AWWCA Ninth Annual General Meeting

September 18, 2007

Activities We Accomplished Together 2003-2007

• TOWN AND GOWN ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (TGAO) • OPERATION “HUSH”• EXTRA POLICE PATROLS ( MAC 91/92)• CHURCHILL PARK SPLASH PAD• AWWCA BYLAW COMMITTEE • AWWCA WALKABILTY COMMITTEE• CAMPUS TOWN ASSOCIATION (CTA)• AWWCA WEBSITE DEVELOPED• AWWCA MEMBERSHIP INCREASE• TWO NEW ON-CAMPUS RESIDENCES• COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM (CAP)• FIRE-INSPECTION PROGRAM• HOUSE-INSPECTION PROGRAM• AINSLIE WOOD WESTDALE SECONDARY PLAN

FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.AWWCA.CA

Alice Sabourin Tracey Lindsay

Volunteers Who Made a Difference

Failure to accept the City Staff recommendation by Council on September 26th will result in an addition to our Master Transportation

Plan of the truck route in Blue.

McMaster Enrolment Growth

Addressing its harmful effects on our neighbourhood’s

quality of life

38% increase in undergraduate population in past five years

Refining Directions Long Range Planning: What Does It Mean? (McMaster document 2003)

Type in turquoise added by AWWCA

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This year

Mary Keyes Residence – Built 2003 capacity 289 students

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2005

Approximately 200 more family homes converted to student housing

2003

Les Prince Hall built 2006 Capacity 389 students

Off–Campus West Village Condos

Built 2007, capacity 449 students

What we had hoped to present:

•That McMaster had capped enrolment at approximately 17,000 undergraduate students until 2010

• That we had managed to stop further loss of family homes to student housing through enrolment limits, the development of purpose-built student housing, and improved public transit

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An average increase of 1,080 students per year

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Ungraduate Enrolment

• McMaster’s “think big” enrolment target means 6,500 more undergraduate students

• McMaster has no plans for more on-campus student residences

• Based on current figure of 50% of students living on or near campus, 500 more family houses would be needed to meet demand

• Current planning processes mean McMaster alone decides enrolment levels, and therefore the fate of our community

• The McMaster Campus Plan has no target for a “carrying capacity” on the Westdale campus

McMaster’s Carrying Capacity How Could It Be Calculated ?

McMaster reached it’s Westdale campus capacity in 2004,when undergraduate enrolment was 17,033 students

Develop a community target where no more than

20% of our housing stock is transient housing

A Community Formula

What Actions Need to Happen Now

• McMaster needs to commit to a Westdale campus undergraduate capacity of 17,000 students

• Two more student residences need to be built, preferably on campus, to free up approximately 140 family houses for permanent residents

• McMaster needs to develop a joint planning process with the city to address issues that affect the surrounding residential community (housing, traffic, etc.)

Assets We Have to Succeed

• The best communication structure between university, city, and neighbourhood stakeholders in the province

• Many community assets that attract families (good schools, walkability, green areas, etc.)

• A talented base of community volunteers willing to donate their time to ensure a strong, balanced neighbourhood

• A clear recognition of the impact of unplanned enrolment on the community

• The potential to work with our city and university partners to attract graduate students to our community, as well as employees of McMaster Innovation Park

WE HAVE ALL OF THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED IN MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING A WELL-BALANCED, VIBRANT COMMUNITY,

BUT DO WE HAVE A SHARED VISION?

2002-2007 Increase in Full-Time Students McMaster 41% Western 20% Queens 13% Waterloo 19%

Refining Directions Long-Range Planning: What Does It Mean? (McMaster document 2003)

Type in turquoise added by AWWCA

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Long Range Planning: What does it Mean? Long-Range Planning: What Does It Mean?

IT MEANS EVERYTHING FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD