Other Item Considered by the Community Council
(a)Options for Ward Boundary Changes
The East York Community Council reports having:
(1)requested the Urban Environment and Development Committee to submit a
consolidated report to City Council which shall incorporate recommendations from all
Community Councils, including the following:
(a)by striking out Recommendation No. 1 contained in the joint report
(October26,1998) from the City Clerk and the Commissioner of UrbanPlanning and
Development Services and replacing it with the following Recommendation No. 1:
(1)that the City Solicitor be requested to clarify whether the Province of Ontario
accepts or concurs with the position of single member wards and report further to City
Council on the legal ramifications;
(b)that the City Council be requested to re-open the issue of single member wards for
further public consultation;
(c)that the East York Community Council defer any recommendations to the
UrbanEnvironment and Development Committee until legal advice has been received
regarding recommendation (1) (a) (1) and staff have investigated other ward division
options such that the Todmorden Community is maintained in one ward and that this
issue should be delayed until the first meeting of the EastYork Community Council to be
held in January, 1999;
(d)that the East York Community Council has no objections to moving the southern
boundary line to Danforth Avenue;
(e)that notwithstanding the railway lines, the neighbourhoods of Governors Bridge and
701 Don Mills Road remain as part of the East York Community;
(f)that a preferred option for ward boundary minor refinements and ward divisions as
the basis for ward revisions for the municipal elections to be held in the year 2000 be
deferred until advice has been received from the City Solicitor;
(g)that if the division of the ward boundaries to permit single member ward
representation requires provincial legislation, the Members of Provincial Parliament for
the ridings of York East, Don Mills, Beaches-Woodbine and Riverdale be advised that
the East York Community Council is opposed to these changes and requests their
assistance;
(h)that the Urban Environment and Development Committee be advised that further
public meetings must be held in the community of East York before any divisions or
changes are made to the boundaries in the East York area;
(2)received the following communications (November 3, 1998) from
Ms.CarolBurtin-Fripp, President, Leaside Property Owners' Association, East York;
(November 3, 1998) from Mr.Colin MacLeod, East York; (Undated) from Ms.Margaret
Simpson, East York; and (November 3, 1998) from Mr.JustinVanDette, East York;
(3)received the following joint report (October 26, 1998) of the City Clerk and the
Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services; and
(4)received the presentation by Mr. Peter Fay, Senior Policy and Planning Analyst and
Mr.JohnHollins, Director of Elections, regarding the options for Ward Boundary
Changes:
(November 3, 1998) from Ms. Carol Burtin-Fripp, President, Leaside Property Owners'
Associations, East York, opposing the division of boundaries in Ward One, East York;
(November 3, 1998) from Mr. Colin MacLeod, East York, opposing the division of
boundaries in Ward One, EastYork; and
(November 3, 1998) from Mr. Justin Van Dette, East York, opposing the division of
boundaries in Ward One, East York; and
(Undated) from Ms. Margaret Simpson, East York, opposing the division of boundaries in
Ward One, East York.
The following persons appeared before the East York Community Council in connection with
the foregoing:
-Mr. John Papadakis, East York;
-Ms. Carol Burtin-Fripp, President, Leaside Property Owners Association, East York;
-Mr. John Ridout, East York;
-Mr. Colin McLeod, East York;
-Ms. Margaret Simpson, East York;
-Mr. Justin Van Dette, East York;
-Mr. Gord Crann, East York;
-Ms. Donna-Lynn McCallum, East York;
-Mr. Brian Barron, President, Ward 2 Property Owners Association, East York;
-Mr. Jerry Hagen, East York; and
-Mr. Allan Gaw, East York.