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·14· Permits

Setup: 10-Sep-2011 [604]

• There are two basic ways to use park facilities: through programs, and through permits. This Topic provides information on permits.

Part of topic Governance Project: Related Documentation topic treetop Parks and Recreation Facilities topic Using the Commons

From Governance and The Commons: Trillium Project - 2010 - 2012:

Sports permit fees

TPP example of variable permit fees

The issue of community collaboration and sports fees became quite large, right across the city, during the second year of our grant. We took part in three citywide public discussions about the hands-on community management of children’s soccer and baseball in city parks and had four individual meetings with volunteers who wanted to make use of our database material. On the basis of what was said at these meetings, we created our first publiccommons.ca slide show for a Parks Committee deputation, highlighting the operational role of community volunteers in maintaining sports fields.

Permit fees and park friends

City support for allowing park friends to contribute their gifts in their neighbourhood parks continues to be a roller coaster ride. We uploaded our “Campfires in parks” picture/video presentation as a tool for discussion. Our new “natural ice rinks” collection of photos, stories, and media material is next in line. Natural ice rinks seem to be one neighborhood activity that still gets solid support from staff, and no group is being asked to pay either a permit fee or insurance for flooding the rinks and making them available for park users. Also, such concrete projects with positive outcomes seem to retain volunteers, contributing to a sense of neighbourhood accomplishment.

·14· Permits

Setup: 10-Sep-2011 [604]

• There are two basic ways to use park facilities: through programs, and through permits. This Topic provides information on permits.

Part of topic Governance Project: Related Documentation topic treetop Parks and Recreation Facilities topic Using the Commons

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document file A campfire permit for Greenwood Rink

Description: How rink users got a campfire permit for Greenwood Rink, February 2010 (hint: it took 38 emails)

Part of: topic Community Notebooks: Campfires topic treetop Permits

Date: 07-May-2011 direct link (CampfireCorrespondenceGreenwoodRinkFebruary2010.pdf) [146]

document Artists in the Park - Permits and other issues

Description: 1) Hindrances and benefits from the City's 2006 centralized permit policy, 2)city staff relationships/partnerships with performers vs."policing" approach 3) some possibilities of "ungoverned" spaces

Part of: topic City Of Toronto Bylaws topic treetop How Do I ... ? topic Lively Parks topic treetop Permits