, where he has spearheaded the university’s international expansion, environmental sustainability and development of engineering and life sciences research and education.

n BC Lions re-sign Shawn Gore North York native Shawn Gore has chosen to not become a free agent and has re-signed with the BC Lions for a fourth season as one of the team’s wide receivers, the CFL club announced Thursday.

Gore, who had 722 receiving yards in 2012, had a season-high 96 on Sept. 15 against Toronto. That game included a 48-yard reception, his longest gain for the year.

n Sportsboard JUNIOR A HOCKEY: With a little over three weeks to go in the regular season, the North York Rangers are hoping to maintain their slim lead in the crowded Ontario Junior Hockey League’s South Division standings.

The Rangers are in Oakville Friday night to face the fourth-place Blades, who sit just six points behind North York.

The St. Michael’s Buzzers sit in second spot, just two points behind North York and with two games in hand. The Toronto Lakeshore Patriots are three points back of North York with one game in hand.

The Rangers return home for an all-North York tilt with the Toronto Junior Canadiens at 3 p.m. at the Herb Carnegie Centre.

The Jr. Canadiens, meanwhile, are in fifth spot in the division, 12 points back of the Rangers.

They’re facing North York on the back to back games, with a match sccheduled in Burlington Saturday night.

The regular season wraps up Feb. 23.

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Girl Guide Garage Sale WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Trinity Presbyterian Church York Mills, 2737 Bayview Ave. CONTACT: Kathleen Lezon, 416-4920583, 584th_toronto_pathfinders@hotmail.ca COST: Free Support the Girl Guides of Canada by donating items or purchasing them. Early buy: Friday, Feb. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Meet Writer in Residence Alissa York WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: North York Central Library Auditorium, 5120 Yonge St. CONTACT: 416-395-5639 COST: Free Call to register.

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Documentary Film: ‘The Phenomenon Bruno Groening’ WHEN: 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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A Day In Hollywood: The MGM Revue WHEN: 8 p.m. WHERE: York Woods Library Theatre, 1785 Finch Ave. W. CONTACT: Box office, 416-755-1717, webmaster@ musictheatretoronto.com COST: $28 The Civic Light-Opera Company presents this hilarious Broadway musical, featuring favourite songs and stars from Hollywood’s Golden Era, including a segment with the Marx Brothers.

National Post Head Office, 1450 Don Mills Rd., Suite 500 CONTACT: 416-487-4161, www. templesinai.net, hayley@templesinai.net COST: Free Paul Godfrey will speak about how he established himself as a leader in the Toronto community.

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Young at Heart Club WHEN: 12:30 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Church of the Incarnation, 15 Clairtrell Rd. CONTACT: Audrey Stratton, 416-223-1663, www. incarnationtoronto.ca, audrey.

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Family Nature Event: Hoot and Howl at Earl Bales Park WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Earl Bales Park Community Centre, 4169 Bathurst St. CONTACT: Randi Shulman, 416-661-6600, ext. 5765, rshulman@trca.on.ca COST: Free A night of fun and adventure. A short slide presentation on owls and coyotes is followed by a trip into the woods. Together we will call out to these wild creatures in the hope that they will hoot

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Feminist Book Discussion Group WHEN: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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Chili Cook Off and Friendraiser WHEN: 6:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Salvation Army, 25 Centre Ave. CONTACT: Anne Lalonde, 416-221-5654, lalondea042@ rogers.com COST: $25/person or $15/person for Victory Fund Contributors Hosted by Willowdale Federal Liberal Association. Guest speaker is MP Carolyn Bennett (St. Paul’s).

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WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416-487-3281, www. templesinai.net, education@ templesinai.net COST: $10/$15 Join us at the New York premiere of the first U.S. speaking tour of a member of Zimbabwe’s Lemba Jewish community. Pay at the door. Refreshments will be served.

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Tot Shabbat with James Funnyhat WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto, 210 Wilson Ave. CONTACT: 416487-3281, www.templesinai.net, education@templesinai.net Get ready for Purim with the stories and music of James Funnyhat. Member adults $16, member children (3 to 7) $9, non-member adults $20, nonmember children $10. Registration deadline Feb. 6 at noon.

Oneg Shabbat: The Continuing Search for My Roots and How You can Search for Yours WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: 18 Wynford Dr., Main Floor CONTACT: Roby Sadler, 416-3853910, roby@oraynu.org COST: Non-members welcome: $15

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System would ultimately take pressure off power grid >>>from page 1 the lights on and other electrical systems running, she said.

To explain what a CES is, Bruckmueller said to imagine a battery in your cell phone.

Take thousands of those and together they make a system capable of storing electricity and providing power when needed.

While other energy storage systems support hydro transmission or distribution stations, CES offers a more reliable electrical supply directly to customers.

The CES at Roding, at 600 Roding St. northwest of Keele Street and Wilson Avenue, is capable of powering a house for nine days or a community centre or light industrial complex for a period of time.

In the future, the CES will be able to take pressure off the power grid during peak times, Bruckmueller said.

The CES system is smarter than others, a statement from Toronto Hydro added.

“It comes equipped with ‘brains’ that can independently monitor grid conditions and respond appropriately by taking electricity during offpeak times or releasing energy if needed,” it said.

CES systems improve power quality, energy flow and reliability, reduce peak demand, remove the need for diesel generators, help with the integration of renewable technologies such as solar panels, help keep voltage levels constant for commercial and industrial customers and actively monitor grid conditions and respond dynamically, the Toronto Hydro statement said.

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Electrical vaults for a test hydro project stand outside the Roding Arena and Community Centre.

‘Toronto Hydro’s distribution grid is facing a number of challenges and community energy storage can address some of these challenges instead of developing one solution per problem.’

– Ivano Labricciosa “Our team is really excited,” Bruckmueller said.

There is a consortium behind the project.

In addition to Toronto Hydro, the group includes the University of Toronto and two companies behind developing the technology: eCAMION Inc. and Dow Kokam LLC. Members of the team called the project groundbreaking.

“An opportunity like this comes once every 40 years,”

Toronto Hydro vice-president of asset management, Ivano Labricciosa, said in a statement.

“Toronto Hydro’s distribution grid is facing a number of challenges and community energy storage can address some of these challenges instead of developing one solution per problem.”

U of T professor Reza Iravani said the project is at the forefront of research and development in the electrical energy field.

The Roding community centre was chosen because the consortium wanted to test the CES in a public area but not necessarily a residential area, Bruckmueller said.

“We needed to look at certain loads in a building that uses a certain amount of electricity,” she said.

The team thought about testing the system at an industrial building but liked the idea of the public being able to see the work going on, Bruckmueller said.

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A Los Angeles Clippers practice scheduled Thursday afternoon for North York’s Hoopdome was ultimately cancelled.

The NBA’s Clippers, set to face the Toronto Raptors Friday, had originally booked the HoopDome due to scheduling conflicts with downtown facilities that would normally be used.

The Air Canada Centre had the ice laid out for the Toronto Maple Leafs to play the Washington Capitals in NHL action Thursday night,

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According to Jay Williams, a HoopDome staff member who took the call, the North York facility had been suggested

by Raptors staff as a way to accommodate the Clippers.

Ted Badner, the president and director of operations of the HoopDome was on the fence from the beginning.

“I knew it could be 50/50,” said Badner.

It could have been Thursday’s weather or the location or even they just didn’t feel like practicing, said Badner, who received an email

from Clippers assistant athletic trainer Joe Resendez saying the NBA team’s coach had canceled the practice.

The team paid $190 to hold one court for a two-hour practice that never happened.

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Fairview library branch will charge for parking Pilot project will be launched at Parkdale Library ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com Patrons of the Parkdale Public Library as well as the Fairview branch will soon pay parking fees.

The Toronto Public Library Board is launching a paid parking pilot project at its Parkdale branch and at the Fairview branch when the latter reopens later this year following a renovation.

“The library board is interested in increasing revenues to help the city with its financial situation,” explained city librarian Jane Pyper.

“In 2012 the (library) budget from the city went down, so in part (the paid parking pilot project) was to help address that.”

During the review of the library’s 2012 operating budget, the board consid-

ered a number of sources of revenue generation. One of the potential sources was to introduce paid parking at library lots where feasible.

At its monthly meeting Jan. 21, the board voted to implement pilot projects for paid parking at its Parkdale and Fairview branches.

Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) has done an assessment of the potential for paid parking taking into consideration location of the site, surrounding land use, availability of free parking in the area on residential roads, malls and plazas, presence of private parking competitors and the number of parking spaces at the lot.

Only seven library lots are zoned to allow commercial parking and, according to Pyper, library lots with fewer than 10 spaces were not considered for the program.

According to the staff report the TPA assessed that three lots are potentially viable: Parkdale, Fairview and Locke Library at Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue.

The parking lot in Parkdale reserved for delivery vehicles,” is fairly small, only 12 spots, Pyper said. but given that the parking lot In the staff report on is located on Queen Street paid parking at library lots, West it was determined that Fairview was identified as a it could be viable to charge viable lot, although it was not for parking there. initially recommended for the It isn’t clear yet when paid pilot project as its reopenparking will ing date is not take effect aty until the fall. the Parkdale “It was ‘The timing for the branch. Pyper not initially said the lot has introduction of the identified as a to have a ‘Pay for paid parking pilot at potential and Display’ the pilot and machine the Fairview branch is it was added during board installed and it has to unknown at this time.’ discussions,” be assessed – Jane Pyper Pyper said. “It was identified

by T PA f o r repainting or during board resurfacing. TPA may also discussions largely because of the size of the lot.” consider re-orienting the entrance to the parking lot as Fairview has 108 parking it is not accessible off Queen spots, however the lot is adjaStreet, but is instead accessed cent to Fairview Mall, where off the Milky Way alley. parking is free.

When the paid parking “The timing for the introtakes effect, Pyper said staff duction of the paid parking would have to pay for parking pilot at the Fairview branch is the same as the public. unknown at this time,” Pyper “We do need access to the said. branch for deliveries so there “As the lot may require would probably be one spot some rehabilitation as a result

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of the construction staging and there will be necessary installations by the Toronto Parking Authority before paid parking can be introduced, we do not have a timetable established at this point.”

The parking lots at New Toronto, Long Branch, Jane/ Dundas and Mount Dennis are zoned to permit paid parking, but were deemed to not be financially viable.

“There are actually not very many candidates identified

by TPA,” Pyper said of the library’s roster of parking lots.

TPA will pay for the initial capital costs and deduct an annual amortization amount from gross revenues each year.

The estimated net revenue at Parkdale is $8,000 a year.

Because TPA does not operate a parking facility in the Fairview area, they are unable to provide a net revenue estimate.

Money earned through paid parking will be treated as general revenues for the library included as part of the

general operating revenues.

Another revenue generator the library is looking at is introducing the ability to buy books through the library’s website.

A survey of customers showed 60 per cent were not in favour of paid parking at city libraries, 38 per cent said it was acceptable while the remaining two percent said they were unsure.

Pyper said she doesn’t expect paid parking will affect library-goers in Parkdale because of the location of the library, its proximity to public transit and because Parkdale is easily accessed by walking and biking.

“It will be more a challenge in parts of the city that are not in areas that are not as easily accessed by walking, biking and transit,” Pyper said.

However, the impact on customers is one of the elements of paid parking that will be assessed through this pilot project. It will also look at feedback from residents, the area councillor and revenue generated.

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his month we’re featuring two pets from local rescue organizations: Ontario Jack Russell Rescue and Precious Paws Rescue.

You’ll meet little Barney, a Jack Russell terrier, who was found as a stray in the Niagara region and upon examination by the shelter veterinarian it was noted he was missing all his teeth.

You will also meet Moggy, a beautiful longhaired cat who was found on the streets pregnant and searching for food.

BARNEY: Barney was brought into the Niagara Falls Humane Society by a concerned citizen who found him as a stray. He had no identification affixed to his collar and was never claimed.

When the shelter veterinarian examined him she found that Barney was missing all his teeth, and he had a large, circular hole through his gum, which needed medical attention.

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When Barney arrived at his foster home, he was overjoyed to meet his new dog companions and ran around greeting the humans as if they were long-lost friends.

One of Barney’s favourite pastimes is snuggling under the covers.

Barney loves to go for car rides, and will very obligingly jump in if the car door is open. He travels beautifully, just sitting patiently until he arrives at his destination, where there is hopefully another of his favourite pastimes on the horizon, a walk.

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He has now been completely vetted, his gums have healed, he is neutered and is ready to go to his forever home and begin a new life. It has been difficult to estimate Barney’s age, but he is probably around eight years old.

If you would like more information on Barney, contact Cathy from JRT Rescue at cjechambers@ gmail.com. Visit Barney online at www.russellrescue.org MOGGY: Moggy is a magnificent two-year-old domestic long-haired cat who came to Precious Paws Rescue as a stray, and in a very short time it was discovered she was pregnant.

She was a wonderful mother and, now that her kittens have all grown up and been adopted, Moggy is ready to find a forever home of her own.

She is an amiable young lady, quiet, and not demanding of her people.

She shares her foster home with cats and dogs and, provided they don’t pester her, she gets along with everyone very well.

Moggy has also spent a lot of time with young children and welcomes their polite attention as they stroke her soft coat. While Moggy is not a fan of being carried around a lot, she certainly does enjoy being petted and brushed, which is great news considering her luxurious coat requires regular grooming to prevent tangling and matting.

If you think Moggy’s forever home could be with you, contact preciousrescue@hotmail.com. Visit Moggy online at www.preciouspawsrescue.ca

Moggy, above, and Barney were strays taken in by rescue organizations.

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o you think that Toronto City Hall will now take a break from court challenges? Not a chance.

The only certain outcome from the appeal decision advising that council overstepped its authority, and that Mayor Rob Ford can continue in office, is that there will be more cases.

Usually having the courts involved with any legislative body is not good news, but council’s tradition of pushing its limits means the active involvement of our courts is not only necessary, but also desirable.

For instance, in the not too distant past, campaign finance compliance rules left much to be desired. At that time complaints about campaign expenses were judged by colleagues of the defendant in a council committee. In the rare instances that required further consideration, enough votes were usually found at council to stop further action.

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By daring to enlarge its jurisdiction, the City of Toronto continues a tradition that started decades ago by being the first Canadian city with a public health department, and continues today with supplements for social programs, and forays into new areas such as student nutrition. In these examples, when council simply provides funds to the needy, there is little risk from the courts.

Council’s forays into foreign policy and revisions of the criminal code, however, are usually greeted with shrugs by other governments. Residents and businesses do not have this luxury, and so must look to the courts if the city’s actions will have negative impacts.

Recently opponents have enjoyed successes in rolling back bans for plastic bags and serving shark fin soup.

Less altruistically, council sometimes takes a cavalier approach to its own legisla-

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tion. For example, against the advice of the city solicitor, last term council authorized reimbursement of legal fees for two councillors regarding election expenses regulations. In that instance it took court action to tell council it could not do so.

As well, and frequently, council hires outside staff to fight against planning rules that it has written, but does not wish to apply. Again, it takes the courts to enforce council’s own rules.

Overall the courts have been involved in almost every aspect of our city’s governance. So far they have been very careful not to write legislation, and have restricted themselves to setting and enforcing limits.

Given the creativity of members of council and the public, and the need for clarity and fairness often missing in political life, we are likely to need the courts for a long time to come.

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In advance of public discussions the city has launched a special website allowing residents to determine how much they would be willing to pay to build future transit.

Through the CongestedTO campaign, the city hopes to generate sufficient feedback from residents to pass along to Metrolinx – the provincial transit agency seeking feedback from municipalities in advance of its final funding recommendations that will be presented to the sitting premier in June.

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Business and civic leaders have said completing the plan is necessary to address worsening traffic congestion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).

Funding for some projects has already been allocated by the provincial government, including four new light rail transit lines for Toronto. But the vast majority of the plan remains unfunded.

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