In addition, Council will ask the federal and provincial governments to commit funding to support the annual creation of 1,800 new units of supportive housing in Toronto to help reduce homelessness. Tory declared an emergency in Toronto on March 23, following a provincial declaration, and first took action on April 2 using his powers under city rules (to enact) the social distancing by-laws. That legislation included reducing Toronto’s electoral wards to 25 for the 2018 municipal election. They’ve lost their ability to move freely about the city that they helped to build, and, yet it’s because they’ve followed the advice of the Toronto public service, because they have made those sacrifices, because they have stepped up, the city of Toronto has not experienced the kind of crisis that we have seen in some other cities in the world,” he said. You can view a list of recent and pending items where confidential information has been released. This could be because JavaScript is currently disabled in your browser settings, or is not supported by your browser.

permissions/licensing, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com. Council agreed to request a report from staff on options for an aggressive plan for building supportive and transitional housing in Toronto. Reporters Momin Qureshi and Cynthia Mulligan are covering the meetings live. When agendas are published for meetings that we livestream, we set up a "live event" for that meeting on YouTube. Toronto city council is considering a host of familiar items at its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, including the expansion of the island airport and the fate of the Gardiner Expressway. You can see the upcoming streams on the City Clerk's YouTube channel youtube.com/TorontoCityCouncilLive. Council adopted a motion to express Council’s opposition to several of the schedules that are components of the Ontario government’s Bill 66, the Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act. During a live meeting you can "rewind" the video back up to 4 hours to watch what you may have missed. Toronto city council extends Mayor John Tory’s emergency powers at first-ever virtual meeting By Jennifer Pagliaro City Hall Bureau Thu., April 30, 2020 timer 3 min. We live stream meetings of City Council and its Committees. Enter your email below and we'll send you another email. We livestream meetings of these decision bodies, when they meet at City Hall in the Council Chamber, Committee Room 1 or Committee Room 2: You can use the features on YouTube to set reminders for meetings you'd like to watch. City Council is the main governing and legislative body for the City of Toronto. “Those who are street-involved, those who are already frail, those who are immunocompromised, those who are living precariously waged as well as housed, who are living under violent situations, it’s getting worse and it’s getting far more crowded at the bottom,” she said. We have sent a confirmation email to {* emailAddressData *}. See their tweets in … The City’s plans for transforming the Port Lands have identified the site for a major public park and include re-use of the Hearn building for community purposes. JavaScript not detected. Epic poker faces, cuddly Maltipoos and 1970s-style grooming: Toronto city council holds its first online meeting, City plans to clear out homeless encampments and offer temporary housing in two apartment buildings slated for demolition, The Toronto Star and thestar.com, each property of Toronto Star Council also directed staff to pursue heritage designation of the site. Council adopted a motion calling for a report on the feasibility of allowing a grace period for street-parking violations (officially “Park in Permit Parking Location without a Valid Permit”) between 10 p.m. on December 31 and 10 a.m. on January 1 each year. {* traditionalSignIn_signInButton *}, {* backButton *} A motion that Council adopted calls for a review and report on the City’s emergency response to the recent electrical power outage at 260 Wellesley St. E. and last year’s fire-related evacuation at 650 Parliament St. Among other components of the adopted motion is a request for a report describing current mental health and addiction supports available in Toronto’s emergency shelters, respites and transitional housing, and identifying opportunities to expand those kinds of support services. The same city rules only give the mayor emergency powers for 30 days unless council decides to extend them. Council provided direction to staff regarding the City’s co-ordinated implementation of heat relief strategies for 2019.

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A motion for Council to continue its Toronto Islands Advisory Committee during the current term of Council was adopted.