Status of Toronto City Council Meetings

The following information is provided to clarify the status of Toronto City Council's meetings this week.

Regular Meeting of City Council (#42)

• The regular meeting of City Council (Meeting Number 42) started on Monday, November 30 and continued, Tuesday, December 1.
• The meeting is now recessed, with many items remaining.
• These include the Sign By-law (PG33.10) and the Girls Hockey item (CC42.1) among others.

Special Meeting of City Council (#43)

• On Wednesday, December 2 at 9:30AM, a Special Meeting of City Council to consider various election matters will take place (Meeting Number 43).
• This is a new and separate meeting.
• Meeting 42 will remain in recess while Meeting 43 takes place.

Resumption of Regular Meeting (#42)

• If the Special Meeting is completed before 8PM on December 2, Meeting Number 42 will be resumed shortly thereafter.
• If the Special Meeting does not finish before 8PM, another time will be set by Council to resume Meeting #42. This could be Friday, December 4, but this has not yet been determined.
• Council will adopt an Order Paper for the resumed session when it reconvenes. That will determine the order of business, including the resumption of debates on the sign by-law and girls hockey item.

Special Meeting of Executive Committee

• The Special Meeting of the Executive Committee on the 2010 Capital Budget scheduled for Thursday, December 3 at 9:30AM will proceed as scheduled.

More information on the status meetings of City Council and its committees can be found at www.toronto.ca/meetingmonitor.

Votes on referral of CC42.1

Amendment by Councillor Holyday

City Council adopted Councillor Holyday's amendment to the referral motion by Councillor Stintz


Referral Motion by Councillor Stintz:

City Council has voted 24-14 against a motion by Councillor Stintz to refer item CC42.1 to committee.

12/1/2009 8:03:18 PM “CC42.1 - Stintz - refer the item as amended” 14 yea+24 nay,failed,quorum
YES Ford YES Holyday YES Jenkins YES Lee YES Lindsay Luby YES Minnan-Wong YES Moeser YES Ootes YES Palacio YES Parker YES Saundercook YES Stintz YES Thompson YES Walker NO Ainslie

NO Ashton NO Bussin [Chair] NO Carroll NO Cho NO Davis NO De Baeremaeker NO Del Grande NO Filion NO Fletcher NO Giambrone NO Hall NO Heaps NO Kelly NO Mammoliti NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Milczyn NO Miller NO Moscoe NO Perks NO Perruzza NO Rae NO Vaughan

The debate on this item will resume later in the meeting later this week.

Motion by Councillor Holyday amending Councillor Stintz

Councillor Holyday has moved the following amendment to Councillor Stintz's referral motion.


That motion 1 by Councillor Stintz be amended by adding the following new Part c:

c. to request the Arena Boards of Management to provide the all information requested on the allocation of ice time as per Article 8.2.1. of the Relationship Framework, to the January 8, 2010 meeting of the Committee.

Vote on motion to end debate

Councillor Shelley Carroll moved to end debate on the referral of item CC42.1 to committee, and take the vote on referral.

The motion did not carry as a 2/3 vote was required. The debate on referral resumes.

12/1/2009 7:33:41 PM “CC42.1 - End debate on the referral” 17 yea+14 nay,carried,quorum
YES Ainslie YES Carroll YES Cho YES Davis YES Del Grande YES Filion YES Fletcher YES Hall YES Heaps YES Lindsay Luby YES Mammoliti YES McConnell YES Mihevc YES Moscoe YES Perks YES Rae YES Vaughan

NO Bussin [Chair] NO Ford NO Holyday NO Jenkins NO Kelly NO Lee NO Milczyn NO Minnan-Wong NO Ootes NO Palacio NO Saundercook NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Walker

Motion by Councillor Stintz on CC42.1

Councillor Karen Stintz has moved the following on item CC42.1:

That the Item be referred to the January 8, 2010 meeting of the Community Development and Recreation Committee and the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation be requested:

a. not to finalize the 2010/2011 ice allocation in all City and board-run arenas until February 15, 2010; and

b to report to that meeting on the progress for building the second pad at Leaside Gardens.

Motion by Councillor Stintz

UPDATED: Second motion added since original post

Councillor Stintz has made the following motions on PG33.10, the sign by-law.

That the Deputy City Manager, Cluster B, in consultation with appropriate
staff, report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the
implementation of an appeal mechanism for the Sign Variance Committee.

That Motion 2b by Councillor Heaps be amended so that the information provided to staff be reprinted in summary form to the Planning and Growth Management Committee prior to the tax being implemented.

Motions by Councillor Palacio

Councillor Cesar Palacio has moved the following motions on item PG33.10, the sign by-law.

Motion A

That City Council amend Recommendation 15 from the Planning and Growth Management Committee by deleting the word "offset and replace with "enhance", so that Recommendation 15 now reads:

"15. City Council allocate $1,413,600 from the revenues of the TPST towards repayment of the Public Realm Reserve Fund for the cost to secure space and equipment and program development costs and refer the remainder of the net revenues to the 2010 budget cycle to enhance funding for City beautification and arts and culture initiatives, with a particular emphasis on visual and community arts."

Motion B

That the draft sign by-law attached to the report (Appendix A- Revised Appendix A) of the report (November 27, 2009) from the Deputy City Manager, Cluster B and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer (PG33.10b) be amended by deleting the word, "Railway" from Subsection 594-15 B(4), (Prohibited Signs) so that the Subsection now reads:

"4. A sign erected on a vehicular or pedestrian bridge;"

Motion by Councillor Hall

Councillor Suzan Hall has moved the following motion on PG33.10 - the sign by-law:

That Subsection 694.A(3) of the draft sign by-law appended to the
report (November 27, 2009) from the Deputy City Manager, Cluster B and the
Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer be amended by adding the words
"or BIA", so that the subsection now reads:

"(3) A sign erected by a charitable, cultural or community organization, or BIA, for the
purpose of advertising events held or sponsored by such organization,
provided:"