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Councillors Ward Increase Toronto Public Library Budget by $858,000 to Fund Extended Library Hours of 5,538 Hours Annually in 8 Report request to Executive Report request to include in June 11, Increase Toronto Public Library Committee before 2021 Budget on 2020 report to Planning & Housing budget by $858,000 to fund approaches to implementing a Committee on Housing TO extended library hours of 5,538 Report request to include in the commercial parking levy, as a implementation, appropriate City hours annually in 8 branches to allow Housing TO report scheduled in the dedicated revenue stream for transit, actions and identification of any new for the full operation of youth hubs Add $750,000 to budget as initial third quarter of 2020, funding climate initiatives and investment in resources and/or budget (Centennial, Downsview, Flemington Reverse the $5.70 fare increase to funding for the Housing requirements and sources for the resilience, analysis of benefits and adjustments needed that respond to Park, Jane/Dundas, Kennedy/ the Presto youth and post-secondary Commissioner model (from Social establishment of the role or function risks associated with potential reno-victions and ways to improve Eglinton, Mount Dennis, Sanderson, monthly passes ($2.576 million). Housing Stabilization Reserve Fund). of a Housing Commissioner. EX13.2, implementation of the levy. EX13.2, housing stability for renters. EX13.2, Councillors Ward Weston). EX13.2, Motion 4 EX13.2, Motion 10c EX13.2, Motion 8 Motion 11c Motion 10b Motion 9b Moved by Perruzza Matlow Perks Bailao Layton Fletcher Decision Carried (24-1) Lost (10-15) Lost (8-17) Carried (23-2) Carried (15-10) Carried (24-1) Michael Ford 1 Yes No No Yes No Yes Stephen Holyday 2 No No No No No No Mark Grimes 3 Yes No No Yes No Yes Gord Perks 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Frances Nunziata 5 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes James Pasternak 6 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Anthony Perruzza 7 Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Mike Colle 8 Yes No No No Yes Yes Ana Bailao 9 Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Joe Cressy 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Mike Layton 11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Josh Matlow 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kristyn Wong-Tam 13 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Paula Fletcher 14 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Jaye Robinson 15 Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Denzil Minnan-Wong 16 Yes No No Yes No Yes Shelley Carroll 17 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes John Filion 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Brad Bradford 19 Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Gary Crawford 20 Yes No No Yes No Yes Michael Thompson 21 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Jim Karygiannis 22 Yes No No Yes No Yes Cynthia Lai 23 Yes No No Yes No Yes Paul Ainslie 24 Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Jennifer McKelvie 25 Yes No No Yes No Yes John Tory Yes No No Yes Yes Yes 1 Report request on feasibility of implementing a Personal Vehicle Tax; motion defined parameters of the report, such as $60 annual fee; estimated net proceeds of $55 million annually; used for 50% transit affordability, service improvements + 50% enhanced winter road maintenance, operations, and Vision Zero road maintenance. EX13.2, Councillors Ward Motion 3c Moved by Wong-Tam Decision Lost (8-17) Michael Ford 1 No Stephen Holyday 2 No Mark Grimes 3 No Gord Perks 4 Yes Frances Nunziata 5 No James Pasternak 6 No Anthony Perruzza 7 No Mike Colle 8 No Ana Bailao 9 No Joe Cressy 10 Yes Mike Layton 11 Yes Josh Matlow 12 Yes Kristyn Wong-Tam 13 Yes Paula Fletcher 14 Yes Jaye Robinson 15 Absent Denzil Minnan-Wong 16 No Shelley Carroll 17 Yes John Filion 18 No Brad Bradford 19 Yes Gary Crawford 20 No Michael Thompson 21 No Jim Karygiannis 22 No Cynthia Lai 23 No Paul Ainslie 24 No Jennifer McKelvie 25 No John Tory No 2.
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