CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENTS

Certified to be a true copy of amendments to:

Report No. 9 of The Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee,

Report No. 10 of The Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee,

Report No. 14 of The Corporate Services Committee,

Report No. 15 of The Corporate Services Committee,

Report No. 3 of The Economic Development Committee,

Report No. 4 of The Economic Development Committee,

Report No. 10 of The Emergency and Protective Services Committee,

Report No. 11 of The Emergency and Protective Services Committee,

Report No. 12 of The Urban Environment and Development Committee,

Report No. 9 of The Works and Utilities Committee,

Report No. 20 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee,

Report No. 21 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee,

Report No. 22 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee,

Report No. 14 of The East York Community Council,

Report No. 15 of The East York Community Council,

Report No. 10 of The Etobicoke Community Council,

Report No. 10 of The North York Community Council,

Report No. 11 of The North York Community Council,

Report No. 10 of The Scarborough Community Council,

Report No. 12 of The Toronto Community Council,

Report No. 11 of The York Community Council,

Report No. 12 of The York Community Council,

Report No. 12 of The Board of Health,

Report No. 7 of The Nominating Committee,

Report No. 7 of The Striking Committee,

Report No. 12 of The Special Committee to Review the Final Report

of the Toronto Transition Team,

Report No. 13 of The Special Committee to Review the Final Report

of the Toronto Transition Team,

Report No. 14 of The Special Committee to Review the Final Report

of the Toronto Transition Team, and

Joint Report No. 1 of The Urban Environment and Development Committee and

The Economic Development Committee,

and Notices of Motions, as adopted by the Council of the City of Toronto at its meeting held onOctober 28, 29 and 30,1998.

REPORT NO. 10 OF THE COMMUNITY AND

NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1-"Declaration of Homelessness as a National Disaster - Status Report on Hostel Services for Singles".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1)the joint report dated October 26, 1998, from the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services and the Medical Officer of Health, entitled 'Progress Report on Emergency Responses to Homelessness', be adopted, subject to amending Recommendation No. (4) embodied therein by deleting the words 'City-owned sites' and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'sites for public service purposes', so that the recommendations embodied in such report shall now read as follows:

'It is recommended that:

(1)the Shelter, Housing and Support Division provide regular updates to the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee on the addition of hostel beds;

(2)Council endorse the continuation of the Cold Weather Alert Program as an emergency system response during periods of extreme cold weather;

(3)senior management staff continue to co-ordinate a comprehensive emergency response to the homeless crisis for the cold weather months of 1998/99;

(4)authorization be given for the temporary winter use of sites for public service purposes,subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services and the Commissioner of Corporate Services; and

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

(2)the provincial and federal Governments be requested to examine their inventory of buildings and work with City of Toronto staff to release appropriate buildings for use during the housing emergency;

(3)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services be directed to immediately request a meeting with both federal and provincial Members of Parliament whose ridings are located within the boundaries of the City of Toronto to discuss an action plan to help the plight of the homeless in the City of Toronto; and

(4)the following motion be referred to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and other appropriate staff, for report thereon to the appropriate Committees:

Moved by Councillor Chow:

'It is further recommended that:

(1)the funds received from the Province arising out of the cancellation of the Province's Social Housing Programs be allocated to the Social Housing Reserve fund; and

(2)the funds received from the sale of City-owned residential properties be allocated to the Social Housing Reserve fund.' "

Clause No. 2-"Status Report on Hostel Services for Families".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services be requested to submit a report to the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee on:

(1)the advisability of requesting the Provincial government to enact legislation which would require municipalities throughout the Province of Ontario to provide a minimum number of hostel spaces for their own communities; and

(2)the feasibility of establishing a grants program for the purchase of equipment and food for families in the hostel system, similar to the Access Grant Program which was in place in the former City of Toronto."

Clause No. 4-"Disposition of 'Property Houses' Owned by the City of Toronto".

The foregoing Clause was struck out and referred to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee for further consideration in conjunction with the report to be submitted to the Committee by the Corporate Services Committee on a corporate-wide policy for the sale of 'Property Houses', with a request that this matter be considered by the Committee during the afternoon session of its meeting or at a subsequent meeting.

Council also adopted the following recommendation:

"It is recommended that the Commissioner of Corporate Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services, be requested, at their discretion, to house homeless families in those houses that are currently vacant and suitable for occupancy, such action to be taken as soon as possible."

REPORT NO. 14 OF THE CORPORATE SERVICES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1-"Agreement Between the Former City of Toronto and COTAPSAI (City of Toronto Administrative, Professional Supervisory Association, Incorporated)".

The foregoing Clause was amended by striking out the recommendations of the Corporate Services Committee and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"It is recommended that the report dated September 29, 1998, from the Executive Director, Human Resources, embodying the following recommendations, be adopted:

'It is recommended that:

(1)the correspondence from COTAPSAI be received; and

(2)the current practice continue; that letters to employees confirming eligibility for a separation package as a result of a position termination be sent at the time it is determined that they cannot be placed in an equivalent position.'"

Clause No. 2-"Employees' Eligibility for Membership in COTAPSAI (City of Toronto Administrative, Professional Supervisory Association, Incorporated)".

The foregoing Clause was amended by striking out the recommendation of the Corporate Services Committee and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"It is recommended that the report dated September 29, 1998, from the Executive Director, Human Resources, embodying the following recommendation, be adopted:

'It is recommended that the correspondence from COTAPSAI be received.'"

REPORT NO. 15 OF THE CORPORATE SERVICES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1-"John Street Roundhouse - Request for Expressions of Interest (Ward 24 - Downtown)".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

Clause No. 2-"Toronto City Hall - Accommodation of Press Gallery (Ward24-Downtown)".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

Clause No. 5-"Financial Incentive for Tenants to Vacate Surplus Houses in the Scarborough Transportation Corridor (Ward 13 - Scarborough Bluffs, Ward 14 - Scarborough Highland Creek and Ward 26 - East Toronto)".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

Clause No. 15-"Pay Equity for Women in the Federal Public Service".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

Clause No. 17-"Other Items Considered by the Committee".

Consideration of the Items (a), (i) and (l), entitled "Sale of 'Property Houses' (Multiple Wards - Former City of Toronto)", "Court Application by COTAPSAI to Quash the Decision of Council Respecting the Agreement with COTAPSAI" and "Union Station Negotiations", respectively, embodied in the foregoing Clause, was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

REPORT NO. 3 OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1-"Bank Mergers - Impact on Toronto as a Financial Centre and Legislation Respecting Canadian Financial Institutions".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

Clause No. 2-"Proposed Plan for Developing an Economic Development Strategy for the City of Toronto".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that an Economic Development Strategy Steering Committee be created to oversee the process of developing an economic development strategy for the City of Toronto, with the following membership:

(a)the Committee Chair, being the Chair of the Economic Development Committee;

(b)Councillor Davis, as a Member of the Economic Development Committee;

(c)Councillor Faubert, as a Member of the Economic Development Committee;

(d)the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism;

(e)the Managing Director of Economic Development;

(f)three representatives of Toronto's business community, to be nominated by the business community; and

(g)one representative of the Labour Council of Metropolitan Toronto and York Region, to be nominated by the Labour Council."

Clause No. 3-"Fashion Industry Liaison Committee Membership and 1997/1998 Activities".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1)Councillor Kelly be appointed to the Fashion Industry Liaison Committee as the representative of the Economic Development Committee; and

(2)the following motions be referred to the Economic Development Committee for consideration:

Moved by Councillor Brown:

'It is further recommended that a representative of the Etobicoke garment industry be added to the membership of the Fashion Industry Liaison Committee.'

Moved by Councillor Moscoe:

'It is further recommended that a representative of the North York garment district be added to the membership of the Fashion Industry Liaison Committee.'"

Clause No. 4-"Other Item Considered by the Committee".

The foregoing Clause was struck out and referred to the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, and the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, with a request that they submit a joint report thereon to Council, through the appropriate Committees.

REPORT NO. 4 OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Clause No. 4-"Proposed Fees for Heritage Preservation Services".

The foregoing Clause was amended by striking out Recommendation No. (1) embodied in the report dated September 29, 1998, from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(1)the following fees for heritage preservation services be approved for implementation beginning November 1, 1998:

(a)written responses to inquiries regarding the Inventory of Heritage Properties: $60.00 per property or $60.00 flat fee (applicable taxes included) for multiple adjacent properties covered by a single transaction;

(b)written responses to inquiries regarding Heritage Easement Agreements and/or Section 37 Agreements: $60.00 per agreement (applicable taxes included); and

(c)fees will not be charged for inquiries requiring only a verbal response from preservation staff;".

Clause No. 7-"Celebrate Toronto Street Festival".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism be requested to submit a further report to the Economic Development Committee on the feasibility of expanding the Celebrate Toronto Street Festival to include some activities along the waterfront, specifically in the former City of Etobicoke area of the City of Toronto."

REPORT NO. 10 OF THE EMERGENCY

AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1-"Seizing and Impounding of Vehicles Used by Persons Charged with Prostitution Offence".

The foregoing Clause was amended by:

(1)deleting the word "charged" from the first Recital and the first Operative Paragraph of the Resolution embodied in the Clause and inserting in lieu thereof the word "convicted"; and

(2)adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1)the federal and provincial governments be requested to come to a quick conclusion to their consultation process and bring forward recommendations no later than the summer of 1999, to deal with the issue of prostitution; and

(2)the communication dated October 28, 1998, from the Director, Litigation, addressed to the City Solicitor, respecting the seizing and impounding of vehicles used by persons convicted with prostitution offences, be referred to the Chief of Police with a request that the Chief look into the subject matter further and consider seeking the advice of the Crown Attorney with respect to the use of Section 489 of the Criminal Code, and report thereon to the Police Services Board and the Emergency and Protective Services Committee."

Clause No. 2-"Other Item Considered by the Committee".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

REPORT NO. 11 OF THE EMERGENCY

AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 2 -"Holistic Practitioner Licensing Category".

The foregoing Clause was amended by deleting from Recommendation No. (1)(c) of the Emergency and Protective Services Committee the words "the inclusion of a provision related to", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "a provision to include", so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:

"(c)a provision to include 'incidental touching'; and".

Clause No. 3-"Proposal to Establish Additional Collision Reporting Centres (CRCs) in the City of Toronto".

The foregoing Clause was struck out and referred back to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee for further consideration at such time as the report requested of the City Auditor in regard to the operations and profit margins of the existing CRCs is submitted to the Committee; and the City Auditor was requested to expedite the submission of such report.

Clause No. 4-"By-law to Amend By-law No. 20-85 - Accident Towing - Mandatory Drop and Accreditation of Vehicle Repair Facilities".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

Clause No. 6 -"Amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada - Unlawful Avoidance of Police".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that City Council request the Provincial Government to introduce amendments to the Highway Traffic Act which would significantly increase the penalties for unlawful vehicular flight from Police, in order to better reflect the gravity of this offence."

Clause No. 7 -"Quotation for the Provision of Services Related to the Inspection of Taxicabs, Livery Cabs Including Limousines and Driving School Vehicles".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the draft Terms of Reference for the tender call for the mechanical inspections of taxicabs, livery vehicles and driving school vehicles, be submitted to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee prior to the issuance of the tender call."

REPORT NO. 12 OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1-"Vital Services in Rental Residential Properties in the City of Toronto".

The foregoing Clause was amended by:

(1)adding to Recommendation (A) of the Urban Environment and Development Committee the words "representatives of the Federation of Metro Tenants Associations and the Advocacy Group for the Legal Clinics" after the word "necessary", so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:

"(A)establish a working group comprised of representatives of Municipal Standards, Public Health, other staff members as necessary, representatives of the Federation of Metro Tenants Associations and the Advocacy Group for the Legal Clinics, and relevant utility/fuel suppliers, to establish policies with respect to discontinuing service/supply;";

(2)striking out the draft by-law attached as Appendix "A" to the report dated October 20, 1998, from the City Solicitor, and substituting therefor the following draft by-law:

CITY OF TORONTO

Draft By-law

BY-LAW

"To prohibit vital service suppliers from ceasing to provide vital services without providing thirty days notice to the City Clerk

WHEREAS property standards by-laws in force in the City of Toronto require landlords to provide vital services to rented premises; and

WHEREAS the Tenant Protection Act, 1997, provides that a municipality may pass a by-law requiring a vital service supplier to give the municipality thirty days notice of the intention to discontinue provision of the vital service where the landlord has breached a contract with a supplier for the supply of the vital service;

WHEREAS, during the thirty day notice period, the City may use other methods to avoid discontinuation of a vital service, including the enforcement of property standards by-laws where appropriate;

WHEREAS the property standards by-law in force in the City of Toronto, (including the Housing Standards provisions of the Municipal Code of the former City of Toronto) require landlords to provide vital services to rented premises;

AND WHEREAS the provisions of the Building Code Act, as amended, provide that the officer may issue an emergency order with respect to a non-conformity that may pose an immediate danger to the health or safety of any person and further, take any measures necessary to terminate the danger;

AND WHEREAS the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, as amended, provide that the inspector may issue an order with respect to a violation that constitutes an urgent hazard to the health or safety of any person and further, take whatever measures necessary to correct the violation;

AND WHEREAS it is in the best interests of the City to have advance notice of the intention of any vital service provider to discontinue the provision of a vital service and in order that any interruption to a vital service may be averted; and

WHEREAS the Tenant Protection Act, 1997 provides that a municipality may pass a by-law requiring a vital service provider to give the municipality thirty days notice of the intention to discontinue provision of the vital service where the landlord has breached a contract with a supplier for the supply of the vital service;

The Council of the City of Toronto HEREBY ENACTS as follows:

1.In this by-law the following definitions apply:

(a)'City' means the City of Toronto.

(b)'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services.

(c)'Landlord' includes,

(i)the owner or other person permitting occupancy of a rental unit;

(ii)the heirs, assigns, personal representatives and successors in title of a person referred to in clause (i); and

(iii)a person, other than a tenant occupying a rental unit in a residential complex, who is entitled to possession of the residential complex and who attempts to enforce any of the rights of a landlord under the tenancy agreement or the Tenant Protection Act, including the right to collect rent.

(d)'Rental Unit' means any living accommodation used or intended for use as rented residential premises, and includes,

(i)a room in a boarding house, rooming house or lodging house and a unit in a care home; and

(ii)a site for a mobile home or a site on which there is a land lease home used or intended for use as rented residential premises.

(e)'Tenant' includes a person who pays rent in return for the right to occupy a rental unit and includes a tenant's heirs, assigns and personal representatives, but 'tenant' does not include a person who has the right to occupy a rental unit by virtue of being,

(i)a co-owner of the residential complex in which the rental unit is located, or

(ii)a shareholder of a corporation that owns the residential complex.

(f)'Vital Service' means fuel, hydro, gas, or hot or cold water.

2.No supplier of a vital service shall cease to provide the vital service to a rental unit unless notice of the intended discontinuance of the vital service has been given in writing to the City Clerk at least thirty (30) days before the supplier ceases to provide the vital service.

3.Despite section 2, the notice of intended discontinuance shall be given only if the vital service is to be discontinued for a rental unit because the landlord has breached a contract with the supplier for the supply of the vital service.

4.The supplier of a vital service shall immediately restore the vital service when directed to do so by the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall issue such a direction when the vital service has been discontinued in a manner that is contrary to section 2 of this by-law.

5.Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with sections 2 or 4 of this by-law is guilty of an offence for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues.

6.Every director or officer of a corporation that is convicted of an offence who knowingly concurs in the commission of the offence is guilty of an offence.

ENACTED AND PASSED this day of October, A.D. 1998."; and

(3)adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(a)the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be requested to submit a report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee on an appropriate way to designate or include elevators as a vital service, as well as the powers of the City to ensure that tenants have access to their apartments; and

(b)the following motion be referred to the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services for a report thereon to the Urban Environment and Development Committee:

Moved by Councillor Mammoliti:

'That the foregoing motion by Councillor McConnell be amended to provide that elevators be included in the definition of "Vital Service" under section(1)(f) of the by-law.' "

Clause No. 2-"School Facility Review City-Wide".

The foregoing Clause was amended:

(A)in accordance with the recommendations of the Economic Development Committee embodied in the communication dated October 21, 1998, from the City Clerk, wherein it is recommended that the recommendations of the Urban Environment and Development Committee be amended as follows:

(1)Recommendation (C) be amended to include the Toronto French School Boards in the joint meeting, so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:

"(C)direct that an emergency joint meeting be convened between City Council, the Toronto District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board and the French School Boards with respect to this matter;"; and

(2)Recommendation (D)(a) be amended by adding thereto the words "or those that could be converted to much needed community uses", so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:

"(D)request the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services:

(a)in developing the plan for school facilities referred to in Recommendation No.(1), embodied in the report (September 17, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, to consider a system of incentives for retaining lands and space that deliver important community programs and amenities or those that could be converted to much needed community uses;"; and

(B)by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1)the Mayor and Members of Council express to the Province of Ontario deep concern and dismay with respect to the Provincial government's education funding policy and its impact on our community;

(2)City Council condemn the wanton and reckless attack on the City of Toronto's precious educational resources unleashed by the Provincial educational funding policies;

(3)City Council call on all citizens and organizations in the City of Toronto to inform themselves fully on the magnitude of the school closing crisis and to join with the City in defending the school system in whatever ways they can;

(4)the City of Toronto request the assistance of the federal government to document the funds that have been spent on schools through their infrastructure program;

(5)the Federal government be requested to join with the City of Toronto in order to recover, through the Court system, the funds spent by the City, the Federal government and the public;

(6)'WHEREAS the Progressive Conservative party pledged during the last Provincial election campaign that, if elected, their government would make no cuts to education funding; and

WHEREAS the new Provincial school funding formula, based on square feet per student, includes hallways, gymnasiums, washrooms, libraries and boiler rooms in the square footage calculations, has, in fact, resulted in cuts to education funding that will force the closure of 130 schools by the Toronto District School Board and at least 30 schools by the Toronto Catholic District School Board, and will have a negative impact on the quality of education in the schools that remain open; and

WHEREAS this square footage formula of 100 square feet for elementary students and 130 square feet for secondary students, has no educational rationale and is an unacceptable method for determining educational funding to communities in the Province; and

WHEREAS the allocation of office space for MPPs is, on average, 900 square feet, but has no relation to the funding provided to the MPP to operate their legislative office;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council request that the Toronto Board of Education declare that it cannot facilitate the closings of schools for the Harris government, and rejects any educational funding formula based on square footage which will result in the closing of schools throughout the City;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT City Council develop a joint strategy with the School Tax Sub-Committee to co-ordinate opposition to the new Provincial funding formula and explore alternative funding mechanisms;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to all Toronto area MPPs.';

(7)'WHEREAS the City of Toronto faces crippling school closures that will damage community services as well as education; and

WHEREAS the GTA municipalities also face school closures that undermine the fabric of their community services; and

WHEREAS the Province's rigid funding formula is responsible for forcing boards to close schools; and

WHEREAS the Provincial Government has shown itself to be deaf to the pleading of the City of Toronto, when it acts alone;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council, in tandem with the School Boards, conduct an organized effort to reach out to the School Boards and municipalities in the 905 area to initiate a co-ordinated effort to lobby the Province of Ontario for changes to the funding formula;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Mayor take the lead in this effort;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be directed to take the necessary action to give effect to the foregoing.';

(8)the City of Toronto refuse to participate with the Provincial operation review of child care centres until such time as the Province of Ontario agrees to:

(a)fund the impact of relocation of children as a result of school closures; and

(b)ensure the City of Toronto that no children would lose their child care service as a result of school closures;

(9)the Minister of Community and Social Services be requested to develop an immediate plan to ensure that the same quality and level of child care service is provided for each child who is displaced by the closing of any school in the City of Toronto prior to finalization of the school closure plan;

(10)the Minister of Education be requested to develop a plan that:

(a)guarantees that any student who is displaced by the closing of a City of Toronto school will be provided with the same quality and level of educational learning, including any special education classes, that he or she received in the former school; and

(b)ensures that any immigrant child will receive the same level and continuity of instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL) that he or she would have received in the former school;

(11)the Mayor be requested to convene a summit of all key leaders in the City of Toronto, from all sectors -- including business, the media, social and community organizations, educational sectors (including universities), the labour movement, religious leadership, and all other organizations, and that this summit provide information about the extent of the crisis of school funding and proposed facility closures and solicit the full involvement of the community in developing the City's strategy to oppose the proposals;

(12)the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, in consultation with the Mayor's Office, be requested to expeditiously develop a strong and consistent communications campaign to rally public opposition against the mass closings of schools, in an effort to convince the Provincial government to take action to avoid these school closings, and the resulting communications campaign material and information be circulated to Members of Council to assist them in their own proactive efforts in their respective Wards to ensure a consistent and effective communications strategy;

(13)the City of Toronto provide support to the School Board's review by:

(a)notifying all ratepayers/homeowners/Tenant Associations, B.I.A.s, Child Care and Resource Centres and Community Centres of the facts, figures and impact of school closures;

(b)assisting in bringing interested people from the above organizations to the Area Review Committee; and

(c)assisting local Councillors in bringing interested people to public meetings to discuss school closures;

(14)as part of Council's communications campaign to raise awareness of the school closing issue, City Councillors be authorized to use funds from their office budgets and:

(a)erect signs on the City-owned boulevards in front of schools and on private property where the property owner consents, in order to publicize the school closures; and/or

(b)undertake other communications campaigns in order to raise the awareness;

(15)interested Councillors be provided with up to 100 signs each with the words:

'MIKE HARRIS, PLEASE DON'T CLOSE OUR SCHOOL',

and four signs per school designated to close, funds therefor to be provided from the respective Councillor's office budget;

(16)in future, if Councillors have additional strategies related to school closures and its impact, such strategies be forwarded to the School Tax Sub-Committee for the development of a joint strategy with the School Boards, and to the Children and Youth Action Committee for action and information;

(17)the Fire Chief be instructed to meet with the Ontario Fire Marshall in order to provide Council, the School Boards and the Ministry of Education with the maximum person capacity for each school in the City of Toronto;

(18)the Fire Chief be instructed to inform the Ministry of Education and the School Boards that the Fire Code will be strictly enforced and over-crowding in schools will not be permitted;

(19)the City of Toronto Buildings and Inspections Department be instructed to enforce the Building Code with respect to prohibiting over-crowding in schools in the City of Toronto;

(20)every Department, Agency, Board and Commission be requested to:

(a)analyze the impact of the school closures; and

(b)make proposals on how the school closures can be opposed from their jurisdictional perspective;

(21)the City Solicitor, in consultation with the senior management of the City, be requested to assemble a legal team to develop and analyze options to take legal action against the provincial government so as to prevent the proposed dramatic school closures, and the Mayor be requested to call an emergency meeting of Council, if necessary, when this strategy analysis is complete;

(22)the City Solicitor and the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be requested to jointly analyze the statements of the Minister of Education concerning his contention that school space need not be closed because space reductions can be achieved through reduction of administrative space, in order to determine the validity of the Minister's statements, and report thereon to Council, through the Urban Environment and Development Committee, such report to include full background information;

(23)the City Solicitor be requested to submit a report to the School Tax Sub-Committee for its meeting to be held on November16, 1998, on any legal avenues open to the City of Toronto to prevent the closing of schools, including:

(a)injunctions against the disposal of facilities in which we have invested;

(b)constitutional challenges on the ability of the Province to usurp the will of taxpayers who funded and built these schools; and

(c)any other avenues deemed to be potentially productive;

(24)the City Solicitor, in consultation with the appropriate City officials, be requested to submit a report to the School Tax Sub-Committee on:

(a)the possibility of the City seeking an injunction in view of the adverse effect on the municipal programs in the schools;

(b)whether the parents of Allenby School and John Wanless School would have cause to seek an injunction because of the domino effect of these closings on the child care programs in which they have invested money;

(c)when it would be appropriate to designate schools in the City of Toronto under the Ontario Heritage Act; and

(d)any other legal tools that may be available to the City of Toronto;

(25)the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer be requested to submit a report to the School Tax Sub-Committee for its meeting to be held on November16, 1998, on the financial resources necessary to combat the Province of Ontario's attack on the schools in the City of Toronto and the appropriate source of funds;

(26)the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, in consultation with the City Solicitor, be requested to submit a report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee on any legal penalties should the School Board Trustees not proceed with the school closings;

(27)the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be requested to:

(a)submit a report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee in late November or early December, 1998, on immediate steps that could be taken to protect our neighbourhoods from the impact of school closings and preserve these valuable community resources by restricting, where appropriate, the alternate uses for closed schools to those which are supportive of the local communities; and

(b)submit a report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee on the impact of the school closures on Community School programs in the former City of Etobicoke area of the City of Toronto;

(28)the following motions be referred to the School Tax Sub-Committee for report thereon:

Moved by Councillor Filion:

'It is further recommended that the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be instructed to immediately begin the process to designate publicly-owned school properties as public open space, wherever feasible, or to initiate any other measures needed to preserve community use of school properties and protect neighbourhoods from in appropriate use of closed schools.'

Moved by Councillor Moscoe:

'It is further recommended that:

(1)City Council approach the School Boards to form a joint "Strategy Team" with respect to the proposed school closings;

(2)the City component be chaired by the Mayor or his designate and be comprised of five Members of Council who have previous experience in education administration or were former School Trustees;

(3)the School Boards be requested to name a joint Chair and appoint an equivalent number of School Trustees;

(4)the Strategy Team begin meeting as soon as possible and be given the responsibility of steering the political strategies for dealing with this issue; and

(5)the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be requested to submit a report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee on the displacement that might have to occur at any of the parochial and other schools that are currently leasing space, as a result of the Minister of Education's decision.'

Moved by Councillor Nunziata:

'AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Members of Council who are interested be added to the membership of the School Tax Sub-Committee and that they be identified today and so approved.'; and

(29)the following motion be referred to the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services for report thereon to the Urban Environment and Development Committee:

Moved by Councillor Saundercook:

'It is further recommended that City Council request the School Boards to develop:

(1)a space formula on student population to be applied to the outdoor space of a school yard; and

(2)another formula to determine the appropriate number of students living outside the community school who should be accepted into that school and will have to be bussed in.' "

Clause No. 4-"Cash Payment-in-Lieu of Parking Related to Development Applications".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that, until such time as the joint report on consolidated policies and practices for the new City with respect to cash payment-in-lieu of parking related to development applications, has been received, the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be requested to ensure that the current practices outlined in the joint report dated September 10, 1998, as embodied in the Clause, are being followed in the former Area Municipalities."

REPORT NO. 9 OF THE WORKS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 2-"Biosolids Beneficial Reuse Program at the Main Treatment Plant".

Council adopted the following recommendation:

"It is recommended that the confidential report dated October 26, 1998, from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, be adopted, such report to remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act."

City Council at its in-camera meeting held on October 29, 1998, also issued confidential instructions to staff, such instructions to remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act.

REPORT NO. 20 OF THE STRATEGIC POLICIES AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1-"Business Case Review of the 'Works Best Practices Program'".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1)City Council establish a work group to address the Works Best Practices Program, especially as it relates to restructuring;

(2)the work group report to the Works and Utilities Committee with recommendations that enhance co-operation between staff and management to ensure that the delivery of high level services to the public is maintained;

(3)the work group be comprised of two representatives of management, two representatives of Local 416, and three Members of Council; and

(4)Councillors Altobello, Layton and Shiner be appointed to such work group."

Clause No. 2-"Service Level Harmonization".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

Clause No. 3-"Toronto Transit Commission - Procurement Authorization-Excavation and Paving 1998 Surface Track Program".

Council re-opened consideration of Report No. 6 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, insofar as it pertains to the 1998 Capital Budget and Financing Authorities, specifically the Excavation and Paving 1998 Surface Track Program for the Toronto Transit Commission, considered the foregoing Motion with Clause No. 3 of Report No. 20 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, headed "Toronto Transit Commission - Procurement Authorization - Excavation and Paving, 1998 Surface Track Program", and adopted the following Motion, without amendment:

Moved by:Councillor Ootes

Seconded by:Councillor Jakobek

"WHEREAS City Council at its meeting held on April 29 and 30, 1998, adopted, as amended, Report No. 6 of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, which included recommendations pertaining to the 1998 Capital Budget and financing authorities; and

WHEREAS City Council at its meeting on October 1 and 2, 1998, during its consideration of Clause No. 3 of Report No. 20 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, headed 'Toronto Transit Commission - Procurement Authorization - Excavation and Paving 1998 Surface Track Program', was advised by the City Clerk that any increase to the Capital Program would first require a re-opening of that specific portion of the 1998 Capital Budget; and

WHEREAS the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer has now submitted a report dated October 19, 1998, entitled 'Approved 1998 Debenture Issuance', embodying the following recommendation:

'(2)The report "Toronto Transit Commission - Excavation and Paving 1998 Surface Track Program" as considered at its meeting on October 1 and 2, 1998, be amended by the following:

"That the approved 1998 Capital Program of the TTC be increased by $1.891million, that it be financed through the issuance of debentures for a term not exceeding twenty years, that the amount is within the City's updated debt and financial obligation limit and direct the City Solicitor to apply to the OMB for approval as required under the City of Toronto Act," ';

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Recommendation No. (2) of the October19, 1998 report be deleted and replaced by the following:

"That the approved 1998 Capital Program of the TTC be increased by $1.891million and that it be financed from the TTC Capital Subsidy Reserve Fund and direct the City Solicitor to apply to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval as required under the City of Toronto Act,";

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT in accordance with Section 46 of the Council Procedural By-law, Report No. 6 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, insofar as it pertains to the 1998 Capital Budget and Financing Authorities, specifically the Excavation and Paving 1998 Surface Track Program for the Toronto Transit Commission, be re-opened for further consideration;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the approved 1998 Capital Program of the TTC be increased by $1.891 million and that it be financed from the TTC Capital Subsidy Reserve Fund and direct the City Solicitor to apply to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval as required under the City of Toronto Act."

Clause No. 4-"Governance of Toronto Hydro-Electric Commission".

The foregoing Clause was struck out and referred to the Office of the Mayor for further consideration.

REPORT NO. 21 OF THE STRATEGIC POLICIES AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 4-"Coat of Arms for the City of Toronto".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is recommended that the report dated October 23, 1998, from the Chief Administrative Officer, embodying the following recommendations, be adopted:

'It is recommended that:

(1)the revised design for the Coat of Arms for the City of Toronto be approved; and

(2)the appropriate City officials be authorized to take appropriate action to give effect thereto.' "

Clause No. 6-"Funding Sources to Offset the Financial Impact of the 1998 Toronto Police Association Contract Settlement".

City Council at its in-camera meeting held on October 29, 1998, issued confidential instructions to staff, such instructions to remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act.

Clause No. 10-"Funding Requirements - City Hall Council Chamber and Main Committee Room".

The foregoing Clause was amended by:

(1)striking out the recommendation of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"It is recommended that the Recommendation No. (2) of the Sub-Committee to Consider the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, as amended and recommended by the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, embodied in the communication dated October 28, 1998, from the City Clerk, be adopted, viz.:

'(2)funding in the amount of $7,000.00 (plus applicable taxes) for the installation of millwork in the Live Production Unit area in the renovated Council Chamber, and funding in the amount of $31,000.00 (plus applicable taxes) for the reinstallation of an existing electronic voting system into the main Committee Room at City Hall be provided from the City Hall Renovation Project Contingency Fund.' "; and

(2)adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the Commissioner of Corporate Services be requested to submit a report to the Corporate Services Committee outlining a total breakdown of monies spent on the City Hall Council Chamber and main Committee Room and all other renovations pertaining to the move to City Hall."

Clause No. 11-"Security Upgrades to Toronto City Hall".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the following recommendations of the Sub-Committee on the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, as recommended by the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, embodied in the communication dated October 28, 1998, from the City Clerk, be adopted, viz.:

'It is recommended to the Special Committee that:

(1)City Council support the need for upgraded security at Toronto City Hall by approving the Phase 1 recommendations for securing the 2ndFloor, Council Chambers, Official Parking Garage, Taxi Tunnel, and Employee Parking Garage;

(2)work required for securing the 2nd Floor and Official Parking Garage occur immediately upon receipt of funds;

(3)the Commissioner of Corporate Services report back to Council in February,1999, with the recommendations for the second phase of upgrading security at Toronto City Hall which includes the remainder of the building; and

(4)the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect to the foregoing." ' "

REPORT NO. 22 OF THE STRATEGIC POLICIES AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE

Clause No. 2-"Court Ordered Recount in Scarborough-Malvern".

Council adopted the following recommendations:

"It is recommended that:

(1)the report dated October 28, 1998, from the City Solicitor, be received;

(2)Council indicate its intent to retain the services of Mr. Ayers to provide City Council with a synopsis report on the election recount, together with recommendations on how the City of Toronto could request the provincial government to amend the legislation so that individuals such as Councillor Balkissoon are not economically challenged out of office; and

(3)the City Solicitor be requested to:

(a)submit a report to the next meeting of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee on the fee requested by Mr. Ayers;

(b)submit a report to the Corporate Services Committee on the feasibility of Council establishing a mechanism for its own automatic recount procedures for the next municipal election; and

(c)seek a court order directing the City to pay the reasonable costs of Councillor Balkissoon and Ms. Montgomery, including legal costs incurred with respect to the court-ordered recount in Scarborough-Malvern."

REPORT NO. 14 OF THE EAST YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Clause No. 2-"Other Item Considered by the Community Council".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

REPORT NO. 10 OF THE ETOBICOKE COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Clause No. 13-"Amendment to the Etobicoke Official Plan and Zoning Code - Fieldgate Apartments, 2 Triburnham Place - File No. Z-2255".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

REPORT NO. 10 OF THE NORTH YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Clause No. 1-"Process for Disposal of City Property".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

REPORT NO. 11 OF THE NORTH YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Clause No. 2-"Sign By-law Variance Request - First Floor Wall Signage and Roof Level Signage - Trimark Trust and Steel Art Signs-5140Yonge Street - North York Centre".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

REPORT NO. 12 OF THE TORONTO COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Clause No. 1 -"Criteria for Boulevard Cafe Decks (All Wards in the Former City of Toronto)".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding to the end of Recommendation No. (3) of the Toronto Community Council the words "with the exception of those boulevard cafe decks previously approved by the former City of Toronto Council", so that such recommendation now reads as follows:

"(3)all boulevard cafe owners be required to comply with the proposed criteria for boulevard cafe decks, with the exception of those boulevard cafe decks previously approved by the former City of Toronto Council;".

Clause No. 17-"Front Yard Parking (All Wards in the Former City of Toronto)".

The foregoing Clause was amended by:

(1)striking out and referring that portion of the foregoing Clause pertaining to the Midtown Ward back to the Toronto Community Council for further consideration and the hearing of deputations; and

(2)adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested to use the Midtown Ward as a model to develop front yard parking policies and fees that are standard throughout the City and report thereon to the Works and Utilities Committee."

Clause No. 32-"Parkdale Planning Initiatives (High Park)".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the report dated October 19, 1998, from the City Solicitor, embodying the following recommendation, be adopted:

'It is recommended that the City Solicitor contact the Ontario Municipal Board and request that the outstanding Committee of Adjustment appeals relating to residential intensification in the Parkdale area remain held in abeyance until such time as the City-sponsored conflict resolution process is completed.' "

Clause No. 36-"Tree Removal - 34 Rosedale Heights Drive (Midtown)".

The foregoing Clause was struck out and referred back to the Toronto Community Council for further consideration and the hearing of deputations.

Clause No. 40-"Maintenance of Fence Fronting 63 Oak Park Avenue and on the Newmarket Avenue Flankage (East Toronto)".

The foregoing Clause was struck out and referred to the East York Community Council for further consideration, with a request that area residents in the former Borough of East York be so notified.

Clause No. 54-"Official Plan and Zoning By-law Application - 9 Jackes Avenue (Midtown)".

Council adopted the following recommendation:

"It is recommended that the report dated October 26, 1998, from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, embodying the following recommendations, be adopted:

'It is recommended that:

(1)City Council refuse Application No. 198003 in its current form;

(2)City Council request the City Solicitor and the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services to oppose the Ontario Municipal Board appeal and referral made by the applicant, for the reasons outlined in this report;

(3)City Council request the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services to continue discussions with the applicant and neighbourhood representatives with the view to arriving at an appropriate development proposal; and

(4)the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be directed to report to the Toronto Community Council on the outcome of discussions with the applicant and neighbourhood representatives, including possible terms of a settlement, if any.' "

Clause No. 56-"Cancellation of Boulevard Marketing Locations - 492 and 494Dundas Street West and 311 Spadina Avenue (Downtown)".

The foregoing Clause was amended by:

(1)deleting from the recommendation of the Toronto Community Council the words and numbers "492 and 494 Dundas Street West, 265 and", so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:

"The Toronto Community Council recommends that City Council proceed with the cancellation of the boulevard marketing fronting 311 Spadina Avenue and that:

(1)(a)a 30-day written notice of cancellation be provided to the licence holders; and

(b)the licence holders be refunded the unexpired portion of the annual boulevard marketing fee; and

(2)Municipal Code Chapter 313 of the former City of Toronto be amended substantially in the form attached as Appendix 'A' to the report (October 5, 1998) from the Acting Assistant Director, By-law Administration and Enforcement."; and

(2)adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(a)the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be authorized to cancel the licences of 492 and 494 Dundas Street West and 265 Spadina Avenue, if these businesses revert to selling fruits and vegetables on their boulevard marketing locations; and

(b)the Medical Officer of Health be requested to re-examine the possibility of selling enclosed barbequed food on the boulevard."

Clause No. 63-"Bay Adelaide Centre - Amended Percent for Public Art Plan-South Block (Downtown)".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be requested to submit a report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee on the possible extension of the Public Art Policy to all parts of the City of Toronto."

Clause No. 66-"Construction at 411 Duplex Avenue/33 Orchard Park Boulevard (North Toronto)".

Consideration of the foregoing Clause was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998. (Please note that Notice of Motion J(13) to re-open consideration of the policy pertaining to Council office budgets, in order to give consideration to Recommendations Nos. (1) and (2) embodied in the foregoing Clause, was not adopted by Council.)

REPORT NO. 11 OF THE YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Clause No. 1-"Eglinton Subway Line - Ward 27, York Humber and Ward 28, York Eglinton".

The foregoing Clause was struck out and referred to the Urban Environment and Development Committee for further consideration.

REPORT NO. 12 OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH

Clause No. 1-"Air Quality and a Federal Standard for Sulphur in Fuel".

The foregoing Clause was amended by:

(1)deleting from the recommendation of the Board of Health, Recommendation No. (3) of the report dated July 29, 1998, from the Environmental Task Force, viz.:

"(3)City Council establish a high level delegation of Councillors and appropriate staff, including the Mayor, if possible, to make representations at both the federal and provincial levels;"; and

(2)adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the federal and provincial governments be requested to purchase low sulphur fuel for their fleets of vehicles as soon as possible."

REPORT NO. 7 OF THE STRIKING COMMITTEE

Clause No. 1-"Appointment of Members of Council to the Budget Committee; the Board of Directors of the Canadian Film Centre; and the Council Reference Group to Assist in Guiding Council's Strategic Planning Process".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that the following recommendation embodied in the joint communication dated October 26, 1998, from Councillors King, Layton and Saundercook, be adopted:

'That sustainability be considered a primary option for the unifying and integrating concept for the Council's Strategic Planning Process and that the Council Reference Group for Council's Strategic Plan and the Chief Administrative Officer consider how Council's Strategic Planning process will address this objective in consultation with the Environmental Task Force.' "

Clause No. 4-"Representation on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Toronto Housing Authority (MTHA)".

The foregoing Clause was amended by adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(1)the schedule of meetings and order paper of the MTHA be placed on the agenda of the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee in sufficient time for the Committee to provide input to the process;

(2)the MTHA be requested to permit Members of City Council to attend Board meetings and make deputations to the MTHA Board;

(3)the agenda of the MTHA be provided to the City's Housing Authority and included on its agenda; and

(4)City Council request that a full copy of the MTHA agenda for each meeting be filed with the City Clerk."

REPORT NO. 12 OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE FINAL

REPORT OF THE TORONTO TRANSITION TEAM

Clause No. 1-"The Roles and Responsibilities of Community Councils

in the Context of the Council-Committee Structure".

The foregoing Clause was amended by:

(1)amending the report dated June 13, 1998, from the Chief Administrative Officer, by:

(a)adding to Part (b) of Recommendation No. (1), after the words "for review by the UEDC", the words "and Community Councils", so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:

"(b)the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services give priority to the preparation of a road classification system and associated traffic operations policies, for review by the UEDC and Community Councils and adoption by Council;";

(b)adding to Recommendation No. (2) the words "and public transit, and that input be required from the Toronto Transit Commission on any changes to roads on which regularly scheduled transit vehicles operate", so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:

"(2)the UEDC continue to be responsible for policies and matters related to the road system which are of City-wide significance, such as the road classification system, traffic operations policies, road maintenance policies, right-of-way use and occupation policies, budgets prepared with input from the Community Councils, and all matters related to expressways and public transit, and that input be required from the Toronto Transit Commission on any changes to roads on which regularly scheduled transit vehicles operate;";

(c)adding to Part (a)(i) of Recommendation No. (4) the words "with the provision that Ward Councillors would be notified of the applications, and if the Ward Councillor is not satisfied with the decision proposed by staff, the matter will be referred to the appropriate Community Council for a decision", so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:

"(4)to streamline Community Council and City Council agendas:

(a)Council delegate final decision-making authority to:

(i)the Chief Planning Official with respect to applications for permission under site plan control and ravine by-laws, with the provision that Ward Councillors would be notified of the applications, and if the Ward Councillor is not satisfied with the decision proposed by staff, the matter will be referred to the appropriate Community Council for a decision;

(ii)the Director, Municipal Standards, with respect to applications for permission under fence by-laws; and

(iii)the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism with respect to applications for permission under tree by-laws, with the provision that Ward Councillors will be notified about the applications, and if the applicant or a Member of Council is not satisfied with the proposed staff decision, staff will refer the matter to the appropriate Community Council to hear deputations and make a decision;";

(d)amending Recommendation No. (7) by:

(i)adding to Part (g) the words "and speed humps"; and

(ii)adding thereto the following additional responsibilities:

"(l)sign variances;

(m)disabled persons parking spaces and loading zones;

(n)public lanes; and

(o)pedestrian crossovers.",

so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:

"(7)to explore Council's options to delegate to Community Councils certain prescribed categories of final decisions involving the application of some discretion, the City Solicitor and the City Clerk, in consultation with the Chief Administrative Officer and the Commissioners, submit a report to the Special Committee on the feasibility and legality of the delegation of the following responsibilities to another level within the legislative structure:

(a)licensing and extension of boulevard cafes;

(b)special occasion LLBO permits;

(c)street name changes;

(d)parking pad issues;

(e)temporary road closures for special events;

(f)installation of stop signs on local roads;

(g)installation of speed bumps and speed humps;

(h)changes to parking prohibitions on local roads;

(I)preliminary evaluation reports for planning applications;

(j)regular contract awards to the lowest bidder where funding for the project has already been approved in the budget;

(k)appointments to local BIAs and recreation centre boards;

(l)sign variances;

(m)disabled persons parking spaces and loading zones;

(n)public lanes; and

(o)pedestrian crossovers;";

(e)striking out and referring Recommendation No. (9) to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team for further consideration, viz.:

"Community Council Boundaries:

(9)to assess alternative approaches to ensuring that the City's government has an effective geographic focus, the Special Committee's examination of Council's political decision-making structure should include consideration of:

(a)the appropriateness of the current Community Council boundaries;

(b)the process for defining geographic committees of Council; and

(c)linkages to the ward boundary review being undertaken by the UEDC;"; and

(2)adding thereto the following:

"It is further recommended that:

(a)the Community Councils be requested to review and identify those matters which could be delegated to staff for decision-making (with Ward Councillors and the respective Community Council(s) having final-decision power in cases of appeal by the public), and that the results of such review be submitted to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team for consideration;

(b)the City Solicitor be requested to submit a report to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team on methods where Members of City Council can bring Community Council decisions to City Council to review a decision;

(c)the City Clerk be requested to submit a report to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team on the feasibility of providing a hospitality allowance for each Community Council; and

(d)the following motion be referred to the City Solicitor with a request that he submit a report thereon to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team:

Moved by Councillor Minnan-Wong:

'It is further recommended that, recognizing the importance of Community Councils and the need to eliminate the waste and duplication in the present system of dealing with matters twice, a supra-majority of two-thirds of Members of Council shall be required to overturn a decision of a Community Council.' "

NOTICES OF MOTION APPEARING UNDER ITEM F

(1)Moved by:Councillor Silva

Seconded by:Councillor Pantalone

"WHEREAS City Council at its meeting held on July 8, 9 and 10, 1998, adopted, as amended, Clause No. 30 of Report No. 9 of The Corporate Services Committee, headed 'Provision of Food Services at City Hall'; and

WHEREAS the following action was taken by Council:

'That the foregoing Clause be amended by striking out the recommendations of TheCorporate Services Committee and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"It is recommended that:

(1)the Commissioner of Corporate Services be instructed to finalize the lease previously negotiated and signed by Mr. Palermo on behalf of 1158093Ontario Limited; and

(2)the lease include a provision that the operator be granted the right to exclusivity in terms of catering services for City Hall functions, except in those cases where religious dietary restrictions, such as Kosher or Hallal, are involved for special events." ' ; and

WHEREAS by the foregoing decision, the operation of the Cafeteria was given to a specific individual, by-passing the Proposal Call process; and

WHEREAS the Hotel Employees, Restaurant Employees Union Local 75 is charging that this Council action may actually be in contravention of the Municipal Act; and

WHEREAS the Cafeteria staff has signed a petition requesting that Council re-open this issue and have also indicated that a new operator will not honour their collective agreement and recognize their Union for its membership;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT in accordance with Section 46 of the Council Procedural By-law, Clause No. 30 of Report No. 9 of The Corporate Services Committee, headed 'Provision of Food Services at City Hall', be re-opened for further consideration."

Disposition:Council re-opened consideration of Clause No. 30 of Report No. 9 of The Corporate Services Committee, headed "Provision of Food Services at City Hall", and referred such Clause to the Corporate Services Committee for further consideration at its meeting to be held on November 9, 1998.

(2)Moved by:Councillor Flint

Seconded by:Councillor Feldman

"WHEREAS City Council at its meeting held on October 1 and 2, 1998, re-opened and held ClauseNo. 1 of Report No. 11 of The Corporate Services Committee, headed 'Acquisition and Disposal of Real Property'; and

WHEREAS the acquisition and disposal of small parcels of Real Property can be of special interest and significance to Councillors and Community Councils; and

WHEREAS Councillors can often provide beneficial and helpful insight into local real estate matters;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the report dated May 11, 1998, from the Commissioner of Corporate Services, as amended by City Council at its meeting held on July 29, 30, 31, 1998, be adopted subject to:

(1)amending Appendix C, embodied therein, entitled 'Processes for Declaring Properties Surplus', by:

(a)adding to section (1) the following: '(d) identified by a Councillor;',so that section (1) now reads:

'(a)corporate asset reviews such as space rationalization;

(b)department reorganization, reduction in staffing or program change;

(c)a new tax sale property; and

(d)identified by a Councillor;';

(b)adding to section (2) the words 'the local Councillor(s)', so that section (2) now reads: 'a review to be undertaken by the Facilities and Real Estate Division, consulting with other departments and the local Councillor(s) to determine applicable consideration, ....';

(c)adding to section (4)(a)(i) 'and the local Councillor(s)', so that it now reads: 'report is submitted by the Executive Director to Property Management Committee and the local Councillor(s) on submissions of interests.';

(d)adding to sections (4)(e)(i) and (4)(e)(ii) the letter 's' to the word owner, so that it now reads: 'and sold to the abutting owners' and 'if the owners are not interested, ....';

(e)adding to section (5) the words 'appropriate Community Council', so that it now reads: 'on the agenda of the appropriate Community Council or the Corporate Services Committee.';

(2)amending Appendix D, embodied therein, entitled 'Processes for Acquisition', by:

(a)adding to section (3)(a)(i) the words 'and local Councillor(s)', so that it now reads: 'report is submitted by the Commissioner of Corporate Services to the Property Management Committee and the local Councillor(s) on alternatives and recommendations.';

(b)adding to section (3)(b)(i) the words 'and the local Councillor(s)', so that it now reads: 'report is submitted by the Executive Director of Facilities and Real Estate to the Property Management Committee and the local Councillor(s) on alternatives and recommendations.';

(c)adding to section (3)(c)(i) the words 'and the local Councillor(s)', so that it now reads: 'report is submitted by the Executive Director of Facilities and Real Estate to the Property Management Committee and the local Councillor(s) on alternatives and recommendations.';

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT all real estate matters under $500,000.00 or otherwise deemed by a local Councillor and the Commissioner of Corporate Services to be of local significance, be considered by the appropriate Community Council and City Council."

Disposition:Consideration of the foregoing Motion was deferred to the next regular meeting of City Council to be held on November 25, 1998.

NOTICES OF MOTION APPEARING UNDER ITEM J

(1)Moved by:Councillor Miller

Seconded by:Councillor McConnell

"WHEREAS the Special Committee to Review the Final Transition Team Report No. 12, Clause No. 1, makes recommendations regarding the roles and responsibilities of Community Councils, including pertaining to the protocol for planning issues; and

WHEREAS the Urban Environment and Development Committee made recommendations regarding this protocol in Report No. 9, Clause No. 2; and

WHEREAS it was appropriate that both reports should have been debated at the same time at Council; and

WHEREAS Council passed the recommendations of the Urban Environment and Development Committee at its meeting on July 29, 30 and 31, 1998; and

WHEREAS the Special Committee to Review the Final Transition Team Report was not reached at that meeting and is on today's agenda;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT in accordance with Section 46 of the Council Procedural By-law, Clause No. 2 of Report No. 9 of The Urban Environment and Development Committee be re-opened by Council to permit debate of this issue."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was not adopted.

(2)Moved by:Councillor Pantalone

Seconded by:Councillor Miller

"WHEREAS the Corporate Services Committee on September 14, 1998 considered a confidential report (September 4, 1998) from the Commissioner of Corporate Services respecting a property matter at 1258 Queen Street West, and recommended the adoption of Option 3 embodied in the aforementioned confidential report; and

WHEREAS Council on October 1 and 2, 1998, adopted the aforementioned recommendation of the Corporate Services Committee embodied in the confidential communication (September 14, 1998) from the City Clerk respecting a property matter at 1258 Queen Street West; and

WHEREAS the Commissioner of Corporate Services has prepared a confidential report (October 26, 1998) on an urgent matter that needs to be addressed by City Council relative to 1258 Queen Street West;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council consider the confidential report from the Commissioner of Corporate Services (October 26, 1998) respecting 1258Queen Street West."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment.

Council subsequently adopted the confidential report dated October26, 1998, from the Commissioner of Corporate Services, such report to remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act.

(3)Moved by: Councillor O'Brien

Seconded by:Councillor Mahood

"WHEREAS City Council at its meeting of July 29, 30 and 31, 1998, by the adoption of Clause No. 2 of Report No. 10 of The Corporate Services Committee, authorized the City to enter into natural gas supply and related agreements, commencing November 1, 1998, for City-owned facilities and to procure natural gas for certain interested Agencies, Boards and Commissions; and

WHEREAS The Corporation of the Town of Markham (the 'Town'), by resolution of the Town Council at its meeting of August 18, 1998, authorized the Town to join with the City in procuring natural gas, and authorized the City, under agreement with the Town, to act on behalf of the Town in administering the natural gas supply and related agreements; and

WHEREAS in order for the City to meet its legal contractual commitments prior to November 1, 1998, it is necessary for City Council to authorize the City to enter into agreements with the Town and Consumers' Gas and to approve the City acting as the Town's agent for the purposes of procuring natural gas and administering the natural gas supply agreement for the Town;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City be authorized to enter into agreements with The Corporation of the Town of Markham and with Consumers' Gas to act as the Town's agent for the purposes of procuring natural gas for the Town under the City's contractual arrangements, commencing November 1, 1998, and for the purposes of doing anything necessary to administer the natural gas supply and related agreements on the Town's behalf."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment.

(4)Moved by:Councillor Bussin

Seconded by:Councillor Jakobek

"WHEREAS the Council of the former City of Toronto, by the adoption of Clause No. 26 of Report No. 9 of The Executive Committee at its meeting of March 4 and 5, 1996, authorized the acquisition of certain lands for the proposed Kingston Road extension and the widening of Queen Street East and, by the adoption of Clause No. 17 of Report No. 11 of The City Services Committee at its meeting of September 22 and 23, 1997, authorized the construction of the portion of the Kingston Road extension connecting into Eastern Avenue (the 'Eastern Avenue extension'); and

WHEREAS a portion of the land required for the Eastern Avenue extension was laid out and dedicated on Plan of Subdivision No. 66M-2311 (identified as Eastern Avenue on the Plan) and is now in a condition to be assumed as a public highway and named to form part of Eastern Avenue; and

WHEREAS a portion of land required for the Eastern Avenue extension (Block 153 on Plan of Subdivision No. 66M-2311) is now in a condition to be laid out and dedicated as a public highway and named to form part of Eastern Avenue; and

WHEREAS a portion of the land required for the Queen Street East widening was laid out and dedicated on Plan of Subdivision No. 66M-2311 as Block 151 is now in a condition to be assumed as a public highway and named to form part of Queen Street East; and

WHEREAS in order for the City to open up the above portions of highway for use by motor vehicles on or about November 2, 1998, it is necessary to authorize the introduction of bills to lay out and dedicate, assume and name those portions of highway;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

(1)a by-law or by-laws be introduced in Council to:

(a)authorize the laying out, dedication and naming of a portion of highway (Block 153 on Plan of Subdivision No. 66M-2311) to form part of Eastern Avenue;

(b)authorize the assumption and naming of the portion of highway identified as Eastern Avenue on Plan of Subdivision No. 66M-2311 to form part of Eastern Avenue; and

(c)authorize the assumption and naming of the portion of highway identified as Block 151 on Plan of Subdivision No. 66M-2311 to form part of Queen Street East; and

(2)the by-law or by-laws referred to in Recommendation No. (1) become effective on November 2, 1998."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment.

(5)See Clause No. 3 of Report No. 20 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, headed "Toronto Transit Commission - Procurement Authorization-Excavation and Paving 1998 Surface Track Program", for Council's action with respect to Notice of Motion J(5).

(6)Moved by:Councillor Jakobek

Seconded by:Councillor Bussin

"WHEREAS City Council at its meeting held on June 3, 4 and 5, 1998, adopted Clause No.38 of Report No. 6 of The Toronto Community Council, headed 'Naming of New Park - East of Main Development (Ward 26) East Toronto'; and

WHEREAS Council adopted, without amendment, the recommendation of the Toronto Community Council that the proposed park in the East of Main lands be named after Mr.JoeMcNulty; and

WHEREAS after the naming had been approved, information was forthcoming which placed Mr. McNulty as a participant in the Christie Street riots and the Canadian Jewish Congress, other community members and residents at large have expressed their objection to this naming;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the previous action of Council respecting the naming of the new park after Mr. Joe McNulty be rescinded as recommended in the report dated October 27, 1998, from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment and, in so doing, Council adopted the report dated October 27, 1998, from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, embodying the following recommendation:

"It is recommended that the previous action of City Council respecting the naming of the proposed park in the East of Main lands after Mr.Joe McNulty, be rescinded."

(7)Moved by:Councillor Adams

Seconded by:Councillor Bossons

"WHEREAS the Ontario Municipal Board, in 1992, granted an application for the extension and enlargement of the residence at 9 Elderwood Drive, subject to certain conditions, including the provision of two rows of cedar hedge along the rear of the property in order to provide privacy and buffering to the owner/residents of 8 Silverwood Drive (OMB FileV920196); and

WHEREAS the City's Committee of Adjustment, in 1994, granted a minor variance permitting the demolition of the detached garage of 9 Elderwood Drive on condition that the cedar hedges referred to in the OMB decision dated December 4, 1992 (V920196) 'be extended along the southerly boundary of the site for the full width of the lot' (Committee Decision A-403-94); and

WHEREAS the owners of 9 Elderwood Drive have requested that the Ontario Municipal Board vary its December, 1992, Decision V920196 to remove the condition requiring the cedar hedge and such motion is scheduled to be heard November 24, 1998; and

WHEREAS it is important for the City to enforce its 1994 Committee of Adjustment decision; provide sufficient screening and buffering for 8 Silverwood Drive and to ensure compliance with the conditions imposed by the Board;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

(1)the City continue to support the condition originally imposed by the Ontario Municipal Board and expanded upon and reimposed by the Committee of Adjustment in 1994 that a double row of cedars be constructed along the entire rear property line of 9 Elderwood Drive;

(2)the City Solicitor and a representative from Urban Forestry be directed to attend at the OMB hearing to uphold this requirement and to seek that an official landscape plan be added to the OMB Order;

(3)if requested by the parties, that Richard Ubbens of Urban Forestry attend at the site to explore the potential resolution of this matter without the necessity of an Ontario Municipal Board hearing; and

(4)the Buildings Department be requested to attend at 9 Elderwood Drive to ensure that all conditions attached to the extension and enlargement have been complied with and are enforced."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment.

(8)Moved by:Councillor Adams

Seconded by:Councillor Bossons

"WHEREAS the City of Toronto Council authorized a pilot program of transferable parking permits in Area 5E in Midtown Ward for the initial six-month period ending November 30, 1998; and

WHEREAS residents in the pilot program area are requesting that the program continue; and

WHEREAS the pilot program will end November 30, 1998, unless Council authorizes the extension; and

WHEREAS City staff require some lead time to implement an extension of the pilot program;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council approve the continuation of the pilot program of a transferable parking permits in Area 5E and the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested to report prior to the conclusion of the December 1, 1998, and May 31, 1999, term of residential of parking permits, on the possible expansion of the transferable parking permits across all authorized permit parking areas and streets within the former City of Toronto."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment.

(9)Moved by:Councillor Rae

Seconded by:Councillor O'Brien

"WHEREAS CANFAR, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, hosts a fundraising gala each year, and this year it will occur on November 7, 1998, in the lobbies of the CNTower; and

WHEREAS the event will occur prior to the next meeting of the Toronto Community Council;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council declare this event being held by CANFAR on November 7, 1998, from 6:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., to be an event of municipal significance for liquor licence purposes and that the Alcohol and Gaming Commission be advised that the City has no objection to it taking place nor to the extension of the service hours."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment.

(10)Moved by:Councillor Flint

Seconded by:Councillor Berger

"WHEREAS Council at its meeting of July 29, 1998, approved the construction of a sidewalk on Wimpole Drive; and

WHEREAS for reasons of economy, it is proposed to construct the sidewalk in conjunction with a local improvement for this street that is currently underway; and

WHEREAS recently several residents of Wimpole Drive have expressed opposition to the construction of a sidewalk on their street; and

WHEREAS prior to 1998, City of North York residents who opposed sidewalk construction on their street could appear before the Works Committee to state the reasons for opposing the sidewalk and ask that it not be built; and

WHEREAS the next meeting of the North York Community Council is scheduled for November 12, 1998; and

WHEREAS the road construction schedule indicates that the proposed sidewalk will not be installed before November 12, 1998;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT in accordance with Section 46 of the Council Procedural By-law, Clause No. 11 of Report No. 8 of The North York Community Council, headed 'Sidewalks - Local Improvement Initiatives in the Approved 1998 Capital Budget - North York Spadina, North York Centre and North York Centre South', pertaining to the construction of the sidewalk on Wimpole Drive only, be re-opened for further consideration;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the aforementioned matter be referred to the North York Community Council meeting of November 12, 1998, to allow local residents an opportunity to speak to the issue."

Disposition:Council re-opened consideration of Clause No. 11 of Report No. 8 of the North York Community Council, headed "Sidewalks - Local Improvement Initiatives in the Approved 1998 Capital Budget - North York Spadina, North York Centre and North York Centre South", and referred such Clause to the North York Community Council for further consideration at its meeting to be held on November 12, 1998.

(11)Moved by:Councillor Altobello

Seconded by:Councillor Ashton

"WHEREAS a substantial number of existing church sites in the Birchcliff and Clairlea Communities of the former City of Scarborough are zoned 'Limited Institutional' permitting senior citizens' homes and nursing homes in addition to places of worship; and

WHEREAS the recent submission of an application for a senior citizens' home under the 'Limited Institutional' zoning has revealed the absence of any height or density standards applying to these sites and has brought into question whether certain of these sites are suitable for senior citizens' homes and nursing homes; and

WHEREAS in a October 27, 1998 memorandum, the Director, Community Planning, East District, advises that it would be prudent to study these sites to first, assess their suitability for these uses and second, if they are appropriate locations, to establish performance standards for incorporation into the Zoning By-law, in order to ensure an appropriate fit within the existing neighbourhood context;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be directed to undertake a planning study pertaining to all sites zoned 'Limited Institutional' within the Birchcliff and Clairlea communities:

(a)to make recommendations concerning whether senior citizens' homes and nursing homes should continue to be permitted under the 'Limited Institutional' zoning applying to the various sites; and

(b)for sites where the permission for senior citizens' homes and/or nursing homes will continue, to recommend performance standards for incorporation into the Zoning By-law, including but not limited to height and density standards, to ensure an appropriate fit within the existing neighbourhood context.

The above study to be provided to Council no later than September 1, 1999;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council grant authority to impose, for a period of one year from passage, interim control restrictions to enact an interim control by-law to give effect hereto, and that authority be granted for the introduction of the necessary Bill in Council to give effect hereto."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment.

(12)Moved by:Councillor Disero

Seconded by:Councillor Fotinos

"WHEREAS the July 8, 1998 meeting of Council ratified the Agreement between the City and the Canadian Olympic Association (COA) defining their relationship, roles and responsibilities in bidding for the 2008 Olympic Games in Toronto and recommending that City officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect thereto, including participating in the incorporation and organization of the 2008 Toronto Olympic Bid Corporation (TO-Bid) required under the Agreement; and

WHEREAS it is necessary to fulfil the requirements of the Agreement concerning the TO-Bid Board membership, it is imperative that the final eight nominees of the COA be endorsed, completing the proportional representation requirements of the Board in time for its meeting on November 10, 1998;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council give consideration to the report dated October28, 1998, from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, and that such report be adopted."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment and, in so doing, Council adopted the report dated October 28, 1998, from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, embodying the following recommendation:

"It is recommended that Council endorse the additional appointments to the Board of Directors of the 2008 Olympic Bid Corporation (TO-Bid), those persons named in Appendix 1 of this report."

(13)Moved by:Councillor Walker

Seconded by:Councillor Layton

"WHEREAS City Council, at its meeting held on June 3, 4 and 5, 1998, adopted, as amended, Clause No. 13 of Report No. 7 of the Corporate Services Committee, headed 'Office Administration and Expenses of Members of Council', wherein it is noted that:

'. . .City Council approved a global budget of $70,000.00 for each Councillor to cover the cost of general office requirements, communication and constituency office accommodation.

The global budget does not cover expenses that are corporate in nature, such as sponsorships and donations. These are similar in nature to grants and considered by Council as a whole . . .'; and

WHEREAS the following Recommendations Nos. (1) and (2) contained in Clause No. 66 of Report No. 12 of The Toronto Community Council, headed 'Construction at 411 Duplex Avenue/33 Orchard Park Boulevard (North Toronto)', appear to be contrary to the policy adopted by Council:

'The Toronto Community Council recommends that:

(1)City Council establish that the expenditure of the Councillor's Communications Budget is entirely within the discretion of the Councillor, and that public scrutiny ensures the necessary accountability, and that no approval of the request by Councillor Walker is required;

(2)in the event that Recommendation No. (1) fails,

(a)a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 be given to the 33 Orchard View Boulevard and 411 Duplex Avenue Tenant Association, for the purpose of engaging legal and consulting assistance in the tenant appeal to the Ontario Housing Tribunal for a rent abatement;

(b)the grant be deemed to be in the interest of the municipality; and

(c)the funds be provided from Councillor Walker's Communication Budget; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, in accordance with Section 46 of the Council Procedural By-law, Clause No. 13 of Report No. 7 of The Corporate Services Committee be re-opened in order to permit Council to give consideration to the foregoing recommendations."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was not adopted.

(14)Moved by:Councillor Rae

Seconded by:Councillor Chow

"WHEREAS the applicant is proposing to erect two illuminated fascia signs on the south and west elevations of the building to identify the new commercial tenants; and

WHEREAS the proposed signs do not comply with Chapter 297, Signs, of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code and are the subject of a minor variance application;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council give consideration to the report of the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services dated October 29, 1998 and that Recommendations Nos. (1) and (2) of such report be adopted."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted, without amendment and, in so doing, Council adopted the report dated October 29, 1998, from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, embodying the following recommendations:

"It is recommended that:

(1)City Council approve Application No. 998086 respecting minor variances from Chapter297, Signs, of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code to permit two illuminated fascia signs; and

(2)the applicant be advised, upon approval of Application No.998086, of the requirement to obtain the necessary permits from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services."

CONDOLENCES

(1)Moved by:Councillor Brown

Seconded by:Councillor Sinclair

"WHEREAS the Members of City Council are saddened to learn of the passing of Ms.GailHanna, former Trustee, Ward 11, Etobicoke Board of Education, on Friday, October 16, 1998; and

WHEREAS Ms. Hanna served on the Board for two terms; and

WHEREAS she was respected by her colleagues and the community, for her contribution to the Board of Education;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Clerk be directed to convey, on behalf of the Members of City Council, an expression of sincere sympathy to her daughter, Jennifer, and to Gail's parents."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted unanimously.

(2)Moved by: Councillor Rae

Seconded by: Councillor Adams

"WHEREAS on October 12, 1998, 21 year old gay University of Wyoming student MatthewShepard, died after being brutally gay bashed on October 7, 1998, in Laramie, Wyoming; and

WHEREAS there has been overwhelming public grief and condemnation of this senseless murder; and

WHEREAS gay bashing is a pervasive and odious problem, based on ignorance and fear; and

WHEREAS incidents of gay bashing are frequent, with more than 30 incidents reported in Toronto over this past summer; and

WHEREAS hate crimes legislation is an important tool for society to use in the fight against gay bashing; and

WHEREAS Canada enacted hate crimes legislation in June, 1995, in an effort to curtail the prevalence of hate crimes; and

WHEREAS the State of Wyoming has rejected hate crimes initiatives on three separate occasions, and is one of nine states that has not enacted a hate crime law;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council express its deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of Matthew Shepard for their tragic loss;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT City Council direct the City Clerk to forward a copy of the Canadian Government's hate crimes legislation to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Wyoming;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Governor and Legislature of the State of Wyoming be urged to enact hate crimes legislation as quickly as possible."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted unanimously.

(3)Moved by:Councillor McConnell

Seconded by:Councillor Mihevc

WHEREAS on August 13, 1998, the late William Berchmans Dunphy was taken from his family and his community; and

WHEREAS Bill Dunphy was a man full of, and apparently in love with, contradictions; and

WHEREAS, as an indifferent high school student, he spent his life as an academic, and his last years as the Principal of the University of St. Michael's College, one of the largest Catholic Universities in North America; and

WHEREAS, being an American by birth, Toronto was so much his home that he could not stay away, despite a blossoming career in the United States. A devout Catholic, a professor of Philosophy, he could never resist a good joke, and managed to work Monty Python skits into lectures on metaphysics; and

WHEREAS he often feigned a strict, gruff demeanor, but never could hide the warm generosity that was his nature; and

WHEREAS, three things about Bill never wavered, he was dedicated to his family, to St.Mike's and to justice and decency wherever he saw it was needed; and

WHEREAS Bill met his wife Kathleen in Toronto while studying here. He moved back here with her to raise a family. Their nine children (yes I said nine) reflected Bill and Kathleen's values. They raised journalists and lawyers who spoke out for fairness. They raised a comedienne who speaks out whenever she can. They even raised a Toronto City Councillor's Executive Assistant. At their church, in their neighbourhood and in the broader community, the Dunphy clan were always folks to be reckoned with; and

WHEREAS Bill devoted a long career to helping St. Mike's grow and prosper. He played a key role in reshaping St Mike's role in the University of Toronto Federation, taught there, sent his children there and led the school through the 90's; and

WHEREAS Bill and Kathleen took their convictions to the community as well, playing leading roles in neighbourhood associations and community groups. Bill made important contributions to interfaith groups at the local, national and international levels. Whether labouring on the Jerusalem Committee or founding the Religious Leaders group, Bill Dunphy always left a mark, and always left the room claiming someone else had done the hard part; and

WHEREAS our community and, most significantly, our religious communities are much richer for having had Bill Dunphy in them;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Clerk be directed to convey, on behalf of the members of Council, our sincere sympathy to the family of William Berchmans Dunphy."

Disposition:The foregoing Motion was adopted unanimously.

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November 5, 1998