Neighborhood Safety Audit Results
1. Both yields at Rollingwood/Metamora and Rollingwood/Bloomfield will be changed to stop signs. In addition, the Yield at Rollingwood/Sleightholme will be changed to a stop sign. These changes requires a report to City Council for approval so you may not see the signs changed until the fall.
BBQ and AGM
Thanks to everyone who attended the BBQ. We had great weather and hope all of you had a good time meeting neighbours and enjoying the sunshine. Welcome to all the new members and thanks too for those of you who renewed your membership, including some who renewed again after a hiatus. Memberships can still be sent Orchard Park/Sherwood Forest Ratepayers, c/o 65 Rollingwood Circle, N6G 1R1. The cost is only $10 for the year per household.
The City of London has awarded a contract to Fer-Pal Construction Limited for the 2015 Structural Lining Program. The work will include the cleaning and structural lining of existing watermains on the following streets including restoration of roadways, curb and gutters, sidewalks, driveways, and boulevards that are disturbed during construction:
The above work is scheduled to begin around May 7, 2015 and expected to be complete around the end of August 2015.
Community Social and ratepayer AGM – May 28
Mark May 28th in your calendar. Your executive is busy planning a fun event to precede our Annual General Meeting. Please spread the word. Councillor Squire will be available for questions. We are working on a presentation/speaker on a city topic. Did you want to hear about the Medway Valley Conservation Master Plan? The Rapid Transit Plan? LTC’s Service Improvement Plan? Let us know.
We are still looking for new members of the Executive. Please contact Sandy Levin if you are interested.
Sherwood Forest School Demolition
This report is on the agenda for a City Committee for April 21. If approved by Committee and then by Council on April 28th, demolition will start in May.
Medway Valley Heritage Forest
The city is continuing its trail planning for the Medway. You can see the consultant’s report at
http://www.london.ca/residents/Environment/Natural-Environments/Pages/Conservation-Plans.aspx
Further work is planned for 2015 with the a presentation to City Council’s Planning and Environment Committee in July and the formation of a city-led Local Advisory Committee in 2015 which will consider trail locations and other management matters.
The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority which manages the Forest for the City reports that a large beech at the top of the staircase has had several upper branches removed to reduce the weight on the lean side of the tree , which is a “target to the staircase.”
There are 2 trees within the staircase, a yellow birch and an Ironwood. These trees are creating stress on the stairs so they may be cut as well this year.
Community Mailboxes
Here is what the community mailboxes will look like when installed.
The photo shows the maximum grouping of three that we have been told will be installed within the neighbourhood. Some locations will have only one or two units.
Be Alert and Lock your Car
With the warmer weather, I have been advised of a car being broken into on Lonsdale. Be sure to lock your car if you are leaving it outside and be sure to report an incidents to the police.
MEDWAY MEETINGS
Date: Thursday July 25, 2013
Location: Medway Community Centre, 119 Sherwood Forest Square, London
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm – Subwatershed Study
Time: 7:45 pm – 8:45 pm – Conservation Master Plan
SUBWATERSHED STUDY
The purpose of the meeting is to:
Doors open at 6 pm with the presentation and questions and answers to start at 6:30 pm
For questions, to get on the project mailing list, or to get information if you can’t make the meeting, contact:
Brian Huston, P.Eng.
Dillon Consulting Limited
130 Dufferin Avenue
London, Ontario N6A 5R2
Phone: 519.438.1288 ext.1227
Fax: 519.672.8209
Email: bhuston@dillon.ca
CONSERVATION MASTER PLAN
The City has hired Dillon Consulting Ltd. to complete an ecological inventory and evaluation of the Medway Valley Heritage Forest Environmentally Significant Area (ESA). The study is focused on the lands south of Fanshawe Park Road West as part of Phase I of the Conservation Master Plan process. At the meeting, Dillon will provide an update on its work to date. The city anticipates receiving the Dillon report on the ecological inventory in late 2013. A second Community Information Meeting will be held in early 2014 to present the findings and launch the Phase II start-up. Phase II will deal with public use and management of the ESA and include the formation of a public advisory committee.
Orchard Park Sherwood Forest Ratepayers 