City Council · 2023-06-15 18:54 PM
Adopt Item
Majority required - MM7.23 - Adopt the item
- Motion result
- Carried
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- 16-5
- Source outcome
- Carried, 16-5
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The municipal government, especially in a city as large as Toronto, plays an important role in delivering services and support to residents at a local level. The responsibility and commitments that Toronto City Council has to its residents are often matters that affect the daily lives of residents. By addressing the specific needs and concerns of their communities, municipal governments ensure that residents have access to safe neighborhoods, reliable public services, well-maintained roads, recreational opportunities, and a thriving local economy. As such, City Council should be empowered to enact policy changes and measures to effectively and efficiently execute the job for which they were duly elected. City Council continues to call on the Provincial and Federal governments to partner with Toronto to fund various needs of the City such as housing, transit, public safety often to no avail. The result from a lacking in funding and partnership with the other two levels of government is a lack in results for Torontonians and meaningful improvements to our city. We as Council have already seen first-hand the effects of reduced autonomy at the municipal level from the reduction of Cit…
City Council · 2023-06-15 18:54 PM
Majority required - MM7.23 - Adopt the item
City Council · 2023-06-15 18:53 PM
Majority required - MM7.23 - Holyday - motion 1b
City Council · 2023-06-15 18:52 PM
Majority required - MM7.23 - Holyday - motion 1a
City Council · 2023-06-15 14:46 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM7.23 - Waive referral
The City has a heating By-law in place to ensure that all landlords provide adequate heating to a minimum air temperature of 21°C from September 15 to June 1. The City also has a property standards By-law that requires that all air-conditioning systems be operated so as to maintain an indoor temperature of not more than 26°C from June 2 to September 14. City Council declared a climate emergency in 2019, recognizing that temperatures are rising due to climate change and that extreme heat waves have grave health consequences for residents in our City. Many tenants living in apartment buildings experience very high temperatures in their units, and only 6 percent of apartment buildings in Toronto are reported to have air conditioning. From September 15 to October 15 and May 1 to June 1, landlords are able to turn the heat down or off if the temperature indoors is above 21°C. However, this is at the discretion of the landlord. Tenants Associations in Don Valley North have reported that while their landlord had the discretion to turn off the heat prior to June 1, they did not. Tenants reported temperatures as high as 30°C in their units. In 2018, the City of Mississauga…
City Council · 2023-06-15 17:08 PM
Majority required - MM7.8 - Carroll - motion 1 - part 1 only
City Council · 2023-06-15 14:30 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM7.8 - Waive referral
Since its establishment in 2001, Yonge-Dundas Square has established itself as a prominent destination in our downtown core. Over time, significant improvements have been made to the surrounding vicinity, resulting in a substantial increase in pedestrian activity, with millions of visitors passing through each year. Public spaces and squares in Toronto play a pivotal role in our city, bringing communities together for various occasions of joy, celebration, solidarity, sorrow, and reflection. These events and gatherings take place across the city, encompassing locations like Nathan Phillips Square, Mel Lastman Square, and Albert Campbell Square. Yonge-Dundas Square, as the vibrant heart of our downtown, is no exception to this phenomenon. Given that Yonge-Dundas Square has maintained its current form for over two decades and in light of our city's ongoing recovery efforts from the impacts of COVID-19, it is essential for our public spaces to adapt to the evolving needs of our communities, stimulate economic development, and facilitate Toronto's future growth. Consequently, conducting a thorough review of the governance and operations of Yonge-Dundas Square is a critical step toward…
City Council · 2023-06-15 16:58 PM
Majority required - MM7.5 - Adopt the item
City Council · 2023-06-15 16:56 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM7.5 - Moise - End the debate
City Council · 2023-06-15 14:27 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM7.5 - Waive referral
Many Toronto residents are protesting being forced to view graphic anti-abortion images, in their homes, and in public spaces, without their consent. Activists have been putting open flyers with such images into residents’ mail boxes in communities across Canada. These flyers cause significant harm and distress, especially to young children and to people who have had miscarriages or abortions. Being forced to view these flyers in their homes violates their rights to privacy and to conscience. To protect residents from these harms, while protecting freedom of expression, municipalities such as London, Ontario, and Calgary have adopted by-laws requiring that graphic flyers showing fetuses be enclosed in envelopes with a warning and identifying information. St. Catharines’ Council has instructed staff to prepare such a by-law. London, Ontario was the first city in Canada to adopt such a by-law, and it has successfully reduced the number of abusive graphic flyers. Toronto has authority to pass a similar by-law here. The City should also regulate graphic, disturbing images in public spaces and the public right of way. Such regulation is a longstanding request of City Counci…
City Council · 2023-06-15 15:03 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM7.17 - Waive referral
At its meeting of May 10, 11 and 12, 2023, City Council adopted Item 2023.MM6.22, Recognizing the Importance of Queer History and the Ongoing Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (2SLGBTQ+) Community Presence at Hanlan’s Point Beach and Surrounding Area. City staff have reviewed a number of proposals related to enhancing this space and provided recommendations on what items can proceed at this time and which require further review. The issues and proposals include: The southern portion of the beach on the westerly shoreline of Toronto Island Park currently lacks adequate markers identifying it as a community hub for Toronto and Canada’s 2SLGBTQ+ community. Hanlan’s Point Beach has seen a dramatic decline in useable space for both residents and the region’s wildlife as a result of natural sand erosion and human interference, with approximately 400 metres of the westerly shoreline currently without sand, resulting in frequent human crowding and trampling of dunes in the areas immediately surrounding the unusable space, which in turn contributes to additional ecological degradation in those areas. In recent years, Hanlan’s Point Beac…
City Council · 2023-06-15 14:38 PM
Majority required - MM7.15 - Malik - motion 1
The purpose of this report is to seek further instruction in relation to a development application for an appeal at the Ontario Land Tribunal.
City Council · 2023-06-15 11:53 AM
Majority required - CC7.9 - Adopt the item as amended
City Council · 2023-06-15 11:52 AM
Majority required - CC7.9 - Holyday - motion 1