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Thank You! <br />Urbanspace <br />Keli Maksud <br />ToronTo archives <br />research Team <br />Adam Clare <br />Evan Dean <br />Sarosh Khuraja <br />Debra Mewdell <br />Anthony Murray <br />Margaret Perry <br />Ben Robins <br />Jess Ross <br />Matt Roy <br />Henry Sansom <br />Ardene Shapiro Francois <br />Villeneuve Cam Woloshyn <br />ciTy of ToronTo <br />Matthew Cowley <br />(Engagement Office) <br />Jason Diceman <br />(Public Consultation Unit) <br />John Elvidge <br />(City Clerk’s Office) <br />Arthur Flach <br />(Elections Office) <br />Meg Shields <br />(City Manager’s Office) <br />ToronTo <br />commUniTy hoUsing <br />Mina Baghat <br />Sinead Canavan <br />Joseph Ching <br />ToronTo archives <br />Karen Teeple <br />ciTy of calgary <br />Nancy Close <br />(Mayor’s Office) <br />Jody Danchuk <br />(City Hall School) <br />Diane Murray <br />(City Hall School) <br />ciTy of chicago <br />Betsy Vandercook <br />pUblic noTice <br />sUbmissions <br />Iva Jericevic <br />Andrea Yip <br />Carolyn Tripp <br />Jeff Robson <br />Sasha Plotnikova <br />Caroline Schutrumpf <br />Andrea Winkler <br />Anthony Greenberg <br />Ingrid Stromberg <br />Ian Malczewski <br />Elsa Fancello <br />Thanks To <br />David Banerjee <br />Paul Bedford <br />Matt Blackett <br />Woodsy Brown <br />Pauline Craig <br />Dave Fingrut <br />Josh Fullan <br />Rafael Gomez <br />Ken Greenberg <br />Geoff Kettel <br />Stephani Roy McCallum <br />Peter McLeod <br />Olivia Nuamah <br />John O’Sullivan <br />Stephen Otto <br />William Roberts <br />Gabe Sawhney <br />John Sewell <br />Stephen Young <br />Here is a summary of thirty-six recommendations emerging from this exhibit. <br />a Recipe fo R change <br /> reaching oUT <br />1 Public notices should be completely <br />re-designed, as ‘marketing’ materials <br />2 The Ontario Planning Act should be <br />amended to allow for public notice <br />re-design <br />3 Public notices should be published in <br />more than one newspaper <br /> spending oUr money <br />4 Let’s explore participatory budgets for <br />Toronto’s neighbourhoods <br />5 The number of community information <br />sessions across the city should be <br />increased <br />6 The budget process should be <br />promoted more widely, using plain <br />language <br /> The nexT generaTion <br />7 Our provincial curriculum should <br />include a full course on municipalities <br />and neighbourhoods <br />8 A ‘City Hall School’ should be created <br />with a designated classroom at Toronto <br />City Hall <br />9 Let’s lower the voting age to 16 <br /> elevaTing The ciTizenry <br />10 It’s time to retire the title of “worship” <br />11 Toronto should create tributes to <br />non-elected (and unwealthy) <br />community leaders <br />12 Citizens should decide in a poll who <br />we name landmarks after, rather <br />than politicians naming things after <br />themselves <br /> ciTizens UniTe! <br />13 The City should have several staff <br />positions dedicated to supporting <br />residents’ groups <br />14 Let’s create and support an active city- <br />wide association of residents’ groups <br /> hop To iT! <br />15 Let’s bring ranked ballots and Instant <br />Runoff Voting to Toronto <br /> choosing When We choose <br />16 Our municipal elections should be held <br />on a Saturday or Sunday <br />17 Let’s dump the four-year term, since no <br />one asked for it in the first place <br />18 Legislation should be created imposing <br />a binding referendum on future term <br />extensions <br /> oUr elecTions: back To basics <br />19 Our elections website needs a makeover <br />including a fully integrated ward search <br />function <br />20 Campaigns should be allowed to easily <br />provide contact information online <br />21 The election website should include <br />active hyperlinks to candidates’ <br />websites <br />22 The city should proactively promote <br />the nomination process and encourage <br />nominations <br /> making meeTings meaningfUl <br />23 New regulations should restrict the <br />introduction of controversial motions <br />without notice <br />24 Overnight consultations should be <br />banned due to inaccessibility <br />25 A minimum deputation length should <br />be established, one that cannot be <br />over-ruled <br />26 Let’s explore the viability of evening <br />meetings for Community Councils (6- <br />9pm) <br />27 “Timed items” should be introduced <br />more frequently to make attendance <br />easier <br />28 Childcare opportunities should be <br />explored for public meetings <br />29 Snacks and beverages should be <br />provided at all public meetings <br />30 Meetings should be better promoted <br />with good design, plain language and <br />translations <br /> break iT doWn <br />31 Our ward boundaries should be redrawn <br />to reduce the discrepancy in sizes <br />32 Let’s explore new models of subsidiarity <br />for Toronto’s neighbourhoods and <br />former cities <br />33 The proposed “Dialogue on <br />reconnecting people with government” <br />should be launched in 2012 <br /> Upgrading The clamshell <br />34 Better signage and outreach/education <br />materials should be created in our City <br />Hall lobby <br />35 Free and open Wi-Fi should be <br />immediately installed at City Hall and all <br />Civic Centres <br />36 A “one stop” resource centre for <br />citizen engagement should be created <br />at City Hall <br /> mUnicipal responsibiliTy provincial responsibiliTy <br />cUraTor: Dave Meslin <br />dave@pigeonhat.ca <br />research: Hilary best <br />hilary@pigeonhat.ca <br />design: aDaM ZinZan-Harris <br />hello@adam.am