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Executive Committee, meeting 13, February 13, 2020
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0:07:04 - Call to order
Agenda Items:
0:09:12 - EX13.1 - 2020 Property Tax Rates and Related Matters (Ward All)
0:25:08 - EX13.2 - 2020 Capital and Operating Budgets (Ward All)
0:24:27 - EX13.3 - Additional City of Toronto Reporting Requirement as a Result of Ontario Regulation 286/09, Budget Matters - Expenses (Ward All)
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A
Good
morning,
if
people
could
take
their
seats
as
best,
they
can
I
believe
there's
been
some
arrangement
made
for
for
a
while,
because
I
don't
think
the
room
is
totally
available
during
the
time
of
the
budget
for
people
to
be
in
another
room
who
can't
get
a
seat
to
watch
the
committee
room,
so
committee
room
is
available
at
the
president.
I
guess
we're
trying
to
make
sure
it's
available
through
this
meeting,
but
at
least
for
now.
If
people
can't
sit
here
and
they
want
to
sit
somewhere,
they
can
sit
there.
A
So
I
want
to
call
the
meeting
to
order
and
welcome
you
to
the
special
meeting
of
the
executive
committee
to
consider
the
2020
budget.
We
acknowledge
the
land
we're
meeting
on
as
the
traditional
territory
of
many
nations,
including
the
Mississauga's
of
the
credit,
the
Anishinaabe,
the
Chippewa,
the
Hutt
nashoni
and
the
wind-up
peoples
and
is
now
home
to
many
diverse
First,
Nations,
Inuit
and
maytee
people.
A
We
also
acknowledge
that
Toronto
is
covered
by
treaty
13,
with
the
Mississauga's
of
the
credit
you
can
watch
us
on
YouTube
at
Toronto,
City
Council,
live
or
follow
the
meeting
on
your
computer
tablet
or
smartphone
at
wwr
anoche
a
back
slash
council.
Are
there
any
declarations
of
interest
under
the
municipal
conflict
of
interest
act?
And
if
so,
please
indicate
the
item
number
and
the
nature
of
the
interest
and,
of
course,
there's
a
form
to
be
filled
out
to
accompany
that
as
well.
Are
there
any
interests?
A
Okay,
well,
I
have
one
to
declare
versus
the
usual
one.
I
have
each
year
and
and
I
would
like
to
declare
an
interest
in
the
budget,
as
relates
to
the
information,
a
technology
and
operating
budget,
the
Toronto
Police
Services
budget,
TTC
budget
and
Toronto
Community
Housing
budget,
as
pertains
specifically
to
the
funds
allocated
to
expansion
and
provision
of
telephone
wireless
internet
and
television
services
and
secondly,
in
the
2020
strategic
communications
budget.
A
The
funds
allocated
for
the
provision
of
news
summary
services
provided
by
Canada
news
wire-
and
this
is
on
account
of
my
continuing
involvement
with
the
Roger's
family
companies
and
in
turn,
in
this
case
Rogers
communications,
so
I'll
give
that
form
to
the
clerk
which
I
signed.
Are
there
any
other
declarations
of
interest?
Okay,.
A
So
we
have
three
items
to
deal
with.
The
first
item
is
item
e^x,
13.1
xx,
xx,
property
tax
rates
and
related
matters.
Do
members
have
questions
of
staff
or
wish
to
speak
on
this
item
all
right
hearing?
None
then
I
would
like
to
ask
the
budget
chair
if
he
would
move
the
recommendations
of
staff
on
this
item
a
TX
thirteen
point,
one
and
thirteen
point
one:
a
property
tax
capping
policies
for
2020,
so
moved
all
those
in
favor
opposed.
A
B
That
asked
for
staff
to
meet
with
the
provincial
the
finance
officials
to
discuss
the
whole
issue
about
the
impact
on
small
business
of
the
province
using
highest
and
best
use
assessment
on
small
business
properties
rather
than
using
actual
or
current
assessment.
I
wonder
how
those
discussions
went
with
the
province
I.
C
Will
adjust
that
and
through
you,
mr.
mayor,
we
are
reporting
further
to
Council
on
the
issue
of
assessment
at
highest
and
best
use
versus
assessment
at
current
years.
That
report
is
coming
to
executive
in
March
of
this
year.
We
have
in
fact
had
meetings
with
the
province
and
with
impact
on
that
issue.
There
are
discussions
taking
place,
but,
as
you
are
aware,
these
are
legislative
changes
that
would
be
required.
Mpac
has
indicated
a
willingness
to
look
at
the
issue
subject
to
the
province,
prescribing
how
it
would
be
applied.
C
B
D
B
There
is
a
policy
in
place
by
impact
whereby
they
look
at
a
property
that
may
be
a
mom-and-pop
store
and
they
look
at
that
property
said
well.
This
could
become
a
condo
because
there's
two
condos
down
the
street
so,
instead
of
taxing
it
at
the
current
use,
which
is
a
you
know,
a
bread
store
right.
They
they
tax
it
as
it
might
be
a
potential
condo
development.
Does
that
practice
exist.
As
far
as
you
know,.
C
There
has
been
plenty
reported
in
the
media
on
that
particular
issue
and
what
impact
actually
does
is
they
look
at
market
sales,
actual
sales
of
properties
in
the
vicinity
to
determine
the
assessed
values
of
properties?
So
if
there
is
a
smallish
property,
but
it's
surrounded
by
properties
that
are
ready
and
in
prime
areas
for
development,
the
sale
price
of
that
property
will
reflect
its
value,
not
necessarily
as
the
use
that
it's
in,
but
its
value
as
a
development
site.
C
So
EMPAC
is
bound
to
assess
that
property
based
on
the
most
likely
selling
price,
so
they
actually
are
using
actual
market
sales
to
confirm
those
values.
So
the
assessment
will
reflect
what
the
property
will
actually
sell
for,
where
that
creates.
A
problem
in
terms
of
tax
increases,
the
city
and
through
the
adoption
of
our
tax.
Capping
policies
has
protected
business
owners
from
those
excessive
increases,
so
that
increases
where
the
assessment
is
going.
The
taxes
go
up,
but
it's
limited
to
10%
of
each.
B
C
B
As
you
know,
many
small
businesses
say
they
can't
afford
the
10%
increase
on
the
other.
10%
increase
the
assessment
before
so
they're
saying
they
want
more
than
just
the
cap.
They
want
a
return
to
actual
present
use
assessment
and
the
province
in
their
legislation.
I've
handed
out
a
section
19
of
the
provincial
assessment,
Act
1997
says
that
the
city
may
request.
The
municipality
may
request
the
use
of
current
assessment,
as
opposed
to
the
highest
and
best
use.
B
C
Thank
you,
I
will
say.
Yes,
in
fact,
the
city
of
Toronto
has
the
minister
has
the
ability,
through
regulation,
to
define
a
class
of
properties
where
the
the
value
in
use
is
is
applied.
So
the
minister
can
prescribe
types
of
properties
by
regulation
where
they
use
that
particular
approach
to
come
up
with
a
value
in
use.
The
City
of
Toronto,
in
fact,
a
number
of
years
ago,
requested
that
the
province
look
at
industrial
properties,
because
industrial
properties
were
seeing
those
increases
because
of
the
increase
in
value.
C
A
B
Thank
You
mr.
mayor
and
III,
don't
want
to
thank
staff.
I've
already
had
some
discussions
with
them,
and
this
is
a
part
of
a
longer
discussion.
The
debate
the
council
will
have
and
I
know,
I
look
forward
to
the
March
report,
where
we
look
at
the
possibilities
we
might
have
available
in
discussions
with
the
province
about
bringing
in
current
and
actual
and
present
use
assessments
for
small
businesses,
rather
than
the
current
situation.
B
Don't
mean
use
that
word
again,
but
we're
by
many
properties:
small
businesses
on
major
streets,
not
on
all
the
streets
in
the
city,
but
certainly
in
certain
streets
where
there's
a
lot
of
development
activity.
What
happens
is
that
because
of
the
ongoing
development
interest,
land
value
skyrocket,
so
that
property,
which
may
be
just
a
small
restaurant
like
the
one
on
Wellington
or
I,
have
the
sign
of
the
skier
on
Yonge
and
Glen
View.
B
You
know
on
a
business,
but
they
look
at
the
building
and
they
say
well
you're,
on
Yonge
Street,
there's
a
condo
development
down
the
street.
There's
one
coming
up
the
street.
So
therefore
we're
going
to
tax
you
as
if
you're
a
condo.
So
that's
the
present
situation
that
exists
right
now
and
the
it's
not
the
fault
of
impact
or
it's
not
really
the
fault
of
the
provincial
legislation
etc.
B
But
it's
really
fault
of
a
complex
system
which
really
even
based
read
lawyers
who
get
paid
big
money
to
deal
with
Assessment
Appeals,
don't
understand
because
it
is
multi-layered
so
I'm
just
trying
to
raise
this
whole
issue
about
trying
to
protect
our
small
businesses
on
our
Main
streets,
which
are
going
through
a
very
difficult
time,
because
you
know
not
only
are
rents,
it's
not
unusual
to
them.
Sometimes
to
pay
twenty
thousand
thirty
thousand
dollars
a
month
to
rent
for
a
restaurant
or
something.
B
Then
you
include
the
taxes
in
that
the
staffing,
so
it
is
extremely
challenging
for
them
to
operate
a
small
business
and
that's
why
you're
seeing
the
corporatization
of
our
Main
streets,
all
you
see,
is
the
Starbucks
brand
Shoppers
Drug
Mart,
you
don't
see
the
individual
store
anymore
owned
by
a
family
because
they
cannot
absorb.
You
know
the
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
property
taxes.
I
mean.
What
do
you
have
to
sell?
B
I
mean
I,
guess
that's
why
the
marijuana
business
maybe
will
come
into
and
is
trying
to
come
into
all
our
Main
streets
because
they
seem
to
be
able
to
afford
they
don't
care
what
the
property
taxes
are
so
I
just
think
that
we
need
to
as
a
municipality.
We
have
to
look
at
this
thing
and
request
that
the
province
and
as
we
are
doing
now,
I'm
glad
to
hear-
is
here
that,
in
discussions
about
trying
to
you
might
say,
maneuver
this
situation,
so
we
are
using
more
current
value
in
actual
present
use
on
small
businesses.
B
But,
as
we
know,
mr.
mayor-
and
you
know
full
well-
is
that
it's
a
fixed
pot.
So
if
we
lower
the
you
know
our
assessment
for
one
group,
another
group
would
have
to
pay.
So
that's
why
it's
very
delicate
and
I
think
staff
is
well
informed
on
this
impact,
but
I
know
the
truant
aboard
a
trade
has
been
doing
some
breakdown
of
the
figures
showing
that
it's
possible,
maybe
to
have
the
bigger
businesses,
absorbed
some
of
the
tax
load,
so
that
we
can
because
they
want
to
see
small
business
survive.
B
So
I
just
hope
that
as
members
of
council
as
we
proceed
down
this
road
beyond
this
tax
bill
this
year
and
our
property
tax
details
that
we
consider
this
longer
issue,
which
is
very
challenging
for
the
whole
city
and
is
very
challenging,
especially
of
small
business
who
sometimes
are
lost
in
the
shuffle
with
this
so
again
I.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity.
Thank.
A
A
We've
made
to
do
the
work
that
is
being
done
to
talk
to
the
province
about
this
I
certainly
have
not
missed
the
opportunity
with
the
senior
people
that
I
meet
with
finance
minister,
the
premier
and
others
to
remind
them
of
how
much
we
consider
this
to
be
a
priority
item.
It's
not
one
that
sort
of
gets
above
the
radar
screen,
because
it's
complicated
tax
policy,
as
you
said,
but
that
we
need
to
have
them
seriously.
A
This
take
a
piece
off
the
top
first
of
all.
Secondly,
the
person
who
is
ordering
something
from
food
aura
doesn't
buy
a
glass
of
wine
and
whatnot.
Thirdly,
it
doesn't
keep
the
server's
busy,
and
so
even
those
businesses
are
straining,
as
are
the
traditional
retail,
which
are
finding
that
it's
tough
for
them,
because
people
are
buying
so
many
things
online.
So
it
leads
to
exactly
what
you
said,
which
is
the
banks,
the
drug
company,
the
drugstore
companies.
A
The
fast
food
companies
are
the
only
ones
that
can
afford
to
be
on
these
strips
and
they're
good
corporate
citizens
and
their
businesses,
but
it's
just
not
healthy
for
entrepreneurs
at
the
end
of
the
day,
so
I
just
looking
forward
to
that
report.
As
you
said,
councillor
Cole
I,
think
it's
a
huge
item
for
all
of
us,
but
I
think
we're
clearly
on
record
and
that's
why
those
discussions
are
happening.
A
It's
why
the
reports
being
written
and
I
think
next
month
will
be
a
very
important
month
in
terms
of
seeing
where
we
stand
on
making
progress
to
get
something
done
about
that.
So
we
will
look
forward
to
that
and
I'll
just
see.
If
there's
anybody
else
who
wants
to
say
anything
on
that,
the
item
13.1
generally
and
13.1,
a
and
otherwise
I
will
call
the
question
because
councillor
Crawford
moved
the
recommendation
of
the
the
adoption
of
recommendations
put
forward
okay.
Well,
then,
I'll
ask
for
four
for
a
recorded
vote.
A
A
Then
there
is
another
item,
then
e^x.
Thirteen
point
three,
which
has
to
do
with
some
additional
City
of
Toronto
reporting
requirements
as
a
result
of
Ontario
regulation,
286
/,
oh
nine
budget
matters,
expense
and
I
think
this
is
a
fairly
routine
technical
matter
and
again
it
is
recommended
by
the
budget
chief
and
if
there's
no
questions
of
staff
or
speakers,
I
will
simply
call
the
question
on
that,
as
recommended
by
the
budget
chief.
This
is,
and
maybe
we'll
have
a
recorded
vote
on
that
again,
giving
us
the
budget.
D
A
We
will
then
have
questions
of
staff
organized
by
service
group,
so
I'll
go
through
a
list
that
I
have
in
front
of
me
here
and
we'll
go
through
one
by
one
of
people
have
questions
on
service
areas,
and
then
we
will
have
speeches
and
of
course,
at
that
time,
members
of
the
committee
can
place
motions
if
any
that
they
have.
Is
that
a
satisfactory
way
of
proceeding
with
this
everybody's?
Okay,
very
good.
A
So
on
that
note
and
and
just
to
remind
I
mentioned
it
to
the
news
media
this
morning,
but
for
those
who
are
here
who
I
think
most?
Who
are
here
as
people,
our
guests
would
know
this.
But
at
the
budget
meeting
we
don't
hear
deputations
because
we
had
meetings
out
across
the
city
and
all
the
different
city
halls.
So
people
in
considerable
numbers
showed
up
there
to
talk
about
the
budget,
so
we
don't
do
that
over
again
here.
So
it's
just
unusual
because
that
most
meetings,
of
course,
we
have
deputations
on
all
these
items.
A
So
on
that
note,
we
would
then
ask
staff
and
I'll
just
say
to
them
in
advance
of
that
presentation.
A
huge
word
of
thanks
from
on
behalf
of
the
executive
committee
and
the
council
and
the
people
of
Toronto
for
the
work
that
goes
on.
I
think
the
day
this
budgets
passed
in
whatever
form
it
ends
up
being
passed
the
next
week.
A
The
next
one
starts,
and
it's
just
a
year.
Long
and
very
relentless
task
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
staff
and
to
the
budget
committee,
because
they
too
start
their
work
fairly
early
on,
and
it
takes
quite
a
long
time
and
a
lot
of
it's
not
the
focus
of
a
lot
of
attention.
But
it's
a
very
painstaking
work.
So
are
the
who's
going
to
come
up
to
the
table
Heather's
going?
Where
did
Heather
go
there?
She
is
making
her
way
to
the
table.
F
Morning
make
sure
we're
good
to
go
all
right,
I'd
like
to
take
an
opportunity
to
say
thank
you
on
behalf
of
SLT,
the
senior
leadership
team,
but
we
don't
say
thank
you
often
enough
and
to
your
point,
mr.
mayor,
the
entire
city,
its
agencies,
boards,
commissions,
etc.
Staff
at
all
levels
participate
in
compiling
the
budget,
and
it's
just
a
nice
opportunity
to
say
thank
you
again
for
all
the
hard
work
that's
gone
into
this.
F
What
I'm
going
to
do
today
is
actually
just
take
and
take
you
through
an
overview
of
the
operating
budget
as
well
as
the
capital
budget.
So,
just
for
a
few
highlights
in
our
operating
budget,
the
budget
that
is
being
brought
forward
was
ballot
is
balanced,
not
was
is
balanced,
we
are
preserving
existing
services
and
we
are
dedicating
76
million
to
enhanced
investments.
In
addition
to
that,
our
capital
budget
has
been
recast.
We
have
revisited
assumptions
that
build
the
capital
budget
and
we
are
addressing
achievability
as
well
as
affordability.
F
We
are
making
significant
investments
specifically
in
transit
and
housing,
and
that
is
primarily
attributed
to
the
new
city
building
levy
or
the
extension
and
the
increase
to
the
city
building
levy.
It
does
continue
with
partnerships.
I'll
speak
a
little
bit
about
that
in
a
couple
minutes,
but
we
are
continuing
our
existing
relationships
with
other
levels
of
government
as
well
as
expect
existing
relationships
to
also
continue.
That
is
what
is
built
into
this
budget.
Primarily,
a
continued
relationship
with
the
federal
government
on
refugees
is
an
element
that
I
want
to
highlight.
F
We've
got
five
key
principles
that
guide
the
development
of
this
year's
budget.
First
of
all,
we
wanted
to
preserve
existing
service
levels.
As,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
this
is
a
multi
month
process
and
as
we're
going
through
the
budget
process,
we
want
to
ensure
that
the
existing
service
levels
experienced
by
the
citizens
of
Toronto
are
preserved.
In
addition
to
that,
the
property
tax
increase
was
maintained
at
inflation
for
the
operating
side
of
the
budget.
F
We
do
want
to
continue
and
ensure
that
we
are
supporting
the
council
priorities
such
as
transit
housing
and,
most
recently,
climate
change.
We
are
modernizing
the
budget
process
and
I
won't
take
too
much
time,
but
the
approach
that
we've
taken
to
this
year's
budget,
as
well
as
the
materials
that
you're
using
to
assess
this
year's
budget
are
different
and
in
the
end
we
want
to
ensure
that
we're
considering
how
the
budget
impacts
all
Torontonians,
and
so
this
is
an
equity
based
lens
that
we've
put
on
this
year's
budget
process
from
a
budget.
F
Modernization
perspective
behind
the
scenes
is
not
as
important
but
the
materials
that
you
have
that
you're
using
to
help
inform
your
decisions,
are
key.
You'll
notice
that
this
year's
budget
is
based
on
actual
is
informed
by
actual
expenditures.
So
we've
looked
at
a
five-year
trend
in
our
historical
spending.
So,
rather
than
having
a
budget
based
on
previous
budgets,
we've
actually
used
our
historical
spending
to
inform
this
year.
As
I
just
mentioned,
our
capital
budget
has
been
recast.
We
have
a
ten-year
plan
that
now
addresses
achievability
and
affordability.
F
In
addition
to
that,
the
materials
that
you're
using
are
different.
We've
tried
to
simplify
the
materials,
but
I
also
demonstrate
that
we're
looking
at
outcomes
we're
trying
to
ensure
that
there
is
a
solid
understand,
the
outcomes
that
we're
trying
to
achieve
when
we're
making
investments
with
taxpayers
dollars.
F
So
from
an
operating
perspective,
as
I
mentioned,
the
recommended
budget
is
balanced,
we've
preserved
existing
services
and
we've
made
seventy
six
million
dollars
in
new
and
enhanced
investments.
We
will
continue
with
government
partnerships
specifically
in
this
area.
77
million
is
expected
from
the
federal
government
to
continue
to
support
our
refugee
file.
F
F
F
What's
very
important
to
understand
about
a
municipals
budget
is
that
we
are
legislative,
let
it
legislatively
required
to
balance
our
budget
that
is
different
than
other
levels
of
government,
so
our
budget
is
a
cash
budget.
That
means
that
the
amount
of
revenue
that
we
generate
must
match
the
amount
of
money
that
we
are
committing
to
invest
and
spend.
F
So
when
we
look
at
where
does
our
money
come
from
thirty
eight
percent,
just
over
thirty
eight
percent,
which
is
four
point.
Four
billion
comes
from
our
property
tax.
This
is
a
reliable,
predictable
form
of
income.
We
have
federal
and
provincial
revenues,
and
this
represents
cost
sharing
of
programs
as
well
as
Co
investment
partnerships
that
represents
just
over
21
percent
of
our
overall
budget.
The
TTC
farebox
is
11%
of
our
budget
I'd
like
to
highlight
the
reserves,
because
I
just
mentioned
that
we
are
focused
on
maintaining
healthy
reserves.
F
We
do
draw
from
reserves
and
those
reserves
that
we're
primarily
drawing
from
our
reserves
that
we
put
in
money
on
a
regular
basis,
and
we
have
periodic
withdrawals
such
as
the
employee
liability
reserve,
our
Insurance
Reserve,
our
fleet
reserve.
So
there's
many
reserves
that
we
have
intentional
withdrawals
from.
We
have
tried
to
maintain
that
the
roles
from
reserves
are
for
one-time
expenditures,
I'd
like
to
focus
on
the
right-hand
side
of
the
slide,
where's
our
money
being
invested
so
on
the
cost-shared
social
programs.
As
I
mentioned,
we've
got
program,
our
partnerships
with
other
levels
of
government.
F
F
F
The
goal
for
what,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
is
that
we're
making
sure
that
we
are
making
investments
in
key
areas
to
keep
the
city
moving
to
look
at
housing
and
transit,
which
are
priorities
of
the
city
on
an
ongoing
basis,
our
investments
so
there's
this
slide
is
divided
into
two
sections.
The
staff
recommended
budget
that
went
through
to
Budget
Committee
had
proposed
67
million
in
new
investments,
Budget
Committee
added
9
million
in
additional
new
investments,
so
this
budget
reflects
76
million
in
new
investments
this
year.
F
In
the
climate
change
realm,
we
have
investments
in
the
tree
canopy
and
in
tree
planting
in
transit.
We
have
increased
services
over
a
hundred
thousand
new
service
hours
will
be
added
to
this
year's.
The
focus
is
increasing
service,
reliability
and
increasing
the
service,
the
service
spectrum
on
a
poverty
reduction.
We
have
low
income
senior
dental
program.
We
have
investments
in
youth
hubs
on
the
safety
and
security
side.
We
have
additional
investments
in
police
and
paramedics
staff
and
vision
support
the
vision,
zero
support
in
other
city
priorities.
F
We
are
investing
in
intersectional
gender
equity
within
the
city
manager's
office,
as
well
as
the
planning
for
Phase.
Three
of
our
transit
fare
equity
budget
committee
added,
as
I
just
mentioned,
nine
million
dollars.
We
are
investing
additional
monies
in
youth
hubs
and
spaces.
We're
investing
in
our
ravine
strategy
and
1
million
of
our
other
city
priorities
is
to
fund
the
police
service
board,
missing
persons
review.
F
We
can't
underestimate
the
need
for
partnerships.
If
you
recall
back
in
December,
we
brought
the
value
based
outcomes,
review
that
E&Y
had
done,
which
highlighted
the
need
for
the
City
of
Toronto
to
partner
with
other
levels
of
government,
to
look
at
how
we
can
keep
our
city
moving
and
how
we
can
address
the
affordable
housing
issues.
Our
budget
expects
that
77
million
will
be
continued
support
from
the
federal
government
to
fund
refugees.
A
year
ago.
F
We
did
not
have
an
agreement
with
the
province,
which
now
allows
us
to
take
dedicated
resources
that
were
originally
earmarked
for
expansion
and
now
invest
in
state
of
good
repair.
A
year
ago,
we
did
not
have
an
agreement
with
the
federal
government
to
Co,
invest
on
addressing
the
state
of
good
repair
at
TCH,
see.
F
F
In
addition
to
our
inflationary
increase,
we
have
an
extension
and
an
increase
to
the
city
building
fund,
which
is
a
dedicated
levy
to
address
transit
and
housing.
This
additional
levy
will
allow
us
to
raise
6.6
billion
to
dedicate
towards
transit
and
housing
in
our
10
year
capital
plan.
This
levy
will
increase
the
average
tax
bill
by
45
dollars.
F
An
average
tax
bill
is
three
thousand
one
hundred
and
forty-one
dollars,
which
is
an
increase
of
one
hundred
and
six
dollars,
based
on
the
inflationary
increase
in
the
city.
Building
fund
increase,
highlighted
here
in
yellow
are
the
elements
that
demonstrate
this.
Two
thirds
or
seventy-three
percent
of
your
tax
bill
in
actual
fact
keeps
our
city
safe.
It
keeps
our
city
moving
and
invests
in
our
key
city.
Infrastructure
I
want
to
shift
now
to
our
capital
budget,
so
we
had
four
principles
that
guy
that
were
guiding
principles
in
developing
this
year's
capital
budget.
F
As
I
mentioned,
we've
recast
cap
the
capital
plan,
the
purpose
of
doing
this
is,
if
you
look
at
our
historical
spends,
we've
only
ever
spent
sixty
to
sixty
five
percent
of
the
capital
budget.
We
knew
that
we
had
to
address
this
and
look
at
the
assumptions
that
were
baked
into
that
capital
plan.
We
now
can
say
that
the
capital
plan
reflects
a
set
of
assumptions
that
are
not
not
only
achievable
but
are
affordable.
F
It
also
incorporates
in
incorporates
industry
best
practices
such
as
stage
gating.
We
are
also
now
compliant
with
our
15%
service
debt
service
level.
In
each
of
the
ten
years
of
our
ten-year
plan,
the
capital
plan
addresses
recent
council
commitments
as
well
as
reflects
other
government
partnerships,
essential
partnerships
to
address
city
and
regional
issues.
F
From
an
overview
perspective,
we
are
investing
13.2
billion
in
transit,
nearly
doubling
the
investment
in
state
of
good
repair
from
prior
year.
The
city
building
fund
extension
now
allows
us
to
invest
6.6
billion
dedicated
to
transit
and
housing.
This
plan
reflects
a
partnership
with
the
federal
government
to
address
TCH
seized
state
of
good
repair
demands.
F
As
I
mentioned,
we
have
recast
the
capital
plan.
It
does
reflect
the
the
start
of
us
introducing
stage
gating
practices
as
well
as
policies
that
will
allow
us
to
spend
capital
dollars
and
the
spending
of
the
capital
dollars
will
and
actually
the
policies
that
we're
introducing
will
allow
us
to
accelerate
programs
from
year
to
year.
In
the
event
that
we
have
the
ability
to
deliver
a
project
in
a
more
expeditious
way,
we're
complying
with
our
15%
debt
service
ratio
in
each
year
of
the
plan.
F
In
our
10
year,
capital
plan,
as
I
mentioned
again,
we
must
have
a
balanced
plan.
So
not
only
do
we
know
where
our
money
is
being
invested,
but
we
also
know
where
our
money
is
coming
from.
So
if
you
look
on
the
left-hand
side
of
the
slide,
26
percent
of
our
capital
plan
is
now
being
driven
by
our
debt
kated
city
building
fund.
We
will
raise
debt
over
the
next
ten
years
and
that
will
represent
22
percent
of
our
overall
capital
plan.
F
We
do
contribute
to
our
capital
from
our
operating
and
that
is
what's
called
capital
from
current.
These
capital
from
current
assumptions
have
been
also
adjusted
and
now
meet
our
achievable
targets
over
the
next
10
years.
We
do
draw
from
reserves,
but
these
are
specific
reserves
that
we
have
intention
on
contributing
to,
as
well
as
withdrawing
for
the
purposes
of
funding
our
capital
plan.
F
In
addition
to
that,
let's
go
focus
on
the
right-hand-side
in
transit.
As
I
mentioned,
we've
got
thirteen
point.
Two
billion
dollars
that
are
earmarked
for
transit.
Of
that
12
million
is
the
state
of
good
repair.
The
state
of
good
repair,
twelve
million
dollars,
is
almost
double
what
was
in
the,
but
in
the
capital
plan.
In
prior
years,
in
housing
there
is
a
white
box
and
a
yellow
box,
so
the
yellow
box
is
what
we
actually
aren't
planning
on.
Spending
on
housing.
F
The
white
box
represents
amounts
that
we
are
contributing
to
housing
that
we
might
not
actually
have
a
cash
outlay,
so
that
is
where
we
are
either
using
financial
tools
and
giving
exemptions
on
certain
revenue
tools
such
as
DC's
or
it's
utilizing
our
own
land
and
investing
we're
investing
18
percent
in
transportation.
So
this
is
our
roads
and
in
the
environment
we
are,
we
are
investing
2.9
billion
dollars.
Those
are
just
some
highlights
from
the
ten
year
capital
plan,
this
diagram
of
the
capital
plan.
F
If
you
had
thought
about
prior
years
prior
years,
capital
plans
showed
lots
of
spending
in
the,
in
the
first
part
of
the
plan
very
little
in
the
out
years
of
the
plan
because
of
achievability
and
affordability
by
recasting
the
plan
we've
addressed
both.
We
expect
now
that,
based
on
the
assumptions
that
are
built
into
the
capital
plan,
we
will
increase
the
achievability
each
of
our
years.
You
will
see
that
the
Silvie
City
building
levy
now
allows
us
to
spend
throughout
the
capital
plan,
because
we
are
using
a
stage
gate
approach.
F
So,
to
summarize,
this
year's
budget
we've
preserved
services,
we've
kept
our
operating
budget
at
inflation
and
we've
made
new
investments
on
the
capital
side.
We've
addressed
these
assumptions
that
now
will
result
in
increased
achievability
as
well
as
we
have
an
affordable
capital
plan
and
from
a
partnerships
perspective.
We
can't
emphasize
enough
how
important
it
is
that
we
have
other
levels
of
government
that
are
Co,
investing
and
committing
and
investing
in
the
city
as
well
as
in
the
region.
A
Thank
you
very
much
Heather
and
we're
going
to
move
to
questions
generally,
so
it
won't
have
specific
questions
on
the
presentation
but
I'm
sure
you'll
be
called
upon
over
the
course
of
the
question
period
to
answer
questions
as
well
as
other
officials.
So
with
that
presentation
in
hand,
we
can
do
as
you
wish.
G
H
Through
you,
mr.
mayor,
the
ultimately,
at
the
end
when
we
received
our
funding
allocation
from
the
province
for
2020,
the
reduction
was
2.8
million
dollars.
That
equates
to
approximately
186
subsidies.
The
city
city's
net
contribution
has
been
increased
this
year,
which
is
offsetting
that
provincial
reduction
and.
G
H
The
provinces
cost-sharing
policy
changed
in
2020
previously,
funding
for
growth
and
expansion
was
a
hundred
percent
provincially
funded
in
2020.
That
policy
change
resulted
in
a
15
million
dollar
reduction,
so
the
impact
was
15
million
that
was
offset
by
a
one-time
increase
in
core
funding
of
12,
approximately
12
million,
which
ultimately
led
to
the
2.8
million
dollar
reduction.
So
the
cost
share
itself
resulted
in
a
15
million
dollar
reduction
from
the
province.
So.
G
Is
there
an
inherent
risk
for
us
if
we
were
to
continue
to
try
to
go
alone
in
terms
of
our
contribution,
our
and
I
spent
in
childcare
services,
and
to
allow
the
provincial
government,
for
example,
to
essentially
move
away
from
contribution?
What
would
be
the
overall
impact
long
term
for
us?
Could
we
actually
afford
it
in
the
long
run.
H
Three
years,
mr.
mayor,
the
the
growth
strategy
is
very
clear
that
it
requires
investments
from
all
three
levels
of
government
federal,
provincial
municipal.
The
city,
through
its
tax
base
alone,
would
not
be
able
to
achieve
the
very
ambitious
growth
strategy
which
requires
funding
for
spaces
and
subsidies
and
workforce
compensation.
So
we
were
very
clear
that
an
investment
from
all
three
levels
of
government
is
required
in
order
to
achieve
those
results.
Sure.
G
A
G
Ahead
sure
sure
thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
just
to
turn
our
attention
now
to
the
six
million
dollars
that
the
mayor
announced
recently
with
respect
to
investing
in
communities
and
that's
being
led
by
obviously
community
initiative,
and
so
on.
I'm,
just
wondering
with
respect
to
the
two
million
dollars
that's
been
allocated
for
the
ten
areas.
How
will
this
funds
be
allocated
and
what's
the
process
in
which
residents
can
actually
apply?
Is
there
the
whole
application
process,
and
when
will
that
information
be
made
available
to
our
respective
communities.
D
To
the
mayor,
this
process
is
being
developed
modeled
after
a
similar
process.
We
used
in
Falstaff
with
for
that
community.
So
can
we
we?
Our
staff,
will
be
developing
the
criteria
and
that
criteria
will
be
shared
with
councillors,
as
well
as
with
community.
Within
six
weeks,
community
agencies,
residents
and
young
people
will
have
the
opportunity
to
apply
and
to
be
supported
through
that
process
and.
G
Then,
with
respect
to
the
number
of
youth
hubs
that
are
in
this
particular
budget,
can
you
give
us
an
understanding
as
to
what
that
number
is?
Additionally,
we've
heard
from
some
in
terms
of
commentary
that
sometimes
the
location
of
the
hubs
themselves
present
a
problem
because
in
certain
areas
of
the
city,
young
people
from
one
area
do
not
wish
to
cross
into
another
area
because
of
the
challenges
that
they
have
in
terms
of
relationships,
and
how
are
we
handling
those?
Are
we
providing
some
other
measures
to
help
through
other
libraries
and
other
resources
as
such,.
G
I
I
We
really
work
to
break
down
those
community
barriers
in
terms
of
how
youth
are
feeling
safe
and
secure
and
accessing
those
spaces,
but
we
do
recognize
some
of
those
community
dynamics
in
the
way
in
which
those
spaces
are
located
and,
with
these
additional
ten
we'll
be
in
a
better
position
to
really
cover
more
geographical
and
equitable
distribution
of
those
spaces
in
in
community
centers
across
the
city,
I
would
say,
and
I
don't
want
to
speak
for
my
colleagues
in
libraries,
but
they
would
be
taking
I'm
sure
a
very
similar
approach.
Okay,
thank
you.
A
Hey
thanks
to
deputy
mayor
Thompson
now
just
took
my
colleagues
are
clear:
will
we'll
deal
with
the
whole
cluster
here
so
that
and
look
if
people
have
questions
they
run
at
a
time
we
can
come
back
and
then
go
again
and
the
councillor
Carol
I,
see
you've
arrived
and
you
had
asked
if
members
not
on
the
committee
had
questions.
If
you
have
questions
on
this
culture
on
this
cluster,
rather
we
could
hear
those
now
or
if
your
for
other
items
same
with
councillor
Bradford,
who
I
sees
come
in.
A
J
One
in
parks
reckon
it
follows
on
councillor
Thompson's
question
with
the
the
youth
hubs
that
we've
added
additionally
at
budget
wrap
up.
We
started
down
the
path
of
asking
this
question
of
introducing
them
our
parks,
forestry
and
recreation,
and
TPL
all
returned
our
libraries
already
providing
a
road
map
of
how
they
would
come
on
stream.
I.
Imagine
that
you
do
this
number
largely
they'll
start
in
the
fall
three.
I
Mr.
mayor,
we
are
already
meeting
on
a
rollout
plan
and
I
would
say,
taking
a
very
coordinated
and
intentional
approach
in
the
combined
expansion
of
spaces
to
ensure
that
we're
able
to
really
leverage
them
and
cover
as
much
Geographic
ground
as
possible,
where
there
are
service
gaps
and
avoid
duplication,
but
also
complement
our
services
through,
what's
being
provided
in
the
spaces
and
how
they're
being
distributed
and
the
timing
of
them
as
well.
So
if.
J
I
J
Shy
assume
this
is
a
lot
and
plus
we
have
the
the
use
services
review
coming
later
in
the
year,
but
we
are
adding
a
lot
at
the
same
time.
Should
I
assume
that
for
next
year,
basically
for
next
year
in
terms
of
investment
in
youth,
in
this
particular
way,
we're
probably
looking
at
next
year's
budget
will
will
really
be
a
matter
of
annualizing
the
cost
of
adding
all
of
the
centers
this
year.
Upfront
because
we're
we're
going
ahead,
but
we
need
to
go
ahead.
I
Through
the
through
your
mr.
mayor,
yes,
it
would
I
mean
we
are
looking
these
as
ongoing
services.
Once
we
start
them,
it
would
be.
You
know
our
interest
in
continuing
them
and
incorporating
findings
from
the
Youth
Services
review
and
perhaps
how
we
evolve.
The
programs
to
you
know
respond
to
any
recommendations
coming
forward
perfect.
K
K
On
I've
asked
these
questions
several
times,
so
many
of
you
may
have
heard
the
answers,
but
as
we're
at
a
different
forum,
the
first
questions
are
about
child
care.
The
changes
to
the
provincial
system,
how,
how
big
a
hole
does
that
leave
in
our
budget
if
the
temporary
financing
isn't
renewed
next
year,.
K
K
K
H
H
H
K
H
K
H
K
H
We
would
like
to
continue
an
evaluation
of
really
narrowing
down
what
the
return
on
investment
is
from
a
social
and
financial
perspective,
and
then
we
would
be
focusing
our
investments
on
partnerships
with
our
community
agencies
to
do
the
actual
outreach
and
also
one
of
the
really
critical
pieces
that
we
found
very
successful
as
a
prevention
fund,
which
is
a
fund
of
money.
That's
available
to
support
tenants
that
are
in
arrears
manage
those
debts
in
order
to
secure
their
ongoing
tenancy.
Sorry.
K
H
So
I
was
just
looking
at
if
we
were
to
double
what
we
currently
have
in
the
analyst
notes.
We
projected
what
sort
of
fully
scaled
epic
program
would
could
look
like
it
would
be.
It
would
take
us
a
little
while
to
to
get
there,
and
also
you
know
we
would.
We
would
really
focus
on.
Does
the
city
play
a
critical
role
in
the
actual
deployment
of
the
epic
program,
or
is
our
role
mostly
as
a
coordinator
and
administrator
for
for
this
program,
but.
K
H
A
Calculate
I
next
adjust
because
I
know
councilman
Calvin
came
in.
Did
you
have
questions
on
this
cluster
council?
Okay?
So
then
we
would
revert
back.
I
think
there
are
no
other
visiting
members
of
council
here
outside.
They
would
revert
back
to
the
list,
then
on
which
I
had
four
members
of
the
committee
thought:
counselor
Ainsley
next.
C
Thank
you
through
review.
Marriage
for
recreation
staff
had
questions
around
the
Scarborough
village,
recreation,
complex
and
Markham,
and
Kingston
Road
I'm
trying
to
get
some
clarity.
It's
in
the
middle
of
the
Scarborough
village,
strong
neighborhood.
There
was
within
the
five-year
capital
plan.
There
was
a
gymnasium
that
was
listed
and
I
can't
find
anything
anymore
for
Scarborough
village,
so
I'm
trying
to
understand
what
the
plans
are
for
that.
D
Through
the
mayor,
I'll
have
to
confirm
in
the
budget,
but
I
believe
the
additional
of
the
gymnasiums
were
basically
through
the
FMP.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
gymnasium
that
was
identified
for
the
was
might
be
in
the
capital
budget
through
an
f
MP
line
item.
So
I'm
gonna
check
with
staff
and
I
will
get
back
to
you.
Okay,.
L
One
question
for
children's
services
and
then
for
recreation,
so
with
the
as
far
as
the
growth
in
new
daycare
centers.
As
you
know,
there
is
a
number
of
new
centers
that
will
be
opening
in
the
very
near
future
being
built
through
section,
37
and
developer
development
applications.
Have
you
included
that
the
new
centers
in
your
capital
budget,
even
though
the
the
developers
are
paying
for
those
new
centers
to
be
built
through.
H
L
H
The
projects
in
our
capital
plan
are
built
in
partnership
with
school
boards
or
parks,
forestry
and
recreation.
New
community
centers.
Some
of
them
include
development
charges,
so
we
don't
typically
build
the
centers
ourselves.
We
partner
with
school
board
and
community
partners
in
order
to
deliver
those
spaces.
Well,.
L
L
L
J
L
M
M
That
was
part
of
our
submission
under
federal,
provincial
new
round
of
infrastructure,
recreational
infrastructure
money.
Is
there
any
word
on?
When
will
the
federal
government,
the
provincial
government,
be
reporting
back
to
municipalities
on
the
funding
of
recreation
centres
through
that
fund?
So
where's
downs,
you
sit
on
the
city
capital
plan
and
what's
the
word
from
the
federal
provincial
government
for
recreational
assets,
you're.
D
You,
mr.
mayor,
the
Downsview
Community
Recreation
Center
in
extends
beyond
the
10
year
capital
plan.
However,
we
did
include
it
as
one
of
the
ninety
applications
that
P&R
submitted
through
the
federal
provincial
fund
as
part
of
the
request
in
terms
of
the
timing
for
the
announcement
we're
it
it's
still
a
other
than
the
air,
but
there
was
a
sense
that
it
would
either
be
spring
or
early
summer.
Okay,.
M
Back
up
to
Children's,
Services
I
know,
a
lot
of
questions
have
been
asked
and
they
focused
on
the
capital
I'd
like
to
sort
of
continue
on
from
councillor
Annunziata
s.
Questions
regarding
the
many
councillors
are
negotiating
with
planning
for
the
building
of
licensable
daycare
centres.
So,
under
the
section
37
agreements,
these
builders
are
to
construct
and
make
licensable
these
facilities
now
ice.
I
can
only
assume
Children's
Services
is
watching
watching
these
agreements
closely
and
when
they
come
on
stream.
M
Are
we
going
to
find
that
the
subsidies
that
the
cupboard
is
bare
that
there's
not
enough
money
to
subsidize
the
spaces
in
those
daycare,
centers
or
there's
enough?
Not
enough
operating?
Are
we?
Are
we
aligning
up
the
deals,
we're
signing
at
the
local
level
with
what's
going
on
in
in
Children
Services
through.
H
You,
mr.
mayor,
we
know
the
projects
that
are
slated
to
come
on
year
over
year,
so
we
do
project
the
operating
impact
and
include
that
in
our
operating
budget,
capital
projects
are
slow
to
deliver,
often
three
four
years
out
so
each
year
we
do
an
assessment
of
the
programs
coming
on
and
if
there's
any
unfunded
operating,
we
would
include
that
in
our
operating
budget
to
ensure
that
we
had
enough
subsidies
for
those
new
programs.
M
So
I
mean
I'm.
Looking
at
my
ward,
where
we've
we
recently
executed
three
new
three
deals
for
daycares
in
the
Fisherville
area,
in
the
Wilson
Heights
area
and
and
tippet
and
they'll,
be
coming
on
stream,
I
guess
in
the
next
seven
or
eight
years.
Your
this
plan
in
front
of
us
aligns
with
those
coming
on
stream.
That's.
H
Correct
we
know
that
many
of
those
projects
are
a
number
of
years
out.
As
is
yours,
we
could
have
various
different
changes
in
funding
from
the
and
federal
governments
during
that
time,
which
we
have
seen
investment
in
growth,
so
we
are
always
mindful
of
which
new
investments
are
being
made
available
to
us
in
order
to
support
those
new
programs,
and
if
there
were
to
be
a
shortfall
based
on
the
projection,
we
would
include
that
in
our
operating
budget
request.
Okay,.
A
N
You
I
do
have
have
a
couple
of
questions
that
I'm
not
sure
if
they're
in
this
cluster
or
not
because
I'm
not
sure
where
to
find
these
funds
funds
for
West
Toronto
rail
path
extension.
Is
it
gonna
be
parks?
Is
it
gonna
be
transportation?
Is
it's
gonna
be
ravines?
Is
it
gonna
be
which
one
is
it
gonna
be?
Where
am
I
gonna
start
looking
for
this
money?
Where
am
I
gonna
find
the
money.
O
O
N
The
the
youth
hub
work
coordination
and
especially
the
work
that
the
extra
funds
that
the
mayor
announced,
which
is
great
I,
just
I'm,
just
wondering
if
there
has
been
coordination,
because
there
have
there's
also
been
some
further
investment
from
Toronto
Community
Housing,
and
are
we
actually
coordinating
those
investments
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
the
biggest
bang
for
our
buck
with
the
youth
investments?
Are
those
youth
hubs
being
coordinated
with
the
further
youth
action
that
is
being
taken
by
Toronto
Community
Housing?
Are
we
taking
all
that
into
coordination
so.
N
H
Currently,
we
we
spend
just
under
a
million
dollars,
but
we
also
leverage
some
additional
support
through
housing
allowances.
So
the
actual
fund
is
about
1.5.
If
we
added
another
million
dollars,
we
could
probably
increase
the
number
of
families
that
we
support
to
about
600,
still
continuing
to
leverage
some
funds
from
other
areas.
N
H
So
there
are
about
10,000
units
of
subsidized
housing,
the
asari,
supportive
housing
that
the
city
administers
about
20%
of
those
we
are
cost
shared
with
the
province
about
it's,
a
total
budget
of
about
70
million
dollars
and
I.
Think
our
our
contribution
is
20
percent
of
that
the
only
supportive
housing
units
that
the
city
solely
funds
were
ones
that
were
created
for
the
George
Street
redevelopment,
that's
actually
a
hundred
and
fifty
a
new
units
of
supportive
housing
at
a
cost
of
about
two
million
dollars.
Okay,.
N
N
Yoga,
okay
and
so
the
plans
that
that
we
have
we're
now
talking
about
investing
some
of
in
the
in
our
in
capital
as
well,
which
we
haven't
done
before
correct,
that's
correct,
and
are
we
going
to
continue
the
conversations
with
the
province
of
the
Fed
for
the
operating
funding?
How
how
are
we
addressing
that.
H
N
Regards
to
TCH
see
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
this
right.
We
had
a
interim
formula
for
two
years,
and
now
this
is
the
permanent
funding
formula.
Does
the
permanent
funding
formula
include
the
one
hundred
and
sixty
million
dollars
on
a
permanent
basis
for
capital
repair,
so
that
you
know
we
can
assume
that
that
is
permanent
and
that
not
every
year
we're
gonna
have
to
come
back
and
fight
and
ask
for
that
money?
N
Can
TCH
see
actually
now
program
and
plan
their
capital
project,
taking
consideration
that
one
hundred
and
sixty
million
dollars,
as
was
not
the
case
in
the
past,
because
every
year
we're
coming?
You
know
with
a
big
question
mark
if
we
were
gonna
get
any
money
for
capital
budget.
Is
that
the
case
now
is
that
part
of
our
funded
one
hundred
and
sixty
million
in
for
the
future.
N
L
N
A
You
chimera
Bravo.
Are
there
other
questions
of
staff
on
this
cluster
yeah
may
I
just
ask
one
and
it
may
bear
cause
a
repetition
of
some
information,
but
I
think
it
is
so
important,
because
I've
made
the
point
to
the
province
very
strongly.
How
important
it
is
to
us
can
I
just
go
back
to
the
childcare
and
I
have
just
well
as
a
preface
to
the
question.
A
I'll
say
to
the
members
of
the
committee
in
to
the
staff
that,
in
my
meetings
with
the
premier,
the
Finance
Minister,
the
Treasury
Board
president,
the
Education
Minister
I've
indicated
this
is
a
top
priority
of
ours
in
terms
of
seeing
something
better
than
what
we
saw
this
year,
in
other
words,
no
cuts
and
in
fact
a
restoration
of
some
of
the
funding
and
that
they
can
count
on
quite
an
enthusiastic
dialogue.
Shall
we
say
from
the
City
of
Toronto
if
that
issue
isn't
addressed,
given
its
importance
economically,
socially
and
just
from
the
standpoint
of
equity?
A
Can
I
just
be
clear?
Have
you
make
it
clear
to
us
again
and
to
the
public
the
the
take
us
through
the
15
million
dollars
and
the
one-time
funding
to
cover
that
what
that
could
have
provided
for
in
terms
of
additional
subsidies,
what
we
stepped
in
to
do
with
respect
to
our
funding,
to
maintain
subsidies,
because,
in
fact,
I
believe
I'm
right
in
saying
we
would
have
lost
some.
Otherwise.
H
You,
mr.
mayor,
so
in
2020,
our
funding
allocation
for
childcare
was
reduced
for
growth
and
expansion
by
15
Millions.
That
was
a
provincial
reduction
that
was
offset
by
a
one-time
increase
in
core
funding
of
twelve
point
three
million
that
resulted.
Ultimately,
if
they
that
offset
had
not
been
there,
it
would
have
been
about
eleven
hundred
subsidies
that
were
eliminated
with
the
offset.
The
pressure
was
2.8
million
dollar
reduction
in
our
budget,
which
equates
to
approximately
186
subsidies
reduction.
A
Was
an
excellent,
concise
summary
of
exactly
what
happened,
and
so
we'll
we'll
leave
it
to
to
the
gods
and
to
our
advocacy
is
trying
to
make
sure
that
isn't
repeated
and
that
in
fact,
things
are
very
much
better.
Thank
you
very
much.
Okay.
Now
what
I
would
propose
to
do?
Having
heard
all
the
questions
on
that
cluster
is
just
to
revert
a
little
differently
with
your
concurrence
to
to
the
following,
which
is
and
I
know
it's
dangerous,
because
there'll
be
many
people.
A
In
fact,
everybody
is
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
their
own
budget
and
answer.
Questions
will
argue
that
they
should
be
put
to
the
top
of
the
list,
but
I
do
see
here,
people
that
represent
huge
budgets
that
could
potentially
lead
to
a
number
of
questions,
and
there
are
people
like
police
and
fire
chiefs
here,
but
I
would
rather
have
them
answering
fire
calls
and
dealing
with
safety
of
the
city
than
sitting
here
and
I'd
like
to
maybe
just
take
a
couple
of
those
and
deal
with
them
now
and
see.
A
A
Vary
the
agenda
then
I
am
with
the
concurrence
of
the
members.
I
didn't
see
any
objections
to
it.
So
we'll
do
that
and
then
we'll
maybe
go
next
just
to
put
on
notice.
We
go
next
to
the
fire
service.
The
TTC
and
TCH
see
just
to
sort
of
deal
with
those
big
budgets
and
see.
If
there
are
questions
on
those
and
then
those
people
could
be
released
to
go
about
their
business
and
we'll
try
and
move
through
all
this
as
rapidly
as
we
can
so
welcome
to
the
Toronto
Police
Service
representatives
and
deputy
mayor.
A
Are
there
any
members
from
not
on
the
committee
that
wish
to
ask
questions
of
the
trauma?
Police,
Service,
okay,
then
and
I
should
point
out.
Okay,
I
should
point
out.
This
budget,
of
course,
has
been
dutifully
considered,
including
public
deputations
in
front
of
their
budget
committee
by
the
Toronto
Police
Services
Board.
So
that
doesn't
mean
we
can't
ask
again
here
so
councillor
Carroll.
You
were
first
time
thank.
J
P
Thank
You
councillor
through
you,
mr.
mayor,
there
are
a
lot
of
moving
parts
to
that
yeah
and
as
we
move
towards
modernization
plan,
one
of
the
key
critical
components
is
the
communication,
and
especially
working
through
the
board,
having
the
opportunity
speaking
to
off
the
councillors,
about
what
we're
doing,
why
we're
doing
it
and
what
the
timelines
look
like.
I
know
that
superintendent
Watts
and
through
his
team
that
strategy
management
had
an
opportunity
to
present
to
all
the
councillors
to
give
an
update
of
where
we
are
with
the
modernization
plan.
P
What
it
is
we're
looking
at
doing
that
is
key
and
critical
in
order
for
us
to
move
forward.
On
top
of
that,
my
Community
Partnership
Engagement
unit
had
put
in
a
proposal
to
have
one
sergeants
committed
to
working
with
City,
so
that
that
would
provide
an
opportunity
for
that
information
so
that
we
can
have
a
comprehensive
understanding,
both
avenues
to
make
sure
that
we
get
it
right.
P
When
it
comes
to
the
deployment
issue,
the
strategic
deployment
issue,
there
are
a
lot
of
moving
parts
to
figure
out
what
we
need
to
do
in
order
to
get
it
right.
I
can
say
that
one
of
the
key,
critical
things
that
we've
had
is
the
opportunity
for
the
shift
schedule
pilot
which
we
have
now
put
out
since
January
27
and
a
totally
the
feedback
has
been
very
positive.
P
So
we
have
that
layer
on
top
of
that
layer
due
to
the
the
shift
schedule
product
that
we
have
and
I
think
that
as
we
go
along
and
as
we
manager,
we
have
an
opportunity
to
inform
the
board
as
well
as
a
City
Council
as
to
if
there
are
any
gaps
identified
and
what
we
can
do
collectively
to
move
things
forward.
Okay,.
J
J
Wouldn't,
wouldn't
you
think,
if
we're
given
key
messaging
on
how
the
analysis
is
done,
if
just
saying
it's
a
resource
issue,
which
is
what
the
officer
has
to
say
to
quickly
move
on
to
the
next
quest,
and
we
can
flesh
that
out.
If,
if
you
give
us
the
tools,
is
that
it's
that
an
unreasonable
to
request-
or
you
think
you
could
give
us
some
some
deeper
messaging
so
that
the
resident
who
wants
to
understand
it
more
deeply
and
through
through
city
offices
or
counselor
offices,
again.
P
Through
you,
mr.
mayor
I,
you
know
I'm
hoping
that
the
standard
answer
when
questions
are
asked
or
not
it's
a
resource
issue
and
I
hope
that
there's
more
red
meat
in
in
the
explanations
when
we
do
that
the
community
Town
Hall
types
of
settings
I
know
that
when
I
go,
I
I
definitely
have
more
fulsome
answers.
We
always
want
to
communicate
with
our
our
neighborhoods
and
I.
Think
it's
critical
to
have
a
comprehensive
understanding
that
there
is
not
a
one-size-fits-all
every
district
that
we
have
has
different
issues.
P
Different
needs,
different
prioritization
and
with
the
feedback
with
our
communities
working
with
our
neighborhood
community
officers
and
also
working
with
the
divisions
of
commanders
who
go
out
there,
who,
on
a
regular
basis,
are
getting
informed
through
the
the
districts
that
they're
working
in.
We
can
have
the
proper
alignment
to
make
the
the
strategic
and
necessary
division
decisions
within
those
environments
on
to
go
forward.
P
If
the
answers
are
always
it's
a
resource
issue,
then
I
think
it's
an
opportunity
to
look
for
another
source
of
information,
and
we
will
gladly
provide
that
so
that
there
is
a
comprehensive
understanding.
Everyone
has
an
understanding
of
what
needs
to
be
done
and
why
we're
doing
what
we're
doing?
Okay.
P
P
If
you
take
the
correlation,
because
enforcement
there
are
less
tickets,
that
means
that
there
are
more
fatalities.
Then
that's
not
an
accurate
assumption.
So,
even
if
we
take
the
last
two
years
in
2018,
we
wrote
more
tickets,
but
we
had
more
fatalities
than
we
did
last
year,
so
we
were
less
tickets
than
we
did
in
2018
and
we
had
less
fatalities
and
in
I
can't
remember
the
year.
But
there's
a
year
when
we
had
92
fatalities
and
we
wrote
the
substantial
amount
more
than
second,
our
own
responsibility.
P
If
we're
going
to
get
it
right,
is
having
the
awareness,
the
enforcement
and
the
education
piece.
Those
three
factors-
and
we
know
that
the
awareness
and
the
education
piece
makes
us
less
reactive.
The
enforcement
piece
is
reactive,
I
mean
someone
has
done
something
and
we've
issued
a
ticket.
We
are
hoping
to
work
with
the
city
through
the
vision,
CEO
2.0,
to
make
sure
that
we
get
it
right
and
when
we
use
that
methodology,
what
it
does
is
it
brings
all
stakeholders
to
the
table
so
case
in
point.
P
Let
me
speak
of
Yonge
and
Eglinton
and
the
approach
that
was
taken.
That
is
the
proper
approach.
It
is
bringing
private
public
sector
to
the
table.
It
is
bringing
what
the
issues
are
in
a
particular
case,
contracting
inter
elders
to
the
table
and
collectively
working
on
on
those
opportunities
you
you
want.
G
To
ask
another:
yes
I:
do
because
you
only
have
five
minutes.
Unfortunately,
with
respect
to
the
resources
as
a
result
of
the
budget,
because
you'll
be
able
to
expand
your
resources.
How
might
we
see
a
change
with
respect
to
the
integration
with
respect
to
vision,
zero
and
then
also
ask
you?
How
could
technology
assist
you
and
your
department
to
enhance
the
opportunity
in
terms
of
improving
ROS
safety.
P
P
In
that
proactive
we
will
be
creating
measurables
to
see
what
our
officers
are
doing
and
within
that
there
will
be
more
traffic
enforcement,
so
I
I
will
make
the
bold
assumption
that
you
will
see
higher
numbers
when
it
comes
to
the
enforcement
aspects
of
traffic
issues
across
the
city
and
we've
had
the
discussion
when
it
comes
to
technology.
We
have
done
the
research
I
think
back
in
2013
when
I
was
deputy
and
in
that
report
we
spoke
to
that
city,
so
that
incorporate
can
have
a
20%
reduction
in
fatalities
working
with
the
city.
P
G
You
so
chief
I
have
one
final
question
for
you:
they
you
know,
gun,
crime
and
and
gun
violence
and
the
proliferation
of
guns
into
our
society,
and
so
on,
give
them
this
budget
and
give
them
the
resources
and
so
on,
as
it
relates
to
these
particular
issues.
What
are
some
of
the
key
things
that
keeps
you
awake
at
night
in
terms
of
things
that
we
could
do,
should
do
collaboratively
and
so
on
and
I
realize
that
it's
not
just
a
policing
issue
on
this
particular
matter.
It's
a
community
collaborative
issue.
P
On
Thank
You
deputy
mayor
to
you,
mr.
mayor
high
risk
offenders
are
what
are
critical
if
we're
going
to
have
an
opportunity
of
seeing
a
significant
reduction,
there's
a
tremendous
amount
of
resource
and
goes
to
the
at-risk,
which
is
necessary
that
deals
with
past
behavior
and
what
our
future
looks
like
high
risk
is
present
behavior.
If
we
don't
include
the
present
behavior
in
our
communities
to
see
what
the
future
looks
like,
we
are
going
to
fail.
The
high
risk
are
responsible
for
most
of
the
shootings.
P
It's
not
the
vast
majority
and
I
think
that
there
are
opportunities
if
we
work
collectively
to
figure
out
what
are
some
of
the
strategies
that
we
can
put
in
play
for
the
high
risk.
Offenders
I
think
there's
an
opportunity
that
we
as
a
city
will
see
reduction
in
the
gun,
violence
across
the
city,
working
in
partnerships
with
our
various
agencies.
The
mayor
has
worked
with
the
province
as
well
as
the
federal
agencies
to
look
at
what
the
strategies
are
in
place
that
we
can
do
for
those
opportunities.
Thank.
A
C
You
three
Myra
Tory,
so
very
similar
questions,
43
division
in
Scarborough,
so
I'd
monthly
town
hall
meetings.
The
number
one
complaint
that
I
get
from
residences
around
traffic
enforcement;
speed
enforcement,
in
particular
with
vision,
0,
43
Division,
one
dedicated
officer,
they've,
been
supplementing
with
other
officers
when
they
are
busy.
But
I
was
told
that
five
years
ago
there
were
six
dedicated
officers
at
43
divisions.
So
I'm
trying
to
understand
my
residents
are
trying
to
understand
how
our
enforcing
vision
0
and
how
to
get
those
complaints
down
and.
P
Thank
you,
sir,
in
through
you,
mr.
mayor,
a
couple
of
things
to
that
that
we
need
to
understand.
First
and
foremost,
every
officer
is
responsible
for
traffic
enforcement.
The
proactive
opportunities
were
not
necessarily
there
compared
to
other
years.
When
we
talk
about
our
shifts
schedule
pilot.
This
will
provide
an
opportunity
for
more
proactive
time
for
more
enforcement.
I
have
120
officers
that
are
fully
committed
to
traffic
enforcement
solely
on
top
of
that.
We
have
various
initiatives
throughout
each
district
as
to
what
the
issues
aren't
concerns
and
what
is
a
methodology.
P
43
division,
for
example,
has
a
lot
of
straight
flat
roads.
It's
like
the
Indy
500
when
I
go
downtown,
it
is
a
congestion
issue
and
then
what
happens
is
the
displacement
through
the
side
roads
people
are
going
at
Mach,
1,
so
utilizing
and
working
with
the
communities
and
your
your
community
will
have
different
issues
and
different
approaches
with
respect
to
what
needs
to
be
done
for
the
reduction.
But
on
the
other
token
it
is
2020
and
I
can
tell
you
I.
P
Believe
43
division
has
a
very
high
number
of
shootings
right
now,
which
is
an
anomaly
so
from
our
priority.
Pease
both
incorporate
loss
of
life
and
are
critical
important
and
how
we
strategically
work.
Utilizing
all
of
the
resources
to
have
the
answers
that
are
necessary
are
critical,
so
the
more
the
community
informs
us
of
what
we
do.
We
put
strategic
deployment.
C
And
then
I
wanted
to
know
so,
when
I
put
a
complaint
in
my
office
puts
a
complaint
in
how
about
speed
enforcement
on
a
given
Street?
Can
a
mechanism
be
put
in
place
so
that
so
many
43
division
can
get
back
to
me
and
say
your
complaints
been
heard?
We
had
a
car
on
this
day
for
two
hours.
Just
so,
I
can
get
back
to
residents
because
I'll
make
the
the
request
and
then
I
don't
hear
anything
and
then
I
hear
from
residents
will
say.
C
My
final,
my
final
question
I
just
want
to
ask
about
open
data,
and
so
there
was
a
question.
City
Council
I
appreciate
the
open
data
portal.
Toronto
Police
Services
has
now,
but
there
was
a
request
put
in
in
council
a
year
ago
to
have
that
data
transferred
to
the
city's
open
data
portal.
I
understand
it
was
supposed
to
be
done
in
September,
but
it
hasn't
taken
place
yet
I.
P
Definitely
I
think
we're
one
of
the
very
few
law
enforcement
agencies
in
North
America
that
understands
the
importance
of
open
data
allowing
communities
to
take
partnerships
to
help
keep
our
communities
safe.
That's
something
that
I
certainly
will
look
into
if
we
were
supposed
to
have
this
done
and
I'll
definitely
see
what
the
gaps
are
with
respective
to
go
forward
to
make
sure
that
whatever
we
can
do,
we
will
do
okay.
M
M
Great
thank
you
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
and
thank
you
please
we're
coming
in
so
I
guess:
antidotal,
II
speaking,
affordability,
community
violence,
safety
and
traffic
enforcement
are
probably
the
top
three
issues
that
come
to
most
counselors
offices.
So
my
notes
indicate
that
in
2000,
13
I
guess
it
was
called
the
strategic
targeted
enforcement
measures.
Team,
which
was
patron
of
police
services
for
traffic
enforcement,
was
disbanded
and
the
reason
at
the
time
was
he
didn't.
M
Have
resources
now
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
under
this
budget
we're
graduating
300
new
officers,
half
of
which
replace
I
guess
is
due
to
attrition
retirements,
leaving
the
force,
but
the
other
half
will
be
extra
extra
officers.
How
many
of
those
will
be
assigned
to
to
traffic
enforcement?
What
many
consider
to
be
one
of
the
top
three
issues
in
the
city.
P
You
know
we
can
use
numbers
to
make
late
success
from
any
aspect
so
which
I
would
live
as
well.
So,
first
and
foremost,
the
reason
for
the
ask
working
with
the
board
and
giving
a
comprehensive
understanding
of
what
the
numbers
we
need.
We
have
moved
from
an
agency
where
there
have
been
countless
consultation
on
what
is
the
right
number
for
law
enforcement.
This
is
the
first
time
in
our
history
where,
through
analytics
through
utilizing
experts,
we
have
worked
with
the
Association.
P
We've
worked
with
the
board
and
we've
worked
with
the
service
to
figure
out
right
sizing.
This
methodology
by
far,
is
much
more
accurate
than
ever
before.
This
budget
speaks
to
the
attrition.
We
lose
products,
we
230
people
the
year
and
it
speaks
to
the
net
new
to
fulfill
the
numbers
for
the
shift
schedule
model
and
that
shift
schedule
model
cannot
be
measured
until
I
have
those
numbers.
So
that
is
my
priority.
P
However,
I
believe
that
we
have
a
number
of
people
that
are,
we
have
eight
that
are
going
into
the
enforcement
piece
and
their
role
their
function
will
strictly
be
for
the
enforcement
components
of
road
safety.
But
that
is
a
reason
for
the
number,
so
that
they're
not
extra.
They
are
necessary
in
order
for
us
to
properly
measure
and
account
to
the
city
and
count
through
the
board
to
the
city.
M
P
Well,
you
know:
I
threw
you
mr.
mayor.
If
you
give
me
more
money,
I
will
do
more
things
full-stop,
but
I
can
certainly
appreciate
the
concerns
that
are
going
on
right
now,
because
you've
got
a
hundred
hands
in
one
basket
and
how
to
distribute
those
funds
are.
Are
the
complexities
I
can
tell
you
through
the
board?
These
are
conversations
that
we
have.
We
are
as
strategic
as
we
possibly
can
be.
We
can
account
for
everything
that
we
do
to
the
best
of
our
abilities
and
I.
P
L
You
well,
in
my
word
in
particular,
is
gun
violence
but
I.
Just
question
and
I
want
to
say
that
the
officers
are
12.
Division
has
been
working
with
my
office
and
we
do
get
updates
from
the
police
when
we
file
a
complaint
and
we
have
that
really
good
relationship
with
the
officers
r12.
So
thank
you
for
that.
L
The
problem
that
we
have
with
gun
violence
and,
as
you
know,
is
the
repeat:
offenders
and
that's
where
bail
conditions
come
in
and
and,
as
you
know,
we've
been
asking
the
province
to
work
with
us
to
amend
legislation
because
a
lot
of
them
that
are
on
the
streets
and
you
hear
them
our
repeat
offenders
and
that
they
have
been
arrested
and
then
they're
on
the
streets
two
weeks
later.
Shooting
so
can
you
tell
me
what
is
the
status
of
that
and
how
we're
working
together
with
the
province
on
asking
to
amend
that
legislation?
L
P
You
councillor
to
you,
mr.
mayor
I,
like
the
communication
that
is
taking
place
right
now,
specifically
as
we
deal
with
the
issue
of
street
gang
violence,
Mayor
Tory
took
the
opportunity
of
having
the
GTA
agencies
with
the
mayors,
as
well
as
the
Chiefs
from
the
GTA.
Also,
the
provincial
resources
are
present.
Provincial
entities
and
the
federal
entities
were
there
to
hear
what
the
issues
were
and
I
can
tell
you
collectively
when
it
spoke
to
bail.
That
was
a
collective
issue
right
across
the
GTA.
So
this
is
not
the
state
Toronto
centric
issue.
P
It's
right
across
the
spectrum.
Any
touch
points
with
the
street
gang
violence,
Baylor's
initiative.
We
definitely
spoke
to
the
province
and
to
the
the
federal
counterparts,
and
they
said
that
they're
gonna
walk
away,
they've
heard
us
and
they
are
going
to
figure
out
what
they
need
to
do
to
help
our
communities.
P
Look
at
that
to
see
what
can
be
done.
It
is
out
of
our
hands,
but
the
important
piece
has
been
that
awareness
piece
people
are
aware
of
the
concerns.
We've
provided
the
the
PlayBook
as
to
what
is
going
on
in
our
city,
and
so
it's
a
matter
of
time
to
see
what
the
actions
are.
The
action
items
will
be
to
assist
us
when
it
speaks
specific
to
bail
and
and
the
justice
system
and
I'm
more
concerned
about
bail
with
firearm.
Offenses
I'm,
like
I,
won't
speak
to
the
bail
as
a
whole.
P
L
P
P
I've
said
countless
times
we're
not
going
to
arrest
the
way
out
of
this,
but
I
can
tell
you
our
lane,
which
is
the
reactive
Lane,
is
a
lot
more
robust,
has
a
lot
more
hyper
focus
on
those
individuals
that
are
bringing
firearms
into
the
city
and
shooting
them
and
working
with
our
other
agencies,
because
we
know
that
80%
of
the
handguns
that
are
coming
in
are
coming
in
from
across
the
border.
So
there's
a
meeting
in
that
very
in
their
future,
working
with
the
CBSA
to
see
how
we
can
collectively
enhance.
P
L
Just
my
next
question
is
because
in
some
areas
we
have
some
way
of
problem
establishments
like
bars
and
that
works.
We
have
a
lot
of
issues
with
and
the
police
are
constantly
important.
There
is
a
lot
of
violence
and
drought.
We
have
now
a
better
relationship,
the
police
and
the
province
on
some
of
these
issues.
Communicating
these
these
issues
that
are
happening
within
our
bars,
where
there's
violence
and
liquor
licenses,
and
so
we
have
that
better
relationship
now
with
the
province
on
communicating
these
issues
directly
to
them.
So
they
can
take
appropriate
action.
L
P
We
have
some
hotspots,
some
bars
that
do
house
street
gang
folks
and-
and
that
is
an
issue,
because
a
lot
of
things
can
circle
from
those
locations
and
it
does
erode
the
safety
aspects
within
the
geographical
spaces
where
these
spots
are
located.
So
I
think
that
we
could
have
stronger
alignment
with
the
province
on
that
and
their
licensing.
We've
got
a
strong
relationship
with
the
city
and
the
workers
that
work
with
my
thoughts
collectively,
but
the
buck
stops
with
the
province
with
respect
to
that
right.
A
Thank
You
councillor
Natalia
any
other
questions
on
the
police
budget.
Well,
if
not,
then
I
will
thank
you
very
much
for
being
with
us
today
and
for
all
your
hard
work
everyday
and
appreciate
your
being
here
to
answer
questions
today:
Thank
You,
mr.
mayor
next,
I'm,
not
sure
I've
done
this
exactly
my
order
of
I
I
guess
I
was
doing
a
buy
order.
Besides
the
budget,
though
I
suspect
mr.
leery
is
probably
not
here
at
the
moment
because
he's
out
getting
a
train
back
on
the
down
the
rails.
I
think
am
I
right
about
that.
A
A
A
Don't
you
come
up
at
the
same
time,
because
we'll
with
the
concurrence
the
committee,
we
can
just
do
those
because
they
do
kind
of
fit
together
to
some
extent,
though
I
saw
he
was
hiding
in
the
back
there,
but
I
saw
I
was
scanning
the
room
to
see
all
the
Chiefs,
and
so
we'll
just
start
in
then
with
the
members
of
the
committee
members,
if
not
on
the
committee,
but
members
of
council
that
are
here
did
I
see
counselor
McKelvey's
hand
up.
So
please.
O
Thank
You,
mr.
mayor,
my
question
is
for
Chief
peg:
can
you
just
set
lying
briefly
what
sort
of
study
you're
doing
this
year
to
look
at
its
distribution
across
the
city,
and
are
you
expecting
that
over
this
year,
you'll
be
preparing
updates?
Will
we
expect
to
see
through
the
budget
next
year,
Thank.
R
You
councillor
mr.
mayor,
we
there
we
have
a
number
of
initiatives
ongoing
all
coming
as
a
result
in
falling
under
what
we
call
the
TFS
transformation
plan.
Most
notably,
we
are
now
in
the
very
much
in
the
throes
of
an
operational
deployment
assessment
and
review.
That
is
looking
literally
at
every
service,
every
service
area
for
service
delivery.
That
happens
and
is
delivered
by
Toronto
Fire
Services.
With
an
eye
to
the
recommendations
that
came
out
of
our
pfai
international
accreditation.
R
We
have
been
directed
to
report
back
to
Council
in
advance
of
the
2021
budget
process,
which
we
will
do,
and
that
will
be
a
comprehensive
report
that
looks
at
all
of
those
service
areas.
Very
cool
very
clearly
makes
you
aware
of
areas
where
growth
is
outpacing
service
that
we're
going
to
need
to
address
and
we'll
also
identify
opportunities
for
your
consideration
with
respect
to
potential
service
level,
adjustments
or
the
redistribution
of
resources
and
reprioritization.
So
very
much
ongoing.
O
Through
that
right
now
you
have
excellent
response
times
across
the
entire
city
and
you're
hitting
those
standards.
But
there
are
two
wards
that
are
slightly
behind
myself,
as
well
as
deputy
mayor,
gentlemen
and
Wong's.
Will
that
be
addressed
through
this
service
route,
whether
there
be
recommendations
for
award
16
and
we're
25?
Yes,.
R
Mr.
mayor
they're
there,
as
you
have
accurately
noted
councillor,
there
are
two
word
25
and
word
16
are
both
causing
us
and
concern
in
the
fact
that
our
performance,
our
response
time
performance
in
those
two
wards,
is
lagging
behind
the
rest
of
the
city
that
we
have
undertaken,
the
comprehensive
analytics
already
and
that
continues
to
be
ongoing.
And,
yes,
it
will.
It
will
be
incorporated
into
the
the
report
that
is
forthcoming.
R
I
should
also
say
that
we're
also
proactively
working
alongside
our
colleagues
in
building
and
city
planning,
to
identify
proactively
things
that
will
need
council
to
consider
such
as
the
Christie
development,
the
Portland's
development
and
other
major
developments
that
are
ongoing,
so
will
I
will
make
sure
and
we're
already
committed
to
make
sure
that
that
will
be
incorporated
and
I
look
forward
to
that
presentation
to
you
in
September.
Thank.
A
G
You
very
much
mister
Maric
through
you
to
the
EMS
chief,
because
I
know
the
fire
chief
was
just
answered,
sort
of
an
overview
of
questions.
So
just
wondering
can
you
help
us
to
understand
where
we
are
currently
with
respect
to
the
staffing
levels,
the
challenges
that
we've
had
a
growth
of
the
city
and
the
service
and
the
response
and
and
how
what's
a
state
of
EMS
at
this
particular
point
in
time
as
it
relates
to
the
budget
and
also
some
of
the
challenges
that
you
face?
How
does
this
budget
help
you
through.
I
The
mayor,
thank
you
for
the
question.
Yes,
as
you
know,
we're
responding
to
a
growing
number
of
patients
each
and
every
year,
and
then
the
drivers
of
our
business
are
the
aging
population
and
the
growth
in
the
city.
So
we
continue
to
work
hard
at
looking
at
opportunities
to
mitigate
calls,
but
also
provide
those
opportunities
to
help
support
the
community
in
different
ways.
I
So
they're
not
acting
that
when
one
services
for
our
service,
but
in
parts
of
the
implementation
of
the
staffing
plan,
we're
moving
into
2020
and
you'll,
see
a
request
for
additional
staff
to
support
that
the
outcomes
of
that
we've
seen
today
is
our
response.
Times
have
deteriorated
because
of
the
growth
and
the
size
of
the
of
the
volumes
and
the
healthcare
system
pressures
that
we
all
see
through
the
hospital
so
we're
trying
to
deal
with
those
processes.
I
I
So
that's
an
important
component
of
why
we
need
additional
staff
to
help
support
that,
because
we
can't
continue
on
on
that
pace
in
terms
of
the
workload
all
now
we're
working
with
our
partners
at
the
ministry
helps
support
that
commitment
on
growth
going
forward,
which
is
very
important
because
we
are
looking
at
modernizing
the
EHS
system,
which
looks
at
new
models
of
care
which
will
help
aromatics
in
terms
of
alternate
destinations
to
transport
patients,
as
well
as
enhancing
some
of
the
scope
of
paramedic
skills
to
keep
people
and
help
them
aged
at
home.
Can.
G
You
help
me
to
understand:
where
are
we
with
respect
to
the
challenges
that
we've
been
experiencing
for
some
time
with
regarding
the
offloading
and
the
amount
of
time
that
it's
taking
and
so
on,
to
be
able
to
obviously
have
your
EMS
personnel
leave
in
a
hospital,
for
example,
in
terms
of
the
amount
of
time
I?
Have
we
seen
a
reduction
in
that
or
still
status
quo?
What's
the
challenge
is:
what
are
the
opportunities
in
terms
of
deal
final
question
through
the
mayor?
Wasn't
I
think
at
the
time.
So
that's
your
story.
Do
it
I.
A
I
Through
the
mirror,
offload
delay
is
a
healthcare
system
problem.
It's
just
not
an
EMS
problem.
It's
a
pressure
through
the
hospital
on
moving
people
through
the
system
and
out
to
you
know
appropriate
care
in
the
community,
which
is
a
challenge.
The
what
we've
been
able
to
do
in
terms
of
our
process
is
with
the
partnership
with
the
ministry
with
offload
nurse
a
nurse
program,
so
our
paramedics
will
transfer
care
over
to
them
in
each
hospital.
I
So
each
Hospital
in
the
city
has
that
funding
to
support
that
transfer
of
care
we've
been
able
to
reduce
the
really
long
delay.
So
more
than
three
hour
delays,
we've
been
able
to
drop
down
the
freak.
The
frequency
of
those
delays,
but
overall
time
on
transfer
of
care
is
up.
Okay,
and
that
is
a
significant
component
that
will
continue.
G
Antastic
ledge
with
my
last
thirty
second,
the
last,
the
chief
peg
with
respect
to
the
the
changes
in
terms
of
fire
prevention
and
that
process.
Where
are
we
with
respect
to
the
number
of
personnel
and
how
you're
making?
And
how
are
you
making
that
shift
in
terms
of
focusing
on
fire
prevention,
as
opposed
to
responding
to
fire,
calls
sure
Thank.
R
You
councillor
mr.
mayor,
the
fire
prevention
and
code
enforcement
and
fire
code,
inspection
are
actually
one
of
the
legislative.
We
actually
call
it.
The
public
education
and
fire
prevention
are
known
as
the
first
and
second
line
of
defense,
so
they
they
actually
form
the
foundation
and
the
core
of
our
VAR
service
delivery
model.
So
we
have,
since
2014
expanded
our
inspection
capabilities
significantly,
both
with
additional
resources
provided
by
Council,
but
also
through
the
reprioritization
of
those
resources.
R
A
quick
example
of
that
counselor
is
our
commitment
to
proactively
inspecting
high-rise
residential
buildings
across
the
city
every
year.
I
will
tell
you
that
we
are
struggling
to
keep
up
with
that
commitment
and
I'm,
not
surprised
by
that
in
the
face
of
City
growth,
there's
there's
just
an
increasing
demand,
but
again
this
will
all
it's
being
detailed
and
assessed.
R
It
will
be
part
of
the
form
part
of
the
report
that
councillor
McKelvey
question
about,
but
I
will
say
that
the
residents
of
the
City
of
Toronto
should
be
very
comfortable
and
very
proud
of
the
level
of
proactive
inspection
and
enforcement.
That
happens
here.
We
frankly
have
the
highest.
In
my
experience,
we
offer
the
highest
level
of
proactive
public
education
and
proactive
fire
safety
and
inspection
that
I
know
of
anywhere
in
the
province
and,
frankly
in
the
country.
So
that
lets
me
sleep
well
at
night.
A
Thank
you
very
much
other
questions
of
these
representatives
here
from
the
emergency
services.
Ems
fire,
okay.
Well,
thank
you
all
very
much.
I
appreciate
your
being
here.
I
would
say
that
if
I
was
sort
of
looking
at
again
the
size
of
budget
etc,
it
would
be
Toronto
Community,
Housing
Corporation
that
would
be
next
is
mr.
Marshburn.
Here
there
he
is
so
we'll
just
see
what
questions
there
are
come
on
up.
J
It
was
possible
to
apply
the
section
37
funds,
but
what
I'm
wondering
is
if
this
should
become
something
that
we
do
more
often
has
the
board
looked
at
rules
about
we're
going
into
a
model.
That's
really
focused
on
just
making
sure
that
you
get
you
get
your
your
properties
fixed
and
in
a
state
of
good
repair,
etc.
If
we
start
and
move
into
the
realm
of
now,
we
have
these
revitalized
properties.
J
We
have
you
know,
joint
properties
where
tche
is
moved
in
if
there
are
section
37
opportunities
on
board,
but
the
operating
impact
of
capital
should
be
in
a
city
division.
It's
the
board.
Looking
at
that,
there's
been
a
history
of
well.
No,
we
don't
mix
on
tcht
property
will
do
it,
but
if
there
are
abilities
to
invest
on
the
property
and
it's
a
mixed
property
now
is,
is
there
a
this
policy
follow
budget
to
make
those
things
pop
more
easy
to
implement?
J
R
You
very
much
for
that
that
question
counselor
earn
and
through
you
mr.
mayor
it
in
in
2019
I,
do
not
recall
that
that
was
a
discussion
that
we
had
at
the
board.
Meeting.
I
can
certainly
take
that
to
the
chair.
I
think
I
would
also
seek
the
counsel
of
the
city
in
terms
of
their
wills
and
wishes
in
it,
but
it
I
think.
Ultimately
we
would
get
a
better
decision
if
we
did
that,
but.
J
A
R
G
D
R
Say
do
you
get
five
minutes
or
five
hours
to
answer
that
question?
I
would
say
just
it
just
two
minutes,
it
is
a
in
summary.
It
is
improving.
We
are
becoming
much
more
focused
on
a
landlord.
You
know
on
our
landlord
activities.
We
are
becoming
more
disciplined
in
how
we
are
looking
at
the
outcome.
Metrics
of
the
organization
we've
developed
a
about
22
service
quality
metrics
and
there
have
not
been
service
quality
metrics
in
the
organization
before
so
we
are
starting
to
roll
that
out
and
I
would
say,
probably
in
q3
of
this
year.
R
We
will
now
start
to
have
enough
data
to
track
that,
and
we
can,
you
know.
Ideally
it's
used
for
us
to
help
us
develop
the
business
but
I'm
sure
that
we'd
be
glad
to
share
with
the
appropriate
parties
and
obviously
with
our
board
as
we
go
through.
Certainly
as
it
relates
to
capital,
which
is
so
that's
the
operating
focus.
R
You
know
councillor
through
the
capital
budget,
I
think
it's.
You
know
well
acknowledged
that
we
now
have,
for
the
first
time
a
fully
funded
plan
and
I
think
you
know,
once
council
approves
this
budget,
you
know,
assuming
that
there
are
no
changes
to
our
capital
plan,
that
we
will
actually
have
a
fully
funded
commitment
through
the
capital
budget
of
the
city,
which
allows
us
to
plan
with
certainty
how
we
spend
that
one.
It's
a
more
efficient
process.
Sure.
G
R
I
get
a
considerable
amount
of
communication
directly
from
from
tenants.
Oh
yes,
I'm,
very
much
aware
of
that
and
I
think
it's
a
there's,
a
two-fold
broad-based
approach
to
that.
Certainly,
with
regard
to
formal
and
broad-based
communications,
with
tenants,
weird,
you
know
we
are
looking
at
how
we
be
more
effective
in
making
sure
that
we
are
giving
the
tenants
the
right
amount
of
information
at
the
right
time,
and
so
that's
been.
R
You
know
something
that's
like
kind
of
a
big
macro
piece,
certainly
the
work
that
that
Sheila
Penny
is
doing
our
chief
operating
officer
with
the
structure
of
the
hubs
and
the
regional
focus
that
we
have
and
bringing
these
teams
these
clusters
of
teams
together
to
deal
with
tenants
and
own
the
tenant
experience
our
Sheila
for
the
specifics.
Certainly
I
echo
your
view
on
Sheila,
so
I
just
like
to
state
that
for
the
record
and
secondly,
you
know
I
appreciate
you
know
the
double-edged
sword
of
getting
capital
funding.
You
know
going
having
gone
through
some
renovations.
R
G
R
Certainly,
you
know
I
would
say
on
a
broad
basis,
that
the
contractors
ought
not
to
be
surprised
if
there's
a
cessation,
because
we
meet
regularly
with
our
service
providers
when
they
are
providing
the
service.
So,
for
example,
there
are
monthly
meetings
that
take
place,
but
you
know
with
Dell
and
Greenwood
relative
to
the
service
levels
and
the
service
that
they
provide.
R
You
know
and
I
would
expect
that
I
know
that
the
the
construction
team,
or
they
or
they
in
both
facilities
management
and
in
the
development
teams,
regularly
meet
with
their
partners
that
they're
working
with
so
I.
Perhaps
maybe
the
best
way
to
this
is
deal
with
some
of
the
specifics
that
that
you
were
healing
just
understand
if
they
were
broader
based.
Thank
you.
R
A
Deputy
mayor
Thompson
any
other
members,
because
I
just
have
two
very
short
questions.
Two,
if
you
would
first
of
all
one
of
the
hot-button
issues
that
sort
of
is
up
there
discussed
quite
properly,
is
vacancies
and
I
have
a
chance
to
see
your
dashboard
pretty
regularly.
But
perhaps
you
could
just
tell
the
members
of
the
committee
and
the
public
with
the
progress
that
you're
making
on
vacancies.
Certainly
year-over-year
I.
R
Think
the
vacancy
numbers
down
and
they're
down
by
about
twenty
to
twenty
four
percent,
if
memory
you
know
servers
and
retic
I
can
certainly
get
the
statistics,
but
there's
been
a
considerable
amount
of
work
that
we
have
done
in
terms
of
trying
to
turn
the
reduce
the
vacancies
you
know.
So
we
are
now
down
below
2%.
It's
an
historic
low
for
our
organizations
about
1.8
percent
is
our
vacancy
rate.
Thank
you
and
then.
A
The
second
question
was
I:
just
wanted
you
to
repeat
those
words
that
you
said
earlier
on,
because
I
think
some
of
those
who
comment
on
these
things
don't
necessarily
focus
on
these
things,
which
is
the
words
you
spoke
about
for
the
first
time
that
you
have
the
assurance
with
respect
to
the
capital
planning
and
the
repairs
in
particular.
Maybe
you
could
just
repeat
those
words
for
added
emphasis.
R
If
you
know
once
this
budget
as
presented
passes
without
amendment
relative
to
TCH
see,
we
actually
have
a
fully
funded
plan
that
will
bring
us
to
a
a
facilities
condition
index,
which
is
an
industry
standard
that
we
seek
to
attain.
You
know
the
capital
planning
and,
and
the
building
repair
capital
in
particular.
We
will
RFC
I
will
plateau
this
year
and
then
starting
in
2021,
you
will
see
a
reduction
from
roughly
around
16%
a
little
over
16%
to
the
10%
threshold
year-on-year
on
a
fairly
straight
line.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
All.
A
A
Being
here
today,
much
appreciated
I'm
going
to
include
one
more
before
we
go
back
to
the
cluster,
that
is
infrastructure
and
development
services,
and
that
is
just
because
the
Chief
Librarian,
if
she's
here,
is
not
allowed
to
have
favorites,
but
she
she's
got
a
big
budget
and
she's
a
favorite,
so
is
Mr
Bowles
here
or
the
representative
to
the
library.
Does
anybody
have
any
questions
to
the
library?
Because
if
she's
not
here
or
she
is
here,
it
doesn't
matter
if
there
are
no
questions
going
once
going
twice:
okay!
A
Well,
that's
good
for
accommodation
of
good
work
being
done
with
more
to
come
in
terms
of
the
some
of
the
youth
spaces.
They're
gonna
help
us
with
and
so
on.
Okay,
with
the
era
concurrence
then
we'll
go
back
me
I
mean
I.
Just
put
on
the
record
here.
Just
cuz
I
have
to
submit
this
I
gather.
There
was
a
project.
A
I
was
unaware
of
called
the
Rogers
communication
Inc
uplift
project,
which
is
helping
them
with
5g
and
I,
guess
they're,
paying
for
some
staff
that
that
are
working
in
the
city
to
do
5g
and
so
I
just
want
to
add
to
my
previous
declaration
of
interest
that
and
give
that
to
the
clerk
and
that's
with
respect
to
the
budget
of
the
transportation
services
budget.
Okay,
thank
you!
A
J
Okay,
I
got
into
agency
Moto's
waiting
for
someone
to
sit
there,
just
a
quick
question
on
municipal
licensing
and
standards
and
then
and
then
transportation,
a
municipal
licensing
and
standards.
During
the
budget
deliberations,
we
were
looking
at
the
the
number
of
the
staff
compliment
stays
exactly
the
same
over
last
year
and
we
have
now
adopted
and
had
a
decision
on
a
short-term
rental.
J
So
we
know
there's
those
there
are
those
extra
resources
and
in
the
interim
we've
had
this,
you
know
tragic
circumstance,
so
I'm
wondering
if
staff
could
just
repeat
so
the
executive
are
on
the
same
page.
What
we
understand
now
is
that
the
shortened
it
would
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
that
that
you
feel,
like
you,
have
enough
staff
resources
to
set
up
a
solid,
short-term
rental
unit,
and
they
will
be
in
place
by
the
time
we
get
to
to
grad
party
season
and
beyond.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question
through
the
mayor.
The
short-term
rental
report
that
was
adopted
by
council
in
2017
included
five
staff
positions
which
have
been
added
to
our
budget,
three
bylaw
officers
of
compliance
position
and
a
support
position.
Those
are
in
place.
The
work
is
being
done
by
staff
citywide
in
the
investigation
services
team,
which
is
comprised
of
70
by
law
enforcement
officers.
C
It
is
a
challenging
file,
as
we
don't
know,
the
level
of
compliance,
the
level
of
issues.
The
number
of
complaints
that
will
come
in.
We
will
have
to
monitor
it
closely
and
make
future
recommendations
if,
in
fact,
that
the
the
issues
persist,
we
are
again
hopeful
that,
once
the
regulations
are
in
place
and
the
rules
are
there
that
again,
90%
of
the
participants
will
behave
appropriately
and
follow
the
rules
and
we
can
focus
on
10%
and
again.
That
is
work
that
would
be
done
by
our
investigation
services
group.
Those
positions.
J
J
A
The
air
B&B
or
the
sharing
of
home
sharing
issue.
Is
it
possible
that
we
could
assure
the
public
that,
while
you're
doing
the
work
that
I
understand,
we
all
do
I
think
is
complex
of
setting
up
this
enforcement
mechanism?
And
while
we
wait
for
the
courts
to
sort
some
of
their
things
out
that
we
actually
could
be
able
to
tell
the
public
that
we're
gonna
step
up
the
pace
of
enforcement
on
a
kind
of
a
focused
basis.
C
You,
mr.
mayor,
that's
a
it's
a
fair
assessment.
It
is
something
that
we
need
to
do.
We
are
currently
responding
to
two
complaints
and
service
requests
as
they
come
in
it's
not
that
we
are
not
doing
it.
It
is
something
that
is
really
important
and
we're
doing
it.
Concurrently
as
we're
developing
the
registration
and
the
licensing
system,
we
and
all
of
you,
we
need
to
do
a
really
improve
job
on
communication
and
education
and
focusing
on
again
in
those
areas.
C
A
J
Use
your
transportation
I'm,
just
wondering
of
transportation
and
walk
through
post
wrap
up.
We
started
looking
at
the
line
by
line
and
we
were
confused
by
where
traffic-calming
sits.
Where
we're
all
the
sort
of
road
safety
measures
that
are
coming
forward
on
division,
zero,
some
are
coming
as
vision,
zero
initiatives,
a
lot
are
coming
in
the
suburbs
from
the
the
usual
every
day.
Can
you
please
analyze
my
street,
except
that
with
the
speed
limits
are
reduced?
J
They're
now
meeting
warrants
where
they
never
used
to
and
I
would
say,
yeah
we'll
look
at
that
for
you
and
then
know
that
I
would
have
to
hold
their
hand,
explain
why
there
will
be
no
speed
bumps
now
we're
getting
yeses.
So
if
you
could
sort
of
walk
us
through
where,
where
did
the
dollars
sit
so
that
this
we
don't
end
up
with
another
backlog
having
just
gone
through
the
backlog.
O
Through
the
chair,
the
dedicated
amount
for
traffic
coming
through
the
budget
is
four
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
in
2020,
and
then
there's
some
additional
accounts
through
the
vision.
Zero
program
where
that
could
be
used
for
traffic
calming,
there
will
I
think
be.
Additional
warrants
met
based
on
the
reduction
in
speed
limits,
and
we
are
looking
at
that
as
well.
In
terms
of
building
that
into
our
assessment.
J
And
we
just
sort
of
we
make
the
request
wherever
its
general
weight
generator
from
and
then
we
leave
it
to
staff.
To
figure
out.
Is
this
coming
from
the
dollars
in
list
a
or
the
dollars
unless
B
do
they
have
that
kind
of
flexibility,
so
that
they'll
be
able
to
proceed
in
a
timely
fashion
through
the
chair.
L
E
Mayor
the
the
planning
work
program
for
the
studies
was
presented
recently
at
planning
and
Housing
Committee
and
outlines
citywide
approximately
140
to
work
items
that
we
have
in
flight.
There
are
various
stages
of
advancement.
The
the
work
program
doesn't
identify
Mount
Dennis,
which
has
procured
last
year
and
has
been
resourced
up
now
and
is
underway
as
a
priority
in
relation
to
the
new
transit.
E
That's
coming
online
in
the
next
year
to
Weston
is
in
further
up
the
road
further
up,
Weston
Road,
that
is
in
the
work
program
and
we'll
be
looking
at
how
to
resource
that
following
or
hopefully
commensurate
with
advancing
the
Mount
Dennis
work.
We're
aware
of
that
asked,
and
it's
certainly
on
the
world
program.
Well,
some
of
these.
L
Studies
that
we
approved,
would
you
not
think
that
in
some
of
these
areas,
where
we
have
a
number
of
development
applications
that
are
that
have
been
submitted
in
that
these
should
be
priority
because
of
the
volume
of
applications
that
are
coming
in
that
we
should
work
together
because
otherwise
it's?
Why
have
a
planning
study
when
developments
applications
have
been
applied
and
will
be
approved
before
you
even
start?
The
planning
study
so
through.
E
The
mayor
just
completely
thought
I
completely
agree
with
your
assessment
of
how
we
should
prioritize
the
work,
and
that
is
what
takes
place
across
the
city
where
we
have,
in
some
cases
dozens
of
applications,
and
we
had
we
preferably
like
to
advance
a
proactive
planning
framework
and
put
those
so-called
framework
in
place
prior
to
or
commensurate
with
the
development
activity,
so
that
that
framework
influences
the
development
decisions
that
this
council
has
to
make.
It's
very
much
the
path
that
we've
been
on.
E
L
One
last
question
so,
for
example,
give
you
Weston
so
we
haven't
started
the
planning
study
and
so
do
you?
Do
you
think
it's
fair
that
these
applications
that
have
been
submitted
into
this
into
the
city
that
are
not
going
to
be
processed
because
you
haven't
started
your
planning
study
I
would
could
be
years.
E
The
mayor
vacancy
ray
at
the
end
of
2019
was
around
ten
and
a
half
percent.
All
of
our
vacancies
are
certain,
are
currently
working
their
way
through
the
competition
and
billing
process,
so
we're
we're,
on
average,
looking
back
a
few
years,
a
little
better
than
what
we've
been,
but
it's
a
competitive
market
and
we
have
a
lot
of
movement
on
a
regular
basis
in
and
out
of
the
in
and
out
of
the
division.
E
N
We
have
some
pressures,
I
mean.
Not
only
do
we
have
a
very
hot
development
market,
so
that
is
happening.
We
have
some
changes
that
is
happening
in
the
planning
act
in
terms
of
timelines
that
you're
gonna
have
to
have
to
review
applications
in
a
much
shorter
period
of
time,
and
we
have
the
complexity
of
official
plan
reviews.
There's
a
lot
of
things
changing.
E
The
mayor,
we
have
in
part
put
a
new
and
enhanced
in
the
budget
to
respond
to
some
of
those
new
pressures
with
respect
to,
for
example,
a
new
heritage
application
that
is
called
for
in
bill.
108.
We've
also
included
resources
to
look
at
the
whole
development
review
process
to
enhance
that
system
and
make
it
work
better.
This
year
will
be
focused
on
implementing
that,
so
those
resources
are
there.
E
We've
also
included
new
and
enhanced
to
resource
our
zoning
unit
more
effectively,
because,
ultimately,
every
decision
is
council
makes
on
development
requires
a
zoning
bylaw,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
performing
as
best
we
can
with
those
decisions.
I
think
you
will
see,
as
we
understand
the
rollout
of
legislative
change
in
the
growth
plan,
especially
in
the
growth
plan,
conformity
exercise
and
how
that's
connected
to
achieving
inclusionary
zoning.
E
You
will
see,
as
we
roll
out
a
work
plan
for
that
this
year,
that
we
may
be
asking
for
additional
staff
to
resource
that
project
and
that
would
be
initially
funded
through
reserves
likely
a
two
to
three
year.
Project
that
will
have
to
present
a
work
plan
and
and
a
resource
asked
for
this
budget
reflects.
N
Question
to
engineering
construction,
so
I'm,
finding
you
know,
everybody
always
says
it's
always
the
planning
departments
fault
and
then,
when
we
start
digging
digging
digging,
it's
applications
are
stuck
headed
engineers
or
all
these
kinds
of
departments,
but
I
find
that
engineer
in
construction
because
of
the
complexity
of
a
lot
of
the
applications
are
having
a
bit
of
a
struggle
keeping
up.
How
are
you
responding
to
the
the
pressures
so
the
same
lining
of
questions
that
I
had
for
planning
through.
D
The
through
the
mayor,
we
we
have
had
some
challenges
without
question
and
the
Toronto
East
York
office,
for
example,
we've
had
a
number
of
vacancies
and
what
we've
tried
to
do
is
to
accommodate
that
additional
workload
in
that
area
by
moving
staff
around
in
an
assignments
not
too
too
dissimilar
to
two
planning.
You
know:
we've
had
a
fairly
high
vacancy
count
as
well,
and
we
have
you
know
most
of
our
vacancies
and
active
recruitment.
So
it
is
a
challenge,
admittedly,
and
we're
trying
to
deal
certainly
with
the
with
additional
workload
in
that
particular
office.
N
D
It's
a
number
of
things.
One
is
just
the
time
required
to
actually
fill
those
positions
and
that's
been
one
of
the
challenges.
We've
had
a
long-standing
issue
with
respect
to
compensation
levels
within
our
division
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
working
with
our
people,
an
equity
group
to
address,
but
I
think.
Admittedly,
one
of
the
challenges
that
we've
had
is
is
the
number
of
applicative
workload
in
that
particular
district
that
is
far
exceeded.
Our
past
experience,
one
last
question.
N
Have
we
been
keeping
up
our
services?
I've
been
I
mean
the
population
is
increasing
and
I
get
more
and
more
of
our
residents.
Saying,
oh,
my
god,
this
the
street
looks
the
city
looks
it's
dirty.
You
know
it's
not
as
cleaned
as
used
to
be
our
Main
streets,
there's
not
as
clean.
So
what
are
we
respond
to?
Are
we
responding?
So
how
is
your
budget
responding
to
a
city
that
is
that
is
growing
I
mean?
Is
it
technology?
Is
it
budget,
as
are
we
maintaining
the
service
level?
What
are
we
doing
through.
O
The
mayor,
we
actually
have
not
changed
our
service
levels
on
street
cleaning.
I
agree
that
the
growth
in
the
city
is
having
an
impact.
One
of
the
pieces
that
has
come
forward
in
this
year
and
will
complete
through
2020
21
is
the
re
redoing
of
the
fleet.
So
we
actually
have
new
and
more
effective
street
sweepers
I
believe
we
have
34
that'll
be
coming
online
into
this
year
and
that's
been
part
of
the
challenge.
O
D
In
addition
to
what
general
manager
said
we
have
new
fleet
coming
in,
so
there'll
be
less
breakdown,
less
maintenance
required,
so
it
would
be
on
the
street
as
opposed
to
the
garage
being
repaired.
We're
gonna
try
to
keep
the
best
of
what's
remaining.
So
what?
While
we'll
have
34
new
piece
of
equipment,
we
hope
to
have
at
least
42
to
44
overall
and
this
year,
I
will
be
undertaking
a
street
sweeping
service
review.
D
A
Q
E
E
Approximately
then,
if
you
do
it
on
a
budget
basis,
248
on
the
development
review
bundle,
if
you
will
202
on
the
city,
building
and
policy
development
bundle,
but
I
make
those
comments
in
the
context
of
there's
a
lot
of
cross
work
that
happens.
We're
often
development
application
planners.
Do
some
policy
work
and
vice
versa.
So
it's
hard
for
me
to
precisely
break
down
on
a
non
budget
basis.
Sorry
on
your
head
can.
Q
E
Specific
deputy
mayor,
the,
as
you
know,
the
the
division
is
made
up
of
various
disciplines,
so
with
respect
to
senior
planners
planners
and
assistant
planners
I
can
tell
you
specifically
that
we
have
111
senior
planners,
100
planners
and
39
assistant
planners.
If
you're
looking
for
that
kind
of
title,
you
have
200.
E
Q
If
you
have
lack
of
resources,
why
don't
you
move
more
people
and
I
hear
this
from
the
development
industry
all
the
time
they
don't
have
enough
people,
we
don't
have
enough
people
actually
doing
the
review
of
the
files.
Why
don't
you
move
some
folks
from
the
policy
department
into
the
development
review
section
through
you.
E
Mr.
mayor,
the
that
that
is
what
we
often
do,
we
have
teams
of
people,
for
example,
currently
on
the
mr.
Christie
site,
we
have
a
team
of
people
that
are
comprised
of
both
development
review
panel
planners
and
policy
planners
to
work
together
as
a
team,
because
often
these
larger
developments
and
and
more
sophisticated
complicated
developments
do
require
do
require
multidisciplinary
teams
with
different
kinds
of
expertise,
so
that
is
what
we
often
endeavor
to
do.
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
thank.
G
Chair
through
you
to
mr.
Lynn
Turner
I
just
wanted
to
put
an
economic
development
lens
on
this
issue.
So
we
have
many
companies
that
are
here
in
the
city
and
though
they
have
head
offices
elsewhere
around
the
world,
US
Europe
and
so
on
and
so
oftentimes
when
decisions
are
made,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
in
a
case,
for
example,
snow
pea
pasture,
there
is
a
significant,
a
development
that
was
taking
place
at
that
location,
which
is
in
the
award
of
councilor
past
romantic.
G
It's
very
disconcerting
in
the
sense
that
the
predictability
of
an
application
process
for
the,
if
you
will
the
office
here
in
Toronto,
is
challenging
for
them,
because
head
office
is
making
decisions
as
to
when
they'd
have
to
have
the
site
up
and
ready
to
start
producing
vaccines
for
varying
drugs
and
so
on.
95%
of
what
they
produce
here
is
actually
exported,
and
this
is
a
billion
dollar
plus
industry.
G
The
complaints
that
they
have
not
dissimilar
to
the
others
that
we've
heard
so
to
date
so
far
is
that
they're
not
ever
sure
how
their
application
is
actually
being
processed
and
in
fact
often
it's
very
slow
and
delayed,
and
so
on.
I've
heard
the
explanation
you've
given
to
deputy
mayor
Annan
long
and
councilor
news
ietters
one
I'm,
just
wondering
as
part
of
the
review
that
you're
doing
have
you
or
are
you
looking
at
that
component
part
they're,
not
trying
to
challenge
you
at
the
T
lab
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
G
I
don't
like
to
want
to
go
to
court
and
whatever
they
just
want
to
get
the
application
reviewed
and
process
in
a
timely
fashion.
So
they
can
make
the
commitment
to
the
head
office
that
if
they
make
the
investment
here
that
they
will
deliver,
they
will
be
able
to
get
the
construction
on
time
and
so
on.
I'm,
just
wondering
what
is
your
perspective
on
this
and
how
will
you
handle
these
matters
going
forward?
E
Would
agree
these
applications?
All
applications
are
important
right
across
the
board,
whether
it
be
affordable,
housing,
economic
development
files.
So
we
have
that
that
really
was
the
heart
of
what
we
did
with
the
end
end
review,
which
was
brought
forward
last
year
and
now
we're
in
the
process
of
implementing
that,
and
that
is
about
better
project
management.
E
You
know
you
know
in
a
way
that,
if
we
do
have
a
substantive
disagreement
with
an
application
is
often
the
case
something
is
being
presented.
That
is
not
in
line
with
city
policy.
There's
a
there's
a
forum
for
that
to
get
resolved.
I
would
say
that
we
have
as
many
good
experiences
as
complaints,
and
we
react
proactively
with
a
lot
of
developers
and
have
some
really
good
processes.
Remember
a
lot
of
these
involve
communities
so
making
sure
that
we
bring
communities
around
and
build
the
capacity
to
handle
the
change.
E
A
A
M
D
The
mirror
the
current
practice
is
to
put
out
the
design
of
the
of
the
traffic
control
signals
and
then
either
do
that
in-house,
or
do
that
through
consultant
support
and
then
to
put
out
the
delivery
of
that
through
a
vendor.
And
we
are
looking
at
alternative
models
where
we
would
have
a
roster
of
available
vendors
which
would
speed
up
the
procurement.
So
currently
it's
its
request
for
tenders
on
individual
or
packages
of
traffic
control
signals
and
we're
looking
at
a
new
way
to
do
that.
To
speed
it
up.
D
D
O
Also
add
that
on
line
work,
so
the
crew
you
asked
about
crosswalks
as
well
I
believe
we
have
more
capacity
that
we
are
looking
to
add
in
part
through
this
cycle
and
part
through
the
last
budget
cycle
and
potentially
in
the
future,
on
in-house
crews.
Doing
that
line
work,
because
it
gives
us
a
lot
more
flexibility
to
be
able
to
address
those
issues
contingent
on
the
weather
without
having
to
deal
with
specific
locations
and
contract.
O
M
Slightly
different
question
on
signalized
intersection,
sometimes
the
signalized
intersection
is,
is
fully
installed
and
we
make
changes
to
it.
We
add
an
advanced
green.
We
asked
for
the
changes
in
the
use
of
the
pictograph
to
walk,
taught
to
walk
when
we
send
I,
guess
technical
services
or
someone
out
there
subcontract
their.
What
would
we
expect
their
response
rate
to
be
as
far
as
the
implementation
of
an
advanced,
green
or
any
kind
of
technical
changes
to
so
signalize
intersection
existing
one?
It
really
does.
D
Depend
on
the
scale
of
the
change.
Sometimes
those
kind
of
changes
were
up
to
the
signal
timing
or
to
add
a
turn.
Arrow
can
be
in
a
matter
of
days
or
weeks.
Following
the
that
the
analysis
to
get
a
signal,
timing
correct
other
times,
we
need
to
upgrade
the
signal
controller
box
technology
and
that
can
take
a
few
months
to
to
get
that
done
and
installed.
D
M
O
The
mayor
we've
rolled
out
and
started
issuing
warning
letters.
We
have
50
sites
in
place.
We
will
continue
to
meet
the
provincial
standard
to
ensure
that
we've
give
adequate
notice
before
we
start
issuing
tickets,
which
we
hope
to
do
in
the
spring
time,
probably
around
April,
and
our
plan
continues
to
be
as
we
monitor
and
manage
the
first
set
of
sites
to
rotate
those
sites
to
other
areas.
O
O
A
A
L
C
In
2020
this
year,
we'll
be
bringing
two
plans
forward.
One
in
Q,
2
and
Q
2
will
cover
the
period
of
2020
and
2021
in
q4,
we'll
be
addressing
councils
climate
emergency
declaration
and
bringing
forward
a
more
advanced,
more
aggressive
plan
to
get
us
to
Net
Zero
by
2050,
so
there'll
be
two
this
year
yeah.
A
On
that
I'm
assuming
industry
set
the
clock
or
won't
take
long
everything
that
you
requested
in
the
context
of
implementing
the
transform
tio
plan
as
it
presently
exists.
Leaving
aside
the
more
aggressive
plan,
if
I
can
call
it
that,
like
you,
did
coming
in
the
fall,
but
you've
got
in
the
budget,
what
you
requested
to
do
the
work
you
have
to
do
this
year
correct
we.
C
A
Of
the
group
from
from
environment
energy,
while
they're
here
on
transform
to
you
or
anything
else
for
them.
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
That
was
a
short
visit,
but
we
appreciate
that
any
of
the
other
corporate
services
service
delivery
groups
that
people
have
questions
for,
if
not
we
can
move
on.
The
next
is
finance
and
Treasury
services,
the
CFO,
the
financial
services
and
the
office
of
the
controller.
Are
there
any
questions
for
members
of
the
committee
or
members
of
council
on
that
counselor
Carol?
A
J
It
was
a
financial
question.
I
have
some
motions
that
I'll
move
at
counsel
around
participatory
budgeting
projects,
because
I
am
AM,
dispensing
section
37
funds
that
way,
so
all
those
emotions
for
you
know
zero
net
projects
that
go
in,
but
one
thing
that
did
not
happen.
We
were
going
to
have
a
delivery
of
the
the
report.
J
The
participatory
budgeting
report
was
going
to
come
to
budget
committee
so
that
to
a
regular
business
meeting,
so
that
there
would
be
an
opportunity
for
citizens
to
make
deputations
that
that
never
happened
after
the
pilot
I,
wonder
I'm
wondering
if
that
is
still
ever
going
to
be
provided
as
an
opportunity
as
part
of
the
the
CFO's
ongoing
re-examination
of
the
process.
Is
that
the
reason
that
we're
still
waiting
for
that
deputation
opportunity?
F
Mayor
Councillor,
that
is
part
of
the
reason
we
actually
when
I
started
a
year
ago.
It
was
sort
of
a
pause
as
far
as
the
current
practices
looking
at
budget
modernization
in
a
four
year
strategy.
The
four
year
strategy
in
actual
fact
gets
us
to
a
multi-year
budget
where
we're
actually
consulting
with
the
public
in
advance
and
part
of
that
consultation.
There
are
different.
F
J
Bill
is:
is
there
an
opportunity
built
into
that?
There
never
has
been
an
opportunity
for
participants
in
the
in
the
city's
pilot
to
come
to
a
committee
of
Council
and
actually
make
deputation
as
to
whether
or
not
they
agree
with
the
findings
in
the
evaluation
report
or
if
they
want
to
enhance
them
in
any
way
from
their
own
experience
is.
Could
is
that
going
to
be
built
into
this
work
through
you.
F
A
Council
Carol
any
other
questions
of
the
financial
Treasuries
or
is
it
can
I?
Can
I
just
ask
you
one
question
to
the
chief
financial
officer
and
it's
not
per
se
to
do
with
your
budget,
but
rather
it's
a
general
budgetary
question,
but
your
your
budgets
up,
just
if
you
would
you
happen
to
have
available
of
the
the
number
that
would
be
kind
of
the
average
of
the
increase
in
operating
spending
net
of
death
death
service
over
the
last
five
years,
just
as
a
matter
of
interest
as
the
city's
grown
so
quickly.
A
F
A
Appreciate
that
okay,
then
we
go
to
say:
okay,
sorry
to
have
you
I'm
sorry
to
have
you
mr.
city
manager,
in
this
category,
but
so
is
the
mayor's
office.
It's
called
other
I'm
sure
there'd
be
no
questions
about
other
city
manager,
legal
services,
city
clerk,
City
Council,
mayor's
office.
Are
there
any
questions
from
members
of
council
or
members
of
the
committee
on
any
of
those
budgets?
Okay,
we
next
go
to
accountability
officers,
auditor
general
integrity,
commissioner,
Lobby
registrar
and
ombudsman
I.
A
Think
there's
a
maybe
motion
coming
to
do
with
that
little
later,
but
no
no
questions
all
right
and
then
we
have
the
list
of
agencies
and-
and
we
covered
a
few
of
them,
but
we
covered
library,
TCH
see
police
service
and
we
did
not
cover
TTC,
but
any
of
these
people
will
just
treat
it
as
one
other
questions
so
that
people
want
to
ask
about
about
these
agencies
that
we
haven't
covered
already
time
for
Carol.
Did
you
look
like
you
were
wanting
to
put
your
hand
up,
but
you
weren't
sure
you're,
good?
A
Okay,
any
other
questions.
Five
members
of
the
committee
or
by
council
McKelvey,
eat
nothing
from
you.
Okay,
anybody
else
on
any
of
these
okay.
Well,
then,
I
tell
you
what
we'll
do
it
is
12
13,
so
we
still
have
time.
We
could
start
with
the
speeches
if
it's
your
concurrent
with
that
big
Brendan
yeah,
we'll
start
with
the
speeches
and
then
we'll
take
a
bit
of
a
break
and
come
back
and
finish
so
I
have
two
members
visiting
with
us
which
we're
appreciative
of.
Did
you.
J
A
A
O
Great
privilege
to
serve
on
the
Budget
Committee
I'm
very
happy
with
the
work
that
we
did
I'm
happy
with
the
modernization
that's
being
led
by
the
CFO
and
the
process
and
in
fact,
I
was
so
excited
by
what
we're
seeing
in
this
budget.
That
I
spoke
for
seven
minute
and
councillor
Crawford
didn't
cut
me
off
and
I
think
the
longest
speech
I've
ever
made
since
I
started
at
Council
was
three
minutes.
So
clearly,
this
is
I
feel
very
much
a
good
news
budget.
O
Everything
that
my
community
would
like
to
see
or
that
I
was
told
in
the
townhouse
halls
that
we
held
is
in
there
and
that
was
increases
in
the
police
budget
increases
in
the
youth
hubs
and
in
grants
for
community
safety,
as
well
as
investments
in
the
ravine
strategy.
So
I'm
very,
very
happy
with
work
that
we've
done
and
it's
been.
It's
been
a
great
privilege
to
be
on
the
Budget
Committee
through
this
process.
O
J
Very
happy
to
see
that
the
request
from
the
Ombudsman's
office
has
been
added
into
the
last-minute
motion.
It's
it's
very.
It's
very!
It's
very
frustrating
at
Budget
Committee
that
we
that
we
we
get
put
in
this
awkward
position
every
year,
and
we
have
to
remind
ourselves
at
the
last
minute
that
the
accountability
offices,
we
can't
take
advice
from
our
staff.
It
doesn't
flow
through
them.
We
have
to
take
a
raw
budget
and
look
at
it
and
make
a
decision.
J
What
I'm
gonna
ask
is
that
you're,
the
policy
folks
and
one
thing
that
is
missing
from
budget
committees
policy-
is
a
request
of
us
to
actually
have
a
strategy
around
this,
and
so
what
happens?
Is
they
come
forward?
The
in
the
case
of
the
lobbyist
registrar
for
the
last
ten
years
and
tell
us
what
is
missing
from
their
office
and
at
the
last
minute
we
have
a
whole
bunch
of
other
hot-button
issues
that
have
come
from
the
public
and
we
addressed
them
first.
J
J
If
we
are
going
to
address
the
request
that
the
ombudsman
is
made,
we
could
do
something
similar
to
what
happens
with
Association
community
centers
arena
boards
they
take
turns
they
confer
themselves
whose
turn
is
it
this
year
to
fill
those
gaps
in
service
that
are
not
there.
Certainly,
at
36
positions,
we
pray,
we
provided
resources
to
the
AG,
adding
this
intake
officer
and
it
men
Ombudsman
kind
of
catches.
J
Her
up
it
behooves
us
to
look
at
the
lobbyist
registers
issue
next
year,
having
been
a
decade
since
it
was
first
highlighted
for
us,
but
we
don't
have
a
real
policy
request
or
a
direction
to
do
that
in
our
our
committee,
which
is
really
just
an
advisory
committee
to
yours
here.
So
all
I
would
say
is
as
a
non-member
I
can't
move
that
motion.
J
It
would
be
great
if
Executive
Committee
gave
us
that
direction
so
that
that
we
would
realize
that
we
had
the
assignment
of
giving
you
good
advice
on
that.
Otherwise,
we
look
like
we've
had
some
sort
of
petulant
discussion
in
the
background,
and
no
one
wants
that
to
be
the
overarching
tone
of
how
we
deal
with
the
accountability
officers
thanks
at.
A
G
I
want
to
thank
him
mr.
mayor,
and
thank
you
as
well
for
your
leadership
and
certainly
to
the
city
manager.
This
budget,
like
all
budgets,
are
always
challenging,
and
so
on
and
I
think
that,
through
the
skillful
work
off
the
chair
of
the
Budget
Committee
and
the
team
and
everyone
working
together,
what
I
found
from
my
residents
could
I
have
to
report
in
based
on
their
input
and
so
on,
because
that
was
the
reason
why
we
held
a
meeting.
There
was
no
contention
about
the
budget,
one
of
the
big
areas.
G
They
had
questions
about
the
Eglinton,
nice
LRT,
the
end,
questions
about
the
SRT
and
all
of
the
traditional
things
that
people
will
ask
about,
and
so
on.
They
weren't
complaining
about
the
property
tax
increase
because
they
realized
they
looked
at
it
as
an
investment
they're,
getting
some
benefit
based
on
the
contribution
that
they
were
making
and
so
on,
and
so
this
was
a
budget
where
the
residents
in
my
community
have
not
been
sending
lots
of
emails
to
complain
about
the
the
increases.
They
were.
G
It's
very
clear
with
respect
to
how
they're
going
to
benefit
it's
clear,
how
the
resources
were
going
to
be
spent,
and
it
was
clear
that
they
had
an
opportunity
in
which
to
express
themselves
and
so
on.
So
they
get
it
that
the
city
has
to
invest
in
our
growth
and
our
future.
They
understand
in
terms
of
population
increase,
they
ask
questions
around.
G
You
know
the
refugee
component
part
and
what
the
federal
government
was
contributing,
whether
or
not
we
were
going
to
be
sure
that
the
money's
there
funding
so
we're
going
to
be
coming
in
and
so
on.
We
indicated
the
work
that
you
were
doing
in
Ottawa
just
a
few
days
ago,
mr.
mayor
and
the
other
work
that
you've
done
with
the
provincial
government
and
so
on.
So
all
in
all
I
mean
you
know
the
issue
around.
G
Quite
pleased
with
respect
to
you
know
how
this
budget
is
unfolded
and
the
leadership
and
so
on
and
I
guess
for
most
of
us
it
has
been
a
budget
without
that
degree
of
contention
that
we
normally
find
or
that
edge,
that
we
feel
that
it
we're
not
trying
to
accommodate
everybody
where
we're
improving
transit
were
improving
policing
all
of
the
different
things
you
know.
The
ravine
strategy
I
spoke
about
this
living
on
a
ravine
and
knowing
the
benefits
of
the
ravines
and
the
investment
that
we're
actually
going
to
make
in
them.
G
It's
actually
a
terrific
opportunity
for
us,
and
there
was
one
piece,
though,
that
residents
in
my
ward
are
quite
concerned
about,
and
mr.
mayor
I'll
direct
this
to
you
because
I
think
it's
extremely
important
in
collaboration
with
Council,
but
it
is
the
necessity
of
sharing
in
a
revenue
tool
that
is
about
consumption.
G
I've
indicated
that
there's
a
lot
of
work,
that's
being
done
by
the
mayor,
obviously
the
city
manager
and
the
team
trying
to
ensure
that
the
other
levels
of
government
understand
what
is
required
and
how
they
can
actually
help
us
and
that
relationship
I
think
that
the
province
has
improved
greatly
so
I'm
quite
happy
with
respect
to
where
we're
going
with
this
budget
and
I'll
be
supporting
this
budget
in
its
entirety.
So
thank
you
to
everyone
involved.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
N
N
A
C
Be
very
concise,
I
do
have
two
motions
I'm
moving.
The
first
one
is
around
the
tam
Heather
curling
and
Tennis
Club
in
my
ward,
its
facility
that
waive
a
below
market
rent
agreement
with
that
is
not
a
ODA
compliant.
They
are
looking
at
putting
in
an
elevator
currently
in
the
five-year
plan
sometime
in
23
24
I'm
asking
for
this
to
be
moved
forward
into
the
2021
budget
process.
It's
a
building,
the
elevators
needed
it's
a
facility.
We
have,
as
I
said,
on
the
edge
of
a
neighborhood
improvement
area.
C
Half
the
building
can't
be
used
because
there's
no
access
to
the
basement,
part
of
it
without
an
elevator.
The
second
one
is
for
a
pathway
in
my
ward
that
have
also
worked
on
was
transportation
staff
around
looking
at
a
walkway
put
in
well.
Currently,
we
use
this
walkways
used
in
a
subdivision
of
the
morning.
Morningside
Avenue,
the
police
have
done
a
septet
audit
as
they
call
it
around
community
safety
for
lighting
to
be
done
at
night.
I'm
fully
supportive
of
this
budget
I
have
a
very
diverse
Ward,
with
five
neighborhood
improvement
areas
in
it.
C
Q
Q
Q
A
A
C
M
A
Q
Q
But
it
did
start
off
a
number
of
months
ago
and
of
course
it
started
off
with
the
incredible
work
that
city
staff
have
done,
and
we've
talked
about
that
from
the
CFO,
the
city
manager
and
all
through
the
agency's
divisions
all
across
the
city.
They
do
incredibly
hard
work
to
get
to
the
point
where
we
have
a
city
manager
or
a
city
budget
that
comes
to
the
budget
committee
and,
of
course,
the
budget
committee.
After
that
looks
at
that
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
I.
Q
Q
Hundreds
of
people
come
to
not
only
this
room
but
all
across
the
city
to
give
us
their
impressions
and
ideas,
comments
of
additions
and
and
and
whatever
on
the
budget,
and
they
did
an
incredibly
good
job
and
I
want
to
thank
them
as
well
and,
of
course,
we're
here
at
executive
and
then
it'll
be
going
off
to
budget
after
our
active
full
Council
next
week.
Just
want
to
go
very
quickly,
I
know
what
we
got.
We
have
a
time
limit
my
focus
as
a
budget
chair
over
the
last
six
years.
Q
A
number
of
key
focuses
I
work
on
number
one:
keeping
taxes
as
low
as
possible.
That's
been
incredibly
important
to
me
and
I
know
the
mayor
as
well,
but
I
want
to
ensure
that
that
is
a
focus
that
I
have
and
will
continue
to
have
managing
our
money.
Well,
we
don't
talk
about
that
much
and
you
don't
always
see
the
work
that
happens
behind
the
scenes
in
managing
the
money.
Q
Well,
when
you're
looking
at
the
money,
that's
whether
it's
operating
or
capital,
but
it's
incredibly
important
when
we're
looking
at
finding
efficiencies,
saving
money,
modernization,
reorganization,
trying
to
do
things
differently
to
deliver
the
services
that
we
need:
890
million
dollars
over
the
last
five
years,
we've
done
in
efficiencies
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
incredible,
work,
I
think
there's
over
100
million
dollars
in
this
budget
alone.
We
need
to
be
fiscally
responsible
and
prudent.
A
key
focus
that
I
have
had.
We
have
to
ensure
that
we
have
healthy
reserves.
Q
We
have
five
billion
dollars
in
our
reserves.
They
need
to
keep
strong.
We
have
a
new
investment
board
that
started
a
couple
of
years
ago.
That's
doing
incredible!
Work
to
invest
those
key
reserves
and
they've
been
doing
and
keeping
our
credit
rating
strong,
which
is
a
key
component
to
a
successful
city.
In
this
year's
budget,
we've
started
to
manage
our
capital
plan.
Much
better
I
want
to
thank
the
CFO
for
the
work
that
she's
been
doing
on
that
and
increasing
our
investments
in
state
of
good
repair.
Q
You
see
that
we
have
a
huge
backlog
of
state
of
good
repair,
but
we've
done
incredibly
well
at
moving
that
forward.
A
lot
more
to
do.
Understandably.
Second,
big
focus
moving
the
city
forward
with
investments
in
key
areas,
and
there
are
a
number
of
them.
I
could
list
a
lot
of
them,
won't
get
into
them.
I'll,
probably
talk
a
bit
more
at
full
council,
but
investing
in
the
city,
but
protecting
the
key
services
that
we
have
to
do
and
I
think
we've
been
very
successful
as
a
as
a
city
at
doing
that
bottom
line.
Q
I
think
this
is
a
good
responsible
budget.
It
has
been
a
good
year.
I
mean
we've
had
challenges
in
other
years
of
fiscal
challenges,
but
it
has
been
a
good
year.
We've
done
a
lot
and
I
think
we'll
continue
to
do
more
and
again,
I
want
to
just
thank
everybody.
Who's
been
involved
in
this
process
from
day
one.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
very
much
Gary
councillor
Crawford
other
questions
of
the
mover
on
this
okay.
Anybody
else
wanting
to
speak,
then
so
I'll
just
conclude
with
with
these
words
and
I.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
start
with
finish
where,
where
we
started
this
morning,
yeah
I
have
that.
Thank
you,
which
and
I
have
about
I.
Have
two
motions:
well
I
have
a
motion,
and
then
I'm
gonna
make
a
suggestion
about
a
friendly
amendment
to
see
if
yours
might
to
actually
carry
without
all
the
chaos
that
we
talked
about.
A
Mine
just
concerns
asking
the
federal
government
to
continue
what
they
did
this
year,
which
was
to
double
not
by
increasing
the
tax,
but
they
doubled
the
amount
of
the
gas
tax
they
gave
to
municipalities,
including
Toronto.
Of
course,
it
made
a
big
difference
of
I
guess,
160
million
dollars
for
us
and
I.
Think
we've
asked
him
in
front
of
the
prime
minister
last
week
and
elsewhere
to
continue
to
do
that,
and
this
just
puts
that
into
the
budgetary
commentary.
A
So
I
want
us
to
finish
where
we
started,
which
is
to
thank
the
staff,
and
particularly
the
chief
financial
officer
and
her
whole
team
and
all
the
rest
of
the
staff
across
the
city,
because,
as
the
chief
financial
officer
herself
said,
this
is
a
process
that
goes
on
all
year,
because
everybody
that
puts
the
budget
together.
It
is
the
fundamental
expression
of
the
cities.
A
You
know
priority
setting,
because
in
the
end
of
those
things
to
which
you
put
money,
are
the
things
that
are
more
likely
to
get
done,
including
the
schedule
that
you
do,
that
with
I,
want
to
thank
the
members
of
the
budget
committee.
I
think
they
all
contributed,
and
there
are,
you
know,
different
issues
on
which
people
agree
and
don't
agree,
but
they
did
I,
think
a
good
job
and
a
thorough
job
I
want
to
thank,
but
in
particular
the
person
that
never
gets
thanked
enough,
and
that
is
councillor.
A
Crawford
Gary
I
just
want
to
say
on
behalf
I'm
sure
of
all
the
colleagues
here
and
all
the
staff.
Your
approach
to
this
is
exactly
as
I
would
want
it,
but
I
think
as
they
would
want
it.
It's
businesslike,
it's
it's!
It's
methodical!
It's
rational!
It's
responsible
and
I.
Just
think
the
people
of
Toronto
really
appreciate
that,
and
it
goes
unsung
and
I,
certainly
not,
though
with
me
and
I'm
sure,
not
with
the
other
members
of
the
Executive
Committee
and
so
I
want
to
say.
A
She
knows,
as
they
say
where
all
the
bodies
are
buried
and
I
think
that's
very
helpful.
So
my
comment
on
the
budget
is
simply
this.
This
is
a
budget
that
does
what
you
would
expect
to
be
done
in
the
fastest
growing
city
in
North
America.
You
know
if
we
were
in
some
kind
of
recession.
If
the
city
wasn't
growing,
nobody
was
coming
here.
Nobody
was
investing
here.
Nobody
was
building
anything
here.
A
Borrowing
as
we
need
to
borrow
to
build
things
and
people
can
see
them
with
their
own
eyes,
and
that
is
3%
and
to
me
that,
while
that's
a
little
bit
above
the
rate
of
inflation,
the
growth
in
the
city
has
been
above
the
rate
of
inflation.
In
the
context
of
any
measure
of
growth,
you
want
to
look
at,
and
so
I
would
just
say
that
what
we've
also
done
at
the
same
time
as
we've.
A
We
started
this
budget
process
that
is
fundamentally
important
and
then,
finally,
in
this
budget,
the
budget
chief
has
resisted
the
the
entreaties
of
those
who
would
say
bring
the
car
tax
back
or
bring
back
these
kinds
of
things.
Yes,
we
brought
in
the
city
building
fund
and
a
number
of
people
have
spoken
to
that,
and
the
person
that
probably
had
the
most
to
lose
from
that
frankly
was
me,
because
there
were
various
interpretations
on
what
I
said
and
I'm,
not
even
gonna
quibble
with
any
of
those
who
made
the
interpretation.
I'll
tell
you
all.
A
A
That
seems
to
me
to
be
a
reasonable
investment
and
we
will
show
the
discipline
of
doing
it
properly
and
we
will
show
the
discipline
of
making
sure
that
money
from
the
city
building
fund
is
applied
to
those
areas
only
and
on
the
operating
side.
I
would
just
say
to
those
who
are
critical
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
here
today
to
stand
up
and
have
the
courage
to
say
if
they
want
to
say
it
that
they
would
not
hire
the
300
police
officers
that
we
are
hiring
this
year.
A
Net
I
think
a
hundred
and
forty
one
new
ones,
including
neighborhood
police
officers,
to
help
keep
the
city
safe.
When
we
are
facing
a
challenge
with
respect
to
community
safety
in
the
city.
Let's
have
them
stand
up
and
say
they
wouldn't
hire
121
bus
drivers
and
struck
streetcar
and
subway
drivers
that
are
there,
people
that
are
going
to
help
us
do
it
to
achieve
enhanced
service.
A
Have
them
stand
up
and
say
they
would
not
hire
76
paramedics
that
are
people
they're
gonna,
make
sure
we
can
maintain
the
high
standards
that
those
people
deliver
for
us
each
and
every
day
have
them
stand
up
and
say:
they're
not
going
to
fund
the
tch
sea
on
a
reliable
basis.
So,
for
the
first
time
you
heard
the
president
I
asked
him
to
repeat
it,
so
people
were
clear.
It's
the
first
time
ever
not
this
term,
not
this
mayor
and
not
this
council.
A
The
first
time
ever
that
we've
put
forward
a
plan
that
will
allow
them
to
plan
on
the
basis
of
having
full
city
funding
for
the
repairs
to
that
housing
and
for
their
operating
requirements
going
forward
and
I
could
go
on
about
all
the
things
that
people
could
stand
up
and
say
we're
not
going
to
do
if
they
wanted
to
have
the
courage
to
say
that.
But
they
hide
instead
behind
this
sort
of
notion
that
down
here,
everybody's
just
sitting
back
in
their
chair
and
sort
of
saying.
Let's
just
you
know,
keep
the
good
times
going.
A
What
we're
doing
is
responsibly
investing
in
this
city
and
in
the
people
of
this
city,
and
these
are
the
things
that
I
think
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
think
we
haven't
we've
had
public
reaction.
We
had
the
deputations
at
the
city
halls
that
many
of
you
had
a
chance
to
attend,
and
people
raised
different
things,
but
there
was
no
wholesale
rejection
at
all
of
the
direction
in
which
we're
taking
the
city
by
investing
in
the
people.
A
A
I
think
so.
I.
Thank
the
members
of
the
committee
for
what
was
a
very
good
discussion
today
and
I.
Think
if
you're
all
willing,
we
will
proceed
to
vote
on
the
various
things.
Oh
I
can
I
just
also
suggest
to
councillor
Ainsley.
You
consider
a
friendly
amendment
that
would
instead
of
saying
the
City
Council
direct.
The
general
manager
would
request
that
he
consider
in
this
case
a
she
consider
just
I
think
you'll
get
more
votes,
but
that's
up
to
you.
A
Well,
you
can
say
no.
If
you
want
I
said
you
know,
it'll
change,
my
vote,
all
right,
which
order
are
we
dealing
with
emotions
in
here?
So
will
you
make
that
one
change
to
Constantine's
emotions,
so
we're
dealing
first
with
motion,
one
a
moved
by
Councillor
agency,
and
this
is
the
one
that
has
to
do
with
the
elevator,
and
it
is
a
request
of
the
general
manager
of
parks
for
us
from
recreation.
Can
I
call
the
question
all
those
in
favor
opposed
Carrie
motion.
A
A
All
those
in
favor
the
post,
carried
Mouse
motion
to
which
is
counselor
Crawford's
motion
that
I
think
cleans
up
a
number
of
things
that
relaxed
minute
additions
and
I
think
he
talked
to
that
all
those
in
favor
opposed
carried
and
motion
number
three
from
me,
which
just
concerns
a
request
to
the
federal
government
to
permanently
double
the
federal
gas
tax,
which
is
not
dabbling
the
taxes
doubling
the
tax
allocation
to
municipalities
into
the
City
of
Toronto.
All
those
in
favor
opposed
carrot.
A
Q
As
it
pertains
to
funds
are
allocated
to
expansion
in
provision
of
telephone
wireless
internet
and
television
services
in
the
2020
information
and
technology
operating
budget,
the
Toronto
Police
Services
budget,
the
Toronto
Transit
Commission
Commission
budget
and
the
Toronto
Community
Housing
Corporation
budget
on
the
item
as
a
minute.
Oh,
we
have
to
vote
on
that
all
those
in
favor.