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Thursday, March 28, 2019

SUMMARY: MINUTES FOSS STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING - FEBRUARY 25TH, 2019


Summary: FOSS Steering Committee Meeting                                         
FEBRUARY 25TH, 2019
7:07PM, LAMP, 185 5th Street, Etobicoke

ANNUAL COL. SAM CLEAN-UP DAY: Organized by Alan Roy. Sunday, April 14, 9AM. 

FOSS WINTER BIRD FEEDER PROJECT: A great success! Thanks to all our dedicated volunteers.

POLLINATOR MEADOW: FOSS is working with the City of Toronto to design and plant a pollinator meadow in the park. Students from Sir Sandford Fleming College (supervised by Janette Harvey, City of Toronto) will design the garden and make suggestions as to the nature of the plantings. The project will begin in 2019. Final completion date is yet to be determined.

NAMING PARK ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AND NATURAL HERITAGE AREAS: A FOSS mapping project to assign names to significant areas of the park (such as the already-designated “Whimbrel Point”) in order to provide consistency when communicating info about Col. Sam. For more details, check the blog.

PARKING LOT TICKETING BLITZ: The city has recently been conducting parking ticket blitzes at Col. Sam. There is a two hour parking limit for the south lot. Please report any parking problems to 311.

FOSS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS: Check out FOSS on both Instagram and Facebook. No personal Facebook account? You may still view the contents, but you will be unable to post comments. Keep watch for nature photos highlighting your park.

DRUG/GARBAGE PROBLEMS AT COL. SAM: Discarded drug paraphernalia and litter are on-going detriments in the park, particularly in the North Creek area. Visitors are asked to notify the police at 416 808-2200 for drug infractions and 311 for trash build-up. Any problems reported to 311 are greatly strengthened when accompanied with a photo.

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