Item - 2025.MM33.19
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on October 8 and 9, 2025 without amendments.
MM33.19 - Protecting the Cottonwood Flats and the Lower Don Lands - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Frances Nunziata
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on October 8 and 9, 2025, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services, in collaboration with the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services, the local Councillor, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Toronto Police Services 55 Division, Toronto Police Services Canine Unit, local naturalist groups and neighbors to develop a plan to deter and shut down unpermitted illegal events from occurring in the Cottonwood Flats and the Lower Don area prior to the end of the second quarter of 2026.
2. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services to direct the immediate and ongoing restoration and protection of the natural environment of Cottonwood Flats and the Lower Don, which may include the installation of a fence.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/mm/comm/communicationfile-196554.pdf
(October 5, 2025) E-mail from George Westel (MM.Supp)
(October 7, 2025) Letter from Lawrence Warriner, Don’t Mess with the Don (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/mm/comm/communicationfile-196598.pdf
(October 8, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (MM.New)
(October 8, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (MM.New)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM33.19 be referred to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.