Freedom of Information response 2019-00817

DTAH engineering consultant report:

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Internal Capital Projects email correspondence related to what information to give the public:

From: Paul Brown
Sent: March 18, 2019 10:15 AM
To: Nadia Blackburn; Katy Aminian
Cc: Peter Didiano
Subject: RE: Question?!
Hi All.
In addition, you can mention that we have to replace approximately 10 sheets of plywood annually and the entire baseboard every year. With new fiberglass boards the annual maintenance would be less.
Thanks,
Paul
From: Nadia Blackburn
Sent: March 18, 2019 10:10 AM
To: Katy Aminian
Cc: Paul Brown ; Peter Didiano
Subject: RE: Question?!
I'm just concerned that this will be a sticking point that they will cling to and find a reason to oppose this. City Standards should be enough of a reason even if they don't like it.
Nadia Blackburn
General Supervisor, Parks | Toronto and East York District | West Region
T: 416-392-1909 | F: 416-392-4186

From: Katy Aminian
Sent: March 18, 2019 10:08 AM
To: Nadia Blackburn <Nadia.Blackburn@toronto.ca>
Cc: Paul Brown <Paul.Brown@toronto.ca>; Peter Didiano\\ <Peter.Didiano@toronto.ca>
Subject: Re: Question?!
Hi Nadia,
They are asking why we are doing this? we told them in order to meet City standards we have to change the size of the rink, but it seems they they are not convinced with our answer, so we think we should be specific. That's why we are providing more details.
Katy

From: Nadia Blackburn
Sent: March 18, 2019 9:40 AM
To: Katy Aminian; Paul Brown
Cc: Peter Didiano
Subject: RE: Question?!
If I may weigh in, can we take out the line I highlighted below? I think this is too specific of a statement in this context.
Nadia Blackburn
General Supervisor, Parks | Toronto and East York District | West Region
T: 416-392-1909 | F: 416-392-4186

From: Katy Aminian
Sent: March 18, 2019 9:37 AM
To: Paul Brown <Paul.Brown@toronto.ca>
Cc: Nadia Blackburn <Nadia.Blackburn@toronto.ca>; Peter Didiano <Peter.Didiano@toronto.ca>
Subject: Question?!
Hi Paul,
Is this a fair statement to be shared with the public?:
The hockey rink at Dufferin Grove Park, which is separated from the pleasure pad by dasher boards, doesn't meet the City standard's size for the outdoor hockey rinks. Currently, the corners of the ice rink are too tight for the ice resurfacing vehicle (Zamboni) to effectively resurface, leaving areas of ice that are rough and uneven relative to the remainder of the surface. The rink slab replacement based on the City's standard for rink size will allow City’s resurfacing vehicles to operate effectively therefore the quality of the ice can be as good as possible.
Thanks,
Katy