City Council · 2023-05-11 14:53 PM
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Majority required - MM6.22 - Adopt the item
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The City of Toronto is home to strong and diverse 2SLGBTQ+ communities, cultures, and histories. To help our City’s queer community thrive in the present, we must first acknowledge the deep roots of queer history that exist here. 2SLGBTQ+ history needs to be actively preserved to prevent its erasure. Because queer history often overlaps with periods where discretion and hiding were necessary means of survival, queer history can often be difficult to find and even more difficult to pass on, making it imperative to preserve what we can before it is lost forever. For eight continuous decades, and potentially longer, queer people in Toronto have used Hanlan’s Point Beach & surrounding area as a community hub and place of fellowship. This is an unparalleled timeline in Canada, making Hanlan’s Point Beach not just Toronto’s oldest surviving queer space, but also Canada’s oldest surviving queer space and one of the ten oldest surviving queer spaces around the globe. Queer people gathered at Hanlan’s Point Beach & surrounding area through the many decades when homosexual activity and queer life were criminalized in this country. Queer people gathered at…
City Council · 2023-05-11 14:53 PM
Majority required - MM6.22 - Adopt the item
According to the Juries Act, federally elected officials, and those serving in the Executive Council of Ontario are ineligible to serve as jurors while in office. Toronto City Councillors serve not only to assist their constituents in solving local issues but also assist with the legislative aspects of City governance. Councillors participate in the creation of community safety plans, resolve communities' crime concerns and provide oversight on the Toronto Police Services Board. Councillors vote on policy and funding for police and court services. Based on this, it would be totally inappropriate for Councillors to have to make decisions on various court cases. Councillors also serve on regional councils, standing committees, and various agency boards and commissions. The Oath of Office requires Councillors to attend these meetings and compose quorum. Additionally, some of these Committees often contain time sensitive items which require immediate responses. Municipal elected officials sitting as jurors on long trials could negatively affect the operations of government. In 2018, the City of Toronto council size was cut in half from 44 to 25 and the number of constituents each Coun…
City Council · 2023-05-11 14:41 PM
Majority required - MM6.12 - Adopt the item
City Council · 2023-05-11 14:40 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM6.12 - Waive referral
Homelessness is a growing crisis in the City of Toronto. According to data from the City of Toronto there are over 10,500 people experiencing homelessness in the City. The shelter system is strained leaving people to find alternative solutions, such as parks or sleeping on the streets. On Friday January 27, 2023, the Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness and the Toronto Shelter Network met with former Mayor John Tory, a signatory of the Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness Pledge to End Homelessness. This meeting resulted in agreement to strike a Mayor’s Roundtable to End Homelessness that would be made up of expert representatives from Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness and Toronto Shelter Network membership, as well as other community and City experts. A round table is a vehicle to engage in informed discussion. Clients often come from a diverse range of background and professions. Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness is a large network of over 100 partners committed to ending homelessness Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness also works in partnership with Shelter Support and Housing Administration Toronto.
City Council · 2023-05-11 14:36 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM6.10 - Waive referral
On May 1, 2023, Canada lost a living legend when world renowned folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot passed away at the age of 84. Lightfoot was a long-time resident of Toronto. He settled in the City in 1959 where he began performing in front of small audiences and then at numerous other music venues including 171 times at the iconic Massey Hall where he first performed at the Kiwanis Music Festival at age 13. As Toronto's folk music scene gained momentum, Lightfoot rose to national prominence in the late 1960s reaching international fame in the 1970s with songs that celebrated and captured the essence of being Canadian. He was a prolific and poetic storyteller, shining a world-wide spotlight on themes of Canadian life. Lightfoot made significant contributions to the local Toronto music scene and his legacy endures in Canadian music history. Over the course of his lifetime, he became a role model and mentor to countless artists who followed in his footsteps and found inspiration in his authenticity and his enduring embrace of Canada as his home. This Motion requests that the City Manager explore options for the creation of a statue within the City of Toronto to honour and celebrate t…
City Council · 2023-05-11 14:35 PM
Majority required - MM6.9 - Adopt the item - REVOTE
City Council · 2023-05-11 14:34 PM
Majority required - MM6.9 - Adopt the item
Delta Bingo & Gaming as required by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, submitted a Proposal to Relocate a “Class A” Charitable Bingo Hall from 1799 St. Clair Avenue to 360 Evans Avenue to the City of Toronto for approval on March 22, 2023. Public notice was provided as per the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario requirements and a Community Meeting was held on April 19, 2023. On September 15, 2022, the Etobicoke York Panel of the Committee of Adjustment approved an application for a minor variance to permit a bingo hall on the lands municipally known as 360 Evans Avenue (the "Application" or "A0332/22EYK"). On October 4, 2022 the City Solicitor appealed the decision of the Committee of Adjustment on behalf of the City under the direction of City Council Item ED33.9, headed "Deputy Mayor's Manufacturing Roundtable Summary Report" adopted by City Council at its meeting on August 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2014. Recommendation 2 of Item ED33.9 provides the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff with standing direction to appeal any Committee of Adjustment decision that does not conform to the Official Plan's Employment Area policies. The subject property is des…
City Council · 2023-05-11 14:30 PM
Majority required - MM6.5 - Adopt the item
I write to the Economic and Community Development Committee to correct a long overdue anomaly in the retail landscape in the City of Toronto. Yorkdale Shopping Centre has long sought approval to open for business on six of nine statutory holidays, not only to put themselves on equal footing alongside nine other shopping malls across the Greater Toronto Area, but also in recognition of the significant role they play in Toronto's tourism sector. The City was granted this authority in the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and then subsequently passed legislation to allow such exemptions in Municipal Code Chapter 510-5. Simply put, this action is long overdue. With 4.5 Million of its 18 Million total annual shoppers, Yorkdale welcomes more tourists each year than other top attractions such as Canada's Wonderland, Ripley's Aquarium, and all three of the CN Tower, ROM and AGO combined. Yorkdale has invested $3 Million in its tourism strategy including hiring a full-time manager and a dedicated marketing and advertising campaign to attract domestic and international visitors including the provision of amenities such as luggage check, currency exchange and hotel and car service. Yorkdale is a mem…
City Council · 2023-05-11 14:25 PM
Majority required - EC3.17 - Carroll - motion 1