[getsmart-l] Get involved in City of Toronto's budget to ensure Active Transportation is approved!

[Janet May]

The City of Toronto's 2007 Capital budget process will soon get underway.
This is our first opportunity to ensure that the budget related items from
the TCAT Plan for Active Transportation will be approved by City Council
(you can still see the plan at http:// www.TorontoCAT.ca). The TCAT
candidate survey found strong support for the TCAT Plan for Active
Transportation among all the members of the Budget Committee and a majority
of the Executive Committee. Now is the time to remind the Councillors of
their promises to support the TCAT budget recommendations and ensure they
are incorporated into the final 2007 municipal budget.

 

TCAT supporters can get involved in the budget process by making in person
or written deputations to the Budget Committee and by contacting the members
of the Budget Committee and the Executive Committee by phone, letter and
e-mail letting them know how important it is that they keep their promises
to support Active Transportation.

 

We have prepared a draft letter to send to Councillors on the Budget
Committee encouraging them to support the TCAT Platform and the related
budget items. You can modify the letter or use it as is, but please take a
moment to let Councillors know Active Transportation is important! The
letter can be found at the following link along with the e-mail addresses of
the Councillors on the Budget Committee.

http://www.torontocat.ca/CapitalBudgetLetter.html

 

The 2007 budget process is very different from past years. One key
difference is that the Budget Committee and the Executive Committee will be
the only committees having deliberations on the budget - that means these
Councillors have a significant influence and need to be reminded that Active
Transportation is important. The other key difference is that there will be
just two opportunities for the organizations and the general public to make
deputations to advocate for projects in the Capital budget: February 9th
starting at 9:30 am will be the date for stakeholder groups and
organizations to make deputations, February 14th, starting at 2:00 pm will
be the date for deputations from the general public. Of course, you can send
an e- mail to your Councillor, the Executive and Budget Committees any time
before Feb 14.

 

The process to set the Operating Budget will occur after the Capital budget
process is finished The dates for hearing input from stakeholder groups and
the general public will be March 21 and March

22 respectively.

 

For more information on how to get involved in the 2007 Capital Budget
process go to the following web page.

http://www.torontocat.ca/2007CapitalBudget.html

 

  If you or your organization are planning to make a deputation or contact
Councillors please let TCAT know with a quick email to info at torontocat.ca --
if we know who is deputing we can coordinate efforts!

 

Thanks for your continued support and help in making Toronto a more cycling
and pedestrian friendly City.

 

TCAT Striking Committee

 

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