Other Items Considered by the Committee

(a)Proposed Governance Structure for Advanced Environmental Decision Making.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having:

(1)endorsed the recommendations embodied in the draft memorandum (June 1, 1999) from the Environmental Task Force, entitled "Process for Adoption a new Governance Structure for Advanced Environmental Decision Making", wherein it is recommended that:

"(1)City Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer, in consultation with the Environmental Task Force, to report back in October 1999 to the Policy and Finance Committee on:

(a)the future of the Environmental advisory groups, ensuring the adherence to the principles outlined in Section IX of the Environmental Task Force's Governance Report, as part of the forthcoming report on 'Existing Environmental Committees and the Environmental Task Force'; and

(b)the resource reallocation, staff reassignment and any additional resource implications of the political and administrative governance model below;

and that the Policy and Finance Committee consider the report but defer a decision until the November 1999 meeting;

(2)any additional comments made by Standing Committees, Community Councils, staff and the communication on the proposed model be submitted to the Environmental Task Force for information by October1, 1999;

(3)the Environmental Task Force consider the Chief Administrative Officer's report on Recommendation No. (1) and the comments that may arise from Recommendation No. (2) and submit a final report on the administrative and governance model to the Policy and Finance Committee meeting in November 1999; and

(4)the Policy and Finance Committee and City Council in November 1999, consider and approve, with such amendments as Council considers appropriate, the reports requested in Recommendations Nos. (1) and (3) and target the implementation of the new governance structure by June2000"; and

(2)requested the Chief Administrative Officer, in consultation with the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, to review the proposed governance structure and report thereon to the Economic Development and Parks Committee at its meeting of July 12, 1999, in that regard, the said report to advise as to whether economic issues are being addressed and the impact of such structure on the City:

(i)(May 21, 1999) from Councillor Jack Layton, Chair, Environmental Task Force, requesting to make a presentation on draft recommendations outlining how the City can become a world leader in dealing with environmental issue; and

(ii)(June 1, 1999) from Councillor Jack Layton, Chair, Environmental Task Force, Proposing a governance structure, that the Task Force believes best ensures advanced environmental decision making in the City of Toronto; and recommending that:

(1)the recommendations from the Environmental Task Force to the July meeting of the Policy and Finance Committee be endorsed;

(2)the report, entitled "The Proposed Governance Model for Advanced Environmental Decision Making for the City of Toronto", from the Environmental Task Force be received for information and comment; and

(3)any comments on the proposed governance structure, as outlined in the report, be forwarded to the Environmental Task Force before June 28, 1999, for consideration in the report and recommendations going to the Policy and Finance Committee in July, 1999.

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The following persons appeared before the Economic Development and Park Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

-Councillor Jack Layton, Chair, Environmental Task Force; and

-Ms. Louis Corbett, Environmental Task Force.

(b)High Five Program - Quality Assurance in Children's Recreation and Sport Programs -All Wards.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having deferred consideration of the following report to the next meeting to be held on July 12, 1999:

(June 2, 1999) from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, advising that the Parks and Recreation Ontario (PRO) High Five Quality Assurance Program is a complete package designed to train part-time recreation staff in healthy child development as a basis for recreation programming for children 6 to 12 years of age and to provide full-time recreation staff with a reliable and valid recreation program assessment tool (QUEST Tool) that will eventually measure the quality of Toronto's children's recreation programs against provincial norms; and recommending that the report be received for information.

(c)Expansion of Victoria Village - Agreement with the Canadian Macedonian Federation (Ward 11 - Don Parkway).

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having:

(1) deferred consideration of the following report to the next meeting to be held on July 12, 1999 to allow deputants to appear before the Committee with regard to this matter, and directed that Members of Council be requested to provide the City Clerk with a list of persons or groups interested in making deputations; and

(2)requested the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism to provide a background history on the subject matter to the Economic Development and Parks Committee:

(i)(June 2, 1999) from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, recommending that:

(1)the appropriate City officials be authorized to enter into negotiations with the Canadian Macedonian Federation for an agreement based on the key points of the letter of intent referred to in this report; and

(2)upon successful completion of the negotiations, such agreement be brought forward to the Economic Development Committee and City Council for review and consideration, and not be executed until approval has been obtained.

(ii)(June 21, 1999) from Mr. James G. Karas, President, Pan-Macedonian Association of Ontario Inc., requesting that the matter be deferred to the next meeting of the Economic Development and Parks Committee so that at such time he may appear before the Committee; and

(iii)(Undated) from Mr. Michael Papadouris, representing AHEPA, Toronto, Ontario, requesting that the matter be deferred to the next meeting of the Economic Development and Parks Committee so that at such time he may appear before the Committee.

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Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, Don Parkway, appeared before the Economic Development and Parks Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.

(d)"Krinos Foods Taste of the Danforth" Festival.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having referred the following report to the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, in consultation with Economic Development staff, to review these types of projects in the context of the City's support for major festivals, and report thereon to the Economic Development and Parks Committee in that regard:

(June 3, 1999) from A.J. Chocorlan, Interim General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission, advising that at its meeting on Tuesday, June 1, 1999, the Commission received deputations from Mr. Andonis Artemakis, Chair, Greektown on Danforth Business Improvement Association, and Ms. Sue Graham-Nutter, Affinity Marketing Concepts, requesting free advertising space at TTC subway stations to promote the "Krinos Foods Taste of the Danforth" Festival; and recommended the following:

(1)that staff assist in the promotion of the "Krinos Foods Taste of the Danforth" Event through the use of electronic messaging;

(2)that staff report on developing a policy which would deal with the provision of advertising space for Signature Tourist Events, smaller Business Improvement Association festivals and social objectives; and

(3)that staff undertake an analysis to determine the revenue impact of the "Krinos Foods Taste of the Danforth" event using the week prior to the Caribana Festival weekend as the basis for the comparison.

(e)Toronto Technology Centre - Ward 8 - North York Spadina.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having referred the following report to the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism for report back to the next meeting to be held on July 12, 1999:

(June 3, 1999) from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism recommending that:

(1)the City of Toronto endorse the Research Technology Park on the Downsview Lands and support Euromart's proposal for the Toronto Technology Centre as a strategic location for companies operating in the information technology and telecommunications sector;

(2)as a result of both local and national economic benefits, the City request support from the Provincial and Federal levels of government for the Toronto Technology Centre initiative;

(3)Economic Development staff work towards achieving Council's policies for these lands (Downsview Secondary Plan) to assist the developer, Euromart, in preparing a marketing strategy and to identify and attract suitable companies to locate at the Toronto Technology Centre; and

(4)the Assessment and Policy Task Force be requested to investigate the implementation and impact of a city-wide preferential R&D tax classification.

(f)1999 First Quarter Business Development and Retention Client Activity - All Wards.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having received the following report for information:

(June 3, 1999) from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, providing a summary of the Business Development and Retention Section's first quarter completed investment projects and related business activities; and recommending that the

report be received for information.

(g)Etobicoke Creek Bicycle/Pedestrian Path - Waterfront to Eglinton Avenue - (Ward 3 - Lakeshore - Queensway and Ward 4 - Markland - Centennial).

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having received the following report for information:

(June 2, 1999) from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism,

providing information on planning for proposed trail extensions in the Etobicoke Creek between the Waterfront and Eglinton Avenue West; and recommending that the report be received for information.

(h)Toronto Inter-Departmental Environment Team (Tie) Pesticides Sub-Committee Status Report - All Wards.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having received the following report for information:

(June 3, 1999) from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, providing a progress report setting out the status of the work of the Toronto Inter-Departmental Environmental Team (TIE) Pesticides Sub-Committee (Appendix "A") in assisting the Corporation of the City of Toronto to phase out its use of pesticides on public green spaces in 1999; and recommending that the report be received for information.

(i)Community Safety Project - Maurice Cody Public School/Maurice Cody Community Centre.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism for report thereon to Toronto Community Council for its meeting of July 15, 1999 and subsequently to City Council on July 27, 1999:

(June 4, 1999) from Councillor Michael Walker, requesting the Economic Development Committee to request the appropriate staff to report directly to the next Toronto Council meeting on July 6 and 7, 1999, on providing a one time grant of $11,300.00 to the Maurice Cody Public School matching the contribution of the Toronto District School Board for the purpose of improving personal safety in the school parking lot by purchasing and installing two light standards and providing an additional pedestrian exit onto Cheston Road.

(j)Implementation of Boat Launch Fees - Bluffers Park and Humber Bay Park,

Ward 13 - Scarborough Bluffs and Ward 2 - Lakeshore-Queensway.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having received the following report and communications for information:

(i)(June 14, 1999) from Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, providing an overview of the implementation of Boat Launch Fees at two City-owned facilities; and recommending that this report be received for information;

(ii)(June 18, 1999) from Mr. Garnet Thompson, resident, regarding the implementation of Boat Launch Fees at Bluffers Park and Humber Bay Park;

(iii)(June 20, 1999) from Ms. Darren McKeegan, resident, regarding the implementation of Boat Launch Fees at Bluffers Park and Humber Bay Park; and

(iv)(June 16, 1999) from Councillor Brian Ashton, Chair, Economic Development and Parks Committee, addressed to Mr. Jim Pantlin, resident, regarding the implementation of Boat Launch Fees at Bluffers Park and Humber Bay Park.

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Mr. Roy Sonier, resident, appeared before the Economic Development and Parks Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.

(k)Festivity Regarding the International Year of the Older Person.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism for report on how the City can support these types of activities:

(June 7, 1999) from Ms. Lisa Tobio, Executive Director, York-Fairbank Centre for Seniors, advising of a City-wide festivity regarding the International Year of the Older Person; and requesting a permit for the use of Parks facilities and equipment as well as the provision of staff to assist with the event free of charge.

(l)Bocce Facility at the York-Fairbank Centre for Seniors in the City of York.

The Economic Development and Parks Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism for report thereon to the Economic Development and Parks Committee with the direction that he consult with the Bocce Sub-Committee in that regard prior to reporting back to the Economic Development and Parks Committee during its meeting of July 12, 1999:

(June 7, 1999) from Ms. Lisa Tobio, Executive Director, York-Fairbank Centre for Seniors, advising that the Bocce facility at the York-Fairbank Centre for Seniors will be ready for use by the middle of July; requesting that a Program Co-ordinator be assigned to co-ordinate the new Bocce courts; and forwarding a proposal, similar to the Snow Link Program partnership that the City of Toronto and York-Fairbank Centre for Seniors presently have, in which program services are provided through the Centre and billed to the City of Toronto.

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The following Members of Council appeared before the Economic Development and Parks Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

-Councillor Joe Mihevc, York Eglinton; and

-Councillor Rob Davis, York Eglinton.

(m)Presentation to Members of the Economic Development Committee.

Councillor Brian Ashton, Chair, on behalf of the Economic Development Committee presented Councillor Doug Holyday, Markland Centennial, and Councillor Rob Davis, York Eglinton, with a plaque and thanked them for their contribution to the Committee in its first term.

Respectfully submitted,

COUNCILLOR BRIAN ASHTON,

Chair

Toronto, June 21, 1999

Betty Henderson

Tel. (416) 392-8088