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All Council and Committee documents are available from the City of Toronto Clerk's office. Please e-mail clerk@city.toronto.on.ca.
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September 28, 1998
COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE:
Section 121(c), of the Council Procedural By-law provides that a list of outstanding items for
each Standing Committee be submitted to the respective Committee on an annual basis.
Attached, for information, is the list of outstanding items for the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee as of July 31, 1998. Please note that a number of the
items will be reported to the Economic Development Committee as a result of the transfer of
responsibilities to that Committee upon its inception in July, 1998.
City Clerk
R. Dyers/tl
July 31, 1998.
LIST OF 1998 OUTSTANDING ITEMS
COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
SERVICES COMMITTEE
| Committee Minute No. 1
Report No. 1
Clause No. 7(b)
Committee Meeting Date: January 15, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No. 165
Council Meeting Date:
February 4, 5 and 6,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Fundraising Program for a Community Arts Centre |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Commissioner,
Economic
Development, Culture
and Tourism
|
The Committee referred a communication (October 28, 1997)
from the Chair, Etobicoke Municipal Arts Commission,
regarding a fundraising program for a Community Performance
Arts Centre, to the Acting Executive Commissioner of
Community and Neighbourhood Services for a report thereon to
the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee.
(Report should now be to the Economic Development
Committee.) |
| Department Remarks
|
Report to go to the Economic Development Committee from
the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and
Tourism. |
| Committee Minute No. 5
Report No. 1
Clause No. 7(g)
Committee Meeting Date: January 15, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No. 168
Council Meeting Date:
February 4, 5 and 6,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Formulation of a Management Model to Maintain Social Service
Program Standards and Services in the New City. |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee referred a communication (August 19, 1997)
from the Metropolitan Clerk regarding the formulation of a
management model to maintain social service program standards
and services in the new City to the Acting Executive
Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services for a
report thereon to the Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee.
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| Department Remarks
|
Given the implementation of Ontario Works and the
downloading of social services, approach in managing social
services program standards and services is contained in
report to Committee at its October 8, 1998 entitled, "Case
File Integration and Transfer of Responsibility for
Managing Child Care Delivery". |
| Committee Minute No. 14
Report No. 1
Clause No. 7(e)
Committee Meeting Date: January 15, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No. 167
Council Meeting Date:
February 4, 5 and 6,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Implementation of the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children
Program |
| Pending
Medical Officer of
Health
|
The Committee:
"(2)directed that the Acting Medical of Health report to the
Children's Action Committee, the Interim Board of Health and
the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee on the
requirements necessary to ensure that the Healthy Babies,
Healthy Children Program meets current standards."
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| Department Remarks
|
A Healthy Babies, Healthy Children report will be going to
the Board of Health in December. This report will include
the requirements to ensure that HB/HC meets current
standards as well as an update on the program.
This report will go to the Board of Health and will be
forwarded to the Children and Youth Action Committee and
the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee.
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| Committee Minute No. 18
Report No. 1
Clause No. 7(j)
Committee Meeting Date: January 15, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No. 170
Council Meeting Date:
February 4, 5 and 6,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Seniors' Golf Fees |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Commissioner,
Economic
Development, Culture
and Tourism
|
The Committee referred a communication (May 21, 1998) from
the Metropolitan Clerk respecting "Seniors' Golf Fees" to the
Acting Executive Commissioner of Community and
Neighbourhood Services with a request that she review both the
seniors' golf fee and the differential between the seniors' and
adult user fees, and report thereon to the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee.
(Report should now be forwarded to the Economic
Development Committee.) |
| Department Remarks
|
Report to be submitted to the Economic Development
Committee from the Commissioner of Economic
Development, Culture and Tourism. |
| Committee Minute No. 25
Report No. 2
Clause No. 8(e)
Committee Meeting Date: February 12, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No. 734
Council Meeting Date:
March 4, 5 and 6, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Consolidation of City-owned Art Collections |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Commissioner,
Economic
Development, Culture
and Tourism
|
The Committee referred a communication (January 26, 1998)
from Councillor Howard Moscoe, North York Spadina,
regarding the consolidation of City-owned art collections to the
Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services for a
report thereon to the Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee.
(Report should now be to the Economic Development
Committee.) |
| Department Remarks
|
Report to go to the Economic Development Committee from
the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and
Tourism. |
| Committee Minute Nos. 28 and 30
Report No. 2
Clause No. 2
Committee Meeting Date: February 12, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No. 696
Council Meeting Date:
March 4, 5 and 6, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Immigration Legislative Review |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
City Council on March 4, 5 and 6, 1998, amended the Clause by
deleting from Recommendation No. (2) of the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee the words "City of Toronto
cease operating the services and programs provided to refugee
claimants", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the
Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services be
requested to report back to the Committee at its first meeting in
1999", so that such recommendation shall now read as follows:
"(2)that Council set a time frame of no later than the end of the
1998 by which time the Federal Government will be required to
provide the $75.00 per person per night subsidy, and if this time
frame is not met the Commissioner of Community and
Neighbourhood Services be requested to report back to the
Committee at its first meeting in 1999".
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| Department Remarks
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Report not due until 1999. |
| Committee Minute No. 31
Report No. 2
Clause No. 3
Committee Meeting Date: February 12, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No. 708
Council Meeting Date:
March 4, 5 and 6, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
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A Social Development Strategy for the City of Toronto |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee, in its adoption of the report (January 29, 1998)
from the Commissioner, requested:
"(2)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services report to the Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee as soon as possible, following the consultation with
stakeholders, to outline the elements, timelines, process and
preliminary budget for developing social development strategy."
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| Department Remarks
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Under development for draft report to be released in the
Spring 1999. |
| Committee Minute No. 34
Report No. 3
Clause No. 5
Committee Meeting Date: March 26 and 27, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No. 1752
Council Meeting Date:
April 16, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Crisis in Youth Employment |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Commissioner, Urban
Planning and
Development Services
|
City Council on April 16, 1998, recommended that:
(1)the report dated April 9, 1998, from the Commissioner of
Community and Neighbourhood Services, headed 'Mayor's
Youth Employment Summit', embodying the following
recommendations, be adopted:
"It is recommended that the Commissioners of Community and
Neighbourhood Services and Urban Planning and Development
Services report back to City Council on the outcome of the
Youth Employment Summit, and provide recommendations
regarding the City's role in conjunction with other levels of
government and the private sector, in implementing strategies
developed at the Summit.; and
(6)the final report to City Council on the Mayor's Youth
Employment Summit be submitted through the Economic
Development Committee;".
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| Department Remarks
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A joint report will be forwarded to the Economic
Development Committee before the end of 1998. |
| Committee Minute No. 50
Report No. 3
Clause No. 10(a)
Committee Meeting Date: March 26 and 27, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No. 1786
Council Meeting Date:
April 29 and 30, 1998 |
| Subject Matter |
1998 Operating and Capital Budgets |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Economic
Development, Culture
and Tourism
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee requested the following reports during
consideration of the 1998 Operating and Capital Budgets.
Parks and Recreation
"(6)that the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services be requested to report to the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee prior to implementing the
second proposed set of increases in ice rates for "Community
Youth", such report to include the impact of the initial increases
and the anticipated impact of the proposed future increases on
minor hockey and on other ice surface users;"
(Report should now be to the Economic Development
Committee.)
Children's Services
"(ii)requested the Commissioner of Community and
Neighbourhood Services to report to the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee clarifying the cost of
adjusting child care per diem rates and provider rates to reflect
the cost of inflation; and
(iii)referred communication (F) dated March 9, 1998, from the
City Clerk to the Commissioner of Community and
Neighbourhood Services with a request that she report to the
Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee on the
implications of the principles outlined by the Children's Action
Committee." |
| Department Remarks
|
(ii)will be clarified as part of 1999 budget submission;
(iii)addressed as part of April 21/98 report entitled, "1998
Operating Budget - Community and Neighbourhood
Services - Funding Cost of Filling 2000 Licensed Child Care
Spaces". |
| Budget Committee Minute No.
Report No.
Clause No.
Committee Meeting Date: March 30 and 31, April 2 and 3, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
April 29 and 30, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
1998 Revised Capital and Operating Budget Estimates |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Budget Committee requested that the Commissioner of
Community and Neighbourhood Services:
"(ii)ensure that an impartial but thorough third-party review of
the school food program is carried out in one year's time; and
(iii)report to the Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee on the feasibility of modelling the "Healthy
Parenting" Program on programs similar to the "Welcome Baby"
program in the former City of Etobicoke;"
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| Department Remarks
|
A report to Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee will be submitted in October, 1998. |
| Budget Committee Minute No.
Report No.
Clause No.
Committee Meeting Date: March 30 and 31, April 2 and 3, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
April 29 and 30, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
1998 Capital Program Parks and Recreation |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Economic
Development, Culture
and Tourism
|
The Budget Committee on March 30 and 31, April 2 and 3,
1998, directed that:
"(2)Recommendation (2) and (3) embodied in the report
(March30, 1998) from the Functional Lead, Parks and
Recreation, respecting the use of Parkland Dedication and
Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland Funds, be referred to the Community
and Neighbourhood Services Committee for further review and
report to the Budget Committee;".
(Report should now be to the Economic Development
Committee.)
|
| Department Remarks
|
Report to go to the Economic Development Committee from
the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and
Tourism. |
| Committee Minute No. 59
Report No. 4
Clause No. 4
Committee Meeting Date: April 23, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
May 13 and 14, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Preventing Homelessness by Reducing Evictions |
| Pending
Commissioner, Urban
Planning and
Development Services
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee adopted a report (April 9, 1998) from the
Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services
wherein it recommended that:
"(3)City Council refer the report, "An Eviction Prevention
Strategy for the City of Toronto", from the Advisory Committee
on Homeless and Socially Isolated Persons to the Commissioner
of Urban Planning and Development Services to be considered
in their 1998 review of a uniform by-law for accessory
apartment units and for a report back to the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee as soon as possible;
(4)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services be authorized to undertake a proposal call for a rent
bank pilot project as outlined in this report, and report back
should authority for funding be required;"
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| Department Remarks
|
(3)Given the diversity in policy approaches throughout the
City and vested community interest, the harmonization of
accessory apartment by-laws is a substantial undertaking
which is not part of the department's 1998 work program.
However, staff will report on the policy process for
completing such a review in 1999.
(4)Results of the proposal call were reported to Community
and Neighbourhood Services Committee on September10,
1998 for information purposes.
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| City Council
Notice of Motion
|
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
May 13 and 14, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Notice of Motion by Councillor Jakobek, seconded by
Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski regarding Cancellation of the
Province's Social Housing Programs. |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services Committee
Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
|
City Council adopted a motion by Councillor Jakobek, seconded
by Councillor Korwin-Kuczynski, wherein it recommended that:
(1)City Council consider the confidential report from the City
Solicitor dealing with the partial settlement of the former City of
Toronto and Cityhome's claim against the Province arising out
of the cancellation of the Province's social housing programs;
and
(2)City Council approve the proposed partial settlement for the
reasons set out in the confidential report and adopt the
recommendations of the City Solicitor."
and that the foregoing Motion was amended by adding thereto
the following new Operative Paragraph:
"AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer and the Commissioner of
Community and Neighbourhood Services be requested to submit
a joint report to Council, through the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee and the Budget Committee,
regarding the disposition of such funds and the possibility of it
being allocated to the Social Housing Reserve Fund."
|
| Department Remarks
|
Report to be presented to Community and Neighbourhood
Services Committee in November 1998. |
| Committee Minute No. 68
Report No. 5
Clause No. 4(d)
Committee Meeting Date: May 21, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
June 3, 4, and 5, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Purchase of Ontario Hydro Property - Maxwell Street |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Economic
Development, Culture
and Tourism
|
The Community referred to the Commissioner of Economic
Development, Culture and Tourism for a report thereon to the
Corporate Services Committee following negotiations with
Ontario Hydro, a communication (May 11, 1998) from the City
Clerk, North York Community Council respecting the purchase
of Ontario Hydro property on Maxwell Street.
|
| Department Remarks
|
Report should now come from Economic Development. |
| Committee Minute No. 69
Report No. 5
Clause No. 2
Committee Meeting Date: May 21, 1998 |
|
| Subject Matter
|
Toronto District School Board - Pressures Resulting from
Provincial Restructuring of Education Finance
Impact of Education Funding Changes Children's Services |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Commissioner,
Economic
Development, Culture
and Tourism
Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(see next page)
|
The Committee:
"(2)referred the aforementioned communication and brief from
the Toronto District School Board to the Commissioner of
Community and Neighbourhood Services and Commissioner of
Economic Development, Culture and Tourism with a request
that they:
(a)obtain from the Toronto District School Board the following
information:
(I)the number of leases and permits for child care centres,
recreational and community uses;
(ii)the actual and projected enrolment (or change in class size)
in each school that may result in eviction of child care centres
and/or other community uses;
(iii)the actual cost to serve these child care centres and/or other
community uses; and
(iv)the amount of space used versus the space funded under the
new funding formula; and
(continued)
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| Committee Minute No. 69
Committee Meeting Date: May 21, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
June 3, 4 and 5, 1998 |
| Subject Matter |
Cont'd |
| Pending
Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
|
(b)report jointly thereon to the June 18, 1998, meeting of the
Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee, such
report to include:
(I)the impact on non-profit groups using school facilities;
(ii)the anticipated increase in fees for recreation programs
operating in the schools; and
(iii)a response from the Ministry of Community and Social
Services indicting whether it would be willing to provide its
share of the existing funding formula should the City of
Toronto's costs increase for the subsidized school-based child
care spaces."
City Council amended the foregoing Clause by adding thereto
the following:
"It is further recommended that:
(1)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services and the Commissioner of Economic Development,
Culture and Tourism be requested to include in the joint report
requested by the Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee, the impact of the School Board cuts on settlement
services for new immigrants; and
(2)the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer be requested to
submit a report to the School Tax Sub-Committee, the
membership of which is Councillors Bussin, Jakobek and
McConnell, with Councillor McConnell as Chair, on the status
of negotiations in this regard."
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| Department Remarks
|
(2)(a) and (b) will be part of a report which will be submitted
by Children's Services after the School Tax Sub-Committee
reports on the general parameters for the new agreement
being negotiated with School Boards.
Some of the information requested from School Boards,
e.g.,(a)(ii) is still outstanding.
|
| Committee Minute No. 71
Report No. 5
Clause No. 4(b)
Committee Meeting Date: May 21, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
June 3, 4 and 5, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Response to Client Inquiries, Issues and Complaints in Social
Services |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee:
"(1)referred the OCAP document, entitled "Who's Cheating
Who?" to the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services with a request that she meet with officials from the
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty to discuss ways in which the
Department and OCAP can work together to address issues of
concern with respect to the service delivery system, and report
thereon to the Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee; and
(2)directed that the Commissioner of Community and
Neighbourhood Services be requested to provide the Community
and Neighbourhood Services Committee with an annual report
on the Client Services and Information Unit, the number of calls
received and resolution of these calls, the intervention strategies,
and any systemic changes of delivery method as a result of
theses inquiries."
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| Department Remarks
|
(1)Report to be submitted after meeting with OCAP.
(2)Report to be submitted in the first quarter of 1999. |
| Committee Minute No. 74
Report No. 6
Clause No. 9
Committee Meeting Date: June 18, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 8, 9 and 10, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Review of the Use of Motels for Homeless Families |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee adopted a report (May 19, 1998) from the
Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services
respecting a review of the use of motels for homeless families,
wherein it recommended that:
"(4)a final report be submitted to the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee by the end of 1998;".
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| Department Remarks
|
A sub-committee of Councillors has been formed and will
report by early 1999. |
| Committee Minute No. 80
Report No. 6
Clause No. 13
Committee Meeting Date: June 18, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 8, 9 and 10, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
1999 United Nations International Year of Older Persons |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee recommended to Council the adoption of the
following recommendation of the Advisory Committee on
Homes for the Aged:
"(2)that a staff group, comprised of representatives of the
Community and Neighbourhood Services Department, Healthy
City Office, Public Health Department, Parks and Recreation
Department, and any other interested parties involved in seniors'
issues, including the Advisory Committee on Homes for the
Aged and the Seniors' Task Force, be established to ensure that
an integrated plan for events is in place for the 1999 United
Nations International Year of Older Persons, and report thereon
through the Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee."
|
| Department Remarks
|
Initiative being co-ordinated by Healthy City Office; Homes
for the Aged Division staff in process of planning celebratory
events on a divisional basis. |
| Committee Minute No. 85
Report No. 6
Clause No. 10
Committee Meeting Date: June 18, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 8, 9 and 10, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Proposed Use of Birkdale Villa as a Hostel for Women and
Their Children |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Commissioner,
Economic
Development, Culture
and Tourism |
The Committee directed that:
(I)the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and
Tourism be requested to investigate the need to enhance the
Edgewood Park playground located directly to the south of
Birkdale Villa home for women with children and take the
appropriate measures to ensure that the recommendations of the
Midland Park Community are addressed as soon as possible; and
(ii)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services be requested to invite Mr. Bruce Rivers, Executive
Director, Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto, to
visit the Birkdale Villa facility; and
(iii)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services and the Commissioner of Economic Development,
Culture and Tourism be requested to submit to the Community
and Neighbourhood Services Committee in November 1998, a
progress report on the use of Birkdale Villa as a hostel for
women and their children, such report to include the financial
implications of the program.
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| Department Remarks
|
A joint report with Parks will be prepared for the
Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee in
November, 1998. |
| Committee Minute No. 92
Report No. 6
Clause No. 8
Committee Meeting Date: June 18, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 8, 9 and 10, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Palliative Care Pilot Project for the Homeless |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee adopted a report (June 4, 1998) from the
Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services,
wherein it recommended, as amended, that:
"(3)a progress report be submitted to the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee in six months' time on the
outcome of this pilot program and any research data developed."
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| Department Remarks
|
Report not due back until January, 1999. |
| Committee Minute No. 93
Report No. 6
Clause No. 3
Committee Meeting Date: June 18, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 8, 9 and 10, 1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Provincial Announcement on Long-Term Care Reinvestment |
| Pending
Commissioner of
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Commissioner, Urban
Planning and
Development Services |
The Committee:
(2)directed that the Commissioner of Community and
Neighbourhood Services, in consultation with the Commissioner
of Urban Planning and Development Services, be requested to
report to the Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee on the feasibility of implementing policies to address
the need for accommodation for seniors in secondary plan areas,
particularly the North York City Centre and Sheppard Subway
Corridor; and
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| Department Remarks
|
Community and Neighbourhood Services:
Staff are currently awaiting information related to
organizations who bid on the Ministry of Health's RFP
process for new homes for the aged/nursing home beds. Staff
have requested a September, 1998, meeting with Ministry of
Health representatives.
Urban Planning and Development:
The Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services has the lead on this matter. The Urban Planning
and Development Services Department will provide support
once staff have been assigned from the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Department.
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| Committee Minute No. 95
Report No. 7
Clause No. 12
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30, and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
National Child Benefit Supplement |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee recommended the adoption of the report from
the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services,
wherein it recommended that:
"(1)upon finalization of the Provincial framework governing
how municipal program savings achieved as a result of the
introduction of the N.C.B.S. are to be used, the Department will
develop a plan for reinvestment of City of Toronto savings and
report back to the Community and Neighbourhood Services
Committee in the fall of 1998;"
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| Department Remarks
|
Report contingent upon finalization of Provincial
Framework. Anticipate reporting back before the end of
1998. |
| Committee Minute No. 106
Report No. 7
Clause No.1
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30, and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Uniform Policy for Leashed and Unleashed Dogs in City Parks |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Economic
Development, Culture
and Tourism
Medical Officer of
Health
(Animal Services) |
The Committee recommended the adoption of a joint report from
the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and
Tourism and the Medical Officer of Health, wherein it was
recommended, as amended, that:
"(3)Animal Services be requested to report back on any
additional resources required to increase their capacity to work
with the community to encourage voluntary compliance with
park by-laws; and further that Animal Services be authorized to
approach potential corporate partners to solicit funding for
educational programming;
(4)staff be directed to review all existing arrangements where
off-leash areas currently exist and report back with suggested
amendments in accordance with Recommendation No. (1); and
further that all current off-leash areas in City Parks be confirmed
until such time as the staff have conducted their review and
reported on any amendments to Community Councils, and
Council, accordingly;", (amended)
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| Committee Minute No. 106
Report No. 7
Clause No. 1
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30, and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
(Cont'd)
Uniform Policy for Leashed and Unleashed Dogs in City Parks |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Corporate Services
|
"(5)the Commissioner of Corporate Services be requested to
report on the feasibility of using vacant City lands for the
development of "dog parks," and on exploratory comments
and/or arrangements for vacant industrial lands;" (amended);
and further directed that the Commissioner of Economic
Development, Culture and Tourism be requested to;
"(ii)report to the Economic Development Committee on:
(a)the potential off-leash areas which conform to the new
off-leash guidelines in Toronto;
(b)the cost to properly fence off-leash areas; and
(c)an effective enforcement by-law with respect to illegal
unleashed dogs in City parks and violations of stoop and scoop
regulations."
City Council on July 29, 30 and 31, 1998, amended the Clause to
provide that:
"(3)the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and
Tourism be requested to submit a report to the Economic
Development Committee on an effective enforcement policy in
regards to dogs off-leash and stoop-and-scoop legislation."
(Reports to be forwarded to the Economic Development
Committee.) |
| Department Remarks
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Recommendation No. (3) of joint report to be submitted to
the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee in
the Fall.
Recommendation No. (4) of joint report - Parks and
Recreation is responding to this request.
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| Committee Minute No. 109
Report No. 7
Clause No. 4
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30, and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Sale of Scattered Units Owned by Ontario Housing Corporation
in the City of Toronto |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee:
"(4)directed that the Commissioner of Community and
Neighbourhood Services be requested to report to the
Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee on the
feasibility of selling MTHA housing stock once the ownership
and management responsibility has been fully downloaded to the
City of Toronto."
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| Department Remarks
|
(4)This will be considered within the larger context of social
housing reforms and transfer of social housing programs to
the City of Toronto.
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| Committee Minute No. 112
Report No. 7
Clause No. 2
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30, and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter |
Diversion Options for Youth Involved in the Squeegee Trade |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Commissioner,
Works and
Emergency Services
Chief of Police |
City Council on July 29, 30 and 31, 1998, referred the
aforementioned Clause and following motions in regard thereto
to Mayor Lastman, Councillors Olivia Chow and Dennis
Fotinos.
Moved by Councillor Chow:
"That the Clause be struck out and referred to Mayor Lastman,
Councillor Chow (City's Youth Advocate) and Councillor
Fotinos (Chair, Emergency and Protective Services), for a report
to the October meeting of the Emergency and Protective
Services Committee and the Community and Neighbourhood
Services Committee, on a detailed plan to address the issue of
squeegee activities in the City, such plan to address the
following:
(1)a response from the Federal and/or Provincial governments
with respect to any legislative measures to be introduced by the
Federal and/or Provincial governments; and
(2)a description of the specific strategies in the diversion
programs to address those individuals who are truly in need."
Moved by Councillor Davis:
"That the foregoing motion by Councillor Chow be amended to
provide that the report be submitted to a joint meeting of the
Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee and the
Emergency and Protective Services Committee." |
| Department Remarks
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| Committee Minute No. 112
Report No. 7
Clause No. 2
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30, and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
(Cont'd)
Diversion Options for Youth Involved in the Squeegee Trade |
| Pending
|
Moved by Councillor Chong:
"That the foregoing motion by Councillor Chow be amended to
provide that, in the interim, the Toronto Police Services Board
be requested to use whatever laws are currently in existence to
ensure that unsafe, obnoxious behaviour of windshield washers
is curtailed or minimized."
Moved by Councillor Cho:
"That the foregoing motion by Councillor Chow be amended to
provide that the report be submitted to a joint meeting of the
Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee and the
Emergency and Protective Services Committee and subsequently
to City Council in November, 1998."
Moved by Councillor Bossons:
"That the foregoing motion by Councillor Chow be amended to
provide that the Chief of Police be requested to submit a report
to the joint meeting of the Community and Neighbourhood
Services Committee and the Emergency and Protective Services
Committee, providing factual information on the number of
arrests that have been made for major offences such as
drug-related offences or persons wanted on warrants."
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| Department Remarks
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| Committee Minute No. 112
Report No. 7
Clause No. 2
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30, and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
(Cont'd)
Diversion Options for Youth Involved in the Squeegee Trade |
| Pending
|
Moved by Councillor Adams:
"That the foregoing motion by Councillor Chow be amended to
provide that should City Council defer action about squeegee
persons, that the City make available 'No Thanks to Squeegee'
signs to members of the public in the appropriate size to fit in
automobile windshields."
Moved by Councillor Lindsay Luby:
"That the foregoing motion by Councillor Chow be amended to
provide that the Province of Ontario be requested to introduce
changes to the Highway Traffic Act, as soon as possible, to
provide the City with the means to control the squeegee
situation."
Moved by Councillor Moscoe:
"That the foregoing motion by Councillor Chong be referred to
the joint meeting of the Community and Neighbourhood
Services Committee and the Emergency and Protective Services
Committee."'
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| Department Remarks
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| Committee Minute No. 112
Report No. 7
Clause No. 2
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30, and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
(Cont'd)
Diversion Options for Youth Involved in the Squeegee Trade |
| Pending
|
The Committee directed that:
"(ii)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Works and
Emergency Services, be requested to report to the appropriate
Committee on:
(a)a possible partnership with the Partnership Advocating for
Youth Employment in operating a vending business for the sole
purpose of employing street youth; and
(b)the concept of reserving some of the vending sites in the
downtown area to allow persons involved in the squeegee
industry an opportunity to enter into a legitimate business
venture to gain income;
(iii)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services be requested to report to the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee on possible partnerships
with the Canadian Armed Forces Recruitment Officers and with
the Toronto Catholic District School Board;
(iv)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services and the Chief of Police be requested to submit an
interim progress report on the success and outcomes of the
diversion strategies by October, 1998." |
| Department Remarks
|
Under development for November, 1998, joint Community
and Neighbourhood Services and Emergency and Protective
Services Committees. |
| Committee Minute No. 113
Report No. 7
Clause No. 5
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30 and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Change in Funding Responsibility for Supportive Social
Housing |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer |
The Committee recommended the adoption of a report from the
Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services,
wherein it recommended that:
"(3)the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood
Services and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer report
back on reallocation of $11.7 million which was set aside in the
1998 City Operating Budget for Social Housing Costs, and is no
longer required due to the Province's decision to retain funding
for 100 percent supportive housing portfolios. Potential uses for
this fund would include providing support for affordable housing
demonstration projects."
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| Department Remarks
|
(3)Report back on reallocation of the $11.7 million in
savings due to provincial upload of social housing costs has
not yet occurred, pending confirmation of accuracy of the
number (recently advised that one provider was missed and
savings will increase by about $242,000). Reallocation will be
considered as part of a larger report on capital funding of
affordable housing to go to Community and Neighbourhood
Services Committee by December 1998. |
| Committee Minute No. 115
Report No. 7
Clause No. 7
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30 and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
Toward a Municipal Strategy to Encourage the Creation of
Affordable Housing and A Framework for Proposals to Develop
Affordable Housing Demonstration Projects.
|
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
Commissioner,
Corporate Services
Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
Commissioner, Urban
Planning and
Development Services
|
The Committee recommended the adoption of a communication
(July 7, 1998) from the City Clerk respecting actions of the
Council Strategy Committee for People Without Homes, and
wherein it recommended that:
"(ii)Council agree in principle that a capital revolving fund for
affordable housing should be established to provide financial
support to projects that demonstrate the City's role in facilitating
the creation of affordable housing, and request the Chief
Financial Officer, the Commissioner of Corporate Services and
the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services
to report back on options for establishing such a fund and
potential funding sources;
(iii)Council agree in principle to the provision of surplus
City-owned land and buildings for affordable housing
development, as a first priority, and request the Commissioner of
Corporate Services, Urban Planning and Development Services,
and Community and Neighbourhood Services to report back
jointly on options for a "housing first" policy;".
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| Department Remarks
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(ii)Options for establishing a Capital Revolving Fund have
not yet been prepared or reported. This report will be
prepared in consultation with the parties mentioned, and
will be presented within the next six months.
(iii)Options will be co-ordinated through the operations of
the recently established Land Management Committee. |
| Committee Minute No. 117
Report No. 7
Clause No. 19(d)
Committee Meeting Date: July 16, 1998 |
Appendix "A" Page
No.
Council Meeting Date:
July 29, 30 and 31,
1998 |
| Subject Matter
|
"Grow-As-You-Go" Housing Proposal |
| Pending
Commissioner,
Community and
Neighbourhood
Services
|
The Committee referred a communication (July 2, 1998) from
Councillor Jack Layton respecting the "Grow-As-You-Go"
Housing Proposal to the Commissioner of Community and
Neighbourhood services for consideration, as part of the
emerging process referred to in the report, headed "Framework
to Develop Affordable Housing Demonstration Projects," and
report thereon to the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee through the Council
Strategy Committee for People Without Homes.
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| Department Remarks
|
Report to be presented to Community and Neighbourhood
Services Committee in November 1998. |
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