Posts Tagged ‘TPL’
Community Center or a Library ?
Image via WikipediaLast year Toronto City Council approved a 5 Yr Capital plan of $11 billion. This includes capital projects the City will undertake to develop and maintain City assets like transit, road, bridges, community centers and libraries. Interesting enough last year our public Toronto Public Library also received $3M boost from [...]
The City of Toronto Cut Budget
The city of Toronto aims to cut 10% or $343 M from its operating budget over the next couple of years. Thank goodness we have a law in place that doesn't allow Toronto and other municipalities to run in red otherwise we would be in no better shape than Ontario province which has a record deficit of $24.7 B. The estimated fiscal shortfall [...]
Toronto Green Development Standard Does Not Apply to Toronto Public Library ?
The City of Toronto is proposing a Green Development Standard “Making a Sustainable City Happen: The Toronto Green Development Standard 2006” is available for public comment. If you would like to read the report, the link is http://www.toronto.ca/environment/greendevelopment.htm "...Unfortunately, Brentwood library has been unable to [...]
Brentwood Library will be hiring additional staff
Additional staff will be hired at Brentwood Library. "...the operating impact from capital projects from the reopening of Brentwood Library (5.4 positions)" Who is paying for these additional staff ?
What is the point of zoning by-law ?
Brentwood Library is located at 36 Brentwood Rd. N. The maximum permitted gross floor area for on this lot is 368 meter sq. The altered building will have a gross floor area equal to 1,697 meter sq. This is almost 5 times the permitted floor area. The new building will cover 71% of the lot area, while the maximum permitted coverage [...]
