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Empowering You



© 2010-2012 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues
Your Regional Councillor

         Peter Rodrigues
    Regional Councillor, Ward 3
     905.420.4605 ext. 4608


                  email & website




Peter’s website     www.YourVoicePickering.ca

Peter’s email       prodrigues@pickering.ca
City’s website      www.pickering.ca
What you will learn.
• Who are your Pickering Councillors? Who are your Regional Councillors?
• ……. and what’s the difference?
• How to easily contact your Councillors.
• Maps – Pickering and Durham
• City and Region – Committees, Meetings and Schedules
• Speaking to Council
• General information – Resident Committees, Fact & Figures
• Major Issues – Seaton, Federal Lands, Sewer Pipe, Rouge National Park,
                 Property Taxes, urban sprawl, speeding cars, and more.
• Pickering vs. Durham – responsibilities
• Road Watch & Neighbourhood Watch
• Customer Care
Pickering
1811 township
1974 town
2000 city
Empowering You
Empowering You
Pickering Council
                                        Regional
                                                   WARD 3            City




                                    Peter Rodrigues              David Pickles




                                               Mayor Dave Ryan


     Regional
                 WARD 1      City                                                  Regional    WARD 2    City




Jennifer O’Connell        Kevin Ashe                                             Bill McLean        Doug Dickerson
How to contact your Mayor and Councillors



Mayor's Office              Councillors' Office
Tel.: 905.420.4600           Tel.: 905.420.4605
Fax: 905.420.6064            Fax: 905.420.6064
TTY: 905.420.1739            TTY: 905.420.1739
Email: mayor@pickering.ca    Email: council@pickering.ca
Pickering – Facts & Figures
   Population: 95,000
   Voters: 65,000

   Total number of businesses in Pickering: 3,000 +
Ward 3 – Facts & Figures
   Voters: 25,500
   Homes: 11,600

   Duffin Heights adding 1,036 new homes.

   18 kilometres (N to S) by 14 kilometres (W to E)
   240 square kilometres = 92 square miles
Duffin Heights
Duffin Heights
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Advisory Committees
Empowering You
2013 Council & Committee   Start Time
                            7:00 pm
                              now
    Meeting Schedule
Speaking to Council
                      (delegations)
Every month there is one Council meeting
and there are two Standing Committee meetings:
       the Planning and Development Committee
       the Executive Committee
Members of the public who wish to speak to a Standing
Committee and/or Council are called delegations.
In order to appear before Council, delegations are
encouraged to have first appeared before a Standing
Committee.
Delegations can speak for up to ten minutes.
Afterwards, councillors may ask questions.
Speaking to Council
                     (delegations)
   If the matter is a statutory planning matter, no formal
    registration is required for the Planning & Development
    Committee.
   Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on a Standing
    Committee meeting agenda should register in writing by 12
    noon on the day of the meeting.
   Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on the Council
    meeting agenda should register in writing by 12 noon on the
    day of the meeting.
   Request for delegation status are to be sent to the
    Committee Coordinator at lroberts@pickering.ca or by fax at
    905.420.9685 or by dropping off the request at City Hall.
The 8 Municipalities of Durham

                 Durham Region
                   established 1974
Durham Council
Regional Chair and CEO
                          Roger Anderson

Ajax
Steve Parish, Shaun Collier, Colleen Jordan

Brock
Terry Clayton, Debbie Bath

Clarington
Adrian Foster, Mary Novak, Willie Woo

Oshawa
John Henry, John Aker, Bob Chapman, Nancy Diamond,
Amy England, Tito-Dante Marimpietri, John Neal, Nester Pidwerbecki

Pickering
Dave Ryan, Bill McLean, Jennifer O'Connell, Peter Rodrigues

Scugog
Chuck Mercier, Bobbie Drew

Uxbridge
Gerri Lynn O'Connor, Jack Ballinger

Whitby
Pat Perkins, Lorne Coe, Joe Drumm, Don Mitchell
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Standing Committees
Finance & Administration          Planning & Economic Development
Councillor Mitchell – Chair       Councillor O'Connor – Chair
Councillor Chapman – Vice-Chair   Councillor Aker – Vice-Chair
Councillor Collier                Councillor Bath
Councillor Diamond                Councillor Drumm
Councillor Drew                   Councillor Henry
Councillor Foster                 Councillor Novak
Councillor O'Connell              Councillor Ryan

Health & Social Services          Works
Councillor Coe – Chair            Councillor Pidwerbecki – Chair
Councillor England – Vice-Chair   Councillor Mercier – Vice-Chair
Councillor Clayton                Councillor Ballinger
Councillor Neal                   Councillor Jordan
Councillor Parish                 Councillor Marimpietri
Councillor Rodrigues              Councillor McLean
Councillor Woo                    Councillor Perkins
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Durham Region – Pickering City

• regional roads – 75 kms   • city roads

• garbage – Miller Waste    • fire services

• economic development      • economic development

• health                    • snow removal

• social services           • parks

• tourism                   • recreation (facilities and programs)

• police                    • sidewalks

• water supply              • building permits

• sewage treatment          • property tax collection

• public transit            • libraries – are governed separately
Issues In Pickering
   Federal Land
   Seaton Development
   York-Durham Sewer System
   ROPA 128 (north-east Pickering / Greenwood)
   Property Taxes
   Neighbourhood Watch
   Road Watch
   Speeding Cars

Your Issues – Questions & Answers
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Federal Land (airport land)
Rouge National Park
Seaton
York-Durham Sewer System
York-Durham Sewer System
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ROPA 128
Regional Official Plan Amendment 128
Property Taxes
Durham region tax:    54%
Pickering city tax:   27%
School tax            19%
Who pays the Region’s tax proportionally?
The Region expects to collect $533,496,000 in property taxes
from all categories including residents and businesses in 2012.
According to the 2001 census, Durham has a population of 608,124.
Property taxes are assessed at different rates for business, residential,
farms and government institutions.



                        Pickering
 Percentage of residents:                 14.6 per cent

 Percentage of Regional tax paid:         16.7 per cent
Neighbourhood Watch
A community crime prevention program designed to reduce the threat of
crime to neighbours or property. This program encourages all residents to
be alert to suspicious persons or vehicles and to get to know neighbours.

Lessons in crime prevention are given to participants and Operation
Identification is addressed (marking belongings for identification by
police).

Approximately 183 watches are currently running in the Durham Region
with over 50,000 residents educated on security measures on an ongoing
basis.

The DRPS has a Regional Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator who will
assist neighbourhoods to form watches. Call 905-668-9893 or view our
section on Safety Tips - Neighbourhood Watch, or you can email the
Coordinator directly at neighwatch@drps.ca for more information.
Road Watch                                      www.drps.ca

ROAD WATCH is a community based program that is utilized in many towns and cities in Ontario. It
is aimed at making drivers more aware of their actions.

The program is run by volunteers who live in our community, and in conjunction with the Durham
Regional Police Service. The ROAD WATCH program is active in
Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington, Scugog, Ajax, Pickering and Uxbridge.

ROAD WATCH provides residents an opportunity to report dangerous and aggressive driving
throughout the Durham Region. If you observe aggressive or dangerous driving, fill out a PDF
version of our Citizen’s Report Form and drop it off at one of our ROAD WATCH boxes (listed on the
form) or report the incident online using our Online Citizen Report Form .

Aggressive driving may include: Excessive speeding, Tailgating, Failure to stop and any act that puts
other drivers at a high risk of collision or injury.

Record as much information as possible. Even if you are unable to record the licence
number, submit the form so police have information on high-risk areas in the community. It is
important that the form be signed to safeguard the system from abuse. Your personal information is
used for statistical purposes only and is held in the strictest of confidence by us.

If a driver is reported more than once, the police will contact that individual regarding the reports.
Subsequent offences may result in enforcement action by the police depending on the severity of
the incident.
Police not Emergency 905 579 1520
Pickering Fire Services
                      Fire Alarms responses – 2011
Medical alarms – 2,003 (50%)

Motor vehicle Accident alarms – 683 (17%)

Alarms (no fire, false alarms, defect triggered, mischief) – 386 (10%)

Fire/Smoke – 307 alarms (8%) – Non-Structural fires such as involving burning complaints, grass/bush
                 fires, rubbish and vehicle fires as well as structural fires such as commercial/industrial fires,
                 residential fires, institution fires.

Other alarms (9-1-1- unknowns, public assist, assist other agencies) – 299 (8%)

Carbon Monoxide alarms – 174 (4%)

Hazard alarms (natural gas leaks, power lines, unknown odour) – 112 (3%)

Rescue (elevators, ice-water) – 14 (0%)

Hazardous Material alarms (spills and leaks) – 6 (0%)

Explosions – 0 alarms (0%)

                                Total alarms in 2011 – 3,984
Customer Care
       for almost all matters
• general questions
• By-laws – parking, business, building permit
• to report dead animals on road
• garbage dumping at the side of the road
• snowploughing
• sidewalks
• neighbour problems (police matter)
Pickering Customer Care

Office Hours: 8:30 – 4:30, Monday-Friday
905.683.7575 (24-hour line)
1.877.420.4666
TTY Service: 905.420.1739
Fax: 905.420.4610
Email: customercare@pickering.ca


 Program Cancellations, Service Disruptions, and
 Road & Facility Closures: 1.866.278.9993
Resources for more information.


      www.Pickering.ca
      www.Durham.ca


www.YourVoicePickering.ca
Empowering You
Contact
www.YourVoicePickering.ca



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Empowering You

  • 1. Empowering You © 2010-2012 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues
  • 2. Your Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues Regional Councillor, Ward 3 905.420.4605 ext. 4608 email & website Peter’s website www.YourVoicePickering.ca Peter’s email prodrigues@pickering.ca City’s website www.pickering.ca
  • 3. What you will learn. • Who are your Pickering Councillors? Who are your Regional Councillors? • ……. and what’s the difference? • How to easily contact your Councillors. • Maps – Pickering and Durham • City and Region – Committees, Meetings and Schedules • Speaking to Council • General information – Resident Committees, Fact & Figures • Major Issues – Seaton, Federal Lands, Sewer Pipe, Rouge National Park, Property Taxes, urban sprawl, speeding cars, and more. • Pickering vs. Durham – responsibilities • Road Watch & Neighbourhood Watch • Customer Care
  • 7. Pickering Council Regional WARD 3 City Peter Rodrigues David Pickles Mayor Dave Ryan Regional WARD 1 City Regional WARD 2 City Jennifer O’Connell Kevin Ashe Bill McLean Doug Dickerson
  • 8. How to contact your Mayor and Councillors Mayor's Office Councillors' Office Tel.: 905.420.4600 Tel.: 905.420.4605 Fax: 905.420.6064 Fax: 905.420.6064 TTY: 905.420.1739 TTY: 905.420.1739 Email: mayor@pickering.ca Email: council@pickering.ca
  • 9. Pickering – Facts & Figures  Population: 95,000  Voters: 65,000  Total number of businesses in Pickering: 3,000 +
  • 10. Ward 3 – Facts & Figures  Voters: 25,500  Homes: 11,600  Duffin Heights adding 1,036 new homes.  18 kilometres (N to S) by 14 kilometres (W to E)  240 square kilometres = 92 square miles
  • 20. 2013 Council & Committee Start Time 7:00 pm now Meeting Schedule
  • 21. Speaking to Council (delegations) Every month there is one Council meeting and there are two Standing Committee meetings:  the Planning and Development Committee  the Executive Committee Members of the public who wish to speak to a Standing Committee and/or Council are called delegations. In order to appear before Council, delegations are encouraged to have first appeared before a Standing Committee. Delegations can speak for up to ten minutes. Afterwards, councillors may ask questions.
  • 22. Speaking to Council (delegations)  If the matter is a statutory planning matter, no formal registration is required for the Planning & Development Committee.  Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on a Standing Committee meeting agenda should register in writing by 12 noon on the day of the meeting.  Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on the Council meeting agenda should register in writing by 12 noon on the day of the meeting.  Request for delegation status are to be sent to the Committee Coordinator at lroberts@pickering.ca or by fax at 905.420.9685 or by dropping off the request at City Hall.
  • 23. The 8 Municipalities of Durham Durham Region established 1974
  • 25. Regional Chair and CEO Roger Anderson Ajax Steve Parish, Shaun Collier, Colleen Jordan Brock Terry Clayton, Debbie Bath Clarington Adrian Foster, Mary Novak, Willie Woo Oshawa John Henry, John Aker, Bob Chapman, Nancy Diamond, Amy England, Tito-Dante Marimpietri, John Neal, Nester Pidwerbecki Pickering Dave Ryan, Bill McLean, Jennifer O'Connell, Peter Rodrigues Scugog Chuck Mercier, Bobbie Drew Uxbridge Gerri Lynn O'Connor, Jack Ballinger Whitby Pat Perkins, Lorne Coe, Joe Drumm, Don Mitchell
  • 26. P I A C J K E A R I X N G B S R C U O G C O K G C U L A X R B I R N I G D T CHAIR G O N E O W S H H I A T W B A Y
  • 27. P I A 3 councillors J C K E 4 councillors 109,600 A R I 88,700 X N G Durham S B population C 2 councillors R O 608,100 U 2 councillors G 11,350 C O 21,650 K G C U L A X 3 councillors R I B R 2 councillors N I 84,550 G T D 20,600 O G N E O W 8 councillors S H 4 councillors H I 149,600 A 122,000 T W B A Y
  • 28. Standing Committees Finance & Administration Planning & Economic Development Councillor Mitchell – Chair Councillor O'Connor – Chair Councillor Chapman – Vice-Chair Councillor Aker – Vice-Chair Councillor Collier Councillor Bath Councillor Diamond Councillor Drumm Councillor Drew Councillor Henry Councillor Foster Councillor Novak Councillor O'Connell Councillor Ryan Health & Social Services Works Councillor Coe – Chair Councillor Pidwerbecki – Chair Councillor England – Vice-Chair Councillor Mercier – Vice-Chair Councillor Clayton Councillor Ballinger Councillor Neal Councillor Jordan Councillor Parish Councillor Marimpietri Councillor Rodrigues Councillor McLean Councillor Woo Councillor Perkins
  • 30. D M U A R Y H A M 2 0 R 1 E 2 G I O N
  • 31. Durham Region – Pickering City • regional roads – 75 kms • city roads • garbage – Miller Waste • fire services • economic development • economic development • health • snow removal • social services • parks • tourism • recreation (facilities and programs) • police • sidewalks • water supply • building permits • sewage treatment • property tax collection • public transit • libraries – are governed separately
  • 32. Issues In Pickering  Federal Land  Seaton Development  York-Durham Sewer System  ROPA 128 (north-east Pickering / Greenwood)  Property Taxes  Neighbourhood Watch  Road Watch  Speeding Cars Your Issues – Questions & Answers
  • 40. ROPA 128 Regional Official Plan Amendment 128
  • 41. Property Taxes Durham region tax: 54% Pickering city tax: 27% School tax 19%
  • 42. Who pays the Region’s tax proportionally? The Region expects to collect $533,496,000 in property taxes from all categories including residents and businesses in 2012. According to the 2001 census, Durham has a population of 608,124. Property taxes are assessed at different rates for business, residential, farms and government institutions. Pickering Percentage of residents: 14.6 per cent Percentage of Regional tax paid: 16.7 per cent
  • 43. Neighbourhood Watch A community crime prevention program designed to reduce the threat of crime to neighbours or property. This program encourages all residents to be alert to suspicious persons or vehicles and to get to know neighbours. Lessons in crime prevention are given to participants and Operation Identification is addressed (marking belongings for identification by police). Approximately 183 watches are currently running in the Durham Region with over 50,000 residents educated on security measures on an ongoing basis. The DRPS has a Regional Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator who will assist neighbourhoods to form watches. Call 905-668-9893 or view our section on Safety Tips - Neighbourhood Watch, or you can email the Coordinator directly at neighwatch@drps.ca for more information.
  • 44. Road Watch www.drps.ca ROAD WATCH is a community based program that is utilized in many towns and cities in Ontario. It is aimed at making drivers more aware of their actions. The program is run by volunteers who live in our community, and in conjunction with the Durham Regional Police Service. The ROAD WATCH program is active in Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington, Scugog, Ajax, Pickering and Uxbridge. ROAD WATCH provides residents an opportunity to report dangerous and aggressive driving throughout the Durham Region. If you observe aggressive or dangerous driving, fill out a PDF version of our Citizen’s Report Form and drop it off at one of our ROAD WATCH boxes (listed on the form) or report the incident online using our Online Citizen Report Form . Aggressive driving may include: Excessive speeding, Tailgating, Failure to stop and any act that puts other drivers at a high risk of collision or injury. Record as much information as possible. Even if you are unable to record the licence number, submit the form so police have information on high-risk areas in the community. It is important that the form be signed to safeguard the system from abuse. Your personal information is used for statistical purposes only and is held in the strictest of confidence by us. If a driver is reported more than once, the police will contact that individual regarding the reports. Subsequent offences may result in enforcement action by the police depending on the severity of the incident.
  • 45. Police not Emergency 905 579 1520
  • 46. Pickering Fire Services Fire Alarms responses – 2011 Medical alarms – 2,003 (50%) Motor vehicle Accident alarms – 683 (17%) Alarms (no fire, false alarms, defect triggered, mischief) – 386 (10%) Fire/Smoke – 307 alarms (8%) – Non-Structural fires such as involving burning complaints, grass/bush fires, rubbish and vehicle fires as well as structural fires such as commercial/industrial fires, residential fires, institution fires. Other alarms (9-1-1- unknowns, public assist, assist other agencies) – 299 (8%) Carbon Monoxide alarms – 174 (4%) Hazard alarms (natural gas leaks, power lines, unknown odour) – 112 (3%) Rescue (elevators, ice-water) – 14 (0%) Hazardous Material alarms (spills and leaks) – 6 (0%) Explosions – 0 alarms (0%) Total alarms in 2011 – 3,984
  • 47. Customer Care for almost all matters • general questions • By-laws – parking, business, building permit • to report dead animals on road • garbage dumping at the side of the road • snowploughing • sidewalks • neighbour problems (police matter)
  • 48. Pickering Customer Care Office Hours: 8:30 – 4:30, Monday-Friday 905.683.7575 (24-hour line) 1.877.420.4666 TTY Service: 905.420.1739 Fax: 905.420.4610 Email: customercare@pickering.ca Program Cancellations, Service Disruptions, and Road & Facility Closures: 1.866.278.9993
  • 49. Resources for more information. www.Pickering.ca www.Durham.ca www.YourVoicePickering.ca
  • 52. www.YourVoicePickering.ca © 2010-2012 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues