January General Members Meeting Highlights

2025 Accomplishments and 2026 Priorities

Many projects were completed in 2025

• Traffic control boxes artwork installed NW Bay/St Joseph and SE Queens Park Cres/St Joseph
• Created pollinator garden/sidewalk extension Grenville/Dr. Emily Stowe with removal of right turn lane
• New commercial vehicle delivery zone created on St. Joseph
• Bay/Grosvenor laybys/loading zones created for Macdonald Block
• Traffic light installation at Breadalbane/Yonge and Grenville/Yonge
• New bike rings installed on St. Joseph and Wellesley
• St. Nicholas heritage plaque installed
• Walk Your Bike sidewalk decals installed
• Breadalbane and St Mary parking changes
• Inventory of letter mail boxes following removal of half of neighbourhood mail boxes
• Gave tshirts to community garden volunteers
• Relayed community concerns about Bar Volo Café TO patio and St. Nicholas street closure to Councillor
• Closure of illegal shop Shroomz after police investigation and arson
• Joined yongeTOmorrow advisory group
• Created logo for Clock Tower Trail
• Section 37 funds reallocation YC Condos for building purchase
• Created logo for Clock Tower Trail

Some projects were active in 2025, and are still in process:

• Community advocacy for Queen’s Park North renovations
• Tree surrounds on St. Nicholas/Irwin (planning underway, installation delayed to 2026)
• Sidewalk extension and pollinator gardens on St. Joseph/Bay and Yonge
• Passenger drop off zone on St Joseph
• Breadalbane resurfacing and pedestrianization (delayed from 2025)
• Street furniture 11 St Joseph litter bin, 880 Bay litter bin 24 Wellesley bench, 5 St Joseph bike rings
• Traffic light installation on Wellesley West to Dr. Lillian McGregor Park
• Traffic light installation Yonge/College Park/Granby, 2025 (Yonge toMorrow, Clock Tower Trail)
• St. Luke Lane resurfacing from Grosvenor to Grenville and Breadalbane to Grosvenor and south half of Grenville to College (not in 10 year capital plan)
• Traffic control boxes artwork
• Clover Hill Park benches
• Primrose historical plaque
• Breadalbane Off Leash Dog Park signage
• Create community garden signs
• Develop signage and mapping for Clock Tower Trail
• LOFT Section 45 capital improvements

​Priorities for 2026 include: 

• Establish Safety Committee
• Consider Bluesky social media
• Laneway design neighbourhood enhancements (to city standard)
• Laneway street lighting
• Clover Hill Park boulevard improvements

Previous Meeting Items

The City of Toronto Revenue Services Division contacted the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to determine if there are outstanding property taxes for the orphaned laneway adjacent to 6 St. Joseph Street.  MPAC confirmed that the property has never been assessed, so no property taxes have ever been levied.  Councillor Moise's office continues to work to find a solution to the absent ownership, since the last titled owner died over 100 years ago.

The design process for the tree surrounds on St. Nicholas Street and Irwin Street is underway.  Installation has been delayed to Spring or Summer 2026.

Queen's Park North

A resident and community associations focus group was held on November 4th.  The City staff report and donation acceptance has been delayed until the March 10th Executive Committee meeting and it will be considered at the March 25th to 27th City Council meeting.

The Friends of Queen's Park held a meeting on December 3rd.  A position paper on the proposed renovations was created by a subcommittee and sent to FoSTRA for their endorsement.  Slow progress continues to be made on evaluating what is best for Queen's Park.  The focus is to preserve the existing tree canopy and complete the outstanding heritage/cultural landscape study by the City.  There is an opportunity to establish a child friendly area with interactive activities.  The renovations funded by the large Weston donation would totally change the park and it might be better shared with other parks that need improvements.  The Westons have agreed to fund a 20 year maintenance plan with an additional donation of $2M annually.

Neighbourhood

2025 social media results were reviewed.  For the Facebook page "Bay Cloverhill Community" there was a 16% increase in total members compared to the previous year.  Both reactions and views increased, with over 9,000 view in 2025.

The X (formerly Twitter) account @baycloverhill had a small increase in followers, with a decrease in views over the previous year, almost 24,000.

The person who was looking after the Instagram account moved and a new @baycloverhillcommunity account was created.  The activity is not very active and it may be discontinued.

Our website www.baycloverhill.com continues to be a popular source for information and news, with a 51% increase in page views over the previous year.  There were over 4,300 unique visits to the website in 2025.

The recently formed Safety Committee is looking for members.  Condo buildings are encouraged to request Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design safety audits from Toronto Police Services that are most successful if a variety of people participate (e.g. property manager, planner, security).  Al R. organized the last round of safety audits about 20 years ago.

81 responses were received for the recent Neighbourhood Safety survey.  The top offences observed in the last 6 months were loitering, driving offences involving ebikes and micromobility devices and illegal substance use and sales.  Respondents believe Property Managers, Concierges and Security Patrol would benefit most from attending a safety seminar.  There was overwhelming support of 68% to support the Bay Cloverhill Community Association initiative to bring crime prevention and safety programming to the community, in consultation with the Toronto Police Service.

Development Update

There was a community consultation held on December 11th related to the proposed 1075 Bay Street redevelopment.  The date and location were changed for the meeting.  The main changes are that the office use on the lower floors would be replaced with residential occupancy.  A green space on the south end of the site would be created.

Community Meetings

The 52 Division Town Hall was held on November 5th.  Various Community and TPS teams presented informative overviews related to Outreach Crisis Services, Bank and Taxi Scams and Distraction Thefts, FIFA TTC Traffic and Policing Plans (TPS, OPP and RCMP working together).  Essential Tips to Protect Yourself were reviewed:

• stay aware of your surroundings especially in crowded areas
• keep valuables close and out of sight/reach
• be cautious of strangers approaching you with odd or overly engaging behaviour
• if someone is close enough to put a necklace on you, they are too close! 
• avoid placing valuables on tables or hanging bags on chairs in public 
• report any suspicious incidents immediately to police

The Toronto Centre Ward Council meeting on November 17th talked about the increase in drug usage in laneways following closure of safe injection sites.  Installation of traffic lights and speed bumps were made to reduce speeding since speed cameras removed.  There is a need for more Encampment Team staff to deal with homeless, tiny homes option.  311 is an alternative website to report problems online.  The incorrect signage at St. Joseph and St. Nicholas Streets was removed as requested.

The FoSTRA Activism and Advocacy meeting on November 13th dealt with a variety of issues, including the Billy Bishop Airport runway expansion design to be completed by April, construction done in 2026 before deadline in 2027.  A letter of support was sent for EHON.  The latest developments on the Queen’s Park North project were highlighted.  The new hovercraft docking will be at Billy Bishop Airport, with operations for the Toronto-St. Catharines route with 24 daily trips taking 30 minutes estimated to start in 2 1/2 years.  The blue bin recycling program is changing in January.  A letter with concerns about Skills Development Fund recipients able to transfer training to other companies was sent.  Another letter was sent about Bill 60 Renters’ Rights.  The Corktown Common Infrastructure Ontario changes to Corktown Common development (13 additional stories, increase units by 900, less larger units).  There will be vehicular access restrictions to Liberty Village during FIFA.

On December 3rd, Beth H. joined the City's Micromobility Working Group. This diverse group focuses on pedal bike, e-bike and escooter rider behaviour.  Their objective to do determine what the City can do to reduce rider injuries with special attention to protecting vulnerable pedestrians.  The goal to recommend strategies to change rider behaviours by May.

Another FoSTRA Activism and Advocacy Meeting was held on December 11th.   
YQNA investigating rumour that federal government will buy out city’s share of Billy Bishop Airport and bring in jets.  There were concerns about land use designation of school properties in EHON at December City Council could result in loss of school lands to condo development.  The City report on MTSA/PMTSA transit intensification effect on Avenues Policy will be released in Q2 2026.  The Queen’s Park North project was reviewed.  Circular Materials will be taking over blue bin recycling in January 2026.  The Pinnacle project application to be amended for more development of 100+ building, may include hotel component.  Resident concerns about potential hovercraft operations noise were expressed.

On January 15th, the FoSTRA Activism and Advocacy Meeting was held.  Zoning meetings for the MTSA approved in Official Plan are scheduled for January and  February.  The Province has deferred affordable housing around MTSA to make more financially feasible for developers.  A motion was passed to support Friends of QPN position paper; heritage concerns should be integrated into January 20th City staff Report to be considered by Executive Council January 27th and City Council February 4th.  A planning meeting with City is scheduled for January 17th.  The issue of school land redesignation was deferred by the City. 199 College community benefits were directed to Little Italy, Baldwin Village negotiated to have local RGI affordable units; development delayed by long term pub lease.  Electoral reform information was discussed, and it was best to refer individuals to other proportional representation organizations.  There have been some blue bin rollout issues.  A Fleet Services Ferry Manager hired seems to be lacking qualifications for crowd management.  There is a sewage issue with the Ontario Place redevelopment.

Community Concerns

The Ministry of Labour received a complaint about the construction on the north side of St. Joseph Street, just east of Bay Street and was provided with the contact information for the City staff coordinating the project.

A resident at 25 Grenville Street reported being disturbed by construction noise for non emergency work at 777 Bay Street after 10 pm.  The resident wants to request that the City not allow noise exemption permits for any non-emergency work after 9 pm, due to the increase in residents living downtown.  Marzio S. from Councillor Moise's office confirmed that construction is allowed between 7 am and 7 pm Monday to Friday and from 9 am to 7 pm on Saturday.  No construction is allowed on Sunday.  Exemptions are made for emergency work.  Residents are encouraged to fill in an online 311 service request for Construction Noise and provide the reference number and details to Councillor Moise's office for follow up if the Bylaw Enforcement response is not satisfactory.

Letters of concern were sent out regarding Purolator operating a bike delivery vehicle on the sidewalk, support for motion MM35.1 Safety on all City Sidewalks and E-bikes Enforcement, endorsing the return of Open Streets with more activities and expressing safety concerns because of the removal of speed enforcement cameras.

Community and Special Events

The Like a Rose Choral Concert will be held Friday January 30th at 7:30 pm at St. Basil's Church, 50 St. Joseph.

The first 52 Division Community Police Liaison Committee meeting of the year will be on Wednesday February 4th at 6:30 pm held at 52 Division, 255 Dundas Street West.

There is usually Family Day festival at Queen's Park from 11 am to 4 pm, but the event has not yet been confirmed.

The first march of the year will be the International Women's Day event starting at 11 am on Sunday March 7th from U of T, going along Bloor/Yonge/Gerrard/Church and ending at TMU on Gould.

The popular St. Patrick's Day Parade will follow its usual route starting at noon on Sunday March 15th, from St. George Street, along Bloor, south on Yonge to Dundas.