Councillor Josh Matlow

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11 09, 2020

Planning & Development Meetings

2020-09-11T16:04:47+00:00

After a brief summer break and the delays caused by the pandemic, the City has started receiving development applications and my office started receiving updates by City Planning on various development projects. As part of the development review process, the City holds public consultation meetings to share details of the proposal and gain important community [...]

Planning & Development Meetings2020-09-11T16:04:47+00:00
11 09, 2020

Oakwood-Vaughan Neighbourhood Update:

2020-09-11T15:36:44+00:00

The repeated acts of violence committed over many years in our Oakwood-Vaughan neighbourhood is extremely upsetting and unacceptable. The most important initiative we can take is to invest in addressing the roots causes of the violence. While we need to support the police to respond when gun violence occurs and ensure that those responsible are [...]

Oakwood-Vaughan Neighbourhood Update:2020-09-11T15:36:44+00:00
11 09, 2020

Renewing a Call to Preserve Little Jamaica

2021-03-30T19:06:00+00:00

Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the traffic congestion, noise, lack of parking and mess caused by the LRT construction, small businesses along Eglinton continue to be faced with daily challenges. However, many of the Black-owned businesses on Eglinton West have been fighting a battle for years against the potential loss of the character, identity and [...]

Renewing a Call to Preserve Little Jamaica2021-03-30T19:06:00+00:00
11 09, 2020

Back to School Road Safety

2020-09-11T21:15:25+00:00

As your local representative and parent of a 7-year old, I wanted to take the opportunity to remind everyone of how vital road safety is especially now that our kids are heading back to school after months of being at home. Road safety has been a major focus for me over my years at Council [...]

Back to School Road Safety2020-09-11T21:15:25+00:00
11 09, 2020

September 16, 2020

2020-10-01T19:58:25+00:00

2020.TE18.2 - (9:30 AM)  Naming of an existing Public Lane west of Spadina Road, extending between Bantry Avenue and Heath Street West  (Ward 12 - Statutory: City of Toronto Act, 2006) http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2020.TE18.2   2020.TE18.20 - (11:00 AM)  Front Yard Parking Appeal - 75 Poplar Plains Crescent  (Ward 12) http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2020.TE18.20   2020.TE18.21 - (11:00 AM)  Front [...]

September 16, 20202020-10-01T19:58:25+00:00
26 08, 2020

Roehampton Residence: Our Letter Regarding Supports for a Successful Shelter and a Safe Community

2020-08-26T14:32:47+00:00

Re: Community Safety at Roehampton Shelter Dear Ms. Bédard, We appreciate the critical need to provide housing for Torontonians in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. You and your team have done an admirable job to quickly move more than 3,500 people to create required physical distancing in the shelter system, including securing permanent housing [...]

Roehampton Residence: Our Letter Regarding Supports for a Successful Shelter and a Safe Community2020-08-26T14:32:47+00:00
18 08, 2020

Please Join Us For A Community Meeting About The Midtown Shelters

2020-08-26T14:30:14+00:00

Dear residents, Our community is united in its support and compassion for our city’s homeless population- and certainly in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and an opioid and housing crisis.   However, the behavioral impacts on Midtown residents’ safety from the new shelters at the Roehampton Hotel and 55-65 Broadway are not acceptable and [...]

Please Join Us For A Community Meeting About The Midtown Shelters2020-08-26T14:30:14+00:00
13 08, 2020

Open Letter to Premier Ford: Provincial Supports Needed for Yonge-Eglinton Area Shelters

2020-08-27T20:19:58+00:00

August 13th, 2020 Hon. Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Legislative Building, Queen’s Park. Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Re: Provincial supports needed for Yonge-Eglinton area shelters Dear Premier Ford, Two temporary housing sites at Broadway and Roehampton have been opened by the City of Toronto in recent months in the Yonge-Eglinton area to protect street-involved residents [...]

Open Letter to Premier Ford: Provincial Supports Needed for Yonge-Eglinton Area Shelters2020-08-27T20:19:58+00:00
7 08, 2020

55-65 Broadway & Roehampton Residence (Former Hotel) Update: August 7, 2020

2020-08-26T14:29:19+00:00

Dear residents, I know that our community has been deeply impacted by the shelters located at Broadway and Roehampton. The needles, break-ins, public defecation and harassment are completely unacceptable. The following update that Mayor Tory and I requested City Staff to provide contain a number of measures that should have been in place before the [...]

55-65 Broadway & Roehampton Residence (Former Hotel) Update: August 7, 20202020-08-26T14:29:19+00:00
30 07, 2020

Councillor Matlow’s City Hall and Community Update – Summer 2020

2020-07-30T03:50:15+00:00

COVID-19: Toronto Enters Stage Three of the Recovery Today, the Ontario Government announced that Toronto will move to Stage 3 reopening on Friday, July 31. This decision was based on positive local trends of key public health indicators, including a lower transmission of COVID-19, ongoing hospital capacity, capacity for rapid case and contact management and [...]

Councillor Matlow’s City Hall and Community Update – Summer 20202020-07-30T03:50:15+00:00
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