Comment 104582

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted September 18, 2014 at 12:59:39 in reply to Comment 104581

That's maybe a little unfair.

It assumes that people only vote for projects in their own neighbourhood and forgets that in the 2013 PBW2 out of 21 projects funded, only one (the crosswalk on Hunter at MacNab) was entirely in Durand, and only two others (one of the three community gardens and the James S beautification) were partly in Durand. Maybe some voters thought it was Durand's turn this time.

Durand's population is very dense (most residents live in apartments), but at about 11,000, it is still only about 30% of ward 2's population of about 38,000. Like all democratic processes people do need to actually vote to have a say.

In 2014, three Durand projects out of 12 were funded, accounting for 46% of the total budget. Over the two years, Durand specific projects accounted for about 30% of the total budget, almost exactly proportional to population.

This doesn't seem completely out of line, and I imagine that other neighbourhoods will receive larger shares in the future.

When planning the PBW2 process, everyone agreed that not every neighbourhood would receive equal funding in each year. But the goal was to ensure fairness of process and fairness of results over the longer term of several annual cycles. This seems to be happening.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2014-09-18 13:04:09

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