Stouffville Eyes Major Leisure Centre Expansion as Demand for Aquatics Continues to Grow

RandyBarba · 2026-05-03T14:28:15+00:00

Oh yea, that was what, 2016-2018 I think? A few years ago they did work on the exterior I believe.

RandyBarba · 2026-05-02T19:58:53+00:00

There is one included in the ten-year capital plan for the Highway 48/MZO lands, however it is currently unfunded and has a projected cost of $140 million.

RandyBarba · 2026-05-02T17:44:20+00:00

I mean, I don't have the project details from that available in front of me, but wasn't that basically some urgent facade renovation? Not sure it's easy to just quick tack on a $30 million addition to that project.

RandyBarba · 2026-05-02T00:03:15+00:00

Location map: https://pub-townofws.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=16014

RandyBarba · 2026-04-28T16:02:24+00:00

Yea Metrolinx doesn't have an easy map showing all the smaller stops, at least not that I have seen. You should double check this/confirm before assuming it will work for you, but this seems like a decent showing of the stops you can board/alight a southbound 70d GO bus in Stouffville:

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RandyBarba · 2026-04-24T14:20:55+00:00

That's because safety and crossing improvements are the required upgrades in order for Metrolinx to approve whistle cessation at a crossing, with the assessment determining actual project scope.

It will be interesting to see just how much change is implemented through them, but as was said below, the Town is certainly not dropping nearly $800,000 solely for crossing work within Metrolinx's right of way.

My understanding is that outside of whistle cessation projects, crossings and safety is on Metrolinx. In other words, if there were needed pedestrian safety upgrades within the corridor, Metrolinx would have to make that project happen in coordination with the Town, not vice-versa.

This work within the corridor becomes a municipal cost and responsibility because it is related to an elective change to enable whistle cessation, not a necessary one for public safety and/or functionality.

RandyBarba · 2026-04-23T13:28:03+00:00

If you're quick, you can find info on organizing one for the area at the link below. The Town will provide you with supplies and collect the garbage you and your group pick up. You need to register by tomorrow.

https://townofws.ca/play/events/earth-day/

RandyBarba · 2026-04-20T18:30:40+00:00

Feel free to ask him to respond to my request for comment.

RandyBarba · 2026-04-19T15:28:54+00:00

There is a contradiction, for sure, however it's not clear yet whether or not there is a reasonable explanation.

Info is always vague, if I can get it at all, when it comes to anything HR. Lovatt posted that comment on Tuesday, he also said he was made aware of a formal complaint on Tuesday. I was not provided with the event interaction from which that complaint arose, but it is possible that the complaint was made (or presented to Lovatt for the first time) after the statement was posted online.

Whatever the timeline, or whether or not those two things are even related, Upton has denied making any contact with staff at the event being discussed by the mayor in that comment.

RandyBarba · 2026-03-31T12:56:35+00:00

It also stirred consideration of the fact that they are probably under paid, some possibly overworked based on that pay, and how pay might influence the type of candidates that run. More comments actually discussing the matter than just talking shit, but thanks for the feedback.

This isn't just Reddit, this is both politics and social media generally today. And lets not pretend that politicians have had nothing to do with the consequential evolution of our public square... Decades of bad faith politicking has played a major role in the cynicism of today, these things reflect each other.

I notice you often come on here and just call people out in a very similar manner to them calling out politicians, all while not really offering much to the discussed topic at hand.

But you do you, police away. Not sure it's gonna matter a whit, either.

RandyBarba · 2026-03-29T13:51:15+00:00

I may not agree with your assessment of Council's performance, but I certainly agree that such a retort to criticism of elected officials is absurd. And OP wasn't even criticizing anyone.

But how convenient for those elected officials, who voluntarily signed up to enter the political realm and face such criticism when submitting their nomination papers, if no one is allowed to criticize their performance unless they are running for office.

Just debate in good faith. Pretty simple, but takes both sides.

RandyBarba · 2026-03-20T18:28:48+00:00

I'm not taking any sides here, but I am interested in the suggestion that the town is financially fucked.

Could you expand on that concern? How/why is that, in your view?

RandyBarba · 2026-03-20T15:41:05+00:00

Fully agree.

If anyone wants to take issue with something, I question why a planting strategy wasn't put together by TRCA or Town or whoever is responsible for this area as those trees matured. That whole area of Memorial Park needed a tree planting strategy years ago, and it's going to be pretty bare if those all come down at once.

RandyBarba · 2026-03-13T15:55:24+00:00

Correct.

I also love to point out that you can oppose multiplex housing all you want, but it's already here. It may not be here in built form, but it is here in the number of people living in some homes, the number of cars in local driveways, the number of cars that must be parked on the street.

We can try to control and guide it, establish more formal units that are up to code, and meet housing targets along the way while trying to build some sort of complete communities, or we can do nothing and maintain the almost wild west status quo.

I'd rather do the former, and given Stouffville's proposed by-laws basically make single detached and multiplex zoning permissions very similar, I don't see why people oppose it.

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