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Medway Valley trails

The Planning Committee of London City Council voted to pave the rest of the trail in the Medway Valley north of Fanshawe Road except for a boardwalk in the section around the bend in the Creek.  This is shown on Option 4A of Page 40 of the Medway Valley Heritage Forest North Environmentally Significant Area Trail Master Planning Study (this is a large document) (with a boardwalk instead of asphalt around the bend).  This recommendation goes to the full Council on April 16th.

This decision will likely have implications for the area of the Medway which borders Orchard Park/Sherwood Forest during the upcoming Conservation Master Plan.

The neighbourhood association on the east side of the Creek, Old Masonville, spoke in favour of the more pavement option.  Sandy Levin, from the Orchard Park Sherwood Forest Ratepayers,  spoke in favour of 5B (a less pavement option, page 44 of the attached).   Both options included an additional bridge over the Medway just south of Sunningdale Road.

Report from the Sherwood Forest School Site Group

Report of Sherwood Forest School Site Group, January 2013

Update of work to date

None of the public bodies are willing to buy the property. We have approached the city, UWO (via the Centre for Activity in Aging), and the French Public Board without success. There also was no funding support from the Province or the city for a Sustainable Energy Centre.

The Thames Valley Board has told us that it will follow the process outlined in Regulation 444/98 for disposing of the Sherwood Forest P.S. property. This means that the private schools interested in the property will either have to bid for the site when it becomes available or convince the city or one of the public bodies to buy it for them.

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Update on Sherwood Forest school site

As you know, the Sherwood Forest Public School is closing June 30, 2013. After that date, the school board, under Regulation 444/ 98 will offer the site to a defined list of public bodies including the city and other school boards. If none make an offer, it will be offered on the open market. Unlike most other school sites in the city, this one is expected to attract the interest of the development community.

A group of residents have been working on the following ideas:

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London’s Urban Forest Strategy – Survey

As part of the formal public consultation process for the Urban Forestry Strategy, being led by City staff, you are invited to fill out the on line survey at:


http://www.london.ca/d.aspx?s=/Trees_Lawns_and_Gardens/forestry.htm

Your input will help shape and define London’s Urban Forest Strategy.

Please share your thoughts on London’s Urban Forest with the city by completing the survey and attending the workshops planned for 2012.

Reminder: Annual General Meeting – Monday, May 14

As a reminder, the Annual General Meeting for the Orchard Park Sherwood Forest Ratepayers will be held on Monday, May 14, 2012 at 7:00 pm at St. Thomas More School.

The major topic will deal with options for the Sherwood Forest School site. There will also be updates on other matters, including the renovations at Orchard Park Public School.