Item - 2024.MM14.9
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on February 6, 2024 with amendments.
- See also By-law 152-2024
MM14.9 - Going with the Snow - Returning Tobogganing to 45 Hills Across Toronto - by Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on February 6 and 7, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the Acting General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to remove the signs prohibiting tobogganing and install new signs warning about the potential risks associated with tobogganing as well as information on where to find designated tobogganing hills that are inspected or maintained by the City.
2. City Council amend Municipal Code Chapter 608, Parks, to provide that the Acting General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation consult with the local Councillor and obtain Community Council approval, in advance of prohibiting tobogganing on any hill, excluding temporary closures under Chapter 608-51.
3. City Council direct the Acting General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to re-install hay bales that were previously in place at hills where tobogganing was previously prohibited.
4. City Council request the Province of Ontario to work with municipal governments to put forward a plan of action to amend the Occupier’s Liability Act, Negligence Act, and other applicable legislation to address municipal liability, including issues arising from municipalities’ joint and several liability, as it relates to the use of City property for recreational activities, including tobogganing, before the end of the Ontario government’s current term.
City Council Decision Advice and Other Information
City Council recessed its public session and met as Committee of the Whole in closed session on February 7, 2024, to consider confidential information on this Item as it pertains to solicitor-client privilege.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-242708.pdf
Fiscal Impact Statement from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-242970.pdf
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM14.9 be referred to the Economic and Community Development Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That:
1. City Council amend recommendation 2 by deleting the words "notwithstanding temporary closures for urgent maintenance or operational requirements" and adding the words "excluding temporary closures under Chapter 608-51" so that it now reads as follows:
2. City Council amend Chapter 608, Parks, to provide that the Acting General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation consult with the local councillor and obtain Community Council approval, in advance of prohibiting tobogganing on any hill, notwithstanding temporary closures for urgent maintenance or operational requirements excluding temporary closures under Chapter 608-51.
Vote (Amend Item) Feb-07-2024 6:58 PM
| Result: Carried | Majority Required - MM14.9 - Bradford - motion 1 |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 23 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Brad Bradford, Alejandra Bravo, Shelley Carroll, Lily Cheng, Olivia Chow, Paula Fletcher, Stephen Holyday, Parthi Kandavel, Ausma Malik, Nick Mantas, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Jamaal Myers, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Jaye Robinson, Dianne Saxe, Michael Thompson |
| Total members that voted No: 1 | Members that voted No are Mike Colle |
| Total members that were Absent: 2 | Members that were absent are Jon Burnside, Vincent Crisanti |
February 7, 2024 at 6:31 p.m. - Speaker Nunziata advised that City Council had completed its closed session consideration of item MM14.9 headed "Going with the Snow - Returning Tobogganing to 45 Hills Across Toronto". No motions were placed in the closed session. City Council would now proceed with the public debate on the Item.
Vote (Adopt Item as Amended) Feb-07-2024 6:58 PM
| Result: Carried | Majority Required - MM14.9 - Adopt the Item as amended |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 21 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Brad Bradford, Alejandra Bravo, Shelley Carroll, Lily Cheng, Olivia Chow, Paula Fletcher, Parthi Kandavel, Ausma Malik, Nick Mantas, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Jamaal Myers, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Anthony Perruzza, Jaye Robinson, Dianne Saxe, Michael Thompson |
| Total members that voted No: 3 | Members that voted No are Mike Colle, Stephen Holyday, Gord Perks |
| Total members that were Absent: 2 | Members that were absent are Jon Burnside, Vincent Crisanti |
Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Order, stated that he believed Council should go in camera but would also like to finish his time on public questions.