MRA Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
19:30 – Virtual meeting
Attended: Tim Ellis, Mike Majeski, Heather Mak, Adam Matheson, Emma Park, Mostafa Shahein, James Stack, John Homsy, Kev
1) Quorum and Meeting Opening – Mike
2) Approval of August Minutes – ALL
- Approved by Emma, seconded by John
3) Welcome Back Tim!
- Congrats to Tim and the team for their efforts for rallying voters in the US election
4) Christie’s Presentation Follow Up / Questions – Mike and Adam
- Adam has put together a list of questions for the City of Toronto site planners
- Toronto has provided a revised plan to the developers original plan (two less towers and more green space)
- MRA Board to look over the questions and provide any feedback before Adam sends to the city representatives
5) Letter to Grimes and Police Follow Up – Mike
- Mike has sent the letter to Grimes and Police Commissioner
- Public Relations (PR) from the Police called Mike for a discussion regarding the letter
- Discussed police presence and cuts to their budget
- Cut patrol abilities in Mimico from 9 cars to 4 because of budget constraints
- New traffic cameras on Mimico and Stanley
- According to the PR team, a high percentage of the traffic tickets being issued are to drivers that live in the area
- Mike proposed a community consultation and the PR gentleman seemed willing
- Mike will follow-up about the consultation (PR was supposed to send an email to Mike but has not yet done so)
- No response from Councillor Grimes’ office
6) Outdoor Hockey Rink – Adam
- There is a program where the city provides equipment to make an ice rink and members of an organization have to take the responsibility of making and monitoring it
- Need six members from an organization and two leaders to put forth the application
- Deemed to be a COVID-friendly activity
- MRA is going to pass on making this an initiative
- We would be willing to support community members if there is a group in Mimico that are wanting to take leading responsibility
7) GO Newspaper Article – Adam
- Adam in the news regarding the reduction of parking spaces at the Mimico Go Station
8) Mike’s Billboard Follow Up – ALL
- After deliberations with board members, all stated they will continue to support Mike as our president given his sincere apology and his actions to resolve the issue
9) Membership Discussion – ALL
- Soon it will be time to put forth our ask for new members and new board members
- Will be posting on our website and social media channels
- Heather will put together the post for our website and Facebook pages
- Prospective members will join a Zoom info session and group interview call on Jan 13th at 7:30-8:30pm
- Elected board members will then join our MRA meeting on Jan 20th – 7:30-8:30
10) Other Business – ALL
- Consultation with Vandyk developers on Dec 8th regarding Mimico Go
December meeting will be on Wednesday the 16th at 7:30