In this issue:
1. June 8 events:
  a) Runnymede Library Re-opening
  b) S. Kingsway/Queensway Reconstruction
  c) Gerard Kennedy Community Council
  d) West Toronto Railpath
2. Designing Toronto's Streets
3. Pickpockets on Bloor
4. Bloor Urban Design Study

1. JUNE 8
a) RUNNYMEDE LIBRARY RE-OPENING 5:00pm
Mayor David Miller and author Margaret Atwood will officially re-open the historic Runnymede branch. For background and details, see http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/new_arc_05may31_runnymede.jsp

 

b) SOUTH KINGSWAY / QUEENSWAY RECONSTRUCTION MEETING
7:00pm Swansea Community Centre (gym) 15 Waller Ave.

A second public meeting will be held regarding plans for this work, scheduled to begin this month.

The eastbound Queensway will be reconstructed this summer, and is to include a redesign of streetcar tracks and access (including removal of the barriers in the centre of the road). Bicycle lanes and improved pedestrian facilities and access are part of the plan.

City plans include closure during the construction of 2 ramps (eastbound Queensway to northbound S. Kingsway, and southbound S. Kingway to eastbound Queensway), to be replaced by a temporary short link road, allowing all existing traffic flows.

At the the last public meeting held in April, a number of attendees raised several safety concens about the design of the temporary access.

For info, see Councillor Saundercook's website: http://www.saundercook.ca/ward13

 

c) GERARD KENNEDY'S MONTHLY "COMMUNITY COUNCIL"
7 -9:00pm Humbercrest Public School
14 St. Mark's Rd (west of Jane)
enter on west side, Brookside door

The theme of this meeting is "Education: Investing in Our Future".

For more information, contact his office 416 763-5630 or email gkennedy.mpp.co <at> liberal.ola.org
 

d) WEST TORONTO RAILPATH
7 - 9:00pm Bishop Marrocco School,
1515 Bloor St. W. (at Dundas West)

Please join us for the West Toronto Railpath Community Consultation Meeting. An evening of ideas where local community groups, individuals and City staff will have an opportunity to speak about the future of the West Toronto Railpath and view and comment on preliminary designs. A Toronto Bike Week event.

The West Toronto Railpath initiative is a community committee formed to initiate and co-ordinate the conversion of one of the rail lines running between the Junction Neighbourhood and Strachan Avenue south of King Street into a walking/rolling/cycling trail, re-connecting our neighbourhoods, creating a linear park and providing an emissions-free alternative route for neighbourhood cyclists and pedestrians to get to their destinations.

For more information visit: http://www.railpath.ca/

 

2. DESIGNING TORONTO'S FUTURE STREETS: Public Input
The City has initiated a project to establish "standardized designs for new residential streets and lanes". The design "must satisfy a broad range of objectives that seek to make Toronto a clean and beautivful city and to improve the quality of life"

A consultation process has begun to solicit public involvment and input. See http://www.toronto.ca/involved/ for more info (click "Designing Toronto's Future Streets".

3. PICKPOCKETING
Toronto Police, 11 Division has reported an increase in the number of thefts of wallets along Bloor Sreet. The note below is from a community alert they issued:

"The victims are most often female and elderly. While shopping the victim is often bumped or distracted in some manner.Their wallet is then removed from their purse in a "pickpocket" style method. They are often not immediately aware of the theft."

4. BLOOR VILLAGE URBAN DESIGN STUDY
A reminder that a copy of the Bloor West Urban Design Study is available on our website It's 9mb in size, and in PDF format (requiring Adobe Reader). Download at www.bloor.world19.com.