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Here are some past projects and initiatives that I have championed and played a key role as a Councillor. Some are large and on-going; some are neighbourhood concerns. There are certainly others, and always accomplished with the cooperation of Residents, Staff, and Council. Here is a sampling:
Term Four:
- Founding member of Friends of Milton Hospital with its successful Postcard Campaign and FMH named 2009 Citizen of the Year
- Work with Staff & Council to demonstrate Local Share support for the expansion of Milton District Hospital
- Many meetings with Provincial Ministries to explain need for Milton Hospital expansion
- Indentified community uses for the new facility that will also be home to the Nassagaweya Tennis Club; Worked with NCCC on Roadside Cleanup, Road & Rural issues
- Worked with DCCA on Gazebo in Pond Park, Campbellville beautification and Community Events
- 150th Committee organizing celebrations for Milton's 120th Anniversary, including the legacies of the Milton Street Festival and the Walk of Fame
- Hi-Speed Internet - Worked with Town Staff and the Nassagaweya Broadband Committee to prepare & deliver a successful application for Provincial funding
- Worked with the MTO and Campbellville Community for Interchange improvements and Parking Lot at Hwy 401 & Guelph Line
- Worked for early completion of Brookville Park design and expansion
- Worked with Canada Post to improve rural delivery on RR 2 Rockwood route and replace Community Boxes throughout Nassagaweya
- Prepared motions from Milton Council to object to the St. Mary's Quarry application
- Suggested the Region include Brookville Vet Clinic as a well-water testing drop-off location
- Worked with MYAC to se Milton designated as a Youth Friendly Community
- Sought Yearly Corporate Funding to support MYAC Activities, including Canada Day Teen Zone
- Reconstruction of Nassagaweya Puslinch Townline & Fourth Line Nassagaweya, nearly eliminating gravel roads in Nassagaweya
- Worked with Bell Canada to address community concerns while meeting the need for a communications tower on Guelph Line
- Addressed the need for Public Washrooms in Campbellville through an agreement with San Antonio's Bistro (temporary washrooms now in Campbellville Park)
- Participated in workshops for potential designs for Milton Education Village
- Arranged for Large Item Drop-off Days at Brookville Yard (since replaced with Regional Curb-side pickup)
- Promoted additional rural street lighting & flashing lights at Sixth Line Nassagaweya
Term Three:
- Physician Recruitment Tours and Retention Initiatives
- Participated with Hospital Board to secure CT scan approval for Milton District Hospital and on-going initiatives to recognize growth in Provincial funding formulas
- Personally presented need for 401 / Guelph Line interchange improvements to Provincial Minister
- Advocated for Campbellville Skating Rink
- Removal of Portables from former Waldorf School
- Purchase of property for new entrance to Brookville Park
- Inclusion of Nassagaweya Veterans in Juno Beach Memorial
- Preservation of historic pillars during Guelph Line reconstruction
- Solving drainage issues, Tuscany Ridge
- Soft entrance to Kean Hill Cemetery, preserving landscape in Tuscany Ridge
- Secured corporate donations to fund Teen Zone at Canada Day, Milton's Book Festival for Children, United Way Dinner Auction, NCCC Projects
- Economic Development Brochure for employment lands through MEDAC
- Requirement that Bell notify in writing and hold a community meeting on proposed Tower in Brookville prior to application (no application to date)
- Advocated for Railway crossing lights and bells on First Line Nassagaweya
- Election celebration to fund the Nassagaweya Entrance to the Gambrel Barn at Country Heritage Park
Term Two:
- Advocated for Campbellville Emergency Response Centre (first to suggest including police and ambulance)
- Lobbied for Springers Gymnastics in design for Sports Centre
- Secured second 'fall' drop-off at Brookville Yard for Nassagaweya Residents, as requested by residents
- Secured School Board support for new entrance to Brookville School / Guelph Line reconstruction
- Initiation of Council Notes in local paper, keeping local residents informed of council activities
- Initiatives to begin BPW (Business Professional Women) in Halton
- Removal of Knoll in Moffat; installation of 4-way stop
- Called for installation of house number signs in Pine Ridge and Tuscany Ridge
- Confronted issue of wood processing on Sixth Line Nassagaweya
- Expanded definition of Home Business / Industry in Zoning By-law
- Inclusion of Animal Control facility in proposed new Works Yard
- Stood with residents concerned with water taking permits on border of Moffat, successfully extending town policy for notification of changes to property use in all rural areas
- Miton designate to the Countryside committee of the GTSB (Greater Toronto Services Board)
- Liaison with Town and CABA for sidewalk clearing, flower bed design, litter receptacles in Campbellville
- Repaving Blacklock Drive
- Requested streetlights at 25 Sideroad / Guelph Line and 5 Sideroad / Campbellville Road
Term One:
- Secured slots dollars from the province as Milton's Representative on Race Track Mayor's Task Force
- Provision for Police Vehicle & Community Officers assigned to Nassagaweya 24/7
- Establishing Milton Community Fund
- New Brookville Park play structure
- Established Teen Zone as part of Canada Day
- Proper installation of valuable artwork at Nassagaweya Community Centre, including AJ Casson originals naming Nassagaweya Veterans and original Pudsey watercolour
- Conservation Halton Foundation "Halton Rising Wild & Beckoning" Book Committee
- Called for installation of house number signs in Campbellville for timely and accurate response of emergency services
- Met the issue of an illegal herb packaging plant on 20 Sideroad head on
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