Other Items Considered by the Committee

(a)Toxics/Pollution Prevention, Land and Air/Climate Change Actions.

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having referred the following report to the Chief Administrative Officer for report thereon to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee:

(January12,1999) from Councillor Jack Layton, Chair, Environmental Task Force, recommending that:

(1)the Chief Administrative Officer and the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, as co-chairs of the Toronto Inter-departmental Environmental (TIE) Team, be requested to coordinate responses to the actions listed below and described in this report and provide a monthly status chart to the Environmental Task Force commencing in January, 1999;

(2)the Commissioner of Finance submit the Environmentally Responsible Purchasing Policy that is being prepared to City Council as soon as possible and submit it to the Environmental Task Force for information en route to Standing Committee;

(3)the Medical Officer of Health be advised that the Environmental Task Force supports the establishment of a Toronto-based Children's Environmental Health Network that will gather and disseminate information on protecting children from environmental risks to their health;

(4)the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services report to the Environmental Task Force on actions that are currently being taken to reduce the release of household hazardous waste into the environment and suggestions for actions that could be taken by the Environmental Task Force or City Council;

(5)the City of Toronto's new seat of government have, as a pilot project, a drop-off spot in a visible location for disposal of batteries used by City employees;

(6)the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services prepare a report regarding the setting-up of hazardous waste drop-off sites for the public in places such as fire stations;

(7)the Chief Administrative Officer and the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, as co-chairs of the Toronto Inter-departmental Environmental (TIE) Team, be requested to prepare a plan for disposal of pesticides whose use will be eliminated;

(8)City Council endorse a program to encourage and recognize employee suggestions that bring environmental, social and financial benefits to the City's operations and request the Chief Administrative Officer and the Commissioner of Corporate Services to bring forward a report on such a program;

(9)the Chief Administrative Officer and the Commissioner of Corporate Services report on how the City could achieve reductions in emissions from mobile and stationary diesel sources owned by the City and its Agencies, Boards and Commissions which are not included in the Provincial 'Drive Clean' Program;

(10)the Chief Administrative Officer and the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, as co-chairs of the Toronto Inter-departmental Environment (TIE) Team, be requested to report on how reports to City Council could include carbon dioxide accounting information;

(11)City Council request the Toronto Licencing Commission to ensure that fuel burning vehicles licensed by the Commission meet Provincial emission control specifications and that there is a mechanism for recognizing and encouraging compliance with provincial emission control specifications; and

(12)City Council indicate its support for efforts to make employer provided transit passes tax-exempt and its intention, as an employer, to review offering the transit pass as an employee benefit.

(b)Utilization of Revenues from First Aid/CPR Programs.

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having received the following communication:

(January 21, 1999) from the City Clerk advising that the Budget Committee on January 19, 1999, directed that the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, be advised, during its consideration on February 2, 1999, of ClauseNo.1 of Report No. 1 of The Emergency and Protective Services Committee, that the Budget Committee:

(1)received the transmittal (January 12, 1999) from the City Clerk respecting Utilization of Revenues from First Aid/CPR Programs; and

(2)requested the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to report back to the Budget Committee at an appropriate time on a policy with regard to the dedication of funds for excess revenues and new one time revenues.

(c)Renewal of Lease - Welfare Office - 1860 Wilson Avenue (North York Humber - Ward6).

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having received the following communication:

(January 21, 1999) from the City Clerk advising that the Budget Committee on January 19, 1999, requested that the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee advise City Council, for its information, that Councillor George Mammoliti, North York Humber, has certain concerns regarding the subject property.

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Councillor George Mammoliti, North York Humber, appeared before the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.

(d)1999-2003 Capital Budget and Five-Year Capital Program.

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports having directed that the 1999-2003 Capital Budget and Five-Year Capital Program, and the recommendations of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee in regard thereto, be submitted to Council for its meeting scheduled to be held on March 2, 1999.

Respectfully submitted,

COUNCILLOR CASE OOTES,

Acting Chair

Toronto, January 26, 1999

Patsy Morris

Tel. (416) 392-9151