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THE CITY OF TORONTO
Clerk's Department
Minutes of the Toronto Community Council
Special Meeting
Meeting No. 12
Thursday, October 22, 1998.
The Toronto Community Council met on Thursday, October 22, 1998, in Council
Chamber, Metro Hall, Toronto, commencing at 7:30 p.m.
No interests were declared pursuant to the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.
Members Present:
Councillor K. Rae, Chair
Councillor J. Adams
Councillor S. Bussin
Councillor O. Chow
Councillor C. Korwin-Kuczynski
Councillor J. Layton
Councillor P. McConnell
Councillor D. Miller
Councillor J. Pantalone
Councillor M. Walker
892. The Toronto Community Council had before it a report (September 1, 1998) from the
Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism respecting
Toronto s Bid for the 2008 Olympics.
The Toronto Community Council also had before it the following
reports/communications:
- (July 7, 1998) from the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and
Tourism;
- (October 21, 1998) from Ms. Joanna Kidd, Chair, Toronto Bay Initiative;
- (October 22, 1998) from Mr. Gerald H. Parker, President, Beyond Ability
International;
- (October 22, 1998) from Louise Verity, Director of Policy, The Toronto
Board of Trade;
- (Undated) from Mr. Charles Smedmor, C. Smedmor Associates;
- (October 22, 1998) from Mr. Kirk Shearer, President and CEO, Tourism
Toronto;
- (October 22, 1998) from Mr. Ira E. Greenspoon, Chairman of the Board,
Toronto Construction Association; and
- (Undated) from Mr. Deniz Yazici, D.Z.Y. Drafting & Design Services.
The following persons addressed the Toronto Community Council in connection with
the foregoing matter:
- Mr. David Crombie, Chair of Board of Directors of T.O. Bid, the Olympic Bid
Corporation;
- Mr. Kirk Shearer, President and CEO, Tourism Toronto;
- Mr. Gerald Parker, President, Beyond Ability International;
- Mr. Kevin Walters, CREGE;
- Ms. Filomena Canedo, Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees, Local 75;
- Ms. Lynne Hill, Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees, Local 75;
- Mr. Bruce Bryer, Transportation Planning Consultant;
- Ms. Marilyn Roy, Vice-Chair Toronto Bay Initiative;
- Mr. Norman W. Hayman, Retired Planning Executive;
- Mr. Terence Tyers, President, Francophone Centre of Toronto;
- Mr. Richard Milgrom, Toronto, Ontario;
- Ms. Kerri Mousseau, Toronto, Ontario;
- Mr. Charles Smedmor, C. Smedmor & Associates;
- Mr. Bruce Kidd, Dean, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University
of Toronto;
- Dr. Helen Lensky, Bread Not Circuses;
- Mr. Ira Greenspoon, Chairman, Toronto Construction Association;
- Mr. Carl Georgevski, Track and Field Coach, University of Toronto
- Mr. Deniz Yazici, Toronto, Ontario;
- Mr. Taodmg Burns, St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association;
- Mr. Stig Harvor, Toronto, Ontario;
- Mr. Daniel St. Louis, President, DSL Strategies and Communications;
- Mr. Viresh Fernando, New Voices in the New City;
- Mr. David Cooper, Toronto, Ontario;
- Mr. Sheldon Bergson, Thornhill, Ontario;
- Ms. Kathy Chandler, Member of CREGE;
- Mr. T. Harold Pidduck, Toronto, Ontario;
- Mr. Joey Schwartz, Bread Not Circuses;
- Mr. John Thompson, Palmerston Boulevard Area Resident;
- Mr. James Alcock, Citizens for Retention of East Gardiner Expressway;
- Mr. George Teichman, Toronto, Ontario;
- Ms. Amanda Jeans, Parkdale Village Residents Association;
- Mr. Glen Hastings, Lively Poets Society;
- Mr. Michael Kerr, Circle of Truth - Cirque De Vérité;
- Mr. George Carere, Toronto, Ontario;
- Mr. Robert Barnett, Toronto, Ontario; and
- Mr. Stace Lum-Yip, Mississauga, Ontario;
On motion by Councillor Pantalone, the Toronto Community Council requested the
Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism to report to the
Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee on the possibility of the Olympic
Village site being in the area south of South Parkdale, in such a way which would
relink South Parkdale to Lake Ontario.
On motion by Councillor Miller, the following motion by Councillor Walker was
amended by adding the words, such report to consider other methods of achieving
the desired goals, such as requiring all employers to be Employment Equity
employers and also other purchasing practices that should be implemented for the
Olympic process .
On motion by Councillor Pantalone, the following motion by Councillor Walker, as
amended by Councillor Miller, was referred to the Commissioner of Economic
Development, Culture and Tourism for report to Strategic Policies and Priorities
Committee:
the bid from the City of Toronto supporting a policy that a certain
percentage of contracts be awarded to minority-owned companies.
On motion by Councillor Pantalone the Toronto Community Council referred the
following motion by Councillor Miller to the Commissioner ov Economic Development,
Culture and Tourism for report to Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee:
that the Olympic games process being fully bilingual from beginning to
end.
The motion to refer was carried on the following division of votes:
Yeas: Councillors Rae, Adams, Bussin, Chow, Korwin-Kuczynski, Layton,
McConnell, Pantalone, - 8
Nays: Councillors Miller and Walker - 2
The Chair ruled the following motion by Councillor Walker out of order:
That City Council endorse the holding of a referendum prior
to City Council considering the final bid submission to the
I.O.C.
On a motion by Councillor Walker to challenge the ruling of the Chair, the
ruling of the Chair was upheld on the following division of votes:
Yeas: Councillors Rae, Adams, Bussin, Chow, Korwin-Kuczynski, Miller,
McConnell, Pantalone, - 8
Nays: Councillors Layton and Walker - 2
(Clause No. 60(a), Report No. 14)
The Toronto Community Council adjourned its meeting at 11:35 p.m.
Chair.
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