The City is improving Runnymede Park! This project is being supported by the Partnership Opportunities Legacy program (POL) with a majority of the funding coming from Section 37 benefits from the development at 2306 St. Clair Ave. W.
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This phase of the community engagement process started in January 2023 and will include a survey to collect feedback on the draft design options, an online Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting, and an in-person site meeting and a public meeting.
Download the meeting summary for CAG meeting 1 and 2.
On February 13, 2023, members of the project team and CAG met at Runnymede Park for a site meeting. Additional ideas and feedback were collected.
On January 25, 2023, members of the project team and CAG met virtually. Early design options for the park were presented and feedback was collected.
During this phase of the community engagement process, the City will share the preferred design option with the community. Once the preferred design is confirmed, the project will move into the detail design phase, where the design team will finalize the preferred design by working through the technical details and developing detailed plans and drawings to be used by the construction contractor.
Community Engagement Activities anticipated in this phase include a survey to collect feedback on the preferred design option.
The anticipated phase outcome is the refined preferred design, which will be shared with the community through the project webpage and the Councillor’s office.
The Runnymede Park Improvements project was initially created in partnership with the City’s Partnership Opportunities Legacy program (POL) in order to create new community benefits for the park. After an initial consultation with the community in September 2019, an additional consultation was conducted to identify the allocation of Section 37 funds from an adjacent mixed-use development at 2306 St. Clair Ave. W.
The results of this community engagement program identified Runnymede Park as being the preferred location for the allocation of the funding from this development (Section 37).
The project team and the local Councillor’s Office move forward with the improvements to Runnymede Park based on various community engagement activities conducted between February and March 2021 for the 2306 St. Clair Ave. W. Neighbourhood Improvements project.
From March 5 to March 21, 2021, the community participated in a virtual rating exercise to rank their top ideas from previous community feedback collected through an Interactive Mapping Activity and Virtual Open House. The Activity received 2,144 page users (the number of individuals who visited the activity web page at least once) and received 7,499 total ratings across seven ideas.
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On February 24, 2021, approximately 60 people joined a virtual open house where the project team presented a list of options for how Section 37 benefits could be used for this project. These options were developed using the community’s feedback during the Interactive Map Activity.
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From February 1 to February 19, 2021, using Social Pinpoint’s Interactive Mapping feature, the project team invited community residents to identify and share their experiences and ideas for local neighbourhood improvements based on the neighbourhood study area. The study area was a 2km walking distance from the development that ends at the boundary of Ward 5 (York-South Weston). The information collected from this exercise helped the project team and the local Councillor to identify the needs of the community, and potential options for Section 37 funding.
Overall, the Social Pinpoint activity received:
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On December 1, 2020, the proposed design options for the park improvements were presented at a virtual public meeting. The community was able to provide feedback that would be used to help develop a more detailed design plan and further identify priorities for the park improvements. The feedback collected at this meeting helped inform the community engagement that occurred during the 2306 St. Clair Ave. W. Neighbourhood Improvements project.