Ulli S. Watkiss City Clerk City Clerk’s Office Secretariat Tel: 416-392-7032 Marilyn Toft Fax: 416-392-2980 Council Secretariat Support e-mail: [email protected] City Hall, 2nd Floor, West Web: www.toronto.ca 100 Queen Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N2 TORONTO CITY COUNCIL DECISION DOCUMENT MEETING ON APRIL 12, 13 AND 14, 2005 City Council’s actions on each Clause in the following Reports and Notices of Motions considered at the meeting are contained in this Decision Document. Declarations of Interest, if any, are included and all additional material noted in this document is on file in the City Clerk’s Office, Toronto City Hall. Please refer to the Council Minutes for the official record of Council's proceedings. Deferred Clauses: Policy and Finance Committee Report 8 ............................................................................ 2 Administration Committee Report 8................................................................................... 3 Board of Health Report 7.................................................................................................... 3 Scarborough Community Council Report 8 ....................................................................... 3 Toronto and East York Community Council Report 9 ....................................................... 3 Policy and Finance Committee Report 9 ............................................................................ 3 Audit Committee Report 6.................................................................................................. 3 Etobicoke York Community Council Report 9 .................................................................. 4 Policy and Finance Committee Report 2 ............................................................................ 5 Audit Committee Report 1.................................................................................................. 7 Community Services Committee Report 2 ......................................................................... 7 Economic Development and Parks Committee Report 1 ................................................... 7 North York Community Council Report 1 ......................................................................... 7 Toronto and East York Community Council Report 1 ....................................................... 9 Etobicoke York Community Council Report 2 ................................................................ 11 North York Community Council Report 2 ....................................................................... 12 Toronto and East York Community Council Report 2 ..................................................... 13 New Committee Reports: Policy and Finance Committee Report 4 .......................................................................... 15 Administration Committee Report 3................................................................................. 31 Audit Committee Report 2................................................................................................ 37 Board of Health Report 3.................................................................................................. 38 Community Services Committee Report 3 ....................................................................... 39 Economic Development and Parks Committee Report 3 ................................................. 41 Economic Development and Parks Committee Report 4 ................................................. 44 2 April 12, 13 and 14, 2005 Toronto City Council Decision Document Planning and Transportation Committee Report 3 ........................................................... 45 Works Committee Report 3 .............................................................................................. 56 Joint Planning and Transportation Committee and Works Committee Report 1 ............ 58 New Community Council Reports: Etobicoke York Community Council Report 3 ................................................................ 58 North York Community Council Report 3 ....................................................................... 69 Scarborough Community Council Report 3 ..................................................................... 74 Toronto and East York Community Council Report 3 ..................................................... 79 Notices of Motions: ........................................................................................................ 91 Condolence Motions: ................................................................................................... 146 Deferred Clauses: Policy and Finance Committee Report 8 1e Capital Financing Strategy - 2004 City Council on April 12, 13 and 14, 2005, amended this Clause by: (1) amending Recommendation (I) of the Policy and Finance Committee by inserting the words “in principle”, after the word “adopt”, so that Recommendation (I) now reads as follow: “(I) adopt, in principle, the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Development of a Long-term Fiscal Plan in the communication (July 14, 2004) from the Ad Hoc Committee subject to amending Recommendation (1) in the report (July 12, 2004) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer by adding the words ‘or, on an exceptional basis, to support Council’s adopted priorities’, so that the recommendations now read as follows:”; and (2) adding the following: “That the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer be requested to report to the Policy and Finance Committee on a five-year listing, by priority, of Capital projects which have been: (a) approved; and (b) contemplated.” This Clause, as amended, was adopted by City Council. 3 April 12, 13 and 14, 2005 Toronto City Council Decision Document Administration Committee Report 8 8e Complaint Regarding Actions at Committee Meetings City Council on April 12, 13 and 14, 2005, received this Clause. Board of Health Report 7 1e Shade Policy and Technical Considerations for the City of Toronto City Council on April 12, 13 and 14, 2005, deferred consideration of this Clause to its Special meeting on May 4, 2005. Scarborough Community Council Report 8 7d Elimination of Sidewalks on Starry Crescent and Boulderbrook Drive (Ward 42 - Scarborough Rouge River) City Council on April 12, 13 and 14, 2005, adopted this Clause without amendment. Toronto and East York Community Council Report 9 58b Installation of Speed Humps – Howard Street, between Parliament Street and Sherbourne Street (Toronto Centre-Rosedale, Ward 28 City Council on April 12, 13 and 14, 2005, adopted this Clause without amendment. Policy and Finance Committee Report 9 41d Operating Variance Report for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004 City Council on April 12, 13 and 14, 2005, adopted this Clause without amendment. Audit Committee Report 6 6d Hostel Operations Review - Community and Neighbourhood Services City Council on April 12, 13 and 14, 2005, adopted this Clause without amendment. 4 April 12, 13 and 14, 2005 Toronto City Council Decision Document Etobicoke York Community Council Report 9 1d Request for Exemption to Chapter 400 of the Former City of Toronto Municipal Code to Permit Front Yard Parking at 22 Nairn Avenue (Ward 17 - Davenport) City Council on April 12, 13 and 14, 2005, adopted this Clause without amendment. __________ Council also considered the following: Communications: - (undated) from P. Halford [Communication 1(a)(1)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Francesco Franco and Marianne Corigliano Franco [Communication 1(a)(2)]; - (November 16, 2004) from Domingos and Maria E. Cavalho [Communication 1(a)(3)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Domenico Paolo [Communication 1(a)(4)]; - (November 15, 2004) from Mr. and Mrs. Conforti [Communication 1(a)(5)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Costa [Communication 1(a)(6)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Jose C. Silva [Communication 1(a)(7)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Armando Almeida [Communication 1(a)(8)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Sonia Silva [Communication 1(a)(9)]; - (November 17, 2004) from Duarte Darcy [Communication 1(a)(10)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Cardoso [Communication 1(a)(11)]; - (December 6, 2004) from the Committee for a Safer Nairn of Corso Italia, attaching 43 individually signed letters [Communication 1(a)(12)]; - (February 16, 2005) from Councillor Cesar Palacio, Ward 17 – Davenport [Communication 1(a)(13)]; and - (April 5, 2005) from the Committee for a Safer Nairn of Corso Italia, attaching an information package which includes photographs, petitions and letters [Communication 1(a)(14)]. 2d Request for an Exemption to Chapter 400 of the Former City of Toronto Municipal Code to Permit Front Yard Parking at 24 Nairn Avenue (Ward 17 - Davenport) City Council on April 12, 13 and 14, 2005, adopted this Clause without amendment. _________ 5 April 12, 13 and 14, 2005 Toronto City Council Decision Document Council also considered the following: Communications: - (undated) from P. Halford [Communication 1(a)(1)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Francesco Franco and Marianne Corigliano Franco [Communication 1(a)(2)]; - (November 16, 2004) from Domingos and Maria E. Cavalho [Communication 1(a)(3)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Domenico Paolo [Communication 1(a)(4)]; - (November 15, 2004) from Mr. and Mrs. Conforti [Communication 1(a)(5)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Costa [Communication 1(a)(6)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Jose C. Silva [Communication 1(a)(7)]; - (November 22, 2004) from Armando Almeida [Communication