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Beach Lakefront Neighbourhood Association

Express Your View!

Send an email for the OMB Hearing!

It is critical that the residents of the wider Beach community show that they are strongly opposed to the type of development being proposed on this particular site, and that they support the position taken in the BLNA at the hearing. If you are in support, please send an email to Steve Ottaway (steve.ottaway@rogers.com) stating:

“My name is ____ and I am a resident of ___________. I have read the Witness Statement of Steve Ottaway. I support the BLNA position at the upcoming Ontario Municipal Board hearing in opposing the proposed apartment development on the lakefront between Munro Park and Neville Park.”

If you have considered the other witness statements on the BLNA website and wish to refer to them in your email, then respond as follows:

“My name is ____ and I am a resident of ___________. I have read the Witness Statement of Steve Ottaway and the other BLNA witnesses.  . I support the BLNA position at the upcoming Ontario Municipal Board hearing in opposing the proposed apartment development on the lakefront between Munro Park and Neville Park.”

Your email of support should be received as soon as possible.

Furthermore, please demonstrate your support by attending the hearing (any portion of the hearing would be of assistance).  Please let us know if you plan to attend by sending an email to steve.ottaway@rogers.com.

 Thank you.

BLNA Inc.

Write or Call an Official!

To ask questions, express concerns or to protest the proposed development on the Beach Neighbourhood Lakefront, please contact the following.

Ms. Tine (Leontine) Major
Senior planner
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West, 18th Floor East
Toronto, ON   M5H 2N2

Tel:       (416) 397-4079
Fax:      (416) 392-1330

Gary Wright
Chief City Planner
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West, 12th Floor, East Tower
Toronto, ON   M5H 2N2

Tel:       (416) 392-8772
Fax:      (416) 392-8115

Raymond David
Acting Director Community Planning
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON   M5H 2N2

Tel:       (416) 392-0427
Fax:      (416) 392-1330

Sandra Bussin
Councillor Ward 32
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West, Suite B28
Toronto, ON   M5H 2N2

Tel:       (416) 392-1376
Fax:      (416) 392-7444

David McCully
Executive assistant to Sandra Bussin
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West, Suite B28
Toronto, ON   M5H 2N2

Tel:       (416) 392-1376
Fax:      (416) 392-7444

Mayor David Miller
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON   M5H 2N2

Tel:       (416) 397-2489
Fax:      (416) 696-3687

Ms. Louise Monaghan
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
5 Shoreham Drive
Downsview, ON   M3N 1S4

Tel:       (416) 661-6600
Fax:      (416) 661-6898

Example Letter of Concern

The letter below has been drafted for your use. It is meant to provide ideas, provoke thought about the issues at stake and stimulate people to write their own letters to city officials and the TRCA. We offer this letter in two formats, Word (which can be altered) and PDF (which cannot be altered). Do one of the following:

  1. Click on Word link to the letter below. This will open up in your Word software. Make any changes you deem necessary, date and sign it, and send it to the officials of your choice listed below.

    or

  2. If you agree with everything we have to say, simply click on the PDF link to the letter below, fill in the blanks and send it to the officials of your choice listed below.

Download the Microsoft Word file Download the PDF file

Note: the PDF file requires Adobe Reader, a free download from Adobe

Read letters written in reaction to the proposed building