CITY CLERK Guide to the Council Minutes
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CITY OF TORONTO COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 9, 10 AND 11, 2000 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 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 the Council Procedural By-law, 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 AS@ 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 7.2 1 Petitions and Enquiries -- -- Presentation of Reports 7.3 - 7.5 1 Declarations of Interest 7.6 2 Consideration of Reports - Clauses Released or Held for Further Consideration 7.7 4 Consideration of Reports - Clauses with Motions, Votes, etc. 7.8 - 7.52 5 In Camera Meeting Sessions of Committee of the Whole 7.53 61 Notices of Motions 7.59, 7.60, 82 7.62 - 7.90 87 Additional Matter Considered by Council Re: Provincial Downloading 7.61 86 Bills and By-laws 7.92 - 7.100 137 Official Recognitions -- -- Presentations, Introductions, Announcements 7.101 149 Motions to Vary Procedure 7.102 150 Attendance 7.103 152 Attachments 161 Reports of Standing Committees and Community Councils Administration Committee, Report No. 9 1 Future Use of the Dempsey Store (Ward 10 - North York Centre) 7.8 5 Toronto Community Council, Report No. 7 1 Site Plan Approval - 1117 Yonge Street (Midtown) 7.10 12 2 Site Plan Approval - 10 Scrivener Square (Formally Known as 1121 and 1123 Yonge Street) (Midtown) 7.9 5 3 Installation of Speed Humps - Windermere Avenue, from Bloor Street West to Annette Street (High Park) 7.52 60 Policy And Finance Committee, Report No. 6 1 Woodbine Racetrack Slot Machines and Financial Impacts (Ward 5 - Rexdale Thistletown) 7.55 63 2 Toronto Transit Commission - Spurious Media Fare 3 PATH Walkway System (Downtown) 7.21 34 4 FY2000 Cash Flow Adjustments to the Capital Works Program (All Wards) 5 Ontario Good Roads Association – Task Force on Utilities Using Municipal Rights-of-Way 6 Toronto Housing Company – Revenue from License Agreements 7.51 60 7 Retention of Financial Advisor for the Investigation for Feasible Alternative Financing Methods for Toronto Transit Commission Subway Cars 8 Amendment to the Investment Powers of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund Foundation 9 Other Items Considered by the Committee 2 Minute No. Page No. Planning And Transportation Committee, Report No. 4 1 Free Transit on Air Quality Advisory Days 7.14 28 2 School Closures 7.33 41 3 Waterfront Consultation Strategy 7.15 29 4 GTSB Strategic Transportation for the Greater 7.16 31 Toronto Area and Hamilton-Wentworth 5 Other Items Considered by the Committee Works Committee, Report No. 8 1 Dedicated Motorcycle Parking on City Streets 7.17 31 2 Construction Effects on Small Businesses 7.18 32 3 Bottling of Toronto Tap Water 4 Public Meeting Respecting Solid Waste Management Service Level Changes in the North York Community 7.19 32 5 Appointment to the Toronto Pedestrian Committee 6 Proposed Pedestrian Refuge Island Warden Avenue Between Cass Avenue/ Palmdale Drive and Lowcrest Boulevard (Scarborough Wexford) 7.13 28 7 Proposed Installation of Traffic Control Signals at Princes' Boulevard and Nunavut Road (Ward 20 - Trinity-Niagara) 8 Proposed Installation of Traffic Control Signals Pharmacy Avenue and Dolphin Drive/ 273 Pharmacy Avenue Driveway (Scarborough Bluffs) 3 Minute No. Page No. 9 F.G. Gardiner Expressway Closure - Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario "2000 Ride For Heart" (High Park, Trinity Niagara, Downtown, Don River, East York, Don Parkway) 10 Speed Limit on Kipling Avenue, Between Albion Road and Steeles Avenue West 7.20 33 11 Other Items Considered by the Committee Works Committee, Report No. 9 1 Toronto Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management ("TIRM") Process - Proven Diversion Capacity - Envelope 1 Informal Submissions 7.91 137 2 Analysis of the CUPE Waste Management Plan (Wet-Dry System) 3 Removal of Waste Material from 75 Commissioners Street 7.22 34 Administration Committee, Report No. 10 1 Green Roofs Infrastructure - Demonstration Project 7.30 40 2 Declaration as Surplus - Strip of Land- East Limit of 100 Turnberry Avenue (Ward 21 - Davenport) 3 Declaration as Surplus,1978 Lake Shore Boulevard West and Adjoining Lands (Ward 19 - High Park) 7.34 45 4 Declaration as Surplus 2350 Finch Avenue West (Ward 6 - North York Humber) 7.35 46 5 Declaration as Surplus 419-425 Coxwell Avenue (Ward 26 - East Toronto) 7.36 47 4 Minute No. Page No. 6 Expropriation of Interests in Land, Sheppard Subway/Sheppard Avenue East Widening Project Multiple Partial Interests in the Vicinity of Bayview Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East (Wards 9, 10 and 12 – North York Centre South, North York Centre, Seneca Heights) 7.37 47 7 Expropriation of Interests in Land, Sheppard Subway/Sheppard Avenue East Widening Project 333 and 337 Sheppard Avenue East in the Vicinity of Bayview Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East (Ward 10 - North York Centre) 7.38 47 8 Proposed Joint Venture - 463, 465, 467 and 471 College Street and 301 Markham Street (Ward 20 - Trinity Niagara) 9 Layout and Dedication of Lands for Widening the Public Highways – Bayview Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East Near Their Intersection in Conjunction with the Sheppard Subway Project, (Ward 9 - North York Centre South/ Ward 10 - North York Centre/Ward 12 - Seneca Heights 7.39 48 10 Amendment to Option Agreement 110 Lombard Street (Ward 24 - Downtown) 11 Proposed Pay Equity Settlement City of Toronto/Toronto Public Library Board and the Toronto Civic Employees, Local 416 Canadian Union of Public Employees 7.56 77 12 Claim by Vardin et al 13 Buddies in Bad Times Theatre 12 Alexander Street – Ward 24 14 Tender for Gasoline and Diesel Fuels - Request that Sulphur Content be Made Public 15 Other Items Considered by the Committee 5 Minute No. Page No. Administration Committee, Report No. 11 1 Memoranda of Agreement Between the City of Toronto and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79 7.54 62 2 Salary Range for the Position of Chief Administrative Officer 7.58 80 Community Services Committee, Report No. 4 1 Toronto Fire Services - Rewards By-law for False Alarm Information 2 Toronto Fire Services – Proposed Changes to the Ontario Building Code 3 Pharmacy Services - Homes for the Aged 4 Consulting Services for Design of a New Home for the Aged to Replace Albion Lodge and Redevelopment of True Davidson Acres 5 Administration of the Toronto Youth Job Corps and Youth Outreach Toronto Programs 6 Emergency Shelter Services Provided to Aboriginal Persons 7 Other Items Considered by the Committee Economic Development And Parks Committee, Report No.