STRATEGIC POLICIES AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE
SPECIAL MEETING
A G E N D A
| Date of Meeting: |
Thursday, October 1, 1998 |
Enquiry: Christine
Archibald
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| Time: |
9:00 a.m. |
Interim Contact
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| Location: |
Committee Room A
2nd Floor - Metro Hall
55 John Street, Toronto |
392-7039
E-mail address of
carchiba@city.toronto.on.ca
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO
THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT. 1.VETERANS' CLUBHOUSES AND LEGION HALLS
City Clerk
(September 30, 1998)
Forwarding the action of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force to the Strategic
Policies and Priorities Committee and recommending that the report (September 22,
1998) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer be amended by deleting the
words, "November 15, 1998" from Recommendation No. (6) and replacing them with
"November 11, 1998" , and that the report, as amended, be adopted.
2.REASSESSMENT AND TAX POLICY INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS PLAN
City Clerk
(September 30, 1998)
Forwarding the action of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force to the Strategic
Policies and Priorities Committee and recommending that the Chair of the Task Force
and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer be authorized to meet with provincial
officials to discuss valuation models, quality control studies and the review of the quality
and accuracy of the reassessment in Toronto, and report back to the Task Force on
those discussions, at its meeting to be held on October 22, 1998.
3.ONTARIO PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CORPORATION - RECOVERY OF 1998
COSTS
City Clerk
(September 30, 1998)
Forwarding the action of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force to the Strategic
Policies and Priorities Committee and recommending that:
(1)the report (September 15, 1998) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer be
adopted;
(2)the Mayor, and interested Members of Council, be requested to meet with the
Minister of Finance to ensure that the City of Toronto has the number of members on
the Board of Ontario Property Assessment Corporation proportional to the percentage
of its levy;
(3)Councillor Chong be appointed an ex-officio member of the Assessment and Tax
Policy Task Force; and
(4)Council's position be forwarded to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario with
the request that it endorse the City's position.
4.OWNER-OCCUPIED CONDOMINIUMS
City Clerk
(September 30, 1998)
Forwarding the action of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force to the Strategic
Policies and Priorities Committee and recommending that the administrative process set
out in the report (September 12, 1998) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
be approved.
5.EXTENSION OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENT APPEAL DEADLINE
City Clerk
(September 30, 1998)
Forwarding the action of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force to the Strategic
Policies and Priorities Committee and City Council, and recommending that Council
request all parties in the Ontario legislature to ensure that amending legislation to
extend the property assessment appeal deadline to October 30, 1998 is supported in the
house and approved without delay.
6.CAPPING OF BUSINESS AND REALTY TAXES FOR BIAs
City Clerk
(September 30, 1998)
Forwarding the action of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force to the Strategic
Policies and Priorities Committee and recommending that:
(1)the provincial government be requested to amend legislation in order that individual
BIAs may create their own tax policies on BIA levies, at the individual discretion of each
BIA; and
(2)TABIA be advised of the City's request to the provincial government, in order that it
may inform its members.
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