The Special Committee on Governance was established by City Council at its meeting on December 4, 2018, to consider the impacts on the City's governance structures and decision-making processes that resulted from the reduction in the size of Council.
In keeping with a work plan and engagement strategy approved by the Special Committee on Governance, City staff conducted public consultations. The responses from a survey, open to the public from June 1 until July 27, 2019, are included in this data set. The survey was broadly advertised and accessible on the www.toronto.ca/TOgovernance website.
In the survey, respondents were asked what was working and what needed improvement with respect to Council's decision-making bodies and processes, as well as city-led and community-led civic engagement processes. The survey included multiple-choice and open-ended questions.
Additional information is available as part of the public consultations for the Special Committee on Governance, including:
"Special Committee on Governance -- Public Consultations on Civic Governance and decision making" is a data set which contains the notes gathered from five consultations held from June 10-17, 2019, in civic centres across Toronto to better understand the public’s perspective on the City’s decision-making structures and processes. The data set also includes responses from a dedicated discussion with participants of the City's Neighbourhood Improvement Area (NIA) Planning Tables held on July 24, 2019.
GV4.2 (September 11, 2019) "Report from the City Manager on Special Committee on Governance: Public Consultation and Work Plan Update" http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gv/bgrd/backgroundfile-137449.pdf
GV4.2 Attachment 1 – "Details on Public Engagement Activities" http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gv/bgrd/backgroundfile-137468.pdf
In addition, Special Committee on Governance asked staff to provide targeted engagement opportunities for neighbourhood associations across Toronto. The "Summary of Input from Neighbourhood Associations to the Special Committee on Governance" can be found here: https://www.toronto.ca/special-committee-on-governance-consultations/
"Workshop with Neighbourhood Associations" is a data set of responses gathered from two table exercises conducted at a workshop with neighbourhood associations held from 6:30-8:30 pm at Metro Hall on October 1, 2019.