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Richmond Hill Office
225 East Beaver Creek Road
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada L4B 3P4 |
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| Tel |
: 905.771.5434 |
| Fax |
: 905.771.2500 |
| Email |
: cohen@dlcohen.com |
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Environment
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Councillor David Cohen is committed to urban sustainability, balancing development with protection of the environment. See below
- Councillor Cohen was a founding member of the Don Watershed Regeneration Council, which assists the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority on protection and regeneration of our water system.
- David Cohen came up with the idea of installing signage on names of rivers and other natural features at road crossings to educate the public. Richmond Hill started this practice. Since then many other municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area have followed suit.
- The Town of Richmond Hill Tree Bylaw, which requires residents to obtain Town permission before cutting down trees on private property, came into being as a result of a request by Councillor Cohen.
- Upon being elected in 1988, David Cohen opposed the Town's already passed Official Plan Amendment 71, which permitted development on the Oak Ridges Moraine with no environmental guidelines. David helped bring about a petition by the Town of Richmond Hill to the Province of Ontario to conduct an environmental assessment, prompting the Province to put in place policies to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine. David Cohen then supported the resulting Official Plan Amendment 129, which for the first time provided environmental protection guidelines for the Lake Wilcox Area of Oak Ridges. He also supported subsequent Town bylaws that protect the Oak Ridges Moraine today.
- A current member of Rouge Park Alliance, which manages all public lands on the Rouge and its tributaries, Councillor Cohen promoted the purchase of about 200 acres of land north of Rawlinson Park in Richmond Hill in 2008.
- With an interest in environmental issues, David Cohen attended various international conferences on creating better open spaces, green business and urban sustainability.
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