Community Bulletin Board
Town Hall Meeting
Community Town Hall Meeting
Tues Nov 18th; 7 pm - 8:30 pm
St Andrews Presbyterian Church
3819 Bloor St West
The IRRA is hosting a Town Hall Meeting with Councillors Morley and Holyday.
To help ensure that the key areas of interest are touched upon the majority of the meeting will involve questions presented by members of the IRRA Board.
To submit a question for consideration please click HERE
Deadline to submit questions: Nov 11th
There will be time at the end of the meeting for attendees to also ask their own question directly.
Please note - we request that all participants be respectful and courteous .
Squeaky Wheel Campaign
One of the key issues in our neighbourhood is unsafe driving.
This issue is only to get worse with all the new developments being built.
The IRRA Board has been informed that the best action to take is to report the behaviour to the Toronto Police Service.
If speeding, ignoring of stop signs or other dangerous driving behaviour is happening on your area the IRRA Board encourages you to submit an Ongoing Local Neighbourhood Traffic Complaint.
Submitting a complaint is a straight forward process for which you do not need to know a specific vehicle.
Collectively, let's become a squeaky wheel that the TPS has a hard time ignoring!
Committee of Adjustment Handbook
The City of Toronto has developed a Committee of Adjustment Participation Handbook to make it easier for applicants, neighbours, and the public to understand and participate in the Committee of Adjustment (CoA) process.
The handbook explains how to apply for a minor variance or consent, respond to a Public Hearing Notice, prepare for a public hearing, and understand everyone’s roles and responsibilities. The handbook also includes tips, examples, FAQs, and links to related resources.
You can view the handbook here: Committee of Adjustment Participation Handbook
Women's Shelter - 3838 Bloor St W
The City of Toronto has secured 3838 Bloor St. W. for use as a municipal shelter
With plans to open in 2028, and have approximately 65 spaces, it will provide critical services to help women experiencing homelessness gain stability and work toward permanent housing.
Please click HERE for more information.
URGENTLY NEEDED: Friendly People and Their Friendly Dogs
Sunshine Therapy Dogs
Are you a community-minded dog owner with an affectionate pup who’s got a lot of love to share? Embark on new and rewarding adventures as a Sunshine Therapy Dog today!
Sunshine Therapy Dogs, a non profit organization that provides visits from loving dogs and their owners to schools, organizations and community groups is actively looking for friendly dogs and their friendly owners in the Etobicoke, Toronto, Peel, Halton and Hamilton areas.
Please click HERE for more information
Tell them Quinn sent you!
ALERT: New Speed Limit!
Starting in April the speed limit for the residential streets will now be 30 KM.
The City will no longer be putting a sign on every individual street within a designated area, only the entry and exit points, only at neighbourhood gateway points or entry and exit points, to/from local roads to roads with a higher speed limit.
With this new style of signage placement, residents may initially feel there is a deficiency of signage but the intent is to eventually get to a point where gateway entrance and exit sign placement is consistent across the city and the nature and look of our local roads will make it clear that the speed limit is always 30 km/h on local roads.
Please click HERE for more information about this initiative.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT
The City has identified five bridges at the Gardiner Expressway, which serve Etobicoke residents, that will soon begin critical construction work to ensure they remain in a state of good repair. This is part of the next stage of the Gardiner Expressway Strategic Rehabilitation Plan.
Please click HERE for more information
Key parts of the work and planned restrictions are as follows:
- Westbound Gardiner Expressway from Park Lawn Road to Grand Avenue will be reduced from four lanes to three lanes, from April 2025 to May 2026.
- Kipling Avenue and Islington Avenue will be reduced from three lanes in each direction to two lanes in each direction where they pass over the Gardiner Expressway for approximately eight months, from April 2025 to November 2025. There will be occasional temporary overnight lane and ramp closures on the Gardiner Expressway beneath Kipling Avenue and Islington Avenue.
- There will be a full closure of the Park Lawn Road on-ramp to westbound Gardiner Expressway to replace the single-lane bridge that carries ramp traffic over Mimico Creek, from November 2025 to April 2026.
- Park Lawn Road, where it passes under the Gardiner Expressway, will have single lane reductions, with three lanes maintained at all times. This work is estimated to last approximately four months with timing to be determined later. These lane reductions will not occur at the same time as the closure of the Park Lawn Road on-ramp to the westbound Gardiner Expressway.
1090 Kipling - Development Proposal
Two Fourplexes Proposed for 1090 Kipling Ave
A proposal has been submitted to build two fourplexes [total of eight units] at 1090 Kipling Ave. This development would replace the current single unit dwelling.
Due to a combination of minor variances, including reducing side and back setbacks, and height of first floor, on July 18th 2024 the Committee of Adjustment refused this development proposal.
Subsequently the Developer submitted an appeal to the Toronto Local Appeals Board [TLAB]. That hearing occurred on Nov 14, 2024, with the developer once again being denied. The developer has subsequently appealed this decision. No date is known for a decision on this latest appeal.
For more information please click HERE