CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENTS

Certified to be a true copy of amendments to:

Report No. 3A of The Corporate Services Committee,

Report No. 4A of The Urban Environment and Development Committee,

Report No. 4A of The Urban Environment and Development Committee,

Report No. 5 of The Urban Environment and Development Committee,

Report No. 3A of The Works and Utilities Committee,

Report No. 4A of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee,

Report No. 5A of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee,

Report No. 4A of The North York Community Council,

Report No. 3A of The Toronto Community Council,

Report No. 4A of The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, and

Report No. 1A of The Nominating Committee,

and Notices of Motions, as adopted by the Council of the City of Toronto at its Special Meeting held on April 28 and May 1, 1998.

REPORT NO. 3A OF THE CORPORATE SERVICES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1 - "City of Toronto Administrative, Professional Supervisory Association, Incorporated (COTAPSAI)".

The foregoing Clause was struck out and referred back to the Corporate Services Committee for further consideration.

Clause No. 2 - "Retention of Real Estate Consulting Firm in which a Former Employee is a Principal".

The foregoing Clause was amended:

(1) to provide that the contract with Johnston Donald be continued with respect to City business until June 30, 1998, and with respect to the Sheppard Subway purchases, until the contracts currently underway are completed; and

(2) by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(a) no new files be given to Johnston Donald and no additional funds in excess of the amounts identified in the confidential report dated March 19, 1998, from the Commissioner of Corporate Services, be expended without further approval of City Council; and

(b) issues related to the contract with Johnston Donald, as identified by Council at its  in-camera meeting, be referred to the Chief Administrative Officer, with a request that he, in consultation with the City Solicitor, report thereon to the next meeting of the Corporate Services Committee."

REPORT NO. 4A OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1 - "Ward Boundary Review Process".

The foregoing Clause was amended by:

(1) striking out Recommendations Nos. (6) and (8) embodied in the joint report dated March 12, 1998, from the City Clerk and the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(6) the appropriate staff develop plans which give effect to City Council's decision that there will be three Councillors from East York;

(8) Community Councils be requested to hold meetings to invite the public's input on the matter of ward boundaries, ward division and governance, and report thereon through the Urban Environment and Development Committee;",

so that the recommendations embodied in the joint report dated March 12, 1998, from the City Clerk and the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, shall now read as follows:

"It is recommended that:

(1) the City Solicitor be authorized to request from the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing amendments to the City of Toronto Act, 1997 to permit single member ward representation within the City of Toronto and to allow for increases or decreases in the overall size of City Council;

(2) the four commonly accepted principles on which ward boundaries options are to be evaluated be approved and that variations in average ward populations of plus or minus 25 percent be accepted as the norm;

(3) a Staff Working Group with representation from Clerk's, Legal, Planning, Economic Development, Social Development and Corporate Policy and Planning be created to co-ordinate the process, liaise with Members of Council, and undertake the necessary research;

(4) existing ward boundaries within the new City of Toronto be used as the basis for the new ward boundaries, with minor refinements where needed;

(5) Council indicate its support for the principle that each of the existing City wards be divided in two, thus enabling election of a single Councillor per ward at the next municipal election in the year 2000;

(6) the appropriate staff develop plans which give effect to City Council's decision that there will be three Councillors from East York;

(7) the process and timeline outlined for refining existing boundaries and dividing wards be approved for implementation;

(8) Community Councils be requested to hold meetings to invite the public's input on the matter of ward boundaries, ward division and governance, and report thereon through the Urban Environment and Development Committee; and

(9) the appropriate City officials be authorized to give effect hereto."; and

(2) adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the report dated April 16, 1998, from the City Clerk embodying the following recommendation, be adopted:

'It is recommended that Council determine that the petition is not properly before Council.' "

Clause No. 2 - "Monitoring of Red-Light Violations at Traffic Control Signals".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1) the Province of Ontario be requested to increase the fine for red-light violations from $105.00 to $200.00;

(2) the Province of Ontario be reminded that the owner of a motor vehicle should be accountable when giving possession of their automobile to someone who drives through red lights; and

(3) the Mayor be requested to follow-up on the report previously requested by City Council at its meeting held on February 4, 5 and 6, 1998, by its adoption of a Notice of Motion by Councillor Feldman, seconded by Councillor Fotinos, wherein the Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board was requested to submit a report to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee on the feasibility of a City-run, unarmed constabulary to issue citations for all traffic violations."

REPORT NO. 5 OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1 - "Prohibition of Advertising Signs Abutting the F.G. Gardiner Expressway (formerly the Queen Elizabeth Way), Eglinton Avenue West, Highway No. 2, Highway No. 2A, and Highway No. 27".

The foregoing Clause was amended by striking out the recommendation of the Urban Environment and Development Committee and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"WHEREAS by Order in Council 534/97, 535/97 and 647/97 the City has acquired former provincial highways with the result that the provincial regulations with respect to signs on the lands abutting those highways have ceased to apply; and

WHEREAS it would be prudent to prohibit third party signs on the lands abutting the newly acquired highways;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

(1) Council propose to enact a sign by-law as an interim measure pursuant to the Municipal Act, to prohibit third party advertising within 400 metres of any limit of the sections of highway generally described as: the F.G. Gardiner Expressway from Highway 427 to Humber River; Eglinton Avenue from The East Mall to a point 0.5 kilometres east; Highway 2A from Highway 401 to old Highway 2 (Kingston Road); Highway 27 from Highway 401 to Steeles Avenue; and Highway 2 from Highway 401 to the City of Toronto and Durham boundary;

(2) Council delegate to the Urban Environment and Development Committee the function of hearing deputations from the public on the proposed by-law; and

(3) City staff be directed to give notice, in accordance with the Municipal Act, of the Urban Environment and Development Committee meeting at which the proposed by-law is to be discussed and to take any other steps necessary to give effect to this resolution."

REPORT NO. 3A OF THE WORKS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1 - "Deposit/Return System for Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Containers".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1) the report dated April 9, 1998, from the City Solicitor, entitled 'Implementation of a Deposit/Return System for Wine and Spirit Containers', embodying the following recommendation, be adopted:

'It is recommended that, should City Council wish to proceed with the implementation of a deposit/return system for beverage containers, the Province of Ontario be requested to enact legislation granting the City the power to do so.';

(2) City Council endorse the following Resolution which was adopted by the Council of the Township of Hagarty and Richards at its meeting held on January 20, 1998:

'WHEREAS the ratepayers of the municipality of Hagarty & Richards and all municipalities in Ontario are paying for ever-increasing costs of recyclable items; and

WHEREAS the Brewers' Retail in Ontario maintains a deposit and refund system for their containers;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HAGARTY & RICHARDS COUNCIL THAT the manufacturers of products placed in containers be required to offer a deposit and refund system for the return of these containers to the place of purchase once empty.';

(3) City Council endorse the proposal of the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority pertaining to the pilot project as embodied in the communication dated March 24, 1998, addressed to the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, from the General Manager, Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority, for a deposit/return system for LCBO containers at three communities within the County of Essex;

(4) all LCBO containers be banned from the City of Toronto's blue box program and landfill sites effective September 1, 1998;

(5) the deposit/return system and by-law being developed by City staff include a provision which would allow City Council to include or exclude various beverage container types, such as cans;

(6) the Minister of Environment be requested to set up a product stewardship program that makes producers fully responsible for the economic costs and environmental impacts of the products and associated packaging they produce over their life cycle and that eliminates municipal taxpayer subsidies for the collection, reuse, recycling and disposal of these products and associated packaging;

(7) the product stewardship program include: zero waste to disposal as an ideal to work toward to motivate continual improvement; the 3Rs waste management hierarchy; fair and equitable treatment of all producers, whether domestic or foreign; a convenient system for consumers to return products to producers; and phase-out of non-refillable beverage containers over the long term;

(8) the Minister of Environment be requested to establish a multi-stakeholder consultation on methods for meeting refillables targets which takes as a given that a comprehensive deposit/return system with increasing levels of refillable beverage containers across a broad array of beverage types will be in use in Ontario;

(9) the Province of Ontario be requested to:

(a) institute, through regulation, a comprehensive deposit/return system for beverage containers, with specific refillables targets set and a timetable for achieving these targets;

(b) develop an education and promotion program regarding deposit/return systems, product take-back and reuse;

(c) provide a share of the environmental levy to pay for the City's recycling program; and

(d) introduce legislation to allow refillable containers in the wine and agricultural industries;

(10) the regulation require that empty beverage containers be returned to retail stores with adequate compensation for retailers to fully cover their handling costs;

(11) the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested to:

(a) develop a communications program to have homeowners return their wine and spirit containers to the point of purchase, such communications program to include an announcement of a wine and spirit container take-back program in the next issue of the City of Toronto's 'Waste Watch' newsletter; and

(b) bring forth a by-law to require a deposit/return system in the City of Toronto for all other beverage containers;

(12) the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, in consultation with the City Solicitor, be:

(a) requested to submit to the next meeting of the Works and Utilities Committee, a draft by-law for a deposit/return system for LCBO containers sold in the City of Toronto; and

(b) authorized to retain outside counsel, if necessary;

(13) the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested to submit a report to the Works and Utilities Committee on:

(a) establishing a depot system which would allow residents to return wine bottles, soft drink containers, etc., on a voluntary basis, for recycling; and

(b) the use of bottle return machines that provide a cash refund and the possibility of having the program sponsored by non-profit volunteer groups;

(14) at such time as the by-laws come forward, the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested to submit a report to the Works and Utilities Committee on the costs and benefits of keeping aluminum cans as part of the Blue Box system, such report to include:

(a) employment in the aluminum recycling industry;

(b) environmental implications; and

(c) potential loss of municipal revenue;

(15 ) the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be authorized to organize a one-day conference, to be held in the Council Chambers of Metro Hall, during late May or early June, 1998, which will address the economic and environmental costs and benefits of implementing comprehensive deposit/return regulations for beverage containers in Ontario, with presentations by academic and professional guest speakers who are knowledgeable concerning these issues;

(16 ) funds not to exceed $15,000.00 be provided from the Works and Emergency Services Department's budget for promotion and education to pay for the costs associated with the conference, including the reasonable per diem travel and accommodation expenses of guests speakers, promotion of the conference, and related expenditures;

(17) a session of the conference be devoted to discussing the development of a Province-wide strategy to create a coalition of municipalities and environmental organizations interested in achieving comprehensive deposit/return regulations for beverage containers sold in Ontario and in achieving full product stewardship for all other packaging waste such that the management of this waste results in zero municipal cost to Ontario municipalities; and

(18) the City Clerk be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolutions to the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations."

Clause No. 4 - "Mixed Waste Recycling and Organics Processing Demonstration Facility".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be directed to ensure that consultation takes place with the surrounding industrial and residential community and that a plan be developed for integrating the proposed facility into the industrial community in a way that makes the industrial community an integral part of the process."

REPORT NO. 4A OF THE STRATEGIC POLICIES

AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 2 - "Voluntary Separation Program for Bargaining Unit Employees".

The foregoing Clause was amended by:

(1) amending the joint confidential report dated March 25, 1998, from the Executive Director of Human Resources, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Chief Administrative Officer, entitled "Separation Program for Bargaining Unit Employees", by:

(a) inserting the word "Voluntary" prior to the words "Separation Program" in Recommendation No. (1) and wherever the words occur in the body of the aforementioned report; and

(b) adding thereto the following new recommendation as embodied in the communication dated April 2, 1998, from the Acting President, CUPE, Local 79:

"That Members of CUPE, Local 79, receive transition allowances which include out-placement services, tuition assistance and career transition services.";

so that the recommendations embodied in the joint confidential report shall now read as follows:

"It is recommended that:

(1) Council adopt the Voluntary Separation Program for Bargaining Unit Employees;

(2) this program replace all separation or exit programs, policies and practices in the former municipalities;

(3) all bargaining unit employees of the (new) City of Toronto be advised that separation or exit programs, policies and practices which may have been in place in the former municipalities are no longer in force;

(4) the previously established Reserve for Workforce Reduction initially accommodate the funding of this strategy;

(5) the Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Executive Director of Human Resources be authorized to take all the necessary steps to implement these actions as part of the Workforce Reduction Strategy; and

(6) Members of CUPE, Local 79, receive transition allowances which include out-placement services, tuition assistance and career transition services."; and

(2) adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1) the Voluntary Separation Program for Bargaining Unit Employees be offered only for 1998, and the Executive Director of Human Resources be requested to take into consideration all issues raised by Members of Council in the development of the Separation Program for 1999;

(2) Management retain the right to approve participation in the Voluntary Separation Program;

(3) the Voluntary Separation Program for Bargaining Units Employees be targeted only to increases that will not affect current service levels or Council's ability to set appropriate service levels when Council makes service level decisions later this year;

(4) senior staff make every effort to achieve right-sizing through attrition and voluntary exit packages rather than layoffs;

(5) the Chief Administrative Officer and the Executive Director of Human Resources be requested to arrange a briefing for Members of Council on human resources policies;

(6) the Executive Director of Human Resources and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer be requested to:

(a) submit a report to the Corporate Services Committee with respect to the possibility of OMERS Type 7 and other related OMERS programs being offered to bargaining unit employees; and

(b) provide an interim joint report to Council, through the Corporate Services Committee, in September 1998, on the status of the Voluntary Separation Program; and

(7) the Executive Director of Human Resources be requested to submit a report to the Corporate Services Committee on developing options related to a 'no layoff' policy."

Clause No. 7 - "Process to Develop an Agreement on Matters of Mutual Interest Between the City of Toronto and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to Lester B. Pearson International Airport".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1) the Toronto Transit Commission be requested to participate fully in the negotiations respecting the accord; and

(2) the matter of the Malton Bus be resolved through this process."

Clause No. 11 - "Resolution - Business Education Tax Rate in Ontario".

The foregoing Clause was amended by striking out the recommendation of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"It is recommended that the transmittal letter dated March 26, 1998, from the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force be received."

Clause No. 12 - "Provincial Property Tax System".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

Clause No. 13 - "Proposed New Municipal Act - Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Consultation Document".

The foregoing Clause was amended by striking out the recommendation of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"It is recommended that the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing be informed that City Council:

(1) does not support the draft of the proposed new Municipal Act as it does not meet the objectives of the municipalities;

(2) supports the key issues stated by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, as embodied in its news release dated April 24, 1998; and

(3) wishes to express to the Provincial Government, its disappointment with the new Municipal Act as it has failed miserably in its avowed promise of municipal empowerment."

Clause No. 25 - "Property Assessment and Tax Policy System".

The foregoing Clause was amended:

(1) by inserting the words ", if and as adopted by Council,", after the word "changes" in Recommendation No. (2) of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force, embodied in the transmittal letter dated April 6, 1998, from the City Clerk, so that the recommendations of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force shall now read as follows:

"(1) That Council request the Government of Ontario and Legislature to hold public hearings on the announced new legislation to address problems with the new Current Value Assessment (CVA) system;

(2) That Council authorize the Chair of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to make representations to the Ontario Government and Legislature on recommended changes, if and as adopted by Council, to Provincial legislation and regulations regarding property assessment and property taxes; and

(3) That Council request the Government of Ontario and Legislature to amend the appropriate legislation to establish the preliminary tax rate study as a public record within the meaning of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.";

(2) to provide that the Chair of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force be authorized to include in the presentations to the Province only subject matter that has been duly approved by City Council; and

(3) by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(a) the recommendations of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force embodied in the transmittal letter dated April 22, 1998, from the City Clerk, be adopted, viz.:

'(1) That the Province be requested in their drafting of the capping legislation to provide for the re-opening of all leases to ensure that commercial and industrial tenant formerly residentially rated pay their proportionate share of residential taxes under the capping option, the enactment of which would render any rebate program unnecessary during the course of the capping provision;

(2) That the Province be requested to continue to collect and maintain tenant information in the commercial and industrial property classes and to make this information available to the City in 1998 and subsequent assessment rolls; and

(3) That in the interests of administrative efficiencies for the City, and to ensure that the appropriate taxes are billed, the Province be requested to enact new legislation providing for the separate assessment of charitable and similar organizations that are tenants in commercial or industrial properties and authorizing the City to issue tax bills directly to charitable and similar organizations, with ultimate responsibility for payment in the event of default on the owner of the property, the enactment of which would also render the rebate program unnecessary.';

(b) City Council request the Province of Ontario to:

(i) provide municipalities with the authority to create a separate class for the retail, restaurant, retail with residential above and retail with office categories on the Assessment Roll;

(ii) provide in its legislation and regulations for internal apportionments to deliver caps on tax increases due to reassessment in the commercial and industrial categories with particular emphasis on the shopping centre categories on the Assessment Roll; and

(iii) provide in its legislation and regulations for a separate class for heritage lands and buildings on the Assessment Roll;

(c) the report dated April 14, 1998, from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, headed 'Updated Process to Develop Tax Plan', embodying the following recommendations be adopted:

'It is recommended that:

(1) the revised process for the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force to report to Council on a tax implementation plan, as outlined in this report, be adopted;

(2) that a special meeting of Council be called in June to consider the final tax policy plan for the City; and

(3) the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.';

(d) a Working Group on Multi-Unit Residential Taxation, chaired by Councillor McConnell and including any Councillor wishing to serve, and who has constituents who are tenants in multi-unit residential buildings, be established to initiate discussions with organizations that represent Landlords, in order to obtain their support for regulatory changes that would ensure that reductions in multi-unit residential taxes result in benefits to tenants; and

(e) the following motion be referred to the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force for consideration:

Moved by Councillor Adams:

'It is recommended that City Council endorse the Resolution which was adopted by the GTA Mayors and Regional Chairs at their meeting held on April 17, 1998, as embodied in the communication submitted by Councillor Layton.' "

Clause No. 27 - "Independent Review of Provincial Current Value Assessments".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

REPORT NO. 5A OF THE STRATEGIC POLICIES AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1 - "Award of Contract for the Construction of the Toronto Police Service Forensic Examination Centre".

Council adopted the following recommendation embodied in the report dated February 27, 1998, from the Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board, as recommended by the Budget Committee in the transmittal letter dated April 8, 1998:

"It is recommended that the Emergency and Protective Services Committee approve the construction award for the Toronto Police Service Forensic Examination Centre to Atlas Corporation at a cost of $5,070,000.00 and that the funds be provided from the Police Services Board's 1996-2000 Capital Budget."

REPORT NO. 4A OF THE NORTH YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Clause No. 41 - "UDSP-95-109 - Royal Mansions - 15 - 25 Lorraine Drive".

The foregoing Clause was amended by striking out the recommendation of the North York Community Council and inserting in lieu thereof the following recommendations embodied in the joint confidential report dated April 15, 1998, from the City Solicitor and the Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services, viz.:

"It is recommended that:

(1) this report be received as information; and

(2) Item 41 of North York Community Council Report No. 4 be received."

REPORT NO. 3A OF THE TORONTO COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Clause No. 43 - "Retention of Expert Planning Witness - 5, 7 and 9 Sultan Street (Downtown)".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

Clause No. 96 - "Other Items Considered by the Community Council".

[Item (ff)]

Item (ff) entitled "Park Drive Ravine, Ontario Municipal Board Decision, Dismissal of Two Appeals to Zoning By-law No. 1997-0369 (Midtown)", embodied in the foregoing Clause, was struck out and referred back to the Toronto Community Council for further consideration.

REPORT NO. 4A OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW

THE FINAL REPORT OF THE TORONTO TRANSITION TEAM

Clause No. 1 - "Terms of Reference for Economic Development Committee".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

Clause No. 2 - "Toronto Library Board Structure".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the report (undated) from the Toronto Public Library Board, be adopted, subject to adding to the criteria for selecting Board Members of the Toronto Public Library Board the provision that Board Members must possess a valid library card."

REPORT NO. 1A OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1 - "Appointments to the Board of Directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS

(a ) Moved by: Councillor Pantalone

Seconded by: Councillor Silva

"WHEREAS the annual Senhor Santo Cristo Festival will be held on May 16, 17 and 18, 1998; and

WHEREAS the annual Senhor Santo Cristo Festival is a much anticipated community event in the City of Toronto; and

WHEREAS St. Mary's Church is seeking a resolution from City Council declaring the annual Senhor Santo Cristo Festival to be a community festival of municipal significance; and

WHEREAS this resolution is required by the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario to issue a special occasion permit;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council advise the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario that it deems the annual Senhor Santo Cristo Festival to be a community festival of municipal significance, in order to proceed with the application for a special occasion permit."

Disposition: The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment.

(b) Moved by: Councillor Mammoliti

Seconded by: Councillor Miller

"WHEREAS most City Councillors have had the opportunity to consult with their communities in respect to the latest changes in the property assessments; and

WHEREAS many residents are receiving substantial increases in their assessments; and

WHEREAS the Province has given the municipalities some control over how it sorts out and rectifies its problems concerning the property assessments across the City; and

WHEREAS there will be literally thousands of property tax appeals lodged before June 29, 1998;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City implement a strategy to help residents who have, or who wish to, appeal tax increases to the Assessment Review Board by setting up an interim, arms-length FAIR TAX ASSESSMENT OFFICE;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this office do all things necessary to help these applicants."

Disposition: The foregoing Motion was referred to the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force.

(c) Moved by: Councillor Walker

Seconded by: Councillor Adams

"WHEREAS there has been a great deal of speculation in the media regarding the possible purchase of the City of Toronto's 'Union Station lands'; and

WHEREAS the Mayor's office has not supplied City of Toronto Councillors with any details regarding any such proposal; and

WHEREAS Councillor Michael Walker, by way of a letter dated February 18, 1998 (see attached) requested that the Mayor provide City Councillors with information regarding the proposed land deal; and

WHEREAS the Mayor has still not provided the requested information; and

WHEREAS it is vital that the negotiations for any possible disposition of these lands be done openly in a public forum; and

WHEREAS, it is essential that the City of Toronto receive 'fair market value' for its lands, which are worth well in excess of $100 million;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

(1) City Council appoint a lead negotiator, who, along with City staff, negotiate the possible sale/lease of the Union Station lands with Maple Leaf Gardens;

(2) City staff select three possible chief negotiators for final selection by City Council. In selecting the three possible negotiators, staff is to give consideration to those candidates with knowledge of these lands and with previous experience in negotiating their disposition to Maple Leaf Gardens;

(3) City Council meet in special session to decide what instructions to give its negotiating team regarding any possible disposition of the lands; and

(4) City Council continue to meet at regular intervals, in special session, to receive briefings from the City negotiators and to further instruct the negotiators."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion, together with the communication dated February 18, 1998, from Councillor Walker, was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(d) Moved by: Councillor Fotinos

Seconded by: Councillor Disero

"WHEREAS the Toronto Police Service has identified a need to find a new location for 14 Division headquarters; and

WHEREAS the Police have short-listed two potential sites for the new division headquarters; and

WHEREAS the former TTC Lansdowne garage is one of these two sites; and

WHEREAS the site is owned by the public (TTC/City); and

WHEREAS a police station at this site would be of great benefit to the Bloor/Lansdowne area;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Toronto Police Service be requested to choose the Lansdowne garage site as the new location for 14 Division headquarters;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Toronto Police Service be requested to abandon the other site."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(e) Moved by: Councillor Berger

Seconded by: Councillor Moscoe

"WHEREAS the Parking Authority members will not be nominated for some time; and

WHEREAS the Authority has the responsibility to elect a president; and

WHEREAS it is important that the president reflect the policies of the City and be chosen by the new board;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Parking Authority be requested to defer the appointment until the new board takes effect."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion, together with the communication dated April 1, 1998, from the Chairman, Toronto Parking Authority, was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(f) Moved by: Councillor Walker

Seconded by: Councillor Disero

"WHEREAS the Mayor has promised the citizens of Toronto a 10-year tax freeze; and

WHEREAS the Province of Ontario has imposed an assessment that is not only unfair and haphazard but is literally unreasonable; and

WHEREAS a court is unlikely to uphold a law whose application bears no relation to the wording of the legislation, i.e. 'value established by what a willing buyer would pay to a willing seller';

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council take no action to implement the unreasonable legislation respecting Current Value Assessment;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT City Council be prepared to defend this action, if necessary, before a court by providing empirical evidence respecting the improper and incompetent way the assessment was conducted, including seeking a declaration that the said application of assessments is in contravention of the law;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, in the absence of any rational assessment scheme that would meet the test of the Courts, Council direct that the final 1998 property tax bills be sent based on the 1997 assessment rolls at 1997 mill rates;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the effect of Resolution Nos. (1), (2) and (3) shall mean a property tax freeze for all ratepayers in 1998;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, if Council requires further funds to meet its obligations, that those funds be drawn from tax collected on behalf of the Province by the City."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion, together with the communication dated April 13, 1998, from Ms. D. Midwinter, Touchwood, was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(g) Moved by: Councillor Layton

Seconded by: Councillor King

"WHEREAS smog is responsible for 1,800 premature deaths in Ontario each year of which 180 deaths are in the City of Toronto; and

WHEREAS emergency hospital admissions for respiratory problems in infants rise by 15 percent immediately after severe smog days; and

WHEREAS the citizens of our city deserve to breathe clean air; and

WHEREAS the City of Toronto has the power and responsibility to address this issue; and

WHEREAS the smog season is just about to start and the City should be acting quickly to respond to the problem; and

WHEREAS the former City of Toronto and the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto had considered this problem and had adopted a series of motions and policies to start to address the problem;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council direct the Medical Officer of Health to report back to City Council in May, 1998, with a Corporate Smog Alert Response Plan for Council's consideration;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT City Council adopt the recommendations in the attached joint report dated April 3, 1998, from Councillors Layton and King, which bring forward the anti-smog initiatives taken by former Municipalities of Metropolitan Toronto and Toronto."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion, together with the joint report dated April 3, 1998, from Councillors Jack Layton and Joan King, the communication dated April 14, 1998, from the City Clerk, and the communication dated April 9, 1998, from the Director of Corporate Support Services, City of St. Catharines, was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(h) Moved by: Councillor Jakobek

Seconded by: Councillor Ootes

"WHEREAS 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 Services 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."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(i) Moved by: Councillor Sgro

Seconded by: Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski

"WHEREAS City Council at its meeting on March 4, 5, and 6, 1998, in its consideration of Item (e) headed 'Permanent Charity Gaming Clubs and Video Lottery Terminals' embodied in Clause No. 15 of Report No. 2 of The Urban Environment and Development Committee, headed 'Other Items Considered by the Committee', struck out the action taken by the Committee and, inter alia, adopted the following recommendation:

'(2) in place of the Sub-Committee on Permanent Charity Gaming Clubs and Video Lottery Terminals established by The Urban Environment and Development Committee, a Sub-Committee on Gambling be formed to address the appropriate distribution of gambling revenues between the Province of Ontario and charities.'; and

WHEREAS the City Clerk was requested to poll Members of Council for their interest in serving as members of the Sub-Committee on Gambling; and

WHEREAS the following Members of Council have expressed an interest in being appointed to the Sub-Committee on Gambling:

Councillor Brown;

Councillor Bussin;

Councillor Faubert;

Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski;

Councillor Mammoliti; and

Councillor Sgro;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Councillors Brown, Bussin, Faubert, Korwin-Kuczynski, Mammoliti; and Sgro be appointed to the Sub-Committee on Gambling."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(j) Moved by: Councillor Pantalone

Seconded by: Mayor Lastman

"WHEREAS section 3 of the Building Code Act, 1992, requires the Council of each municipality to appoint a chief building official; and

WHEREAS the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services has conducted an internal competition in accordance with the guidelines established by the Executive Director of Human Resources; and

WHEREAS the panel that conducted the interviews for selection of the candidate included the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, a representative of the Human Resources Department and the Assistant Deputy Minister of Housing Policy and Programs; and

WHEREAS the Chief Administrative Officer, who has delegated authority to appoint for positions at the Level 3 and below, was briefed on the selection process and concurs in the selection; and

WHEREAS, as a result, Yaman Uzumeri, has been hired as Executive Director of the Building Division of the Urban Planning and Development Services Department;

WHEREAS Council must pass a by-law to designate the Chief Building Official under the Building Code Act;

WHEREAS it is expedient to appoint Yaman Uzumeri, Chief Building Official for the City of Toronto;

WHEREAS, until the restructuring of the Building Division is completed and Directors/Deputy Chief Building Officials are appointed, it is necessary to maintain existing authorities within the six (6) former municipalities to process applications and issue orders;

WHEREAS the continuation of the powers and duties of all current Chief Building Officials and Deputy Chief Building Officials is appropriate to maintain the authority structure on an interim basis;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Yaman Uzumeri be appointed Chief Building Official for the City of Toronto;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Bruce Ashton, Beate Bowron, Harold Bratten, Pamela Coburn, Tony Chow, Rick Mori, and Bernie Roth be appointed Deputy Chief Building Officials for the City of Toronto;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT leave be granted to introduce a Bill in Council substantially in the form attached to this Notice of Motion to give effect to the appointments."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion, together with the draft Bill, was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(k) Moved by: Councillor Balkissoon

Seconded by: Councillor Mahood

"WHEREAS a major issue facing the new City of Toronto is being competitive with the GTA region in creating jobs and attracting industries through aggressive economic development initiatives; and

WHEREAS the new City of Toronto, through its economic development program, must carefully review its inventory of available lands; and

WHEREAS this review must consider the continued viability of many existing older industrial (employment) lands and, in the interest of economic development, their conversion to other higher and better uses; and

WHEREAS the conversion of older industrial lands will have a direct impact on the inventory of available employment lands especially the undeveloped employment (industrial) lands (greenfields); and

WHEREAS Scarborough Community Council is currently considering a land use study of 753 acres of undeveloped industrial lands for redesignation for other uses;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Interim Functional Lead, Economic Development, be requested to report on this application and its impact from an economic development perspective to the meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee scheduled to be held May 19, 1998;

AND BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Urban Environment and Development Committee be requested to advise the Scarborough Community Council of any interest, from an economic development perspective, regarding this application at its meeting scheduled to be held on May 27, 1998."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(l) Moved By: Councillor Jakobek

Seconded By: Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski

"WHEREAS representatives from the Legal and Housing Departments of the former City of Toronto have been meeting with the Province's representatives under the Province's 'File Close Out Process' with a view to negotiating claims that the City and Cityhome have against the Province arising out of the cancellation of the Province's social housing programs; and

WHEREAS the Province is prepared to make a partial payment to the City at this time in respect of all outstanding non-land related claims; and

WHEREAS in order to receive the settlement funds in a timely manner and in order to continue with the negotiations with the Province for the remaining portion of the City and Cityhome's claims, it is important that City Council consider this matter at its meeting of April 16, 1998;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

(1) City Council consider the confidential report from the City Solicitor dealing with the partial settlement of the former City of Toronto and Cityhome's claim against the Province arising out of the cancellation of the Province's social housing programs; and

(2) City Council approve the proposed partial settlement for the reasons set out in the confidential report and adopt the recommendations of the City Solicitor."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion, together with the confidential report dated April 15, 1998, from the City Solicitor, was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(m) Moved by: Councillor Chow

Seconded by: Councillor McConnell

"WHEREAS the Children's Action Committee on April 6, 1998, recommended that:

'(1) the Provincial Government be advised of Council's extreme concern that the Provincial Government's new education funding model will jeopardize the services currently provided in Toronto to children and their families;

(2) the Provincial Government be requested to review its education funding allocation and broaden its definition of classroom and student needs to include the whole education community to ensure that there are adequate resources available to address children's needs such as: nutrition programs; child care; adult education; after four programs; community use of schools; programs and services for newly arrived students and their families; additional staff and programs for inner City students; and other services that improve a student's "readiness to learn";

(3) the Provincial Government be invited to appoint two MPPs from its caucus representing the Toronto area to work with City and Toronto School Board officials to ensure that the programs listed in Recommendation No. (2) are protected; and

(4) the Toronto School Board be requested to continue its immigration settlement activities by creating a partnership approach which involves the Toronto School Boards, the City and the Provincial and Federal governments.'; and

WHEREAS it is critical that City Council express its concern in this regard to the Provincial government as soon as possible;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council adopt the recommendations of the Children's Action Committee as outlined above."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion, together with the communication dated April 23, 1998, from the City Clerk, was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(n) Moved by: Councillor Silva

Seconded by: Councillor Disero

"WHEREAS Council on March 4, 5 and 6, 1998, adopted Clause No. 1 of Report No. 2 of The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, headed 'Appointment to the Toronto Arts Council';

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council authorize an amendment to the Grant Agreement between the Toronto Cultural Advisory Corporation and the City of Toronto to provide as follows:

- that Section 1.5.1(a) of the Agreement shall read 'five directors appointed by the Council who shall be members of Council.'

- that Section 5.3 of the Agreement shall read 'Council at its inaugural meeting following a regular municipal election will appoint five members of Council to the Board of Directors'; and

- that 'such other amendments as are necessary to give effect to City Council's motion from its March 4, 5 and 6, 1998, meeting at which three additional Councillors were appointed to the Board of the Toronto Arts Council.' "

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(o) Moved by: Councillor Jakobek

Seconded by: Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski

"WHEREAS City Council at its meeting held on April 16, 1998, adopted, as amended, Clause No. 14 of Report No. 4 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, headed 'Toronto City Council's Response to Draft Greater Toronto Services Board Act';

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, in accordance with Section 46 of the Council Procedural By-law, Clause No. 14 of Report No. 4 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, headed 'Toronto City Council's Response to Draft Greater Toronto Services Board Act', be reopened for further consideration."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(p) Moved by: Councillor Mammoliti

Seconded by: Councillor Li Preti

"WHEREAS the Ontario Government's Health Services Restructuring Commission recommended the closure of Northwestern Hospital and its 'merger' with Humber River Regional Hospital; and

WHEREAS this will require the expansion of the Church Street site of the Humber River Regional Hospital, which has already submitted a rezoning application to facilitate this expansion; and

WHEREAS the Humber River Regional Hospital is situated in the planning jurisdictions of the former cities of York and North York;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council indicate to the Humber River Regional Hospital that in order to facilitate their rezoning application, community concerns will have to be addressed through a wider consultation process;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council support the establishment of an Advisory Committee, composed of the six Councillors representing York Humber, North York Humber and Black Creek, along with representatives from the communities of Keele/Eglinton, Jane and Lawrence, Jane and Finch, and a representative of the Humber River Regional Hospital;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT public consultation meetings on the Church Street expansion proposal be held at the York Civic Service Centre and the North York Civic Service Centre."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(q) Moved by: Councillor Rae

Seconded by: Councillor Chow

"WHEREAS Eric Ross Arthur was an Architect, writer and educator who had a great deal of influence on the design and preservation of some of the most significant buildings in the City of Toronto; and

WHEREAS the St. Lawrence Hall and University College restoration were completed under his supervision; and

WHEREAS Eric Ross Arthur was the professional advisor of the competition for the design of the award winning Toronto City Hall; and

WHEREAS Eric Ross Arthur was a professor at the University of Toronto School of Architecture from 1923 until 1982, influencing three generations of Toronto architects; and

WHEREAS Eric Ross Arthur wrote the book, 'Toronto, No Mean City' in 1964 that became the most influential text for the movement to appreciate and preserve Toronto's rich architectural legacy; and

WHEREAS 1998 is the centenary of the birth of Eric Ross Arthur;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Canada Post Corporation be urged to design and issue a stamp to commemorate Eric Ross Arthur's outstanding achievements in the field of architecture and historical, architectural preservation."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(r) Moved by: Councillor McConnell

Seconded by: Councillor Disero

"BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Clerk report on the feasibility of establishing a help-line to provide information about the new tax to residents, to operate for the month of June;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Clerk report on the feasibility of notifying Toronto residents of the help-line in material accompanying their tax bill;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Clerk report on the cost of providing the services identified above in the 13 languages most often used by residents of the new City."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(s) Moved by: Councillor Layton

Seconded by: Councillor Faubert

"WHEREAS City Council, by its adoption, as amended, of Clause No. 2 of Report No. 1 of The Striking Committee, headed '1998 Schedule of Meetings', established the schedule of meetings for Council, Community Councils and Standing Committees; and

WHEREAS there are Members of Council who are also members of the Board of Directors of FCM, and the meeting of Council scheduled to be held on June 3 and 4, 1998, conflicts with the timing of the Annual Meeting of FCM; and

WHEREAS, in order for Members of Council to attend the Annual Meeting of FCM which is to be held in Regina, Saskatchewan, from June 5 to 8, 1998, there must be sufficient lead time provided for travel requirements and attendance at preliminary workshops related to the meeting; and

WHEREAS if the Council meeting is not rescheduled, those Members of Council planning to attend FCM would probably have to leave the meeting of Council prior to its conclusion;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the meeting of City Council scheduled to be held on June 3 to 5, 1998, be rescheduled to June 10 to 12, 1998."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(t) Moved by: Councillor Adams

Seconded by: Councillor O'Brien

"BE IT RESOLVED THAT a Special Meeting of City Council be held on June 22 and 23, 1998, to deal with tax policy and tax rate matters;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, in order to accommodate this Special Meeting of Council, the meeting of the Corporate Services Committee, scheduled to be held on June 22, 1998, be rescheduled to June 29, 1998, and the meeting of the Budget Committee, scheduled to be held on June 23, 1998, be rescheduled to the afternoon of June 29, 1998;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a Special Meeting of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee be held on June 17, 1998, to consider the report of the Assessment and Tax Policy Task Force for report thereon to Council."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(u) Moved by: Councillor Jakobek

Seconded by: Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski

"WHEREAS Olde Town Toronto Tours Limited wishes to operate a horse drawn trolley service to provide tours within the City of Toronto; and

WHEREAS the horse drawn trolleys intended for use by Olde Town Toronto Tours Limited have a passenger capacity of 25 persons; and

WHEREAS Metropolitan Toronto By-Law No. 20-85 requires owners and drivers of horse drawn trolleys to be licensed by the Toronto Licensing Commission; and

WHEREAS section 17 of Schedule 35 of the Metropolitan Toronto By-law restricts the passenger capacity of such horse drawn trolleys to 5 persons;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT section 17 of Schedule 35 to Metropolitan Toronto By-law No. 20-85 be amended to permit the operation of horse drawn trolleys with a passenger capacity of 25 persons;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT authority be granted for the introduction of the necessary Bill in Council to give effect thereto."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(v) Moved by: Councillor Bossons

Seconded by: Councillor Miller

"WHEREAS municipalities charge 1.25 per cent monthly (15 per cent annually) interest rate on unpaid property tax bills; and

WHEREAS many taxpayers have complained about this high interest rate; and

WHEREAS if CVA-related tax increases begin to apply in 1998, many taxpayers will have difficulties in coming up with the extra tax, at least in the beginning; and

WHEREAS many must default on taxes while they begin planning for the sale of their homes;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT for 1998, 1999 and 2000, the City of Toronto adjust this interest rate downward."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(w) Moved by: Councillor Giansante

Seconded by: Councillor O'Brien

"WHEREAS City Council at its meeting held on January 2, 6, 8 and 9, 1998, by its adoption, as amended, of Clause No. 1 of Report No. 1 of The Striking Committee, appointed Councillor Giansante to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority; and

WHEREAS due to a conflict of meeting dates between the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place and the Authority, I am unable to attend the meetings of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council accept the resignation of Councillor Mario Giansante, Kingsway-Humber, from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(x) Moved by: Councillor Jakobek

Seconded by: Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski

"WHEREAS City Council at its meeting held on April 16, 1998, received, for information, Item (p), entitled 'Fences Within the City Street Allowance (All Wards in the Former City of Toronto)', embodied Clause No. 96 of Report No. 3 of Toronto Community Council, headed 'Other Items Considered by the Community Council';

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, in accordance with Section 46 of the Council Procedural By-law, Item (p), entitled 'Fences Within the City Street Allowance (All Wards in the Former City of Toronto)' embodied in Report No. 3 of Toronto Community Council headed 'Other Items Considered by the Community Council' be reopened and referred back to the Toronto Community Council for further consideration."

Disposition: Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(y) Moved by: Councillor Nunziata

Seconded by: Councillor Mammoliti

"WHEREAS the Ontario Government's Health Services Restructuring Commission recommended the closure of Northwestern Hospital and its 'merger' with Humber River Regional Hospital; and

WHEREAS this will result in the expansion of the Church Street site of the Humber River Regional Hospital, which has already submitted a rezoning application to facilitate this expansion; and

WHEREAS the Hospital is situated in the planning jurisdictions of the former Cities of York and North York;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Planning staff of the City be directed to hold the official public meetings on the hospital expansion in both the Civic Centres of York and North York, prior to the applications being submitted to City of Toronto Council for approval;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, since the premature closing of the Northwestern Hospital site has contributed to emergency room overcrowding, lack of acute-care beds and a reduction in the quality of health care service to the community, that Council requests Cabinet, through the Minister of Health, to overturn the recommendation of the Health Services Restructuring Commission to close the Northwestern Hospital site."

Disposition: Notice of the foregoing Motion was given to permit consideration at the next regular meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

(z) Moved by: Councillor Sgro

Seconded by: Councillor Brown

"WHEREAS Toronto Community Council at its meeting held on April 1 and 2, 1998, received a report dated March 3, 1998, from the Toronto Community Council Solicitor respecting Park Drive Ravine, Ontario Municipal Board Decision, Dismissal of Two Appeals to Zoning By-law No. 1997-0369 (Midtown), together with additional communications in this regard, and this action was reported to City Council as Item (ff), embodied in Clause No. 96, headed 'Other Items Considered by the Community Council'; and

WHEREAS City Council at its meeting held on April 28 and May 1, 1998, struck out and referred the aforementioned matter back to the Toronto Community Council for further consideration; and

WHEREAS there are serious legal and financial implications for the new City of Toronto; and

WHEREAS the issues surrounding this matter are complex and require additional information;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council direct the Toronto Community Council to report on the status of 15 Beaumont Road to City Council for further consideration, through the Corporate Administration Committee;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Solicitor and the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be requested to submit reports to the Corporate Services Committee for its meeting to be held on May 25, 1998, on the status of 15 Beaumont Road."

Disposition: Notice of the foregoing Motion was given to permit consideration at the next meeting of Council to be held on May 13, 1998.

Toronto, Ontario City Clerk

May 7, 1998