Tag Archives: Orchard Park

Workshop for Sherwood Forest site

Thank you to everyone who participated in the workshop on the Sherwood Forest school site. While the number of participants was small, the ideas were big. Hearing the perspective of the community and sharing ideas was a valuable experience to the students.

The discussion questions focused on:
1. What characteristics show the strengths and opportunities for the site?
2. What characteristics show the challenges and constraints for the site?
3. What vision and ideas for future land use or redevelopment can you imagine?

The questions from the meeting are available here. You can still provide comments for the students up until the end of the day on February 15.

If you have comments, please send them to either Sandy Levin, president, Orchard Park/Sherwood Forest Ratepayers at s.levin@sympatico.ca or Professor William Pol at wpol@fanshawec.ca

January News

MORE ON THE SHERWOOD FOREST SCHOOL SITE

A small group of residents continues to meet to discuss the various options for the site as shared with the community at the neighbourhood meeting in November. If you would like to participate, please contact Sandy. The May Annual General Meeting is the target date for a full update to the community.

ORCHARD PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL BOUNDARY REVIEW

The school board`s senior administration has recommended to the Board that the school boundaries, effective September 2013, expand to incorporate the current Sherwood Forest P.S. attendance area. No additional new areas were proposed in the staff recommendation. There will be a debate on the question at the Board`s meeting on February 7 starting around 7:15 pm. The meeting agenda is posted the day before the meeting at: http://www.tvdsb.ca/board.cfm?subpage=113288 which will give you a better idea of when in the meeting the boundary review will be discussed.

If you can’t make the meeting, you can watch live on-line at:
http://www.tvdsb.ca/welcome.cfm?subpage=113155

BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGE

Brescia has expressed some interest in revising its application for a land use and zoning change to its property on the west side of Brescia Lane. The nearby residents have met and subject to clarification and confirmation of a few details, there will be an amended application filed at city hall. Stay tuned for details.

SARNIA ROAD WIDENING

This project remains in the city’s long term capital budget. However, land acquisition will not take place before 2019, and construction work is not slated to begin until 2021. The city may complete the Environmental Assessment this year, which will provide guidance for the future construction work.

Boundary Review Recommendation

The senior admin of School Board‏ has submitted their recommendations for the Boundary Review.

The recommendation is to combine the boundaries for Orchard Park and Sherwood Forest as of Sept 2013 with no additional students coming from outside the combined attendance area.

The full report is at: http://www.tvdsb.ca/files/filesystem/2012%20Jan%2010%20Full%20Package.pdf.

There is a page in the report showing the results of the survey that went to parents at all of the schools. The highest response was of course from Orchard Park and Sherwood Forest.

You have until Weds, Jan 11 to submit a request to speak form if you want to appear before the Trustees on this matter on Jan 24th. You can find the form at:

www.tvdsb.ca/files/78949/presenters_package_dec2011.pdf

January 2012 Update

Happy New Year!

ORCHARD PARK P.S. BOUNDARY REVIEW

The deadline for submitting your request to speak form at the January 24th school board meeting regarding the Orchard Park P.S boundary review is Wed, January 11th. The form and the timeline for the Board’s decision are available here.

One of the important issues regarding the possible change to include students from Eagle Heights P.S. has been whether or not there will be portables at Orchard Park P.S. There have been two different answers from the Board on this question. These are shown below:

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Orchard Park Boundary Review

This presentation was given at the November 24th ratepayers’ meeting concerning the boundary review taking place affecting Orchard Park Public School.

Changes Proposed to Orchard Park Public School

The Orchard Park Parent Council has prepared a
Boundary review fact sheet.

A Boundary Changes could have Orchard Park projected enrollment at 600+ students!
• NO Green Space – new school & parking areas will cover the property!
• NO Soccer pitch!
• NO Baseball diamond!
• Portables – Guaranteed!

Attend the “Boundary Review Community Meeting”
• November 28th, 6:30 pm at Eagle Heights (childcare provided)

Neighborhood Meeting – Thurs, Nov. 24, 2011

Neighbourhood Meeting

Date: Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Place: Sherwood Forest Public School gym

The agenda includes:
- Future of the Sherwood Forest School site
- Brescia University College land use changes

Medway Seniors newsletter

A copy of the the inaugural edition of the MEDWAY SENIORS Newsletter # 1 is now available.

The newsletter came about in response to the Connecting London Seniors neighbourhood outreach project in the Medway/Sherwood Forest area. Several Medway residents have volunteered their time to contribute to a neighbourhood newsletter to share information on the many great things already happening in Medway and Sherwood Forest.

Analysis of park space for Orchard Park/Sherwood Forest neighborhood

As a follow-up to a meeting between the Orchard Park Sherwood Forest Ratepayers Executive, Councillor Nancy Branscombe, and Ross Fair, Executive Director, Community Services Department for the City of London, regarding the potential loss of the green space adjacent to Sherwood Forest Public School, the Ratepayers received an analysis of park space for the entire neighborhood. Highlights are:

Taken as a whole, the Orchard Park-Sherwood Forest community (bounded by Gainsborough, Wonderland, Sarnia Roads and the Medway Valley/Ramsey Road/Brescia Lane) meets the established standards for parkland….

There is an argument to be made for the addition of active park infrastructure (e.g. pathways, play structure) in this community. Currently, no investments dollars are on the horizon for at least the next 5 years. Although current city properties are not ideal locations, such investments are possible, provided consent of local neighbours. Acquisition of new lands, is not necessarily required for these purposes.

The full analysis is available here.

News Update – ARC

ARC timeline

  • April 12 ARC Report presented to Board at its regular meeting by ARC Chair (Trustee Bennett)
  • April 26 Administrative Response to ARC Report presented to Board at its regular meeting (start time is 7 pm)
  • May 24 Public input to Board at its regular meeting (start time is 7 pm)
  • June 28 Decision by Board at its regular meeting (no public input permitted)

To speak at the meeting of May 24th, you must submit a form to the Board offices. The required form can be found at http://www.tvdsb.ca/files/78949/presenters_package_feb2011.pdf

If past history is any guide, you must submit the form and your presentation materials 8 business days before the meeting.

If you can attend any of these meetings, it will be important as the Trustees note if there is community interest by counting heads in the gallery. However, if you cannot make the meeting, you can watch it via live streaming video at http://www.tvdsb.ca/welcome.cfm?subpage=113155

Meetings are archived and can be watched later at http://www.tvdsb.ca/videos.cfm?channelID=11&categoryID=16