Special Committee on Governance

The full agenda, as filed

All 2 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.

• GV3.1amended

  The Complexities of City Governance

  Professor Pamela Robinson, Associate Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University, will present on the complexities of City governance, and use common examples from daily municipal activities to reflect upon which issues and activities need our best attention. Pamela Robinson (MCIP, RPP) is an associate professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson. She is also a registered professional planner. As part of the geothink.ca research team, Robinson's research and practice focus on urban sustainability issues, with a particular focus on climate heating, smart cities, and the use of open data and civic technology to support open government transformations. Pamela serves on the Digital Strategy Advisory Panel for Waterfront Toronto, is a Multi-stakeholder Forum member for the Government of Canada's Open Government work, was a previous Chair of the Nominations Panel for the Toronto Local Appeal Body and sits on the Board of Directors for the Metcalf Foundation. Robinson is an editor of Urban Sustainability: Reconnecting Space and Place (University of Toronto Press, 2013), and is a columnist for Spacing magazine.

  The Special Committee on Governance: 1. Requested that the final recommendations of the Special Committee on Governance include a recommendation that the City partner with a post-secondary institute to research the efficacy of community impacts of the Committee of Adjustment system.

• GV3.2received

  Business Improvement Areas and Community Programs - Response to Information Requests

  The City Manager's Office will introduce two presentations from City Divisions and their role in the City's governance and decision-making processes and structures: a. The Manager, Business Improvement Areas Office, Economic Development and Culture will provide on an overview of the City's Business Improvement Areas (BIA) program; b. The Director, Community Resources, Social Development, Finance and Administration will provide an overview of City of Toronto programs which support communities and community-based organizations.

  The Special Committee on Governance received the item for information.