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Parkdale Community Land Trust
Information session
October 11, 2012
4:00-6:00pm
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Agenda for Today
1. Introduction
2. Background: Why CLT in Parkdale?
3. CLT 101
4. Where we are now
5. Expectations of board member involvement
6. Next steps
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1. Introduction
2. Background: Why CLT in Parkdale?
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3. CLT 101
Community Land Trust
• A CLT is a non-profit organization that obtains and manages land for the purpose of community benefits.
• A CLT provides a effective model for ensuring perpetual affordability of residential, commercial and community spaces, because a CLT allows community ownership and democratic control of land and its use.
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Three key components
Perpetual affordability
Community ownership
of land
Democratic control and
planning
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1/3 governance model
•Board of Directors •1/3 residents; •1/3 community members; •1/3 stakeholders at large
•Membership-driven organization
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4. Where we are now: Opportunities
& Key tasks
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Opportunities
• Milky way garden
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Land use in South Parkdale
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Toward a membership-based governance model
Establishing a ‘transitional’
board of directors
A group of students from U of T Planning investigating a
democratic governance
model for PCLT
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Key activities for 3 years
• Governance and incorporation (including obtaining a charitable status)
• Membership development and community engagement
• Land securement and stewardship
• Fundraising and financial planning
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5. Expectations
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Expectations of board member involvement
• 6 hours per month
• Can participate in one of those key activities
• Attend a quarterly board meeting
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Questions/Discussions
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6. Next steps
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Next steps
• Respond by November 12 regarding whether “your organization” would like to sit in a transitional board of directors
• Next meeting is late November
• Join a community presentation by a group of students from U of T Planning in mid-December.
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