Other Items Considered by the Committee

(a)Discussion Paper on the Review of

The Council-Committee Structure.

The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having provided direction to staff on the development of options respecting the proposed Council-Committee Structure for the City of Toronto for circulation to Members of Council for comment and input; and having requested the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a report thereon to the November 19, 1998, meeting of the Special Committee:

(i)(October 8, 1998) from Councillor David Miller, High Park - Parkdale, attaching a Discussion Paper, entitled "Review of the Council-Committee Structure in the City of Toronto", prepared by staff in the Strategic and Corporate Policy Division of the Chief Administrator's Office, to assist the Special Committee in its consideration of the governance structure; and advising that staff have been requested to present an overview of the contents of the Discussion Paper at the meeting of the Special Committee scheduled to be held on October 16, 1998.

(ii)(September 30, 1998) from the City Clerk, providing an update on the City Clerk's legislative process review which responds to a number of issues raised by Council Members, staff and the public; advising that this report is submitted to the Corporate Services Committee for information, and to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report on the Toronto Transition Team to be considered with the CAO's report on governance structure; that this report outlines the steps underway to review and evaluate the legislative process and identifies some short, medium and long term initiatives under consideration; that there are no immediate financial implications; and recommending that the Corporate Services Committee receive this report for information and forward a copy to the October 16, 1998 meeting of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report on the Toronto Transition Team for its information and consideration in conjunction with the CAO's report on governance structure.

(iii)(October 9, 1998) from the City Clerk advising that the Corporate Services Committee on October 9, 1998, endorsed the Recommendation embodied in the report (September 30, 1998) from the City Clerk, entitled "Status Report on the Council Legislative Process Review", wherein it is recommended that the Corporate Services Committee receive this report for information and forward a copy to the October 16, 1998, meeting of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team for its information and consideration in conjunction with the Chief Administrator's report on governance structure."

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Mr. Phillip Abrahams, Policy Analyst, Strategic and Corporate Policy Division, Chief Administrator's Office gave an overhead presentation to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, entitled "Review of the Council-Committee Structure" and filed a copy of his presentation material.

(b)Heritage Services.

The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having received the following communication:

(October 15, 1998) from Councillor David Miller, High Park - Parkdale, advising that City Council on July 29, 30 and 31, 1998, gave consideration to a report from the Chief Administrative Officer respecting Heritage Services in the City of Toronto and referred the aforementioned report back to the Special Committee requesting that the Special Committee reconsider the issue and that the Heritage community develop a heritage strategic plan; that to assist the Special Committee in its deliberations of this matter a workshop has been arranged to discuss the issues with a wide variety of interested parties; attaching a the agenda for the workshop to take place on October 20, 1998, at 6:30 p.m. on the 27th floor at Metro Hall; and further advising that it is important for all members of the Special Committee to try to attend this workshop to discuss the issues in a forum which is less formal than a Committee meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

COUNCILLOR DAVID MILLER

Chair

Toronto, October 16, 1998

Patsy Morris

Tel. (416) 392-9151