Appointments to Official Plan Council Reference Group

The Striking Committee recommends that:

(1)the six Members of Council to be appointed to the Official Plan Council Reference Group comprise one Member from each of the former municipalities; and

(2)in accordance with the foregoing Recommendation No. (1), the following six Members of Council be appointed to such Council Reference Group, in addition to the Chair of the Urban Environment and Development Committee (Councillor J. Pantalone), who shall Chair the said Council Reference Group:

C. Ootes(East York)

G. Lindsay Luby(Etobicoke)

M. Feldman(North York)

R. Moeser(Scarborough)

K. Rae(Toronto)

J. Mihevc(York)

for a term of office expiring November 30, 2000.

The Striking Committee submits the following communication (March 3, 1999) from the City Clerk:

City Council on March 2, 1999, adopted, as amended, Clause No. 2 contained in Report No. 3 of the Urban Environment and Development Committee, headed "The Framework for the New Official Plan for Toronto".

In adopting the Clause, as amended, City Council decided, in part, to establish an Official Plan Council Reference Group to guide the process, such Group to comprise 7 Members of Council, one of whom shall be the Chair of the Urban Environment and Development Committee who will Chair the Group, and to request the City Clerk to canvass Members of Council for their interest and submit the names of interested persons to the Striking Committee.

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The Striking Committee also had before the following communications:

(a)(March 3, 1999) from the City Clerk submitting a list of Members of Council who have indicated an interest in being appointed to the Official Plan Council Reference Group;

(b)(March 3, 1999) from Councillor BruceSinclair, Rexdale-Thistletown, advising, for reasons outlined in this communication, that he would like to withdraw his name from the aforementioned list; and

(c)(March 3, 1999) from Mr. David Vallance, Past Chair, Confederation of Resident and Ratepayer Associations (CORRA) Toronto, advising that the members present at the monthly meeting of CORRA on March 3, 1999, approved a motion that at least three members of Toronto Community Council be appointed as members of the aforementioned Council Reference Group.

The following Members of Council appeared before the Striking Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

-Councillor Joanne Flint, North York Centre South;

-Councillor Pam McConnell, Don River; and

-Councillor Ron Moeser, Scarborough Highland Creek.

(A copy of the aforementioned Clause No. 2 contained in Report No. 3 of the Urban Environment and Development Committee, headed "The Framework for the New Official Plan for Toronto", is on file in the office of the City Clerk.)