Protecting the Viability of Street Festivals - Response to Item MM5.17

undertake an inventory to identify specifically those factors that have driven an increase in costs associated with evolving pressures including security or any other relevant issues concerning the management of street festivals and other large scale events across the City; and c. report back to the December 11, 2019 meeting of Executive Committee with recommendations based on the issues that are identified in the survey and the inventory. 2. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to work with the Toronto Police Service to complete a detailed analysis of Recommendations 9 and 15 from the Transformational Task Force, outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (July 3, 2018) from the Interim City Manager, such report to include: a. verification of the role and responsibility of the City and the Toronto Police Service, in accordance with legislation, City by-laws/policies and Toronto Police Service policies; b. an assessment of City and Toronto Police Service protocols and processes related to security assessments, permits, event planning and information sharing; c. an evaluation of challenges that currently exist and a jurisdictional review of best practices to help identify potential alternatives or other mitigating opportunities; d. consideration of potential solutions through various components of service delivery such as legislation, policies and processes, technology, education and training; e. verification of current legislation and City and Toronto Police Service provisions requiring police presence; f. an evaluation of challenges that currently exist and jurisdictional reviews of best practice to help identify potential opportunities; and g. an assessment of alternative solutions to paid duty services and/or processes supporting paid duty services; and to report back to the December 11, 2019 meeting of Executive Committee with the outcome and further recommendations. 3. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to review and compare how other Ontario municipalities and their local police service manage their road closures, requirements for paid duty officers and related costs for special events, public infrastructure construction and sector activities and report back to the December 11, 2019 meeting of Executive Committee with the detailed findings.