Other Items Considered by the Committee

(a)The Learning Enrichment Foundation's Business Plan for an Ontario Works Project in Ontario.

The Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee reports having concurred in the recommendation contained in the following report from the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services; and having referred the following communication from the City Clerk and the brief from The Learning Enrichment Foundation to the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services for report thereon to the May 19, 1999, meeting of the Committee:

(i)(April 8, 1999) from the City Clerk advising that York Community Council on March 30, 1999, recommended to the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee that consideration be given to the Business Plan submitted by The Learning Enrichment Foundation regarding an Ontario Works Project for social assistance recipients in Toronto, over a three-year period; and that York Community Council endorsed the aforementioned proposal.

(ii)(April 12, 1999) from the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services respecting the proposal for an Ontario Works Project in Toronto submitted by The Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF); advising that staff of the Department are meeting on April19,1999, with LEF and Ministry representatives to discuss the proposal in greater detail; and recommending that staff report back to the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee for its May 19, 1999, meeting, after consultation with the appropriate parties has occurred.

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Mr. Peter Frampton and Mr. Donald McDonald, President, The Learning Enrichment Foundation, appeared before the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee in connection with the foregoing matter; and submitted a brief requesting that the Terms of Reference for the LEF pilot project evaluation include items Nos.(1) to (8) outlined in such brief.

(b)Client Services and Information Unit Annual Report.

The Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee reports having received the following report:

(April 6, 1999) from the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services respecting the role of the Client Services and Information Unit (C.S.I.U.); providing a summary of the C.S.I.U.'s activities in 1998, and an update of ongoing development by the Social Services Division to ensure consistent application of policy across the Division, and the creation of new service quality initiatives; and recommending that the report be received for information.

(c)"On The Move" Pilot Project.

The Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services for a report thereon to the Committee:

(March 26, 1999) from the General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission, advising that the Toronto Transit Commission on March 23, 1999, had before it Clause No.15 of ReportNo.5 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, headed "Evaluation of the 'On the Move' Pilot Project," wherein it recommended that the Commission be requested to consider a discount on bulk ticket purchases, beyond the one percent currently provided to TTC ticket agents, for community-based agencies providing services for the homeless and socially isolated persons; and that the Commission approved the following:

(1)That the sale to the City of Toronto Community and Neighbourhood Services Department of $100,000.00 of fare media for appropriate 'On the Move' projects, as certified by the City of Toronto, be subject to a 5 percent discount, and if the Province of Ontario matches this funding, a discount of 10 percent apply on the sale of $200,000.00 in TTC fare media to the City of Toronto Community Services Department; and further that staff conduct a review after one year to measure the success of this initiative.

(2)That the City of Toronto Community and Neighbourhood Services Department be requested to develop a long term plan for this initiative which would provide a non-TTC funding source.

(d)Update on Situation at StreetCity.

The Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee reports having received the following verbal update:

The Director of Hostel Services provided the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee with a verbal update on the situation at StreetCity, and the discussions that have been held with Homes First Society, the Toronto Police Service and residents of the facility; and noted that a written report will be submitted to a future meeting of the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee.

Respectfully submitted,

COUNCILLOR CHRIS KORWIN-KUCZYNSKI,

Chair

Toronto, April 22, 1999

Rosalind Dyers

Tel. (416) 392-8018