Leslieville/ RiverdaleTree Plantingand Tree PreservationPilot Proiect
CollaborationAgreement
levelactionto improveairquality,reduce
projectwillsupportneighbourhood
Thispartnership
to the effectsof climatechange.The
community
adaptability
andincrease
carbonemissions,
PilotProiectwill improvethe local
TreePlantingandTreePreservation
Leslieville
/ Riverdale
Theinitiativewilltrain
objectives.
these
of
achieving
means
treecanopyasa demonstrated
project
areato conduct
catchment
in
the
fromdiverseneighbourhoods
volunteers
community
plantingand
tree
around
neighbours
aninventoryof existingtrees,andto educateandengage
of BOLD
will berecruitedfromthe constituencies
at the locallevel.Volunteers
treepresêrvation
Community
SouthRiverdale
(Friends
of Greenwood),
FROG
(Beautiffing
District),
of Leslieville
advertising'
neighbourhood
through
broad
and
HealthCentre,the RalphThorntonCentre,
doorknocking
will conductoutreachthrougha neighbour-to-neighbour
Trainedvolunteers
to:
residents
to encourage
campaign
r maintain
trees
existing
trees
posedby dying/ diseased
r address
challenges
with the Cityof TorontoUrban
r plantnewfrontyardtrees{free)througha partnership
Services
Forestry
(Local
with LEAF
a partnership
r ptantnewnativebackyard
trees(subsidized)through
of Forests)
andAppreciation
Enhancement
by
r registerfor Peaksaver
{free),a Hydroinitiativeto reducepeakpowerconsumption
centralair conditioners
residential
April2OI2I.Duringthat time,
to last2,5years(to approxÎmately
isanticipated
Thecollaboration
that mâyresult
opportunities
investment
the partnersalsointendto explorerelatedcommunity
of thiscollaboration.
in a continuation
PrimaRrPartners:
District)
e BOLD(Beautification
of Leslieville
collaborateon this
. SouthRiverdale
GommunityHealthCentre(SRCHC)will
project
AdditionalP-qftners:
with other identifiedpartners;however,
Theinitiativewill alsoincludecollaboration
on the proiectsteering
and departmentsare not represented
thesegroups,agencies,
to this agreement.
committeeand so are not signatories
AnticipatedContfibutions:
BOLD
r experience
with communitytree inventoryandtree planting
campaign
. experience
/ bestpracticesat the locallevelregardingdoor-knocking
will participatein recrulting/ trainingvolunteersand modelingbestpractices
commitmentand insight
o community-level
leadership,
partnerships
with key playersin the communityand at the City
o established
. abilityto engagein advocacyI policyimpactactivitiesat all levelsof goW.
. goodwill/ reputationin greaterLeslievillearea
so cannotmanagemostpublicErants
o Exclusions:BOLDis not incorporated
SRCHC
holderfor allfunds
- sRCHC
will act assponsor/grant
e fiduciaryresponsibility
- NAAQwillcontribute7'5 hoursper weekto
leadership
r administrative
a summerinternin 2009-10(contingent
the projectand supervising
coordinating
on funding).An additional4.5 hoursfor the NAAQcoordinatorare also
contingenton funding
prOject
. deskspace,computer,phone,etc' for a summerintern dedicatedto the
meetings,
. meetingspace,refreshments,child care,etc.for relatedcommunity
etc'
tree inventorytrainingsessions,
produce,
distributeinformation(flyers,maildrop
to develop,
r infrastructure
cards,web notices,print ads,publicforums,etc')
catchmentarea(Wards30 and 29)
r goodwill/ reputationin greaterRiverdale
. infrastructure
to mobilize/ coordinatelargenumbersof volunteersacross
catchmentarea
throughoutthe sRCHC
diversecommunities
on
o Exclusions!
sRcHcreceivespublicfundingandcomplieswith restrictions
activitiesand politicalpartisanship
advocacy
Decision'makinsand rePortinF:
of BoLDand
of two members
r A steeringcommitteefor the projectwill be comprised
aswellasthe NAAQ
Committee'
Advisory
of the NAAQCommunity
two members
role)
(whowill havea non'voting
coordinator
to the steeringcommittee
will providemonthlyupdates
o TheNAAQcoordinator
o Thecommitteewill meetmonthlY
for all reportsrequiredby funders'lt is anticipated
o SRCHC
will hold responsibility
that BoLDwill supportsRcHcin the timelycompletionof all requiredreports
LynneRaskin
ffi
Chair,BOLD
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