Item - 2024.TE14.42

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council grant permission to The Caribbean Scholarship Foundation, Toronto Vegetarian Association, City Cultural Events – City of Toronto, JDRF, Canada Running Series, Global Arts Cultural and Heritage Foundation, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Foundation, The Ontario Snow Resorts Association, and Celebrate Toronto, to operate a beer and wine Vintners Quality Alliance garden and to serve alcohol contingent upon the following conditions:

a. approval of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario;

b. approval of the Medical Officer of Health;

c. compliance with the City of Toronto’s Municipal Alcohol Policy; and

d. receipt of all the necessary permits associated with the production of the event i.e. building permits, noise By-law extension permit.

2. City Council grant permission to The Caribbean Scholarship Foundation, Myeloma Canada, Mexican Day Toronto, Toronto Vegetarian Association, Strategic Partnerships City Manager's Office – City of Toronto, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, City Cultural Events – City of Toronto, JDRF, Canada Running Series, Strategic Protocol and External Relations – City of Toronto, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Foundation, Celebrate Toronto, Fast in the 6 Inc., Turkish Society of Canada, Vietnamese Association Toronto, and Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwara Council to solicit donations in support of their organizations.

3. City Council grant permission to The Caribbean Scholarship Foundation, Myeloma Canada, Mexican Day Toronto, Toronto Vegetarian Association, Strategic Partnerships  City Manager’s Office – City of Toronto, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, City Cultural Events – City of Toronto, JDRF, Canada Running Series, Strategic Protocol and External Relations – City of Toronto, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Foundation, The Ontario Snow Resorts Association, Turkish Society of Canada, and Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwara Council to engage in sports demonstrations. 

4. City Council grant permission to allow for sound amplification by the organizations and at the times listed below, which extend beyond the accepted Nathan Phillips Square's amplification schedule policy hours, such policy only allowing for amplification of sound from Monday to Friday between 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. and between 4:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.

City Produced Events:

a. Strategic Partnerships City Manager's Office – City of Toronto on September 24, 2024 to present land acknowledgment and African Ancestral Acknowledgment, remarks by Deputy Mayor, City Manager, Deputy City Manager, and President of CUPE Local 4948, light exercise before the official run, band performance, closing remarks by emcee as part of the Civic Run event; and 

b. Environment and Climate Division – City of Toronto in April 2025 (date to be confirmed) media scrum to make Clean Toronto announcements as part of the Clean Toronto Together event; and

Third-Party Community Produced Events:

a. Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre from September 25 to October 1, 2024 to present indigenous music, dances, and inspirational talks as part of the Indigenous Legacy Gathering event;

b. JDRF on October 17, 2024 to present event announcements, motivational speakers, and music for stationary bikers as part of the Ride to Defeat Diabetes for JDRF;

c. Myeloma Canada on September 12-13, 2024 to present event announcements and music as part of the Over the Edge event;

d. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Foundation in January or February 2025 (date to be confirmed) to present event announcements and music as part of the Leaf’s Open Practice event;

e. The Ontario Snow Resorts Association in February 2025 (date to be confirmed) to present event announcements and music as part of the Go Skiing Go Snowboarding event; and

f. Celebrate Toronto in March 2025 (date to be confirmed) to present music, dances, band performances, event announcements and part of the Celebrate Toronto event; 

all permissions would be contingent upon each applicant securing a Noise Bylaw Exemption permit through the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division and adhering to the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 591, Noise, along with mandatory sound monitoring throughout the event to ensure compliance with schedules.

5. City Council grant permission to The Caribbean Scholarship Foundation, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, City Cultural Events – City of Toronto, Global Arts Cultural and Heritage Foundation, Strategic Protocol and External Relations – City of Toronto, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Foundation, The Ontario Snow Resorts Association, Celebrate Toronto, and Fast in the 6 Inc., to use open flame as part of their event production.

6. City Council grant permission to the City Cultural Events – City of Toronto, Global Arts Cultural and Heritage Foundation, Celebrate Toronto, and Fast in the 6 Inc. to use special effects pyrotechnics as part of their event production.

7. City Council grant permission to the Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Center, City Cultural Events – City of Toronto, Strategic Protocol and External Relations – City of Toronto, Global Arts Cultural and Heritage Foundation, and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Foundation, to place objects in the reflecting pool.

8. City Council grant permission to Myeloma Canada to rappel from the east and west towers of the City Hall.

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

The City of Toronto provides opportunities to access Nathan Phillips Square for eligible events through a permitting process administered by the Economic Development and Culture Division.

The purpose of this report is to request exemptions from Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 636, Public Squares, and former City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 237, Nathan Phillips Square, for events that are proposed to be held on Nathan Phillips Square from September 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025.