Other Items Considered by the Committee

(a)Cost Estimate for a Cost Benefit Analysis of

Internal vs. External Legal Services

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having concurred with the recommendation embodied in the following report:

(September 24, 1999) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, providing information on the price for a management type study on a cost benefit analysis of internal vs. external legal services; and recommending that this report be received for information and that any further action to define the scope parameters of such a study be referred to the City Auditor in consultation with the City Solicitor.

(b)Feasibility of Implementing a Parking Levy on Private/public Parking to Support Public Transit and Application of Revenues From Parking

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having received the following report:

(September 30, 1999) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, examining the feasibility of implementing a parking levy on private and public parking in support of public transit in the City of Toronto; providing an overview of the application of revenues from the City's parking related programs/services and examining the feasibility of allocating a portion of existing or future revenues to support the TTC; stating that the City has no authority to pass a by-law under the Municipal Act to impose a $1.00 levy on private parking in the City of Toronto on either the number of parking spaces or on a per vehicle parked basis; that the City could pass a by-law under section 220.1 to levy a $1.00 fee on users of parking facilities operated by the Toronto Parking Authority on behalf of the City, however, such a fee could only be used for the purposes of the Toronto Parking Authority and not for the purpose of offsetting TTC costs; and that the implementation of a new parking levy on residential/non-residential properties would require special legislation; and recommending that this report be received for information.

The following Members of Council appeared before the Policy and Finance Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

-Councillor John Adams, Midtown;

-Councillor Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, High Park; and

-Councillor Howard Moscoe, North York Spadina.

(c)Storm Water Management Facilities Funding Options

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having received the following joint report:

(September 28, 1999) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Acting Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, and the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, discussing the available funding options for off-site storm water management facilities arising from new growth; advising that apart from the plan of subdivision and severance (consent) approval processes, there are no specific contribution mechanisms available in legislation and which are generally applicable to the majority of development applications to address funding requirements for off-site storm water management facilities; that for other planning approval processes, negotiated agreements which are not explicitly authorized in legislation can be reached on a case-by-case basis, but cannot be required by a City policy, since such a policy would have no legislative basis; that development charges remain the best tool to consistently address the funding of off-site storm water management facilities; that in order to implement the relevant development charge, the necessary Wet Weather Flow Management Master Plan and capital forecasts must first be completed and the amount of the charge calculated; that until such time as the Wet Weather Flow Master Plan is complete and the Development Charge By-law is amended, staff will continue to utilize all mechanisms legally available to address funding or provision of off-site storm water facilities in the development approval process; and recommending that this report be received for information.

(d)Environmental Task Force - Education and Awareness Work Group - Final Report

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having:

(1)endorsed the principle embodied in the Final Report of the City of Toronto Environmental Task Force Education and Awareness Workgroup, contained in the following communication (September 29, 1999) from the City Clerk; and

(2)referred the aforementioned report to the Chief Administrative Officer with a request that he consult with the Workgroup, and submit a report to the Policy and Finance Committee, no later than December, 1999, if possible, in terms of how the implementation of the Recommendations of the Environmental Task Force Education and Awareness Workgroup can be phased in.

(September 29, 1999) from the City Clerk, advising that the Environmental Task Force on September 27, 1999, recommended to the Policy and Finance Committee, and Council, that the Final Report dated September 27, 1999, from the Education and Awareness Workgroup be adopted.

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The following persons appeared before the Policy and Finance Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

-Ms. Eleanor Dudar, Environmental Task Force Education and Awareness Workgroup Participant;

-Ms. Karen Yukich, Environmental Task Force Education and Awareness Workgroup Participant;

-Councillor Irene Jones, Lakeshore Queensway; and

-Councillor Jack Layton, Don River.

(e)Toronto Hydro Rate Increases

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having referred the following communication from Councillor Howard Moscoe, North York Spadina, to the President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Hydro Corporation, for a detailed response in regard thereto to the Policy and Finance Committee:

(September 22, 1999) from Councillor Howard Moscoe, North York Spadina, expressing concern with regard to Toronto Hydro rate increases affecting several residents across the Greater Toronto Area and raising a number of questions in regard thereto.

(October 13, 1999) from the City Clerk, North York Commnity Council, advising that the North York Community Council received a communication (September 23, 1999) from Councillor Moscoe, North York Spadina, and referred the following recommendations to the Policy and Finance Committee for its meeting on October 14, 1999:

(1)that Council exercise shareholders direction to instruct Toronto Hydro to not proceed with increases in rates planned for January 2000 without referring the proposed increases to the Community Councils and Works Committee for Council recommendations; and

(2)that all motions from the Budget Committee and/or Council, which dealt with Toronto Hydro rates, be brought forward and considered at the Policy and Finance Committee meeting of October 14, 1999.

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The following Members of Council appeared before the Policy and Finance Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

-Councillor Jack Layton, Don River; and

-Councillor Howard Moscoe, North York Spadina.

(f)Procurement Authorization Traffic Barriers for Spadina LRT

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having received the following communication:

(September 23, 1999) from the General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission, advising that the Toronto Transit Commission on September 22, 1999, adopted the following recommendations contained in Report No. 4 of the Toronto Transit Commission:

"It is recommended that the Commission:

(1)approve a previously unscheduled and unbudgeted expenditure of $1,500,000 for the provision of permanent traffic barriers along the Spadina LRT Streetcar line from College Street to Front Street;

(2)authorize the issuance of Purchase Orders to the City of Toronto in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,400,000, without further authorization, for the design, contract procurement, construction, supervision and project management of the project;

(3)authorize staff to proceed with project expenditures immediately as required to comply with City Council directives adopted at its meeting of July 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1999; and

(4)forward this report to the City Policy and Finance Committee for their information."

(g)City of Toronto Quarterly Investment Report as at July 31, 1999

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having received the following report:

(September 28, 1999) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, summarizing the holdings in the City's investment portfolio and reporting on current investment practices; advising that the City continues to receive returns on its investments that generally exceed established benchmarks; that interest earnings attributable to the operating budget are projected to have a year end favourable variance of $13 million; that the City's investments are in compliance with the Council adopted investment policies; and recommending that this report be received for information.

(h)Area Specific Development Charges

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having received the following report:

(October 6, 1999) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, reporting on area specific development charges, and in particular, as they apply to the previous Sheppard Subway development charges imposed by the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto; advising that the projected annual revenue based on the approved schedule of charges is estimated at $15.0 million, or $150.0 million over the ten year planning period which is approximately the same amount that was collected through the development charge regimes of the former municipalities in 1998; that the City-wide schedule of charges adopted by Council provides for partial recovery of development related costs for a variety of services such as fire, roads, water and sewage, parks, libraries and transit, including costs related to the Sheppard Subway project; that with the exception of the former Metro Sheppard Subway development charge by-law, none of the former municipalities imposed a charge in respect of development-related transit infrastructure costs; that recoveries from the transit component of the new development charges on a City-wide basis is estimated at $19.0 million over ten years, of which approximately $10.0 million is attributed to the costs of the Sheppard Subway, as compared to the total estimated transit recoveries of $11.2 million from the former Sheppard Subway area-specific development charge by-law; and recommending that this report be received for information.

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(Mayor Lastman declared his interest in the foregoing matter, in that partners at the same law firm as his son, who is not a real estate lawyer and does not personally act on these files, are representing applicants and have worked on related files.)

(i)A Reconstituted Task Force on Community Safety.

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having:

(1)deferred consideration of the following report until its meeting scheduled to be held on November 10, 1999; and

(2)requested the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services to submit a report to the aforementioned meeting of the Committee on the full cost to date of the endeavours of the Task Force:

(October 8, 1999) from the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services, recommending that:

(1)Council adopt the proposed mandate and composition of the reconstituted Community Safety Task Force as outlined in this report and Appendix A;

(2)for 2000, CNS charge the Task Forces Budget in the Other Corporate Expenditures Account for administrative and other expenditures to support the work of the reconstituted Task Force on Community Safety;

(3)Departments incorporate financial requests related to the implementation of the Council approved Community Safety Task Force recommendations within their respective budget submissions for consideration by Council within the 2000 budget process; and

(4)the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to give effect thereto.

(j)Toronto Police Service -

Parking Enforcement Unit - Absenteeism.

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having received the following report:

(October 1, 1999) from Councillor Norman Gardner, Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board, advising that the Toronto Police Services Board on August 12, 1999, received a report (July 19, 1999) from the Chief of Police providing information requested by the Budget Committee relating to "Parking Enforcement Unit Absenteeism" and recommended that a copy of said report be forwarded to the Policy and Finance Committee for information.

(k)Staffing Resources - Urban Planning and Development Services, Municipal Licensing and Standards Division: Common Area Apartment Re-Inspection Programme.

The Policy and Finance Committee reports having concurred with the action taken by the Planning and Transportation Committee embodied in the following communication:

(October 6, 1999) from the City Clerk, advising that the Planning and Transportation Committee on October 4, 1999, in considering a report (September 16, 1999) from the Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services, entitled "Staffing Resources - Urban Planning and Development Services, Municipal Licensing and Standards Division: Common Area Apartment Re-inspection Programme" recommended to Council for its next meeting on October 26, 1999, that the above noted report be adopted subject to:

(1)deleting Recommendations Nos. (2) and (3) and substituting therein with the following:

"(2)multi-unit rental residential buildings be licensed using the classification and fee formula outlined in Appendix A of the report (September 16, 1999) from the Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services which proposes three classes of licence as follows:

Class A Licence - a five year licence with a fee of 40 cents per suite per month;

Clause B Licence - a three year licence with a fee of 60 cents per suite per month; and

Class C Licence - a one year licence with a fee of 70 cent per suite per month; and

(3)that this licensing program be implemented on a cost-recovery basis"; and

(2)adding the following additional Recommendation:

"(4)that the City Solicitor be requested to prepare the necessary by-laws to give effect thereto."

     Respectfully submitted,

MAYOR MEL LASTMAN,

Chair

 Toronto, October 14, 1999

Patsy Morris

Tel. (416) 392-9151