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THE CITY OF TORONTO
Clerk's Department
Minutes of the Special Committee to Review
the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team
Friday, July 17, 1998.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team met on
Friday, July 17, 1998, in Committee Room A, 2nd Floor, Metro Hall, Toronto, commencing at
9:40 a.m.
Members Present:
Councillor David Miller, Chair
Councillor Anne Johnston
Councillor Norm Kelly
Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby
Councillor Peter Li Preti
Councillor Ron Moeser
Councillor Michael Prue
Councillor Kyle Rae
82. Amendment to the Terms of Reference of (HELD DOWN)
the Sub-Committee for the Relocation
of All Members of Council to City Hall.
(See also Minute No. 89)
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a report (June 25, 1998) from the Commissioner of Corporate Services Clarifying the
reporting structure and future roles of the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All
Members of Council to City Hall and the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of
the Toronto Transition Team pertaining to Phases two and three of the Toronto City Hall
renovations project, including the City Centre project; and recommending that:
(1) the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall
continue to report to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the
Toronto Transition Team on the Phase 1 renovations to City Hall, until the end of
1998;
(2) the Corporate Services Committee deal with Phases 2 and 3 of the City Hall project
and other City Hall maintenance and renovation matters on an ongoing basis, and
determine whether it wishes to establish a sub-committee for this purpose; and
(3) the appropriate City officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give
effect thereto.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had
before it a communication (May 21, 1998) from the City Clerk advising that
the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, recommended
to the Special Committee that the Terms of Reference of the Sub-Committee be amended to
permit the Sub-Committee to review the long term options for the Civic Centre proposal and
its process. (HELD DOWN)
(See Minute No. 89)
83. Selection Process for Appointing Citizen
Members to the Current Board of Health.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (June 24, 1998) from the Interim Contact, Board of Health for the City
of Toronto Health Unit, advising that the Board of Health on June 23, 1998:
(1) adopted the outreach strategy and selection criteria for citizen appointments to
the current Board of Health, as outlined in the report (June 15, 1998) from the
Medical Officer of Health;
(2) considered strategies for effective, meaningful and ongoing citizen participation
as a key component to its strategic planning.
(3) with respect to the selection process for the appointment of citizen members,
adopted the option of establishing a sub-committee with a mandate to screen
citizen applicants and nominate a slate of citizen appointees to the Board of
Health. These recommended appointees would then be forwarded to the Nominating
Committee and to City Council;
(4) requested that its decision in this respect be forwarded the Special Committee to
Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team and subsequently to City
Council for approval of the proposed selection process for citizen appointments.
On motion by Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby, The Special Committee to
Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team recommended to
Council the adoption of the selection process for citizen appointments to
the Board of Health, as approved by the Board of Health on June 23, 1998,
and outlined in the aforementioned communication (June 24, 1998) from the
Interim Contact, Board of Health for the City of Toronto Health Unit.
(Clause No. 3, Report No. 10)
84. Decorations Proposed by the Architects Respecting
the Renovations to the Councillor s Offices and
Council Chamber in Toronto City Hall.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (July 6, 1998) from the Interim Contact, Sub-Committee for the
Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, advising that the Sub-Committee for the
Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall on June 29, 1998, recommended that the
following be approved in principle with respect to the renovations to the 2nd floor,
Councillors offices and Council Chamber in Toronto City Hall:
(1) the lighting be brighter on the 2nd floor;
(2) the carpets and wood finishes as proposed by the project Architect be used;
(3) frosted glass be used at the entrance to the Councillors offices; and
(4) the colours of the Administrative Assistants offices be compatible with the
colours of walls exterior to the office, and that the Councillors and Executive
Assistants offices choose the colour of their offices, on the advice of the
Architect.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team recommended to Council the adoption of the recommendations of the Sub-
Committee for the Relocation of all Members of Council to City Hall,
embodied in the aforementioned communication from the Interim Contact, Sub-
Committee for the Relocation of all Members of Council to City Hall.
(Clause No. 7, Report No. 10)
85. Guidelines for Determining City-Wide
Interests in Planning Matters.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (July 17, 1998) from the Interim Contact, Urban Environment and
Development Committee, advising that The Urban Environment and Development Committee on
July 13, 1998, during its consideration of a joint report (June 29, 1998) from the
Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services and the City Clerk, took the
following action:
(A) approved Recommendation No. (3), embodied in the joint report (June 29, 1998) from
the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services and the City Clerk,
viz:
(3) this report, and the comments from the Urban Environment and
Development Committee, be placed on the:
(a) agenda of the July 17, 1998 meeting of the Special Committee
to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team;
and
(b) agendas of the July 22, 1998 meetings of all Community
Councils;
with a request that any comments from the Special Committee and the
Community Councils be forwarded directly to the July 29, 1998 City
Council meeting; ; and
(B ) recommended to Council:
(1) the adoption of Recommendations Nos. (1), (2) and (4), embodied in the
attached joint report (June 29, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban
Planning and Development Services and the City Clerk, subject to amending
Recommendation No. (1) by striking out the words "the Urban Environment and
Development Committee" and inserting in lieu thereof the words
City Council; so that Recommendation No. (1) shall read as follows:
(1) City Council endorse the attached protocol for dealing with
planning matters of City-wide interest and authorize its use by the
Chief Planner in determining the appropriate Committee routing
process for planning matters; ; and
(2) that with respect to matters abutting Community Council boundaries, a
determination as to whether a City-wide or local interest exists, be made
only after consultation with all of the affected Councillors.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team endorsed Recommendation (B) of the Urban Environment and Development
Committee, contained in the aforementioned communication.
(City Council; c: Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services;
Interim Contact, Urban Environment and Development Committee - June 17,
1998)
(Clause No. 9a, Report No. 10)
86. Membership - Toronto Parking Authority.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (July 16, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that City Council on
July 8, 9 and 10, 1998, referred the following Motion to the Special Committee to Review
the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team for inclusion in its review of the
governance structures of the City of Toronto s major Agencies, Boards and Commissions and
report thereon to Council for its meeting to be held on October 1, 1998, and requested the
City Clerk to invite the Chair of the Parking Authority to appear before the Special
Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team in connection
therewith and to advise all Members of Council when this matter will be considered by the
Committee:
Moved by: Councillor Shiner
Seconded by: Councillor Flint
BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
(1) By-law No. 28-1998 be amended to increase the Toronto Parking Authority
membership by four members;
(2) the additional four members be Members of Council; and
(3) the appointment of the additional four members to the Toronto Parking
Authority be referred to the Striking Committee for consideration.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team :
(1) referred the aforementioned communication to the Chief
Administrative Officer for inclusion in his forthcoming report on
the governance structure for the City of Toronto; and
(2) requested the City Clerk to invite the Chair of the Parking
Authority to appear before the Special Committee when it considers
the aforementioned report from the Chief Administrative Officer.
(Chief Administrative Officer; City Clerk - July 21, 1998)
(Clause No. 9b, Report No. 10)
87. Toronto City Hall Renovations -
Design Options for Committee Room 1.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (July 17, 1998) from the Interim Contact, Sub-Committee for the
Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, recommending that:
(1) Option A (Curved Horseshoe Option) design for the layout of Committee Room 1
located at Toronto City Hall, as shown in Appendix 1 of report (July 14, 1998)
from the Commissioner of Corporate Services, be endorsed; and
(2) the Chair and Commissioner of Corporate Services assure that funds are found
within the present budget.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team recommended to Council the adoption of the recommendations of the Sub-
Committee for the Relocation of all Members of Council to City Hall,
embodied in the aforementioned communication from the Interim Contact, Sub-
Committee for the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall,
subject to amending recommendation No. (2) by deleting therefrom the words
the Chair and so that Recommendation No. (2) now read as follows:
(2) that the Commissioner of Corporate Services assure that funds are
found within the present budget. :
(Clause No. 6, Report No. 10)
88. Governance Structure for Heritage Services.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a report (July 10, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer recommending that:
(1) to foster a partnership among citizens, Council, and City program staff which will
continue to engage citizens in the development and delivery of City heritage
policies and programs, the general structure of City heritage functions outlined
in this report be approved, including:
(a) the continuation of the Toronto Historical Board, Heritage Toronto,
comprised primarily of citizens nominated by the heritage community, and
empowered to recommend to Council a Heritage Master Plan for the City, to
recommend to Council heritage strategies and policies for all City
programs, and to manage and distribute heritage funds donated privately;
(b) the establishment of a single Toronto Architectural and Conservation
Advisory Committee organized into seven committees as follows:
(i) six LACAC panels comprised of citizens selected by and reporting to
Community Councils as an integral part of the planning protocol on
issues related to Parts IV and V of the Ontario Heritage Act; to be
empowered to enforce Council s heritage by-laws; to recommend
capital grants for preservation of heritage properties; and to help
increase public awareness and knowledge of heritage conservation
through plaquing, walking tours, lectures, etc;
(ii) a City-wide Preservation Commission comprised of representatives of
each of the LACAC panels to report to the Urban Development and
Planning Committee on heritage issues of city-wide significance and
to coordinate the policies and strategies of the LACAC panels;
(c) the continuation of existing and the establishment of new site specific
boards as required, comprised of citizens interested in the operations of
individual sites and reporting to the Economic Development Committee, to
develop programs, direct the operations, and manage resources allocated to
museums and heritage sites; and
(d) the City Culture Office work with staff of other City departments to
promote heritage issues in all City programs, provide staff support to the
LACAC panels, oversee the overall portfolio of City heritage resources and
allocate human and financial resources to specific sites for use by sites;
(2) the Commissioner of Economic Development, Parks, Culture and Tourism, in
consultation with the current Toronto Historical Board, the Scarborough Historical
Museum Board, and the Executive Director of Human Resources arrange for
integration of staff into the Culture Office and report to the Amalgamation Office
on the timeframe, strategy, and budgetary impact for staffing the Culture Office
in the longer term;
(3) the City Clerk report further on the process for citizen selection of LACAC
members by the Community Councils;
(4) site specific boards and advisory committees be continued and their members
re-appointed, and the Culture Office report to the Task Force on Agencies, Board
and Commissions on the structure, size and composition of boards for the sites
currently managed by the existing Toronto Historical Board;
(5) the Culture Office consult with the heritage community in developing a process
for selecting members for Heritage Toronto and report further to the Economic
Development Committee on a process agreeable to the heritage community;
(6) the City Solicitor, in consultation with all appropriate stakeholders, develop for
Council approval any necessary by-laws and agreements between the City and
Heritage Toronto, LACAC s, and heritage site boards;
(7) the Commissioner of Finance, in consultation with the Culture Office, report on
the impact of the restructuring on the 1998 and 1999 budgets; and
(8) the appropriate officials be authorized to take the necessary actions to give
effect thereto.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had
before it the following communications:
(1) (April 9, 1998) from the Interim Contact, Etobicoke Community Council, advising
that the Etobicoke Community Council on April 1, 1998, recommended that the
Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team be
advised that the Etobicoke Community Council endorses Scenario 2A presented in a
submission dated April 1, 1998, from the Etobicoke Historical Board;
(2) (July 2, 1998) from the Interim Contact, North York Community Council, advising
that the North York Community Council on June 24, 1998, referred to the Special
Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, without
comment, the communication (June 12, 1998) from Mr. Lawrence Leonoff, Chair, North
York Heritage Committee, such communication endorsing the position of the Heritage
Committee, and requesting that this be forwarded to the Special Committee for
consideration;
(3) (May 7, 1998) from the Interim Contact, Scarborough Community Council, advising
that the Scarborough Community Council, on May 6, 1998, directed that The Special
Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team be advised
that Scarborough Community Council supports, in principle, the following
recommendations presented by Mr. Richard Schofield on behalf of the Scarborough
Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee and the Scarborough Historical
Museums Board:
(1) the need to continue volunteer local citizen participation at the local
community level;
(2) the continuation of a Scarborough Local Architectural Conservation Advisory
Committee (LACAC) to make recommendations to a central preservation body
on matters relating to Sections IV and V of The Ontario Heritage Act (as
required by the Act) and to liaise with the Scarborough Community Council
on matters relating to the study, preservation and promotion of the local
community s built and natural heritage;
(3) the establishment of a separate Toronto committee to deal with the issues
of Heritage Preservation (LACAC) and a separate Toronto committee to deal
with the issues of Museum Management; and that these two separate bodies
report through the Culture Office to Council;
(4) the preparation of a By-law and/or Memorandum of Agreement between the City
and the Toronto Museums Committee, concerning the future management of
Museums in the new City of Toronto; and
(5) the employment by the City of all staff of Toronto Museums, under the
Management of the City of Toronto and the Toronto Museums Committee, as
well as staff of the Culture Office in Toronto;
(4) (March 30, 1998) from Mr. John D. Bertram, Chair, Todmorden Mills Museum;
(5) (April 2, 1998) from Ms. Peggy Kurtin, President, Cabbagetown Preservation
Association;
(6) (April 2, 1998) from Ms. Elizabeth Ingolfsrud, Chairman, Etobicoke Historical
Board;
(7) (April 3, 1998) from Mr. John Colautti, President, Parkdale Village Ratepayers
Association;
(8) (April 4, 1998) from Ms. Margaret Brettell, Toronto, Ontario;
(9) (April 6, 1998) from Ms. Mary Campbell, President and Archivist, The Beach and
East Toronto Historical Society;
(10) (April 8, 1998) from Mr. Lawrence Adams, Ms. Miriam Adams, Co-Directors, Dance
Collection Danse;
(11) (April 22, 1998) from H. E. Ashley, Toronto, Ontario;
(12) (April 27, 1998) from Dr. Marion Joppe, Chair, Heritage Toronto;
(13) (April 28, 1998) from Mr. Douglas Grigg, Scarborough, Ontario;
(14) (Undated) from Ms. Madeleine McDowell, Toronto, Ontario;
(15) (April 29, 1998) from Ms. Marcia Cuthbert, Toronto, Ontario;
(16) (April 29, 1998) from Ms. E. Ann Rowan, Toronto, Ontario;
(17) (April 29, 1998) from Ms. Patricia Robertson, President, York Pioneer & Historical
Society 1869;
(18) (April 29, 1998) from Mr. Michael Freeman, City of York, Ontario;
(19) (April 29, 1998) from Mr. Rob Garrard, Toronto, Ontario;
(20) (April 30, 1998) from Mrs. Lois V. House, Downsview, Ontario;
(21) (April 30, 1998) from M. C. Smillie, Toronto, Ontario;
(22) (April 30, 1998) from Ms. Margaret Near, Toronto, Ontario;
(23) (April 30, 1998) from Anne Byzko, Toronto, Ontario;
(24) (April 30, 1998) from Mr. Sander Gladstone, Toronto, Ontario;
(25) (April 30, 1998) from Ms. Kristina Guiguet;
(26) (May 1, 1998) from Ms. Cecile Berube, Toronto, Ontario;
(27) (May 3, 1998) from Mr. Jim Houston, Toronto, Ontario;
(28) (May 3, 1998) from Ms. Mary G. Barnett, Toronto, Ontario;
(29) (May 4, 1998) from Mr. Rodger W. McLennan, Toronto, Ontario;
(30) (May 4, 1998) from Mr. John B. Lawson, McCarthy Tetrault, Barristers &
Solicitors;
(31) (May 4, 1998) from Ms. Carol Helmstadter, Toronto, Ontario;
(32) (May 4, 1998) from Mr. C. M. Cole, Toronto, Ontario;
(33) (May 4, 1998) from Dr. Mima Rapches, Head, Royal Ontario Museum;
(34) (May 5, 1998) from Mr. Donald Gard, Toronto, Ontario;
(35) (May 5, 1998) from Mr. L. E. Leonoff, Chairman, North York Heritage Committee;
(36) (May 5, 1998) from Ms. Anna Teper, York, Ontario;
(37) (undated) from Mr. Paul Stewart, Toronto, Ontario;
(38) (May 5, 1998) from Ms. Anne Mcaughey, Toronto, Ontario;
(39) (Undated) from Ms. Phyllis Platnick, North York, Ontario;
(40) (May 6, 1998) from Mr. Ed Freeman, Toronto, Ontario;
(41) (May 6, 1998) from Mr. John P. M. Court, Toronto, Ontario;
(42) (May 7, 1998) from Mr. & Mrs. J. Granot, Toronto, Ontario;
(43) (May 7, 1998) from Ms. Joan L. Harris, T. Montgomery s Inn;
(44) (May 7, 1998) from Mr. Kenneth C. Peterson, Supreme Chief Ranger, The Independent
Order of Foresters;
(45) (May 8, 1998) from Ms. Grace Heggie, Toronto, Ontario;
(46) (May 8, 1998) from Mr. Gordon Turner, Toronto, Ontario;
(47) (May 8, 1998) from Ms. Irma Bain, Toronto, Ontario;
(48) (May 10, 1998) from Mr. Edward R. Lyons, Toronto, Ontario;
(49) (May 11, 1998) from Mrs. Dorothy E. Foley, North York, Ontario;
(50) (May 12, 1998) from Professor Jeffrey Stinson, Associate Dean, School of
Architecture and Landscape Architecture;
(51) (May 12, 1998) from Mr. Jim Wiswell, Toronto, Ontario;
(52) (May 12, 1998) from Ms. Jean French, Don Mills, Ontario;
(53) (May 12, 1998) from Ms. Laura Purdy, Chair, Attractions Council, Tourism Toronto;
(54) (Undated) from Ms. Peggie Sampson, Toronto, Ontario;
(55) (May 13, 1998) from Mr. Alex D. Camp, Toronto, Ontario;
(56) (May 14, 1998) from Mr. Sheldon J. Godfrey, Toronto, Ontario;
(57) (May 15, 1998) from Mr. Rob Brown, Honorary Commodore, Toronto Harbour Parade of
Lights Inc.;
(58) (May 19, 1998) from Miss Jane Beecroft, Chair, CHP Heritage Centre;
(59) (May 21, 1998) from Mr. Stephen Thomas, Stephen Thomas Associates;
(60) (May 21, 1998) from Miss Lois Williamson, Toronto, Ontario;
(61) (May 25, 1998) from Ms. Margaret Gayfer, Toronto, Ontario;
(62) (May 27, 1998) from Mr. Kirk Shearer, President, Tourism Toronto;
(63) (May 29, 1998 and June 1, 1998) from Mr. Joseph Gill, Chair, Friends of Fort York;
(64) (June 1, 1998) from Mr. Dave Roberts, President, ABC Residents Association;
(65) (June 3, 1998) from Mr. George Waters, Managing Director, Heritage Toronto;
(66) (June 3, 1998) from Mr. Louis Badone, Toronto, Ontario;
(67) (June 4, 1998) from Ms. Edna Hudson, President, Toronto Region Architectural
Conservancy;
(68) (June 9, 1998) from Ms. Elayne Dobel Goyette, Archivist and Records Manager for
The Salvation Army;
(69) (June 11, 1998) from Ms. Diana Fancher, President, West Toronto Junction
Historical Society;
(70) (June 12, 1998) from Mr. Morris Zbar, Vice-Chair, Ontario Heritage Foundation;
(71) (June 12, 1998) from Ms. Maribeth Solomon, Toronto, Ontario;
(72) (June 13, 1998) from Ms. Eleanor Inglis Sanderson, Toronto, Ontario;
(73) (June 15, 1998) from Mr. Michael J. Rudman, Toronto, Ontario;
(74) (undated) from Mr. Scott Duncan, President, Toronto Military Heritage Association;
(75) (undated) from Ms. Ruth Nixon, Heritage Partner;
(76) (June 17, 1998) from Ms. Susan Palmer, Toronto, Ontario;
(77) (June 17, 1998) from Mr. Stewart A. Bull and Ms. Doris L. Bull, Etobicoke,
Ontario;
(78) (June 19, 1998) from Mr. Rod Behan, Senior Vice-President, Nesbitt Burns;
(79) (June 19, 1998) from Ms. Helen Mills, Chair, Lost Rivers Project and Heritage
Community Garden;
(80) (June 25, 1998) from Mr. Michael A. Stevenson, Toronto, Ontario;
(81) (July 6, 1998) from Mr. Peter D. Pellier, Oakville, Ontario;
(82) (July 8, 1998) from Mr. William L. Archer, Q.C., Toronto, Ontario;
(83) (Undated) from Mr. Robert J. Hall, Mississauga, Ontario;
(84) (May 18, 1998) from Ms. Edith Geduld, on behalf of the Metro Area Heritage Group;
(85) (July 16, 1998) from Ms. Heather Howard-Bobiwash, The Gathering Place Toronto
Native Community History Project, Native Canadian Centre of Toronto; and
(86) (July 15, 1998) from Mr. Howard Levine, Chair, Citizens for the Old Town 1793.
Ms. Nancy Autton, Senior Corporate Management and Policy Consultant, Chief Administrator s
Office gave a presentation to the Special Committee respecting the Governance Structure
for City Heritage Services, and submitted a copy of her presentation material.
The following persons appeared before the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of
the Toronto Transition Team in connection with the foregoing matter:
- Dr. Marion Joppe, Chair, Heritage Toronto, and Mr. George Waters, Toronto
Historical Board; and submitted the following documents entitled:
(i) The Future of Heritage in Toronto ;
(ii) Toronto Historical Board/Heritage Toronto - Notes to the Chief
Administrative Officer s report on Heritage Management in Toronto (July 16,
1998); and
a revised Governance Model for Heritage Services;
- Ms. Alanna Jones, National Society of Fundraising Executives;
- Mrs. Elizabeth Ingolfsrud, Chairman, Etobicoke Historical Board, and submitted a
brief in regard thereto;
- Mr. Earl Jarvis, Etobicoke Historical Board;
- Mr. Bill Greer, Canadian Association of Heritage Preservation Consultants;
- Mr. Joe Gill, and submitted a brief prepared by Mr. Murray Philp, Director,
Friends of Fort York;
- Dr. Terry Russell;
- Mr. R. Schofield, Scarborough, Local Architectural Conservation Advisory
Committee (LACAC), and submitted a brief in regard thereto
- Mr. William Archer, and submitted a communication (June 29, 1998) respecting the
issue of Heritage, and a document entitled A New Direction for Heritage - the
Revised Preliminary report of the Toronto Historical Board , dated October 18,
1996;
- Ms. Phyllis Creighton and Ms. Ruby Steiger, The Raging Grannies, with a singing
rendition of their position respecting Heritage issues in the City of Toronto ;
- Mr. Larry Leonoff, Chairman, North York Heritage Committee;
- Ms. Ann Rowan, a Member of the Metro Area Heritage Group (MAHG); and submitted a
brief in regard thereto;
- Ms. Madeleine McDowell, Chair of the Humber Heritage Committee; and submitted a
brief in regard thereto;
- Mr. John A. McGinnis, First Managing Director, Toronto Historical Board, and
former Chairman of the Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority;
- Mr. William Phillips, and submitted a pamphlet entitled South Rosedale Self-
guided Walking Tour published by the South Rosedale Ratepayers Association;
Ms. Jane Beecroft, Chair, CHP Heritage Centre, The Society of Heritage Associates;
and
- Mr. John Carter, Chairman, East York LACAC, and submitted a brief in regard
thereto, and a communication (March 30, 1998) addressed to Councillor David Miller
from the East York LACAC respecting a motion passed at the East York LACAC at its
meeting on March 25, 1998, supporting recommendations made by the Toronto
Transition Team related to Arts and Heritage Boards.
At this point in the proceedings the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the
Toronto Transition Team recessed at 12:32 p.m., to reconvene at 2:00 p.m.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team reconvened
at 2:08 p.m.
Members Present:
Councillor David Miller, Chair
Councillor Anne Johnston
Councillor Norman Kelly
Councillor Lindsay Luby
Councillor Ron Moeser
Councillor Michael Prue
Councillor Kyle Rae
88a. Governance Structure for Heritage Services.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team resumed
its consideration of the Governance Structure for Heritage Services.
The following persons appeared before the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of
the Toronto Transition Team in connection with the foregoing matter:
- Mr. Michael Stevenson, Vice Chair, Todmorden Mills Museum Advisory Board, and
submitted a brief in regard thereto, and a communication (March 30, 1998)
addressed to Councillor David Miller from Mr. D. Bertram, Chair, Todmorden Mills
Museum, conveying the Board s position respecting the delivery of heritage
services in the City of Toronto;
- Ms. Edith Geduld a Member of the Metro Area Heritage Group, and submitted a brief
in regard thereto, and a handbook entitled Heritage Handbook for City Councillors
- City of Toronto , prepared by members of the Metro Area Heritage Group, and a
communication (May 18, 1998) from the Metro Area Heritage Group respecting the
delivery of heritage services in the City of Toronto ;
- Ms. Louise Roberge;
- Ms. Peggy Kurtin, President, Cabbagetown Preservation Association, and submitted a
brief in regard thereto;
- Mr. John P. M. Court, and submitted a communication (June 3, 1998) from the City
Clerk, York Community Council, respecting recommendations submitted by him to York
Community Council;
- Ms. Lumia Heyno;
- Mr. Bob Saunders, Scarborough LACAC;
- Mr. Henry Sator;
- Mr. John Harstone;
- Ms. Susan Pointe, a volunteer with Heritage Toronto;
- Dr. Carol Stimmell, Editor, Metro Community News and member of the Board of
Heritage Toronto;
- Ms. Lynne Kurylo, Chair of the Board of the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Foundation
and member of the Advocacy Committee of the Ontario Museum Association and citizen
member of the Toronto Historical Board; and
- Mr. George Waters submitted a brief on behalf of Mr. Murray Phillip.
Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Rae Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.
A. Councillor Miller moved that:
(1) the Special Committee recommend to Council the adoption of
the report (July 10, 1998) from the Chief Administrative
Officer, subject to:
(a) amending Recommendation No. (1) by:
(i) deleting therefrom the words this report be
approved, including ;
(ii) deleting Parts (a) to (d);
(iii) adding thereto the words the structure
suggested in the document entitled Revised
Governance Model for Heritage Services ,
submitted by Heritage Toronto be approved;
(b) deleting Recommendation No. (2);
(c) amending Recommendation No. (3) to read as follows:
(3) the City Clerk, in conjunction with the Chief
Administrative Officer report further in
September, 1998, on the process for citizen
selection of local Heritage Board Members by
the Community Councils ;
(d) amending Recommendation Nos. (4) and (5) to provide
that the requested reports be submitted to the
September 18, 1998, meeting of the Special
Committee;
(e) amending Recommendation No. (6) by deleting LACAC ;
and
(f) Heritage Toronto acting as an advocate for natural
and human heritage to Council and City staff; and
further, that Heritage Toronto be provided with
adequate staff to monitor the City with respect to
heritage policy development and preservation; and
(2) that the Chief Administrative Officer be requested to report
to the September 18, 1998, meeting of the Special Committee
respecting the responsibilities of the local Heritage Boards
and Strategic body and suggest appropriate names.
Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.
B. Councillor Moeser moved that the Chief Administrative Officer be
requested to submit a report to the Special Committee on the
concept of having a City-wide Museum Committee comprised of
representatives from each of the site-specific Boards to meet
periodically.
C. Councillor Rae moved that the Special Committee recommend to
Council that:
(1) a Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
(LACAC) be established for each Community Council area;
(2) six LACACs each nominate a representative to form one
Toronto Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
(TACAC) and that the TACAC report to the appropriate
Community Council depending on where a particular site is
located;
(3) staff support to TACAC be located in the Urban Design
Section of the City of Toronto s Planning Department;
(4) Community Councils be authorized to nominate the membership
of each LACAC;
(5) a Toronto Museums Board be created, composed of
representatives of each Museum Board or Advisory Committee
and reporting to the Economic Development Committee;
(6) staff support for the local Museum Boards, Advisory
Committees and the Toronto Museums Board, be provided from
the City of Toronto s Culture Office;
(7) Community Councils be authorized to nominate the membership
of each individual Museum Board in its jurisdiction;
(8) Heritage Toronto be composed of the six members of TACAC and
the members of the Toronto Museums Board;
(9) preservation policies recommended by Heritage Toronto be
reported to City Council through the Urban Environment and
Development Committee;
(10) Heritage Trust, made up of members of Heritage Toronto, be
the charitable foundation responsible for fundraising; and
(11) should Council adopt this report, as amended by the Special
Committee, all staff of the Toronto Historical Board and of
the Scarborough Historical Museum Board become staff of the
City of Toronto.
D. Councillor Prue moved that:
(1) all qualified electors living within the City of Toronto be
eligible for appointment to LACACs; and
(2) a Museum Board or Advisory Committee be created for each
historical site; and the same principles for appointments of
citizens to LACACs be applied.
E. Councillor Kelly moved that the foregoing Motion C. by Councillor
Rae be referred to the Chief Administrative Officer for report
thereon directly to Council for its meeting scheduled to be held on
July 29, 1998.
F. Councillor Johnston moved that the Part (1) (f) of the foregoing
Motion A. by Councillor Miller be referred to the Chief
Administrative Officer with a request that he report directly to
Council for itsmeeting scheduled to be held on July 29, 1998, with
respect to the strategy/vision component recommended by the Special
Committee, and to clarify the reporting process.
G. Councillor Lindsay Luby moved that:
(1) the Chief Administrative Officer and Heritage Toronto be
requested to jointly develop a Heritage Master Plan; and
(2) the Chief Administrative Officer be requested to review the
selected model in three year s time and report thereon to
Council, through the appropriate Standing Committee; and
Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Kelly Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.
H. Councillor Miller moved that:
(1) the Special Committee recommend to Council that:
(i) Heritage be included in the City of Toronto s
Official Plan;
(ii) Council adopt the following fundamental principles:
(1) that Heritage contributes to the quality of
life and economic health of the community;
(2) that local community input is of prime
importance;
(3) that Municipal government has a major role to
play in supporting and encouraging the
preservation and appreciation of local
community heritage and in fostering the
stewardship of its material and natural
resources;
(4) that the City is charged with heritage
stewardship; and
(5) that it is important to sustain, at the local
community level, a partnership of
professional staff and volunteers; ;
(iii) the City Solicitor, in consultation with all appropriate
stakeholders, develop for Council approval any necessary
by-laws and agreements to give effect thereto; and
(2) City Clerk be requested to forward the recommendations of the
Special Committee to all of the deputants who appeared at the
Special Committee at its meeting on July 17, 1998, and all
interested parties, in order that they may provide comments thereon
to City Council when this matter is being considered on July 29,
1998.
Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion F. by Councillor
Johnston, referring Part (1) (f) of the foregoing Motion A. by Councillor
Miller, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion E. by Councillor
Kelly, referring the foregoing Motion C. by Councillor Rae, it was lost.
Upon the question of the adoption of Parts (1) (a) to (f) and Part (2) of
the foregoing Motion A. by Councillor Miller, it was lost.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion D. by Councillor
Prue, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion C. by Councillor
Rae, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion G. by Councillor
Lindsay Luby, it was carried.
Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing Motion H. by Councillor
Miller, it was carried.
Having regard for the foregoing action taken by the Committee Motion B. by Councillor
Moeser was not put to a vote.
The decision of the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team therefore is as follows:
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team:
(A) recommended to Council the adoption of the report from the Chief
Administrative Officer, subject to striking out the recommendations
embodied therein and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
It is recommended that:
(1) a Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
(LACAC) be established for each Community Council area;
(2) six LACACs each nominate a representative to form one
Toronto Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
(TACAC) and that the TACAC report to the appropriate
Community Council depending on where a particular site is
located;
(3) Community Councils be authorized to nominate the membership
of each LACAC;
(4) all qualified electors living within the City of Toronto be
eligible for appointment to LACACs;
(5) staff support to TACAC be located in the Urban Design
Section of the City of Toronto s Planning Department;
(6) a Toronto Museums Board be created, composed of
representatives of each Museum Board or Advisory Committee
and reporting to the Economic Development Committee;
(7) a Museum Board or Advisory Committee be created for each
historical site; and the same principles for appointments of
citizens to LACACs be applied;
(8) Community Councils be authorized to nominate the membership
of each individual Museum Board in its jurisdiction;
(9) staff support for the local Museum Boards, Advisory
Committees and the Toronto Museums Board, be provided from
the City of Toronto s Culture Office;
(10) Heritage Toronto be composed of the six members of TACAC and
the members of the Toronto Museums Board;
(11) preservation policies recommended by Heritage Toronto be
reported to City Council through the Urban Environment and
Development Committee;
(12) Heritage Trust, made up of members of Heritage Toronto, be
the charitable foundation responsible for fundraising;
(13) should Council adopt this report, as amended by the Special
Committee, all staff of the Toronto Historical Board and of
the Scarborough Historical Museum Board become staff of the
City of Toronto;
(14) Heritage be included in the City of Toronto s Official Plan;
(15) Council adopt the following fundamental principles:
(1) that Heritage contributes to the quality of life and
economic health of the community;
(2) that local community input is of prime importance;
(3) that Municipal government has a major role to play
in supporting and encouraging the preservation and
appreciation of local community heritage and in
fostering the stewardship of its material and
natural resources;
(4) that the City is charged with heritage stewardship;
and
(5) that it is important to sustain, at the local
community level, a partnership of professional staff
and volunteers; ;
(16) the Chief Administrative Officer and Heritage Toronto be
requested to jointly develop a Heritage Master Plan;
(17) the Chief Administrative Officer be requested to review the
selected model in three year s time and report thereon to
Council, through the appropriate Standing Committee; and
(18) the City Solicitor, in consultation with all appropriate
stakeholders, develop for Council approval any necessary
by-laws and agreements to give effect thereto.
(B) referred the following motion to the Chief Administrative Officer
for report thereon to the meeting of Council scheduled to be held
on July 29, 1998:
Moved by Councillor David Miller:
That Heritage Toronto act as an advocate for
natural and human heritage to Council and City
staff; and further, that Heritage Toronto be
provided with adequate staff to monitor the City
with respect to heritage policy development and
preservation. ;
(C) requested the Chief Administrative Officer to report directly to
Council for its meeting scheduled to be held on July 29, 1998, with
respect to the strategy/vision component recommended by the Special
Committee, and to clarify the reporting process; and
(D) requested the City Clerk to forward the foregoing recommendations
of the Special Committee to all of the deputants who appeared at
the Special Committee at its meeting on July 17, 1998, and all
interested parties, in order that they may provide comments thereon
to City Council when this matter is being considered on July 29, 1998.
(Interested Parties; c: Chief Administrative Officer; Ms. Rosanna Scotti,
Director, Policy, Corporate Policy and Planning; Ms. Nancy Autton, Senior
Corporate Management and Policy Consultant - July 21, 1998)
(Clause No. 1, Report No. 10)
89. Amendment to the Terms of Reference
of the Sub-Committee for the Relocation
of All Members of Council to City Hall.
(See also Minute No. 82)
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team resumed
its consideration of the Amendment to the Terms of Reference of the Sub-Committee for the
Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a report (June 25, 1998) from the Commissioner of Corporate Services Clarifying the
reporting structure and future roles of the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All
Members of Council to City Hall and the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of
the Toronto Transition Team pertaining to Phases two and three of the Toronto City Hall
renovations project, including the City Centre project; and recommending that:
(1) the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall
continue to report to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the
Toronto Transition Team on the Phase 1 renovations to City Hall, until the end of
1998;
(2) the Corporate Services Committee deal with Phases 2 and 3 of the City Hall project
and other City Hall maintenance and renovation matters on an ongoing basis, and
determine whether it wishes to establish a sub-committee for this purpose; and
(3) the appropriate City officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give
effect thereto.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team also had
before it a communication (May 21, 1998) from the City Clerk advising that
the Sub-Committee for the Relocation of All Members of Council to City Hall, recommended
to the Special Committee that the Terms of Reference of the Sub-Committee be amended to
permit the Sub-Committee to review the long term options for the Civic Centre proposal and
its process.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition
Team recommended to Council the adoption of the aforementioned report.
(Clause No. 4, Report No. 10)
90. Procedural By-Law Amendment to Permit
Request for Recorded Votes at Meetings of
Standing Committees and Committees of Council.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (June 14, 1998 ) from Ms. Rhona Swarbrick, Etobicoke Citizens for
Effective Government, advising that the request for a recorded vote has recently been
incorporated into the procedures for meetings of Community Councils; that what remains now
is to amend the Procedural By-law to include the provision for a call for a recorded vote
at all political meetings; and that the amendment to the Procedural By-law clarify that
the results of recorded votes be included in the reports that go to Council as well as in
the minutes of the committee meetings.
On motion by Councillor Johnston, The Special Committee to Review the Final
Report of the Toronto Transition Team recommended to Council that the
Council Procedural By-law be amended to provided that recorded votes be
permitted at Standing Committee and Task Force meetings.
(Clause No. 5, Report No. 10)
91. Progress Report on the Workplan of the
Special Committee to Review the Final
Report of the Toronto Transition Team..
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a report (May 13, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer recommending that:
(1) the Special Committee take no further action on the recommendations of the Toronto
Transition Team that deal with administrative and public policy matters, listed in
Appendix A to this report;
(2) the recommendations of the Toronto Transition Team that deal with administrative
and public policy matters, listed in Appendix A to this report, be referred to the
Chief Administrative Officer and Commissioners for information and consideration,
if appropriate, in their respective areas of responsibility;
(3) the Special Committee s mandate continue for the remainder of 1998 to enable it to
complete the outstanding items on its workplan;
(4) the major focus for the Special Committee s work in the coming months be on the
review of governance, including the interconnected and complex issues related to
citizen involvement and governance structures; and
(5) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary
action to give effect thereto.
Councillor Miller appointed Councillor Rae Acting Chairman and vacated the Chair.
On motion by Councillor Miller The Special Committee to Review the Final
Report of the Toronto Transition Team recommended to Council the adoption
of the aforementioned report from the Chief Administrative Officer subject
to:
(1) amending Recommendation No. (2) by adding after the word report,
the words not be adopted , so that such recommendation shall now
read as follows:
(2) the recommendations of the Toronto Transition
Team that deal with administrative and public
policy matters, listed in Appendix A to this
report not be adopted and be referred to the
Chief Administrative Officer and
Commissioners for information and
consideration, if appropriate, in their
respective areas of responsibility; ; and
(2) referring Recommendations Nos. (72) to (77) of the Toronto
Transition Team, listed in Appendix A embodied therein, to the
Toronto Hydro-Electric Commission, for report thereon to the
Special Committee, together with their forthcoming review on Hydro
structure and governance.
Councillor Miller resumed the Chair.
(Clause No. 2, Report No. 10)
92. Reporting Relationship of the
Audit Committee and the City Auditor.
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team had before
it a communication (July 9, 1998) from Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby , Kingsway Humber,
advising that the present City Procedural By-law requires the Audit Committee to report to
Council through the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee; in view of the need for
the perceived independence of the Audit Committee, requesting the Special Committee to
review this matter and recommend that the Audit Committee report directly to Council;
further advising that the City Auditor has an administrative reporting relationship to the
Commissioner of Corporate Services and through her, to the Chief Administrative Officer,
and that once again to preserve the independence of the City Auditor, recommending that
the City Auditor report to the Audit Committee and then to Council; and noting that the
Solicitor reports directly to Council.
On motion by Councillor Lindsay Luby, the Special Committee to Review the
Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team recommended to Council that the
Council Procedural By-law be amended to provide that:
(1) the Audit Committee report directly to Council; and
(2) the City Auditor report to Council through the Audit Committee.
(Clause No. 8, Report No. 10)
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team adjourned
its meeting at 4:50 p.m.
Chair.
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