This document provides information about local government representatives and services in Pickering, Ontario. It includes:
1) An overview of the Pickering City Council and Durham Regional Council, including contact information for councillors.
2) Details on municipal services provided by Pickering City and Durham Region and how to access them, including waste collection, fire services, roads, parks, and more.
3) Key facts and figures about Pickering wards and the city overall.
4) Information on how to contact councillors and speak at council meetings, as well as links to additional online resources.
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Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
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Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
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Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
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2. Your Regional Councillor
Peter Rodrigues
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
905.420.4605 ext. 4608
email & website
NEW
prodrigues@pickering.ca
City’s
www.pickering.ca
Peter’s www.YourVoicePickering.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. 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
11. Ward 3 – Facts & Figures
Homes: 11,600
Voters: 25,500
18 kilometres (N to S) by 14 kilometres (W to E)
240 square kilometres = 92 square miles
13. 2012 Council & Committee
Meeting Schedule
New Time
7:00 pm
in
September
14. 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.
15. 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.
18. 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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24. Durham Region – Pickering City
• regional roads – 75 kms • city roads
• garbage – Miller Waste • fire services
• police • economic development
• health • snow removal
• social services • parks
• tourism • recreation (facilities and programs)
• economic development • sidewalks
• water supply • building permits
• sewage treatment • property tax collection
• public transit • libraries – are governed separately
25. 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
35. 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
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. 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
39. Resources for more information.
www.Pickering.ca
www.Durham.ca
www.YourVoicePickering.ca