1 Appointments to Mayor's Committee on Matters Relating to the Toronto Port Authority

(City Council on April 13, 14 and 15, 1999, amended this Clause, to provide that:

(1) the membership of the Mayor's Committee on Matters Relating to the Toronto Port Authority be increased from five to seven; and

(2) Councillors Berger and McConnell also be appointed to this Committee.)

The Striking Committee recommends that:

(1) a maximum of five Members of Council be appointed to the proposed Mayor's Committee referred to in Clause No. 2 of Report No. 7 of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, headed "Toronto Port Authority Draft Letters Patent and Subsidy Agreement (Ward 24 - Downtown) (Ward 25 - Don River)"; and

(2) the following five Members of Council be appointed to such Mayor's Committee:

E. Brown, Thistletown-Rexdale;

G. Chong, Don Parkway;

O. Chow, Downtown;

M. Feldman, North York Spadina; and

J. Pantalone, Trinity-Niagara.

The Striking Committee reports, for the information of Council, having been advised that:

(i) the City Clerk's office canvassed Members of Council for their interest in being appointed to the aforementioned Committee on April 8, 1999; and

(ii) Councillors David Miller, High Park, and Kyle Rae, Downtown (who were suggested for membership by the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee), wish to have their names withdrawn for this appointment.

The Striking Committee submits the following communication (April 7, 1999) from the City Clerk:

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee on April 7, 1999, referred the matter of the membership of the proposed Mayor's Committee to the Striking Committee for consideration and report thereon to the meeting of Council scheduled to be held on April 13, 1999, with the following suggested membership:

Councillor Gordon Chong, Don Parkway;

Councillor Michael Feldman, North York Spadina;

Councillor Jack Layton, Don River;

Councillor David Miller, High Park; and

Councillor Kyle Rae, Downtown.

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports, for the information of the Striking Committee, having recommended to Council the adoption of the confidential report (March 23, 1999) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services (Clause No. 2 of Report No. 7 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee).

Background:

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee on April 7, 1999, had before it a confidential report (March 23, 1999) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, respecting the Toronto Port Authority - Draft letters patent and subsidy agreement.

Councillor Jack Layton, Don River, appeared before the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.

The Striking Committee also submits the following communication (April 7, 1999) from Councillor Jack Layton, Don River:

I would like to put my name forward for this Committee.

Should I be selected, I will tender my immediate resignation from the Harbour Commission.

The reasons for this request?

(1) By far the greatest portion of the lands under consideration are in the eastern half of Ward 25.

(2) I know the lands well, having served on the Harbour Commission in the mid '80s, on the former City Executive Committee during the creation of Toronto Economic Development Corporation (TEDCO).

(3) As a deputant before the Senate of Canada Hearings on the creation of the Port Authority and since, I have raised detailed City of Toronto concerns about the evolution of the Port Authority and its Letters Patent.

(4) With my colleagues in the east end, I organized a major planning/visioning forum involving all players in the portlands which will assist the City in developing its Official Plan and Development Strategy for these vitally important lands.

(5) Should I be appointed, I will vigorously work to advise the Mayor and Council on the steps we should take to protect the City's interests and to help create the kind of positive partnership for the development of our waterfront which we so desperately need.

As I mentioned, should I be appointed to this Committee, I will immediately relinquish my seat on the Toronto Harbour Commissioners. A replacement from amongst waterfront Councillors could be made to serve out the term which comes to an end when the Port Authority comes into being.

The Striking Committee also had before it a list dated April 13, 1999, of Members of Council who have indicated an interest in being appointed to the aforementioned Mayor's Committee, a copy of which has been forwarded to all Members of Council and is on file in the office of the City Clerk.

Respectfully submitted,

CASE OOTES

Acting Chair

Toronto, April 13, 1999

(Report No. 5 of The Striking Committee was adopted, as amended, by City Council on April 13, 14 and 15, 1999.)