CITY COUNCIL 2018-2022 ISSUE NOTES www.toronto.ca For an online version of these notes visit: www.toronto.ca/2018-council-issue-notes 1 City Council Issue Notes, 2018 - 2022 1) Finances and Government 2019 Interim Operating and Capital Budget Estimates .................................................................. 3 Long-Term Financial Plan .................................................................................................................. 5 The City's Operating Revenue Base .................................................................................................. 9 Capital Financing: Debenture Issuance and Credit Ratings ......................................................... 13 Performance Measurement, Benchmarking and Reporting ......................................................... 17 Customer Service Improvement Initiatives .................................................................................... 23 Information and Technology Initiatives ......................................................................................... 27 Smart City Initiatives .......................................................................................................................... 31 Key Government Transformation Initiatives ................................................................................ 35 City-Wide Real Estate Transformation ........................................................................................... 39 Supply Chain Transformation Program .......................................................................................... 45 2) The Economy Toronto's Economy ........................................................................................................................... 49 Toronto's Culture Sector ................................................................................................................... 53 Toronto's Not-for-Profit Sector ...................................................................................................... 57 Youth Employment ........................................................................................................................... 61 3) Housing Affordable Housing – Housing Affordability, Availability and Repair ...................................... 65 Toronto Community Housing: Tenants First ................................................................................ 77 Pressures on Toronto's Shelter, Housing and Homelessness System ........................................ 81 Inclusionary Zoning – Securing Affordable Housing in Toronto .............................................. 85 Seniors Long-Term Care ................................................................................................................... 89 4) Transportation Transit Network Expansion ............................................................................................................. 93 Traffic Safety: The Vision Zero Road Safety Plan ........................................................................ 99 Cycling in Toronto .......................................................................................................................... 103 Toronto's Congestion Management Plan .................................................................................... 109 Review of Vehicle-for-Hire By-law .............................................................................................. 113 2018 – 2022 Council Transition City Council Issue Notes, 2018 - 2022 2 5) Social Development Indigenous Peoples ......................................................................................................................... 117 Early Learning, Child Care and Middle Childhood Services .................................................... 123 Youth Development ....................................................................................................................... 129 Seniors ............................................................................................................................................... 133 Refugees ............................................................................................................................................ 137 Newcomers ...................................................................................................................................... 141 6) Equity Poverty Reduction ........................................................................................................................... 145 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the City of Toronto .................................................... 151 Toronto's Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism ............................................................ 157 Human Rights Awareness .............................................................................................................. 161 7) Health and Safety Cannabis Legalization ..................................................................................................................... 165 Toronto's Overdose Action Plan .................................................................................................. 173 Gun and Gang Violence................................................................................................................. 177 Emergency Management ................................................................................................................ 181 City Impacts of the Toronto Police Service's Action Plan ....................................................... 185 8) Growth Management Official Plan – Growth Management Strategy ............................................................................ 187 Overview of Waterfront Revitalization ........................................................................................ 191 Bill 139 Implementation - New Planning Appeal System ......................................................... 197 Parks, Recreation and Leisure ....................................................................................................... 201 Alternative Parkland Dedication Policy ....................................................................................... 205 Major Capital Project Coordination ............................................................................................. 209 9) Sustainability Climate Change: Creating a Low Carbon & Climate Resilient Toronto ................................. 215 Building Toronto’s Resilience........................................................................................................ 221 Wet Weather Flow Master Plan & Basement Flooding Protection Program ........................ 225 Long-Term Waste Management Strategy .................................................................................... 229 Pressure on Toronto's green spaces and ecosystems ................................................................. 233 2018 – 2022 Council Transition City Council Issue Notes, 2018 - 2022 Finances and Government 3 2019 Interim Operating and Capital Budget Estimates Issue description City Council is required by December 31, 2018, to establish interim operating and capital budget estimates to ensure that the City has spending authority to deliver current services and meet existing contractual commitments from January 1, 2019, to the date when the 2019 operating and capital budgets are entered into the City's financial system. Given that 2019 is the first budget year under the new term of City Council, the operating budget will be approved later than in years with an established Council (by the end of March or April instead of February). City staff generally recommend interim estimates at a higher rate (33% vs 25%) in the first year of a new term to accommodate the prolonged interim period. Status City Council will consider the 2019 interim operating and capital budget estimates in December 2018. Background The City of Toronto Act, 2006 requires that the City annually adopt a budget including estimates of all sums required during the year to continue its business. The City's Financial Control By-Law specifies that City Council must adopt an interim operating budget before the 1st day of January of the year in which the operating budget will be adopted. City Council approves interim operating and capital budget estimates based on a percentage of the prior year's approved budgets to provide sufficient funding authority to maintain ongoing operations and to continue work on approved capital projects until the new budgets are approved. 2019 Interim Operating Estimates In typical years, interim estimates are based on 25 percent of the gross expenditure budget for City operations and corporate accounts, and 25 percent of the net budget for agencies, which provides sufficient funding authority and control through to the end of March when the year's budget is typically approved and made available. Given that 2019 is the first budget year under the new term of City Council, the budget will be approved by Council later than in a typical year. As a result, City staff will recommend an interim estimate based on 33 percent of the gross expenditure budget for City operations and agencies respectively. 2018 – 2022 Council Transition 2019 Interim Operating and Capital Budget Estimates Finances and Government 4 The interim estimates are subsequently adjusted to account for specific contractual agreements and contract