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Minutes Confirmed – September 22, 2009

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council endorse, in principle, the BMX Go Forward Strategy as set out in this report and its Attachment 1, subject to the successful securing of any financial resources required for its implementation.

 

2.         City Council receive, for information, the maintenance practices identified as presently being undertaken at the City’s two existing BMX sites set out in this report and its Attachment 4.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to execute the 2009 Provincial Rent Bank Agreement, and enter into future amendments or renewal agreements, on behalf of the City of Toronto with the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for continued delivery of the Provincial Rent Bank program.

 

2.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to receive the funding from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for the 2009 provincial allocation, and to receive any future funding which may be forthcoming from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for the Provincial Rent Bank program.

 

3.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to execute the necessary agreements with Neighbourhood Information Post (the lead community agency coordinating the Rent Bank Program in Toronto) to deliver the Provincial Rent Bank Program, and to allocate provincial Rent Bank funding to Neighbourhood Information Post beginning with an allocation of $1,499,211 in 2009.

 

4.         City Council approve the Local Rules which guide the operation of the Rent Bank program in Toronto substantially as set out in Appendix B, and authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to amend the rules as required to be consistent with any future amendments to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and to respond to program implementation needs which may arise from time to time.

 

5.         City Council request the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to allocate all future Provincial Rent Bank funding among Consolidated Municipal Service Managers and District Social Service Administration Boards based on the relative proportions of tenant households paying more than 30% of their income on rent.

The Community Development and Recommendation Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council appoint Jan Nowakowski to membership on the Advisory Committee on Long‑Term Care Homes and Services, for a period of four years, with the provision for an extension of an additional term, as outlined in the terms of reference.

 

2.         The appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.