May 25, 1998

 URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE:

 City Council, at its meeting held on May 13 and 14, 1998, referred the following Motion to the Urban Environment and Development Committee for consideration:

 Moved by:Councillor Jakobek

 Seconded by:Councillor Ootes

 AWHEREAS the Budget Committee accepted the proposal of the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development to discontinue the program previously delivered, only in the former City of Toronto, which paid on behalf of property owners and collected utility payments in like manner as realty property taxes when such utilities had been discontinued to tenanted properties, under the authority of Section 6 of the City of Toronto Act, 1936 (which applied only in the former City of Toronto); and

 WHEREAS it is anticipated that the legislative authority for this program will be repealed or superseded by the Provincial Government in the spring of 1998; and

 WHEREAS it is desirable to ensure regulations are in place that are applicable to the whole of the new City of Toronto; and

 WHEREAS Bill 104, The Vital Services Act, authorizes Municipalities to pass By-laws requiring Vital Services Utilities to adopt a similar program;

 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Solicitor be requested to draft a By-law in accordance with Bill 104 to be presented to the Urban Environment and Development Committee for consideration;

 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT City Council communicate with the City=s vital services utility providers requesting their co-operation in continuing this service under the authority of and as would be required by the By-law proposed in resolution No. (1);

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the appropriate staff initiate discussions with the City=s vital services utility providers to share information regarding the operational aspects of the former City of Toronto=s utility restoration program.@

City Clerk

M. Brown/dcm