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Friends of Oriole Park

Friends of Oriole Park. Presentation To The Toronto Transit Commission VISION FOR THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ORIOLE PARK February 2, 2011

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Friends of Oriole Park

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  1. Friends of Oriole Park Presentation To The Toronto Transit Commission VISION FOR THE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ORIOLE PARK February 2, 2011 City Hall Toronto, Ontario

  2. Friends of Oriole Park Ulli Rath • Resident of Deer Park community • Lives next to Oriole Park • + 40 years in mining industry • President & CEO of several companies • Married 44 years; 7 grandchildren • Grown up with Oriole Park • Annual Easter egg hunt • Help clean-up Park & Beltline • Interim President, Friends of Oriole Park (FOP) • FOP is a community group with large diversified membership • FOP participated in community consultations on Neshama Playground design • FOP focus on expansion and improvement of Oriole Park

  3. Friends of Oriole Park Oriole Park: • Oriole Park is only major community park • Small park (5.17 acres) heavily used, central part has seasonal limitations • Completion of new $1.7M playground will attract more park users • Context: City avg. 4.54 acres parkland per 1,000 residents vs Deer Park community 0.47 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents (see David Harvey report) Our Vision:To expand Oriole Park by incorporation of a modest portion of the adjacent Davisville Yard site as part of a community based program to improve the Park. • Fundamental Considerations: • Community need for increased parkland • November 17, 2009 TTC Yard Study – limited future for Davisville Yards • Our vision has strong community support

  4. Friends of Oriole Park TTC Yard Study: • Sheds insights into future of Davisville Yards: • Yards have “unique operational constraints” • “Designed for 2 car pairs not 6 car Toronto Rocket trains” • “Number of cars stored/cleaned overnight will be reduced” • Future use “primarily for storage/maintenance of non-revenue fleet” • Financial cost/benefit analyses shows no significant difference between keeping Davisville Yards and a new yard north of Steeles. • Limited future role of Davisville Yards opens door to consider alternative uses

  5. Friends of Oriole Park Our Proposal: • Incorporation of approx. 2 acres of TTC Lands into Oriole Park • Much of these 2 acres used primarily for parking and temporary storage • 2 acres is approx 20% of TTC Lands • Would increase Oriole Park 40% and increase space for general park users 140% • TTC Lands could encompass garden plots, coffee- food concession, BBQ pits, community programs, Farmer’s Market etc. Detailed plans for 2 acres would be developed via public input and formal participation

  6. Friends of Oriole Park The Way Forward: • Establish “Working Group” between TTC and Park Advisory Group to Councillor Matlow • Develop joint short list for “transfer mechanism” of TTC Lands to Oriole Park: • Land exchange with City/ Build Toronto • Public-Private partnership to fund acquisition • Option for 100% private funding of acquisition • User Fees from in-Park concessions to fund acquisition • Other/combination of above etc. • If TTC plans to redevelop Davisville Headquarters and/or Davisville Yards; then • Community will have to be part of consultation process • Previous Davisville Yard Study added no new green space • FOP will be part of any redevelopment plans by TTC

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