Screen Recording - May 20, 2026

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Next 7 .7,

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Ram Shahak,

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resident with respect to road maintenance and accessibility concerns.

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Good morning.

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I can take

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this mic, is that okay?

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Hi, good morning members of General Committee.

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My name is Ram Shahak and I'm speaking today as a resident

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who spent a significant amount of time engaging directly with residents across Mississauga.

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And I do not have a presentation,

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but this is about their day -to -day experience navigating our...

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roads sidewalks and public spaces um and i i want to acknowledge

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uh i want to acknowledge that road maintenance and accessibility like we said we were discussing

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the development charges and i know infrastructure is a lot part of that as well

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um for residents they're they're the lived reality right

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so a cracked sidewalk and uneven curb and a poorly maintained road

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is not just an infrastructure issue it is also a barrier to mobility and

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everyday lived experience including safety and independence

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So I think what the residents are actually experiencing over the past

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several months,

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what I've heard repeatedly,

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and I do have a podcast where,

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you know, I support residents and what they want to say and educate them about

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how things are budgeted as well.

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I think,

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firstly,

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the road conditions and surface degradations.

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Residents are noticing that certain roads deteriorate significantly between scheduled

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maintenance cycles.

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Potholes and uneven resurfacing are not just inconveniences.

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They contribute to vehicle damage and safety concerns,

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particularly in high -traffic residential corridors.

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Secondly,

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sidewalk continuity and accessibility gaps in several areas.

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you know,

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like sidewalks either end abruptly or unevenly and

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are interrupted by poor transitions at driveways and intersections.

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For residents using mobility devices,

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strollers or even walking in winter conditions,

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these discontinuities create real barriers.

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Thirdly,

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I think the response time and visibility of prioritization,

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I understand 311 is a channel and the operational data matters

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and we file those.

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But I think how I'm addressing this today is based on a collective recurring

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pattern with roads and concerns from the residents in general.

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So I just wanted to bring that to council's attention.

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I think I recognize I want to acknowledge clearly that

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the city operates within a structured asset management system.

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Road maintenance is not reactive.

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It is planned.

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There is a scorecard that...

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assesses the situation in general and similarly

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accessibility upgrades fall within

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a broader compliance framework and capital programs,

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including multi -year accessibility planning and infrastructure renewal cycles.

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However,

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what I'm raising today is not a challenge to that structure.

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It is a question of how well that structure is translating into lived experiences of

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the residents.

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And I think where the trust building between the residents and the

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operation of the city is more about visibility in those planning

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discussions, maybe more inclusively.

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inclusivity um you know towards the residents would help um

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so from the accessibility dimension i did speak with a lot of

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residents you know specifically like senior residents i i want

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to highlight something that often gets lost in infrastructure discussion um accessibility

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is not about compliance with standards right it is about continuity of movement a

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sidewalk that meets accessibility standards is in one segment

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loses its function if the next segment is uneven.

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It's missing a curve cut or blocked by poor transitions.

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So even when individual components meet technical standards,

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the overall network can still fail users if it is not connected and consistent.

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This is particularly important for seniors aging in place,

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residents with mobility challenges,

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parents with young children,

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and individuals relying on assistive devices.

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What I'm asking counsel to...

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and staff to consider i understand that this item today is for information and reputation purposes

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and not a decision item so my intent is not to ask for immediate approval of a project

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rather to raise three specific considerations that may strengthen

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how these issues are addressed within existing systems first of the

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staff continue to strengthen transparency around road and sidewalk prioritization criteria

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so residents better understand how decisions are made and i think context

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matters and

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where their concerns fit within that queue.

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Secondly,

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the accessibility considerations be treated not only as compliance -based upgrades,

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but as part of network -wide continuity approach,

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ensuring that accessible infrastructure is connected end -to -end,

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not just implemented in isolated segments.

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And third and last,

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that where multiple resident concerns cluster within specific

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corridors or neighborhoods,

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there is a mechanism to ensure those patterns are visible.

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within capital planning discussions,

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not just as individual service requests,

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but as aggregated infrastructure

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goals. The reason I'm bringing this forward is not because these issues

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are new, but because they are becoming more visible and more frequent in how residents describe their

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daily experience of the city.

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Infrastructure is often discussed in long -term planning horizons,

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and that is appropriate,

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but residents experience it in real time,

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sitting on their street,

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walking to the bus stop,

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or navigating neighborhoods.

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I want to close by reiterating that I appreciate the

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complexity of managing a large and aging infrastructure system no

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city can address every concern immediately and prioritization is necessary

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but i also believe that effectiveness of our systems should be measured not

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only by how well they are planned but by how consistently

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they are felt on the ground the ground reality of things so my request

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today is simple that the item is received it also serves as a reminder to continuously

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align infrastructure planning

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with the lived accessibility and mobility experience of residents across Mississauga.

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Thank you for your time and I appreciate any questions.

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Great,

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thank you.

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I do have a couple.

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Mayor Parrish.

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Yes, thank you,

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Ramshaw.

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You started off by saying a lot of your information is gathered because you do a podcast,

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and that means people call in?

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Yes,

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and I actually have been talking to a lot of residents as well,

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just in general,

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to gauge how they feel about the city.

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I've been living in the city for a long time.

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This is my family home,

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and I do purposely make those efforts to engage with the

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residents.

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And when you do engage with them...

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It'd be really good if you would point out to them because we're between a rock and a hard

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place.

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Everybody was complaining about our tax increases last year.

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So we asked every department to cut 2%.

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If you cut 2 % to take us below our city

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portion of the tax was 1 .6 % under the cost of living.

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If we hadn't done that,

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we probably could be patching roads a little faster.

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That's number one.

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And number two,

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it's been the worst winter we've ever had.

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So this is a common complaint all through Ontario that

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the roads are in bad shape.

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I guess what...

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would be helpful is if you could point that out to people as well as just

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accepting their concerns.

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Absolutely.

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And also ask them if they would like to see a $500 or $600 increase on their

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tax budgets for us to do perfect roads.

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It's really difficult for us.

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And I know a lot of the councillors get very frustrated when they hold public meetings and they

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ask the public,

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what do you want us to cut?

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And we don't get any suggestions.

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Okay.

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So I don't think anybody would say,

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I cut roads so I can wreck my car as I go into a big pothole.

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But this is just a reality right now.

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Yes, I agree.

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And I do some research on the development charges cutting out and,

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you know, even the constraints on canceling developer

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applications if they're not met within certain time.

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So that does chip into.

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this budget for roads and everything as well but i just wanted to step forward with this because that's

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what i've been hearing well i'm just hoping to educate you a little bit and so that when you all you're

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doing your podcasts that you ask people what would you like to see cut in in the budgets

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to keep your taxes low and get some suggestions for us and come back in

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a year and help us in the next budget but also i think it's important

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to point out it's been an incredible winter i think our staff could reinforce that

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it's been very hard on the infrastructure but thank you for coming today

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Thank you, my pleasure.

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Thank you,

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Councillor McFadden.

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Well,

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thank you, Mr.

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Chair.

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Oh,

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sorry, we have a couple more questions.

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Another couple questions here.

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Thank you.

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Now that I know that there's a podcast,

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now that you have mentioned,

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over here.

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Oh, sorry.

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That's okay.

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That you mentioned that you have a podcast.

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Have you also told the people that are listening to your podcast to contact

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their local councillor?

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Yes.

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Rather than 311?

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Yes.

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So, yes,

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we do suggest that as well.

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So,

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you know,

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both lines,

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obviously,

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they are open to them.

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And I'm definitely trying to close the loop with,

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you know, not just input it as,

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you know, as an ask,

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but also create an action to take it further to the county.

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Okay.

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Is there,

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through your podcasts and through your conversations,

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is there an area of the city that you find that...

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where people are calling in about it because I've

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really never heard about your podcast until now.

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And certainly I haven't ever had any residents

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contact me say that they've heard it and this is what was suggested.

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So is there an area that you're more specific about?

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We have 11 wards here.

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Yes, of course.

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And I appreciate you asking that.

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So, I mean,

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I'm predominantly from Ward 9.

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I am.

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you know, my family prominently is there.

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So I've been doing a lot of research from that standpoint in

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Ward 9.

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So,

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but my podcast happens in the center of Mississauga.

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So, you know,

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I have people invited in from different parts of the city

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as well.

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that's generally that was predominant i mean other than property taxes this was a predominant

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ask and that's i i thought this was uh you know worth bringing in front of the council

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as well well i'm sure all of us are around this table would appreciate if you

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gave our email address because i know each and every one of us are very

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good at getting back to our our residents so we all have had

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budget meetings and town hall meetings and development meetings so

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it would be appreciated if you would just

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pass that along because I certainly don't want to give residents the impression

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that we're not getting back to them.

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Thank you.

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Yeah, that's important.

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Thank you.

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Councillor Horne.

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Thank you, Mr.

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Chair. Yeah,

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I'd also agree with Councillor McFadden there.

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A great way to be able to follow up on a specific thing would be going through

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your councillor's office because a lot of times if you'll call 3 -1 -1,

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they can give you more of the immediate answer.

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S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

If you go through the councillor's office,

10:52

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

they can track that over a longer period of time,

10:55

S… Speaker 8 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

right?

10:55

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

So as an example,

10:56

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

if you called in and said,

10:58

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

hey,

10:59

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Councillor Hornick,

10:59

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

in your area, there's a ton of potholes on Credit View near the Arendelle Go Station.

11:03

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

We can give you an answer when that specific pothole's going to be.

11:07

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

filled but what my office would be able to give you the context is the whole area is due for refurbishment

11:11

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

in the next two years that's right yes right so we can give you that extra

11:16

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

bit as opposed to answering the very specific question right and then beyond

11:20

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

that we could say things like it's two it's one or two years depending

11:24

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

on what the budget's available

11:26

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

right that's right and so uh a question over to sam would be um

11:30

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

sam over the next over the last say three or four years what is how

11:34

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

has our uh road refurbishment budget expanded through

11:42

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

you mr chair excuse me

11:47

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

it was that much wow um

11:51

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

so

11:54

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

backing up a little bit if I may sure just to build on what you were saying I

11:59

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

would certainly say from a transparency and information availability perspective

12:03

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

a great place to definitely start in and that's what I'm going to be referencing in a moment here

12:07

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

is our 2026 budget which it details out by program

12:11

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

how much money is dedicated from a capital perspective

12:15

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

so for a road rehabilitation in 2026

12:20

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

we have

12:22

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

15 .8 million dollars identified as as that

12:26

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

line item now where it gets a little bit more nuanced and where you know a

12:31

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

counselor's office or staff can add a little bit more context is there are

12:35

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

other budget items uh major uh road re major

12:40

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

road construction projects would have a road rehabilitation program element

12:44

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

in there as well so it's um

12:49

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

year to year it it's certainly an area that we look at when you

12:53

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

know madam mayor's discussed talking about areas where we could cut but i would say

12:57

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

generally speaking on any given year we're averaging about 30 million dollars

13:01

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

for road rehabilitation efforts 15 million dedicated to

13:05

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

that program but then another 15 through some of our other program

13:09

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

areas

13:10

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

and it's a sizable part of our budget and i guess i know you have a report coming in the

13:14

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

near future to speak to last year we had a vehicle drive around and assess the

13:18

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

pavement grading um i think you've got a report coming sometime in the near

13:22

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

future about that right it drove the entire city my understanding was and looked

13:27

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

at the quality of each road and then thereby was able to rank should it be

13:31

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

earlier or later in the refurbishment cycle

13:35

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Through you, Mr.

13:36

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Chair. Yeah, so you're referring to the LIDAR program,

13:38

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

which is beyond even pavement condition.

13:42

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

I mean, we have a separate,

13:43

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

without getting too technical,

13:45

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

pavement quality index that we measure

13:49

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

our pavement quality for.

13:50

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

And the deputant's well -informed around our asset management system.

13:54

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

So we have a long -term horizon on road rehabilitation

13:58

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

efforts based on our road matrix.

14:02

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

pavement quality index but yes beyond that as part of our asset management

14:06

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

program the lidar system tracks and

14:11

S… Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

helps inventory and assesses conditions for other road assets

14:15

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

yeah i mean i think one thing that's maybe to your point about communications not always visible

14:19

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

to the public is like how technically driven things are at the city now right yes

14:23

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

and i'll give you a quick example of a story where if you look at a sidewalk sometimes

14:28

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

you'll see someone has come out and measured where it's slightly off right

14:32

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

What you don't necessarily see in that is that someone also takes a picture.

14:36

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

and logs it and then every year somebody determines like

14:40

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

does that have to be dealt with this year or next year how much is it and they can grade it right

14:44

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

and they can match that against the budget and say these the priorities these are not if I'm going to take a

14:48

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

load of cement which neighborhood things am I going to address like it gets really technical

14:52

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

in some years you'll see somebody came back a second year because in the first year it wasn't

14:57

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

highly graded enough the other reason they come back the second year is to measure it hasn't

15:01

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

changed but also for insurance purposes that

15:04

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

we have an obligation to basically mark all these things every single year for insurance reasons.

15:08

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

There's so many things when you get into this that it gets super technical

15:12

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

and it's always good for our staff to provide more communications to

15:16

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

residents.

15:16

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

It can also get a bit overwhelming at times too.

15:18

S… Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Thank you very much.

15:20

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

too much information as well it's like a tread on the tire right just checking it and making sure that

15:24

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

it's on there uh but is there any mechanisms for residents like in general that

15:28

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

they could look at you know how to even access this information like

15:33

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

is any of this transparently shared through the counselors i just don't want to get this

15:37

S… Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

to go back and debate i do have two more counselors on the board but um is

15:41

S… Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

there we'll just get back to that at the end if that's okay sam just on a tracking measure

15:46

S… Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

on how residents can track it council read

15:49

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Thank you,

15:50

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Mr. Chair.

15:50

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Thank you,

15:51

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Ramshaw, for your presentation.

15:53

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Two quick questions for you,

15:54

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

since you mentioned Ward 9.

15:56

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

When people are coming into your podcast and asking questions or

16:00

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

making complaints about road maintenance,

16:02

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

were they specifying whether it was regional roads,

16:06

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

city roads,

16:06

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

or private roads?

16:08

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

There is a mix.

16:09

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

I'm definitely sure that the community centre,

16:11

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

the Meadowville Community Centre,

16:13

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

so around that area,

16:14

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

there was a lot of pointing out of that.

16:16

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

I know Meadowville Town Centre itself would be a separate entity,

16:19

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

but definitely accessing the community centre in the library is sometimes

16:24

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

called an issue because a lot of the seniors,

16:26

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

you know, they're using walkers and stuff,

16:27

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

so they're concerned as to if we can use the walker easily

16:31

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

and things like that.

16:33

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Okay, great.

16:34

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

So, yeah, so please send any questions or concerns to my office and,

16:37

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

you know, my office staff will help to differentiate because sometimes there are complaints around Meadowvale

16:41

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Town Centre Circle or Emerald Town Centre.

16:43

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Those are private roads or maybe a regional road.

16:45

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

So it helps to have that clarification.

16:47

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

And the second thing is,

16:48

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

have you presented any of these questions or concerns to the accessibility committee on

16:53

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

the accessibility topics you've talked about?

16:54

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Not as of yet,

16:56

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

but I think I should do that as well.

16:57

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Yeah,

16:59

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

that would be a good idea.

16:59

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

But thanks for, I'll make a note of that and do that as well.

17:03

S… Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Thank you, Mr.

17:03

S… Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Chair. Thank you.

17:04

S… Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Thank you. Councilor Demerla.

17:05

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Thank you,

17:07

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Chair. Question to staff,

17:09

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

which is,

17:10

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

I didn't know this,

17:12

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

but Deputy

17:16

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

Mayor,

17:17

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

the Deputy Mayor said there was actually a story on the National around

17:21

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

this pothole issue is not just a Mississauga issue.

17:25

S… Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

It's across,

17:26

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

I guess,

17:27

S… Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)

maybe.

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