From My Bottom Step

Arson Suspected on Strathmeyer Street

A media release from London Police Service.

Safe Swimming Pools

The Health Unit is recommending that London adopt a more restrictive swimming pool by-law.

Injured Deer Protocol

From the minutes of the 2009/02/24 Transportation Advisory Committee meeting.

3. That the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC) heard a verbal update from J. Stanford, Director, Environmental Programs and Solid Waste, with respect to injured deer protocol in the City of London; it being noted that the AWAC was advised of the following:
(a) the London Animal Care Centre (LACC) provides support to the London Police with injured deer incidents;
(b) there are … Continue Reading

Caranci Postures About Citizen Safety

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Submission to ETC re Fence By-law

This is my submission to the city’s Environment and Transportation Committee, with respect to the proposed Fence By-law that they approved last Monday. The Chair of the committee has promised to circulate it among the Council members and to refer to it during this week’s the next Council meeting (see ‘Background’ for an explanation). Hopefully, our posturing local politicians will have the integrity to record the vote. Be advised that it is a work in progress. Expect modifications/additions between now and then.
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Amending London’s Fence By-law

According to the ETC agenda (which as usual wasn’t available on the city website until yesterday), senior city administrators are proposing changes to London’s existing fence by-law.
As London’s most prominent pedestrian rights/safety advocate, it bothers me considerably that I have to find out about something like this at the last minute, and only because of my own personal due diligence. For the moment, I’ll simply … Continue Reading

Because they’re allowed to?

Some interesting pedestrian-related questions posed by ‘Steve’ in the ‘Friday free-for-all’ thread on Dan Brown’s LFP blog. The LFP doesn’t offer hyperlinks or formatting capability and my response is fairly long, so I’ll post it here.
“Why do people park their cars so that 1/2 of it is over the sidewalk when they have several feet of free space in their driveway?” … Continue Reading

Walkway Fences

Further to my last post about the Eagle Crescent walkway.
In an email dated 2007/04/20, I alerted Ward 1 Councillor Roger Caranci to the post and asked about walkway fences:

Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:23:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gregory Fowler
Subject: Eagle Crescent Walkway
To: Roger Caranci

Roger,

Today’s post about the walkway:
http://frommybottomstep.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/eagle-crescent-walkway-5/

Can you please tell me (or refer it to staff for a response) what design … Continue Reading