MOST URGENTLY NEEDED ITEMS as of October/November 2024: Cereal; pasta; canned and baked beans; baking items such as cake mixes, muffin mixes, jello powder; 1 litre juices; condiments such as mustard, ketchup, relish, pickles, olives & barbecue sauce; soups; plus tinned vegetables; as well as size 5 and 6 baby diapers.

Thank you for bringing all the unwanted electronic waste to my annual Ward 3 E-waste collection day, we collected about 30,000lbs of electronic waste within the 6 hours. Thank you once again for your support.

The City of Richmond Hill is pleased to inform you that construction at Bayview Hill Park is underway.  The work will include site demolition, tree removals, site servicing (gas, sanitary, storm, water, electrical, subdrains and communication), washroom building, splash pad/Ice rink, playground, multiuse sport court, tennis and pickleball courts, site grading, concrete and asphalt paving, shade structures, ornamental fencing with piers, site furnishings, signage, tree and shrub planting, seeding and sodding. 

As a measure of safety, sections of the park will be closed during construction and residents are asked to refrain from entering the construction areas. Thank you in advance for your patience during the construction phase of this project.

Project Update:  Construction is progressing well.  We are working towards opening the Pickleball and Tennis courts by fall 2024 (weather permitting), with the rest of the park anticipated to be completed by Summer 2025.

Plans are underway to improve the playground at Lilac Grove Parkette located at 251 Shirley Drive. This includes the replacement of the play equipment, safety surfacing, site furniture, some walkways, a new shade structure, and planting. Construction is scheduled for 2026, pending budget approval.

The City of Richmond Hill and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) are working together to analyze the conditions of the Upper Rouge River in the valleylands north and south of Toporowski Avenue to find a solution that will allow for suitable drainage in the area.

The tentative preferred solution includes the following:

- A complete corridor reconstruction, re-establishing a low flow channel and reducing the floodplain;

- Removal of the sediment build-up in the valleyland channel; and

- Removal of invasive plants and the development of a management plan to combat future growth of invasive plants.

This study is nearing completion, with the next phase of detailed design scheduled to start in 2025.