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Other Items Considered by the Committee
(a) Delegation of Authority to Community Councils
to Hold Public Meetings Regarding Plans of
Subdivision and Community Improvement Plans.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having received the following communication:
(February 12, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that City Council, on February 4, 5 and 6, 1998, adopted, without amendment, a Motion moved by Councillor Miller, and Seconded by Councillor Pantalone, delegating authority to each Community Council, as an interim measure until such time as the Special Committee has reported to Council regarding Community Councils and Council's Procedure By-law, to hold any public meeting regarding plans of subdivision and community improvement plans as required by ss. 28 and 51 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1991, c. P.13 and O. Reg. 196/96, in respect of land within the part of the urban area it represents and that the Urban Environment and Development Committee is delegated the authority to hold such meetings in respect of land that is within the geographic area represented by more than one Community Council.
(b) Organization of the Licensing Commission.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having been advised by the Mayor's office that the report respecting the Organization of the Licensing Commission will be submitted to a future meeting of the Special Committee.
(c) Toronto Transition Team - Final Report (Recommendation No. 110)
Respecting the Toronto District Heating Corporation.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having:
(1) deferred consideration of the following report for six weeks; and
(2) requested the Chief Administrative Officer:
(a) to obtain a valuation of the City's assets currently utilized by the Toronto District Heating Corporation;
(b) in conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the City Solicitor, to report to the Special Committee on the governance of the Toronto District Heating Corporation, and potential City position on future governance and related issues; and
(c) in conjunction with the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, to report to the Special Committee on the City's road allowance and other City property used for the purpose of district cooling distribution pipes:
(February 10, 1998) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and City Solicitor recommending that:
(1) the TDHC (Toronto District Heating Corporation) be requested to submit business plans to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the City of Toronto to support the proposed expanded mandate of the TDHC, encompassing heating, cooling and co-generation, with such business plans to be the subject of a further report to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee;
(2) in conjunction with Recommendation No. (1), above, and before any legislative amendments, the TDHC be required to enter into a revised agreement to fully repay the existing $30.6 million loan, such agreement to be the subject of further review by the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee;
(3) the Province of Ontario be requested to ensure that any change to the TDHC Act require as a condition precedent an agreement satisfactory to the City for the repayment of debt that predates the legislative amendments and that until the City is no longer required to guarantee the long-term debt of the TDHC, no debt for capital purposes be issued without the express approval of the City of Toronto and title for property utilized by the TDHC rest with the City until all debt owed to the City is repaid; and
(4) a request of the former City of Toronto to the TDHC be reiterated, requesting the TDHC to recommend required changes to the composition of the TDHC Board to fulfil the proposed mandate of the Corporation.
(d) Draft Terms of Reference - Task Force on Community Safety.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having:
(i) directed that the draft Terms of Reference for the Task Force on Community Safety, attached to the following communication, be forwarded to the following existing Committees, with a request that each Committee comment to the Special Committee for its meeting scheduled to be held on April 3, 1998, on the ongoing need for their work:
- East York Safety Council;
- Emergency Planning Advisory Committee (Metro);
- Etobicoke Crime Scope;
- Safe City Committee (Toronto);
- Safety Council (Etobicoke); and
- Taxis on Patrol Committee (Metro); and
(ii) requested the Co-Chairs of the Task Force on Community Safety to submit a further report to the aforementioned meeting of the Special Committee, qualifying the mandate of the Task Force, identifying financial resources needed; and staff support required:
(i) (February 13, 1998) from Councillor Rob Davis, York Eglinton, and Councillor Brad Duguid, Scarborough City Centre, forwarding the draft Terms of Reference for the Task Force on Community Safety; and advising that the report will be finalized once the Committee members have had an opportunity to meet and review the document; and
(ii) (February 16, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that the Emergency and Protective Services Committee on February 10, 1998, gave consideration to a report (January 27, 1998) from the Acting Commissioner of Emergency and Protective Services recommending that when the Terms of Reference for the new Task Force on Community Safety have been prepared, they be sent to the East York Safety Council, the Emergency Planning Advisory Committee (Metro), the Etobicoke Crime Scope, the Safe City Committee (Toronto), the Safety Council (Etobicoke), and the Taxis on Patrol Committee (Metro), together with a copy of this report, and that each committee be asked to comment on the ongoing need for their work, if any, on their relationship to the Task Force, and on their ongoing staff support needs; and that the Emergency and Protective Services Committee took the following action:
"(1) referred the foregoing report to the Co-Chairs of the Task Force on Community Safety and to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team to review the financial implications of continuing the committees listed therein and to report back to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee; and
(2) requested that the forthcoming report include information on staff time and other costs related to continuing these committees and that this matter be dealt with in a timely fashion."
(e) Re-Examination of the Role of the
Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee
and the Corporate Services Committee.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having referred the following communication to the Chief Administrative Officer for report thereon to the Special Committee:
(February 13, 1998) from the City Clerk, enclosing for information and any attention deemed necessary, Clause No. 2 contained in Report No. 2 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, headed ASeparation Program for Executive Management and Non-Union Staff@, which was adopted, as amended, by the Council of the City of Toronto at its meeting held on February 4, 5 and 6, 1998; and drawing attention to the amendment by Council found at the beginning of the Clause, viz:
"(2) the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team be requested to re-examine why the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee and the Budget Committee review and make recommendations respecting Human Resources issues, given the existence of a Corporate Services Committee;"
(f) Naming of Service Clusters.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having referred the following communication to the Chief Administrative Officer for report thereon to the Special Committee, together with the following suggested names for the Service Clusters, as proposed by Councillor Howard Moscoe, North York Spadina:
(a) that "Commissioner of Social and Health Services" be renamed "Commissioner of Human Services";
(b) that "Commissioner of Community and Economic Development Services" be renamed "Commissioner of Community Development";
(c) that "Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services" be renamed "Commissioner of Planning and Urban Services"; and
(d) that the following Service Clusters remain the same:
(i) Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services;
(ii) Commissioner of Corporate Services; and
(iii) Commissioner of Finance:
(February 13, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that City Council on February 4, 5 and 6, 1998, in adopting, as amended, Clause No. 3 contained in Report No. 1 of The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, headed "City of Toronto Administrative Structure", directed, in part, that the issue of the names for the Service Clusters be referred to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of theToronto Transition Team for further review and, in no instance should the word "strategic" be used as part of such names.
(g) Streamlined Process for Considering Budget Matters Prior
to Council Approval of the Capital and Operating Budget.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having:
(i) amended the request from the Corporate Services Committee, embodied in the following communication, to read as follows:
"(2) requested the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team to consider a more streamlined and open process for dealing with budget items that require Budget Committee approval prior to final approval of the Operating and Capital Budget, and report thereon to Council."; and
(i) referred such request, as amended, to the Chief Administrative Officer for report thereon to the Special Committee:
(February 16, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that the Corporate Services Committee on February 16, 1998, inter alia, took the following action:
"(2) requested the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team to consider a more streamlined process for dealing with budget items that require Budget Committee approval prior to final approval of the Operating and Capital Budget, and report thereon to Council."
(h) Proposal Respecting the Committee of
Adjustment for the New City of Toronto.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having:
(1) referred the following communication to the Commissioner of Planning and Urban Development Services for report thereon to the Special Committee; and
(2) requested the Committees of Adjustments for the former Area Municipalities to submit their comments respecting this matter to the Special Committee:
(January 30, 1998) from Mr. Douglas H. Lee, Chairman, Committee of Adjustment, advising that the Committee of Adjustment for the City of Toronto, was pleased to read in the report "New City - New Opportunities", the Toronto Transition Team's proposals for the Committee of Adjustment for the New City of Toronto; noting in particular that until the recommendations of the Toronto Transition Team can be more fully implemented, the existing Committees such as his, should continue to operate for each Community Council; further advising that among the proposals put forward by the Toronto Transition Team is the suggestion that the City should review the possibility of delegating certain minor variance decisions to the Chief Building Official in accordance with criteria set by City Council; offering several comments in the belief that they may prove helpful to the Special Committee should the Special Committee be preparing guidelines for City Council to enable the Chief Building Official to make minor variance decisions as well as proposing amendments to the Planning Act allowing for this to take place.
(i) Downtown Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having referred the following communication to the Medical Officer, Board of Health, for report thereon to the Board of Health:
(February 9, 1998) from Ms. Lorraine Purdon, Co-Chair, Downtown Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force, advising that the issues of substance abuse affects all parts of the new City of Toronto; that there is concern on the part of communities, agencies, police, citizens and government to want to address these issues; that the Downtown Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force is a coalition of individuals, organizations and groups who endeavour to find a variety of innovative ways to reduce the harms associated with drug use and distribution in the downtown Toronto area; that their mandate is to facilitate co-ordinate harm reduction strategies in downtown Toronto with a focus on encouraging strong community involvement, as well as seeking innovative approaches and techniques for harm reduction; and submitting recommendations in regard thereto.
Respectfully submitted,
COUNCILLOR DAVID MILLER.
Chair
Toronto, February 26, 1998
Patsy Morris
Tel. (416) 392-9151
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