August 12, 2025 • 32 mins
Norm Murray speaks with Mississauga Ward 1 Councillor, Stephen Dasko about the hot weather, working with provincial partners to bring in some meaningful change for residents as well as what else is happening in his part of the city!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm Nora Murray. You're listening to News Talk Saga nine sixty.
It's great to have you along here today, and it's
always a pleasure to welcome our friend Stephen Dasco, who
is the Ward one counselor in Mississauga, to our program.
And Steve and I have talked every month for the
last five years or so, or coming up on six,
maybe seven, I don't even know now, I'm gonna have
to look back at this. I think it was late
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twenty eighteen when we started. Nonetheless, the most important thing
right now is what's happening in Mississauga and certain in
Ward one specifically, and he is the ward he is
the counselor in Ward one, so he's got his ear
to the ground to let us know what's going on.
And it's a hot time in Ward one, I would
imagine in July and also now going into August. Steven Dasco,
how are you today?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
I'm doing terrific.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
It's great to hear your voice. Norm Thank you. WHOA wow?
What a summer we're having.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Isn't that something though?
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
I mean you've lived in Ward one, I know, your
whole life, so you know, I mean, like anybody who's
lived in the same region mostly you get a feel
for would you say this is like one of the
hottest times climate wise that you can remember?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
It is definitely up there, I will tell you. But
it's an incredible summer because we started off I feel anyway,
that it was cold and windy and rainy, and then
it was like, Okay, is summer ever going to come?
And then all of a sudden it came in with
just such a huge it was almost like a blowtorch
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was lit or something like this, and it went from
kind of cool and rainy to just unbelievably hot.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yeah. I mean literally a heat wave right came down
here for all of us anyway, you know, and we
gripe about it, and we moan a little bit and whine.
I suppose personally, I love it. I love the heat.
I love having a hot summer. But I am not happy, obviously, Steven,
about what's happening in the northern parts of our province
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and of course west of us, with our Canadian families
experiencing the wildfires and all that going on. It's a
horrible situation and the heat does not help well.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Very sad and concerning in terms of just the overall
devastation and everything that's happening. And then of course a
lot of our poor air quality days are a direct
result of that. So yeah, it really is. It is
concerning on a whole number of levels, for sure.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Are you hearing that in your office, Stephen? Do you
get calls or concerns from people maybe in some of
the retirement homes and such. I'm thinking of some of
the older people who are not able to withstand it
as easily, not to mention not having air conditioning. Do
you get calls to your office about the problems that
the heat brings with it?
Speaker 1 (03:18):
What I do here is a lot of seniors choosing
to stay indoors, and I also hear a lot of
quite frankly people using couldn't have been a better time
to get the Carmen Coorus and Community Center opened. There's
an indoor walking track. I hear about more and more
people using the walking track, and also people using the
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swimming pool. They're trying to find activities but to stay
indoors as well.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, absolutely, it makes great sense. And that was just recent.
We talked about that last month. I haven't spoken to
you since the July first big party. How did that go?
Canada Day? For everybody in ward.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
One, it was unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I think that.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
When Canadians are we tend to be fairly calm and
reserved people, but when somebody questions or threatens our sovereignty,
we really show everybody what we're made of. And Canada
Day in Port Credit was exactly that. And it was
also a collaboration of the paint the town Red, the
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Pork Credit Bia and of course the city of Mississauga,
and then all of the sponsors as well, all gelling
coming together to offer something a little bit different but fresh,
and you know the result was the result was having
I think, from what I've been hearing, is the largest
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crowds that we've seen. The firework display that took place
as we were mentioning off a barge, and it was
it was really quite something, and it just goes to
show that that, you know, Canada Day is something really
it's sacred for us. It's an incredible holiday, a time
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to celebrate who we are as a country.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Well, I think a lot of credit goes to you
and to your incredible team and the unseen member of
your team known as Mother Nature, who also was there
helping out too, deserve a lot of credit of course
for the success of the event and it will hold.
The families must have loved it. It was a great,
great time and so I'm sure everybody's very happy. So
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thank you for doing that and everything you do and
it did for Canada.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Day, Stephen, Well, thank you and it was a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And I will say that Mother Nature, yes, she smiled
down on us in a significant way. And it was
one where it was just so nice to see smiles
on children's faces. It was great to see families out
walking and participating. That that's really what what it is,
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you know, all about seeing local live music, which you
know I've got a real passion for. It was just
a job I think well done by by everybody involved.
And uh and a tip of the hat for you know,
the paint the town Red folks for for holding in
and and working together to make sure that we had
I think a canadadate that was that that was able
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to celebrate who we are as Canadians.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yep. One for the books and one for the memories
and the archives and all of that. One to look
back on and to learn from, quite frankly going forward
for the future precedent setting. Uh, Stephen, was it Stephen Dasco?
I saw on a holiday recently? Did you go on
a vacation? I think I saw something online that implied
you actually took some time off. Is that right?
Speaker 1 (06:52):
I took a little bit of time off, but never
too much norm because you know, this is really the
busiest time of the ward and I always want to
make sure that I'm here. If there's issues which we
do get, you know, I want to be here to
try to address them the best that I can for residents.
And also we have a lot of initiatives and things
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going on. It's it's a happening place, you know. I
always say it's you know, it's a town within a city,
and it really is. Whether you're in Applewood, sure Way,
Orchard Heights, pork Credit, lake View, along the Dundas Corridor,
these are all different spots. They're all lively and and
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I love just doing whatever I can to help encourage
everybody in the community.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Well, did you have a good time, though, did you
get some downtime a little relax.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
A little bit of downtime, but you know, never too much,
because you know, this is one where I want to
make sure that you know, as I say, people I
looked after, But yeah, I just needed to catch my
breath for a little bit and certainly did and Miss
Maria was a happy lady for it as well.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Sure, no, you deserve it, Steve, And honest to goodness,
you are a hard working person in the ward and
in the city of Mississauga. So what else has been
going on here in the month of July and August
probably two of the busiest months for your ward and
in Mississauga in general, with so many activities going on recreationally,
the festivals, and I mean everything else going on here too.
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So much happening every day. It must be something.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
There's always something going on, and that's what makes it vibrant,
you know, it's I absolutely love it. We started our
classic car Thursdays. I can't believe we're into our fifth year.
It's been combined into the Port Credit BIA, this business
improvement area. They also have it combined with Country and
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so we do kind of some you know older tunes
as well that people are playing from, like you know,
the sixties.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Et cetera.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
And great to see the cars out. They're back out
on like shore. We have them in a two block
radius on either on the north and the south side,
right around the Elmwood Municipal Lot. The lot itself is
really taken up by some really interesting things they have.
The mechanical bowl is back, there's line dancing which is
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in place, there's some live music that's that's played. It's
just great fun. And so that is every Thursday starting
at five pm and it goes until dark. And then
we also have this coming weekend it's going to be
Buskerfest and that is just great fun for fun for
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all family, you know, for the whole family, and it
takes you right from the day right until the evening.
And I must tell you, like you and I have
chatted about this on this very show before that, I
think our collective favorite is the e ones when we
get to see the fire. Those are always kind of
interesting to see these these guys juggling fire and doing
things with fire. It just is something about it I
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find mesmerizing, you.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Know, absolutely, these people are so talented. I don't know
why they're not being discovered internationally because some of them
and they come from all over to Steven, right.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
They sure do, they sure do. We had some folks
that do come up and as a matter of fact,
last year was no different. We had a few acts
that came up, I think one in particularly from Australia.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Wow, that's amazing, absolutely incredible. Go to Stephen Dasco dot
com Stephen Dasco dot ca a by the way, which
has a wealth of information for you about what's going
on in the ward and it touches upon really the
entire city of Mississauga too. But if you want to
get caught up on anything, he's got it all for you. There.
I'm just trying to look at your website right now.
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My picture with you used to be on their front
cover there gone now. But anyway, that was a winter picture,
that's why. But that's okay, I don't mind.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Well, I think that just goes to show and you're right,
that was a winter picture that was from the skating trail.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Yeah, yeah, And so.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That just goes to show you normal that we are
overdue to get our to get our shots, you know,
our pictures back updated again.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
You know, you know what I want to get on
the mechanical bull. I think I saw you sitting on
it there on a picture on Instagram or something recently,
Is that right?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Absolutely? I was on it last year and I have
this year. We had our first one. I did not
get an opportunity to get out on it, but I'm
definitely going to be doing it. Only only if you
join me on doing that as well.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
I will, you know, A quick side note for a
second here. In twenty twelve, I traveled across Canada for
the Shopping Channel, stopping in Saint John's, Newfoundland and all
the way across six time zones to Victoria, British Columbia. Anyway,
on the way, we stopped in Calgary right around the
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time of the Stampede, and at the time I think
things have changed, but at the time they had banned
the mechanical bulls at the bars that used to have them,
and I was so disappointed at the time because I thought,
what a great opportunity to try that out, plus get
a photo op and maybe get thrown or something. So
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I have never been on one, and now that I
know there's one Inport Credit, I'm coming absolutely that's every time.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
I will get you on that bull, no problem. It'll
be great, fun, awesome.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Absolutely, it is a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
As a matter of fact, I think probably the best
part of it is quite frankly, when you fall off,
because it is almost like an air cushion, and so
when you fall it's actually quite comfortable.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Okay, all right, I look forward to being thrown.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Then that was my experience. I should pres was saying
that was my experience.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
That's too funny. Go to Stephen Dasco dot com. Follow
Stephen online too on Instagram and Facebook and such at
Dasco Ward one. I've been seeing some things happening in
the news in and around the area. Obviously I understand
right now, and I know this isn't your award, Stephen,
but you're aware of it, no doubt. And that is
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that we in Mississauga now have the tallest building in
the country outside of Toronto, one of the M three
condos over at the Mcity Collection of Condos on Burnhamthorpe
Road West. Have you seen this? This is just in
the news a couple of days ago.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Eighty three stories and it really is quite something, that
whole development that they've done with Mcity is really it
is eye catching.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
For sure.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
We had the absolute cut towers, which were the tallest,
you know, most people know them as the Marilyn Monroes.
But now we've got Mcity and you've got a few
of them that are there, like two of them are already,
and then the tallest one is coming in behind. It
really quite something to see. And you know, these are
all different signs that as a city we are growing
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and evolving.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Now, Stephen, I mention it partially because I know in
Ward One you have always had on your table applications
from builders to build buildings short and tall, sometimes too tall.
And yet here we are over in the forest of
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Cement as I sort of call it there over around
Celebration Square with all the condos that are forty fifty,
sixty eighty three stories tall. Has anybody approached you and
your team about I don't know, a fifty story skyscraping
thing along Lake Shore or something like that. How what's
your stand on that in Ward One, Mississauga.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Well, I'll tell you we do have an official plan
in place with a local area plan in two significant
parts of the Ward and that's part credit in Lakeview
and I say the two significant spots because they happen
to be along the Lake Shore Go train line and
also Lakeshore itself. And so what we do have is
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up by the top of the go train area, that's
where kind of height has been forecast to go. There
is a limit to it, and then it is to
tier down towards Lakeshore and having that streetscape along Lakeshore.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
So yes, year year, one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Right, we're no strangers to getting development applications. We have
had over forty percent of the whole city's applications that
have come in over the past several years. With infill
as they call it. That's when people, you know, knock
down a house and put up a new house or
a semi or something to this effect. We've had over
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thirty percent of those that come into the you know,
into a Committee of Adjustment. So we do get quite
a few when it comes to unlimited height. And that
is one that.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Is that is really for city Center.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
That's that came in under the official plan several years ago,
and I mean years ago, decades ago, and that.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
Allowed for that. But it really goes to.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Show that with technology and also just I guess the
market itself. We're looking at the dynamics change and seeing
something like that, is it's pretty incredible to see.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
I'm sure that people pay attention to it in your
ward too, wondering, oh, boys, something that some monstrosity like
that coming out or not, or you know who puts
the limits on these things. But anyway, I thought of
you in urban development and h you know the forces
that come along with that, and and the political landscape
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I guess of dealing with the with the builders and
the uh is it the Ontario Municipal Board? Is that
is it? The OMB?
Speaker 3 (17:22):
I believe Yeah, now it's it's the same thing.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
It's just rebranded changed a bit to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
But here one d per right, that's that's kind of
the moniker that there is always an appeel mechanism. Yeah,
so it's just the way that the municipal act is
set up.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
What else has been on your plate lately that's standing out?
I know in the past, Steven, you've talked about noise pollution,
You've talked about graffiti, You've talked about garbage all along
the lake front and throughout the many parks of of
Ward one, How are things looking this year now in
August of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
In August of twenty twenty five, sadly, mufflers are still
challenging many people in our communities. And I just came
out and renewed essentially the motion if you might recall
from a few years back, that I had put out
where we asked the province to I guess essentially ban
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aftermarket mufflers that have decibel readings over eighty and also
come in with harsher penalties and also some decibel equipment
funding for measuring how loud a muffler is and have
that provided to our pure regional police. They certainly need
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the help when it comes to trying to control these
types of things. So I'm hoping that the changes are
made because really I think that would help for some
meaningful change. And it's great to work with our provincial partners,
you know, to to be able to collaborate to come
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up with things that are for the benefit of our residents.
So that's certainly one that that that we're looking at.
The other is looking at trash and things like that
in our in our neighborhoods. I do believe we're in
a little bit of a better spot than we were
in the pandemic that tended to be. I think the
apex of finding a lot of garbage and things like
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that down on the waterfront and it's gotten it's gotten
better is a perfect no, but it's it's definitely gotten a.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Little bit better.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
And so those are some movements in the right direction
I think that that we tend to be moving in
and then and then as well, there's I think some
some other kind of interesting things that that are brewing
right now at the city and especially in the ward
And that's what I'm getting really excited about too.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
You feel and how do you stand on bicycle lanes
and that sort of thing and scooters because they're pretty
hot in the news right now. Also, I mean the
doug Ford government provincially has talked about it in the
City of Toronto especially and maybe throughout the province. But
how does it affect you in ward one or do
you have a say in that? Is that more of
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a provincial thing or do you get to, you know,
poke in there with your two cents worth?
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Also, well, it's interesting, I guess I'll touch firstly on
bike lanes.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
And bike lanes have taken a bit of.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
A different turn. Each municipality comes out with what their
cycling plan is and it will have essentially a network
of cycling I guess infrastructure. That is, it's a plan
that the municipalities have and that is done not just
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at the city but also in consultation with communities, and
so plans will be you know, forged. The province has
weighed into what they think is or is not you know,
I guess palatable, and so right now I think that's
put things into a bit of a state of flex
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I'm hoping that when the legislature comes back in the fall,
we'll maybe get a little bit more clarity on all
of that. And then the other part is is scooters,
as you mentioned, and scooters. I'm still not convinced on
these scooters, I must tell you know. You know, this
is one where there's two different types. One is the
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private scooter where somebody goes out to you know, the store,
they go on online or something, and they have one
of these electric scooters and people go and they zip
around the neighborhood. The other is the city pilot project
that's running right now year project that is with two
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operators that were chosen, and so those are out on
the streets right now. You see. They're either a green
color or an orange color. And these are ones that
also have an E byte component. The e byte component
I don't quite frankly, I don't hear a lot of
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challenges or people calling with any sort of situations that
they've been put into a state of danger or anything
like that. The scooters, unfortunately, have been one that has
been fraught with I think, more problems than they sometimes
are worth, I think, And so I have been working
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closely with staff and the operators to see about a
for example, in high pedestrian areas that they're not allowed
on the sidewalks, and in other areas where it's quite busy,
like our arterial roads Lake Shore being one of them,
for example, that they are what they call geo fenced
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out so that they're not allowed to operate they would
just turn off. And then also on the waterfront trail
for example, going around kind of blind curves and things
like that where the actual speed decreases, it's geo fence. So,
you know, wanting to make sure that we don't have
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negative you know, interactions, crashes and these types of things.
So it's a management issue. But I must tell you
I'm not totally sold on it yet. We were supposed
to have corraled spaces, is what I was told. Where
you go, you put your scooter into one of these corrals,
it's neatly kept. Instead, we've seen them all over the place,
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quite messy, and I think very not I appealing. It's
not something that when you come to Mississauga you want
to show off, you know, the scooters left all over
the place. And then the other part of that is
you tend to see some scooters in a taped off area.
It's a little bit better.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
But you know, business where if we're going.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
To be bringing in new infrastructure like this, we need
to do it on a world class basis.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
And absolutely you know it's becoming traffic. There was a
time when you'd be like, hey, look at that, there's
one of those scooter things. Well now they're everywhere, and
there's different types. There's the electric ones, there's the pedal
assisted ones. There's the ones that actually take gas as well,
and some of them go as fast as motorcycles. It's
getting a little bit scary here. But anyway, that's why
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I want to ask you about that. Now I've been
asking all the questions here, Steven, let me turn things
over to you for a bit here. What do you
want to talk about that's been going on in the
last six weeks or so or a month since we
last spoke. I mean, have you been talking to any
people visiting any retailers or restaurants in the area. You
want to talk about any events upcoming that you want
to plug.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Sure, there's a few things that I wouldn't mind mentioning
to you. One of them is actually it's coming up
at the end of this month and it's the Saga
City Community Concert it's at. This one is quite interesting.
It is made up with a whole bunch of local
artists and they are going to be performing at the
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Legion in Port Credit. That one, I think is going
to be a really nice one to see. We also
have a really neat group that come down and they're
helping raise money for cancer and this is in Port
Credits Memorial Park. They're down there essentially once a month.
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So just stay tuned to my website for upcoming events
or my social media. But my website is Stephen Dasco
dot ca A. That's Stephen Dasco dot CA. You know,
you can certainly go and get some information there. But
I also wanted to mention a few other things that
we do have going on, and one of those is
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we have the Stormwater Advisory Committee and it is a
new committee that was formed myself and fellow counselor Award
iree at Chris Bonseka.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
Per Ward my ward.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
We've had a few others. Ward five and also in
the Ward ten area suffered a significant amount and more
elevens a significant amount of flooding during last year's reign events.
And these were supposed to be those one hundred year
storms and we got two of them months one month
after the next. And so we do have a Stormwater
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Advisory Committee made up of I think a really good
group on the committee are that are in the community,
that are that are experts that are willing to donate
their time to help us. And also we do have
our staff that are participating and some others and wanting
to make sure that we put funds to work as
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quickly as possible to come up with the best possible solutions.
And there are also some programs out there for some
pumps and also for back backflow that's for sewage and
that one is through the region. So again, for any
information on programs that are being offered right now, again
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just go to my website at stephendascot Ca. So that's
certainly one that I wanted to mention. Another that I'm
really really excited about is we have a treasured gem.
A lot of people know it as the place where
they get their wedding pictures done, and that is right
down in Lakeview. It's a place called the Adamson Estate
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and the Atomson Estate has been sitting empty for a while.
There was a tenant before the build. The interior has
been cleaned up, the exterior has been renovated, and it
is it's just it's for me. It's a gorgeous building
that should be shown to the public and have access
to the public coming into the building. So starting this fall,
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because I've been asking for a while if we could
do a pilot project where we have it turned into
a museum and this would be.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
Yeah, it's just really neat.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
So we would be able to have different exhibits coming
through and there would be temporary exhibits coming through. So
starting this fall, you'll be able to come into the
atoms and estate to see some you know, some part
of the museum and heritage programs and stay tuned for
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more information. I am unbelievably excited about it because for me,
it's it's showing off the building and it's it really
is incredible, but it's also letting everybody know a different
side of the city and uh and just society as well, uh,
to to showcase, you know, what we've got.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
And it's right along the waterfront trail.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
And I'm really excited to get more more information in
the very near future. And that is set to start
off in the fall.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Oh. I look forward to that. That sounds very exciting, Stephen,
that's great good stuff. Well, uh, you know, it's summertime,
and uh, I don't know, it's it's a good feeling.
I love summer. I mean who doesn't. I love all
the seasons for what they have to offer. Quite frankly,
I love each season truly. And we're getting a barn
burner of a one here. And so what do you
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got here?
Speaker 3 (29:49):
Are I've got it.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
I've got a nice cool thought for you to look
forward to.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
Getting into the holidays, Okay, And it's something.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
That we've been working on for a little while and
we're we're rolling it out now and that is going
to be the city's first outdoor Christmas market, and stay tuned.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
It is going to be.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
At another another great spot called the Army Navy Air
Force Club in Lakeview on Third Street. So stay tuned
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Speaker 2 (30:56):
Sounds good to me, Steve, and always a pleasure to
speak with you, and I hope you have a great
rest of August here and we'll talk to you sometime
in the early days of September. I want to make
it down to one of your classic car Thursdays. Not
a lot of EV's I wouldn't imagine in the classic
car line up there.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
No, no, they.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Really wouldn't have that there. But be interesting because in
another probably thirty years out from now, we'll see how
well the ev eves hold up, but we might see
some of those in the classic car.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
That's right, I'll be coming out. I'll be climbing onto
the mechanical bull and we'll have a good time. So
all the best of you, Steven, thanks for doing this today,
and we'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
All right, truly my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
Have an amazing day and week ahead.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
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Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm Nora Murray. You're listening to News Talk Saga nine sixty.
It's great to have you along here today, and it's
always a pleasure to welcome our friend Stephen Dasco, who
is the Ward one counselor in Mississauga, to our program.
And Steve and I have talked every month for the
last five years or so, or coming up on six,
maybe seven, I don't even know now, I'm gonna have
to look back at this. I think it was late
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twenty eighteen when we started. Nonetheless, the most important thing
right now is what's happening in Mississauga and certain in
Ward one specifically, and he is the ward he is
the counselor in Ward one, so he's got his ear
to the ground to let us know what's going on.
And it's a hot time in Ward one, I would
imagine in July and also now going into August. Steven Dasco,
how are you today?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
I'm doing terrific.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
It's great to hear your voice. Norm Thank you. WHOA wow?
What a summer we're having.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Isn't that something though?
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
I mean you've lived in Ward one, I know, your
whole life, so you know, I mean, like anybody who's
lived in the same region mostly you get a feel
for would you say this is like one of the
hottest times climate wise that you can remember?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
It is definitely up there, I will tell you. But
it's an incredible summer because we started off I feel anyway,
that it was cold and windy and rainy, and then
it was like, Okay, is summer ever going to come?
And then all of a sudden it came in with
just such a huge it was almost like a blowtorch
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was lit or something like this, and it went from
kind of cool and rainy to just unbelievably hot.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yeah. I mean literally a heat wave right came down
here for all of us anyway, you know, and we
gripe about it, and we moan a little bit and whine.
I suppose personally, I love it. I love the heat.
I love having a hot summer. But I am not happy, obviously, Steven,
about what's happening in the northern parts of our province
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and of course west of us, with our Canadian families
experiencing the wildfires and all that going on. It's a
horrible situation and the heat does not help well.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Very sad and concerning in terms of just the overall
devastation and everything that's happening. And then of course a
lot of our poor air quality days are a direct
result of that. So yeah, it really is. It is
concerning on a whole number of levels, for sure.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Are you hearing that in your office, Stephen? Do you
get calls or concerns from people maybe in some of
the retirement homes and such. I'm thinking of some of
the older people who are not able to withstand it
as easily, not to mention not having air conditioning. Do
you get calls to your office about the problems that
the heat brings with it?
Speaker 1 (03:18):
What I do here is a lot of seniors choosing
to stay indoors, and I also hear a lot of
quite frankly people using couldn't have been a better time
to get the Carmen Coorus and Community Center opened. There's
an indoor walking track. I hear about more and more
people using the walking track, and also people using the
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swimming pool. They're trying to find activities but to stay
indoors as well.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, absolutely, it makes great sense. And that was just recent.
We talked about that last month. I haven't spoken to
you since the July first big party. How did that go?
Canada Day? For everybody in ward.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
One, it was unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I think that.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
When Canadians are we tend to be fairly calm and
reserved people, but when somebody questions or threatens our sovereignty,
we really show everybody what we're made of. And Canada
Day in Port Credit was exactly that. And it was
also a collaboration of the paint the town Red, the
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Pork Credit Bia and of course the city of Mississauga,
and then all of the sponsors as well, all gelling
coming together to offer something a little bit different but fresh,
and you know the result was the result was having
I think, from what I've been hearing, is the largest
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crowds that we've seen. The firework display that took place
as we were mentioning off a barge, and it was
it was really quite something, and it just goes to
show that that, you know, Canada Day is something really
it's sacred for us. It's an incredible holiday, a time
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to celebrate who we are as a country.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Well, I think a lot of credit goes to you
and to your incredible team and the unseen member of
your team known as Mother Nature, who also was there
helping out too, deserve a lot of credit of course
for the success of the event and it will hold.
The families must have loved it. It was a great,
great time and so I'm sure everybody's very happy. So
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thank you for doing that and everything you do and
it did for Canada.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Day, Stephen, Well, thank you and it was a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And I will say that Mother Nature, yes, she smiled
down on us in a significant way. And it was
one where it was just so nice to see smiles
on children's faces. It was great to see families out
walking and participating. That that's really what what it is,
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you know, all about seeing local live music, which you
know I've got a real passion for. It was just
a job I think well done by by everybody involved.
And uh and a tip of the hat for you know,
the paint the town Red folks for for holding in
and and working together to make sure that we had
I think a canadadate that was that that was able
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to celebrate who we are as Canadians.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yep. One for the books and one for the memories
and the archives and all of that. One to look
back on and to learn from, quite frankly going forward
for the future precedent setting. Uh, Stephen, was it Stephen Dasco?
I saw on a holiday recently? Did you go on
a vacation? I think I saw something online that implied
you actually took some time off. Is that right?
Speaker 1 (06:52):
I took a little bit of time off, but never
too much norm because you know, this is really the
busiest time of the ward and I always want to
make sure that I'm here. If there's issues which we
do get, you know, I want to be here to
try to address them the best that I can for residents.
And also we have a lot of initiatives and things
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going on. It's it's a happening place, you know. I
always say it's you know, it's a town within a city,
and it really is. Whether you're in Applewood, sure Way,
Orchard Heights, pork Credit, lake View, along the Dundas Corridor,
these are all different spots. They're all lively and and
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I love just doing whatever I can to help encourage
everybody in the community.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Well, did you have a good time, though, did you
get some downtime a little relax.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
A little bit of downtime, but you know, never too much,
because you know, this is one where I want to
make sure that you know, as I say, people I
looked after, But yeah, I just needed to catch my
breath for a little bit and certainly did and Miss
Maria was a happy lady for it as well.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Sure, no, you deserve it, Steve, And honest to goodness,
you are a hard working person in the ward and
in the city of Mississauga. So what else has been
going on here in the month of July and August
probably two of the busiest months for your ward and
in Mississauga in general, with so many activities going on recreationally,
the festivals, and I mean everything else going on here too.
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So much happening every day. It must be something.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
There's always something going on, and that's what makes it vibrant,
you know, it's I absolutely love it. We started our
classic car Thursdays. I can't believe we're into our fifth year.
It's been combined into the Port Credit BIA, this business
improvement area. They also have it combined with Country and
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so we do kind of some you know older tunes
as well that people are playing from, like you know,
the sixties.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
Et cetera.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
And great to see the cars out. They're back out
on like shore. We have them in a two block
radius on either on the north and the south side,
right around the Elmwood Municipal Lot. The lot itself is
really taken up by some really interesting things they have.
The mechanical bowl is back, there's line dancing which is
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in place, there's some live music that's that's played. It's
just great fun. And so that is every Thursday starting
at five pm and it goes until dark. And then
we also have this coming weekend it's going to be
Buskerfest and that is just great fun for fun for
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all family, you know, for the whole family, and it
takes you right from the day right until the evening.
And I must tell you, like you and I have
chatted about this on this very show before that, I
think our collective favorite is the e ones when we
get to see the fire. Those are always kind of
interesting to see these these guys juggling fire and doing
things with fire. It just is something about it I
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find mesmerizing, you.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Know, absolutely, these people are so talented. I don't know
why they're not being discovered internationally because some of them
and they come from all over to Steven, right.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
They sure do, they sure do. We had some folks
that do come up and as a matter of fact,
last year was no different. We had a few acts
that came up, I think one in particularly from Australia.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Wow, that's amazing, absolutely incredible. Go to Stephen Dasco dot
com Stephen Dasco dot ca a by the way, which
has a wealth of information for you about what's going
on in the ward and it touches upon really the
entire city of Mississauga too. But if you want to
get caught up on anything, he's got it all for you. There.
I'm just trying to look at your website right now.
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My picture with you used to be on their front
cover there gone now. But anyway, that was a winter picture,
that's why. But that's okay, I don't mind.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Well, I think that just goes to show and you're right,
that was a winter picture that was from the skating trail.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Yeah, yeah, And so.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That just goes to show you normal that we are
overdue to get our to get our shots, you know,
our pictures back updated again.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
You know, you know what I want to get on
the mechanical bull. I think I saw you sitting on
it there on a picture on Instagram or something recently,
Is that right?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Absolutely? I was on it last year and I have
this year. We had our first one. I did not
get an opportunity to get out on it, but I'm
definitely going to be doing it. Only only if you
join me on doing that as well.
Speaker 2 (11:43):
I will, you know, A quick side note for a
second here. In twenty twelve, I traveled across Canada for
the Shopping Channel, stopping in Saint John's, Newfoundland and all
the way across six time zones to Victoria, British Columbia. Anyway,
on the way, we stopped in Calgary right around the
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time of the Stampede, and at the time I think
things have changed, but at the time they had banned
the mechanical bulls at the bars that used to have them,
and I was so disappointed at the time because I thought,
what a great opportunity to try that out, plus get
a photo op and maybe get thrown or something. So
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I have never been on one, and now that I
know there's one Inport Credit, I'm coming absolutely that's every time.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
I will get you on that bull, no problem. It'll
be great, fun, awesome.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Absolutely, it is a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
As a matter of fact, I think probably the best
part of it is quite frankly, when you fall off,
because it is almost like an air cushion, and so
when you fall it's actually quite comfortable.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Okay, all right, I look forward to being thrown.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Then that was my experience. I should pres was saying
that was my experience.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
That's too funny. Go to Stephen Dasco dot com. Follow
Stephen online too on Instagram and Facebook and such at
Dasco Ward one. I've been seeing some things happening in
the news in and around the area. Obviously I understand
right now, and I know this isn't your award, Stephen,
but you're aware of it, no doubt. And that is
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that we in Mississauga now have the tallest building in
the country outside of Toronto, one of the M three
condos over at the Mcity Collection of Condos on Burnhamthorpe
Road West. Have you seen this? This is just in
the news a couple of days ago.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Eighty three stories and it really is quite something, that
whole development that they've done with Mcity is really it
is eye catching.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
For sure.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
We had the absolute cut towers, which were the tallest,
you know, most people know them as the Marilyn Monroes.
But now we've got Mcity and you've got a few
of them that are there, like two of them are already,
and then the tallest one is coming in behind. It
really quite something to see. And you know, these are
all different signs that as a city we are growing
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and evolving.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Now, Stephen, I mention it partially because I know in
Ward One you have always had on your table applications
from builders to build buildings short and tall, sometimes too tall.
And yet here we are over in the forest of
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Cement as I sort of call it there over around
Celebration Square with all the condos that are forty fifty,
sixty eighty three stories tall. Has anybody approached you and
your team about I don't know, a fifty story skyscraping
thing along Lake Shore or something like that. How what's
your stand on that in Ward One, Mississauga.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Well, I'll tell you we do have an official plan
in place with a local area plan in two significant
parts of the Ward and that's part credit in Lakeview
and I say the two significant spots because they happen
to be along the Lake Shore Go train line and
also Lakeshore itself. And so what we do have is
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up by the top of the go train area, that's
where kind of height has been forecast to go. There
is a limit to it, and then it is to
tier down towards Lakeshore and having that streetscape along Lakeshore.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
So yes, year year, one hundred percent.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Right, we're no strangers to getting development applications. We have
had over forty percent of the whole city's applications that
have come in over the past several years. With infill
as they call it. That's when people, you know, knock
down a house and put up a new house or
a semi or something to this effect. We've had over
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thirty percent of those that come into the you know,
into a Committee of Adjustment. So we do get quite
a few when it comes to unlimited height. And that
is one that.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Is that is really for city Center.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
That's that came in under the official plan several years ago,
and I mean years ago, decades ago, and that.
Speaker 3 (16:37):
Allowed for that. But it really goes to.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Show that with technology and also just I guess the
market itself. We're looking at the dynamics change and seeing
something like that, is it's pretty incredible to see.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
I'm sure that people pay attention to it in your
ward too, wondering, oh, boys, something that some monstrosity like
that coming out or not, or you know who puts
the limits on these things. But anyway, I thought of
you in urban development and h you know the forces
that come along with that, and and the political landscape
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I guess of dealing with the with the builders and
the uh is it the Ontario Municipal Board? Is that
is it? The OMB?
Speaker 3 (17:22):
I believe Yeah, now it's it's the same thing.
Speaker 1 (17:25):
It's just rebranded changed a bit to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
But here one d per right, that's that's kind of
the moniker that there is always an appeel mechanism. Yeah,
so it's just the way that the municipal act is
set up.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
What else has been on your plate lately that's standing out?
I know in the past, Steven, you've talked about noise pollution,
You've talked about graffiti, You've talked about garbage all along
the lake front and throughout the many parks of of
Ward one, How are things looking this year now in
August of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
In August of twenty twenty five, sadly, mufflers are still
challenging many people in our communities. And I just came
out and renewed essentially the motion if you might recall
from a few years back, that I had put out
where we asked the province to I guess essentially ban
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aftermarket mufflers that have decibel readings over eighty and also
come in with harsher penalties and also some decibel equipment
funding for measuring how loud a muffler is and have
that provided to our pure regional police. They certainly need
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the help when it comes to trying to control these
types of things. So I'm hoping that the changes are
made because really I think that would help for some
meaningful change. And it's great to work with our provincial partners,
you know, to to be able to collaborate to come
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up with things that are for the benefit of our residents.
So that's certainly one that that that we're looking at.
The other is looking at trash and things like that
in our in our neighborhoods. I do believe we're in
a little bit of a better spot than we were
in the pandemic that tended to be. I think the
apex of finding a lot of garbage and things like
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that down on the waterfront and it's gotten it's gotten
better is a perfect no, but it's it's definitely gotten a.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Little bit better.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
And so those are some movements in the right direction
I think that that we tend to be moving in
and then and then as well, there's I think some
some other kind of interesting things that that are brewing
right now at the city and especially in the ward
And that's what I'm getting really excited about too.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
You feel and how do you stand on bicycle lanes
and that sort of thing and scooters because they're pretty
hot in the news right now. Also, I mean the
doug Ford government provincially has talked about it in the
City of Toronto especially and maybe throughout the province. But
how does it affect you in ward one or do
you have a say in that? Is that more of
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a provincial thing or do you get to, you know,
poke in there with your two cents worth?
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Also, well, it's interesting, I guess I'll touch firstly on
bike lanes.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
And bike lanes have taken a bit of.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
A different turn. Each municipality comes out with what their
cycling plan is and it will have essentially a network
of cycling I guess infrastructure. That is, it's a plan
that the municipalities have and that is done not just
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at the city but also in consultation with communities, and
so plans will be you know, forged. The province has
weighed into what they think is or is not you know,
I guess palatable, and so right now I think that's
put things into a bit of a state of flex
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I'm hoping that when the legislature comes back in the fall,
we'll maybe get a little bit more clarity on all
of that. And then the other part is is scooters,
as you mentioned, and scooters. I'm still not convinced on
these scooters, I must tell you know. You know, this
is one where there's two different types. One is the
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private scooter where somebody goes out to you know, the store,
they go on online or something, and they have one
of these electric scooters and people go and they zip
around the neighborhood. The other is the city pilot project
that's running right now year project that is with two
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operators that were chosen, and so those are out on
the streets right now. You see. They're either a green
color or an orange color. And these are ones that
also have an E byte component. The e byte component
I don't quite frankly, I don't hear a lot of
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challenges or people calling with any sort of situations that
they've been put into a state of danger or anything
like that. The scooters, unfortunately, have been one that has
been fraught with I think, more problems than they sometimes
are worth, I think, And so I have been working
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closely with staff and the operators to see about a
for example, in high pedestrian areas that they're not allowed
on the sidewalks, and in other areas where it's quite busy,
like our arterial roads Lake Shore being one of them,
for example, that they are what they call geo fenced
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out so that they're not allowed to operate they would
just turn off. And then also on the waterfront trail
for example, going around kind of blind curves and things
like that where the actual speed decreases, it's geo fence. So,
you know, wanting to make sure that we don't have
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negative you know, interactions, crashes and these types of things.
So it's a management issue. But I must tell you
I'm not totally sold on it yet. We were supposed
to have corraled spaces, is what I was told. Where
you go, you put your scooter into one of these corrals,
it's neatly kept. Instead, we've seen them all over the place,
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quite messy, and I think very not I appealing. It's
not something that when you come to Mississauga you want
to show off, you know, the scooters left all over
the place. And then the other part of that is
you tend to see some scooters in a taped off area.
It's a little bit better.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
But you know, business where if we're going.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
To be bringing in new infrastructure like this, we need
to do it on a world class basis.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
And absolutely you know it's becoming traffic. There was a
time when you'd be like, hey, look at that, there's
one of those scooter things. Well now they're everywhere, and
there's different types. There's the electric ones, there's the pedal
assisted ones. There's the ones that actually take gas as well,
and some of them go as fast as motorcycles. It's
getting a little bit scary here. But anyway, that's why
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I want to ask you about that. Now I've been
asking all the questions here, Steven, let me turn things
over to you for a bit here. What do you
want to talk about that's been going on in the
last six weeks or so or a month since we
last spoke. I mean, have you been talking to any
people visiting any retailers or restaurants in the area. You
want to talk about any events upcoming that you want
to plug.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
Sure, there's a few things that I wouldn't mind mentioning
to you. One of them is actually it's coming up
at the end of this month and it's the Saga
City Community Concert it's at. This one is quite interesting.
It is made up with a whole bunch of local
artists and they are going to be performing at the
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Legion in Port Credit. That one, I think is going
to be a really nice one to see. We also
have a really neat group that come down and they're
helping raise money for cancer and this is in Port
Credits Memorial Park. They're down there essentially once a month.
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So just stay tuned to my website for upcoming events
or my social media. But my website is Stephen Dasco
dot ca A. That's Stephen Dasco dot CA. You know,
you can certainly go and get some information there. But
I also wanted to mention a few other things that
we do have going on, and one of those is
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we have the Stormwater Advisory Committee and it is a
new committee that was formed myself and fellow counselor Award
iree at Chris Bonseka.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
Per Ward my ward.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
We've had a few others. Ward five and also in
the Ward ten area suffered a significant amount and more
elevens a significant amount of flooding during last year's reign events.
And these were supposed to be those one hundred year
storms and we got two of them months one month
after the next. And so we do have a Stormwater
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Advisory Committee made up of I think a really good
group on the committee are that are in the community,
that are that are experts that are willing to donate
their time to help us. And also we do have
our staff that are participating and some others and wanting
to make sure that we put funds to work as
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quickly as possible to come up with the best possible solutions.
And there are also some programs out there for some
pumps and also for back backflow that's for sewage and
that one is through the region. So again, for any
information on programs that are being offered right now, again
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just go to my website at stephendascot Ca. So that's
certainly one that I wanted to mention. Another that I'm
really really excited about is we have a treasured gem.
A lot of people know it as the place where
they get their wedding pictures done, and that is right
down in Lakeview. It's a place called the Adamson Estate
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and the Atomson Estate has been sitting empty for a while.
There was a tenant before the build. The interior has
been cleaned up, the exterior has been renovated, and it
is it's just it's for me. It's a gorgeous building
that should be shown to the public and have access
to the public coming into the building. So starting this fall,
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because I've been asking for a while if we could
do a pilot project where we have it turned into
a museum and this would be.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
Yeah, it's just really neat.
Speaker 1 (28:34):
So we would be able to have different exhibits coming
through and there would be temporary exhibits coming through. So
starting this fall, you'll be able to come into the
atoms and estate to see some you know, some part
of the museum and heritage programs and stay tuned for
(28:55):
more information. I am unbelievably excited about it because for me,
it's it's showing off the building and it's it really
is incredible, but it's also letting everybody know a different
side of the city and uh and just society as well, uh,
to to showcase, you know, what we've got.
Speaker 3 (29:16):
And it's right along the waterfront trail.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
And I'm really excited to get more more information in
the very near future. And that is set to start
off in the fall.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
Oh. I look forward to that. That sounds very exciting, Stephen,
that's great good stuff. Well, uh, you know, it's summertime,
and uh, I don't know, it's it's a good feeling.
I love summer. I mean who doesn't. I love all
the seasons for what they have to offer. Quite frankly,
I love each season truly. And we're getting a barn
burner of a one here. And so what do you
(29:48):
got here?
Speaker 3 (29:49):
Are I've got it.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
I've got a nice cool thought for you to look
forward to.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
Getting into the holidays, Okay, And it's something.
Speaker 1 (29:56):
That we've been working on for a little while and
we're we're rolling it out now and that is going
to be the city's first outdoor Christmas market, and stay tuned.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
It is going to be.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
At another another great spot called the Army Navy Air
Force Club in Lakeview on Third Street. So stay tuned
for more information. Again, you can get a lot of
information starting to come on to my website at Stephendasco
dot ca. Or of course, if anybody would like to
(30:29):
get on our e newsletter list to keep you up
to date, please feel free to do that again, just
go to my website or on social media as well.
And worse comes to worst, please feel free call into
my office and we would be happy to give everybody
all of the information. The number there is nine O
five eight nine six five to one zero zero. That's
(30:52):
nine oh five eight nine six five one zero zero.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Sounds good to me, Steve, and always a pleasure to
speak with you, and I hope you have a great
rest of August here and we'll talk to you sometime
in the early days of September. I want to make
it down to one of your classic car Thursdays. Not
a lot of EV's I wouldn't imagine in the classic
car line up there.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
No, no, they.
Speaker 1 (31:15):
Really wouldn't have that there. But be interesting because in
another probably thirty years out from now, we'll see how
well the ev eves hold up, but we might see
some of those in the classic car.
Speaker 2 (31:28):
That's right, I'll be coming out. I'll be climbing onto
the mechanical bull and we'll have a good time. So
all the best of you, Steven, thanks for doing this today,
and we'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (31:37):
All right, truly my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
Have an amazing day and week ahead.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
I'm Norm Murray. This is News Talk SAGA nine sixty.
Go to Stephen Dasco dot ca for all the information
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media at Dasco Ward one. We'll be right back after
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