Item - 2025.CC32.5
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on July 23 and 24, 2025 without amendments and without debate.
CC32.5 - Appointment of Public Members to the Committee of Adjustment
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:
1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto and East York Panel of the Committee of Adjustment for a term of office ending November 14, 2026, and until successors are appointed:
Katie Plaizier
Dino Lombardi
2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to this Item remain confidential in its entirety as it relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Committee of Adjustment.
Confidential Attachment 1 to Item CC32.5 remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Committee of Adjustment.
City Council Decision Advice and Other Information
Candidates' biographies:
Katie Plaizier
Katie holds a master’s degree in urban planning, and until 2021 worked primarily in housing justice with a human rights focus. She also has experience working as a coordinator and serving on boards and committees for various affordable housing communities. She is deeply interested in the built environment and in the future of housing in cities like Toronto. Katie grew up in and until recently lived in cooperative housing, so housing fairness and affordability have impacted her life directly.
Dino Lombardi
Dino Lombardi is a passionate urbanist and a Registered Professional Planner with over 35 years of progressively more responsible municipal and private sector experience in land use planning and economic development. He has been an Examiner for the Professional Standards Board for the Planning Profession in Canada, and most recently was the Chair of the Toronto Local Appeal Body. He is a member of Lambda Alpha International and holds an Advanced Certificate in Adjudication from the Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators.
Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Committee of Adjustment.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-257466.pdf
(July 10, 2025) Letter from the Nominating Panel - Committee of Adjustment on Appointment of a Public Member to the Committee of Adjustment (CC32.5)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-257467.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Confidential Information
(June 4, 2025) Report from the City Clerk on Appointment of Public Members to the Committee of Adjustment (CC32.5)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-257469.pdf
(June 26, 2025) Report from the City Clerk on Appointment of a Public Member to the Committee of Adjustment (CC32.5)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-257470.pdf