Item - 2018.TE32.76

The Toronto and East York Community council recommends that:

1. City Council grant an exemption to Festival Management Committee, Canada Running Series, Consulate General of Republic of Korea, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Igbo Traditional and Cultural Revival Foundation, Naos Cultural Festival and Film Society, Manifesto, Princess Margaret Foundation, City of Toronto Economic Development and Culture, Arts and Culture Services, Epilepsy Toronto, Celebrate Toronto, Panorama India to operate a beer garden and to serve wine and hard liquor contingent upon the following conditions:

- Approval of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario;

- Approval of the Medical Officer of Health;

- Compliance with the City of Toronto’s Municipal Alcohol Policy; and

- Receipt of all the necessary permits associated with the production of the event i.e. building permit, noise by-law extension permit.
 

2. City Council grant permission to Canadian Luzvismin Alliance Inc., Lupus Ontario, Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre, Committee To Support Vietnam’s Human Rights & Democracy Movement, Toronto & Vietnamese Association, Toronto, The Toronto People with AIDS Foundation, Canadian Cuban Friendship Association Toronto, Nepalese Canadian Community Service, COTAPSA, AIDS Committee of Toronto,  Christian Music Festival, Alzheimer Society of Toronto, Skate to Great, Sons of Scotland, Raising the Roof, Beat the Streets Toronto, United Way – City of Toronto, City of Toronto Economic Development & Culture Division, Arts and Culture Services, Toronto Rehab Foundation, Festival Management Committee, Canada Running Series, Consulate General of Republic of Korea, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Naos Cultural Festival and Film Society, Manifesto, Philippines Independence Day Council, Princess Margaret Foundation, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Epilepsy Toronto, to solicit donations in support of their organizations.

3. City Council grant permission to Baycrest Foundation, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day Coalition, Naos Cultural Festival and Film Society, City of Toronto Economic Development & Culture Division, Arts and Culture Services, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre to place objects in the reflecting pool.

4. City Council grant permission to Beat the Streets Toronto, City of Toronto - United Way, Toronto Rehab Foundation, Naos Cultural Festival and Film Society, Panorama India, Philippines Independence Day Council, Princess Margaret Foundation, City of Toronto Economic Development and Culture, Arts and Culture Services, Manifesto, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to engage in sport demonstrations.

5. City Council grant permission to Manifesto to host “ticketed" events in support of their organization.

6. City Council grant permission to Epilepsy Toronto, City of Toronto Economic Development and Culture, Arts and Culture Services for sound amplification outside of NPS amplification schedule policy.

7. City Council grant permission to Igbo Traditional and Cultural Revival Foundation, Toronto Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day Coalition, Naos Cultural Festival and Film Society,  Manifesto, Panorama India, Philippines Independence Day Council, Princess Margaret Foundation, City of Toronto Economic Development and Culture, Arts and Culture Services,  Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Epilepsy Toronto to use open flame as part of their event production.

8. City Council grant permission to Naos Cultural Festival and Film, City of Toronto Economic Development and Culture, Arts and Culture Services, Manifesto, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, Epilepsy Toronto to use special effects pyrotechnics as part of their event production.

9. City Council grants permission to City of Toronto Economic Development and Culture, Arts and Culture Services to cover City Hall windows as part of their event production.

10. City Council require that the various events compensate the City of Toronto, through the Facilities Management Division, for all City of Toronto costs associated with an event above the standard staffing complement.

The purpose of this report is to request various exemptions from the Municipal Code Chapter 237 “Nathan Phillips Square” for the following events to be held on Nathan Phillips Square, July 2018 - April, 2019.