Item - 2024.MM19.26

City Council on June 26 and 27, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with all relevant City Divisions, to report back to Executive Committee by the fourth quarter of 2024, with a plan for the overall beautification of the public realm in the City of Toronto, including:

a. the feasibility of creating inter-divisional design standards for public realm and urban design on City of Toronto property, including roads, sidewalks, municipal buildings, and parks;

b. the feasibility of creating design standards for the public and urban design of new private developments, including streetscaping, frontage, and Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Spaces; and

c. the feasibility of creating an Office of a City Designer and Architect, responsible for the design, coordination and implementation of these design standards and the overall beautification of the City’s public realm.