Item - 2025.MM34.4

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM34.4 be referred to the Economic and Community Development Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.

REVISED

That:

1. City Council amend Recommendation 1 by:

a. deleting the words "to prioritize" and replacing it with "to initiate";

b. deleting the words "48 hours" and replacing them with "24 hours";

c. adding to the end the words "with prioritization based on most significant impact beginning at 50 metres, update the local councillor within one week business day of initiation, and provide regular updates on the status of the location, with coordination between the Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services, to ensure safety and operational factors are fully considered.";

so that Recommendation 1 now reads as follows:

1. City Council amend the City of Toronto Interdivisional Protocol for Encampments in Toronto, as adopted in 2024.EC13.8, to prioritize removing encampments located within 200 metres of a school, daycare or playground within 24 48 hours of being reported, with prioritization based on most significant impact beginning at 50 metres, update the local Councillor within one business day of initiation, and provide regular updates on the status of the location, with coordination between the Fire Chief and Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services, to ensure safety and operational factors are fully considered.

2. City Council further amend the Interdivisional Protocol for Encampments to include a maximum number of three offers of shelter to people living in encampments before proceeding to removals in the circumstances set out in part 1 above.

That City Council amend Part 1 of motion by Councillor Paula Fletcher by deleting the words "at 50 metres" and replacing them with "beginning with 150 metres", so that it now reads as follows:

1. City Council amend the City of Toronto Interdivisional Protocol for Encampments in Toronto, as adopted in 2024.EC13.8, to initiate removing encampments located within 200 metres of a school, daycare or playground within 24 hours of being reported, with prioritization based on most significant impact at 50 metres beginning with150 metres, update the local Councillor within one week of initiation, and provide regular updates on the status of the location, with coordination between the Fire Chief and Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services, to ensure safety and operational factors are fully considered.

Councillor Perks, rising on a Point of Order, stated that he would like to request for Council to stand down item MM34.4 for five minutes to deal with Item MM34.17 headed “Driving Efficiencies at Toronto Parking Authority to Reduce 2026 Budget Pressures - by Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Councillor Frances Nunziata”, which Council absolutely must finish tonight.

Councillor Pasternak, rising on a Point of Order, stated that Item MM34.11 headed “Comments on the Request for a Minister’s Zoning Order to Restrict Building Heights - 1875 Steeles Avenue West to Protect Operational Viability of the Sanofi Pasteur Limited Manufacturing Facilities and Headquarters - by Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin” is next and that has to be dealt with in order.

Councillor Perks, rising on a Point of Order, stated that the City Manager has made it very clear that Item MM34.17 is very urgent and must be dealt with tonight.

Councillor Pasternak, rising on a Point of Order, stated that Councillor Perks moved a motion to finish the agenda tonight and that his item will be dealt with eventually.

Councillor Bradford, rising on a Point of Privilege, stated that he would like to remind his colleague that it is his right to ask the questions in the public forum on the floor of Council about an item, when it comes up. Councillor Bradford further stated that Councillor Perks was indicating that he could just go and ask those questions all day, and that he wants to ask the questions in the public for the public to hear.

Councillor Pasternak, rising on a Point of Order, stated that it makes no sense to move the item up if Council has already passed a motion to complete the agenda.

Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Order, stated that he wished to know if motion 1 by Councillor Fletcher is in order, as it opens the question as to whether or not this is involving a City Councillor in an enforcement activity. Councillor Holyday stated that there are two parts to the motion: the first part asks for regular updates and the second part has the specific words “to ensure safety and operational factors are fully considered”—and that to him implies a dialogue with public servants who are tasked with conducting this enforcement activity.