Executive Committee
The full agenda, as filed
All 16 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
EX14.1amended
CaféTO - Increasing Outdoor Dining Space for Toronto Restaurants and Bars
The restaurant industry is an essential contributor to the life and vitality of Toronto's streets and has been particularly affected as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic closures. When they are permitted to re-open, it is expected that restaurants and bars in Toronto will be under considerable occupancy constraints to ensure physical distancing requirements in their establishments can be met. The City of Toronto is uniquely positioned to support local businesses and their employees during this difficult transition by allowing the expeditious and wide-spread roll-out of café extensions in the public right-of-way, while waiving the fees that normally accompany this process. Other jurisdictions worldwide that have begun their recovery processes have employed similar strategies. This measured, common-sense approach encourages our collective economic revival, protects and supports our business community, maintains public safety and animates our main streets. In order to achieve this goal, a primary requirement is to pause certain elements of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays, which sets out a permitting system for sidewalk cafés, a term which includes parklet cafés. Parklet cafés are located in the closed curb lane and are referred to as "curb lane/parklet cafés" in this report.
The Executive Committee recommend that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to establish a program to allow for the review, approval and installation of sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes from no earlier than July 1, 2020 to no later than November 15, 2020, inclusive, without applicants having to comply with certain requirements of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays. In establishing such a program, the General Manager shall consider: a. which requirements from Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays should apply to sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets installed for the 2020 café season from no earlier than July 1, 2020 to no later than November 15, 2020 inclusive; b. establishing appropriate guidelines for the General Manager, Transportation Services to review and approve sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes; c. establishing appropriate indemnification and insurance requirements to protect the City; d. advice from the Medical Officer of Health to ensure the health and safety of all persons using sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes; and e. defining location, materials, usage, maintenance and removal requirements for sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes to ensure the health and safety of all users of City highways. 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to approve applications to install and maintain sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes for a term beginning no earlier than July 1, 2020 and ending no later than November 15, 2020 where the application complies with the program adopted by the General Manager, Transportation Services, under Recommendation 1 above, and where the approval conflicts with Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays, the approval of the General Manager shall prevail to the extent of the conflict. 3. City Council waive fees required under Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays, Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use of, and Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, for any sidewalk, curb lane/parklet café or public parklet approved by the General Manager, Transportation Services under the program described in Recommendation 1 above. 4. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, to delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services until November 15, 2020 the authority to temporarily close to vehicular traffic the curb lanes or any portion thereof on any highway (with the exception of those highways listed in section 937-4) for a period up to and including 138 consecutive days from July 1, 2020 to November 15, 2020, inclusive, for the purpose of permitting a curb lane/parklet café or public parklet approved by the General Manager, Transportation Services under the program described in Recommendation 1 above, and to exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services in carrying out this delegation from Section 937-5 of Chapter 937. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor in order to give effect to the reasonable operation of sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes as described in the report (June 8, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services. 6. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the July 13, 2020 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee on a draft temporary use by-law pursuant to Section 39 of the Planning Act, to amend on a temporary basis zoning regulations respecting outdoor patios located in front of buildings and ancillary to eating establishments and take-out eating establishments and that Notice for Public Meeting be given in accordance with the regulations of the Planning Act. 7. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate and enter into a non-competitive agreement with Upper Canada Road Services Inc. in the amount of $3,083,854 (net of HST recoveries) for the supply, delivery, installation, and warranty of pavement markings, signage, planters and other traffic dividers / public realm beautification elements, and traffic control associated with installation of the previously reported on ActiveTO initiative (which would include the CaféTO program) for the Destination Danforth project approved by Council on May 28, 2020 (Item CC21.20 headed "Cycling Network Plan Installations: Bloor West Bikeway Extension amd ActiveTO Projects") until December 31, 2021, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 8. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, when approving a sidewalk café, curb lane/parklet café or public parklet under the CaféTO program, to confirm that the City of Toronto does not object to the temporary physical extension of liquor sales under section 97(2) of regulation 719 under the Liquor Licence Act for that approved area and to withdraw this confirmation if the operator of a sidewalk café, curb lane/parklet café or public parklet, in the opinion of the General Manager, subsequently fails to comply with the CaféTO program, applicable City by-laws or policies, or orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. 9. City Council confirm that it does not object to the temporary physical extension of liquor sales under section 97(2) of regulation 719 under the Liquor Licence Act for an outdoor patio located on private property that is permitted under applicable zoning by-law(s) in the City of Toronto, including any temporary use zoning by-law adopted by Council. 10. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to withdraw the non-objection under Recommendation 9 above, if the operator of an outdoor patio, in the opinion of the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, subsequently fails to comply with applicable zoning by-law(s) (including any temporary use zoning by-law adopted by Council, applicable City by-laws or policies, or orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. 11. City Council direct that operators of sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés and public parklets approved under the CaféTO program: a. where the café or parklet area is located on a local road, must ensure that the café or parklet is closed and cleared of customers by 11 p.m.; or b. where hours of operation have been imposed previously by Community Council for an existing café or parklet area, must ensure that both the existing and the extended café or parklet areas are operated in accordance with the Community Council-imposed hours of operation despite Recommendation 11. a. above. 12. City Council direct that where conditions other than hours of operation have been imposed previously by Community Council for an existing café or parklet area, operators of sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés and public parklets approved under the CaféTO program must ensure that both the existing and the extended café or parklet areas are operated in accordance with the Community Council-imposed conditions. 13. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with other relevant City Officials, to consider alternatives which could be made available to those businesses which would have a transit stop in front of their businesses. 14. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to examine ways in which businesses on the Danforth can participate in the CaféTO Program on a date earlier than might otherwise be the case due to the installation of planned bike lanes. 15. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to consider financially supporting eating establishments in the CaféTO Program which are not included in areas represented by Business Improvement Areas.
Staff recommendation as filed
The General Manager, Transportation Services, General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Chief Purchasing Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management recommend that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to establish a program to allow for the review, approval and installation of sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes from no earlier than July 1, 2020 to no later than November 15, 2020, inclusive, without applicants having to comply with certain requirements of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays. In establishing such a program, the General Manager shall consider: a. which requirements from Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays should apply to sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets installed for the 2020 café season from no earlier than July 1, 2020 to no later than November 15, 2020 inclusive; b. establishing appropriate guidelines for the General Manager, Transportation Services to review and approve sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes; c. establishing appropriate indemnification and insurance requirements to protect the City; d. advice from the Medical Officer of Health to ensure the health and safety of all persons using sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes; and e. defining location, materials, usage, maintenance and removal requirements for sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes to ensure the health and safety of all users of City highways. 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to approve applications to install and maintain sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes for a term beginning no earlier than July 1, 2020 and ending no later than November 15, 2020 where the application complies with the program adopted by the General Manager, Transportation Services, under Recommendation 1, and where the approval conflicts with Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays, the approval of the General Manager shall prevail to the extent of the conflict. 3. City Council waive fees required under Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing Displays, Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use of, and Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, for any sidewalk, curb lane/parklet café or public parklet approved by the General Manager, Transportation Services under the program described in Recommendation 1. 4. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, to delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services until November 15, 2020 the authority to temporarily close to vehicular traffic the curb lanes or any portion thereof on any highway (with the exception of those highways listed in section 937-4) for a period up to and including 138 consecutive days from July 1, 2020 to November 15, 2020, inclusive, for the purpose of permitting a curb lane/parklet café or public parklet approved by the General Manager, Transportation Services under the program described in Recommendation 1, and to exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services in carrying out this delegation from Section 937-5 of Chapter 937. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor in order to give effect to the reasonable operation of sidewalk cafés, curb lane/parklet cafés or public parklets with areas denoted for physical distancing purposes as described in the report (June 8, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services. 6. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the July 13, 2020 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee on a draft temporary use by-law pursuant to Section 39 of the Planning Act, to amend on a temporary basis zoning regulations respecting outdoor patios located in front of buildings and ancillary to eating establishments and take-out eating establishments and that Notice for Public Meeting be given in accordance with the regulations of the Planning Act. 7. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate and enter into a non-competitive agreement with Upper Canada Road Services Inc. in the amount of $3,083,854 (net of HST recoveries) for the supply, delivery, installation, and warranty of pavement markings, signage, planters and other traffic dividers / public realm beautification elements, and traffic control associated with installation of the previously reported on ActiveTO initiative (which would include the CaféTO program) for the Destination Danforth project approved by Council on May 28, 2020 (item CC21.20 headed "Cycling Network Plan Installations: Bloor West Bikeway Extension amd ActiveTO Projects") until December 31, 2021, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
EX14.2amended
City Council on January 29, 2020, referred Item CC14.4 to the Executive Committee for further consideration. Provincial legislation requires City Council to review and update the Investment Policy on an annual basis as required. Since January 1, 2018, the City's long-term investments have been managed by the Toronto Investment Board under a new Council adopted Investment Policy which is based on the prudent investor standard. Changes to the Investment Policy are reviewed and adopted by Toronto Investment Board before they are brought forward to City Council. This report also responds to Council direction to review and report on sections of the Investment Policy with regard to Environmental, Social, and Governance factors and makes recommendations to enhance these sections. The Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer along with other City staff have consulted with several stakeholders and subject matter experts with regard to Environmental, Social, and Governance and climate change. Additional consultations were made with the Toronto Investment Board and The Atmospheric Fund following the direction by Council in October 2019. This report makes a recommendation to add a section to allow for the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to accept minor variations of the City's Investment Policy when compared to the standard terms in the policies of pooled funds (and other types of funds). These funds are allowed by the current legislation and would be reviewed and selected by Toronto Investment Board. The report makes a recommendation to the Real Assets section of the Investment Policy to allow for the Real Estate sub-component to change its geographic focus to a North American/Global basis. This change would provide greater liquidity and transparency. In addition, widening the geographical scope provides more options and flexibility to improve the risk and return profile.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council approve the following amendments to the City Council-approved Investment Policy (Policy) and adopt the amended Policy as shown in Attachment 1 to the report (January 21, 2020) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer: a. the Investment Beliefs (Section 2.2) be enhanced to include recognition of Environment, Social and Governance factors as material to risk/return outcomes; b. the Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors (Section 6.6) be strengthened by having investment managers consider the United Nations' 17 sustainable development goals which includes climate change, and that these investment managers have a process that integrates Environment, Social and Governance in the analysis and on-going review of the assets under management; c. Long Term Fund and Sinking Fund Long Term Constraints (Section 3.2 (b)) to add a subsection named "Investments in Pooled Funds, Mutual Funds, and other similar products", to allow the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, at their discretion, to accept minor variations of the City's Investment Policy when compared to the standard terms in the policies of these funds; d. Asset Mix Guidelines (Section 2.4 (b)) and Real Asset Portfolio Constraints (Section 3.2 (b)(iii)) such that references in the Real Assets sub-category to "Canadian Core" and "Global Core" be replaced with "North American/Global Core"; and e. references to the Chief Financial Officer be updated to reflect the current title of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. 2. City Council request the Toronto Investment Board and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to develop a process to monitor and report on external investment firms hired by the City are compliant with the terms of the Investment Policy governing Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors and that the information and data regarding climate change risk from these reviews be reported to City Council semi-annually.
EX14.3adopted
Transfer of Ownership of James Pearse House and Execution of the Toronto Zoo Tripartite Agreement
This report recommends City Council approve the request of the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo, made at its May 25, 2020 meeting (Item ZB9.3), to enter into an agreement with the Rouge Valley Foundation to transfer ownership of James Pearse House ("Pearse House") to the Foundation. Pearse House is located at 1749 Meadowvale Road, on land that is currently licensed by the Toronto Zoo from Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. In the course of negotiating the new Tripartite Agreement amongst Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the Zoo Board and the City, the Zoo Board confirmed that this land was surplus to the Zoo's operations and was available to be transferred by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to Parks Canada for inclusion in the Rouge National Urban Park. Once ownership of Pearse House is vested in the Foundation and the new Tripartite Agreement is signed, the City of Toronto and the Zoo Board will have no future obligation or liability in respect of Pearse House or the subject land. The Foundation will be responsible for securing a new ground lease from Parks Canada, for which negotiations are already underway. Determining responsibility for Pearse House is the final issue to be resolved before the new Tripartite Agreement can be signed between the City, the Zoo Board and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, which permits the Zoo to continue to operate on Toronto and Region Conservation Authority land with revised boundaries. In 2013, City Council recommended a review of the existing Tripartite Agreement, and in 2014 authorized the City to enter into a new Tripartite Agreement as part of the conditions related to the establishment of the Rouge National Urban Park. Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo have also authorized execution of the amended Tripartite Agreement. The execution of the Tripartite Agreement allows the transfer of Toronto and Region Conservation Authority-owned lands in the vicinity of the Toronto Zoo to Parks Canada for inclusion in the Rouge National Urban Park to proceed. This is in accordance with a 2014 Memorandum of Agreement between Parks Canada, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the cities of Toronto, Markham and Pickering and regional municipalities of York and Durham to assemble and transfer lands required to create the Rouge National Urban Park. Under the same Memorandum of Agreement, the City can proceed with final steps required to transfer designated City lands to Parks Canada for the Rouge National Urban Park.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council approve the request of the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo, made at its meeting of May 25, 2020, that the City of Toronto enter into an agreement with the Rouge Valley Foundation that vests ownership of Pearse House to the Rouge Valley Foundation for nominal consideration and releases the City of Toronto and the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo from all future associated obligations and liabilities, in a form satisfactory to the City Manager, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and City Solicitor, and to provide the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo with a fully executed copy of the agreement.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Manager recommends that: 1. City Council approve the request of the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo, made at its meeting of May 25, 2020, that the City of Toronto enter into an agreement with the Rouge Valley Foundation that vests ownership of Pearse House to the Rouge Valley Foundation for nominal consideration and releases the City of Toronto and the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo from all future associated obligations and liabilities, in a form satisfactory to the City Manager, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and City Solicitor, and to provide the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo with a fully executed copy of the agreement.
EX14.4amended
Eligibility Criteria for the City's Property Tax, Water and Solid Waste Relief and Rebate Programs
As requested by City Council, this report reviews the feasibility and implications of amending the eligibility criteria for the City's property tax, water and solid waste relief and rebate programs, to ensure that low-income residents, who otherwise meet the eligibility criteria, are not disqualified in cases where a co-owner is registered on title to the property but does not reside at the property. The report also provides a financial impact analysis and implications of increasing the current maximum household income thresholds that establish eligibility for the property tax increase cancellation and deferral programs, and the water rebate and solid waste relief programs.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council amend the low-income senior and low-income disabled person property tax cancellation and deferral, water and solid waste relief and rebate programs by amending the definition of "eligible property" for each program to also allow for property ownership by an eligible person, or their spouse, widow or estate, as applicable, together with another person, or persons, who do not reside at the eligible property, and to amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 767, Taxation, Property Tax, Chapter 844, Waste Collection, Residential Properties and Chapter 849, Water and Sewage Services and Utility Bill accordingly. 2. City Council increase the Household Income Threshold from $41,228 to $45,000 for the Property Tax Increase Cancellation Program, as the increase which would otherwise have been determined by existing Council policy for 2020 and 2021.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer recommends that: 1. City Council amend the low-income senior and low-income disabled person property tax cancellation and deferral, water and solid waste relief and rebate programs by amending the definition of "eligible property" for each program to also allow for property ownership by an eligible person, or their spouse, widow or estate, as applicable, together with another person, or persons, who do not reside at the eligible property, and to amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 767, Taxation, Property Tax, Chapter 844, Waste Collection, Residential Properties and Chapter 849, Water and Sewage Services and Utility Bill accordingly.
EX14.5adopted
Municipal Land Transfer Tax Rebate for First-Time Home Buyers
City Council directed the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to report to the April 1, 2020 City Council Meeting on opportunities to provide First-Time Home Buyer with greater relief from the Municipal Land Transfer Tax. This includes the maximum price eligibility threshold of $400,000 to reflect increased home prices in Toronto. The rebate offsets the tax on up to $400,000 of the purchase price.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council receive the report (June 8, 2020) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for information.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Financial Officer recommends that: 1. City Council receive this report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for information.
EX14.6adopted
Appointment of Administrator under the Ontario Works Act, 1997
The purpose of this report is to appoint Tom Azouz, General Manager, Toronto Employment and Social Services as the City of Toronto's Administrator for the purposes of the Ontario Works Act, 1997.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council appoint Tom Azouz as administrator for the purposes of the Ontario Works Act, 1997, (the "Act") effective February 24, 2020. 2. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, on behalf of City Council, to request approval from the Director of Ontario Works, Ministry of Community and Social Services for such appointment, as required under Section 43 of the Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services recommends that: 1. City Council appoint Tom Azouz as administrator for the purposes of the Ontario Works Act, 1997, (the "Act") effective February 24, 2020. 2. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, on behalf of City Council, to request approval from the Director of Ontario Works, Ministry of Community and Social Services for such appointment, as required under Section 43 of the Act.
EX14.7adopted
Solid Waste Management Services 2019 Year End Capital Budget and 2020-2028 Capital Plan Adjustments
This report requests City Council's authority to amend Solid Waste Management Services' Council Approved 2019 Capital Budget and 2020-2028 Capital Plan to reallocate project costs and cash flow to align with project progress and expenditures. The adjustments will have a zero dollar impact on the 2019 Council Approved Capital Budget and 2020-2028 Capital Plan and will align the budget and plan with Solid Waste Management Services' capital project delivery schedule and program requirements.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the reallocation of 2019 cash flows in Solid Waste Management Services' Council Approved 2019 Capital Budget and 2020-2028 Capital Plan in the amount of $1,428,969, from projects that have been under budget or delayed to those requiring additional funding, as presented in Attachment 1 to the report (June 3, 2020) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, with a net zero Budget impact.
Staff recommendation as filed
The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the reallocation of 2019 cash flows in Solid Waste Management Services' Council Approved 2019 Capital Budget and 2020-2028 Capital Plan in the amount of $1,428,969, from projects that have been under budget or delayed to those requiring additional funding, as presented in Attachment 1, with a net zero Budget impact.
EX14.8amended
Toronto Transit Commission Status Update - Anti-Racism Strategy and Ombudsman Recommendations
At its meeting on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 the Toronto Transit Commission Board considered the report (February 25, 2020) from the Chief People Officer, Toronto Transit Commission titled "Toronto Transit Commission Status Update - Anti-Racism Strategy and Ombudsman Recommendations". The Board approved the recommendations in the subject report, as follows: It is recommended that the Toronto Transit Commission Board: 1. Receive this report for information. 2. Forward this report to the City of Toronto Executive Committee in response to Item CC9.2 - Ombudsman Toronto Enquiry Report: Review of the Toronto Transit Commission's Investigation of a February 18, 2018 Incident Involving Transit Fare Inspectors. In accordance with Recommendation 2 above, this item is forwarded for the consideration of the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to direct the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission to: a. report back to the Executive Committee with an update and a projected date for final completion of the Toronto Transit Commission Anti-Racism Strategy in the first quarter of 2021; and b. release all ongoing data collected through its Anti-Racism Strategy to the City of Toronto Open Data Portal in compliance with the Data Standards for the Identification and Monitoring of Systemic Racism, also known as Ontario's Anti-Racism Data Standards (Standards) which were established to help identify and monitor systemic racism and racial disparities within the public sector.
EX14.9referred
On the evening of March 16, 1988, a horrific poisonous gas attack took place on the people of Halabja - for five hours a chemical attack was launched against the Kurdish people by Saddam Hussein. During the attack, more than 5,000 people lost their lives and more than 7,000 were injured and many more suffered lasting effects from birth defects, cancers and post-traumatic stress disorder. This attack was officially defined, in 2010, by the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal as a genocidal massacre against Kurdish people in Iraq and was the largest chemical weapons attack directed against a civilian-populated area in history. During Saddam Hussein's Anfal campaign (which included the gas attack against the City of Halabja), where mostly Kurdish people were targeted, it is estimated that 182,000 people were killed but the number could be much higher. In Canada, Kurdish immigration is largely the result of the constant wars and suppression of Kurds and Shiites by the Iraqi government and many have come to Toronto to live a more peaceful life. The Kurdish community is increasing in number and has become a vibrant part of Toronto's multicultural makeup. Toronto is one of the most diverse and multicultural rich cities in the world and it is because of this inclusivity that people around the work immigrate here. Toronto has become a model where all cultures, faiths and beliefs are respected and accepted. We strive to support, celebrate and acknowledge our diverse communities, which is why this Motion is important to show that Toronto City Council, together with the Kurdish Community, acknowledge these horrific events. By raising the Kurdish flag, we are remembering those who were killed, wounded or maimed during the Anfal campaign and stand together to ensure that these types of crimes against humanity never happen again.
The Executive Committee: 1. Referred the item to the City Clerk and requested the City Clerk to report to the Executive Committee no later than the first quarter of 2021 on a comprehensive review of the City's flag raising policy and related policies, including consultation with community, City Divisions, other orders of government and members of Council to more effectively respond to the needs of Toronto's diverse communities and to ensure that they are recognized in meaningful ways.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jim Karygiannis, seconded by Councillor Gary Crawford, recommends that: 1. In recognition of the Halabja chemical attack, City Council amend the City of Toronto Flag Raising Policy to allow the Kurdish Flag to be raised every year in March, close to the commemoration day, at any courtesy flag pole in the City of Toronto to remember the 5,000 killed, the 10,000 injured during this horrific attack and the 182,000 plus killed during the Anfal campaign and to bring awareness so that these crimes against humanity never happen again.
EX14.10amended
Open Data - Cycling and Infrastructure Programs - Bike Share Ridership
City Council on January 29, 2020, referred Administrative Inquiry IA14.2 from Councillor Paul Ainslie, Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood regarding Open Data-Cycling and Infrastructure Program - Bike Share Ridership, and Answer IA14.2a from the Acting President, Toronto Parking Authority, to the Executive Committee for consideration.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Toronto Parking Authority Board of Directors to direct the President, Toronto Parking Authority to release immediately, on a monthly basis in a suitable data format,all relevant ridership information for Bike Share Toronto to the Toronto Open Data Portal. Each dataset to include: a. trip duration (seconds)all; b. start and end date and time; c. start and end station name, ID, latitude, longitude; d. bike identification number e. user type ("Customer" = 24-hour or 7-day pass user; "Subscriber" = annual member); f. gender (0=unknown; 1=male; 2=female) g. year of birth; and h. datasets include only trips taken by customers from publicly available stations that are longer than 60 seconds in duration. 2. City Council request the City Manager to work with the appropriate City Officials to develop compliance standards to ensure that Open Data sets are made available on a basis consistent with the City's established policy and report back to the Executive Committee no later than the third quarter of 2020. 3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the Executive Committee no later than the first quarter of 2021 on the use of the bike storage facility at Toronto City Hall.
EX14.11amended
At its meeting on February 11, 2020, the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee considered Item AA3.3: City of Toronto's Response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and made recommendations to City Council through the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health and the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to report to the Executive Committee in the first quarter of 2021 on the implementation of an Indigenous community-led pilot project, overseen by the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council and Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, to address community safety, harm reduction, conflict and crisis response, and peacekeeping from an Indigenous-led perspective, as outlined in Communication AA3.3.1 from the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council. 2. City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, in consultation with relevant staff, to report to the Budget Committee for consideration in the 2021 budget on the establishment of a permanent City of Toronto "Calls to Justice" Office, as outlined in Communication AA3.3.2 from Andrea Chrisjohn, Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee member.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health and the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to report to the appropriate Committee on the implementation of an Indigenous community-led pilot project, overseen by the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council and Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, to address community safety, harm reduction, conflict and crisis response, and peacekeeping from an Indigenous-led perspective, as outlined in Communication AA3.3.1 from the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council. 2. City Council request the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, in consultation with relevant staff, to report to the appropriate Committee on the establishment of a permanent City of Toronto "Calls to Justice" Office, as outlined in Communication AA3.3.2 from Andrea Chrisjohn, Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee member.
EX14.12adopted
CreateTO 2019 Financial Results and Annual Report
At its meeting on April 24, 2020, the Board of Directors of CreateTO considered Item RA12.5 and made recommendations to City Council through the Executive Committee. As the City of Toronto's real estate agency, CreateTO manages the City's real estate portfolio, develops City buildings and lands for municipal purposes and delivers client-focused real estate solutions to City Divisions, Agencies and Corporations. For the year ending December 31, 2019, CreateTO generated revenue of $12.49 million, had expenditures of $12.49 million, and net income of $0.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council receive the 2019 Annual Report, in Attachment 2 to the report (April 16, 2020) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO for information. 2. City Council approve the 2019 Audited Financial Statements in Attachment 3 to the report (April 16, 2020) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Board of Directors of CreateTO recommends that: 1. City Council receive for information the 2019 Annual Report, in Attachment 2 to the report (April 16, 2020) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO. 2. City Council approve the 2019 Audited Financial Statements in Attachment 3 to the report (April 16, 2020) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO.
EX14.13amended
Update on Future of Ontario Place and Exhibition Place
At its meeting of February 11, 2020, the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place considered Item EP9.6: Exhibition Master Plan - Update and made a recommendation to City Council through the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Manager and the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to report to the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place as well as to the Board of Directors of the Canadian National Exhibition Association with an update, when appropriate, on the strategy being developed jointly with the Province of Ontario to plan the future of Ontario Place and Exhibition Place, as set out in part 1 of EX5.1 - Ontario Place/Exhibition Place Revitalization, as it relates to the development of the Exhibition Place Master Plan.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Manager and the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to report to the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place with an update, when appropriate, on the strategy being developed jointly with the Province of Ontario to plan the future of Ontario Place and Exhibition Place, as set out in part 1 of EX5.1 - Ontario Place/Exhibition Place Revitalization, as it relates to the development of the Exhibition Place Master Plan.
EX14.14amended
Persons with Disabilities Poverty Reduction Action Plan
At its meeting on February 3, 2020, the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee considered Item DI7.2: Toronto Poverty Reduction Strategy 2019-2022 Action Plan - Update and made a recommendation to the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee: 1. Requested the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, to engage persons with disabilities while developing implementation plans for the 2019-2022 Poverty Reduction Strategy Action Plan activities to ensure that initiatives appropriately consider the specific experiences and barriers that persons with disabilities face, particularly within the context of the City's COVID 19 recovery and rebuild efforts, and to report back to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee in the fourth quarter of 2020 with the request that any recommendations arising from such consultations be forwarded to the 2021 Budget process.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee recommends that: 1. The Executive Committee request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services to report to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee in the fourth quarter of 2020 on developing a Persons with Disabilities Poverty Reduction Action Plan.
EX14.15amended
Toronto Police Service - Establishing Places of Worship Security Task Force
At its meeting held on November 21, 2019, the Toronto Police Services Board was in receipt of a report from Chief Mark Saunders dated October 31, 2019 with regard to the City of Toronto Council Decisions - Establish Places of Worship Security Task Force.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Director, Office Of Emergency Management to work with Provincial and Federal counterparts to develop and implement preventative and strategic response plans for potential threats and actual attacks on places of worship such that local places of worship can be a partner in the preventative approach. Such strategy should include but not be restricted to: a. consulting with various police forces and public security services for knowledge transfer and best practices for preventing attacks and saving lives during an attack on a place of worship; b. to engage faith groups and/or their representative organizations for scenario building and safety implementation strategies; c. to create working training modules and implementation strategies so that willing and participating religious institutions can implement best practices to keep their buildings secure and congregants safe; and d. updating and modernizing any existing emergency management policies that might be helpful in this strategy.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Toronto Police Services Board recommends that: 1. The Executive Committee receive the report (October 31, 2019) from the Chief of Police for information.
EX14.16amended
Immediate and Transformational Change in Ontario's Long Term Care Homes - COVID-19 Pandemic
I am writing to request that the Committee consider the accompanying recommendations to support bringing about transformational change in long term care homes in Toronto, and across our province, to address the tragedies we continue to witness as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. I understand that you have asked City Staff for a review of our City of Toronto operated homes to ensure that all necessary steps are being taken. However, to better care for and protect long term care staff and residents now, and help ensure that outbreaks of this magnitude never happens again, please consider the following three requests to the provincial government: 1. Immediate changes made to the level and quality of care in long term care homes, with respect to pandemic relief: Additional supports for staff and residents are needed now to stem the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes, but is not limited to: - greater access to personal protective equipment; - improved screening and increased testing; - other improvements made to supply, capacity and infection control measures; - following Alberta's lead, in homes that have zero recorded outbreaks, each resident should be granted an essential visitor when it is deemed safe, which would contribute to and improve residents' quality of life; and - for homes that are unfortunately experiencing an outbreak, greater access to technology is needed, so residents can connect with their loved ones more often, given that loneliness and isolation can directly impact one's health and longevity. 2. Initiate an independent, objective and impartial Inquiry into Ontario's long-term care homes, including those operated by the City of Toronto: In July 2019, a long-term care homes public inquiry on the safety and security of residents ( https://longtermcareinquiry.ca/en/ ) was established to inquire into the events which led to, and allowed, offences committed by a registered nurse working in a long-term care home. While the recommendations tabled in the report are paramount to improving safety and security of residents in our homes, they do not consider lessons from a pandemic that had yet to occur. That's why, an independent, objective and impartial Inquiry is necessary to address the growing number of outbreaks and deaths recorded in homes across our Province. This Inquiry should not be partisan nor punitive. Rather, the focus should be uncovering systemic issues and gaps that led to the issues we are currently facing. An Inquiry, as opposed to a Commission, offers additional investigative tools, resources and a transparent process. The tragedies suffered by long term care residents, and their families, merits nothing less. However, if the Province moves forward with a commission, the City of Toronto should play a supportive and constructive role towards one that is transparent, effective and successfully leads to improvements of all Ontario Long Term Care homes. As the operator of 10 publicly funded long term care homes, the City of Toronto should be an active participant in this review. We should be open, accountable and meaningfully contribute to ensuring that lessons are learned and best practices are shared. As a public operator, it will be beneficial to compare and contrast our experience and outcomes with that of private and non-profit long term care providers. 3. Culture Change: Adopt emotion-centered approaches to care into Ontario's Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 and Ontario Regulation 79/10 In the midst of this pandemic, we cannot lose sight of the importance of planning for our future. In Toronto, we have led with an initiative (Item CC21.20 headed "Seniors Services and Long-Term Care Implementation Plan and Update" available at http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2019.EC10.8 ) to create emotion-centered approaches to care in our City's 10 long-term care homes. This approach should be adopted in homes across our Province with an update to the care standards as outlined in Ontario's Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 ( https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/07l08#top )and Ontario Regulation 79/10 ( https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/100079 ). Emotion-centred approaches to care have proven to benefit residents through reductions in unintended weight loss, falls, negative responsive behaviors, the use of anti-psychotics and cost-savings to our healthcare system. In order to successfully incorporate this new approach within our homes, staffing ratios must be increased. This request, which was listed as a recommendation in the 2019 public inquiry , http://longtermcareinquiry.ca/wp-content/uploads/LTCI_Final_Report_Volume1_e.pdf and to be tabled in the legislature this summer, is crucial, as staff shift the focus of their care from a task-based, to an emotion-centred approach. With the increases made to staffing ratios, consideration should also be made to ensure their jobs become less precarious and transient through the forms of better compensation, benefits and ability to work in one home. We owe it to our long term care homes staff and residents, along with their families and friends, to take the necessary steps to ensure that their provided the highest standards of safety and care. Those who we've lost to COVID-19 deserve nothing less than transformational change. Let this be their legacy. Thank you for your consideration.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to immediately provide additional supports for staff and residents now to stem the COVID - 19 pandemic. This includes, but is not limited to: a. greater access to personal protective equipment; b. improved screening and increased testing; c. other improvements made to supply, capacity and infection control measures; d. following Alberta's lead, in homes that have recorded zero outbreaks, each resident should be granted an essential visitor when it is deemed safe, which would contribute to and improve residents' quality of life; and e. for homes that are experiencing an outbreak, greater access to technology is needed, so residents can connect with their loved ones more often. 2. City Council request the Province of Ontario to conduct an independent, objective and impartial Inquiry that is not partisan, nor punitive, but rather focuses on uncovering the systemic issues and gaps in Ontario's long term care homes; and City Council indicate to the Province that the City of Toronto will contribute to the success of the Province's review, regardless of whether it is an inquiry or commission. 3. City Council direct the General Manager, Seniors Services and Long Term Care to actively engage in the province's investigative process- whether by Inquiry, Commission, or other means - into the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario's Long Term Care Homes in order to be transparent, accountable, learn and share best practices. 4. City Council request the Province of Ontario, while focusing on safety, improve quality of care by incorporating "emotion-centered" approaches to care, with commensurate staffing ratio increases, into Ontario's Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 and Ontario Regulation 79/10. That: 5. City Council request the Federal government to immediately provide additional supports for staff and residents now to stem the COVID - 19 pandemic. This includes, but is not limited to: a. a serious bolstering of public-health budgets, including federal health transfers ear-marked specifically for public health; b. careful tracking and maintenance of infectious-disease laboratories in order to keep up with the surge demand during a pandemic; c. better integration and preservation of the National Emergency Stockpile System; d. an overhaul of long-term care homes to include space for quarantine infected residents; and e. systematic funding and regulatory changes such that personal support workers don't need to work in multiple homes to earn a living. 6. City Council request the Federal government to create a National Long Term Care Strategy to fund modern pandemic ready infrastructure, and provide care-giver training and salaries commensurate with the job.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow recommends that: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to immediately provide additional supports for staff and residents now to stem the COVID - 19 pandemic. This includes, but is not limited to: a. greater access to personal protective equipment; b. improved screening and increased testing; c. other improvements made to supply, capacity and infection control measures; d. following Alberta's lead, in homes that have recorded zero outbreaks, each resident should be granted an essential visitor when it is deemed safe, which would contribute to and improve residents' quality of life; and e. for homes that are experiencing an outbreak, greater access to technology is needed, so residents can connect with their loved ones more often. 2. City Council request the Province of Ontario to conduct an independent, objective and impartial Inquiry that is not partisan, nor punitive, but rather focuses on uncovering the systemic issues and gaps in Ontario's long term care homes; and City Council indicate to the Province that the City of Toronto will contribute to the success of the Province's review, regardless of whether it is an inquiry or commission. 3. City Council direct the General Manager, Seniors Services and Long Term Care to actively engage in the province's investigative process- whether by Inquiry, Commission, or other means - into the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario's Long Term Care Homes in order to be transparent, accountable, learn and share best practices. 4. City Council request the Province of Ontario, while focusing on safety, improve quality of care by incorporating "emotion-centered" approaches to care, with commensurate staffing ratio increases, into Ontario's Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 and Ontario Regulation 79/10.