Screen Recording - May 20, 2026
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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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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Great,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
thank you.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
I do have a couple.
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Mayor Parrish.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Yes, thank you,
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Ramshaw.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
And when you do engage with them...
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
If we hadn't done that,
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we probably could be patching roads a little faster.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
That's number one.
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And number two,
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
the roads are in bad shape.
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I guess what...
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
would be helpful is if you could point that out to people as well as just
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
accepting their concerns.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Absolutely.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
It's really difficult for us.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
And I know a lot of the councillors get very frustrated when they hold public meetings and they
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
ask the public,
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
what do you want us to cut?
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
And we don't get any suggestions.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Okay.
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So I don't think anybody would say,
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
I cut roads so I can wreck my car as I go into a big pothole.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
But this is just a reality right now.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
So that does chip into.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
this budget for roads and everything as well but i just wanted to step forward with this because that's
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
doing your podcasts that you ask people what would you like to see cut in in the budgets
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
to keep your taxes low and get some suggestions for us and come back in
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
a year and help us in the next budget but also i think it's important
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
to point out it's been an incredible winter i think our staff could reinforce that
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
it's been very hard on the infrastructure but thank you for coming today
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you, my pleasure.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you,
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Councillor McFadden.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Well,
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thank you, Mr.
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Chair.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Oh,
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
sorry, we have a couple more questions.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Another couple questions here.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Oh, sorry.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
That's okay.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
That you mentioned that you have a podcast.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Yes.
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Rather than 311?
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
where people are calling in about it because I've
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
really never heard about your podcast until now.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
And certainly I haven't ever had any residents
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
contact me say that they've heard it and this is what was suggested.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
So is there an area that you're more specific about?
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
We have 11 wards here.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Yes, of course.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
And I appreciate you asking that.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
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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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
So,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
but my podcast happens in the center of Mississauga.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
So, you know,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
I have people invited in from different parts of the city
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
as well.
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
that's generally that was predominant i mean other than property taxes this was a predominant
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
ask and that's i i thought this was uh you know worth bringing in front of the council
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Speaker 6 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
as well well i'm sure all of us are around this table would appreciate if you
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Speaker 6 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
gave our email address because i know each and every one of us are very
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Speaker 6 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
good at getting back to our our residents so we all have had
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Speaker 6 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
budget meetings and town hall meetings and development meetings so
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Speaker 6 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
it would be appreciated if you would just
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Speaker 6 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
pass that along because I certainly don't want to give residents the impression
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Speaker 6 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
that we're not getting back to them.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you.
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Yeah, that's important.
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Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you.
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Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Councillor Horne.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you, Mr.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Chair. Yeah,
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
I'd also agree with Councillor McFadden there.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
A great way to be able to follow up on a specific thing would be going through
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
your councillor's office because a lot of times if you'll call 3 -1 -1,
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
they can give you more of the immediate answer.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
If you go through the councillor's office,
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
they can track that over a longer period of time,
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Speaker 8 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
right?
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
So as an example,
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
if you called in and said,
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
hey,
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Councillor Hornick,
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
in your area, there's a ton of potholes on Credit View near the Arendelle Go Station.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
We can give you an answer when that specific pothole's going to be.
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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
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
in the next two years that's right yes right so we can give you that extra
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
bit as opposed to answering the very specific question right and then beyond
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
that we could say things like it's two it's one or two years depending
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
on what the budget's available
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
right that's right and so uh a question over to sam would be um
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
sam over the next over the last say three or four years what is how
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
has our uh road refurbishment budget expanded through
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
you mr chair excuse me
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
it was that much wow um
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
so
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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
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
would certainly say from a transparency and information availability perspective
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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
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
is our 2026 budget which it details out by program
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
how much money is dedicated from a capital perspective
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
so for a road rehabilitation in 2026
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
we have
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
15 .8 million dollars identified as as that
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
line item now where it gets a little bit more nuanced and where you know a
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
counselor's office or staff can add a little bit more context is there are
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
other budget items uh major uh road re major
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
road construction projects would have a road rehabilitation program element
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
in there as well so it's um
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
year to year it it's certainly an area that we look at when you
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
know madam mayor's discussed talking about areas where we could cut but i would say
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
generally speaking on any given year we're averaging about 30 million dollars
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
for road rehabilitation efforts 15 million dedicated to
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
that program but then another 15 through some of our other program
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
areas
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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
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
near future to speak to last year we had a vehicle drive around and assess the
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
pavement grading um i think you've got a report coming sometime in the near
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
future about that right it drove the entire city my understanding was and looked
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
at the quality of each road and then thereby was able to rank should it be
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
earlier or later in the refurbishment cycle
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Through you, Mr.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Chair. Yeah, so you're referring to the LIDAR program,
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
which is beyond even pavement condition.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
I mean, we have a separate,
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
without getting too technical,
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
pavement quality index that we measure
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
our pavement quality for.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
And the deputant's well -informed around our asset management system.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
So we have a long -term horizon on road rehabilitation
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
efforts based on our road matrix.
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
pavement quality index but yes beyond that as part of our asset management
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
program the lidar system tracks and
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Speaker 4 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
helps inventory and assesses conditions for other road assets
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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
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
to the public is like how technically driven things are at the city now right yes
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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
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
you'll see someone has come out and measured where it's slightly off right
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
What you don't necessarily see in that is that someone also takes a picture.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
and logs it and then every year somebody determines like
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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
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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
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
load of cement which neighborhood things am I going to address like it gets really technical
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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
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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
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
changed but also for insurance purposes that
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
we have an obligation to basically mark all these things every single year for insurance reasons.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
There's so many things when you get into this that it gets super technical
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
and it's always good for our staff to provide more communications to
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
residents.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
It can also get a bit overwhelming at times too.
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Speaker 3 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you very much.
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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
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
it's on there uh but is there any mechanisms for residents like in general that
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
they could look at you know how to even access this information like
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
is any of this transparently shared through the counselors i just don't want to get this
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Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
to go back and debate i do have two more counselors on the board but um is
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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
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Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
on how residents can track it council read
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Mr. Chair.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you,
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Ramshaw, for your presentation.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Two quick questions for you,
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
since you mentioned Ward 9.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
When people are coming into your podcast and asking questions or
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
making complaints about road maintenance,
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
were they specifying whether it was regional roads,
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
city roads,
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
or private roads?
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
There is a mix.
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
I'm definitely sure that the community centre,
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
the Meadowville Community Centre,
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
so around that area,
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
there was a lot of pointing out of that.
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
I know Meadowville Town Centre itself would be a separate entity,
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
but definitely accessing the community centre in the library is sometimes
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
called an issue because a lot of the seniors,
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
you know, they're using walkers and stuff,
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
so they're concerned as to if we can use the walker easily
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
and things like that.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Okay, great.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
So, yeah, so please send any questions or concerns to my office and,
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
you know, my office staff will help to differentiate because sometimes there are complaints around Meadowvale
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Town Centre Circle or Emerald Town Centre.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Those are private roads or maybe a regional road.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
So it helps to have that clarification.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
And the second thing is,
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
have you presented any of these questions or concerns to the accessibility committee on
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
the accessibility topics you've talked about?
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Not as of yet,
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
but I think I should do that as well.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Yeah,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
that would be a good idea.
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
But thanks for, I'll make a note of that and do that as well.
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Speaker 2 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you, Mr.
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Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Chair. Thank you.
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Speaker 5 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you. Councilor Demerla.
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Thank you,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Chair. Question to staff,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
which is,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
I didn't know this,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
but Deputy
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
Mayor,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
the Deputy Mayor said there was actually a story on the National around
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
this pothole issue is not just a Mississauga issue.
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Speaker 7 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
It's across,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
I guess,
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Speaker 1 (Screen Recording - May 20, 2026)
maybe.
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