2. Peter Rodrigues
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
905.420.4605
Peter’s Website: www.YourVoicePickering.ca
E-mail: prodrigues@pickering.ca
City Website: www.pickering.ca
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Maps – Pickering and Durham
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Who are your Pickering Councillors?
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Regional & City Councillors……. and what’s the difference?
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How to easily contact your Councillors.
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Pickering City and Durham Region – Committees, Meetings and Schedules
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Speaking to Council
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General information – Resident Committees, Fact & Figures
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Major and Minor Issues
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Pickering vs. Durham – responsibilities
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Road Watch & Neighbourhood Watch
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
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Voters: 25,500
Homes: 11,600
18 kilometres (N to S) by 14 kilometres (W to E)
240 square kilometres = 92 square miles
Duffin Heights adding ~2,000 new homes
24. 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.
25. 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 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.
29. 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
31. 3 councillors
109,600 residents
2 councillors
11,350 residents
3 councillors
84,550 residents
8 councillors
149,600 residents
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88,700 residents
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21,650 residents
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122,000 residents
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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
58. 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 905-6689893 or view our section on Safety Tips - Neighbourhood Watch,
or you can email the Coordinator directly at
neighwatch@drps.ca for more information.
59. www.drps.ca
ROAD WATCH is a community based program that is utilized in many towns and cities
across Ontario. Its purpose is to make drivers more aware of their actions.
In conjunction with the Durham Regional Police Services, the program is run by
community volunteers. The ROAD WATCH program is active in Oshawa, Whitby,
Clarington, Scugog, Ajax, Pickering and Uxbridge.
ROAD WATCH gives 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 license
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.
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63. Fire Alarm responses – 2011
Total alarms in 2011 – 3,984
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%)