Options for Placing Either the City's Coat of Arms or

the City's Logo in Toronto City Hall Council Chamber

The Corporate Services Committee submits, without recommendation, the communication (January 25, 1999) from the City Clerk, Sub-Committee - Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, having regard that the following motions were voted on and lost on a tie vote:

Moved by Councillor Lindsay Luby:

"The Corporate Services Committee recommends to Council the adoption of the Recommendation of the Sub-Committee - Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall; and further that the Coat of Arms be installed on the opposite wall in the City of Toronto Council Chamber."

Moved by Councillor O'Brien:

"The Corporate Services Committee recommends to Council the adoption of the report (January 25, 1999) from the Commissioner of Corporate Services; and further that the City's logo be installed on the opposite wall in the City of Toronto Council Chamber."

The Corporate Services Committee submits the following communication (January 25, 1999) from the City Clerk, Sub-Committee - Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall:

Recommendation:

The Sub-Committee - Relocation of all Members of Council to City Hall recommends that the City's logo be placed on the wood panel on the floating wall at the front of the Council Chamber (Option2 of the report dated January 25, 1999, from the Commissioner of Corporate Services).

Background:

The Sub-Committee - Relocation of all Members of Council to City Hall, on January 25, 1999, had before it a report (January 25, 1999) from the Commissioner of Corporate Services respecting Options for Placing Either the City's Coat of Arms or City Logo in Toronto City Hall Council Chamber.

The Sub-Committee's recommendations is noted above.

(Report dated January 25, 1999, from the Commissioner of

Corporate Services addressed to the Sub-Committee

Relocation of all Members of Council to City Hall,

entitled "Options for Placing Either the City's Coat of Arms

or City Logo in Toronto City Hall Council Chamber.)

Purpose:

To present two options showing the placement of either the City's new Coat of Arms or City logo in the Council Chamber at Toronto City Hall.

Source of Funds:

Funds in the amount of $21,000.00 to fabricate and install the Coat of Arms in the Council Chamber are available in the Facilities and Real Estate Division's 1999 Operating Budget. Funds in the amount of approximately $9,000.00 would be required for fabricating and installing the City logo in the Council Chamber.

Recommendations:

It is recommended that the City of Toronto's new Coat of Arms be located in the Toronto City Hall Council Chamber as identified on Option 1 in Appendix A, such that the Coat of Arms is to be mounted in the centre of the wood panel behind the Mayor's desk.

Council Reference/Background/History:

City Council, at its meeting held on October 28, 29 and 30, 1998, approved the final design for the new Coat of Arms for the City of Toronto. Earlier in 1998, City Council approved a City logo which is now widely used throughout the City as a corporate visual identifier.

Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:

The renovations to the Council Chamber at Toronto City Hall are nearing completion, within the approved budget and on schedule. City Council will hold its first meeting in this newly renovated facility on February 2, 3, and 4, 1999.

The Project Architect working closely with the Project Team developed a design element in the Council Chamber to feature the City's new Coat of Arms. The proposed plan calls for the Coat of Arms to be mounted on a specially designed wood panel located on the floating wall at the front of the chamber, behind the Mayor's desk. The Coat of Arms is currently being fabricated for this purpose and will be ready for installation by the end of this month.

In the meantime, the Chair of the Relocation Sub-Committee requested that consideration be given to mounting the new City logo on this wood panel.

In response, two options have been developed as shown on Options 1 and 2 in Appendix A. Option1 illustrates the placement of the City's new Coat of Arms on the wood panel behind the Mayor's desk, while Option 2 shows the City logo mounted on the panel.

A third option of mounting both the Coat of Arms and City logo on the wood panel was also studied, but this option is not feasible from a design viewpoint and is not one of the options recommended in this report. Given the design of the panel installed in the Chamber, it would not be possible to accommodate both the Coat of Arms and City logo at an appropriate scale on the panel.

Conclusions:

While both options highlighted in this report are acceptable from a design viewpoint, I am recommending that the new Coat of Arms be mounted as a prominent feature in the Council Chamber in accordance with Option 1 discussed in this report. The new Coat of Arms is City Council's formal emblem that, in a heraldic tradition, embodies all of the communities from across the City, as well as many traditional symbols of the City. It should also be pointed out that the City logo is already mounted in a prominent location at Toronto City Hall, namely in Committee Room1 which accommodates meetings of the standing committees and other committees attended by the public, as well as in-camera meetings of City Council.

If the recommendation outlined in this report is adopted by the Relocation Sub-Committee, the new Coat of Arms can be installed prior to City Council's first meeting in the newly renovated Council Chamber, scheduled for February 2, 3 and 4, 1999.

Contact Name:

Susanne Borup, Executive Director, Facilities and Real Estate Division, phone 397-4156, fax 397-0825, e-mail SusanneBorup@city.toronto.ca