City of Toronto Council Minutes May 18, 19 and 20, 2004
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CITY OF TORONTO COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 18, 19 AND 20, 2004 CITY CLERK Guide to the Council Minutes The Council minutes record the proceedings and decisions of the City Council meeting. The Council minutes consist of the following: $ City Council meeting minutes and attachments to the minutes, such as new staff reports not considered by a Standing Committee or Community Council (this document) $ Appendix A - Standing Committee and Community Council Reports as adopted by City Council (available through the City Clerk=s Office) $ Appendix B - By-laws enacted by City Council (available through the City Clerk=s Office) Organization of Minutes The minutes are organized in the following order: C Confirmation of Minutes C Petitions and Enquiries C Presentation of Reports C Declarations of Interest C Consideration of Reports C Notices of Motions C Bills and By-laws C Official Recognitions C Motions to Vary Order or Waive Procedure C Attendance C Attachments Reference Table The reference table at the front of this document provides a quick guide to the organization of the minutes and the minute numbers for specific items. The reference table lists all the Standing Committee Reports, Community Council Reports, and Notices of Motion which were considered at the Council meeting. What Council Actions are Minuted? Standing Committee and Community Council Reports set out the recommendations being made to City Council, in the form of a Clause, for a decision on an issue. Actions taken by Council, such as the following examples, are recorded in the minutes: $ a motion considered by City Council to amend, refer or defer, or receive the Clause, $ a recorded vote was taken, $ a Member requested that his/her opposition to Council’s action be noted in the Minutes of the Meeting, C a ruling of the Chair was made. -ii- The minutes also indicate which Clauses have been held for further consideration, and which Clauses have been released without amendment by Council. Under § 27-17(D), Agenda and Order of Business, of Section 27 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Clauses that are not held by Council for further consideration are deemed to have been adopted by Council, without amendment. All the Standing Committee and Community Council Reports, as adopted by City Council, are attached to the official set of minutes as an Appendix A, and are available through the City Clerk’s Office. This appendix contains a complete record of every Clause that was before Council at its meeting. All By-laws enacted by Council are also recorded in the minutes. They are also attached to the official set of minutes as an Appendix B, and are available through the City Clerk’s Office. Council decisions for each Notice of Motion presented to Council are also recorded in the minutes. Minute Numbering Each minute number begins with the number of the Council meeting. The Council year is the calendar year (January to December). For example, Minute No. 8.3 is the third minute for the eighth meeting of the Council year. An “S” before the minute number indicates a Special Meeting of Council. Minutes Reference Table Note: To find out the actions taken by Council regarding the Clauses in the Reports of Standing Committees and Community Councils, please refer to the minute number and page number in the right hand columns. Those Clauses without a minute number were adopted by City Council without amendment. All Standing Committee and Community Council Reports, as adopted by City Council, are contained in Appendix A to the official minutes (available through the City Clerk=s Office). General Reference Minute No. Page No. Confirmation of Minutes 8.2 1 Petitions 8.3 1 Presentation of Reports 8.4 2 Declarations of Interest 8.5 3 Consideration of Reports - Clauses Released or Held for Further Consideration 8.6 4 Consideration of Reports - Clauses with Motions, Votes, etc. 8.7 - 8.81 7 8.83 - 8.84 96 In-Camera Meeting Session of Committee of the Whole 8.82 94 Notices of Motions 8.85 - 8.129 102 Deferred Items 8.130 176 Bills and By-laws 8.131 - 8.136 177 Official Recognitions 8.137 194 Presentations, Introductions, Announcements 8.138 196 Motions to Vary Order or Waive Procedure 8.139 198 Attendance 8.140 202 Attachments 208 - 2 - Minute No. Page No. Policy And Finance Committee, Report No. 1 2b Naming of Community Councils 8.15 14 Policy And Finance Committee Report, No. 3 3a 2003 Preliminary Year-End Capital Variance Report 4a 2003 Preliminary Operating Variance Report 6a Enwave District Energy Limited, 8.83 96 Capital Calls of the Shareholders 7a Golf Course Fixed Assessment Agreements 10a Other Item Considered by the Committee Administration Committee, Report No. 1 13b Exchange of Property Interests with 8.25 26 Bombardier Inc./ Release of Covenant (Ward 9 - York Centre and Ward 10 - York Centre) Administration Committee, Report No. 2 12b Moving Forward with SAP 8.17 20 26b Amendment of Contract No. 47007857 with Bowdens 8.16 17 Media Monitoring Limited, for the Provision of a Daily Print and Electronic Media Clipping Package and Media Monitoring Services Planning and Transportation Committee, Report No. 1 3C Amendment to Municipal Code Chapter 447, Fences 8.34 39 - 3 - Toronto East Community Council, Report No. 3 8a Proposed Traffic Operations Changes on 8.35 41 Brimley Road south of Ellesmere Road (Wards 37 and 38 – Scarborough Centre) Toronto Nouth Community Council, Report No. 3 4a Request for Fence Exemption - 8.18 21 14 Breen Crescent (Ward 25 - Don Valley West) Toronto South Community Council, Report No. 2 14b Fort York Neighbourhood Public Realm 8.7 7 Master Plan and Architectural Design Guidelines (Trinity-Spadina, Wards 19 and 20) Toronto South Community Council Report No. 3 10a Driveway Widening - 8.19 22 9 Fulton Avenue (Toronto-Danforth, Ward 29) 27a Installation of Speed Bumps - First Public Lane south of 8.20 23 Vaughan Road, between Arlington Avenue and Rushton Road and between Humewood Drive and Pinewood Avenue (St. Paul's, Ward 21) 49a Installation of Speed Humps - Belsize Drive, between 8.21 23 Harwood Road and Cleveland Street (St. Paul's, Ward 22) 60a Request for all-way "Stop" Sign Control - Adelaide Street 8.22 24 West and Massey Street (Trinity-Spadina, Ward 19) Toronto West Community Council Report No. 2 - 4 - 7b Installation for All-Way Stop Control – Kirah Court at 8.23 25 Purdy Crescent (Ward 11 - York South-Weston) 12b Request for Exemption from Chapter 400 of the (Former) 8.36 42 City of Toronto Municipal Code to Permit Joint Front Yard Parking at 108 and 110 Grenadier Road (Ward 14 - Parkdale-High Park) 13b (i) Poll Results – Installation of Driveway Widening 8.37 42 for Second Parking Space at 153 Cowan; and (ii) Request for an Exemption from Chapter 248 of the (former) City of Toronto Municipal Code (Ward 14 - Parkdale-High Park) Toronto West Community Council Report No. 3 8a Traffic Assessment - The Kingsway Neighbourhood 8.38 43 (Ward 5 - Etobicoke-Lakeshore) 9a Traffic Assessment – Swan Avenue and Wedgewood Drive 8.40 45 (Ward 5 - Etobicoke-Lakeshore) 16a Site Plan Bump Up Report - Site Plan Approval Application; 8.33 38 Applicant: Medallion Properties Inc., Architect: Dietrich Boecker Architect, 1555 Jane Street (Ward 12 - York South-Weston) 27a Traffic Assessment - Edgemore Drive, 8.42 47 Glenroy Avenue and Meadowvale Drive (Ward 5 - Etobicoke-Lakeshore) Policy And Finance Committee Report No. 4 1 Establishment of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Political Reference Group 2 Submission of the City of Toronto Accessibility Design Guidelines - 5 - 3 Tax Arrears - 103 and 111 Ingram Drive 8.68 89 (Ward 12 - York South-Weston) 4 Chinese Chamber of Commerce (East Toronto) Inc., "Zhong Hua Men" Archway (Ward 30 - Toronto-Danforth) 5 List of Multi-Residential Properties that are Subject to Automatic Rent Reduction Due to Property Tax Decreases in 2003 - (All Wards) 6 Funding for Final Three Bargaining Units Entitled to Past Service Costs for OMERS Participation at the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts 7 Roundtables – Designation of Chairs and Recommendations for 8.8 9 Community Membership on the Arts and Culture Roundtable 8 Consolidation of Reserve Funds 9 LOFT Community Services – Withdrawal of Funds from the Social Housing Federal Reserve Fund and Approval of a Second Mortgage 10 Fleet Services – Green Fleet Transition Plan 11 Provision of Professional Services to Provide Energy and Water Efficiency Improvements in City's Arenas, Request for Proposal No. 9119-03-7275 12 Tax Adjustment Applications, Municipal Act, 2001 Section 358, Toronto Wildlife Centre – 60 John Drury Drive (Ward 9 - York Centre) 13 Allocation of Underutilized Reserve Funds, Parks and 8.43 48 Recreation Capital Budget (Various Wards) 14 2003 Annual General Meeting – Toronto Hydro Corporation 15 Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on Wheel-Trans Buses and Accessibility Initiatives - 6 - 16 Other Items Considered by the Committee Economic Development and Parks Committee, Report No. 3 1 Application by the Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement 8.26 26 Area for a "Tourist Area" Exemption from the Retail Business Holidays Act (Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale) 2 Archaeological Master Plan - Interim Report (All Wards) 8.24 25 3 North Etobicoke Revitalization Project (NERP) Community Revitalization Plan (Ward 1 Etobicoke North) 4 Creative Youth Envoy Progress Report (All Wards) 5 Trademark Protection on "Winterlicious" and "Summerlicious" (All Wards) 6 Authority to Renew Option Years for Request for 8.27 27 Quotation (RFQ) No. 0203-01-0015 for the Supply of all Labour, Materials, Equipment and Supervision Necessary to Perform Janitorial Services 7 Cliffside Village Revitalization Committee Five-Year Strategic Plan Metamorphosis: New Directions for Cliffside Village (Ward 36 Scarborough Southwest) 8 Name Change for the Queen-Broadview Village Business Improvement Area (Ward 30 Toronto Danforth) 9 Intention to Expand the St.