Proposed changes to user fees
The Council of the City of Toronto will be considering a proposal to pass by-laws to amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees, so as to adopt new user fees that are proposed in the staff report "Strategy for Special Events Related Services and Permitting Processes". This report will be considered by Executive Committee on June 12, 2012. The required by-laws will be before City Council at its meeting of July 11, 2012.
View the listing of the new user fees that are proposed (PDF). These user fees apply throughout the City as part of a pilot project in 2012 to allow commercial/private events to occur in select City parks.
To obtain additional information or to ask questions about a proposed user fee change, please contact the staff person identified as the Program Contact for the fee.
The Executive Committee of Toronto City Council will receive presentations from any person, or their counsel, agent or solicitor, who wishes to speak to the matter, on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible after, in Committee Room 1, Second floor, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West.
To submit comments or make a presentation to the Executive Committee meeting on June 12, 2012, please contact the following City official no later than 12 noon, June 11, 2012:
Frances Pritchard
City Clerk's Office
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
10th floor, West Tower
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
Telephone: 416-392-7445
Fax: 416-392-1879
E-mail: exc@toronto.ca
Any comments received after the Committee meeting will be processed to Council.
The Executive Committee will make its final recommendations on June 12, 2012, which will be forwarded to City Council at its meeting on July 11, 2012.
Further information:
If this matter is postponed at the Committee meeting or Council meeting or considered at a subsequent Committee meeting, no additional notice will be provided other than the information on the subsequent Committee or Council agenda. Please contact the above noted City official or the Program Contact noted on the list of fees if you require notice in these cases.
Notice to people writing or making presentations to the Budget Committee: The City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its committees.
The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City's website. The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.
The City videotapes committee and community council meetings. If you make a presentation to a committee or community council, the City will be videotaping you and City staff may make the video tapes available to the public.
If you want to learn more about why and how the City collects your information, write to the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2 or by calling 416-392-1032.
Dated at the City of Toronto this 4th day of June, 2012.
Ulli S. Watkiss
City Clerk