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Table of Contents COUNCIL ACTIONS – QUICK REFERENCE DOCUMENT PLEASE REFER TO THE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENTS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOTIONS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL. TABLE OF CONTENTS REPORTS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES, COMMUNITY COUNCILS, AND OTHER COMMITTEES Considered by The Council of the City of Toronto on May 21, 22 and 23, 2003 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, THE CLAUSES CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING REPORTS WERE APPROVED IN THE FORM ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL: DEFERRED POLICY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT No. 3 CLAUSES Clause Page 5a Temporary Media Signage for Canadian National Exhibition .......................................................................... 1 ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE REPORT No. 2 AMENDED 3b Tenant Outreach Program 2003 Election Tenant Information Program...........................7 ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE REPORT No. 3 DEFERRED Admin. Cte. – 1a Review of the Housing First Policy (All Wards)...................20 1(a) Comm. 1(b) 2 COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT No. 2 DEFERRED 7b Childcare Occupancy Cost Agreements with the Boards of Education....................................................41 COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT No. 3 DEFERRED 8a Update on the Recommendations of the Coroner's Inquest into the Death of Kimberly Rogers and the Provincial Zero Tolerance Policy for Social Assistance Fraud.....................................44 AMENDED Comms. 2(a) 22a Outstanding Hydro Charges – Various & (b) Non-Profit Agencies..........................................................52 WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 3 DEFERRED 3a Pay-As-You Throw Program for the Residential Sector .......62 DEFERRED 17a Introduction of Photo Radar on City of Toronto Streets and Expressways..................................................71 AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT No. 1 Confid. Ag. – 9a SAP Financial and Human Resources/ C.1(a) Payroll Information Systems - Litigation or Post Implementation Review.............................................79 Potential Litigation STRIKING COMMITTEE REPORT No. 2 DEFERRED 2a Appointment of a Member of Council to the Toronto Transit Commission ........................................... 117 POLICY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE NEW REPORT No. 4 REPORTS Clause Page DEFERRED 1 City of Toronto Council Governance Review ........................1 AMENDED 2 Achieving an Improved Legislative Framework for Toronto, "The Right Deal for Toronto is a Great Deal for Ontario"......32 3 "Enough Talk: An Action Plan for the Toronto Region", Report of the Toronto City Summit Alliance........................62 3 4 Canada 25 Report - "Building Up: Making Canada's Cities Magnets for Talent and Engines for Development” ....73 AMENDED EDCT – 10(a) 5 Status of Negotiations between the Parks and Comm. 10(b) Recreation Division and the Toronto District School Board (All Wards) and City Incorporation of Toronto’s School Boards ...................................................76 NOT 6 City of Toronto Support of the GO Transit Capital ADOPTED Growth/Enhancement Program .........................................94 DEFERRED 7 Debenture Issuance-Restructuring of $183.75 Million Provincial Loans ..................................... 102 8 Water Metering and Meter Reading Technology Project, Additional Information ..................................................... 112 9 Complaints Filed with the Assessment Review Board (ARB) by the City for Under-Assessed Properties for "0 Old Finch Avenue" and "0 Toryork Drive" ..................... 117 10 Designation of Certain Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Commuter Parking Lots and the Toronto Coach Terminal as Municipal Capital Facilities ......................................... 120 Bill 387 11 Social Housing Federal Reserve Fund ............................. 124 AMENDED 12 Development Charges By-Law Review Statutory Public Meeting................................................. 131 13 Corporate Sponsorship, Advertising Sales and Donations Policies - Status Report ............................ 134 Confid. Ag. – 14 Yonge/Dundas Redevelopment Project, Settlement of C.2(a) Expropriation Claim, 38-40 Dundas Street East Litigation (Ward 27 - Toronto Centre-Rosedale).............................. 141 15 Pre-Budget Approval for Purchase of Co-Collection Vehicles Related to Continued Implementation of Task Force 2010 Recommendations Scheduled for September 2004 in Toronto (District 1) and Time-Line to Accelerate Organic Waste Recycling City-Wide................................. 141 Confid. Ag. – 16 Outside Counsel - Motel Strip Expropriation Proceedings, C.3(a) Gadzala Properties Litigation (Ward 6 - Lakeshore-Queensway)................................... 145 Bill 389 17 Establishment of Museum and Heritage Services Reserve Fund (All Wards)..................................................................... 146 18 Joint Playground Development in Kew Gardens (Ward 32 - Beaches-East York)....................................... 150 DEFERRED 19 Youth Criminal Justice Act Referral Model........................ 154 4 20 Community Crisis Response Program (CCRP)................. 163 21 Renewal of Community Policing Partnership Program Grant Agreement .............................................. 169 22 Dental Laboratory Services Quotation Request No. 0502-03-0024 ............................................. 172 23 Service Agreement Contracts Awarded and Executed by the Medical Officer of Health....................................... 176 AMENDED 24 Toronto Library Board Composition ................................. 184 25 Composition of the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues .................................... 197 AMENDED Confid. Ag. – 26 Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc. - Assignment of City's C.4(a) & Natural Gas Supply Contract and Related Matters ............ 198 C.4(b) Security of the Property of the Municipality DEFERRED Item (a) 27 Other Items Considered by the Committee....................... 198 (a) Status of Alternative Service Delivery (ASD) Consultation Protocol ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PARKS COMMITTEE REPORT No. 4 Clause Page 1 Creative Places and Spaces Conference (All Wards)............1 AMENDED 2 Aerospace Sector (All Wards) .............................................3 3 2003 Recreation Grants Program Recommendations (All Wards)............................................9 4 Grant Funds for the 2003 Canadian Aboriginal Festival.............................................22 5 2003 Community Festivals and Special Events Grants Recommendations for Community Organizations and Business Improvement Areas (All Wards) ..........................25 6 2003 Grant Recommendations for the Economic Development Sector Initiatives Program (EDSIP) and the Economic Sponsorship Initiatives (ESI) (All Wards)............................32 AMENDED EDCT – 18(a) 7 2003 Cultural Grants Recommendations Major Cultural Organizations (All Wards)............................42 5 8 2003 Arts and Culture Grants Recommendations Local Arts Service Organizations (All Wards)......................47 9 2003 Commercial Research Grant Program Grant Recommendations (All Wards).................................55 10 2003 Arts and Culture Grant The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (RAWF) (Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina).................................................62 11 Museum Grants - Campbell House and Toronto's First Post Office (Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina and Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale) ...................................65 AMENDED EDCT – 17(a) 12 Civic Garden Centre Organizational Name Change (Ward 25 Don Valley West)...............................................68 13 Provision of Soil, Space and Water for Trees (All Wards)...............................................70 14 City of Toronto Economic Overview - 2002 (All Wards).......................................................................76 15 The Toronto Industry Network (All Wards).......................................................................90 16 Servicing and Development of Lands Within the Tapscott Employment District (Ward 42 Scarborough-Rouge River).................................94 17 Intention to Expand the Parkdale Village Business Improvement Area Boundary (Ward 14 Parkdale-High Park)......................................... 101 Bill 358 18 Appointments to the Eglinton Way, St. Clair Gardens, Kennedy Road and Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area Boards of Management (Wards 16, 17, 22, 27, 37 and 40).................................... 106 Bill 378 19 Name Change for the Church-Wellesley Business Improvement Area (BIA) (Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale)................................ 114 20 TEDCO's Undertaking for Economic Development Initiatives (All Wards)..................................................................... 119 21 Other Items Considered by the Committee....................... 121 6 PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT No. 6 Clause Page Bill 425 1 Delivery of the Ambassador Taxicab Training Course and Appropriate Fees .........................................................1 Bill 356 2 Cell Phone Usage by Taxicab Drivers ..................................5 AMENDED Bill 426 3 Hawker/Pedlars - Proposed Exemption for Event Ticket Sellers ...................................................................10 AMENDED 4 Graffiti Transformation Grants Program: 2003 Recommendations ...................................................18 5 Liquor and Business Licences - Revocation of Licences and Closure Orders .......................23 DEFERRED Confid. Ag. – 6 Approval of City of Toronto Official Plan C.10(a) File
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