What is the “AIC” ?
Information sub-file by Roman Kowalczuk, 25 Problems board administrator
“AIC” refers to the Application Information Centre which in early 2023 was a rather peculiar set of web pages operated by the City of Toronto. Although the purpose of the A.I.C. is not always clearly stated (I personally had to phone Councillor Jaye Robinson's office to find out why this is so - go figure) I believe it is an attempt to collate the document set that surrounds every project.
I spoke to one of the chief planners, who agreed that the A.I.C. needed work, and he indicated an openness to discussing this issue further. Meanwhile the problems continue.
These file sets ought to have a summary and city planners need to provide lay audiences with something more than a smack-down of thirty to forty random technical files and the words "Here, read this!".
This file will be continued. Last updated on October 10th, and before that on February 21st, 2025... The topic of city summaries of consultations about proposed developments was touched on during a meeting at Grenoble P.S. on the evening of January 21st 2025, but not with any attendant details, and certainly without any sort of explanatory URL. Instead people were referred to the AIC! At the May 3, 2025 town hall one person asked about taking a more "global" (sic) approach to development - ergo she probably meant "broader" or "all-compassing" but once again the local councillor said and did nothing. At the October 1st, 2025 safety "town hall" he mentioned the practice of data silos but he did not expland on what that encompasses and/or entails.
I've said this before, but prior to creating a link to 30 or 40 or more engineering reports and other complex documents, you have to provide a preamble of some sort, a read-me file, an executive summary! You need to carefully label the files; cryptic eight character "dot whatever", Microsoft DOS 1.0 filenames for complex 3-D datasets and mapping are no longer acceptable. And provide a schedule of documents that have been updated or removed, together with the reasons why and instructions on how a person may obtain a copy of the original. - Roman
“AIC” refers to the Application Information Centre which in early 2023 was a rather peculiar set of web pages operated by the City of Toronto. Although the purpose of the A.I.C. is not always clearly stated (I personally had to phone Councillor Jaye Robinson's office to find out why this is so - go figure) I believe it is an attempt to collate the document set that surrounds every project.
I spoke to one of the chief planners, who agreed that the A.I.C. needed work, and he indicated an openness to discussing this issue further. Meanwhile the problems continue.
These file sets ought to have a summary and city planners need to provide lay audiences with something more than a smack-down of thirty to forty random technical files and the words "Here, read this!".
This file will be continued. Last updated on October 10th, and before that on February 21st, 2025... The topic of city summaries of consultations about proposed developments was touched on during a meeting at Grenoble P.S. on the evening of January 21st 2025, but not with any attendant details, and certainly without any sort of explanatory URL. Instead people were referred to the AIC! At the May 3, 2025 town hall one person asked about taking a more "global" (sic) approach to development - ergo she probably meant "broader" or "all-compassing" but once again the local councillor said and did nothing. At the October 1st, 2025 safety "town hall" he mentioned the practice of data silos but he did not expland on what that encompasses and/or entails.
I've said this before, but prior to creating a link to 30 or 40 or more engineering reports and other complex documents, you have to provide a preamble of some sort, a read-me file, an executive summary! You need to carefully label the files; cryptic eight character "dot whatever", Microsoft DOS 1.0 filenames for complex 3-D datasets and mapping are no longer acceptable. And provide a schedule of documents that have been updated or removed, together with the reasons why and instructions on how a person may obtain a copy of the original. - Roman