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                                            Clerk's Department



                              Minutes of the Special Committee to Review the

                          Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team Committee





                                                                        Friday, February 13, 1998.





        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team met on

        Friday, February 13, 1998, in Committee Room A, 2nd Floor, Metro Hall, Toronto, commencing

        at 9:40 a.m.



        Members Present:



                       Councillor David Miller, Chair

                       Councillor Mike Feldman

                       Councillor Anne Johnston

                       Councillor Norm Kelly

                       Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby

                       Councillor Peter Li Preti

                       Councillor Ron Moeser

                       Councillor Howard Moscoe

                       Councillor Michael Prue

                       Councillor Kyle Rae



        Also Present:



                       Councillor Jack Layton

                       Councillor Pam McConnell



        Regrets:



                       Mayor Mel Lastman



               On motion by Councillor Johnston, the Minutes of the meeting of the Special

               Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team held on

               January 28, 1998, were confirmed.



24.     Workshop on Community Councils 

        Roles and Responsibilities.

        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before

        it a communication (February 9, 1998) from Councillor David Miller, Chairman, Special

        Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, outlining a number of

        activities designed to assist the Special Committee in its review of the Roles and

        Responsibilities of the Community Councils; advising that the activities described in this

        report will be accommodated within existing budget allocations; that Council has directed

        the Special Committee to report on the roles and responsibilities of Community Councils to

        the March 4, 1998, meeting of Council; that given the process outlined above, the March

        4th Council meeting will receive the results of the first part of this process and the

        draft discussion paper; that a further report will proceed to Council after the

        consultations; that it is essential that the Special Committee take the time to understand

        the potential of Community Councils and also receive public input before making its

        recommendations to Council; that the workshop and public consultation described in this

        report will help the Special Committee reach informed conclusions; and recommending that

        the Special Committee receive this report for information.



               The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

               Team received the foregoing report as information.



                                    (Clause No.  3(b) , Report No. 2)





25.     Schedule of Meetings - The Special Committee to 

        Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before

        it a communication (February 9, 1998) from the City Clerk submitting the following 

        revised schedule of meetings for the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the

        Toronto Transition Team, as directed by the Special Committee on January 28, 1998:



               Date of Meeting                       Location                      Time



        Friday, February 13, 1998            Committee Room A                   9:30 a.m.

                                         Metro Hall             



        Thursday, February 26, 1998          Committee Room A                   9:30 a.m.

                                         Metro Hall              



        Friday, April 3, 1998                Committee Room A                   9:30 a.m.

                                         Metro Hall              



        Friday, April 24, 1998               Committee Room A                   9:30 a.m.

                                         Metro Hall             



        Friday, May 1, 1998                  Committee Room A                   9:30 a.m.

        (If required)                    Metro Hall             



               The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

               Team approved the aforementioned schedule of meetings.



               (Chief Administrative Officer; Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer; City

               Solicitor; Commissioner of Corporate Services; Commissioner of Planning and

               Urban Development Services; Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services;

               Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services; City  Auditor; Ms.

               Rosanna Scotti, Chief Administrator's Office; Mr. Phillip Abrahams, Chief

               Administrator's Office - February 13, 1998)



                                     (Clause No.  3(d), Report No. 2)





26.     Task Force on the Gardiner/Lakeshore Corridor.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before

        it a communication (February 10, 1998) from the City Clerk advising that The Urban

        Environment and Development Committee on February 9, 1998, during consideration of the

        issue of the F. G. Gardiner Expressway East Dismantling Project, inter alia, recommended

        to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team that:



        (1)    a Task Force on the Gardiner/Lakeshore Corridor be created (similar to the one

               currently in place at the former City of Toronto), including appropriate staff

               support and an operating budget; 



        (2)    Councillors Altobello, Ashton, Bussin, Jakobek, Layton and McConnell be appointed

               to such Task Force; and



        (3)    the Terms of Reference for the Task Force include the supervision of the detailed

               planning and public consultation related to the F. G. Gardiner Expressway East

               Dismantling Project.



               The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

               Team referred the aforementioned communication regarding the Task Force on

               the Gardiner/Lakeshore Corridor, to the Interim Functional Lead for

               Transportation, with a request that he submit a report thereon to the

               Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

               Team.



               (Interim Functional Lead for Transportation;  c:  Chief Administrative

               Officer; Ms. Rosanna Scott, Chief Administrator's Office; Mr. Phillip

               Abrahams, Chief Administrator's Office; Secretary, Urban Environment and

               Development Committee - February 17, 1998)



                                    (Clause No.   3(f), Report No. 2)





27.     Summary Information on Agencies, Boards, 

        Commissions, Advisory Committees and Task Forces.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before

        it the following report and communications:



        (i)    (February 11, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer submitting a draft

               database of information about the City of Toronto s Agencies, Boards, Commissions,

               Advisory Committees and Task Forces; advising that the seven former municipalities

               had many Agencies, Boards, Commissions, program advisory committees and issue-



               specific task forces; that most of these bodies are continued within the structure

               of the new City pending their review and possible rationalization; that, in

               addition, a number of new boards and commissions were established by the

               legislation creating the new City; that the inventory appended to this report

               contains a summary of information about these organizations, including their

               legislative basis, current composition and term of appointments, relevant

               Transition Team recommendations, other pertinent motions, and comments on

               outstanding issues; that staff will report on the next steps in dealing with the

               outstanding issues at a future meeting of the Special Committee; that the attached

               summary is provided at this time to enable Members of the Special Committee to

               familiarize themselves with the information prior to their consideration of that

               report; and recommending that this report be received for information.



        (ii)   (February 6, 1998) from Mr. Joseph F. Gill, Chair, Friends of Fort York, advising

               that the Friends of Fort York is an extremely active citizen volunteer group which

               depends upon effective communication with City Councillors and officials in

               pursuing most of its goals; that this organization has a significant interest in

               the solutions for the delivery of heritage services that will eventually be

               adopted for Toronto; and requesting an opportunity to appear before the Committee

               at its meeting on Friday, February 13, 1998, to provide the organization s views

               on the importance of public participation in the Committee s proceedings and to

               comment on proposals in this regard.



        (iii)  (February 5, 1998) from Dr. Marion Joppe, Chair, Heritage Toronto, requesting an

               opportunity to appear before the Special Committee respecting one of the central

               concerns that Heritage Toronto has addressed in recent months on how best to

               ensure continued effective community participation in decision-making; and

               advising that as a citizen Board with fiduciary authority, Heritage Toronto has

               been able to ensure this and would like this level of participation to continue.



        (iv)   (February 5, 1998) from Mrs. Elizabeth Ingolfsrud, Chairman, Etobicoke Historical

               Board, requesting an opportunity to appear before the Special Committee respecting

               the future of citizen participation in Toronto s government; and advising that the

               Etobicoke Historical Board have found that citizen Boards with executive authority

               are an effective way to ensure meaningful and consistent public participation in

               decision-making, and is concerned for the future of this kind of input into

               heritage governance, and would welcome the opportunity to discuss this with the

               Committee.



        (v)    (February 5, 1998) from Ms. Anne Collins, President, Toronto Arts Council,

               providing information respecting the Toronto Arts Council (TAC) Structure, its

               Transition Steering Committee which was created in April, 1997, the community

               outreach organized by them; advising that City Council makes five appointments to

               the Toronto Arts Council s 26 member Board of Directors; that the 21 elected

               members are all citizens of Toronto working as volunteers for the Toronto Arts

               Council; further advising that the timeframe for increasing  geographical

               representation  on the Toronto Art Council's Board and Committees is scheduled to

               result in a Toronto Arts Council that more closely reflects the new Toronto by the

               end of April, 1998; that TAC will continue to inform the Special Committee of its

               progress; and recommending that this report be received for information.



        (vi)   (February 2, 1998) from Mr. G. L. Morton, Member of the Democracy Model Group,

               respecting the involvement of citizens in the City of Toronto decision-making.



        (vii)  (January 23, 1998) from Mr. Spyros Volonakis, Chair, Child Care Advisory Committee

               of Toronto, respecting the role of advisory committees in the civic government;

               and requesting that the Special Committee recommend to Council that the Child Care

               Advisory Committee of Toronto be designated as a sub-committee of the new

               Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee.



        (viii) (February 4, 1998) from Mr. Manny Danelon, Industry Co-Chair, Film Liaison

               Industry Committee, advising, amongst other things, that the Film Liaison Industry

               Committee on November 27, 1998, unanimously endorsed the continuation of this

               Committee.



        (ix)   (December 22, 1997) from Ms. Rhonda Silverstone, Acting Manager, Toronto Film  and

               Television Office, advising of those wishing to continue to serve on the Film

               Liaison Industry Committee.



        (x)    (February 6, 1998) from representatives of all of the Public Art Advisory

               Committees and Commission of the former municipalities, informing the Special

               Committee that a meeting was held on January 28, 1998, with representatives of all

               of the Public Art Advisory Committees and Commission of the former municipalities;

               advising that over 40 public art advisors appointed by the former Councils of East

               York, Etobicoke, North York, Metro, Scarborough, Toronto and York were in

               attendance; that the transition process for maintaining a vibrant public art

               program in the new City of Toronto was the main purpose of the meeting; that the

               public art advisors from the former municipalities unanimously decided to form the

               Toronto Public Art Group with the intention of preparing a report on the future

               design of the City s public program; that the Group has decided to meet on a

               regular basis and work with City staff to report back as soon as possible; and

               that, in the interim period, the existing Advisory Committees and Commission will

               continue to provide advice to the public art projects currently under development.



        (xi)   (December 29, 1997) from Mr. Samuel Wilkes, Willowdale, Ontario, submitting a

               listing of all of the work in which the City of North York s Committee on

               Community, Race and Ethnic Relations and/or its Executive Director,

               Mr. Richard Gosling, has been involved throughout 1997; requesting that the

               projects detailed therein continue on the same voluntary understanding as in the

               past; and urging all concerned with the operation of the new City of Toronto to

               permit those who wish to continue their voluntary work to do so.



        (xii)  (February 3, 1997) from the Secretary, Interim Board of Health, advising that the

               Interim Board of Health on January 26, 1998, amongst other things:



                (2)    requested the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the

                       Toronto Transition Team, chaired by Councillor Miller, to expedite

                       its consideration of the membership structure of the Board of

                       Health. 



        (xiii) (February 9, 1997) from Mr. C. Richard Goldsmith, Chair, Toronto Public Library

               Board, submitting a report regarding the composition and size of the Toronto

               Public Library Board, such report recommending that:



               (1)     the Toronto Public Library shall be composed of fifteen members appointed

                       by Council:



                       (a)    six of whom shall be Members of Council, including the Mayor, or if

                              the Mayor is unwilling or unable to act in that capacity, a person

                              recommended by the Mayor and appointed by Council; and



                       (b)    nine members shall be persons who are not Members of Council, six

                              of whom are citizen volunteers and three shall be recommended by

                              the School Boards as established in the Public Libraries Act.



               (2)     the Chief Executive Officer of the Board be authorized to call the first

                       meeting of the Board in a new term;



               (3)     Council request the Toronto School Board and the Toronto Catholic School

                       Board when recommending persons for appointment by Council to the Toronto

                       Public Library Board:



                       (a)    to provide a ranked short-list of recommended candidates together

                              with their resumes;



                       (b)    to recommend a minimum of five persons as Toronto School Board

                              nominees and a minimum of three persons as Toronto Catholic School

                              Board nominees; and



                       (c)    to refrain from recommending employees of the Toronto School Board

                              or the Toronto Catholic School Board;



               (4)     Council s policy for the terms a Board member may serve on the Toronto

                       Public Library Board is:



                       (a)    no more than two consecutive full terms, plus one preceding partial

                              term if the Board member was initially appointed mid-term to fill a

                              vacancy; and



                       (b)    at least three citizens members will be appointed for a second term

                              each new term;



               (5)     leave be granted to the introduction of necessary Bills in Council to give

                       effect thereto; and



               (6)     the appropriate officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary

                       action to give effect thereto.



        The following persons appeared the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the

        Toronto Transition Team in connection with the foregoing matter:



        -      Mr. Joseph F. Gill, Friends of Fort York;



        -      Dr. Marion Joppe, Chair, Heritage Toronto;



        -      Mrs. Elizabeth Ingolfsrud, Chairman, Etobicoke Historical Board;



        -      Mr. Peter Jacobsen, Member of Board of Directors, Toronto Arts Council;



        -      Ms. Anne Bermonte, Associate Director, Toronto Arts Council;



        -      Mr. Gerald Smith, and submitted a publication entitled  The South Etobicoke

               Cultural Strategic Plan, Final Report, January, 1996;  and

        -      Mr. Brent Larson on behalf of Mr. Gary  L. Morton.



               A.      Councillor Moscoe moved that:



                       (i)    the Child Care Advisory Committee of Toronto report to

                              Council through the Community and Neighbourhood Services

                              Committee;



                       (ii)   the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee be

                              encouraged to seek the advice of the Child Care Advisory

                              Committee of Toronto on matters related to child care;



                       (iii)  the Children s Advocate be encouraged to develop an ongoing

                              relationship with the Child Care Advisory Committee of

                              Toronto;



                       (iv)   the matter of the structure of the Historical Board be

                              referred to the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood

                              Services for discussions with the heritage community and

                              report thereon to the Special Committee to Review the Final

                              Report of the Toronto Transition Team;



                       (v)    the recommendations presented by the Metropolitan Public

                              Arts Policy Advisory Committee be adopted;



                       (vi)   the Interim Functional Lead, Arts, Culture and Heritage, be

                              requested to liaise with the public art groups and submit a

                              report thereon to the Special Committee to Review the Final

                              Report of the Toronto Transition Team with recommendations

                              on how to structure the Public Art Policy Committee to

                              ensure broad based representation; 



                       (vii)  the matter of the structure of arts administration in

                              Toronto be referred to the Interim Functional Lead, Arts,

                              Culture and Heritage, and that she be directed to meet with

                              the Toronto Arts Council and submit a report thereon to the

                              Special Committee, such report to include recommendations in

                              regard thereto; and



                       (viii) the communication dated February 4, 1998, from the Film

                              Liaison Industry Committee (FLIC) be referred to the Interim

                              Functional Lead Arts, Culture and Heritage with a request

                              that she report to the Special Committee on the matter of

                              FLIC s relationship to Council.



               B.      Councillor Johnston moved that:





                       (1)    the City Clerk be requested to poll Members of Council to

                              ascertain their interest in serving on the Film Liaison



                              Industry Committee, and report thereon to the Special

                              Committee; and

                       (2)    the City Solicitor be requested to submit a report to the

                              Board of the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts on

                              February 25, 1998, on whether Regulation 214/96 applies to

                              the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts.



               C.      Councillor Moeser moved that when staff report to the Special

                       Committee respecting Agencies, Boards and Commissions, Advisory

                       Committees and Task Forces, such reports include relevant

                       information on budgets and staffing implications if any.



        Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Kelly Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.



               D.      Councillor Miller moved that:



                       (1)    the foregoing motion A. by Councillor Moscoe be referred to

                              the Chief Administrative Officer for report thereon to the

                              Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto

                              transition Team;



                       (2)    the communication (February 5, 1998) from the President,

                              Toronto Arts Council be received;



                       (3)    the report (February 11, 1998) from the Chief Administrative

                              Officer be received; and



                       (4)    the aforementioned communications (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi),

                              (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), be referred

                              to the Chief Administrative Officer for consideration in a

                              future report to the Special Committee.



        Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.



               Upon the question of the adoption of Part (1) of the foregoing referral

               motion D. by Councillor Miller, referring the foregoing motion A. by

               Councillor Moscoe, it was carried.



               Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing motion B. by Councillor

               Johnston, it was carried.



               Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing motion C. by Councillor

               Moeser, it was carried.



               Upon the question of the adoption of Parts (2) to (4) of the foregoing

               motion D. by Councillor Miller, it was carried.



        The decision of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

        Team therefore is as follows:



               The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

               Team:



               (1)     referred the following motions to the Chief Administrative Officer

                       for report thereon to the Special Committee to Review the Final

                       Report of the Toronto transition Team:



                              Moved by Councillor Moscoe:



                                       (i)   that the Child Care Advisory Committee of

                                             Toronto report to Council through the

                                             Community and Neighbourhood Services

                                             Committee;



                                      (ii)   that the Community and Neighbourhood Services

                                             Committee be encouraged to seek the advice of

                                             the Child Care Advisory Committee of Toronto

                                             on matters related to child care;



                                      (iii)  that the Children s Advocate be encouraged to

                                             develop an ongoing relationship with the

                                             Child Care Advisory Committee of Toronto;



                                      (iv)   that the matter of the structure of the

                                             Historical Board be referred to the

                                             Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood

                                             Services for discussions with the heritage

                                             community and report thereon to the Special

                                             Committee to Review the Final Report of the

                                             Toronto Transition Team;



                                      (v)    that the recommendations presented by the

                                             Metropolitan Public Arts Policy Advisory

                                             Committee be adopted;



                                      (vi)   that the Interim Functional Lead, Arts,

                                             Culture and Heritage, be requested to liaise

                                             with the public art groups and submit a

                                             report thereon to the Special Committee to

                                             Review the Final Report of the Toronto

                                             Transition Team with recommendations on how

                                             to structure the Public Art Policy Committee

                                             to ensure broad based representation; 



                                      (vii)  that the matter of the structure of arts

                                             administration in Toronto be referred to the

                                             Interim Functional Lead, Arts, Culture and

                                             Heritage, and that she be directed to meet

                                             with the Toronto Arts Council and submit a

                                             report thereon to the Special Committee, such

                                             report to include recommendations in regard

                                             thereto; and



                                      (viii) that the communication dated February 4,

                                             1998, from the Film Liaison Industry

                                             Committee (FLIC) be referred to the Interim

                                             Functional Lead Arts, Culture and Heritage

                                             with a request that she report to the Special

                                             Committee on the matter of FLIC s

                                             relationship to Council. ;



                              (2)     requested the City Clerk to poll Members of Council

                                      to ascertain their interest in serving on the Film

                                      Liaison Industry Committee, and report thereon to

                                      the Special Committee;



                              (3)     directed that, when staff report to the Special

                                      Committee respecting Agencies, Boards and

                                      Commissions, Advisory Committees and Task Forces,

                                      such reports include relevant information on budgets

                                      and staffing implications if any;



                              (4)     requested the City Solicitor to submit a report to

                                      the Board of the Hummingbird Centre for the

                                      Performing Arts on February 25, 1998, on whether

                                      Regulation 214/96 applies to the Hummingbird Centre

                                      for the Performing Arts;



                              (5)     received the communication (February 5, 1998) from

                                      the President, Toronto Arts Council;



                              (6)     received the report (February 11, 1998) from the

                                      Chief Administrative Officer; and



                              (7)     referred the aforementioned communications (ii),

                                      (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi),

                                      (xii), (xiii), to the Chief Administrative Officer

                                      for consideration in a future report to the Special

                                      Committee.



               (Chief Administrative Officer; City Solicitor; City Clerk; c:

               Mr. Joseph F. Gill, Chair, Friends of Fort York; Dr. Marion Joppe, Chair,

               Heritage  Toronto; Mrs. Elizabeth Ingolfsrud, Chairman, Etobicoke

               Historical Board; Ms. Anne Collins, President, Toronto Arts Council;

               Mr. Peter Jacobsen, Member of Board of Directors, Toronto Arts Council; Mr.

               G. L. Morton, Member of the Democracy Model Group; Mr. Spyros Volonakis,

               Chair, Child Care Advisory Committee of Toronto; Mr. Manny Danelon,

               Industry Co-Chair, Film Liaison Industry Committee; Ms. Rhonda Silverstone,

               Acting Manager, Toronto Film and Television Office; Mr. Terry Nicholson,

               Representative,  Public Art Advisory Committees and Commissions; Mr. Samuel

               Wilkes; Secretary, Interim Board of Health; Mr. C. Richard Goldsmith,

               Chair, Toronto Public Library Board; Mr. Gerald Smith; Mr. Brent Larson -

               February 18, 1998)



                                    (Clause No.   3(a), Report No. 2)



28.     Terms of Reference for Special Task Forces.

        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before

        it a report (February 11, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer respecting the

        progress towards the development of Terms of Reference by the Task Forces and Special

        Committees that were established by Council at its meeting on January 2, 6, 8 and 9 1998;

        recommending approval of the Terms of Reference for the Environmental Task Force and the

        World City Committee; advising that the Chair of the Environmental Task Force has

        indicated that the Task Force s costs will, for the most part, be accommodated from within

        the Departments supporting the Task Force; that in addition, the Chair has requested

        funding of $65,000.00; and recommending that:



        (1)    the Terms of Reference for the Environmental Task Force, outlined in the

               communication from Councillor Jack Layton dated February 6, 1998, be adopted;



        (2)    the budget request of $65,000.00 for the Environmental Task Force be referred to

               the Commissioners of Urban Planning and Development Services and Works and

               Emergency Services;



        (3)    the Draft Terms of reference for the World City Committee be approved in principle

               and forwarded to the World City Committee;



        (4)    the Chairs of the following Task Forces and Committee be requested to submit their

               Terms of reference, in the format requested in the memorandum from the Chair of

               the Special Committee dated January 29, 1998, for review and endorsement by the

               Special Committee:



               (a)     Task Force to Review Smaller Agencies, Boards and Commissions;



               (b)     Access and Equity Action plan, Race Relations, Disability and Human Rights,

                       and Ethno-Canadian Issues Task Force;



               (c)     Task Force to develop a Strategy for Issues of Concern to the Elderly;



               (d)     Homeless Strategy Task Force;



               (e)     Children s Action Committee; and 



               (f)     Task Force on Community Safety;



        (5)    the Chief Administrative Officer be requested to submit a report to the Special

               Committee on a process to be followed by Council for the establishment of Task

               Forces in the future; and



        (6)    the appropriate officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give

               effect thereto.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had

        before it a communication (February 6, 1998) from Councillor Jack Layton, Don River,

        recommending that the proposed Terms of Reference for the Environmental Task Force be

        adopted and that the budget request of ($65,000.00) be endorsed and referred to the Budget

        Review Committee, and that the Chief Administrative Officer review and report to Council

        on the staff support team to work with the Task Force.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had

        before it a report (undated) from the Chief Administrative Officer, forwarding the Terms

        of Reference for the World City Committee.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had

        before it a communication (February 3, 1998) from Councillor Joe Mihevc, York Eglinton,

        updating the Committee on where the Access and Equity Action Plan, Race Relations,

        Disability and Human Rights, and Ethno-Canadian Issues Task Force is at with respect to

        developing terms of reference; advising that he has started the process by asking internal

        and external stakeholders to provide suggestions for terms of reference; that the draft

        terms of reference will be written the week of February 9, 1998, in preparation for two

        meetings of external and internal stakeholders on February 17 and 19, 1998, and with that

        further input, the terms of reference will be revised and submitted through the Special

        Committee to Council.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had

        before it a communication (February 11, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that The Works

        and Utilities Committee on February 11, 1998, recommended to the Special Committee to

        Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team that Councillor Tom Jakobek be

        appointed as the representative of the Works and Utilities Committee to the Task Force on

        an Access and Equity Action Plan, Race Relations, Disability and Human Rights, as

        requested in the communication dated January 21, 1998, from Councillor Joe Mihevc, Chair,

        Task Force on an Access and Equity Action Plan, Race Relations, Disability and Human

        Rights.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had

        before it a communication (February 5, 1998) from Ms. Marna Ramsden, General Manager,

        Children s Services Division, respecting the Terms of Reference for the Children's Action

        Committee; and attaching a copy of the report submitted by Councillor Chow, in her

        capacity as Children's Advocate, to the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee for

        discussion at their meeting on February 12, 1998.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had

        before it a communication (February 12, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that The

        Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee on February 12, 1998, recommended to the

        Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team the adoption

        of the attached report (January 28, 1998) and communication (February 12, 1998) from the

        Children s Advocate respecting the proposed composition and mandate of the Children s

        Action Committee.



               A.      Councillor Moscoe moved that:



                       (1)    the Special Committee recommend to Council the adoption of

                              the report (February 11, 1998) from the Chief Administrative

                              Officer;



                       (2)    the Chief Administrative Officer, with respect to the World

                              City Committee, be requested to submit a report to the

                              Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto

                              Transition Team, on all of the agreements that were in

                              existence with respect to the previous Area Municipalities;

                              and



                       (3)    all references to the word  strategic  be deleted from the

                              draft Terms of Reference for the World City Committee.

        Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Kelly Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.



               B.      Councillor Miller moved that:



                       (1)    the foregoing motion A. By Councillor Moscoe be amended by

                              adding to Recommendation No. (2) embodied in the report

                              (February 11, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer,

                              the following words  for a further report to the Special

                              Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto

                              Transition Team ; and



                       (2)    the Chief Administrative Officer, and Councillor

                              Olivia Chow, Council s Children s Advocate, and any other

                              relevant staff be requested to submit a joint report to

                              Council for its meeting scheduled to be held on March 4,

                              1998, respecting the Terms of Reference for the Children's

                              Action Committee.



        Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.



               C.      Councillor Johnston moved that:



                       (1)    the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer be requested to

                              submit a report to the Special Committee to Review the Final

                              Report of the Toronto Transition Team, on a budget process

                              for task forces in general; and



                       (2)    a staff member of the Healthy City Office be added to the

                              staff support to the Children s Action Committee.



               D.      Councillor Lindsay Luby moved that the Chief Administrative Officer

                       be requested to submit a report to the Special Committee to Review

                       the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, on a travel policy

                       within the Terms of Reference and the budget for the World City

                       Committee.



               Upon the question of the adoption of Part (1) of the foregoing motion B. by

               Councillor Miller, amending the foregoing motion A. By Councillor Moscoe,

               it was carried.



               Upon the question of the adoption of  Part (2) of the foregoing motion B.

               by Councillor Miller, it was carried.



               Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing motion C. by Councillor

               Johnston, it was carried.



               Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing motion D. by Councillor

               Lindsay Luby, it was carried.



               Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing motion A. by Councillor

               Moscoe, as amended, it was carried. 



        The decision of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

        Team therefore is as follows:

               The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

               Team:



               (1)     recommended to Council the adoption of the report (February 11,

                       1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer subject to:



                       (A)    amending Recommendation No. (2) by adding thereto the

                              following words  for a further report to the Special

                              Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto

                              Transition Team , so that such recommendation shall now read

                              as follows:



                               (2)    the budget request of $65,000.00 for the Environment

                                      Task Force be referred to the Commissioners of Urban

                                      Planning and Development Services, and Works and

                                      Emergency Services, for a further report to the

                                      Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the

                                      Toronto Transition Team ; and



                       (B)    deleting all references to the word  strategic  from the

                              draft Terms of Reference for the World City Committee;



               (2)     requested the Chief Administrative Officer, and Councillor

                       Olivia Chow, Council s Children s Advocate, and any other relevant

                       staff to submit a joint report to Council for its meeting scheduled

                       to be held on March 4, 1998, respecting the Terms of Reference for

                       the Children's Action Committee;



               (3)     requested the Chief Administrative Officer, with respect to the

                       World City Committee, to submit a report to the Special Committee

                       to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, on all

                       of the agreements that were in existence with respect to the

                       previous Area Municipalities;



               (4)     requested the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a report to

                       the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto

                       Transition Team, on a travel policy within the Terms of Reference

                       and the budget for the World City Committee; 



               (5)     requested the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to submit a

                       report to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the

                       Toronto Transition Team, on a budget process for task forces in

                       general; and



               (6)     directed that a staff member of the Healthy City Office be added to

                       the staff support to the Children's Action Committee.



               (Chief Administrative Officer; Councillor Olivia Chow - Downtown; Chief

               Financial Officer and Treasurer; Ms. Fran Perkins, Director, Toronto

               Healthy City Office; c:  Councillor Jack Layton, Don River; Councillor Joe

               Mihevc, York-Eglinton; Secretary, Works and Utilities Committee; Secretary,



               Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee; Ms. Marna Ramsden, General

               Manager, Children's Services Division - February 18, 1998)

                                      (Clause No.  2, Report No. 2)







29.     Slogan/Insignia for the City of Toronto.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before

        it a communication (January 14, 1998) from Mayor Mel Lastman, requesting the Committee to

        give consideration and make recommendations respecting a slogan for the City of Toronto.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had

        before it a communication (January 20, 1998) from Mr. Louis Adams, forwarding his idea

        respecting a slogan for the City of Toronto.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had

        before it a communication (January 21, 1998) from Ms. Beverly Parcells, forwarding her

        concept respecting a slogan/insignia for the new City of Toronto; providing an explanation

        for the her design; and advising that the design has been shown to a wide population

        sample and they appear to be captivated, excited and satisfied.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had

        before it a communication (February 12, 1998) from Councillor Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, High

        Park, advising that he has been in touch with Mayor Lastman and the Toronto Sun Newspaper

        regarding holding a contest to allow Toronto citizens the opportunity of giving their

        ideas on what the insignia and new flag of the City of Toronto should look like; and that

        he will be reporting back to the Special Committee within the next two weeks regarding

        developments on this initiative.



               A.      Councillor Lindsay Luby moved that the Special Committee to Review

                       the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team recommend to

                       Council that the slogan for the City of Toronto be:



                               Discover the World in Toronto ;



        Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Kelly Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.



               B.      Councillor Miller moved that:



                       (1)    the aforementioned communications be referred to the Interim

                              Functional Lead, Arts, Culture and Heritage, for a report

                              thereon to the Special Committee, in consultation with

                              Tourism Toronto, the Economic Development Division, and the

                              staff group within the City Clerk's Department working on a

                              Corporate identity, on a process for the development of a

                              City slogan/flag/insignia/herald; and



                       (2)    the foregoing motion A. by Councillor Lindsay Luby be

                              referred to the Interim Functional Lead, Arts, Culture and

                              Heritage, for her to take into consideration and submit a

                              report thereon to the Special Committee.



        Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.

               C.      Councillor Moscoe moved that the Committee direct that there be no

                       further amateur contests for a slogan/flag/insignia/herald.



               D.      Councillor Johnston moved that the Chief Administrative Officer be

                       requested to submit a report to the Special Committee on why the

                       crest/coat of arms of the former City of Toronto is not continued.



               Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing referral motion B. by

               Councillor Miller, referring the aforementioned communications and the

               foregoing motion A. by Councillor Lindsay Luby, it was carried.



               Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing motion C. by Councillor

               Moscoe, it was carried.



               Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing motion D. by Councillor

               Johnston, it was carried.



        The decision of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

        Team therefore is as follows:



               The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

               Team:



               (1)     referred the aforementioned communications to the Interim

                       Functional Lead, Arts, Culture and Heritage, for a report thereon

                       to the Special Committee, in consultation with Tourism Toronto, the

                       Economic Development Division, and the staff group within the City

                       Clerk s Department working on a Corporate identity, on a process

                       for the development of a City slogan/flag/insignia/herald;



               (2)     requested the Interim Functional Lead, Arts, Culture and Heritage,

                       to take into consideration the following motion and submit a report

                       thereon to the Special Committee.



                              Moved by Councillor Lindsay Luby:



                                       That the Special Committee to Review the

                                      Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team

                                      recommend to Council that the slogan for the

                                      City of Toronto be:



                                              Discover the World in Toronto ;



               (3)     requested the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a report to

                       the Special Committee on why the crest/coat of arms of the former

                       City of Toronto is not continued; and



               (4)     directed that there be no further amateur contests for a

                       slogan/flag/insignia/herald.



               (Chief Administrative Officer; Interim Functional Lead, Arts, Culture and

               Heritage; Tourism Toronto; Director, Economic Development Division; Mr. Syd



               Baxter, City Clerk's Department; City Clerk; c:  Mayor Mel Lastman; Mr.

               Louis Adams; Ms. Beverly Parcells; Councillor Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, High

               Park - February 13, 1998)



                                     (Clause No.  3(c), Report No. 2)



30.     Sub-Committee to Consider the Relocation 

        of All Members of Council to City Hall.



        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before

        it a communication (February 12, 1998) from the City Clerk advising that City Council on

        February 4, 5 and 6, 1998, in adopting, as amended Clause No. 2 of Report No. 1 of

        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, headed

         Planning for the Seat of Government , directed, in part, that the Special Committee to

        Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team be requested to establish a

        sub-committee of five members to:



        (i)    report back to Council on details for the relocation of all Members of Council,

               such report to address the time frame and construction details; and



        (ii)   address the issue of how to phase in the funding of the $5.2 million cost for the

               renovations to Toronto City Hall over one year.



               The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition

               Team  appointed  the following members of the Special Committee to the Sub-

               Committee to Consider the Relocation of All Members of Council to City

               Hall:



                              Councillor Ron Moeser (Chairman);

                              Councillor Anne Johnston;

                              Councillor Norman Kelly;

                              Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby;

                              Councillor Howard Moscoe; and

                              Councillor Kyle Rae.



               (Members of the Sub-Committee to Consider the Relocation of All Members of

               Council to City Hall; Commissioner of Corporate Services; c:  Chief

               Administrative Officer; Ms. Rosanna Scotti, Chief Administrator's Officer;

               Mr. Phillip Abrahams, Chief Administrator's Office - February 13, 1998)



                                    (Clause No. 3 (e) , Report No. 2)







        The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team adjourned

        its meeting at 12 :50 p.m.











                                                                                                  

                                                                           Chair.



 

   
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