The time to get your ballots in is getting shorter. 

You have until 8:00 pm on Monday, October 27, 2014 to get your ballot to the Township office. 

I will be available all day until the poles close on Monday, October 27, 2014 to provide you (or a proxy of your choice) a ride to the township office to deliver your ballot. Call or text me @ 519-502-3995 to arrange getting your ballot to the township office.

What can be done about the traffic lights?

Some have said… they're impossible to fix, but I think that there are things that could be done differently to improve traffic flow while still maintaining the safer pedestrian crossing feature. We could:
1. Widen hope street west by moving back part of the triangular island in front of Home Hardware to install a left turn lane. Then allow both east and west hope street to go at the same time. In order to get left turn traffic through, we could provide an advanced and/or delayed green.
2. Allow both directions of Woodstock street to go at the same time with an advanced green for north direction traffic turning left.
3. Install a right turn signal for hope street east traffic and permit right turns when it does not impede Woodstock south traffic and when the pedestrians are not walking.
4. Paint lines in front of the post office to prevent motorists from thinking the parking lane is a right turn lane.
5. Install sensors to detect the absence of cars and skip the street if there aren't any cars. And if there are a lot of cars, give that street more time for traffic to get through (if this is possible).
Now, these are just ideas that I have, however as a responsible decision maker and being someone that LISTENS, I would ask you for your ideas and comments on these ideas and all future ideas....

Speak your mind, tell us what you think.... if you'd rather not post on a public forum, send me a private message and I'll post it anonymously for you.

October 15 Council Meeting

Just got back from the Council meeting. 32 minutes and it was all done.
Topics included:
 - They passed a motion to accept the agreement between the Townships of East-Zorra Tavistock, Norwich, Southwest Oxford and Zorra. The agreement was put in place to establish an agreement for the funding and support of the Rural Oxford Economic Development Corporation (ROEDC)
 - Burnside engineering presented a report on the Goring drain project which is a drain project located mostly on the Pioneer seeds property on highway 59
 - Tenders for snow removal in Tavistock were discussed and a motion was passed to accept two of the tenders.
 - There was a closed session as well, but who knows what happened during that part of the meeting.

Must be less to do this close to election time.

Any questions about what happened let me know of contact your Councillor with questions.

Regards,
Jon

Candidates Night

Candidates night was a success.

A big thank you to the Men's Club for organizing the evening, it makes a difference when you can get a forum of public opinion together to ask such great questions.

And thank you to all of the residents that attended, it is participation of the public in events like this that help to shape the future of our great Community.

I look forward to reading about it in the Tavistock Gazette!

Feel free to add your comments and thoughts on the evening.

Regards,
Jon

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT YOUR BALLOTS

Hi All,

When casting your ballot, be sure that you only put one X beside a Candidates name. Putting any marks outside of the box will result in a spoiled ballot and your vote will not be counted.

Regards,
Jon

Traffic

Another concern of Hope Street residents is the traffic. I too live on Hope street east and find that the traffic does seem to drive faster than they should.

The Renaissance (home to 52 people) has a big concern, there is a large seam in the road that causes large trucks to bang loudly as they pass the apartment building. Truck traffic tends to travel Hope street through Tavistock at all hours of the day. This creates a problem for residents to get a good nights sleep as they are often woke from the noise caused from the imperfection in the road.

What about installing radar driven LED signs to encourage traffic to slow down as they enter the village. And why not install them at both ends of Hope and Woodstock streets?

What about establishing a permanent truck route for trucks sending them down the 16th and up Maplewood sideroad and to Embro road where trucks heading towards Stratford could turn right, trucks travelling to the 401 could turn left and trucks traveling towards St. Marys & London could carry on straight.

And lastly, it would be interesting to find out what the cost would be to smooth out the bump in the road to eliminate the noise that is caused from the trucks hitting the join in the two road surfaces.

Any Questions or Concerns?

I've covered almost all of Tavistock. Talked with a lot of residents. If you want me to stop to discuss any issues or the campaign that I'm running, please call me @ 519-502-3995 or send me a message to jon@votejonross.com.

Introducing Our Tavistock - A Forum for Collaborating About a Great Community

Hi All, 

While I was out talking with residents this evening, I talked with one resident that indicated the blog name of fixtavi.blogspot.com gave the impression that Tavistock is a Community that needs fixing. It was not my intention to paint Tavistock as a broken Community. I love Tavistock and truly believe that it is a great Community. Therefore, I have decided to rename that blog to something that is more representative of the intention of the blog. The intention of that blog was to provide the Community with a forum where residents can let their voice be heard as well as learn about important issues facing the Community. Therefore, I have created this new blog  titled "Our Tavistock".

Let's all use this new blog to post not just the issues, but to post articles about positive things happening in the Community.

Tavistock is a great place to live, work and play!

Best Regards,

Jon Ross