CITY OF TORONTO COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 30, 31 AND AUGUST 1, 2002 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 § 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 S6.2 1 Petition S6.3 1 Presentation of Reports S6.4 2 Declarations of Interest S6.5 2 Consideration of Reports - Clauses Released or Held for Further Consideration S6.6 3 Consideration of Reports - Clauses with Motions, Votes, etc. S6.7 - S6.66, 5 S6.120 163 In Camera Meeting Session of Committee of the Whole S6.63 65 Notices of Motions S6.67 - S6.119 77 Bills and By-laws S6.121 - S6.126 163 Official Recognitions S6.127 172 Presentations, Introductions, Announcements S6.128 175 Motions to Vary Procedure S6.129 176 Attendance S6.130 178 Attachments 187 - 2 - Reports of Standing Committees and Community Councils Minute No. Page No. Policy And Finance Committee Report No. 11 1 City-Wide Program for Provision of Essential Sidewalk Links S6.36 40 (All Wards) 2 Other Item Considered by the Committee (a) Potential Sale of Hydro One – Legal Considerations Administration Committee Report No. 9 1 Sweatshop Abuses in the Garment Industry, Development of S6.7 5 an Anti-Sweatshop Procurement Policy 2 Harmonization of Mandatory Retirement Policy Works Committee Report No. 8 1 Scadding Court Community Centre S6.37 41 Composting Pilot Project Joint Policy and Finance Committee and Works Committee Report No. 2 1 Other Item Considered by the Committee S6.120 163 (a) Recommended Governance Structure for Water and Wastewater Services Etobicoke Community Council Report No. 9 1 Reconstruction of Haliburton Avenue, Mulvey Avenue, S6.42 45 Random Street, Tasker Road and Burrows Avenue (Ward 3 - Etobicoke Centre) - 3 - North York Community Council Report No. 8 1 Final Report - Application to Amend the Zoning By-law - S6.56 56 TB ZBL 2001 0016 - Blooming Forest Bhikkhuni Buddhist Association of Canada - 960-962 Wilson Avenue at Murray Road - Ward 9 - York Centre Audit Committee Report No. 7 1 Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended December 31, 2001 2 Ernst and Young - Audit Results - December 31, 2001 3 Auditor’s Report and Financial Statements of the Toronto S6.54 55 Atmospheric Fund for the Year Ended December 31, 2001 4 Forensic Audits on Various Consulting Contracts S6.65 71 5 Competition Bureau Investigation - Supply of Liquid Chlorine S6.49 51 Policy and Finance Committee Report No. 12 1 Playground Structures - Lumber Pressure-Treated S6.26 20 with Chromated Copper Arsenate (All Wards) 2 Establishing a New Relationship with the Federal and Provincial Governments – Progress Report on Toronto’s Initiatives 3 Organization of Parking Responsibilities and Activities S6.46 45 Including the Toronto Parking Authority 4 Consolidation of Regulations Concerning Off-Street Municipal Parking Facilities and Amendment to By-law Respecting Parking on Private Property and Review of On- Street Parking Fines - 4 - 5 Review of Sub-Committees, Advisory Committees, Special Committees and Task Forces Established by Standing Committees and Council Since December 2000 6 Sustainability Roundtable – Annual Status Report 7 Association of Community Centres (AOCCs), 2000 Operating Results 8 Payment of 2002 Sinking Funds Surplus 9 2002 Levy of Railway Roadways and Rights of Way and on Power Utility Transmission and Distribution Corridors 10 2002 Levy on Institutions under Section 157 of S6.19 16 the Municipal Act 11 George Bell Arena - Cash Advance 12 North Toronto Memorial Arena – Cash Advance 13 Financing the Toronto Community Housing Corporation “Appliance Renewal Project – Phase 1” 14 Future Operations of the Toronto Centre for the Arts (Ward 23 - Willowdale) 15 Authority for the Rathnelly Community Group to Seek Private Donations for the Redevelopment of the High-Level Pumping Station Park (Ward 22 - St. Paul’s) 16 Ticketmaster Canada Inc., Award Costs Against the North York Performing Arts Centre Corporation In Respect to the Livent Refund Proceedings (Ward 23 - Willowdale) 17 York West Seniors Centre Capital Improvements, S6.8 5 Access to the York/Humber Fund (Ward 11) 18 2003 Capital and Operating Budget Submissions S6.9 6 Revised Schedule of Meetings - 5 - 19 2003 Budget Directions S6.51 52 20 Business Case Review of the District Service Improvement (DSI) Project in the Water and Wastewater Services Division 21 Intersection Safety Program to Reduce Red-Light Running 22 Additional Expenditures for Work on Cogeneration Facility - S6.20 17 Humber Treatment Plant (Ward 5 - Etobicoke-Lakeshore) 23 Don Valley Parkway, Road Emergency Services Communications Unit System Expansion, Contract No. 02TM-002TP, Tender Call No. 160-2002 (Don Valley West, Broadview-Greenwood, Don Valley East) 24 Processing of Single Stream Recyclables RFP No. 9150-02-7164 25 Tommy Thompson Park Master Plan Design Project 26 Survey on the Community Use of School and City Space 27 Additional funding for Previously Approved Past Service Costs for OMERS Participation at the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts 28 Yonge/Dundas Redevelopment Project Options S6.21 17 on Enforcement of Mortgages 29 Initial Commercial Debt Issuance of Toronto Hydro S6.39 42 30 Toronto Hydro Corporation - Board Appointments 31 Tender No. 29-2000, Purchase Order 6002043, M.J. Dixon Construction Limited - Purchase Order Extension (Ward 32 - Beaches-East York) 32 Toronto Coach Terminal Inc. - Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2001 33 Other Items Considered by the Committee - 6 - Community Services Committee Report No. 7 1 Review of Sub-Committees, Advisory Committees, Special Committees and Task Forces Established by Standing Committees and Council Since December 2000 2 Update on Transfer of Care Delays Experienced S6.30 35 by Toronto Emergency Medical Services 3 Toronto Emergency Medical Services Educational Partnership 4 Toronto Emergency Medical Services - Service Maintenance Agreement 5 Toronto Emergency Medical Services - Diversity and Cross-Cultural Initiatives 6 Fire Fighter International Exchange Program 7 Renewal and Amending Agreement with Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre for Fire Fighter