EAST YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL
A G E N D A
| Date of Meeting: |
Tuesday, November 3, 1998 |
Enquiry: Janette McCusker
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| Time: |
7:00 p.m. |
Interim Contact
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| Location: |
True Davidson Council
East York Civic Centre
Chamber
850 Coxwell Avenue
Toronto
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778-2003
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO
THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.
DEPUTATIONS.
1.OPTIONS FOR WARD BOUNDARY CHANGES.
City Clerk and Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services
(October 26, 1998)
To provide options for: (1) minor refinements to the existing 28 City Wards, and (2) ward
boundary divisions to permit single member ward representation and recommending that:
(1)if the Legislature does not enact the necessary amendments to the City of Toronto Act,
1997 before the end of the current legislative session, the City Solicitor be authorized to
commence a court application under Rule 14 of the Rules of Civil Procedure (R.R.O. 1990,
Reg. 194, as amended) seeking a determination of City Council's right to enact a by-law
changing the size and composition of Council under the Municipal Act and the City of
Toronto Act, 1997;
(2)Community Councils recommend to the November 30, 1998, meeting of the Urban
Environment and Development Committee a preferred option, within its Community Council
jurisdiction, for divisions within City wards, based on minor refinements, to permit single
member ward representation;
(3)the Urban Environment and Development Committee, at its November 30, 1998, meeting,
consider this staff report, and the public input provided to and the recommendations submitted
by each Community Council, and forward overall recommendations on ward boundary
changes to City Council;
(4)City Council adopt a preferred option for ward boundary minor refinements and ward
divisions as the basis for ward revisions for the municipal elections to be held in 2000;
(5)subject to City Council's decision to divide the wards to permit single member
representation, the staff work team be requested to propose to City Council, through the
Community Councils and with public input, recommendations for ward names that reflect the
communities which make-up the new single member wards; and
(6)the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary actions to
give effect thereto.
The aforementioned joint report was distributed under separate cover. Additional
copies will be available at the meeting.
