{"id":3665,"date":"2014-01-09T22:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T03:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2014-08-16T11:02:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T16:02:36","slug":"field-and-playground-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/field-and-playground-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Field and Playground Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get updated on the current status of the Field\/Playground initiative at Allenby, including the TDSB&#8217;s plan to pay for and install artificial turf on our field in Summer 2016!<\/p>\n<p>Come out to learn\/discuss more about our options: a) to possibly move up the installation date of the artificial turf, b) to improve other areas of our outdoor playspaces beyond the field.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will take place on Thursday, January 16, from 7-9pm in the Allenby Library. Childcare is available for children 3+ years with an RSVP to Andrea Brodey at <a title=\"brodeya@yahoo.com\" href=\"mailto:brodeya@yahoo.com\">brodeya@yahoo.com<\/a> by Monday, January 13.<\/p>\n<p>Recent <a title=\"field and playground update\" href=\"http:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Allenby-Field-and-Playground-APA-Update-Dec-16-FINAL.pdf\">Field\/Playground updates<\/a> were presented during the December APA meeting. More will be presented and discussed at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TDSB plans to pay for and install artificial turf at Allenby in the summer of 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Additional funding for Field\/Playground improvements may also be available from the City of Toronto and community agencies.<\/li>\n<li>APA Parent Survey 2012\/13 results confirm that the Allenby community is very dissatisfied with the current field and playground, and wants to prioritize the spending of APA dollars on related improvements.<\/li>\n<li>A master plan by a TDSB-approved landscape architect is required if a multi-phase Field\/Playground initiative is to be pursued.<\/li>\n<li>TDSB will assist with funding the design aspect of the master plan, but solely for the artificial turf component; APA would be required to nd the design aspect of the remaining playground enhancements (e.g. track, multisport court, greening, shaded areas, seating, basketball nets, playscape improvements etc.)<\/li>\n<li>a motion was tabled at the December APA meeting (to be voted on at the January APA meeting) to spend up to $6000 on landscape architect comprehensive planning and design services in order for this initiative to move forward.<\/li>\n<li>Come out to the Field\/Playground meeting to discuss our options. Hope to see you there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get updated on the current status of the Field\/Playground initiative at Allenby, including the TDSB&#8217;s plan to pay for and install artificial turf on our field in Summer 2016! Come out to learn\/discuss more about our options: a) to possibly move up the installation date of the artificial turf, b) to improve other areas of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[375],"tags":[306],"class_list":["post-3665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schoolyard-enhancement-project","tag-field-and-playground-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3666,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665\/revisions\/3666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}