1. © 2010-2014 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues
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2. Peter Rodrigues
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
905.420.4605
Peter’s Website: www.YourVoicePickering.ca
E-mail: prodrigues@pickering.ca
City Website: www.pickering.ca

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Maps – Pickering and Durham
Who are your Pickering Councillors?
Regional & City Councillors……. and what’s the difference?
How to easily contact your Councillors.
Pickering City and Durham Region – Committees, Meetings
and Schedules
Speaking to Council
General information – Resident Committees, Fact & Figures
Major and Minor Issues
Pickering vs. Durham – responsibilities
Road Watch & Neighbourhood Watch
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

4. Pickering
1811 Township
1974 Town
2000 City

7. Regional
WARD 3
Peter Rodrigues
City
David Pickles
Mayor Dave Ryan
Regional
WARD 1
Regional
City
Bill McLean
Jennifer O’Connell
Kevin Ashe
WARD 2
City
Doug Dickerson

8. Councillors' Office
Tel.: 905.420.4605
Email: council@pickering.ca
Mayor's Office
Tel.: 905.420.4600
Email: mayor@pickering.ca

9. Voters in Pickering
90,000
64,000
20,500
32%
residents
eligible voters
voted
turnout

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Population: 91,000
Voters: 65,000
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Total number of businesses in Pickering: 3,000 +
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Voters: 25,500
Homes: 11,600
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Duffin Heights adding 1,036 new homes
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18 kilometres (N to S) by 14 kilometres (W to E)
240 square kilometres = 92 square miles

16. Specialized Services
Specialized Services
Application
Using Specialized Services
www.DurhamRegionTransit.com

22. Start Time
7:00 pm

23. Start Time 7:00 pm

24. Every month there is one Council meeting
and there are two Standing Committee meetings:
 the Planning and Development Committee
 the Executive Committee
Members of the public who wish to speak to a Standing
Committee and/or Council are called delegations.
In order to appear before Council, delegations are
encouraged to have first appeared before a Standing
Committee.
Delegations can speak for up to ten minutes.
Afterwards, councillors may ask questions.

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If the matter is a statutory planning matter, no formal
registration is required for the Planning & Development
Committee.
Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on a
Standing Committee meeting agenda should register in
writing by 12 noon on the day of the meeting.
Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on the
Council meeting agenda should register in writing by
12 noon on the day of the meeting.
Request for delegation status are to be sent to the
Committee Coordinator at lroberts@pickering.ca or by
fax at 905.420.9685 or by dropping off the request at
City Hall.

27. Durham Region
established 1974

29. Regional Chair and CEO
Roger Anderson
Ajax
Steve Parish, Shaun Collier, Colleen Jordan
Brock
Terry Clayton, Debbie Bath
Clarington
Adrian Foster, Mary Novak, Willie Woo
Oshawa
John Henry, John Aker, Bob Chapman, Nancy Diamond,
Amy England, Tito-Dante Marimpietri, John Neal, Nester Pidwerbecki
Pickering
Dave Ryan, Bill McLean, Jennifer O'Connell, Peter Rodrigues
Scugog
Chuck Mercier, Bobbie Drew
Uxbridge
Gerri Lynn O'Connor, Jack Ballinger
Whitby
Pat Perkins, Lorne Coe, Joe Drumm, Don Mitchell

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109,600 residents
2 councillors
11,350 residents
3 councillors
84,550 residents
8 councillors
149,600 residents
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88,700 residents
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21,650 residents
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20,600 residents
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122,000 residents

32. Finance & Administration
Councillor Mitchell – Chair
Councillor Chapman – Vice-Chair
Councillor Collier
Councillor Diamond
Councillor Drew
Councillor Foster
Councillor O'Connell
Planning & Economic Development
Councillor O'Connor – Chair
Councillor Aker – Vice-Chair
Councillor Bath
Councillor Drumm
Councillor Henry
Councillor Novak
Councillor Ryan
Health & Social Services
Councillor Coe – Chair
Councillor England – Vice-Chair
Councillor Clayton
Councillor Neal
Councillor Parish
Councillor Rodrigues
Councillor Woo
Works
Councillor Pidwerbecki – Chair
Councillor Mercier – Vice-Chair
Councillor Ballinger
Councillor Jordan
Councillor Marimpietri
Councillor McLean
Councillor Perkins

34. DURHAM REGION
3 week cycle

36. • Regional roads – 75 km
• City roads
• Garbage – Miller Waste
• Fire services
• Economic development
• Economic development
• Health
• Snow removal
• Social services
• Parks
• Tourism
• Recreation (facilities and programs)
• Police
• Sidewalks
• Water supply
• Building permits
• Sewage treatment
• Property tax collection
• Public transit
• Libraries – governed separately

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Federal / Airport Lands
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York-Durham Sewer
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Seaton Development Lands
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York-Durham Incinerator
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Greenwood Conservation Lands
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Brock Rd improvements
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Oak Ridges Moraine
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Land Over Landings
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Duffin Heights Developments
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Pickering Downtown Intensification
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407ETR – highway extension
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Pickering Fire Services
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Property Taxes
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Official Plans
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Neighbourhood Watch
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Conservation Authorities CLOCA/TRCA
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Road Watch
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Schools Boards
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Libraries
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Your Issues – Questions & Answers

43. Notifications of
Important Meetings
Seaton

45. Seaton Land Owners

46. 407ETR extension

55. Regional Official Plan Amendment
128

56. Durham region tax:
Pickering city tax:
School tax
54%
27%
19%

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The Region expects to collect $533,496,000 in
property taxes from all categories including residents
and businesses in 2012.
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According to the 2001 census, Durham has a
population of 608,124. Property taxes are assessed at
different rates for business, residential, farms and
government institutions.
Pickering
Percentage of residents:
14.6 per cent
Percentage of Regional tax paid:
16.7 per cent

58. A community crime prevention program designed to reduce the
threat of crime to neighbours or property. This program
encourages all residents to be alert to suspicious persons or
vehicles and to get to know neighbours.
Lessons in crime prevention are given to participants and
Operation Identification is addressed (marking belongings for
identification by police).
Approximately 183 watches are currently running in the Durham
Region with over 50,000 residents educated on security measures
on an ongoing basis.
The DRPS has a Regional Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator
who will assist neighbourhoods to form watches. Call 905-6689893 or view our section on Safety Tips - Neighbourhood Watch,
or you can email the Coordinator directly at
neighwatch@drps.ca for more information.

59. www.drps.ca
ROAD WATCH is a community based program that is utilized in many towns and cities
across Ontario. Its purpose is to make drivers more aware of their actions.
In conjunction with the Durham Regional Police Services, the program is run by community
volunteers. The ROAD WATCH program is active in Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington, Scugog,
Ajax, Pickering and Uxbridge.
ROAD WATCH gives residents an opportunity to report dangerous and aggressive driving
throughout the Durham Region. If you observe aggressive or dangerous driving, fill out a
PDF version of our Citizen’s Report Form and drop it off at one of our ROAD WATCH boxes
(listed on the form) or report the incident online using our Online Citizen Report Form .
Aggressive driving may include: Excessive speeding, tailgating, failure to stop and any act
that puts other drivers at a high risk of collision or injury.
Record as much information as possible. Even if you are unable to record the license
number, submit the form so police have information on high-risk areas in the community. It
is important that the form be signed to safeguard the system from abuse. Your personal
information is used for statistical purposes only and is held in the strictest of confidence by
us.
If a driver is reported more than once, the police will contact that individual regarding the
reports. Subsequent offences may result in enforcement action by the police depending
on the severity of the incident.

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Medical alarms – 2,003 (50%)
Motor vehicle Accident alarms – 683 (17%)
Alarms (no fire, false alarms, defect triggered, mischief) – 386 (10%)
Fire/Smoke – 307 alarms (8%) – Non-Structural fires such as involving burning
complaints, grass/bush fires, rubbish and vehicle fires as well as structural fires such as
commercial/industrial fires, residential fires, institution fires.
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Other alarms (9-1-1- unknowns, public assist, assist other agencies) – 299
(8%)
Carbon Monoxide alarms – 174 (4%)
Hazard alarms (natural gas leaks, power lines, unknown odour) – 112 (3%)
Rescue (elevators, ice-water) – 14 (0%)
Hazardous Material alarms (spills and leaks) – 6 (0%)
Explosions – 0 alarms (0%)
Total alarms in 2011 – 3,984

64. $ 5.4 Million from property taxes

70. North 730 acres (300 hectares)
South 240 acres (100 hectares)

71. Ajax – Pickering
Pickering – Scarborough East
Federal
A-P MP Chris Alexander
P-SE MP Corneliu Chisu
Provincial
A-P MPP Joe Dickson
P-SE MPP Tracy MacCharles

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General questions
By-laws – parking, business, building
permit
Report dead animals on road, illegal
garbage dumping
snowploughing
sidewalks
neighbour problems (police matter)

74. Office Hours: 8:30 – 4:30, Monday-Friday
905.683.7575 (24-hour line)
1.877.420.4666
TTY Service: 905.420.1739
Fax: 905.420.4610
Email: customercare@pickering.ca
Program Cancellations, Service Disruptions, and
Road & Facility Closures: 1.866.278.9993

75. www.Pickering.ca
www.Durham.ca
www.YourVoicePickering.ca

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© 2010-2014 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues