Present: Linda DeGiorgio, Mike Foderick, Anita Kung, Harry Lay, Peter Norman, Dick & Florence Watts
Regrets: Amy Bodman, Rosa Cordiano, Beth Marcilio.

1. Heritage & History
1. Heritage Toronto Awards – Our application for the William Greer Award for the restoration to the Regal Road School portico has been accepted as an official nomination. The winner of the award will be announced at the Toronto Heritage Awards program on Monday October 27^th at The Carlu. Harry, Dick and Florence will be attending the ceremonies.
2. ‘St Clair West in Pictures’ third edition – The date of delivery of the books is still unknown. Hopefully they will arrive by October 28th when the library re-opens. As soon as they arrive, RHRA will have 59 copies of the book for sale at $20 per copy. "Profits" of $8 per book sold from this supply will be used for future RHRA projects. We have already received pre-orders for 22 books.
3. Dufferin/St Clair branch library will have a re-opening ceremony on Tuesday October 28th. The doors will open at 4pm. The public is welcome to attend. A Heritage Walk – has been confirmed for Sunday November 2nd beginning at 1:30 pm. The walk will be led by Dick. It will begin and end at the library and is expected to take up to 2 hours.


2. Street Beautification
1. Daffodil Hill tree culling, clean-up and planting – 13 people turned out to help with the annual clean-up and planting. An additional 200 daffodil bulbs were planted.
2. Planters from BIA - 6 concrete planters along St. Clair Ave belong to the BIA and will be permanently removed from the Avenue. They are being offered to RHRA . Florence will follow-up on this with Mike Foderick.
3. Springmount gardens, tree trimming – the garden has been weeded and the plants pruned. Some of the larger trees need branches trimmed. Florence has contacted Wilf DeHaan, from City Forestry, with this request.
4. Some generous donations of perennials, received from Mary and Frank Kramer and Sean Bailey, have been planted in the Rosemount gardens and on Daffodil Hill.
5. Graffiti – graffitti in the laneway between Mt Royal and Alberta Ave north of Davenport is particularly prolific. Mike F. to address.


3. Special Events
1. Carol Sing - arrangements are in progress for the Carol sing to take place in the OCI parkette on Friday December 19th.


4. Planning/zoning/construction
1. TTC ROW Phase 3 (Vaughan Rd to Westmount Ave)
1. work schedule/ Construction Liaison Committee (CLC) – watermain work is expected to be completed by February 15, 2009. Once the spring thaw occurs sidewalk construction will begin. Holes for the tree plantings will be installed at that time. Streetcar service is projected to resume by September 30, 2009 on a basically completed right-of-way. This schedule excludes the installation of tree plantings and bus shelters. CLC meetings with community representatives are held every second week during this construction to deal with the day to day issues and problems that arise. Problems can be forwarded to Mike F. to bring to the meetings.
2. Street-tree plan – final drawings of the tree plans will be provided to RHRA. A walkabout to review the proposed tree and pole locations will take place in about 2 weeks time. The proposed locations will be marked before the walkabout takes place.
2. Mount Royal bump-out, funds agreement – a written agreement between Amy Bodman, Dick Watts and Linda DeGiorgio, regarding the $1500 award from the Clean and Beautiful Secretariat, was reviewed by the executive and adopted. The monies are now held in the RHRA Mount Royal Bump-out fund and will be disbursed solely for the implementation of an agreed bump-out improvement plan.
3. Mt. Royal Parkette: is it turned over to Parks? – No. However, planting by the Parkette Committee can still be done. Proposals must be sent to Mike F. who will clear them with Mike Hindle , Parks Supervisor.
4. Survey re water-service problems – Councillor Palacio’s office has received many calls with regard to the seemingly arbitrary nature of the quotes given for the pipe replacements on the private portion of properties. Discussions regarding the inequities of the quotes and the need to provide better guidelines and controls over the procedure were suggested. It was deemed to be an issue between the contractor and the individual homeowner. However, Councillor Palacio will be discussing the issues with city officials to consider how to better control private-connection cost matters in future projects. Mike to inquire whether anything is going to be done to have remaining tar stains removed.
5. Replacement of sod and grass after sidewalk & waterline work – all replacement work is expected to be complete by the end of this construction season: mid-December. Mike F. and Dick will do a walkabout after mid- December to identify any areas that are not satisfactorily repaired.
6. Road resurfacing schedule in Regal Heights – Mike will forward a copy of the resurfacing schedule to Dick.


5. Membership and Finances
1. Membership – there are 65 paid-up families
2. Finances - $979.00 in operating fund
   1500.00 in Mt Royal Bump-out fund
   350.00 in Heritage fund
   39.50 in petty cash
   Total $2868.50


6. Other
1. General Meeting & Annual Meeting
1. dates – permits for use of OCI cafeteria have been approved for the Nov.18 General Meeting and for the May 12, 2009 Annual Meeting.
2. Nov. 19 General Mtg. in addition to our regular agenda, the following items will be included: Tony Bolla will speak re shopping locally; operation of the street sale June 2009; establishing Information kiosks for those without access to internet. No displays are planned. Flyers will be posted on corner poles and e-broadcasted via RHRA Communications. Linda to look after registration, and Florence will look after refreshments.
2. Crime Task force – Mike reported that 8 councillors have organized monthly meetings at the York Civic Center to discuss "problem addresses", i.e. addresses with evidence of illegal or disturbing activity. There is representation from every city department from Parking to Fire to MLS. The persons reporting an address must be willing to speak to the police with specifics to back up their allegations. Addresses can be forwarded to Mike at his email mfoderi@toronto.ca .
3. Avenue Study (from Bathurst to Keele) – the consultants' reports from both the east and west sections are being reviewed by Local Advisory Committees and City planning staff. A public meeting is expected to take place in December.
4. Mike Foderick is now working part-time for Councillor Palacio – Congratulations to Mike for his new endeavour of attending law school. As a result Stephanie Ford has been hired to help fill the void left by Mike’s reduction in hours worked.

Next Meeting: General Meeting, Tuesday November 18, 2008 at OCI. 7 to 9 pm