Item - 2025.MM31.21

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, need to be waived to permit introduction of Motion MM31.21. A two-thirds vote of Council Members present is required to waive notice.

Speaker Referral advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM31.21 be referred to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.

That:

1. City Council delete Recommendation 3.

Recommendation to be deleted:

3. City Council direct that funding be allocated to backfill charitable donation gaps and ensure frontline agencies can distribute at least 500,000 bottles of water through existing networks established by Project FoodChain for 2025.

and adopt instead the following:

3. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to identify up to $50,000 from the corporate extreme weather reserve (XQ1408) to be provided to Project FoodChain to ensure frontline agencies can distribute at least 500,000 bottles of water through existing networks in 2025.

2. City Council amend Recommendation 1 by replacing the words "Chief Heat Officer" with the words "Chief Resiliency Officer" after the words "creation of a"

so that it now reads as follows:

1. City Council request the City Manager to report to City Council in the fourth quarter of 2025 with a review of the City’s heat relief strategy and recommendations for improvements, including restoration of previously offered services like 24/7 cooling centres, and consideration of the creation of a Chief Resiliency Officer Chief Heat Officer.

3. City Council amend Recommendation 2 by replacing the words "are on call to" with the word "can" after the words "provincial guidelines"

so that it now reads as follows:

2. City Council direct that in advance of forecast heat events that have the potential to meet temperature or humidex thresholds for health and safety, the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services ensure nurses (and/or paramedics as permitted under provincial guidelines) can are on call to support the undisrupted operation of outdoor pools.

4. City Council amend Recommendation 5 by adding the words "and other staffing considerations including lifeguards" after the words "indoor space"

so that it now reads as follows:

5. City Council request the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to ensure extreme heat contingency plans are in place for summer operations including any CampTO locations where there is limited access to indoor space, and other staffing considerations including lifeguards.

5. City Council amend Recommendation 6 by adding the words "the Executive Director, Toronto Emergency Management" after the words "Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards"

so that it now reads as follows:

6. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, the Executive Director, Toronto Emergency Management, the Medical Officer of Health, and the Executive Director, Social Development, to work with the Canadian Red Cross to develop a pilot program where the City would support Red Cross Volunteers in going door-to-door in areas with vulnerable populations to check on residents, provide information on relevant services, and collect data to better assist the City in responding to extreme weather events or emergency situations.

That:

1. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services, to work with the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to find opportunities to activate additional 24/7 cool indoor spaces for vulnerable people, including people who are unhoused, during Environment and Climate Change Canada issued Heat Warnings in the 2025 summer season, through an assessment of community agency spaces and available City-owned facilities, and direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to explore and identify appropriate operational funding sources to allocate funds on an emergency basis to support additional cool indoor spaces, as required.

Adoption of the balance of the item as amended.

Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Order, requested that Council vote separately on Recommendations 1, 3 and 6.