Toronto City Council
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BL22.1adopted
Introduction and Enactment of General Bills and Confirming Bills
City Council will introduce and enact General Bills and Confirming Bills. Consolidated Bills Index for June 29 and 30, 2020 City Council Meeting http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewBillBylaw.do?meeting=2020.CC22
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, enacted By-laws 452-2020 to 543-2020.
CC22.1amended
2706 Bayview Avenue - Request for Directions Regarding Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Hearing
The purpose of this report is to seek instructions respecting the appeal of the Zoning By-law Amendment application for 2706 Bayview Avenue, currently before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT"). On December 21, 2016, the City of Toronto (the "City") received a Zoning By-law Amendment Application to permit the re-location of an existing single family detached dwelling and development of three, three-storey townhouse units on Bayview Avenue (the "Application"). The applicant also submitted an accompanying Site Plan application. On November 28, 2017, the applicant appealed the Application to the LPAT, citing City Council's failure to make a decision on the Application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act. The Site Plan application has not been appealed to date. Two pre-hearing conferences have since taken place before the LPAT. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of: a. the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor; and b. Appendices A, B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. 4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A, B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 19, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in their entirety as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Revised Without Prejudice Settlement Offer from Aird & Berlis dated March 18, 2020 in Confidential Appendix A to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor and further detailed in Confidential Appendices B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of the revised proposal described in Confidential Appendix A to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor and further detailed in Confidential Appendices B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal withhold its Order on the Zoning By-law Amendment until such time as the Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the proposed Zoning By-law Amendments are finalized to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the owner has provided a revised complete submission of plans, drawings and studies for the Site Plan Control application to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and c. the owner has provided revised plans, drawings and studies to reflect the outstanding requirements outlined in the Engineering and Construction Services memo of May 27, 2019, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any other City staff to take such actions as necessary to give effect to City Council's decision. Confidential Appendices A, B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A, B and C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 19, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. If the confidential instructions in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted, City Council authorize the public release of: a. the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1; and b. Appendices "A", "B" and "C" to Confidential Attachment 1. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
IA22.1referred
Toronto Police Service Board Open Data Report
Councillor Paul Ainslie has submitted the following Administrative Inquiry: I am submitting this Administrative Inquiry under Municipal Code S27-61 to seek information regarding the Toronto Police Services' Board report to the Executive Committee on the implementation of its Open Data Plan. On March 27, 2019, Toronto City Council adopted my Motion to Amend on agenda item EX3.10, requesting that the Toronto Police Services' Board report back to the Executive Committee on September 18, 2019 on the implementation of its Open Data Plan. No report was tabled for the September 2019 Executive Committee meeting. The Toronto Police Service's Board on May 30, 2019 received a report from then Chair Andy Pringle with the recommendation that the Board report back to the Toronto Executive Committee and include my recommendations in the report as follows: 1. Provide its annual reports in a proper digital format; 2. Convert files currently provided in a portable document format (.pdf) on the Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal; and 3. Share datasets on the City of Toronto Open Data Portal, including any issues around public privacy The report stated that this work was instrumental to The Way Forward Recommendation #17 to increase public access to data and enhance transparency and further advises that in 2020 the open data portal would include the following categories: Reported Crime, Persons Charged, Victims of Crime, Search of Persons, Firearms, Traffic, Personnel & Budget, Calls for Service, Regulated Interactions and Administrative. On January 22, 2020 the Toronto Police Services' Board tabled an agenda item to receive a report on the implementation of the Toronto Police Service's Open Data Plan and was to forward the report to the City of Toronto Executive Committee. As of this date the report has yet to be received. I am requesting the following from Toronto Police Service's Board; 1. The Toronto Police Service's Board advise on when the report will be submitted to the Executive Committee Clerk to be tabled on the agenda. 2. Report on their work with the City of Toronto Open Data Team including project status and an update on their plan to make the information available on the City of Toronto Open Data Portal with datasets as early as Q2 2020 in preparation for release.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, referred Administrative Inquiry IA22.1 from Councillor Paul Ainslie, Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, on Toronto Police Services Board Open Data Report and Answer IA22.1a from the City Clerk to the Executive Committee for consideration.
MM22.1adopted
On January 30, 2020, the Etobicoke York District Panel of the Committee of Adjustment refused an application related to the property municipally known as 60 Meadowvale Drive (the "Subject Property") for minor variances required to permit construction of a two-storey detached house. The application is filed as Application A0345/19EYK. The applicant has appealed the refusal decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body (File 20 116476 S45 03 TLAB). The applicant proposes to construct a two-storey detached dwelling on an existing residential lot. The applications require variances to City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013, including variances for lot coverage, permitted floor space index, setbacks from the side lot lines, building height, exterior main wall height and soffit height. Community Planning staff recommended that, if the application was approved, any approval be granted on the condition that any new dwelling will be constructed substantially in accordance with the North and South Elevation plans submitted and held on file by the Committee of Adjustment office (received December 12, 2019), to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, with no additional variances permitted beyond those appearing on the plans. Community Planning staff submitted a report (January 22, 2020) to the Committee of Adjustment that outlines its position. As a result, the City Solicitor will need to retain external planning consultants to provide evidence for the appeal. Urban Forestry staff submitted a report (January 20, 2020) recommending denial of the application due to impacts to By-law protected trees. Copies of the Notice of Decision of the Committee of Adjustment and the Community Planning Staff Report are attached. This Motion will authorize the City Solicitor to oppose the applicant's Toronto Local Appeal Body appeal and to secure the necessary authorization and resources to support the City's opposition to the appeal, including providing for the ability for the City Solicitor to settle the matter.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and any other appropriate City staff to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing in respect of 60 Meadowvale Drive to support the Committee of Adjustment's refusal of the applicant's proposed development (Application A0345/19EYK) and oppose the appeal. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mark Grimes, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, and any other appropriate City staff, to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing in respect of 60 Meadowvale Drive to support the Committee of Adjustment's refusal of the applicant's proposed development (Application A0345/19EYK) and oppose the appeal. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
RM22.1adopted
- O Canada - Moment of Silence - Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
CALL TO ORDER: 9:42 a.m. Speaker Nunziata took the Chair and called the Members to order. Speaker Nunziata advised that, as Council is conducting an electronic meeting today, it would dispense with the National Anthem. Speaker Nunziata further advised that today is the third meeting of City Council held with Members participating remotely and that the City Clerk has confirmed that a quorum of Members is present. Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered: Eugenia Bedford Marta Sabina Crudo Rose Gilmore Larry Kramer Stewart Nanibush Connie Yang and The victims of Phillips Garment Factory Fire Speaker Nunziata acknowledged that City Council was meeting on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Speaker Nunziata also acknowledged that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit. Speaker Nunziata advised Council of the following: For the benefit of those who are connected to the internet, the City Clerk has posted all of the agenda materials for today's meeting at toronto.ca slash council. Members, before I begin our opening routines, I want to emphasize that today's Council meeting is being conducted publicly and is being streamed live on YouTube. I want to welcome the public who are watching our meeting this morning. Members, you will have dedicated IT support throughout today's meeting. If you need to reach them, the City Clerk has provided you contact information. Staff will also be available to answer questions and will appear on the meeting console as needed.
CC22.2amended
Changes to Policing in Toronto
In recent weeks, here in Toronto and around the world, people have been raising their voices and calling for an end to racism generally, to anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism, and to racism against marginalized communities. As Mayor, I acknowledge that, despite our City being one of the world's most diverse, systemic racism continues to be a real issue here in Toronto and there is much more all of us can do to confront it and to eliminate it. We must do more, because systemic racism threatens the equal rights, justice and well-being of Indigenous, Black and marginalized communities. It leaves communities disengaged, poorly served, or alienated from services in their neighbourhoods and the city as a whole. Together, we must confront and overcome these barriers by eliminating systemic racism and providing opportunities for all Torontonians. As Mayor, I am committed to listening, to learning, and to taking concrete actions that will improve the day-to-day lives of Indigenous, Black and other marginalized Torontonians. To the tens of thousands of Torontonians who have called and e-mailed my office and the offices of my Council colleagues over the past few weeks, and to those who have peacefully taken to the streets to march and protest: I want you to know that I see you, I hear you, and I am listening. Many of you have raised the issue of policing, and there have been calls to de-fund the police. These calls stem from real concerns that the model of policing today does not best serve marginalized individuals and communities, and that we must fix that model by changing the way policing is done, in order to stamp out systemic racism within our police service, and to re-think, in some cases, whether police are the right community response at all. This motion proposes the development of alternative service delivery models for community safety response, particularly for individuals experiencing mental health crises, which would not involve police officers attending the scene. This would ensure that police are doing police work, and communities are receiving the right response for the issues they are facing. As we improve the service delivered by the Toronto Police, this will involve a re-allocation of resources, either within the Toronto Police Service budget, or to other budgets in the City government or the community at large. Second, this motion proposes a fundamental re-alignment of the City's budget priorities that focuses on the most marginalized in our community, to ensure they have the supports they require to address the root causes of crime and provide opportunities for all Torontonians. In the past five years, we have developed concrete plans to address these very issues, namely the Combatting Anti-Black Racism Strategy, including the creation of the first Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit in North America; the City's Poverty Reduction Strategy and Indigenous-led Poverty Reduction Strategy; and the Immediate Steps to Address Gun Violence Plan. We have also created an Indigenous Affairs Office to lead the City's work on Reconciliation. It is proposed that, in addition to further prioritizing and wherever possible accelerating these investments in future budgets, any savings or re-allocations realized through a review of Toronto Police service functions, will be invested back into these Council-endorsed programs. Finally, calls for greater accountability on the part of the Toronto Police Service are well-founded. Greater scrutiny of the budget of the Toronto Police Service, and over how the Police deliver their services, is required if we are to ensure they are on the path that Council sets out. Over the years, a number of important reports have been written, outlining the steps needed to stamp out discrimination in policing and improve response to people in crises. These should be implemented in full, and with accountability to ensure that their recommendations have been enacted. As well, the City should have the ability to review the Toronto Police Budget, line by line, and to ask our Auditor General to review the Police Service's budget to identify savings and efficiencies. In the past few years, the Toronto Police Service has taken steps toward change, and is no longer providing service in some non-police functions, such as noise by-law violations. During that same period, the number of uniformed officers has gone from 5,270 at the end of 2015 to a projected number of 5,025 by the end of June 2020; the average annual budget increase over that period has been held to 1.8%, which is below the rate of inflation in the fastest growing city in North America; and Toronto's number of police officers per population continues to be lower than many other large Canadian and US cities. Efforts have been made to reduce the Police budget and focus it on core policing roles, just as the service has stepped up efforts to address racial and other forms of discrimination within the service. But it is clear to all involved that, while reform efforts have been underway by the Toronto Police Service Board and the Toronto Police Service, it is not enough. Change is needed, and it is needed now. As a result of the changes proposed, I expect we will see an improvement in how community safety is provided to Torontonians, particularly to Indigenous, Black and marginalized communities. And I am confident it will lead to a reduction in the Toronto Police Service budget- a reduction that will be based on actual change and careful calculation and a reduction that will enable us to reinvest in critical community and social services to provide people with opportunities, keep them safe, and rebuild trust which has been eroded. We want a safe city, but we also want everyone to feel safe in our city. We must demonstrate as a City Council that we are absolutely committed to confronting systemic racism, to listening to people, and to making meaningful changes in how policing is done and our communities are kept safe. Through this motion, we are accelerating the pace of that change in Toronto and committing to address the questions of what police do, what they should do going forward, and how they do it, among many others. Sensible, meaningful change in policing must happen and we have begun to lay out the steps to ensure it does happen, together with a robust engagement of the public on these issues.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with the Toronto Police Services Board, community-based organizations, social services agencies and mental health support organizations to develop alternative models of community safety response that would: a. Involve the creation of non-police led response to calls involving individuals in crisis, and others as deemed appropriate through consultation; b. reflect the City's commitment to reconciliation; c. involve extensive community consultation on a proposed response model; and d. detail the likely reductions to the Toronto Police Services budget that would result from these changes, for Report to the Executive Committee by January 2021. 2. City Council commit that its first funding priority for future budgets is centred on a robust system of social supports and services, including ongoing investments in Indigenous, Black and marginalized communities, with rigorous accountability mechanisms to measure performance. 3. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Chief of Police to annually provide a line-by-line breakdown of the Toronto Police Service's existing budget at the outset of the Board's annual budget process, and this breakdown should be made publicly available; this line-by-line breakdown should be organized by the Toronto Police Service's individual program areas, functions or services delivered so as to provide maximum transparency to the public as to how public dollars are allocated currently (while not revealing investigative techniques or operations). 4. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Chief of Police to immediately provide the line-by-line breakdown of the Toronto Police Service's 2020 Budget and to make the breakdown publicly available by July 2020. 5. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to implement a 24-hour/7-days-a-week program across Toronto for its Mobile Crisis Intervention Team Program. 6. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to post its Use of Force Policy on its public website. 7. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to post its annual Budget Summary and Uniform/Civilian Staffing Summary per Command with Approved, Proposed and Actuals/ similar to the Excel information provided during the 2018 budget cycle, as the example they should follow starting retroactively for the last 5 years of machine-readable Open datasets to both theirs, and the City of Toronto Open Data Portal. 8..To assist in identifying areas of financial and operational improvement within the Toronto Police Service, City Council request the City Manager to seek an amendment to the City of Toronto Act to expand the City of Toronto's Auditor General's jurisdiction to include auditing the Toronto Police Service. 9. City Council request the Toronto Police Service Board to consider a motion supporting City Council's request in Part 8 above and to communicate its position to the Province. 10. Until the legislative change to the City of Toronto Act requested in Part 8 above is in place, City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to invite the City's Auditor General to independently develop a work plan and conduct audits, which would include an examination of systemic issues, and to provide the Auditor General with the same level of co-operation and access to information as if this was required by the City of Toronto Act. 11. City Council request the Auditor General to report to City Council in the fourth quarter of 2020 on the status of the work plan set out in Part 10 above and the level of co-operation the Auditor General is receiving from the Toronto Police Services Board. 12. City Council direct the City Manager to develop plans to invest in critical community and social services that better address the root causes of safety and security, and ensure any savings identified from policing reforms are allocated to the following areas: a. investment in initiatives identified from the Combatting Anti-Black Racism Strategy, and those in Appendix A to the report (June 23, 2020) from Mayor John Tory; b. investment in the Immediate Steps to Address Gun Violence Plan to fulfil the City's outstanding requests to Public Safety Canada for the enhancement of violence prevention and intervention programs; c. investment in the City's Poverty Reduction Strategy and Indigenous-led Poverty Reduction Strategy; d. investment in Indigenous-led initiatives related to community safety and wellbeing; and e. investment in initiatives to support people experiencing mental health crisis. 13. City Council direct the City Manager to work with the Toronto Police Services Board in the development of a rigorous community consultation process to inform the criteria for the selection of the next Chief of Police. 14. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board in the recruitment for Toronto's new Chief of Police, to ensure that the successful candidate: a. has a proven track record of deep and successful reform of policing including: 1. proven ability to ensure that non-violent de-escalation strategies and techniques are employed at all times by police officers, particularly in relation to engagement with people from racialized communities and with residents with mental health issues; and 2. demonstrated experience in "modern policing" including building strong, lasting and sustainable bridges and relationships with racialized and marginalized communities and willingness to consider other models for first responder calls for non-violent incidents; and b. understands and values: 1. the importance of diversity in the City and in the Toronto Police Service itself; 2. acceptance and tolerance of all people and a recognition that Toronto is home to the most culturally diverse population in the world which gives our City its strength in times of crisis all around the world; and 3. the strategies and actions required to ensure that Toronto remains a place of tolerance, diversity and respect for all. 15. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to work in consultation with the City Manager to engage the City of Toronto's Anti-Black Racism Unit and Indigenous Affairs Office to assist in the community consultations about the new Chief of Police. 16. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to share regularly updated datasets from their Open Data Portal to the City of Toronto Open Data Portal, taking into consideration for any issues around personal data privacy; data sets to also include: a. Toronto Police Services Board annual reports in the proper digital format; and b. converting files currently provided in a .pdf format on the Toronto Police Service Open Data Portal to the proper digital format. 17. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to post all relevant open data with regards to its Races Based Data Strategy following all the provincially mandated guidelines to protect personal privacy, to both the Toronto Police Service Open Data Portal and the City of Toronto Open Data Portal. 18. City Council request the City Manager to report on the implementation of a City of Toronto Mobile Crisis Assistance Intervention Service that would deploy unarmed, medically trained crisis intervention assistance personnel, based on the "CAHOOTS" model from Eugene, Oregon; such report should include: a. description of how these specially trained first responders would deal with a range of community challenges including: homelessness, intoxication, substance abuse, mental illness, dispute resolution, and basic medical emergency care; and b. a process whereby when Crisis Assistance Intervention Service is established, that the City would subtract the cost of this new service from future Police budgets. 19. City Council request the Province to immediately review and overhaul the Equipment and Use of Force Regulation, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 926, so as to: a. emphasize de-escalation; and b. incorporate further modifications based on alternative models and best practices in peer jurisdictions, which address the use of deadly force. 20. City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Police Services Act and the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (which received Royal Assent but has not yet come into force) to significantly expand the instances in which suspension without pay and revocation of a police officer's appointment as a police officer is available where serious misconduct is alleged or ultimately established; these amendments should, at a minimum, implement the relevant elements of the Police Services Act, 2018 that addressed suspension without pay and the relevant elements of the Policing Oversight Act, 2018 that created the ability to revoke a police officer's appointment as a police officer in Ontario. 21. City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Police Services Act and the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (which received Royal Assent but has not yet come into force) to require that complaints made about a police officer's public conduct that alleges serious misconduct be investigated by the Province's independent police complaints agency (currently, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director) and not any police service's professional standards unit. 22. City Council request the Government of Ontario to eliminate any and all appeal powers for the Toronto Police Services Board as set out in the Police Services Act, 1990 for the Ontario Civilian Police Commission to overturn Toronto City Council decisions pertaining to Police Budget matters including requests for reduction, abolition, creation or amalgamation of police services. 23. City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Police Services Act to allow the City of Toronto to have direct oversight over the Toronto Police Services Budget and exempt Toronto City Council from the provisions of subsection 39(4) of the Act by removing the word "not" from the provisions of the subsection, as it pertains to the City of Toronto, as follows: In establishing an overall budget for the board, the Toronto City council does not have the authority to approve or disapprove specific items in the estimates. 24. City Council commit to eradicating racial profiling in policing and request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Toronto Police Service to immediately adopt the recommendations from the Ontario Human Rights Commission on race-based data and report back on the implementation status by January 1, 2021. 25. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Toronto Police Service to adopt all recommendations in Justice Iacobucci's report entitled Police Encounters with People in Crisis (2014), with a particular emphasis on Recommendation 3, which requires the Toronto Police Service to notify crisis intervention units for every call involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis and Recommendations 43 thru 54 pertaining to Mobile Crisis Intervention Team response. 26. City Council request, in the strongest possible terms, that the Province immediately reinstate the Police Services Act reforms recommended by Justice Tulloch, particularly those reforms focused on enhancing the independence and notifications requirements of the Special Investigations Unit (Recommendation 5.7). 27. City Council request the Chief of Police adopt all of the recommendations directed to the Toronto Police Service from the 2017 Andrew Loku Inquest. 28. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to ensure policies are enacted requiring all instances of alleged racial profiling and bias to be investigated under the Police Services Act. 29. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Toronto Police Service to implement a plan to equip all police officers with Body-Worn Cameras by January 1, 2021 and enact policies that ensure consequences for unauthorized de-activation or covering of the cameras. 30. City Council direct the City Manager and request the Toronto Police Services Board and City Divisions to consolidate and expedite data sharing to advise on violence prevention approaches. 31. City Council direct the City Manager to work with the Toronto Police Services Board to establish an accountability office and agency, independent of government and the Toronto Police, empowered through ongoing access to police personnel, facilities and records to conduct self-generated audits of police practices and policies, and to report annually to the Toronto Police Services Board and City Council with its audited findings and recommendations. 32. City Council direct the City Manager to establish and resource an Accountability Table with annual reporting, similar to that established for the Toronto Seniors Strategy, by September 2020, composed of representatives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour, mental health and addictions experts, homeless advocates, and other equity-seeking groups to monitor the implementation including budgetary impacts of all recommendations pertaining to City Council's decision. 33. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to report on outcomes associated with how diversity in human resources is being prioritized and achieved by the Toronto Police Service, including with respect to recruitment, hiring and promotion for both civilian and uniform positions, at all ranks and classifications. 34. City Council, building on the mandate and membership of the Partnership and Accountability Circle, establish a Confronting Anti-Black Racism Council Advisory Body, and direct the City Manager to report to the Executive Committee on recommended Terms of Reference for the Advisory Body to be approved by City Council in September 2020. 35. City Council direct the City Manager to determine and fill the necessary staffing requirements within the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit and the Indigenous Affairs Office to deliver on a mandate focused solely on advancing the implementation of the above recommendations and those Recommendations and Actions concerning Policing and the Justice System, as outlined in the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. 36. City Council direct the City Manager to provide an update by January 1, 2021 on the implementation status of City Council's decision.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor John Tory recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with the Toronto Police Services Board, to develop alternative models of community safety response that would: a. Involve the creation of non-police led response to calls which do not involve weapons or violence, such as those involving individuals experiencing mental health crises and where a police response is not necessary; b. Reflect the City's commitment to reconciliation; c. Involve extensive community consultation on a proposed response model; and d. Detail the likely reductions to the Toronto Police Services budget that would result from these changes, For Report to the Executive Committee by January 2021. 2. City Council commit that its first funding priority for future budgets is centered on a robust system of social supports and services, including ongoing investments in Indigenous, Black and marginalized communities, with rigorous accountability mechanisms to measure performance. 3. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Chief to annually provide a line-by-line breakdown of the Toronto Police Service's existing budget at the outset of the Board's annual budget process, and this breakdown should be made publicly available. This line-by-line breakdown should be organized by the Toronto Police Service's individual program areas, functions or services delivered so as to provide maximum transparency to the public as to how public dollars are allocated currently (while not revealing investigative techniques or operations). 4. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to invite the Auditor General to review the budget of the Toronto Police Services Board and identify opportunities for savings and efficiencies. 5. City Council direct the City Manager to develop plans to invest in critical community and social services that better address the root causes of safety and security, and ensure any savings identified from policing reforms are allocated to the following areas: a. Investment in initiatives identified from the Combatting Anti-Black Racism Strategy, and those in Appendix A. b. Investment in the Immediate Steps to Address Gun Violence Plan to fulfil the City's outstanding requests to Public Safety Canada for the enhancement of violence prevention and intervention programs. c. Investment in the City's Poverty Reduction Strategy and Indigenous-led Poverty Reduction Strategy. d. Investment in Indigenous-led initiatives related to community safety and wellbeing. e. Investment in initiatives to support people experiencing mental health crisis. 6. City Council direct the City Manager to work with the Toronto Police Services Board in the development of a rigorous community consultation process to inform the criteria for the selection of the next Chief of Police. 7. City Council request the Province immediately review and overhaul the Equipment and Use of Force Regulation, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 926, so as to: a. Emphasize de-escalation; and b. Incorporate further modifications based on alternative models and best practices in peer jurisdictions, which address the use of deadly force. 8. City Council commit to eradicating racial profiling in policing and request the Toronto Police Services Board direct the Toronto Police Service to immediately adopt the recommendations from the Ontario Human Rights Commission on race-based data and report back on the implementation status by January 1, 2021. 9. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board direct the Toronto Police Service to adopt all recommendations in Justice Iacobucci's report entitled Police Encounters with People in Crisis (2014), with a particular emphasis on Recommendation 3, which requires the Toronto Police Service to notify crisis intervention units for every call involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis and Recommendations 43 thru 54 pertaining to Mobile Crisis Intervention Team response. 10. City Council request, in the strongest possible terms, the Province immediately reinstate the Police Services Act reforms recommended by Justice Tulloch, particularly those reforms focused on enhancing the independence and notifications requirements of the Special Investigations Unit (Recommendation 5.7). 11. City Council request the Chief of Police adopt all of the recommendations directed to the Toronto Police Service from the 2017 Andrew Loku Inquest. 12. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to ensure policies are enacted requiring all instances of alleged racial profiling and bias to be investigated under the Police Services Act. 13. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to direct the Toronto Police Service to implement a plan to equip all police officers with Body-Worn Cameras by January 1, 2021 and enact policies that ensure consequences for unauthorized de-activation or covering of the cameras. 14. City Council direct the City Manager and request the Toronto Police Services Board and City Divisions to consolidate and expedite data sharing to advise on violence prevention approaches. 15. City Council request that the Toronto Police Services Board report on outcomes associated with how diversity in human resources is being prioritized and achieved by the Toronto Police Service, including with respect to recruitment, hiring and promotion for both civilian and uniform positions, at all ranks and classifications. 16. City Council, building on the mandate and membership of the Partnership and Accountability Circle, establish a Confronting Anti-Black Racism Council Advisory Body, and direct the City Manager to report to the Executive Committee on recommended Terms of Reference for the Advisory Body to be approved by City Council in September 2020. 17. City Council direct the City Manager to determine and fill the necessary staffing requirements within the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit and the Indigenous Affairs Office to deliver on a mandate focused solely on advancing the implementation of the above recommendations and those Recommendations and Actions concerning Policing & the Justice System, as outlined in the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. 18. City Council direct the City Manager to provide an update by January 1, 2021 on the implementation status of all the above recommendations.
MM22.2adopted
Monarch butterflies are one of the most iconic and cherished insects in North America. Their epic 5,000-kilometre migration from eastern Canada to the forests of central Mexico begins in late August each year. In 2013, the eastern population of monarch butterflies dropped by 95 percent, resulting in the smallest recorded population since the mid-1990's. Since 2013, the population has rebounded, owing in part to the collective efforts of thousands of individuals, groups and communities across Canada, however the monarch's future remains in peril. Flight of the Monarchs Day is an opportunity to celebrate the growing movement to protect monarch butterflies and the astonishing phenomenon of their migration as their epic journey southward begins. In support of a Toronto and Region Conservation Authority initiative to protect Monarch butterflies, this proclamation will help spread awareness of the need to protect species at risk while supporting community action to restore and enhance local habitat.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council proclaim August 22, 2020 as Flight of the Monarchs Day.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council proclaim August 22, 2020 as Flight of the Monarchs Day.
RM22.2adopted
City Council will confirm the Minutes from the special meetings held on February 26, 2020, March 6, 2020, April 30, 2020 and May 28, 2020.
City Council confirmed the Minutes of Council from the special meetings held on February 26, 2020, March 6, 2020, April 30, 2020 and May 28, 2020.
CC22.3amended
Report to City Council on COVID-19 Actions and Council Directions
This report provides a brief update on the City's ongoing COVID-19 emergency response activities and a description of the process underway to restart City services and support the reopening of Toronto's businesses. This report outlines many of the prevention and mitigation strategies being undertaken by the City to limit the spread of COVID-19 and preparations to protect the people of Toronto in the event of a second and/or future waves of the virus. At its meeting on May 28, 2020, City Council directed the City Manager to report on a number of issues related to specific City's response to the COVID-19 pandemic including: screening practices at Pearson Airport; information related to how the City is preparing for a potential 'second wave' of COVID-19; ability of the City to require the wearing of masks or face coverings by the public within permitted businesses, offices and public gathering places; and the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild's engagement strategy.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council enact a temporary By-law requiring the person or organization who owns or is responsible for the operation of a facility or business to have a policy to ensure masks or face coverings be worn by the public in the enclosed public spaces under their control, subject to appropriate exemptions for individuals who are unable to wear a mask or face covering for medical reasons, children under two years old, and other reasonable accommodations; the policy shall include corresponding signage and training for staff on the requirements of this By-law. 2. City Council direct that the By-law come into force one week after being enacted, and expire at 12:01 a.m. on the first day after the completion of the first Council meeting after the summer recess (currently scheduled for September 30 and October 1, 2020), unless extended by Council. 3. City Council request the Medical Officer of Health to review the Medical Officer of Health's recommendations regarding masks and face coverings on a monthly basis, and to report if any changes are required before September 30, 2020. 4. City Council request the Province to enact a complementary mask regulation applicable within the City of Toronto, including on all public transit systems. 5. City Council recommend the Government of Canada enact a complementary mask regulation applicable to enclosed public spaces under federal jurisdiction within the City of Toronto. 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill and apply for set fines to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, or technical amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, in order to give best effect to the Medical Officer of Health's recommendations for the protection of the public as described in the supplementary report (June 30, 2020) form the Medical Officer of Health. 7. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Manager recommends that: 1. City Council receive this report for information.
MM22.3adopted
Fare integration between transit agencies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is an opportunity to increase transit ridership and improve affordability all residents. The Provincial funding of the GO Transit/Union Pearson Express-Toronto Transit Commission Discounted Fare Initiative expired on March 31, 2020. A $1.50 co-fare between GO Transit and the Toronto Transit Commission was introduced in 2018, funded by the Province of Ontario through Metrolinx. Demand for the program is evident from the over 4.5 million more rides than were budgeted for in 2019-20. Before the introduction of the co-fare, approximately 50,000 daily trips used a combination of GO Transit, Toronto Transit Commission and Union Pearson Express. The co-fare between GO Transit and the Toronto Transit Commission increases access to rapid transit. Approximately half of Toronto's Neighbourhood Improvement Areas have a GO Transit station nearby or within the area. Most of these Neighbourhood Improvement Areas are not currently serviced by Toronto Transit Commission rapid transit. Transit users in the Greater Toronto Area enjoy discounted GO Transit co-fares which are funded by the Province of Ontario through Metrolinx. Transit users in Mississauga, Brampton, and Durham (Durham Region Transit) pay an 80-cent co-fare when transferring to or from GO Transit. York Region Transit users pay one dollar for trips to and from GO Transit. Toronto City Council voted to support a co-fare program between GO Transit and Toronto Transit Commission in 2017. City Council also voted to support accelerated plans for full and affordable fare integration, including a single fare for all transit trips within the City of Toronto.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to continue the GO/Union Pearson Express-Toronto Transit Commission Discounted Fare Initiative agreement with the City of Toronto based on the terms reached and outlined in Item 2017.EX28.6, Advancing Fare Integration, adopted by City Council at its meeting on November 7, 8 and 9, 2017.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paul Ainslie, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to continue the GO/Union Pearson Express-Toronto Transit Commission Discounted Fare Initiative agreement with the City of Toronto based on the terms reached and outlined in Item 2017.EX28.6, Advancing Fare Integration, adopted by City Council at its meeting on November 7, 8 and 9, 2017.
RM22.3adopted
Introduction of Committee Reports and New Business from the Mayor and City Officials
Deferred Committee Items: Scarborough Community Council Item SC12.4 Scarborough Community Council Item SC12.6 Report of the Executive Committee from Meeting 14 on June 22, 2020 Submitted by Mayor John Tory, Chair Report of the Audit Committee from Meeting 5 on Feburary 10, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Stephen Holyday, Chair Report of the Board of Health from Meeting 17 on June 8, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Joe Cressy, Chair Report of the Economic and Community Development Committee from Meeting 12 on March 10, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Michael Thompson, Chair Report of the Economic and Community Development Committee from Meeting 13 on June 4, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Michael Thompson, Chair Report of the General Government and Licensing Committee from Meeting 12 on March 9, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Paul Ainslie, Chair Report of the General Government and Licensing Committee from Meeting 13 on June 2, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Paul Ainslie, Chair Report of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee from Meeting 12 on March 11, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee from Meeting 13 on June 10, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the Planning and Housing Committee from Meeting 14 on June 15, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Ana Bailão, Chair Report of the Striking Committee from Meeting 5 on March 3, 2020 Submitted by Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, Chair Report of the Etobicoke York Community Council from Meeting 14 on March 12, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Mark Grimes, Chair Report of the Etobicoke York Community Council from Meeting 15 on June 17, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Mark Grimes, Chair Report of the North York Community Council from Meeting 14 on March 12, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the North York Community Council from Meeting 15 on June 16, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the Scarborough Community Council from Meeting 14 on March 12, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, Vice Chair Report of the Scarborough Community Council from Meeting 15 on June 19, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, Vice Chair Report of the Toronto and East York Community Council from Meeting 14 on March 12, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Gord Perks, Chair Report of the Toronto and East York Community Council from Meeting 15 on June 18, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Gord Perks, Chair New Business submitted by the Mayor and City Officials
Committee Reports and New Business were presented to City Council for consideration.
CC22.4adopted
The purpose of this report is to provide Council with the results of the collective bargaining negotiations with CUPE, Local 79 and to seek ratification and approval of the successfully negotiated Memorandum of Settlement between the City of Toronto and CUPE, Local 79 for the Full-time Unit, Unit B - Part-time, Recreation Workers - Part-time and the Long-Term Care Homes & Services Part-time Unit. Local 79 is scheduled to ratify the Memoranda of Settlements on June 27, 2020.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council ratify and approve the following Memoranda of Settlement dated March 13, 2020, between the City of Toronto and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79, following ratification by CUPE, Local 79 in order to effect the new collective agreements for each of the bargaining units: a. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Full-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1A to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer; b. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Unit B Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1B to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer; c. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Recreation Workers Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1C to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer; and d. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Long-Term Care Homes and Services Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1D to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer. 2. City Council authorize staff to make the necessary amendments to rates of pay, benefits and other issues identified as agreed changes in the new Memoranda of Settlements. 3. City Council authorize staff to make the necessary adjustments to the 2020 Non-Program Expenditure Budget and Operating Budgets of the Divisions to reflect the provisions of the Memoranda of Settlements. 4. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information in Confidential Attachments 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer at the conclusion of the City Council Meeting. 5. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information in Confidential Attachment 2, Parts A, B, C and D, to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer at the conclusion of the City Council Meeting. 6. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential labour relations information in Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer at the conclusion of the City Council Meeting. Confidential Attachments 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, Confidential Attachment 2, Parts A, B, C and D only, and Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to labour relations or employee negotiations and labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Manager and the Chief People Officer recommend that: Subject to confirmation that Local 79 has ratified the memoranda: 1. City Council ratify and approve the following Memoranda of Settlement dated March 13, 2020, between the City of Toronto and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79, following ratification by CUPE, Local 79 in order to effect the new collective agreements for each of the bargaining units: a. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Full-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1A; b. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Unit B Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1B; and c. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Recreation Workers Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1C; and d. the Memorandum of Settlement governing the CUPE, Local 79 Long-Term Care Homes and Services Part-time bargaining unit, attached as Confidential Attachment 1D. 2. City Council authorize staff to make the necessary amendments to rates of pay, benefits and other issues identified as agreed changes in the new Memoranda of Settlements. 3. City Council authorize staff to make the necessary adjustments to the 2020 Non-Program Expenditure Budget and Operating Budgets of the Divisions to reflect the provisions of the Memoranda of Settlements. 4. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information in Confidential Attachments 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, if the Memoranda of Settlements are ratified and approved by Council, at the conclusion of the Council Meeting. 5. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information in Confidential Attachment 2, Parts A, B, C and D, if the Memoranda of Settlements are ratified and approved by Council, at the conclusion of the Council Meeting. 6. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential labour relations information in Confidential Attachment 3, if the Memoranda of Settlements are ratified and approved by Council, at the conclusion of the Council Meeting.
MM22.4adopted
Closed-circuit television surveillance cameras are to be installed at the intersection of Jane and Finch. A notice was released to stakeholders in December, 2019, however, this decision comes without community consultation. The process has excluded the community at large.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to consult with the appropriate agencies, including the Toronto Police Service, and to report to the General Government and Licensing Committee on the policy framework, processes and existing protocols that apply to the installation of closed-circuit television surveillance cameras on City right-of-way infrastructure.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Anthony Perruzza, seconded by Councillor Gary Crawford, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to consult with the appropriate agencies, including the Toronto Police Service, and to report to the General Government and Licensing Committee on the policy framework, processes and existing protocols that apply to the installation of closed-circuit television surveillance cameras on City right-of-way infrastructure.
RM22.4received
Members of Council may file petitions.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 received the following petitions for information: 1. Petition headed "Against to Modular Housing initiative at 11 Macey Avenue, Scarborough", submitted by Councillor Gary Crawford, Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, containing the signatures of approximately 49 persons. 2. Petition headed "Let's Rename Dundas Street in Toronto", submitted by Councillor Mike Layton, Ward 11, University-Rosedale, containing the names of approximately 13,955 persons. 3. Petition headed "Please bring Advance Peace to Toronto to help reduce our city's rising gun violence crisis!", submitted by Councillor Michael Thompson, Ward 21, Toronto Centre, containing the names of approximately 25,000 persons.
CC22.5adopted
Appointment of a Public Member to the Committee of Adjustment
On March 3, 2020, the Nominating Panel - Committee of Adjustment conducted interviews and recommended one candidate to City Council for appointment to the Etobicoke York panel of the Committee of Adjustment.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council appoint Sophia Ruddock to the Etobicoke York panel of the Committee of Adjustment for a term of office ending November 14, 2022, and until a successor is appointed. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (February 25, 2020) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Committee of Adjustment. Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (February 25, 2020) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Committee of Adjustment.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Clerk transmits the Decision Letter from the Nominating Panel - Committee of Adjustment. The Nominating Panel - Committee of Adjustment recommends that: 1. City Council appoint Sophia Ruddock to the Etobicoke York panel of the Committee of Adjustment for a term of office ending November 14, 2022, and until a successor is appointed. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (February 25, 2020) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Committee of Adjustment. Candidate's biography: Sophia Ruddock Sophia Ruddock lives and works in the City of Toronto and is active in her son's school as a member of the School Advisory Committee and the parent representative on several advisory committees of the Toronto District School Board. She was called to the Ontario bar in 1995 and has over 20 years of experience practicing before various administrative tribunals and agencies. She has served on numerous community boards and committees, in various capacities, including acting as Chair.
MM22.5withdrawn
We watched the video of George Floyd being murdered by a Minneapolis police officer with horror, sadness and anger. We watched the video of Amy Cooper in New York weaponizing white privilege by calling the police on a Black person who was birding in Central Park. We've seen citizens peacefully protesting police brutality met with grievous and indefensible displays of police brutality in cities across America. These disturbing and unacceptable exhibits of police misconduct and systemic anti-Black racism have rightly captured our attention, but it is critical that we recognize that they are not new, isolated, or confined to the United States. Black, Indigenous and People of Colour too often have lower incomes, poorer health outcomes and are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. That's because Black, Indigenous and People of Colour face systemic racism here in Toronto every single day. That's because systemic racism in the Toronto Police Service has deep impacts on Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. That's because systemic racism in the City of Toronto's Budget, and society at large, has deep impacts on Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. We recognize that many of the impediments to community safety will not be solved by the police. Too many people are unable to access the life-saving resources they need to thrive, while growing affordability, mental health and addictions crises are having massive health and safety impacts. In 2016, in response to growing pressure from community members and activists, the Province of Ontario established the Anti-Racism Directorate. The Directorate is tasked with applying an anti-racism lens to government policies, programs, and services. Shortly after the formation of the Directorate, Toronto City Council called on the province to conduct a full review of the mandate, procedures and outcomes of the Special Investigations Unit with respect to the treatment of cases that involve Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. Since then, Premier Doug Ford has demoted the position of Minister Responsible for Anti-Racism to associate Minister, cut the budget of the Anti-Racism Directorate and eliminated the four sub-committee working groups. If we are committed to eradicating anti-Black racism, this commitment needs to be demonstrated across the Province and funding for anti-racism work must be restored and expanded. The Province must also commit to a full review of the mandate, procedures and outcomes of the Special Investigations Unit. In 2013, we listened to the experts, including Dr. Alvin Curling, who wrote the provincial Roots of Youth Violence Report. The report, and many other studies, have concluded that police enforcement is less effective than community supports at curbing violent crime. Experts cite inequality, poverty, mental health, systemic racism, and a lack of opportunity as primary factors influencing the path a teen chooses in life. Toronto City Council has already started to recognize the importance of community investments through the Toronto Youth Equity Strategy and the Toronto Poverty Reduction Strategy. However, there is much more work needed to provide equity for marginalized Torontonians. Despite advocacy from organizations representing racialized Torontonians and other vulnerable communities, many of the recommendations in the strategies have not been funded or acted upon. The path forward to supporting Black, and Indigenous and People of Colour has been made clear by those voices: defund the police and reallocate those funds toward community supports. Defunding does not mean a lack of support for the police services we rely on - it's about a necessary rebalancing to ensure that we fund alternatives to policing. There are actual barriers to this way forward at the municipal level in Toronto, unlike cities in other jurisdictions. Under Ontario provincial statute, Toronto City Council does not have any direct control of the Police Budget. While City Councillors have the ability to set the overall Police Budget, we cannot legally decide how the money is spent. The Toronto Police Service, for example, could unilaterally cut road safety enforcement or community and neighbourhood policing initiatives if their budget is reduced. This Motion seeks to wrest control of the Police Budget through an amendment in the provincial Police Services Act. As the principal funding body, we assert that Toronto City Council should have much greater oversight of how local tax dollars are spent and an understanding of the funded services. It is incumbent upon decision-makers to ensure that necessary resources and supports are provided to Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. The Police Budget is the single largest item in our City's Operating Budget. Therefore, this Motion seeks to reduce the Police Budget by 10 percent and direct the savings towards community investments at the recommendations of the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit and Social Development, Finance, and Administration Division. If approved, the actions contained in this Motion would be a significant step towards providing equity for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.
Motion MM22.5 was withdrawn at City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Police Services Act, 1990 to allow for the City of Toronto to have direct oversight over the Toronto Police Services Budget by creating a clause in sec 39(4) that removes the word "not" as it pertains to the City of Toronto as follows: In establishing an overall budget for the board, the Toronto City council does not have the authority to approve or disapprove specific items in the estimates. 2. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to provide a 2021 Budget request that is a minimum of 10 percent lower than the 2020 approved Budget. 3. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to provide a line-by-line accounting of their 2021 Budget request. 4. City Council direct the City Manager to consult with the People and Equity Division, Social Development, Finance, and Administration, the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit and the Anti-Black Racism Partnership and Accountability Circle and to report to the Budget Committee in the fourth quarter of 2020 on recommended investments that enhance resiliency in marginalized communities, to be provided with the savings that would be realized by reallocating the funds from the 10 percent reduction in the Toronto Police Services Budget as described in Recommendation 2 above, potentially including: a. Community-led alternatives to policing and the criminal justice system; b. Anti-racism education; c. Programs identified in the Toronto Youth Equity Strategy; d. Childcare; e. Affordable housing; f. Tenants' Defence Fund; g. Skills training and Employment counselling; and h. Food security. 5. City Council direct the City Manager to work with Black, Indigenous and People of Colour community-led organizations, mental health, restorative justice and legal experts to identify alternative 911 and other emergency responses to replace armed police officers with mobile, community-based crisis programs as first responders to de-escalate and triage non-criminal incidents of crisis involving mental health and addictions, the homeless, school discipline and neighbour disputes and to report back to the September 2020 meeting of the Executive Committee with the findings and recommendations, along with costing, source of funding and all other pertinent information. 6. City Council request the Toronto Police Service Board to establish an explicit policy to immediately ban the use of deadly force and military-style weapons against unarmed civilians, including but not limited to firearms, chemical weapons, including tear gas or armoured vehicles, and to dispose of all such weapons by no later than one year by June 30, 2021. 7. City Council request the Government of Ontario to eliminate any and all appeal powers for the Toronto Police Services Board as set out in the Police Services Act, 1990 for the Ontario Civilian Police Commission to overturn Toronto City Council decisions pertaining to Police Budget matters including requests for reduction, abolition, creation or amalgamation of Police services. 8. City Council direct the City Manager to establish an Accountability Table, similar to that established for the Toronto Seniors Strategy, by September 2020, composed of representatives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour, mental health and addictions experts, homeless advocates, and other equity-seeking groups to monitor the implementation of Recommendations 1 to 7 above.
RM22.5received
Presentations, Introductions and Announcements
Various presentations and announcements will be made at the City Council meeting.
No presentations, introductions and announcements were made at the June 29 and 30, 2020 meeting of City Council.
CC22.6deferred
Ombudsman Toronto 2019 Annual Report
Pursuant to section 173(2) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 3, the Ombudsman is required to submit an annual report on the activities of her office directly to City Council.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 deferred consideration of Item CC22.6 to the July 28 and 29, 2020 meeting of City Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Ombudsman recommends that: City Council receive the Ombudsman Toronto 2019 Annual Report for information.
MM22.6adopted
This Motion seeks Council's authorization to release $3,311,665.35 in Section 37 monies to Ryerson University to fund the construction costs of Public Realm Improvement Projects proposed for portions of Ryerson's main Campus including Nelson Mandela Way, Gould Street and Victoria Street. The first phase of this work is described in Ryerson's Campus Public Realm Plan and include the conversion of Gould Street to a pedestrian Plaza with consistent paving materials, new furnishings, new lighting and features to enhance the central gathering space on the Campus. The estimated value of the total public realm investments are approximately $13.0 million. This funding is the third, and final, instalment of a $7 million commitment of Section 37 funds to the Campus Public Realm Plan and $3,688,334.65 in Section 37 monies have already been allocated to the project. Ryerson University, in collaboration with the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area, has developed a visionary Campus Public Realm Plan that situates the institution as being seamlessly interwoven into the fabric of our downtown core. In consultation with City of Toronto Public Realm staff, Transportation Services and Urban Design staff, they have created a long-term plan that incorporates principles that align with the City's own goals of creating streets and open spaces that are engaging, vibrant, safe and accessible, through the YongeTOmorrow Environmental Assessment. Our post-secondary institutions are integral parts of our City and when they invest in the City's public realm, it is incumbent on City Council to support this work. Section 37 funds have been both secured and received by the City from the developments at 480-494 Yonge Street and 3 Grosvenor Street, for the purpose of local parklands and streetscape improvements, to the satisfaction the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. Of these funds, there currently remains sufficient funds for this Motion that has not been spent or is committed. City Planning staff advise that the proposed purposes of the funds as set out in the Recommendations of this Motion are in accordance with Council approved guidelines and protocols.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Non-Program Operating Budget by $3,311,665.35 gross, $0 net, (Cost Centre: NP2161) for the transfer to the Ryerson University to fund the construction costs of Public Realm Improvement Projects proposed for portions of Ryerson's main Campus, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits from the development at 480-494 Yonge Street and 3 Grosvenor Street (Source Account: XR3026-3700909). 2. City Council direct that the $3,311,665.35 be forwarded to the Ryerson Public Realm Improvement Projects upon the signing of an Undertaking by Ryerson University governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Non-Program Operating Budget by $3,311,665.35 gross, $0 net, (Cost Centre: NP2161) for the transfer to the Ryerson University to fund the construction costs of Public Realm Improvement Projects proposed for portions of Ryerson's main Campus, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits from the development at 480-494 Yonge Street and 3 Grosvenor Street (Source Account: XR3026-3700909). 2. City Council direct that the $3,311,665.35 be forwarded to the Ryerson Public Realm Improvement Projects upon the signing of an Undertaking by Ryerson University governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
RM22.6amended
City Council will review the Order Paper.
June 29, 2020: City Council adopted the June 29, 2020, Order Paper, as amended, and all other Items not held on consent. June 30, 2020: City Council adopted the June 30, 2020, Order Paper.
CC22.7deferred
2450 Victoria Park Avenue - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Directions
On October 30, 2017, the applicant submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment Application for the lands municipally known as 2450 Victoria Park Avenue. The Zoning By-law Amendment Application proposes to redevelop the lands with a total of four residential buildings containing retail uses on the ground floor ranging in height from 11 to 44 storeys, for a total of 1,247 residential units and 1,606 square metres of ground floor retail space. The proposed total gross floor area is 96,405 square metres, which results in a proposed density of 4.99 times the area of the lot. A total of 1,266 vehicle parking spaces and 952 bicycle parking spaces are proposed. A new 2,915 square metre on-site public park and two new east-west private roads are also proposed as part of the application. The existing seven-storey (7,755 square metres) office building on the lands is also proposed to be demolished. The applicant also proposed that a Class 4 noise area classification be applied to the proposed development, as set out in the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change's Environmental Noise Guideline - Stationary and Transportation Sources (NPC-300) as the site is in proximity to stationary noise sources such as the Enbridge head office located opposite the site, on the north side of Consumers Road, which operates under an existing Environmental Compliance Approval for the air cooled condenser units, exhaust fans, and cooling towers on site. On March 23, 2018, the applicant appealed their proposal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") due to Council's failure to make a decision within the statutory timeframe. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the fifteen-day LPAT hearing that is scheduled to commence August 10, 2020. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 deferred consideration of Item CC22.7 to the July 28 and 29, 2020 meeting of City Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Attachment 2, Confidential Attachment 3 and Confidential Attachment 4, to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.7adopted
This Motion seeks authorization to release $1,846,651.31 in Section 37 funds to Artscape for affordable housing and community facilities in Ward 10. Artscape has several projects in Ward 10 with affordable housing and/or community facility components including Launchpad, Youngplace, Gibraltar Point, Sandbox, 210 Simcoe, and Waterworks. Many Artscape projects in Ward 10 can benefit from capital funding to expand, enhance, or renew existing facilities. The City has secured funds under Section 37 of the Planning Act with the owner of the developments at 180 Queen Street West, authorized by site-specific Zoning By-law 355-2003(OMB), which shall be used for artist housing at Artscape; 96 St. Patrick Street, authorized by site-specific Zoning By-law 151-2002, which shall be used for artists' housing; and 57 Spadina Avenue, authorized by site-specific Zoning By-law 1061-2014, which shall be used for community services and facilities and public realm improvements. The use of these funds for these purposes complies with the by-laws and agreements. Artscape will be required to sign an Undertaking that will govern the use of the funds and financial reporting requirements, prior to the funds being released by the City.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $1,400,000.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 funds obtained in the development at 57 Spadina Avenue (Source Account: XR3026-3700954), for the purpose of providing one time capital funding to Artscape for capital improvements to existing and planned community facilities located in Ward 10 (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council authorize the transfer of $446,651.31 in Section 37 funding to the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058), fully funded from the developments at 180 Queen Street West and 96 St. Patrick Street as detailed below: a. 180 Queen Street West, secured for the provision of Artist housing at Artscape in the amount of $277,036.88 (Source Account: XR3026-3700029); and b. 96 St. Patrick Street, secured for the provision of artists' housing, through direct expenditure or through Toronto Artscape or such other agency as the City in its sole discretion may determine, in the amount of $169,614.43 (Source Account: XR3026-3700125). 3. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration by $446,651.31 gross, $0 net, for transfer to Artscape projects for the purpose of developing Affordable Housing in Ward 10. 4. City Council direct that the $1,846,651.31 be forwarded to Artscape subject to Artscape signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $1,400,000.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 funds obtained in the development at 57 Spadina Avenue (Source Account: XR3026-3700954), for the purpose of providing one time capital funding to Artscape for capital improvements to existing and planned community facilities located in Ward 10 (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council authorize the transfer of $446,651.31 in Section 37 funding to the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058), fully funded from the developments at 180 Queen Street West and 96 St. Patrick Street as detailed below: a. 180 Queen Street West, secured for the provision of Artist housing at Artscape in the amount of $277,036.88 (Source Account: XR3026-3700029); and b. 96 St. Patrick Street, secured for the provision of artists' housing, through direct expenditure or through Toronto Artscape or such other agency as the City in its sole discretion may determine, in the amount of $169,614.43 (Source Account: XR3026-3700125). 3. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration by $446,651.31 gross, $0 net, for transfer to Artscape projects for the purpose of developing Affordable Housing in Ward 10. 4. City Council direct that the $1,846,651.31 be forwarded to Artscape subject to Artscape signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
CC22.8adopted
On December 5, 2017, the applications were refused by City Council and subsequently appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT") pursuant to s. 22(7) and 34(11) of the Planning Act. On February 16, 2018, the applicant submitted a revised proposal which involved the expansion of the site to include the property at 64 Wellesley Street East. A Request for Directions report dated April 24, 2018 was adopted by Toronto and East York Community Council and City Council to continue to oppose the applications at the LPAT. On or around February 28, 2020, the applicant submitted drawings in support of a further revised proposal on a with prejudice basis. The revised proposal is for a mixed use building that wraps around the existing City lane (Dapper Lane). The eastern half to the site, along Church Street (552-570 Church Street and 66 Wellesley Street East), a 9-storey mixed-use building with commercial and retail uses on the first two floors (1,650 square metres) and residential uses above. To the west of the lane, at 64 Wellesley, the proposal includes the retention of a portion of the heritage building, with the addition of a tall building resulting in a 39 storey mixed-use building (124 metres, plus an 8-metre mechanical penthouse) for a total of 132 metres, with 190 square metres of retail at grade. The total gross floor area of 38,805 square metres (36,980 square metres residential gross floor area; 1,825 square metres of non-residential gross floor area) and a proposed floor space index of 12.62. The development proposes 434 residential units, which include 68 rental replacement units. Ninety-nine parking spaces are proposed (73 residential; 26 visitor). The total gross area of proposed amenity space is 1265 square metres (965 square metres of indoor amenity area; 300 square metres of outdoor amenity area). The proposed Official Plan Amendment has been revised to remove the request to amend Map 18 - Land Use Plan. The request for re-designation of part of the lands from Apartment Neighbourhoods to Mixed Use Areas is no longer being requested. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the eight day LPAT hearing that is scheduled to commence September 8, 2020. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with the appropriate staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing to continue to oppose the applicant's appeal respecting the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application (File 17 210131 STE 27 OZ) for 64-66 Wellesley Street East and 552-570 Church Street, including the City-owned laneway. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to continue to seek revisions to the applications and to continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to resolve issues with the proposal satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and to report back to City Council on the outcome of discussions, if necessary. 3. In the event that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal allows the appeal in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold the issuance of any Order(s) until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the final form of the Official Plan Amendments and Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and amongst other matters include: i. securing replacement rental dwelling units and rents, tenant relocation and assistance and any other rental housing related matters at least in conformity with Housing Policy 3.2.1.6 of the Official Plan, and the owner has entered into and registered a Section 37 Agreement with the City incorporating such replacement rental dwelling units, securing rents, tenant relocation and assistance, any other rental housing related matters and other section 37 matters, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and ii. the requirement for appropriate matters, services and facilities to be provided by the owner at the owner's expense pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act and any other matters necessary to support the development; b. the owner has entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 64 Wellesley Street East in accordance with an approved Conservation Plan, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, including execution and registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; c. the owner has applied for and obtained approval for alterations to the heritage property at 64 Wellesley Street East under section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act; d. City Council has dealt with a future Rental Housing Demolition application under Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act to demolish the existing rental dwelling units on the property and such matters arising from the future Rental Housing Demolition Application have been secured in a Section 111 Agreement to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and registered on title to the site to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; e. the owner has provided a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report and supporting documents, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; f. the owner has designed and provided financial securities for any upgrades and/or required improvements to municipal infrastructure in connection with the accepted Functional Servicing Report, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades to such infrastructure are required to support this development; g. the owner has entered into and executed a Section 37 Agreement securing such matters, services and facilities to be provided by the owner at the owner's own expense pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act and any other matters necessary to support the development all satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and registered on title to the lands satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and h. the owner withdraws the owner's appeals of Official Plan Amendment 352, and By-laws 1106-2016 and 1107-2016. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and necessary City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.8adopted
Authority is being sought to amend the Approved 2020-2029 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services by $443,457 fully funded by a Section 37 Contribution related to the development application address at 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East. (Source Account: XR3026-3700293) The Sheppard Bridge over Highway 404 is owned by the Ministry of Transportation and it is scheduled to undergo major rehabilitation work starting in 2023. The Section 37 contribution from the 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East development will allow for permanent public realm improvements on the North side of the bridge. The construction will be undertaken by the Ministry of Transportation and this approach maximizes cost efficiency and enhances the level of improvements to be undertaken.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020-2029 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services, on a one-time basis, by approving total project costs of $443,457.16 gross, $0 debt, and cash flow commitments of $76,397.96 in 2020 and $367,059.20 in 2023, fully funded by Section 37 funds related to the development at 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East (Source Account: XR3026-3700293), for administrative, design and construction costs of the public realm improvements on the Sheppard Bridge over Highway 404.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor John Filion, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020-2029 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services, on a one-time basis, by approving total project costs of $443,457.16 gross, $0 debt, and cash flow commitments of $76,397.96 in 2020 and $367,059.20 in 2023, fully funded by Section 37 funds related to the development at 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East (Source Account: XR3026-3700293), for administrative, design and construction costs of the public realm improvements on the Sheppard Bridge over Highway 404.
CC22.9adopted
Port Lands Official Plan Modification Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Appeals - Request for Direction
The Port Lands Official Plan Modification (the "Port Lands OPM" or "OPM") was endorsed by City Council in December of 2017. The Port Lands OPM modifies OPA 257, referred to as the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan (the "CWSP"). OPA 257 was an amendment to the former City of Toronto Official Plan. The CWSP was appealed in 2003 and is not yet in force for the Port Lands geography. Several appellants of the CWSP, including public agencies, existing industries, and private owners with development aspirations, have raised issues with the Port Lands OPM. A six-week hearing for the Port Lands OPM is scheduled to be heard by the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) commencing on September 1, 2020. This is the first phase of the hearing, which is dealing only with land use and transportation issues. Subsequent hearing phases will address the balance of the issues. The purpose of this report is to seek instructions that would potentially resolve or narrow the scope of some issues for the hearing. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on June 29 and 30, 2020 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices B and C to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as they contain information that is subject to solicitor-client and settlement privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council endorse the Proposed Policy Modifications as outlined in the Proposed Policy Modifications Table, Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any other City staff to support the Proposed Policy Modifications at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing of the Port Lands Official Plan Modification appeals. 3. City Council endorse the Goods Movement Settlement Proposal as outlined in Confidential Appendix B to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 4. City Council endorse the CRH Commissioners Street right-of-way Settlement Proposal as outlined in Confidential Appendix C to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to execute Minutes of Settlement with the Toronto Port Authority, Lafarge Canada Inc. and CRH Canada Group Inc. as required to implement Parts 3 and 4 above. 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any other City staff to take such further actions as necessary to give effect to City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices B and C to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain information that is subject to solicitor-client and settlement privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices B and C to the report (June 19, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations and Confidential Appendix A, once adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that the remainder of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices B and C are to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as they contain information that is subject to solicitor-client and settlement privilege.