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bizorky
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No, they are not. It is supposedly being done due to contaminated land.
Go figure.
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No, they are not. It is supposedly being done due to contaminated land.
Go figure.
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Darkstar416
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Help Preserve Cherry Beach Park!Port Lands Sport Fields Update
In September, TWRC held an open house and public meeting to provide information and receive input on plans for new sports fields in the Port Lands which will be located on a nine-acre site on the south side of Unwin Avenue just west of Regatta Road. Since then, TWRC has issued a tender for site preparation work which is scheduled to start at the end of November. In addition to meeting an important recreational need, the sport fields project also has strong environmental benefits.
The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (TWRC) and Toronto Economic Development Corporation (TEDCO) have created some amazing plans for the waterfront and deserve credit for putting together what promises to be a great community in which to live and work. They have also however underestimated the need for treed greenspace parkland. This space exists along the waterfront South of Unwin Avenue. For some reason in spite of the plans presented outlining different locations the TWRC/TEDCO has decided to place concrete and Astroturf soccer fields and an additional parking lot right by Cherry Beach and in the process cutting down over 250 mature trees!
The save cherry beach petition is now online. Please take a moment of your time to click this link and add your name to the list of supporters. Thank you.
SAVE CHERRY BEACH PETITION
www.petitiononline.com/scb2006/petition.html
...we ask that you please pass this on to friends and friends of friends of our community.
For more information please go to...
www.savecherrybeach.ca
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AlvinofDiaspar
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boiler2000
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The wooded area shown on the photo at the savecherrybeach site isn't where the proposed facility is - it isn't even directly adjacent.
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EnviroTO
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Of course they wouldn't show a picture of the where the proposed soccer fields are actually planned to be located because the area where the fields are to be located is underused and uninviting scrubland wedged between industrial properties and the entrance road to the Water Rats Sailing Club. Showing a picture of the actual site wouldn't get as many people out to sign the petition.
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AlvinofDiaspar
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Which, I suppose, is why the petitioners are deliberately vague about where all of it is going. What irks me even more are those who signed up on it without doing the proper research.
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Which, I suppose, is why the petitioners are deliberately vague about where all of it is going. What irks me even more are those who signed up on it without doing the proper research.
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unimaginative2
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I believe the problem for most people is that the scrubland is often used for events, raves, etc.
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billonlogan
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Area councillor questions vision for waterfront
Soccer pitches near Cherry Beach concern Fletcher
Source: www.insidetoronto.ca
DAVID NICKLE
11/16/06
Toronto's Waterfront Revitalization Corporation wants to see two interim soccer fields up and running near Cherry Beach by next summer, but local councillor Paula Fletcher says she's not willing to sign off on the plan without looking harder for other sites beyond that of the future Lake Ontario Park.
"What's clear to me is that there does seem to be a bit of a disconnect between the overall planning and character for Lake Ontario Park," said Fletcher (Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth).
"I'd like to see this contradiction cleared up, in particular the vision and the kind of wild character for the plan near the water."
Fletcher made the comments after the corporation's annual general meeting Wednesday night, at which the architectural vision for the vast parkland running along Unwin Avenue and including the Leslie Street Spit was laid out.
The soccer fields would be located at Unwin Avenue and Regatta Road, to the east of the actual Cherry Beach.
To put the fields in, the corporation would have to cut down about 400 trees, but according to spokesperson Kristin Jenkins, the trees have to go no matter what.
"The levels of lead on the site exceed Ministry of the Environment standards tenfold, which in terms of risk to human health now it's low because people aren't utilizing the site. But given that we're going to turn it into a recreation facility, the widely accepted way to deal with lead poisoning is to cap the soil," she said.
"Adding that layer will kill the roots of existing trees, so we're going to take them out."
The plan involves replacing the existing trees, which are mostly a mono-culture of non-native species, with twice as many trees more suited to the soil and climate.
The soccer fields are going in because another part of the waterfront park that is actually slated for sports fields, along Commissioners Street, won't be ready for construction for many years because of land acquisition and soil cleanup issues there.
"We have to assemble land there, and in the meantime given that there's a huge shortage of playing fields, particularly in the South District, we thought there was an opportunity to build fields," she said.
"They'll have a life of 10 years, so in the meantime while we're gearing up to have Commissioners Park on line we can have these up and running for the next playing season."
She added the entire area of the parkland is large enough that two soccer fields won't affect the naturalized character of the park. And she said that the project is far enough east of the beach that the stands of cottonwood trees nearer the water won't be affected.
The plan has the blessing of Toronto's tree advocate Joe Pantalone (Ward 19, Trinity-Spadina), who said that it is ultimately better for the city's tree canopy to have hardier species in place on the waterfront.
Soccer pitches near Cherry Beach concern Fletcher
Source: www.insidetoronto.ca
DAVID NICKLE
11/16/06
Toronto's Waterfront Revitalization Corporation wants to see two interim soccer fields up and running near Cherry Beach by next summer, but local councillor Paula Fletcher says she's not willing to sign off on the plan without looking harder for other sites beyond that of the future Lake Ontario Park.
"What's clear to me is that there does seem to be a bit of a disconnect between the overall planning and character for Lake Ontario Park," said Fletcher (Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth).
"I'd like to see this contradiction cleared up, in particular the vision and the kind of wild character for the plan near the water."
Fletcher made the comments after the corporation's annual general meeting Wednesday night, at which the architectural vision for the vast parkland running along Unwin Avenue and including the Leslie Street Spit was laid out.
The soccer fields would be located at Unwin Avenue and Regatta Road, to the east of the actual Cherry Beach.
To put the fields in, the corporation would have to cut down about 400 trees, but according to spokesperson Kristin Jenkins, the trees have to go no matter what.
"The levels of lead on the site exceed Ministry of the Environment standards tenfold, which in terms of risk to human health now it's low because people aren't utilizing the site. But given that we're going to turn it into a recreation facility, the widely accepted way to deal with lead poisoning is to cap the soil," she said.
"Adding that layer will kill the roots of existing trees, so we're going to take them out."
The plan involves replacing the existing trees, which are mostly a mono-culture of non-native species, with twice as many trees more suited to the soil and climate.
The soccer fields are going in because another part of the waterfront park that is actually slated for sports fields, along Commissioners Street, won't be ready for construction for many years because of land acquisition and soil cleanup issues there.
"We have to assemble land there, and in the meantime given that there's a huge shortage of playing fields, particularly in the South District, we thought there was an opportunity to build fields," she said.
"They'll have a life of 10 years, so in the meantime while we're gearing up to have Commissioners Park on line we can have these up and running for the next playing season."
She added the entire area of the parkland is large enough that two soccer fields won't affect the naturalized character of the park. And she said that the project is far enough east of the beach that the stands of cottonwood trees nearer the water won't be affected.
The plan has the blessing of Toronto's tree advocate Joe Pantalone (Ward 19, Trinity-Spadina), who said that it is ultimately better for the city's tree canopy to have hardier species in place on the waterfront.
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EnviroTO
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Toronto's tree advocate Joe Pantalone
:\ He is THE tree advocate?
CW1: Should we cut this tree down?
CW2: Hmmm, let me call up the tree advocate.
Ringing
JPTTA: Hello?
CW2: Hello. This is City Worker #2. We have a tree here which is in the way of our soccer fields and we want to cut down. Can we do it?
JPTTA: Put the tree of the phone for me.
Rustling of leaves in the wind.
JPTTA: Sure. The tree tells me the soil isn't that good so go ahead and cut it down.
CW2: Thanks Joe.
CW2: Joe says we can go ahead and cut the tree down.
CW1: By golly thank goodness for Toronto's tree advocate Joe Pantalone!
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unimaginative2
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He's definitely the tree advocate. You should see him in council meetings! Pretty much everything that comes up, he asks how it will affect "The Trees."
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scarberiankhatru
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Oh, won't someone think of the trees!