Skater Boys and Girls Wanted
Do you like skateboarding? Sure, we all do.
Even my younger sister with the law degree from Dalhousie is a reformed
(reforming) skater punk. Anyway, it’s to you the City’s speaking now. A new
working group is being assembled to tackle the question over where the skate
park currently found in Deerpath Park should be relocated to. Last fall, council approved the $200,000
needed to move the park after residents complained that the noise exceeded the
applicable Ministry of Environment noise guideline limit at nearby homes.
(Never mind the notion that, perhaps, having young people outside doing
physical activity is better than having them indoors playing on an electric box
given modern obesity rates in children, but I digress.)
What can you do? Simple, “The group will
have approximately six evening meetings over the next year to develop a
recommendation to City Council,” says the post on the City’s website. “The
working group will have about 10 members including residents from across the
city, representatives from the Guelph Youth Council and Neighbourhood
Coalition, facility users and City staff.” Don’t have time to contribute to a
working group but still want your say? No worries, the group will be looking
for public input. Keep your eyes open for such opportunities in the weeks and
months to come. If you are interested in joining the working group however, let
yourself be known by providing your name, address, contact information and
reason for your interest to Helen White, Parks Planner with the Community
Design and Development Services department by Monday, April 12. White can be
reached by phone at 519-837-5616 x 2298 or by e-mail at helen.white@guelph.ca
It begins…
Like the warmer weather, don’t you? Well
you know what that means… That’s right gang, with winter behind us it’s time
for Canada’s other season, construction, to begin. "This is the start of
an unprecedented construction season as we work to complete about five years of
work in just one year in order to take advantage of federal and provincial
infrastructure funding," says Guelph City Engineer, Rick Henry in a press
release. "There are going to be inconveniences, but the City plans to be
proactive in communicating with residents and businesses so that they can be
prepared." It’s all part of the “Guelph: Remastered” plan that was put
forward by the City earlier this year, which is a communications and publicity
campaign with the dual purpose of keeping residents informed of construction
and helping them cope with it through various promotions. In case you haven’t
already noticed, Suffolk St. is the first contestant in this round of Guelph: Remasted.
Starting tomorrow, April 2, Suffolk St will
be closed to traffic between Norfolk
St and Woolwich St.
Campaign Watch 2010
Can’t speak for the rest of you, but I’m a
little antsy to get this municipal election cycle up and going. So in the hopes
that sunnier and warmer weather may melt political aspirations of future Guelph
Politicos (Hey, I have a blog by that name which can be found at
http//guelphpolitico.blogspot.com/), I offer this update of the current
candidate slate as of my Echo press time. Now you probably already know that
Mayor Karen Farbridge has thrown her hat into the ring for re-election as have
Ward 2’s Vicki Beard and Ward 3’s June Hofland. Ward 1, meanwhile, has two
candidates in the person of Linda Murphy and Sean Farrelly. As for Ward 1’s
current councillors, sharp readers will recall me mentioning Kathleen Farrelly
(mother of Sean) in last week’s column and her intention to retire from
council. Meanwhile, Bob Bell’s future in the horseshoe is, as of yet, unknown.
Of course, updates, as always, can be found at The Politico. And if you’re
planning to declare your candidacy, give me a heads up at adamadonaldson[at]gmail[dot]com
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