City Council on August 5 and 6, 2009, received Item PE24.1 for information.

City Council on August 5 and 6, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council support, in principle, the ongoing coordination by the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Director of the Toronto Environment Office of Interdivisional Strategies and Initiatives that will achieve the overall goal of expanding opportunities for local food production and other urban agricultural activities in the City of Toronto.

 

2.         City Council request the Interdivisional Working Group, as part of their work plan, to develop an inventory of City lands which could be made available for urban agricultural opportunities.

The Parks and Environment Committee:

 

1.         requested the Director, Toronto Environment Office to continue to provide annual reports regarding the emissions that are reported to the National Pollution Release Inventory (NPRI) in Toronto and that he continue to collaborate with Toronto Public Health to produce these reports; and

 

2.         thanked staff for their excellent work in creating a summary of the National Pollution Release Inventory Highlights.