EMERGENCY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE

A G E N D A

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO

THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES.- November 3, 1998; and

-November 5, 1998 (Joint meeting with Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee)

DEPUTATIONS.List will be available at the meeting.

10:15 a.m.Respecting Item No. 1:Application for relocation of the Delta Mayfair Bingo Hall from 525 Wilson Avenue (Ward 8) to 1860 Wilson Avenue (Ward 6).

11:00 a.m.Respecting Item No. 4:1999 - 2003 Capital Budget Review.

COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.

1.APPLICATION FOR RELOCATION OF THE DELTA MAYFAIR BINGO HALL FROM 525 WILSON AVENUE (WARD 8) TO 1860 WILSON AVENUE (WARD 6).

(DEFERRED FROM LAST MEETING - DEPUTATION ITEM)

Commissioner of Corporate Services

City Clerk

(October 15, 1998)

Recommending that City Council, in accordance with Provincial criteria and procedures for the establishment of Bingo Halls, approve the relocation proposal by Delta Mayfair Bingo.

1(a).Councillor George Mammoliti, North York Humber

(October 28, 1998)

Advising that it is with great reluctance that he will endorse this item to be accepted by the Committee; expressing his opposition to the process followed to place this item on the agenda as he was not consulted thereon; and that he is opposed to the relocation of the Delta Mayfair Bingo Hall, due to the fact that it will be in the vicinity of a provincial welfare office and another Bingo Hall within his ward.

1(b).Councillor Betty Disero, Davenport

(October 28, 1998)

Advising of her support for the relocation of the Delta Mayfair Bingo Hall from 525 Wilson Avenue to 1860 Wilson Avenue.

1(c).Mr. Ira T. Kagan, Solicitor

Kagan, Zucker, Feldbloom, Shastri

(October 30, 1998)

Requesting, on behalf of the applicant, that the Committee support the recommendations in the staff report and advising that he will be at the meeting to address this issue.

1(d).Mr. Cesar A. Palacio, Chair

Police Community Partnership

(November 2, 1998)

Advising of his organization's support of the proposed relocation of the Delta Mayfair Bingo from 525 Wilson Avenue to 1860 Wilson Avenue.

2.REQUEST FOR AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAW NO. 20-85 OF THE FORMER METROPOLITAN COUNCIL RESPECTING PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND GOODS SHOPS.

City Solicitor

(October 21, 1998)

Recommending that:

1.(a)if City Council wishes to enact a by-law requiring owners of second-hand goods shops to obtain photographic identification from customers, and/or;

(b)if City Council wishes to request that the provincial legislature amend the Pawnbrokers Act to require pawnbrokers shops to obtain photographic identification from customers:

City Council defer consideration of this issue until such time as staff of the Toronto Licensing Commission and the Toronto Police Service report further on the forms of identification which would meet the needs of law enforcement personnel, having regard to those customers who, for whatever reason, may not be in possession of those forms of identification;

2.staff of the Toronto Licensing Commission and the Toronto Police Service report further on the technology or other means available for the recording and transmission of transaction registers, along with an assessment of the feasibility and costs of implementing the use of such technology in the City of Toronto; and

3.By-law No. 20-85 of the former Metropolitan Council not be amended to provide police officers search and seizure powers in respect of stolen property found at second-hand goods shops and pawnbrokers shops.

3.PURCHASE OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER VEHICLE KNOWN AS "BOX 12".

Fire Chief

(October 30, 1998)

Responding to the direction of the Budget Committee at its meeting held on October 13, 1998, which referred this item to the Fire Chief for further consideration and a report to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee; advising that the cost of this community service vehicle is $65,000 and that funds could be made available in the Fire Services (North York District) Trucks General Account; and recommending that Council authorize the purchase of this vehicle.

4.1999 - 2003 CAPITAL BUDGET REVIEW.

(PRESENTATION/DEPUTATION ITEM - 11:00 A.M.)

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Fire Department

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Toronto Police Service

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.Toronto Ambulance

(ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A COPY OF THE 1999-2003 CAPITAL BUDGETS UNDER SEPARATE COVER. YOU ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED TO BRING YOUR COPY OF THE RELEVANT BUDGET BOOKS TO THE MEETING.)

INFORMATION ITEMS

5.RESTRICTING HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE OF THE CITY OF TORONTO.

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

(November 18, 1998)

Responding to a recommendation by City Council on July 29, 30 and 31, 1998 that the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested to report to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee on the means, including the process, to prohibit all horse-drawn vehicles in the downtown core of the City; advising that City Council has the authority to limit the areas where horse-drawn vehicles for hire used for the purposes of sightseeing can be operated; that the restriction could identify the downtown core of the City and could be effected through amendments to Schedule 35 to the existing By-law No. 20-85; and that if Council wishes to proceed with such amendments, staff suggest that horse-drawn vehicles also be prohibited from major arterial roads in order to protect public safety and the integrity of the arterial road network.

6.COLLISION REPORTING CENTRES (CRC's) AND THEIR PROFIT MARGINS.

City Auditor

(November 17, 1998)

Responding to a recommendation by the Budget Committee that the City Auditor report on the collision reporting centres' operations and their profit margins.

7.EARTHQUAKE PROBABILITIES AND PREPAREDNESS.

Fire Chief

(October 27, 1998)

Responding to questions raised in a letter presented by Councillor Frances Nunziata at the Emergency and Protective Services Committee meeting held on October 6, 1998; advising that the City is not a great risk from an earthquake but that it should continue to consider this natural phenomenon when dealing with emergency planning, and in some respects, building design.

8.UPDATE ON PROPOSED POLICE DIVISIONAL BOUNDARIES.

Councillor Norman Gardner, Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board

(November 9, 1998)

Advising that the Toronto Police Services Board on October 26, 1998, received a report (October 1, 1998) from the Chief of Police on this issue; that the Board requested the Chief of Police to provide the Board with a further report which includes the following:

- detailed rationale for each of the proposed boundary changes

- a project plan that includes specific implementation time lines and budgetary impact (including whether $530,000 for technological changes has been budgeted)

- response to the recommendations contained in Councillor Rae's written submission

- detailed outline of an external public consultation process

- map identifying both the current and proposed boundaries;

and further advising that upon receipt of the Chief's rationale and project plan, the Board will request a presentation on the proposed boundaries and identify two Board members to assist in communicating this process to members of City Council and to interested parties.

ANY OTHER MATTERS.