Other Items Considered by the Committee

 (1)Amendment to the Terms of Reference of

the Sub-Committee for the Relocation

of All Members of Council to City Hall.

 The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having deferred consideration of the following report and communication until its meeting scheduled to be held on July 17, 1998:

 (I)(June 25, 1998) from the Commissioner of Corporate Services, clarifying the reporting structure and future roles of the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall and the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team pertaining to Phases two and three of the Toronto City Hall renovations project, including the City Centre project; and recommending that:

 (1)the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall continue to report to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team on the Phase 1 renovations to City Hall, until the end of 1998;

 (2)the Corporate Services Committee deal with Phases 2 and 3 of the City Hall project and other City Hall maintenance and renovation matters on an ongoing basis, and determine whether it wishes to establish a sub-committee for this purpose; and

 (3)the appropriate City officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

 (ii)(May 21, 1998) from the City Clerk advising that the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, recommended to the Special Committee that the Terms of Reference of the Sub-Committee be amended to permit the Sub-Committee to review the long term options for the Civic Centre proposal and its process.

 (2)Progress Report on the Special Committee's Workplan.

 The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having deferred consideration of the following report until its meeting scheduled to be held on July 17, 1998:

 (May 13, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer, recommending that:

 (1)the Special Committee take no further action on the recommendations of the Toronto Transition Team that deal with administrative and public policy matters, listed in Appendix A to this report;

 (2)the recommendations of the Toronto Transition Team that deal with administrative and public policy matters, listed in Appendix A to this report, be referred to the Chief Administrative Officer and Commissioners for information and consideration, if appropriate, in their respective areas of responsibility;

 (3)the Special Committee's mandate continue for the remainder of 1998 to enable it to complete the outstanding items on its workplan;

 (4)the major focus for the Special Committee's work in the coming months be on the review of governance, including the interconnected and complex issues related to citizen involvement and governance structures; and

 (5)the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

 (4)Procedural By-law Amendments -

"Presiding Member of Council".

 The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team referred the following report back to the City Clerk and the City Solicitor for a further report thereon to the Special Committee:

 (May 19, 1998) from the City Clerk and the City Solicitor, responding to the request of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of Toronto Transition Team, that the City Solicitor and City Clerk report on a proposal of Councillor Faubert concerning the use of a "presiding member of Council", and report further on a reference to be made in the Procedural By-Law for unprovided cases; and recommending that:

 (1)the status quo, recognizing the Mayor as the Chair of Council and appointing a Deputy Mayor as provided for in the Municipal Act, be maintained and that references to Second Deputy Mayor and Third Deputy Mayor in the Procedural By-Law be deleted; and

 (2)the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario be used in unprovided cases.

 (5)Procedural By-law Amendment to Permit

Request for Recorded Votes at Meetings of

Standing Committees and Committees of Council.

 The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having deferred consideration of the following communication until its meeting scheduled to be held on July 17, 1998:

 (June 14, 1998) from Ms. Rhona Swarbrick, Etobicoke Citizens for Effective Government, advising that the "request for a recorded vote" has recently been incorporated into the procedures for meetings of Community Councils; that what remains now is to amend the Procedural By-law to include the provision for a call for a recorded vote at all political meetings; and that the amendment to the Procedural By-law clarify that the results of recorded votes be included in the reports that go to Council as well as in the minutes of the committee meetings.

 (6)Transition Team's Recommendations

Respecting Environmental Issues.

 The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reports having received the following report:

 (June 10, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer, responding to the request from the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team that the Chief Administrative Officer report on how the new city should handle environmental issues from an administrative point of view; advising that the report is a progress report on the steps that the corporation is taking to implement the relevant parts of Recommendation No. 42 of the Final Report of the Transition Team; that there are no financial implications to this progress report; and recommending that the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team receive this report for information.