Toronto Music Advisory Committee

The full agenda, as filed

All 2 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.

• MA5.1amended

  COVID-19 Impacts on Toronto's Music Community

  The Chair of the Toronto Music Advisory Committee will lead a discussion with the members of the Committee to identify impacts of COVID-19 on different parts of Toronto's music ecosystem, including areas of urgency and threat, gaps in existing support and resources, and members' recommendations for the City's role in mitigation and recovery across the sector.

  The Toronto Music Advisory Committee: 1. Requested the Co-Chairs to summarize and document the Toronto Music Advisory Committee's concerns and suggestions on mitigating the impacts from COVID-19 to the music sector as well as ideas and strategies for recovery, and submit the communication to Councillor Crawford in his capacity at the Culture Roundtable.

• MA5.2amended

  Strategies for Assisting Live Music Venues - Update

  Staff from Economic Development and Culture will provide an update on the development of a report to City Council, that proposes to assist the long-term sustainability of live music venues, by including them in an expanded Creative Co-Location Facilities Property Tax Subclass. Staff will seek Toronto Music Advisory Committee members' input on the eligibility criteria to identify live music venues for inclusion in this program.

  The Toronto Music Advisory Committee: 1. Endorsed the expansion of the Creative Co-Location Facilities Property Tax Subclasses as a means of providing support to live music venues. 2. Requested the Director, Arts and Culture Services, to finalize the draft eligibility criteria for the Creative Co-Location Facilities Property Tax Subclasses, taking into account input from the Toronto Music Advisory Committee, for submission to City Council at the earliest opportunity to provide support to live music venues in 2020, in recognition of the severity of the impact of COVID-19.