Other Items Considered by the Community Council
(a) Community Council Briefing.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having received overhead presentations from the following regarding the responsibilities of the Community Council, authority, relation to City Council, decision-making process, and a review of development, transportation and parks and recreation issues:
- Ms. Brenda Glover, Commissioner of Human Resources;
- Mr. John Reble, City Solicitor, Etobicoke;
- Ms. Karen Bricker, Commissioner of Urban Development, Etobicoke;
- Mr. Tom Denes, Commissioner of Works, Etobicoke;
- Mr. John Macintyre, Director, Planning Development and Support Services, Parks and Recreation, Etobicoke; and
- Mr. John Fulton, Director, Programming, Parks and Recreation, Etobicoke
(b) 1998 Budget Process - Public Participation at Community Council Meetings.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having recommended to the Budget Committee and to the Chief Administrative Officer:
(1) that the City of Toronto budget staff be requested to make a presentation to the Community Councils during the public meeting process, at the appropriate time, highlighting issues pertinent to each community; and
(2) that the public be made aware of the presentations through appropriate newspaper advertising.
(c) Strategic Restructuring - Non-Union Staff.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee that the Chief Administrative Officer and the Commissioner of Human Resources be requested to consider when looking at any down-sizing, that all non-union staff be treated in a fair and equitable manner and on the same basis as the union staff; and further that the Globe & Mail and all media be advised of the foregoing.
(d) Amendment to the Zoning Code - D. Sud & Sons,
Westway Plaza, 1735 Kipling Avenue.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having directed that a public meeting be held to consider the following report:
(January 21, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban Development, Etobicoke with respect to an application to amend the Planned Commercial Local (CPL) zoning on an existing shopping plaza at Dixon Road and Kipling Avenue, to permit a full range of commercial uses in one Building >D= and to permit restaurant uses in the new Building >E= fronting Northcrest Road.
(e) Amendments to the Official Plan and Zoning Code- Former City of Etobicoke - West Side of Islington Avenue, between Orrell Avenue and Riverbank Drive.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having directed that a public meeting be held to consider the following report:
(January 21, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban Development, Etobicoke with respect to a review of the lot area requirement for certain properties located on the west side of Islington Avenue, between Orrell Avenue and Riverbank Drive.
(f) New Applications for Zoning/Official Plan Amendment and Site Plan Approval.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having received the following report for information:
(January 21, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban Development, Etobicoke, reporting on new applications for rezoning/official plan amendment and site plan approval received since October, 1997.
(g) Interim Community Health Advisory Committee.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having received the following report:
(December 23, 1997) from the Chair, Etobicoke Board of Health, advising that the Members of the Etobicoke Board of Health wish to convey that they are interested in acting as an interim community health advisory committee to ensure continuity in the identification of local issues and to provide input and advice to the Toronto Board of Health.
(h) Illuminated Commercial Advertising on Telephone Booths
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having received the following report:
(January 13, 1998) from the City Clerk, inviting Members of Community Councils to appear before the February 9, 1998 meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee regarding illuminated commercial advertising on telephone booths.
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Councillor Mario Giansante, Kingsway-Humber, declared his interest in the foregoing matter in that his wife is an employee of Bell Canada.
(i) Assembly Hall Project - Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Grounds.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having:
(1) requested the Acting Commissioner of Parks & Recreation Services, Etobicoke, to bring forward a report with respect to the history and review of the Assembly Hall project; and
(2) requested the Acting Commissioner of Parks & Recreation Services, Etobicoke, to report to the next Etobicoke Community Council on Terms of Reference and a proposed membership for a proposed advisory board for the Assembly Hall project.
(j) Rogers Cable TV Coverage of Community Council Meetings.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having requested the City Clerk to contact Rogers Cable TV with a view to providing coverage of Community Council meetings.
(k) Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery.
The Etobicoke Community Council reports having requested the Director of Programming, Parks and Recreation, to bring forward a report on continuing the art gallery in the Etobicoke Civic Centre and the feasibility of recommending the institution of a similar gallery in the new City Hall.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth Brown,
Chair
Toronto, January 21, 1998
Molly Sutherland
Tel: (416) 394-8078
