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THE CITY OF TORONTO
Clerk's Department
Minutes of the Special Committee to Review
the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team
Friday, December 4, 1998.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team met on
Friday, December 4, 1998, in Committee Room A, 2nd Floor, Metro Hall, Toronto, commencing
at 9:38 a.m.
Members Present:
Councillor David Miller, Chair
Councillor Mike Feldman
Councillor Anne Johnston
Councillor Norm Kelly
Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby
Councillor Peter Li Preti
Councillor Ron Moeser
Councillor Michael Prue
Councillor Kyle Rae
Councillor Judy Sgro
Also Present:
Councillor John Adams
Councillor John Filion
Councillor Pam McConnell
Councillor Joe Mihevc
Councillor Bill Saundercook
Councillor Bruce Sinclair
Regrets:
Councillor Howard Moscoe
98. Revisions to the Council Committee Structure (HELD DOWN)
(See also Minute No. 100)
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a report (November 26, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer, recommending that:
(1) the principles set out in the section of this report entitled Guiding Principles
be adopted as the means to guide the performance of the Council-committee
structure;
(2) effective June 1, 1999, a Policy and Finance Committee, as illustrated in figure 5
in the section of this report entitled A Mechanism to Set Council Priorities and
Achieve Financial Control , be established to replace the Strategic Policies and
Priorities Committee and the Budget Committee;
(3) the Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
submit a report to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee prior to the
end of April 1999, fleshing out the budget setting process for the year 2000
budget and related financial control protocols, including:
(i) the relationship between in-year policy development by standing committees
and the annual budget process;
(ii) the process to be used by the Policy and Finance Committee and Council in
setting budgets for the whole range of City programs;
(iii) the role of standing committees and community councils in the annual budget
setting process; and
(iv) guidelines for the in-year financial monitoring and management of specific
program areas within standing committees portfolios;
(4) the Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
report further on the concept of a time-limited Budget Advisory Committee as
described in the section of this report entitled A Mechanism to Set Council
Priorities and Achieve Financial Control ;
(5) the proposed Policy and Finance Committee be chaired by the Mayor;
(6) the chairs of all standing committees and community councils, other than the
Policy and Finance Committee and the Appointments Committee, continue to be
selected by a vote of the members of the respective standing committees and
community councils;
(7) appointments to standing committees and community councils continue to be made for
each half-term of Council and, with the exception of the Mayor, no Member of
Council chair the same standing committee or community council in consecutive
half-terms of the same Council;
(8) the committee structure described in Figure 6 in the section of this report
entitled Standing Committee Portfolios be adopted for implementation effective
June 1, 1999;
(9) the Commissioners review all pre-existing advisory committees, working groups and
task forces within their respective areas of responsibility and report thereon to
the relevant standing committees, setting out the mandates and composition of the
advisory committees, special committees, working groups and task forces, and make
recommendations with respect to their continuation;
(10) with the exception of the Mayor, who is an ex-officio member of all committees of
Council, no Member of Council should be a Member of more than one of the six
policy/issue-based standing committees (not including the Appointments and Audit
committees) shown in Figure 6 in the section of this report entitled Standing
Committee Portfolios ;
(11) the Mayor recommend the membership of the Appointments Committee to Council, and
the Mayor or Deputy Mayor, if so assigned by the Mayor, serve as the chair of the
Appointments Committee;
(12) the City s Agencies, Boards and Commissions report through the proposed Policy and
Finance Committee for budget purposes, and through the standing committee with
responsibility for the relevant policy field for any other matters;
(13) Council request the provincial government to amend the Health Protection and
Promotion Act and the City of Toronto Act, 1997(No. 2) to confer upon Toronto City
Council the powers, rights and duties of the Board of Health;
(14) when City Council is granted the powers, rights and duties of a Board of Health,
public health matters be reported to Council through a standing committee of
Council, and Council establish formal mechanisms to ensure that citizens continue
to have meaningful input to the development of public health policy;
(15) until such time that Council is granted the powers, rights and duties of the Board
of Health, the present Board of Health report to Council through the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee and no longer report directly to City Council;
(16) the Mayor may assign to the Deputy Mayor the role of manager of the Council
meeting Agenda, as described in the section of this report entitled A Mechanism
to Manage Council s Agenda , and the City Clerk and City Solicitor be requested to
report further on how this recommendation can be implemented;
(17) the City Clerk and City Solicitor undertake the necessary actions to give effect
to the changes to the Council-Committee structure, including the development of a
schedule of Council and committee meetings, and drafting the relevant amendments
to the Procedural by-law for Council approval;
(18) the Council-Committee structure be reviewed at the end of 18 months following the
implementation of the revisions recommended in this report and thereafter
regularly every three to five years; and
(19) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary
action to give effect thereto.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had
before it the following communications:
(i) (December 3, 1998) from Mr. David McKeown, writing in opposition to
Recommendations Nos. (13) and (14) embodied in the report (November 26, 1998) from
the Chief Administrative Officer;
(ii) (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Loren Freid, Executive Director, North York Harvest
Food Bank, expressing concern respecting the proposed plan to abolish the Board of
Health and transfer its powers to City Council;
(iii) (December 4, 1998) addressed to Councillor John Filion, from Ms. Connie Clement,
forwarding information respecting the history of the establishment of the Board of
Health;
(iv) (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Ruth Crammond, Executive Director, Davenport Perth
Neighbourhood Centre, writing in opposition to the transfer of the Board of Health
to City Council;
(v) (Undated) from Dr. Rosana Pellizzari, forwarding comments respecting the transfer
of the Board of Health to City Council;
(vi) (December 5, 1998) from Ms. Anita O Connor, Executive Director, Parkdale Golden
Age Foundation; and
(vii) (December 4, 1998) from Ms. Kathryn Scharf, FoodShare Toronto and Co-Chair,
Toronto Food Policy Council.
Mr. Phillip Abrahams, Senior Corporate Management and Policy Consultant, Strategic and
Corporate Policy Division, Chief Administrator s Office, gave an overhead presentation to
the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, entitled
Revisions to the Council-Committee Structure , and filed a copy of his presentation
material.
Councillor Miller advised those present that it was his intention to recommend to Council
that Recommendations Nos. (13), (14) and (15) embodied in the report (November 26, 1998)
from the Chief Administrative Officer be struck out, and the Board of Health continue to
report directly to Council.
The following persons appeared before the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of
the Toronto Transition Team in connection with the foregoing matter:
- Mr. Lee Zaslofsky, Chair, Citizens for Public Health;
- Mr. Rick Lines, Prisoners HIV Aids Support Action Network (PASAN);
- Ms. Fiona Nelson; and
- Councillor John Filion, North York Centre.
(HELD DOWN)
(See Minute No. 100 )
99. French-Language Services
and the New City of Toronto.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (October 31, 1998) from the Councillor Mario Silva, Trinity-Niagara,
and Member of the French Committee of the Toronto City Hall, advising that since 1981, the
French Committee of Toronto City Hall (FCTCH) has been a great bridge between the 70,000
francophones in Toronto and City Hall; that as a Member of the FCTCH, requesting the
Special Committee to review the report entitled French-Language Services and the New City
of Toronto - A Framework for meeting the Needs of Toronto s Francophone Taxpayers , dated
April, 1998, and recommend to City Council that:
(1) City of Toronto Council continue with the French Committee for the City of
Toronto;
(2) the Committee be called the City of Toronto French Committee;
(3) the Committee report to the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee; and
(4) the Committee adopt the recommended board composition as stated on page 20 of the
aforementioned report.
Mr. Andre Duclos, President of the existing French Committee at City Hall, appeared before
the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team in
connection with the foregoing matter, and filed a pamphlet, entitled The French Committee
of Toronto City Hall.
On motion by Councillor Rae, the Special Committee to Review the Final
Report of the Toronto Transition Team referred the foregoing communication
to the Chief Administrative Officer for report to the Corporate Services
Committee on January 18, 1999, on an appropriate reporting structure and
funding for the French Committee of the City of Toronto.
(Chief Administrative Officer; c: Councillor Mario Silva, Trinity-Niagara;
Mr. Andre Duclos, President of the existing French Committee at City Hall -
December 4, 1998)
(Clause No. 9a, Report No. 15)
100. Revisions to the Council Committee Structure
(See also Minute No. 98)
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team resumed
its consideration of the Revisions to the Council Committee Structure.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a report (November 26, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer, recommending that:
(1) the principles set out in the section of this report entitled Guiding Principles
be adopted as the means to guide the performance of the Council-committee
structure;
(2) effective June 1, 1999, a Policy and Finance Committee, as illustrated in figure 5
in the section of this report entitled A Mechanism to Set Council Priorities and
Achieve Financial Control , be established to replace the Strategic Policies and
Priorities Committee and the Budget Committee;
(3) the Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
submit a report to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee prior to the
end of April 1999, fleshing out the budget setting process for the year 2000
budget and related financial control protocols, including:
(i) the relationship between in-year policy development by standing committees
and the annual budget process;
(ii) the process to be used by the Policy and Finance Committee and Council in
setting budgets for the whole range of City programs;
(iii) the role of standing committees and community councils in the annual budget
setting process; and
(iv) guidelines for the in-year financial monitoring and management of specific
program areas within standing committees portfolios;
(4) the Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
report further on the concept of a time-limited Budget Advisory Committee as
described in the section of this report entitled A Mechanism to Set Council
Priorities and Achieve Financial Control ;
(5) the proposed Policy and Finance Committee be chaired by the Mayor;
(6) the chairs of all standing committees and community councils, other than the
Policy and Finance Committee and the Appointments Committee, continue to be
selected by a vote of the members of the respective standing committees and
community councils;
(7) appointments to standing committees and community councils continue to be made for
each half-term of Council and, with the exception of the Mayor, no Member of
Council chair the same standing committee or community council in consecutive
half-terms of the same Council;
(8) the committee structure described in Figure 6 in the section of this report
entitled Standing Committee Portfolios be adopted for implementation effective
June 1, 1999;
(9) the Commissioners review all pre-existing advisory committees, working groups and
task forces within their respective areas of responsibility and report thereon to
the relevant standing committees, setting out the mandates and composition of the
advisory committees, special committees, working groups and task forces, and make
recommendations with respect to their continuation;
(10) with the exception of the Mayor, who is an ex-officio member of all committees of
Council, no Member of Council should be a Member of more than one of the six
policy/issue-based standing committees (not including the Appointments and Audit
committees) shown in Figure 6 in the section of this report entitled Standing
Committee Portfolios ;
(11) the Mayor recommend the membership of the Appointments Committee to Council, and
the Mayor or Deputy Mayor, if so assigned by the Mayor, serve as the chair of the
Appointments Committee;
(12) the City s Agencies, Boards and Commissions report through the proposed Policy and
Finance Committee for budget purposes, and through the standing committee with
responsibility for the relevant policy field for any other matters;
(13) Council request the provincial government to amend the Health Protection and
Promotion Act and the City of Toronto Act, 1997(No. 2) to confer upon Toronto City
Council the powers, rights and duties of the Board of Health;
(14) when City Council is granted the powers, rights and duties of a Board of Health,
public health matters be reported to Council through a standing committee of
Council, and Council establish formal mechanisms to ensure that citizens continue
to have meaningful input to the development of public health policy;
(15) until such time that Council is granted the powers, rights and duties of the Board
of Health, the present Board of Health report to Council through the Community and
Neighbourhood Services Committee and no longer report directly to City Council;
(16) the Mayor may assign to the Deputy Mayor the role of manager of the Council
meeting Agenda, as described in the section of this report entitled A Mechanism
to Manage Council s Agenda , and the City Clerk and City Solicitor be requested to
report further on how this recommendation can be implemented;
(17) the City Clerk and City Solicitor undertake the necessary actions to give effect
to the changes to the Council-Committee structure, including the development of a
schedule of Council and committee meetings, and drafting the relevant amendments
to the Procedural by-law for Council approval;
(18) the Council-Committee structure be reviewed at the end of 18 months following the
implementation of the revisions recommended in this report and thereafter
regularly every three to five years; and
(19) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary
action to give effect thereto.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had
before it the following communications:
(i) (December 3, 1998) from Mr. David McKeown, writing in opposition to
Recommendations Nos. (13) and (14) embodied in the report (November 26, 1998) from
the Chief Administrative Officer;
(ii) (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Loren Freid, Executive Director, North York Harvest
Food Bank, expressing concern respecting the proposed plan to abolish the Board of
Health and transfer its powers to City Council;
(iii) (December 4, 1998) addressed to Councillor John Filion, from Ms. Connie Clement,
forwarding information respecting the history of the establishment of the Board of
Health;
(iv) (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Ruth Crammond, Executive Director, Davenport Perth
Neighbourhood Centre, writing in opposition to the transfer of the Board of Health
to City Council;
(v) (Undated) from Dr. Rosana Pellizzari, forwarding comments respecting the transfer
of the Board of Health to City Council;
(vi) (December 5, 1998) from Ms. Anita O Connor, Executive Director, Parkdale Golden
Age Foundation; and
(vii) (December 4, 1998) from Ms. Kathryn Scharf, FoodShare Toronto and Co-Chair,
Toronto Food Policy Council.
Mr. Phillip Abrahams, Senior Corporate Management and Policy Consultant, Strategic and
Corporate Policy Division, Chief Administrator s Office, gave an overhead presentation to
the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, entitled
Revisions to the Council-Committee Structure , and filed a copy of his presentation
material.
Councillor Miller advised those present that it was his intention to recommend to Council
that Recommendations Nos. (13), (14) and (15) embodied in the report (November 26, 1998)
from the Chief Administrative Officer be struck out, and the Board of Health continue to
report directly to Council.
The following persons appeared before the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of
the Toronto Transition Team in connection with the foregoing matter:
- Mr. Lee Zaslofsky, Chair, Citizens for Public Health;
- Mr. Rick Lines, Prisoners HIV Aids Support Action Network (PASAN);
- Ms. Fiona Nelson; and
- Councillor John Filion, North York Centre.
Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Rae Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.
A. Councillor Miller moved that:
(1) the Special Committee recommend to Council the adoption of
the report (November 26, 1998) from the Chief Administrative
Officer with the exception of Recommendations Nos. (4), (5),
(7), and (11); and subject to striking out Recommendations
Nos. (13), (14) and (15); and the Board of Health continue
to report directly to Council; and
(2) Recommendations Nos. (4), (5), (7) and (11) and the role and
composition of the Policy and Finance Committee, be referred
to the Office of the Mayor and Councillor David Miller,
Chair of the Special Committee, for further discussion and
report thereon directly to Council for its meeting scheduled
to be held on December 16, 1998.
Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.
B. Councillor Prue moved that Recommendation No. (16) be referred to
the City Clerk and that the City Clerk, in consultation with the
City Solicitor, be requested to report to Council for its meeting
scheduled to be held on December 16, 1998, on a mechanism to manage
Council s agenda.
C. Councillor Moeser moved that the foregoing Motion B. by Councillor
Prue be amended to provide that such report include comments on the
Deputy Mayor meeting with the Chairs of Committees prior to Council
to prepare a priority list for the Council agenda.
D. Councillor Johnston moved that the City Clerk in consultation with
the Mayor, be requested to report directly to Council on:
(a) committees being required to identify those items that have
a high priority;
(b) Members of Council being required to give prior notice with
respect to special time slots for items being considered;
and
(c) any other issues of concern with respect to the management
of Council s agenda.
E. Councillor Moeser further moved that:
(1) Recommendation No. (8) be amended to provide that Parks and
Recreation report to Council through the Economic
Development Committee; and
(2) Standing Committee members and the Chair of Standing
Committees be selected on a yearly basis.
F. Councillor Feldman moved that the foregoing motion E. by Councillor
Moeser be amended to provide that the Chair of a Standing
Committee, if he/she has the confidence of the Committee, be
elected to a second term.
G. Councillor Sgro moved that:
(i) the report (November 26, 1998) from the Chief Administrative
Officer, together with all motions in regard thereto, be
referred back to the Chief Administrative Officer for
further consideration in consultation with the Mayor and
Councillor Miller; and
(ii) the Special Committee recommend to Council that the term of
the Special Committee be extended for three months in order
to complete its work.
Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Rae Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.
H. Councillor Miller further moved that Part (2) of the foregoing
Motion E. by Councillor Moeser, and the foregoing Motion F. by
Councillor Feldman be referred to the Office of the Mayor and
Councillor David Miller for inclusion in their deliberations.
Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.
Councillor Miller ruled that Part (2) of the foregoing Motion G. by Councillor Sgro out of
order, having regard that Council has determined that the Special Committee s term will
end at the end of December and to change that decision would require a re-opening of the
matter at Council.
Upon the question of the adoption of Part (1) of the foregoing Motion G. by
Councillor Sgro, it was lost.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion C. by Councillor
Moeser, amending the foregoing Motion B. by Councillor Prue, it was
carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion B. by Councillor
Prue, as amended, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion D. by Councillor
Johnston, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion H. by Councillor
Miller, amending Part (2) the foregoing Motion E. by Councillor Moeser, and
the foregoing Motion F. by Councillor Feldman, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of Part (1) of the foregoing Motion E. by
Councillor Moeser, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion A. by Councillor
Miller, it was carried.
The Decision of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team therefore is as follows:
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team:
(A) recommended to Council the adoption of the aforementioned report
(November 26, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer with the
exception of Recommendations Nos. (4), (5), (7), (11) and (16); and
subject to:
(1) amending Recommendation No. (8) to provide that Parks and
Recreation report to Council through the Economic
Development Committee; and
(2) striking out Recommendations Nos. (13), (14) and (15); and
the Board of Health continue to report directly to Council.
(B) referred Recommendations Nos. (4), (5), (7) and (11) and the role
and composition of the Policy and Finance Committee, to the Office
of the Mayor and Councillor David Miller, Chair of the Special
Committee, for further discussion and report thereon directly to
Council for its meeting scheduled to be held on December 16, 1998;
(C) requested the City Clerk to report directly to Council for its
meeting scheduled to be held on December 16, 1998:
(i) in consultation with the City Solicitor, respecting
Recommendation No. (16) embodied in the report (November 26,
1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer, on a mechanism
to manage Council s agenda, such report to include comments
on the Deputy Mayor meeting with the Chairs of Committees
prior to Council to prepare a priority list for the Council
agenda; and
(ii) in consultation with the Mayor, on:
(a) committees being required to identify those items
that have a high priority;
(b) Members of Council being required to give prior
notice with respect to special time slots for items
being considered; and
(c) any other issues of concern with respect to the
management of Council s agenda; and
(D) referred the following motions to the Office of the Mayor and
Councillor David Miller for inclusion in their deliberations:
Moved by Councillor Moeser:
That Standing Committee members and the Chair of
Standing Committees be selected on a yearly basis.
Moved by Councillor Feldman:
That the foregoing motion by Councillor Moeser be
amended to provide that the Chair of a Standing
Committee, if he/she has the confidence of the
Committee, be elected to a second term.
(Office of the Mayor; Councillor David Miller; City Clerk; City Solicitor;
c: Mr. Phillip Abrahams, Senior Corporate Management and Policy Consultant,
Strategic and Corporate Policy Division, Chief Administrator s Office; Ms.
Mary Ellen Bench; All Interested Parties - December 4, 1998)
(Clause No. 1, Report No. 15)
101. Community Council Boundaries.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a report (November 24, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer, responding to
Council's request that the Special Committee give further consideration to the issue of
Community Council boundaries; advising that this report recommends increasing the number
of Community Councils and outlines a number of principles to guide the redefinition of
Community Council boundaries, effective following the next municipal election; and
recommending that:
(1) the boundaries of the Community Councils be redefined to ensure that Community
Councils better reflect local areas and are better able to focus on local matters;
(2) the new Community Council boundaries take effect following the next municipal
election;
(3) the redefinition of Community Council boundaries be guided by the following
principles:
(a) there will be more Community Councils than at present, not fewer;
(b) each Community Council will represent a group of neighbourhoods with a
community of interest;
(c) Community Councils will each have a membership of between five and seven
Members of Council;
(4) the process to redefine Community Council boundaries will be lead by the City
Clerk, in consultation with the Chief Planner;
(5) the public be consulted prior to the development of specific options for new
Community Council boundaries; and
(6) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary
action to give effect thereto.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had
before it a communication (November 6, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that City
Council, in adopting, as amended, Clause No. 1 of Report No. 12 of The Special Committee
to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, headed The Roles and
Responsibilities of Community Councils in the Context of the Council-Committee Structure ,
directed, inter alia, that the following Recommendation No. 9 embodied in the report dated
June 3, 1998, from the Chief Administrative Officer, be struck out and referred to the
Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team for further
consideration:
Community Council Boundaries:
(9) to assess alternative approaches to ensuring that the City s government has
an effective geographic focus, the Special Committee s examination of
Council s political decision-making structure should include consideration
of:
(a) the appropriateness of the current Community Council boundaries;
(b) the process for defining geographic committees of Council; and
(c) linkages to the ward boundary review being undertaken by the
UEDC; .
Councillor Bill Saundercook, York- Humber, and Councillor Joe MihevcYork-Eglinton,
appeared before the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team, in connection with the foregoing matter.
A. Councillor Feldman moved that the Special Committee recommend to
Council the adoption of the report (November 24, 1998) from the
Chief Administrative Officer, subject to amending Recommendation
No. (2) by adding thereto the following words:
provided that, until there is harmonization of
services, none of the borders of the old City be
crossed by redefinition of Community Councils.
B. Councillor Moeser moved that Recommendation No. (3) (c) embodied in
the report (November 24, 1998) from the Chief Administrative
Officer be amended by deleting the word seven and inserting in
lieu thereof the word nine .
C. Councillor Rae moved that the report (November 24, 1998) from the
Chief Administrative Officer be amended by striking out
Recommendation No. (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
(3) the redefinition of Community Council boundaries analyse
benefits and weaknesses of the following options:
(a) a four Community Council model;
(b) a five Community Council model;
(c) a six Community Council model; and
(d) a greater than six Community Council model.
D. Councillor Johnston moved that the Special Committee recommend to
Council the adoption of the report (November 24, 1998) from the
Chief Administrative Officer; and that the City Clerk be requested
to consult with the border Councillors on the issues raised by her
respecting those homes where the wards overlap.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion A. by Councillor
Feldman, it was lost.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion B. by Councillor
Moeser, it was lost.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion C. by Councillor
Rae, it was lost.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion D. by Councillor
Johnston, it was carried.
The decision of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team therefore is as follows:
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team:
(1) recommended to Council the adoption of the report (November 24,
1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer; and
(2) requested the City Clerk to consult with the border Councillors on
the issues raised by Councillor Anne Johnston respecting those
homes where the wards overlap.
(City Clerk; c: Phillip Abrahams, Senior Corporate Management and Policy
Consultant, Strategic and Corporate Policy Division, Chief Administrator s
Office - December 4, 1998)
(Clause No. 2, Report No. 15)
102. Administrative Structure for Arts Grants.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a report (November 23, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer, recommending that:
(1) the recommendations submitted by ARA Consulting Ltd. in their report entitled
Governance Model for Arts and Culture Grants be adopted;
(2) the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism modify the
1999 grants process to be consistent with the model proposed in the Consultant s
report, should this be approved by Council;
(3) the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism develop an
implementation plan within Corporate budgetary guidelines and report thereon to
the Economic Development Committee;
(4) the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism work with the Chief
Administrative Officer, Solicitor, and Toronto Arts Council to propose revisions
to the legislation and the grant agreement with the Toronto Arts Council to
address concerns articulated in the consultant s report; and
(5) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary
action to give effect thereto.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had
before it a report (December 3, 1998) from the President of the Toronto Arts Council (TAC)
recommending that:
(1) the Toronto Arts Council be approved as the city-wide arm's length administrative
body in relation to the funding of the arts and cultural organizations and artists
in the City of Toronto;
(2) the Toronto Arts Council report to City Council through Economic Development
Committee;
(3) the Toronto Arts Council prepare and submit its annual Cultural Grant budget
request to City Council through the Budget Committee for approval by City Council;
(4) City Legal work with the Toronto Arts Council to establish the terms of a new
Grants Agreement with the City. The Grants Agreement should ensure, among other
things:
(i) full financial accountability to City Council;
(ii) City Council control over policy;
(iii) City Council approval of the total Cultural Grants envelope;
(iv) continuation of City Council appointments of five Councillors to the board
of directors of the TAC; and
(v) a framework that establishes TAC as an integral part of the City's
functional structure;
(5) the Toronto Arts Council continue to realign its structure and process to fit the
amalgamated City;
(6) appropriate partnerships be developed between TAC and the Culture Office to ensure
efficient and effective coordination of the City's arts and culture objectives;
(7) implementation proceed regarding the recommendations of the Commissioner of
Economic Development, Culture and Tourism's report of September 11, 1998 and that
the four local arts councils that are not funding bodies continue to report to and
enter into a purchase of service agreement with the Culture Office;
(8) appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action
to give effect to these recommendations.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had
before it the following communications:
(i) (September 23, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that the Economic Development
Committee on September 18, 1998, during its consideration of a report (August,
1998) from Anne Collins, President, Toronto Arts Council, which covered the first
six months in 1998 (January 1 to June 30, 1998) and described the economic impact
of the City s financial investment in the arts community and the impressive array
of new work, creativity and community animation which resulted, took the following
action:
(1) received the report (August, 1998) from Anne Collins, President, Toronto
Arts Council, and forwarded it to City Council for information at its next
meeting on October 1, 1998; and
(2) referred the following Recommendation No. (103) of the Toronto Transition
Team to the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism with
a request that he submit a report to the Special Committee to Review the
Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team and that the Special Committee
forward its recommendation in this respect to the Economic Development
Committee for consideration and subsequent submission to City Council:
Council should establish a new City-wide Toronto Arts
Council as an arm s length funding and peer review body to
administer grants to arts and cultural organizations,
according to policy guidelines established by Council.
(ii) received from the following respecting Arts and Culture in the City of Toronto:
- (October 21, 1998) Ms. Joy Hughes, Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery;
- (October 22, 1998) Ms. Angela Lee;
- (October 22, 1998) Ms. Wendy Lilly, Waterfront Trail Artists;
- ()October 22, 1998) Ms. Elizabeth Cinello;
- (October 22, 1998) Mr. Dirk McLean;
- (October 22, 1998) Mr. Robin Collyer;
- (October 23, 1998) Ms. Rosa Maria Luza, Director, The Patron of Peruvian
Arts;
- (October 23, 1998) Ms. Sarindar Dhaliwal;
- (October 23, 1998) Ms. Lee Pui Ming, Musician;
- (October 24, 1998) Ms. Joan A. Pierre;
- (Undated) Ms. Rina Fraticelli, Wild Zone Films; and
- (Undated) Ms. Cheuk C. Kwan.
- (November 28, 1998) Ms. Barbara Fischer;
- (November 30, 1998) from E. Drew Huffman;
- (November 30, 1998) from Mr. David Powell, Co-Artistic Director, Puppet
Mongers;
- (November 30, 1998) from Mr. Eric Field, Waterfront Trail Artists;
- (November 30, 1998) from Ms. Wendy Lilly, Waterfront Trail Artists;
- (November 30, 1998) from Ms. Gabrielle Wimmerschoff, Waterfront Trail
Artists;
- (November 30, 1998) from Mr. Gerald Smith, First Stage in Arts Marketing,
Management and communications;
- (November 30, 1998) from Ms. Joan Bosworth, General Manager, Opera Atelier;
- (November 30, 1998) from Ms. Margaret Atwood,
- (December 1, 1998) from Mr. Don Moffat, Moffat Kinoshita Architects Inc.;
- (December 1, 1998) from Ms. Jean Yoon, Seoul Babe, Artistic Director;
- (Undated) from Jacquie P. A. Thomas, Artistic Director, Theatre Gargantua;
- (December 1, 1998) from Ms. Karl Beveridge, Spokesperson, CARFAC Ontario;
- (Undated) from Ms. Carol Anderson, Administrative Co-ordinator, The
Aldeburgh Connection;
- (December 1, 1998) from Ms. Mandy Macrae, President, Women s Musical Club
of Toronto;
- (December 1, 1998) from Ms. Melony Ward and Milinda Sato, Co-Directors, YYZ
Artists Outlet;
- (December 1, 1998) from Mr. Nicholas Goldschmidt, Music Canada Musique
2000;
- (December 1, 1998) from Ms. Diane Quinn;
- (December 1, 1998) from Ms. June Callwood;
- (December 1, 1998) from Mr. William Morris, President, National Shevchenko
Musical Ensemble Guild of Canada;
- (December 1, 1998) from Ms. Susan V. Corrigan, Administrative Director, The
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild;
- (December 1, 1998) from Mr. Michael deConinck Smith, Managing Director,
Canadian Children s Dance Theatre;
- (December 1, 1998) from Mr. Patricia S. Rubin;
- (Undated) from Ms. Rebecca Todd;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Andrew Pyper;
- (December 2, 1998) from Ms. Rosslyn Jacob Edwards, General Manager,
DanceWorks;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Alan McNairn, Director, Canadian Filmmakers
Distribution Centre;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. David Zapparoli;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Hussain Amarshi and Claudine Domingue, Mongrel
Media;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Chuck McEwen, Producer, The Fringe: Toronto s
Theatre Festival;
- (December 2, 1998) from Ms. Sonja Mills;
- (December 2, 1998) from Ms. Pat Bradley, Executive Director, Professional
Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT);
- (December 2, 1998) from Ms. Jane Howard Baker, Inner City Angels;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Adrian Di Castri, Chairperson, Public Art
Commission;
- (December 2, 1998) from Ms. Christine Foster, Administrative Director, and
Ms. Alice Walter, Artistic Director, Cliffhanger Productions;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Jim Montgomery, Artistic Director, The Music
Gallery;
- (December 2, 1998) from Ms. Carol Auld;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Mark Czarnecki;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Richard Fung, Visiting Professor, Dept. Of
Media Study, SUNY-Buffalo;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Atom Egoyan, Ego Film Arts;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Sara Angelucci, Gallery 44;
- (December 2, 1998) from Selvam Sridas, Vice President, Tamil Eelam Society
of Canada;
- (Undated) from Ananthy Sridas;
- (December 2, 1998) from Sam Sridas, Sri Lalitha Kala Khenthram;
- (December 2, 1998) from Roger Gibbs, Artistic Director, Worlds of Music
Toronto;
- (December 1, 1998) from Marilyn Jung, Zen Mix 2000;
- (December 2, 1998) from Terry Watada;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mark Brownell, Artistic Director, Pea Green Theatre
Group Inc.;
- (December 2, 1998) from Deanna Bowen, Membership Coordinator, The Liaison
of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto;
- (December 2, 1998) from Claire Hopkinson, General Manager and Producer,
Tapestry Music Theatre;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Elena Quah, Director, Projects for the Arts;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Nancy Coy, General Manager, Young Peoples
Theatre;
- (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Michael J. Thomas, Visual Artist;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Ottie Lockey, Managing Director, Tafelmusik;
and
- (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Ross Turnbull, General Manager, Charles Street
Video.
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Robert Achtemichuk, Director, Open Studio;
- (December 2, 1998) from Ms. Edita Petrauskate, Executive Director, The
League of Canadian Poets;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Lorraine Johnson, General Manager, New Music Concerts;
- (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Joey Meyer, Choreographer;
- (December 3, 1998) from Mr. John Beckwith;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. Jim Millan, Artistic Director, Crow s Theatre;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Molly Thorn;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Elizabeth Cinello, Artist and Community Arts
Worker;
- (December 3, 1998) from Lee Pui Ming;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Jennifer Watkins;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Jennifer Ginder, Director of Government
Relations, Canadian Opera Company;
- (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Michael Malone, Executive Director, Trinity
Square Video;
- (Undated) from Ms. Jessica Fraser, Executive Director, Toronto Theatre
Alliance;
- (December 4, 1998) from Ms. Allison Melville, Chair, Baroque Music Beside
the Grange;
- (Undated) from Mr. Matthew Hansen;
- (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Shawn Kerwin;
- (Undated) from Ms. Harriet Wichin;
- (December 3, 1998) from the Artistic Director, Menaka Thakkar Dance
Company;
- (December 2, 1998) from Mr. David Fallis, General Manager, Toronto Consort;
- (December 3, 1998) from Ms. Angela Lee, Program Director, Arts Starts
Neighbourhood Cultural Centre; and
- (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Martin Bragg, Canadian Stage.
Mr. Steve Lough, ARA Consulting Ltd., gave a presentation to the Special Committee to
Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, respecting the governance
structure for Arts and Culture Grants.
Ms. Anne Collins, President, Toronto Arts Council, also gave a presentation to the Special
Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, entitled Governance
Structure for Arts and Culture Grants , and filed a copy of her presentation material.
The following persons appeared before the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of
the Toronto Transition Team in connection with the foregoing matter:
- Ms. Alison Bain, Director, Public Affairs, Toronto International Film Festival;
- Mr. Layne Coleman, Artistic Director, Theatre Passe Muraille;
- Ms. Lillian Allen, Artist;
- Mr. Matt Cohen, Writer;
- Ms. Marion Law;
- Councillor John Adams, Midtown; and
- Councillor Pam McConnell, Don River.
A. Councillor Lindsay Luby moved that the Special Committee
recommended to Council:
(i) the adoption of the report (December 3, 1998) from the
President of the Toronto Arts Council (TAC); and
(ii) that this matter be reviewed in the next term of Council.
Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Rae Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.
B. Councillor Miller moved that the foregoing Motion A. by Councillor
Lindsay Luby me amended by striking out Part (ii).
Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.
C. Councillor Johnston moved that the Special Committee recommend to
Council that the President of the Toronto Arts Council be requested
to report to the Economic Development Committee on how the City can
stimulate amateur theatre in the City of Toronto.
D. Councillor Kelly moved that Recommendation No. (3) embodied in the
report (December 3, 1998) from the President of the Toronto Arts
Council be amended by striking out the word Budget and inserting
in lieu thereof the word appropriate .
Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Rae Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.
E. Councillor Miller further moved that the Special Committee
recommend to Council the adoption of the report (November 23, 1998)
from the Chief Administrative Officer subject to:
(i) Councillors continuing to sit on the Toronto Arts Council;
and
(ii) the Toronto Arts Council reporting directly to the Economic
Development Committee and Budget Committee on budget and
policy matters; and
(iii) the Chief Administrative Officer and the Commissioner of
Economic Development, Tourism and Culture, in consultation
with the Toronto Arts Council being requested to report
further to the Economic Development Committee on the
definition of community arts grants to ensure that they are
directed to community development that is art-related and
does not overlap the mandate of the Toronto Arts Council.
Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion C. by Councillor
Johnston, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion B. by Councillor
Miller, amending Part (ii) of the foregoing Motion A. by Councillor
Lindsay Luby, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion D. by Councillor
Kelly, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion A. by Councillor
Lindsay Luby, as amended, the vote was taken as follows:
Yeas: Councillors Feldman, Johnston, Kelly, Lindsay Luby, Li Preti,
Miller, Moeser, Prue, Rae.
Decided unanimously in the affirmative.
Having regard for the foregoing action taken by the Committee the foregoing Motion E. by
Councillor Miller was not put to a vote.
The decision of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team therefore is as follows:
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team recommended to Council:
(1) the adoption of the report (December 3, 1998) from the President of
the Toronto Arts Council (TAC), subject to amending Recommendation
No. (3) embodied therein by striking out the word Budget and
inserting in lieu thereof the word appropriate , so that
Recommendation No. (3) now reads as follows:
(3) the Toronto Arts Council prepare and submit its annual
Cultural Grant budget request to City Council through the
appropriate Committee for approval by City Council; and
(2) that the President of the Toronto Arts Council be requested to
report to the Economic Development Committee on how the City can
stimulate amateur theatre in the City of Toronto.
(Clause No. 4, Report No. 15)
At this point in the proceedings the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the
Toronto Transition Team recessed at 1:07 p.m., to reconvene at 2:15 p.m.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reconvened
at 2:25 p.m.
Members Present:
Councillor David Miller, Chair
Councillor Mike Feldman
Councillor Norman Kelly
Councillor Lindsay Luby
Councillor Ron Moeser
Councillor Michael Prue
Councillor Kyle Rae
Also Present:
Councillor Ila Bossons
Councillor John Adams
103. Governance Structure for Heritage Services.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it the following:
(i) communication (August 12, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that City Council on
July 29, 30 and 31, 1998, had before it Clause No. 1 of Report No. 10 of The
Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team,
headed Governance Structure for Heritage Services ; that Council directed that
the aforementioned Clause be struck out and referred back to the Special Committee
to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, together with the
following motion and the various documents and communications submitted at
Council:
Moved by Councillor Adams:
That the Clause be amended by striking out Recommendation No. (12) of the
Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
(12) City Council support the continued existence of an independent arms
length charitable foundation to facilitate fundraising and
development activities for a broad range of heritage projects
throughout the City, and the Heritage Board, in consultation with
the Culture Office, report on the further implementation of such
charitable foundation. ; and
with the following requests:
(1) that the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto
Transition Team:
(a) hold a special meeting to give consideration thereto;
(b) handle deputations expeditiously;
(c) limit deputations to the Chairs of the existing LACAC s, the Chair,
Heritage Toronto and the Chairs of the Museum Boards; and
(d) develop a position paper on heritage issues prior to the hearing of
deputations; and
(2) that the heritage community be invited to immediately develop a Heritage
Master Plan.
(ii) report (Undated) from Dr. Marion Joppe, Chair, Heritage Toronto, recommending
that:
(1) Heritage services in the City of Toronto should be delivered by a Heritage
Board which has registered charitable status, a clear financial agreement
with the City, and an effective system of accountability. Therefore, it is
recommended that:
(a) the Heritage Board receive and annual funding agreement to provide
city history programming to the citizens and visitors of Toronto
and preservation services for all of Toronto;
(b) the funding agreement recognized the growing market for history
services outside the museum walls; and the need to develop the
potential of the museums;
(c) performance indicators be established between the Heritage Board
and City Council and that Council have the power to hold the Board
accountable;
(d) an annual capital budget be negotiated based on the understanding
that the protection of the heritage asset is the responsibility of
the city. In addition, the Heritage Board could separately
negotiate special capital improvement expenditures to enhance
operations and to match funds from the private sector;
(e) the Heritage Board establish Board member recruitment criteria in
light of the performance requirements, that membership be broadly
representative of the City, that members of the Board be approved
by City Council via the Nominating Committee; and
(f) considering that Heritage Toronto already holds a charitable
number, it should continue to exist as the City s Heritage Board
with a clear annual funding agreement and clear accountability
system.
(iii) report (November 20, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer, advising
that the Committee Chair organized a workshop where Councillors could meet
with stakeholders and representatives of the Heritage Community to discuss
the City s role in heritage and a process for developing the City s long-
term vision or strategy for heritage; providing a summary of the results of
the Heritage Workshop; further advising that 42 people attended the
workshop including Councillors, Chairs of City heritage boards and
committees, representatives of the heritage community, agency and City
staff, and invited guests representing Federal, Provincial and other
municipal perspectives; providing a summary of the presentations made by
several speakers; and recommending that the attached summary be received
for information;
(iv) (July 14, 1998) from Mr. Louis Badone, The Elihu Pease House;
(v) (July, 1998) from the Director, Toronto Heritage Foundation;
(vi) (July 28, 1998) from Mr. Walter Hucker;
(vii) (October 23, 1998) Ms. Diana Fancher, President, West Toronto Junction
Historical Society;
(viii) (November 17, 1998) from Mr. Brian Anthony, Executive Director, Heritage
Canada Foundation; and
(ix) (Undated) from Mr. Richard Schofield, Chair, Scarborough LACAC, submitting
a Governance Structure for Heritage Services in the City of Toronto;
(x) (November 24, 1998) from Miss Patricia Kirkland, forwarding comments
respecting the Governance Structure for Heritage Services in the City of
Toronto;
(xi) (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Greg Cosway, President, The Cottage Creek
Corporation, forwarding comments respecting the Governance Structure for
Heritage Services in the City of Toronto;
(xii) (December 4, 1998) from Mr. Lawrence Leonoff, Chair, North York Heritage
Committee, forwarding his comments respecting the Governance Structure for
Heritage Services in the City of Toronto having regard that he is unable to
attend the meeting;
(xiii) report (December 3, 1998) from Councillor David Miller, High Park, Chair of
the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team, forwarding recommendations respecting the Governance Structure for
Heritage Services;
(xiv) (December 3, 1998) from Mr. Rick Schofield, Scarborough LACAC and
Scarborough Historical Museum Board, forwarding a proposed compromise
Governance Structure for Heritage Services as developed at the request of
the Chairman of the Special Committee; and
(xv) (Undated) prepared by members of the Heritage community, entitled Outline
for Heritage Master Plan, City of Toronto .
The following persons appeared before the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of
the Toronto Transition Team in connection with the foregoing matter:
- Mr. John Carter, Chair, East York LACAC, and read and filed a submission on behalf
of Mr. John Bertram, Chair, Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre
Advisory Board;
- Mr. Earl Jarvis, Acting Chair, Etobicoke Museum and LACAC;
- Mr. Bernard Thompson, Chair, York Museum;
- Mr. Richard Schofield, Chair, Scarborough LACAC;
- Ms. Margo Duncan read a submission on behalf of Ms. Mary-Louise Ashbourne, Chair,
York LACAC who was unable to attend the meeting;
- Ms. Lorraine O Byrne, on behalf of the Chair, North York LACAC;
- Dr. Marion Joppe, Toronto Museum and LACAC Chair;
- Councillor John Adams, Midtown; and
- Councillor Ila Bossons, Midtown.
A. Councillor Moeser moved that the Special Committee recommend to
Council:
(i) the adoption of the adoption of the Governance Structure for
Heritage Services outlined in the communication (December 3,
1998) from Mr. Rick Schofield, Scarborough LACAC (Local
Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee) and
Scarborough Historical Museum Board, subject to amending
Recommendation (9) to read as follows:
(9) staff support for the local Museum
Management Boards be provided by the
City; ; and
(ii) that the Chief Administrative Officer, in consultation with
the heritage community be requested to submit a report to
the Economic Development Committee on the governance
structure for Heritage Toronto.
B. Councillor Johnston, on behalf of Councillor Adams moved that the
foregoing Motion A. by Councillor Moeser be amended by deleting
Recommendation No. 12 embodied in the communication (August 12,
1998) from the City Clerk, and substituting therefor the following:
(12) City Council support the continued existence
of an independent arms length charitable
foundation to facilitate fundraising and
development activities for a broad range of
heritage projects throughout the City, and
the Heritage Board, in consultation with the
Culture Office, report on the further
implementation of such charitable
foundation.
C. Councillor Johnston, on behalf of Councillor Bossons, moved that
the Special Committee recommend to Council the adoption of the
report (Undated) from Heritage Toronto (Toronto Historical Board),
entitled A Vision and Structure for Heritage Services in Toronto .
Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Kelly Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.
D. Councillor Miller moved that:
(1) the foregoing Motion A. by Councillor Moeser be amended by:
(a) striking out the recommendation respecting Heritage
Toronto; and
(b) requesting the Commissioner of Economic Development
and Culture to submit a report to the Economic
Development Committee, on the proposed composition
of Heritage Toronto; and
(c) requesting the Commissioner of Economic Development,
Culture and Tourism, in consultation with Chairs of
the LACAC and Museum Boards, the Toronto Historical
Association, Councillors who sit on LACACs and The
Heritage Board, the Executive Director of Human
Resources, the City Solicitor, the Commissioner of
Urban Planning and Development Services, and anyone
else required, to present options to the Economic
Development Committee for implementing the selected
option; and
(2) the Chairman of the Special Committee be requested to
formally thank the participants who developed the Heritage
Master Plan; and
(3) the Commissioner of Economic Development and Culture, in
consultation with the Toronto Historical Association and all
other interested organizations, be requested to submit a
report to the Economic Development Committee on the steps
required for the further development of the Heritage Master
Plan.
Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion D. by Councillor
Miller, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion C. by Councillor
Johnston, on behalf of Councillor Bossons, the vote was taken as follows:
Nays: Councillors Kelly, Lindsay Luby, Miller, Moeser, Prue, Rae.
Decided in the negative.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion B. by Councillor
Johnston, on behalf of Councillor Adams, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of Part (i) of the foregoing Motion A. by
Councillor Moeser, as amended, it was carried.
Having regard for the action taken by the Special Committee Part (ii) of the foregoing
Motion A. by Councillor Moeser was not put to a vote.
The decision of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team therefore is as follows:
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team:
(1) recommended to Council:
(A) the adoption of the Governance Structure for Heritage
Services outlined in the communication (December 3, 1998)
from Mr. Rick Schofield, Scarborough LACAC (Local
Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee) and
Scarborough Historical Museum Board:
(i) as amended viz:
It is recommended that:
(1) a Local Architectural Conservation Advisory
Committee Panel (LACAC) be established for
each Community Council area;
(2) LACAC Panels each nominate a representative
to form one Toronto Architectural
Conservation Advisory Committee (TACAC) and
that each LACAC report to the appropriate
Community Council on local issues, depending
on where a particular site is located and
TACAC report through the Planning and Urban
Development Committee to City Council on
issues relating to the Ontario Heritage Act;
(3) Community Councils be authorized to nominate
the membership of each LACAC Panel;
(4) all qualified electors living within the City
of Toronto be eligible for appointment to
LACAC Panels;
(5) staff support to TACAC be seconded from City
staff located in the Planning and/or Culture
Departments, within budget allocations of
Council;
(6) a Toronto Historical Museum Board be created,
composed of representatives of each Community
Museum Management Board and reporting to the
Economic Development Committee;
(7) a Community Museum Management Board be
created for each historical site or combined
sites; and the same principles for
appointments of citizens to LACACs be
applied;
(8) Community Councils be authorized to nominate
the membership of each individual Museum
Board in its jurisdiction;
(9) staff support for the local Museum Management
Boards be provided by the City;
(10) Heritage Toronto be composed of
representatives from each of the Local LACAC
panels and the Community Museum Management
Boards, plus representatives from the
heritage community and Council;
(11) preservation policies recommended by the
TACAC be reported to City Council through the
Planning and Urban Development Committee;
(12) City Council support the continued existence
of an independent arms length charitable
foundation to facilitate fundraising and
development activities for a broad range of
heritage projects throughout the City, and
the Heritage Board, in consultation with the
Culture Office, report on the further
implementation of such charitable foundation;
(13) should Council adopt this report, as amended
by the Special Committee, all staff of the
Toronto Historical Board and of the
Scarborough Historical Museum Board become
staff of the City of Toronto;
(14) Heritage be included in the City of Toronto s
Official Plan;
(15) Council adopt the following fundamental
principles:
(1) that Heritage contributes to the
quality of life and economic health
of the community;
(2) that local community input is of
prime importance;
(3) that Municipal government has a major
role to play in supporting and
encouraging the preservation and
appreciation of local community
heritage and in fostering the
stewardship of its material and
natural resources;
(4) that the City is charged with
heritage stewardship; and
(5) that it is important to sustain, at
the local community level, a
partnership of professional staff and
volunteers; ;
(16) the Chief Administrative Officer be requested
to review the selected model in three year s
time and report thereon to Council, through
the appropriate Standing Committee; and
(17) the City Solicitor, in consultation with all
appropriate stakeholders, develop for Council
approval any necessary by-laws and agreements
to give effect thereto; ; and
(ii) subject to:
(a) striking out the recommendation respecting
Heritage Toronto; and
(b) the Commissioner of Economic Development and
Culture submitting a report to the Economic
Development Committee, on the proposed
composition of Heritage Toronto; and
(B) that the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and
Tourism, in consultation with Chairs of the LACAC and Museum
Boards, the Toronto Historical Association, Councillors who
sit on LACACs and The Heritage Board, the Executive Director
of Human Resources, the City Solicitor, the Commissioner of
Urban Planning and Development Services, and anyone else
required, present options to the Economic Development
Committee for implementing the selected option;
(2) requested the Chairman of the Special Committee to formally thank
the participants who developed the Heritage Master Plan; and
(3) requested the Commissioner of Economic Development and Culture, in
consultation with the Toronto Historical Association and all other
interested organizations, to submit a report to the Economic
Development Committee on the steps required for the further
development of the Heritage Master Plan.
(Councillor David Miller, Chairman of the Special Committee; Commissioner
of Economic Development and Culture; c: Ms. Nancy Autton, Strategic and
Corporate Policy Division, Chief Administrator s Office; All Interested
Parties - December 4, 1998)
(Clause No. 3, Report No. 15)
104. Council Legislative Process Review -
Deputations at Committee Meetings.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (December 2, 1998) from Councillor Ron Moeser, Scarborough Highland
Creek, requesting the Committee to consider adopting the process used previously by both
the City of Scarborough and the old City of Toronto Committees, whereby:
(1) public presentations/deputants may speak on any matter on the agenda with speakers
being limited to five minutes each and one speaker per topic;
(2) Councillors, who are not Committee Members, may ask questions of deputants, staff
or Members of Council on Committees; and
(3) Committee members then taking carriage of the item.
Councillor Moeser moved that the Special Committee recommend to Council
that:
(1) the following process be adopted respecting deputations at
Committee meetings:
(i) public presentations/deputants may speak on any matter on
the agenda with speakers being limited to five minutes each
and one speaker per topic;
(ii) Councillors, who are not Committee Members, may ask
questions of deputants, staff or Members of Council on
Committees; and
(iii) Committee Members then taking carriage of the item; and
(2) that the City Clerk and Councillor Moeser, Chairman of
the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All Members of Council to
City Hall, be requested to provide for a designated seating
arrangement in Committee Room 1 and that such designated seating
provide for a separation between Members of the Committee and other
Members of Council; and
(3) this shall serve as necessary notice to give effect to the
necessary amendment to the Council procedural by-law.
Councillor Miller ruled that Part (1) (i) of the foregoing Motion by Councillor Moeser as
redundant given that is the current practice.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion by Councillor
Moeser, with the exception of Part (1) (i), it was carried.
The decision of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team therefore is as follows:
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team recommended to Council:
(1) that the following process be adopted respecting deputations by
Members of Council at Committee meetings:
(i) Councillors, who are not Committee Members, may ask
questions of deputants, staff or Members of Council on
Committees; and
(ii) Committee Members then taking carriage of the item; and
(2) that this shall serve as notice to give effect to the necessary
amendment to the Council Procedural By-law.
(Clause No. 6, Report No. 15)
105. Creation of No-Smoking Area,
Glass House, City Hall, Ward 24.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (December 3, 1998) from the Interim Contact, Sub-Committee, Relocation
of All Members of Council to City Hall, advising that the Sub-Committee, Relocation of
All Members of Council to City Hall, on December 2, 1998, during its consideration of a
report (November 6, 1998) from the Commissioner of Corporate Services, entitled Creation
of No-Smoking Area, Glass House, City Hall , recommended to the Special Committee that
Council declare the area adjacent to the Glass House, the Official Garage, and the
employee garage to be no smoking areas as of January 1, 1998, and that notices advising
staff of this be posted, along with no smoking signs.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team recommended to Council the adoption of the Recommendation of the Sub-
Committee - Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, embodied in
the aforementioned communication.
(Clause No. 7, Report No. 15)
106. Retention of Official Parking
Spaces at Metro Hall by Councillors.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (December 3, 1998) from the Interim Contact, Sub-Committee, Relocation
of All Members of Council to City Hall, advising that the Sub-Committee, Relocation of All
Members of Council to City Hall, on December 2, 1998:
(1) recommended to the Special Committee that Councillors retain their official
parking spots at Metro Hall until further notice; and
(2) requested the Commissioner of Corporate Services, and the Chair of the
Sub-Committee to report further on the allocation of parking spaces at Toronto
City Hall at the next meeting of the Sub-Committee, and to include also in the
report the possibility of providing parking space for the Limousine Service in the
Taxi Tunnel.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team recommended to Council the adoption of the Recommendations of the Sub-
Committee - Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, embodied in
the aforementioned communication.
(Clause No. 8, Report No. 15)
107. Objectives and Principles of Office
and Civic Space Consolidation Project.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (December 3, 1998) from the Interim Contact, Sub-Committee, Relocation
of All Members of Council to City Hall, advising that the Sub-Committee - Relocation of
All Members of Council to City Hall on December 2, 1998, during its consideration of a
report (December 2, 1998) from the Commissioner of Corporate Services, entitled
Objectives and Principles of Office and Civic Space Consolidation Project recommended to
the Special Committee that:
(1) the principles contained in the report (December 2, 1998) from the Commissioner of
Corporate Services be endorsed;
(2) the Sub-Committee report to the Corporate Services Committee as quickly as
possible on the Phase One and Two Review;
(3) staff be requested to report back to the Sub-Committee as quickly as possible on a
review timetable, and process, which shall include all Civic Centres;
(4) the Commissioner of Corporate Services review the Access Points at City Hall and
the cost of additional furniture for visitor seating; and
(5) the Commissioner of Corporate Services canvass the Councillors who have received
requests for a Citizen s Room; and report back on the status of this process to
the Sub-Committee and Corporate Services Committee.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team recommended to Council the adoption of the Recommendations of the Sub-
Committee - Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, embodied in
the aforementioned communication.
(Clause No. 5, Report No. 15)
The Committee adjourned its meeting at 5:20 p.m.
Chair.
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