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Q1 Below Are Three Project Goals for Quayside: Inclusive, Resilient and Dynamic. Please Let Us Know the Extent to Which You Supp Waterfront Toronto's Survey About Quayside - October 2020 Q1 Below are three project goals for Quayside: inclusive, resilient and dynamic. Please let us know the extent to which you support each of the following statements:Inclusive: For too many Torontonians, the city is becoming an unaffordable place to live and increasingly difficult to navigate. It is important for neighbourhoods to be inviting to people of all ages, sex, race, class, income, religion, ethnicity, ability, language, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Answered: 465 Skipped: 4 (no label) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree STRONGLY DISAGREE NEUTRAL AGREE STRONGLY TOTAL WEIGHTED DISAGREE AGREE AVERAGE (no 3.44% 2.80% 6.45% 21.08% 66.24% label) 16 13 30 98 308 465 4.44 1 / 100 Waterfront Toronto's Survey About Quayside - October 2020 Q2 Resilient: Resiliency is the ability to respond to, and thrive under, new and ongoing challenges—environmental, social and economic. Answered: 464 Skipped: 5 (no label) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree STRONGLY DISAGREE NEUTRAL AGREE STRONGLY TOTAL WEIGHTED DISAGREE AGREE AVERAGE (no 2.59% 0.86% 8.62% 32.76% 55.17% label) 12 4 40 152 256 464 4.37 2 / 100 Waterfront Toronto's Survey About Quayside - October 2020 Q3 Dynamic: In order to have a successful waterfront, we need to draw people to the water and provide interesting things for them to do and see during all four seasons. A dynamic place is one that is inviting, interesting and lively year-round. Answered: 463 Skipped: 6 (no label) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly agree STRONGLY DISAGREE NEUTRAL AGREE STRONGLY TOTAL WEIGHTED DISAGREE AGREE AVERAGE (no 1.94% 2.59% 7.78% 24.41% 63.28% label) 9 12 36 113 293 463 4.44 3 / 100 Waterfront Toronto's Survey About Quayside - October 2020 Q4 Which of the following are important to you in an inclusive community? (Please select your top 3 from the list below.) Answered: 469 Skipped: 0 Affordable housing Health and wellness (e.... Civic spaces (e.g. commun... Social services (e.... Parks, plazas and other... Business and employment... Proximity between home... Housing options for... None of the above Other (please specify) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 4 / 100 Waterfront Toronto's Survey About Quayside - October 2020 ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES Affordable housing 56.72% 266 Health and wellness (e.g. primary healthcare, dental, nutrition, etc.) 15.57% 73 Civic spaces (e.g. community centres, libraries, informal gathering spaces etc.) 60.34% 283 Social services (e.g. newcomer services, seniors services, immigrant-serving organizations, etc.) 11.51% 54 Parks, plazas and other public spaces 69.51% 326 Business and employment services (e.g. skills training, entrepreneurial and business supports, employment offices, 9.17% 43 etc.) Proximity between home, work and daily amenities (i.e. 15-minute neighbourhood) 40.51% 190 Housing options for seniors (i.e. aging-in-place, long-term care, etc.) 19.19% 90 None of the above 0.21% 1 Other (please specify) 9.59% 45 Total Respondents: 469 5 / 100 Waterfront Toronto's Survey About Quayside - October 2020 # OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE 1 Acknowledgement and actions to respect Indigenous 10/24/2020 4:03 AM 2 Flexible, Adaptive, Affordable 10/23/2020 6:36 PM 3 Good Public Transportation (Subway trains especially) 10/23/2020 3:11 PM 4 Art exhibits 10/23/2020 1:42 PM 5 Public Art and other creative / cultural activities 10/22/2020 9:55 AM 6 Parks 10/22/2020 7:46 AM 7 Mix of business - offices, light industrial, boutiques, service shops, restaurants and cafes 10/21/2020 8:43 PM 8 substantial green spaces 10/21/2020 6:52 PM 9 vibrant retail, eateries, etc. 10/21/2020 4:34 PM 10 Non-profit housing options for seniors. However the starting point should be to provide the 10/21/2020 12:49 PM necessary supports so that seniors can truly age in place or perhaps downsize to a smaller home if they no longer want or need multiple bedrooms. Transfer to an institution such as a long-term care home should be seen as absolutely the last resort. As a senior myself I have absolutely no interest in living in a place that is exclusively populated by other seniors. 11 High-order transit with excellent system connectivity 10/21/2020 8:25 AM 12 social housing and minimum amount of narrow car artery roads, minimum car parking, many 10/20/2020 9:20 PM bike parking options, all of car roads with wide protected bike lanes - besides this small amount of narrow car arteries with protected bike lanes - streets only for pedestrians and city services. 13 The water is our birthright and should be Open to all and not overbuilt 10/20/2020 7:53 PM 14 Built in accessibility for people with all types of disabilities, public washrooms, cycling 10/20/2020 5:53 PM infrastructure 15 Simple, affordable, live/work studio space for artists 10/20/2020 12:45 AM 16 Schools of all levels 10/19/2020 8:42 PM 17 Wheelchair access to outdoor spaces 10/19/2020 4:35 PM 18 We need to use our Lake much more efficiently. There are many things we can have in 10/19/2020 9:27 AM waterfront for attraction. 19 Good transit options 10/19/2020 2:01 AM 20 community gardens & micro-food self sufficiency 10/18/2020 11:58 PM 21 Arts/Recreation activities 10/18/2020 1:20 PM 22 Easy access to the water for everyone: swimming, kayaks, paddle boards, etc 10/18/2020 12:46 PM 23 Safe parks without drug users and dangerous homeless 10/17/2020 10:27 PM 24 Entertainment places everyone in the Waterfront can enjoy whether it be movie theatres, 10/16/2020 10:45 PM music venues, little Europe street with restaurants and late night music, pier similar to Santa Monica Pier, etc. 25 Retail/grocery store 10/16/2020 9:57 PM 26 small local businesses 10/16/2020 9:44 PM 27 Transit access 10/16/2020 7:26 PM 28 Google smart city! 10/16/2020 7:16 PM 29 Grass-roots agencies that empower residents to build their community 10/16/2020 12:55 PM 30 In most new developments on Queen's Quay I'm struck by the crappy choice of commercial 10/16/2020 11:51 AM services. Lots of fast food pizza shops spewing greasy exhaust, nail salons, spas and sports bars. Try and find a hardware store, print framing shop or bike shop or private gallery. Are the 6 / 100 Waterfront Toronto's Survey About Quayside - October 2020 commercial spaces too big? or expensive? Can developers not be encouraged to curate for more useful/interesting/relevant tenants? This is something Waterfront Toronto can and should address. I would tick other boxes but for me civic spaces like community services like close access to schools and libraries and relevant commercial services are vital. 31 No longer building lower density, normalizing medium and high density throughout, looking to 10/16/2020 10:19 AM places like Barcelona and Brooklyn as examples. 32 great architecture and design 10/16/2020 7:06 AM 33 Safety........ e.g. the side walk width should allow for several people to distance themselves 10/15/2020 9:22 PM (as now required in COVID endemic times) and contrary to the north side of Queens Quay new developments that are being built right out to the 2 person wide sidewalks. We must learn from this viral threat! 34 outdoors workout space 10/15/2020 11:18 AM 35 Affordable housing, cultural amenities, friendly public spaces, & Sidewalk Toronto's proposals 10/14/2020 9:52 PM (most of them were great) 36 quiet for current condominium owners and residents to enjoy the neighbourhood 10/14/2020 7:32 PM 37 Will there be spaces for churches? 10/14/2020 4:25 PM 38 all of the above are important 10/14/2020 1:01 PM 39 transport connectivity to other parts of city, suhc as TTC streetcar light rail to Union Station 10/14/2020 12:55 PM 40 Public Art & Creativity 10/13/2020 5:16 PM 41 Communal governance and local democracy 10/13/2020 4:22 PM 42 LRT connecting with other downtown areas 10/13/2020 2:43 PM 43 Arts and Culture - A thriving creative community brings people together 10/13/2020 2:04 PM 44 Maximize natural environments 10/13/2020 12:22 PM 45 recreational amenities. food/entertainment amenities 10/13/2020 12:03 PM 7 / 100 Waterfront Toronto's Survey About Quayside - October 2020 Q5 Which of the following are important to you in a resilient and sustainable community? (Please select your top 3 from the list below.) Answered: 469 Skipped: 0 Reducing greenhouse g... Buildings operated by... Green spaces and diverse... Natural stormwater... Reducing solid waste going ... None of the above Other (please specify) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in building construction (e.g. low carbon building materials) 43.71% 205 Buildings operated by clean low-carbon energy sources 52.45% 246 Green spaces and diverse plant life 77.19% 362 Natural stormwater management (e.g. saturation through plants and soils) 53.94% 253 Reducing solid waste going to landfill 43.28% 203 None of the above 1.07% 5 Other (please specify) 13.01% 61 Total Respondents: 469 8 / 100 Waterfront Toronto's Survey About Quayside - October 2020 # OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY) DATE 1 Resilient infrastructure to weather the impacts of climate change, esp.
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