Item - 2019.MM9.38

City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following:

1.  City Council authorize the Mayor and the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the Federal Government in order for the City to:

a. receive funding to provide services to refugee/asylum claimants as part of the local plan referred to in the report (July 12, 2019) from the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, such agreement to be in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and

b. allocate funding in accordance with the agreement and the local plan.

2.  City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, or designate to:

a. allocate funds received from the Federal Government and enter into agreements with community agencies, hotels or other service providers, in or outside of the City of Toronto, in support of the local plan, such agreements to be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor;

b.  allocate funds received from the Federal Government and enter into agreements with other participating municipalities in support of the local plan, such agreements to be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and

c. allocate funds received from the Federal Government and enter into other agreements as may be necessary to provide services to refugee/asylum claimants in support of the local plan.