NORTH YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL

SPECIAL MEETING

A G E N D A

Date of Meeting:Monday, November 16, 1998Enquiry:Barbara Liddiard

Council Chamber

5100 Yonge Street, Lower Level

PUBLIC MEETING.

1.7:00 p.m.OPTIONS FOR WARD BOUNDARY CHANGES.

City Clerk and Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services

(October 26, 1998)

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 Civic 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 the 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.