Minutes Confirmed on October 8, 2025

CALL TO ORDER: 9:41 a.m.

Speaker Nunziata took the Chair and called the Members to order.

The meeting opened with O Canada.

July 23, 2025

Members of Council observed a moment of silence in memory of:

Robert Barnes

Sheila Colla

Rubene De Sousa

Carole Grafstein

Bernard Green

Amah Harris

Kevin Mills

Shahnaz Pestonji, and

Abra Shiner

Speaker Nunziata addressed Council as follows:

I would like to take a moment on behalf of Council to acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples of all the lands that we are on today. We do this to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility in improving relationships between nations and to deepening our own understanding of Indigenous peoples and their cultures. It is a moment to reflect on the importance of this land, which we each call home.

We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.

Speaker Nunziata advised Council of the following:

For the benefit of those who are connected to the internet, the City Clerk has posted all of the agenda materials for today's meeting at toronto.ca/council.

July 24, 2025

Members of Council observed a moment of silence in memory of:

Masaru Takano

City Council confirmed the minutes from the regular meeting held on June 25 and 26, 2025.

Committee Reports and New Business were presented to City Council for consideration.

Members of Council declared interests under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act and the Code of Conduct for Members of Council.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, received the following petitions for information:

1. Petition headed "She would be a good mother" submitted by Councillor Amber Morley, Ward 3 - Etobicoke-Lakeshore, containing the signatures of approximately 250 persons.

2. Petition headed "Bus Lanes Now" submitted by Councillor Jamaal Myers, Ward 23 - Scarborough North, containing the signatures of approximately 4,200 persons.

3. Petition headed "Expand 119 TorBarrie Bus Service" submitted by Councillor Anthony Perruzza, Ward 7 - Humber River-Black Creek, containing the signatures of approximately 123 persons.

3. Petition headed "No Homeless Shelter at Keele and Wilson" submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 - York Centre, containing the signatures of approximately 4,000 persons.

Various presentations, introductions and announcements were made to City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025.

July 23, 2025

Speaker Nunziata, during the morning session of the meeting, called upon Mayor Chow to address City Council to recognize Vickery Bowles, City Librarian at the Toronto Public Library, on her retirement.

Mayor Chow addressed City Council and gave remarks to recognize and celebrate the contributions of Vickery Bowles, City Librarian, who has served the Toronto Public Library for over 25 years. Mayor Chow acknowledged Vickery Bowles’s sister, Alison Cook, and her brother-in-law, Corey Tkachuk, who were present in the Council Chamber. 

Mayor Chow thanked Vickery Bowles for her service and presented her with a commemorative scroll.

Vickery Bowles addressed City Council.

Councillor Myers, during the morning session of the meeting, advised Members of Council that Scarborough Community Council, at its last meeting, adopted his motion to rename Rosebank Park in Scarborough North to Cynthia Lai Park, and that the park will be officially reopened, with the late Councillor Cynthia Lai’s family staff, and supporters this fall.

Councillor Myers, during the morning session of the meeting, acknowledged Black July, a time of remembrance for Toronto's Tamil community of July 1983, when thousands of Tamils in Sri Lanka were killed in anti-Tamil violence, following which many Tamil families built new lives in Canada.

Councillor Pasternak, during the morning session of the meeting, welcomed summer interns from the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee, and their leader Mitchell Gould, who were present in the Council Chamber. 

Councillor Perruzza, during the morning session of the meeting, welcomed guests visiting from Italy, Daniele, Anna, and Sara Mignardi, who were present in the Council Chamber.

Speaker Nunziata, during the afternoon session of the meeting, called upon Mayor Chow to recognize the service award recipients in celebration of the one-year City-wide anniversary of the Toronto Community Crisis Service.

Mayor Chow addressed City Council and gave remarks to recognize that the Toronto Community Crisis Service—the City’s fourth emergency service—marked one year since it expanded City-wide, and to celebrate the frontline workers who received service awards as part of this milestone.

Mayor Chow recognized the award recipients and all Toronto Community Crisis Staff who were present in the Council Chamber, and thanked them for their dedication and service.

Councillor Crisanti, during the afternoon session of the meeting, welcomed participants of the Trust 15 youth community support organization’s summer camp program and founder Marcia Brown, who were present in the Council Chamber.

Mayor Chow, during the afternoon session of the meeting, announced the appointment of Dr. Michelle Murti as the City’s new Medical Officer of Health, subject to the approval of the Minister of Health. Mayor Chow thanked Dr. Na-Koshie Lamptey for her leadership as the Acting Medical Officer of Health over the past several months.

Councillor Moise, as Chair of the Board of Health, welcomed Dr. Michelle Murti as the City’s new Medical Officer of Health and advised Members of Council about Toronto Public Health’s priorities and strategic plan, and that he looked forward to working with Dr. Murti to implement this plan.

Councillor Thompson, during the afternoon session of the meeting, welcomed Oliver Adolphus Samuels, a comedian and actor known as Jamaica’s “King of Comedy,” who was present in the Council Chamber.

July 24, 2025

Speaker Nunziata, during the morning session of the meeting, called upon Mayor Chow to address City Council to recognize Carleton Grant, Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, on his retirement.

Mayor Chow addressed City Council and gave remarks to recognize and celebrate the contributions of Carleton Grant during his 32-year career with the City. Mayor Chow acknowledged Carleton’s wife Kary Grant, who was present in the Council Chamber.

Mayor Chow thanked Carleton Grant for his service and presented him with a commemorative scroll.

Carleton Grant addressed City Council.

Councillor Holyday, during the morning session of the meeting, welcomed participants of the Hollycrest Parks and Recreation Summer Camp and their counselors and coordinator, Isabelle deVries, who were present in the Council Chamber.

Speaker Nunziata, during the afternoon session of the meeting, called upon Mayor Chow to address City Council to recognize John D. Elvidge, City Clerk, for receiving the 2025 AMCTO Prestige Award from the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario.

Mayor Chow addressed City Council and gave remarks to recognize and celebrate John D. Elvidge for receiving the highest honour presented by the Association, awarded to a member whose contribution has made a lasting positive impact on the municipal profession.

John D. Elvidge addressed City Council.

Mayor Chow, during the afternoon session of the meeting, welcomed the first cohort of the new Youth Climate Ambassadors program who will begin training at City Hall to support key climate and energy initiatives and who were present in the Council Chamber.

Councillor Saxe, during the afternoon session of the meeting, welcomed the Midtown Ravine Group, who were present in the Council Chamber.

Councillor Mantas, during the afternoon session of the meeting, welcomed the family of the late coach Darryl Harding, and the Wexford Twins baseball team, who were present in the Council Chamber. 

July 23, 2025:

City Council adopted the July 23, 2025, Order Paper as amended and all other items not held on consent.

July 24, 2025:

City Council adopted the July 24, 2025, Order Paper.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, received Administrative Inquiry IA32.1 from Josh Matlow, Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul’s, regarding Parks and Recreation Funding Allocation, and Answer IA32.1a from the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, for information.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 221, 223, 225, 227, 229, 231, 235 and 237 Finch Avenue West and 43 Finchurst Drive substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the report (May 16, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning North York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 221, 223, 225, 227, 229, 231, 235 and 237 Finch Avenue West and 43 Finchurst Drive substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 1 to motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng to ensure at least 600 square metres of non-residential space in provided on ground floor along Finch Avenue West. 

3. City Council request the owner to make reasonable commercial efforts to convey off-site parkland to the City equal to the value of the on-site parkland dedication, in the vicinity of Ancona Park, Edithvale Park or Strafford Park, in fulfilment of the parkland dedication requirements pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, with the off-site parkland dedication to be acceptable to the General Manager, Parks and Recreation and free and clear of any above or below grade encumbrances, with the exception of any encumbrances as may be otherwise approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to be conveyed prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit and;

a. in the event that the off-site parkland dedication is less than the value of the onsite parkland dedication, then the owner will pay cash-in-lieu of parkland to make up for the shortfall in parkland dedication, prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit;

b. in the event that the owner is unable to provide an acceptable off-site parkland dedication to the City, the owner will be required to satisfy the parkland dedication requirement through the payment of cash-in-lieu; and

c. the value of the cash-in-lieu of parkland dedication will be appraised through Real Estate Services and payment will be required prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit.

4. City Council request that the applicant, in consultation with adjacent landowners, provide up to two (2) trees in the backyards of neighbouring properties at the developer’s expense, prior to the issuance of a building permit.

5. City Council request that the applicant explore, as part of a  Site Plan Control application:

a. in consultation with the adjacent landowners, provide a privacy fence on the south property line to be 2.44 metres (8-feet) in height or a mutually agreeable alternative.

b. enclosing the balconies along the south façade to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review;

c. using non-reflective materials on the south-facing exterior building face;

d. implement measures, such as signage, subject to and in accordance with City standards and to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services, to limit left-turns on to Finchurst Drive from the driveway to reduce traffic infiltration into adjacent residential street; and

e. ensure all soil volume provided for all on-site tree plantings continues to meet or exceed the City’s minimum standards.

6. City Council approve the acceptance of an off-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition.

7. City Council direct that should the cost of acquiring the land for the off-site dedication, including the purchase price, less reasonable real estate commissions of up to 5 percent, land transfer tax, and typical closing adjustments incurred, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, be less than the value of the parks levy calculated upon the submission of an application for the first above-grade building permit, the difference will be paid as cash in lieu to the City prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the development.

8. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the Owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the Owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.

9. City Council request the General Manager, Parks and Recreation and the Executive Director Development Review, in consultation with the local Ward Councillor and the City Solicitor, to work with the Owner to explore an in-kind community benefit package pursuant to Section 37(6) of the Planning Act, to include a contribution towards the increase of an off-site parkland dedication in the vicinity of Ancona Park, Edithvale Park or Strafford Park; and to use the balance of the remaining community benefits package, if available, towards a park amenity or artwork at a location to be determined in consultation with the local Councillor and report back to City Council for further instruction on any offer of in-kind community benefits made by the applicant.

10. City Council request that the applicant prepare a Construction Management Plan for the proposed development in consultation with the surrounding community and share it with the local Ward Councillor.

11. City Council determine that revisions to the draft zoning By-law Amendment in Part 2 above, are minor in nature and pursuant to Subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act no further notice is required.

12. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and/or draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 8, 2025) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of Part 1 of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 8, 2025) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that all other information in Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 8, 2025) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and Part 1 is now public as follows:

1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, with retroactive authority, to bring an application for judicial review, motion for leave to appeal, and if granted, to appeal to Divisional Court, from the Decision.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 8, 2025) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

Implementation of the Toronto Build Policy Framework

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Development Office to establish a three-year Workplan and prioritization of the Toronto Builds Portfolio on a rolling forecast, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review, the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, to be updated annually and approved through the Governance Framework.

2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Development Office to request through the annual budget process sufficient funding for all pre-development, due diligence, development review, development procurement and market offering activities, and all other services to be provided pursuant to the Master Service Agreements with CreateTO and Toronto Community Housing Corporation for Toronto Builds sites based on the Workplan referred to in Part 1 above. 

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Development Office to approve Development Services Requests and Development Services Summaries and approve and execute Project Addenda for Toronto Builds Projects under the Master Service Agreements with CreateTO and Toronto Community Housing Corporation, respectively subject to the availability of sufficient Council approved funding for the services included in the Project Addendum.

4. City Council, as part of Council's previous request in Item EX19.1, Part 3, adopted by City Council in December 2024, request the Board of Directors, CreateTO to direct the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to advance work on housing opportunities at the direction of the City, including having CreateTO provide development and construction management services and act as a development partner for projects on City lands as part of the terms of the Master Services Agreement to be executed by CreateTO.

5. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review, the Chief Building Official  and Executive Director, Toronto Building and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to prioritize and expedite all relevant planning application and building permit approvals required to deliver Toronto Builds projects, based on the approved Workplan in Part 1 above.

6. City Council deem Toronto Builds projects as having City-wide interest and direct that the City-initiated planning applications for these projects be considered by the Planning and Housing Committee.

7. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to approve the business case and competitive delivery partner selection process for each of the Toronto Builds Projects, as recommended through the Governance Framework, provided that the business case complies with the Toronto Builds Policy Framework and does not include any new financial impacts to the City that were not previously approved by City Council.

8. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, in accordance with the approved business case, per Part 7 above to:

a. undertake, or assign to CreateTO or Toronto Community Housing Corporation through their respective Master Services Agreement to undertake, a competitive process to select a delivery partner; and

b. approve, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, a delivery partner for each Toronto Builds Project, provided that the terms are aligned with the approved business case.

9. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to issue Requests for Proposals and select, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, non-profit and for-profit housing operators for Toronto Builds sites, when required, provided that the terms are aligned with the approved business case per Part 7 above.

10. City Council authorize, severally, each of the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of the City, Municipal Housing Project Facility Agreements (the City's Contribution Agreement) with the development partners and/or operators selected in accordance with Parts 8 and 9 above, to secure the financial assistance being provided and set out the terms of the development and/or operation of the affordable rental housing, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, and in a form approved by the City Solicitor.

11. City Council authorize, severally, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, or their designate, to execute, on behalf of the City, any security or financing documents required by the development partners and/or operators selected in accordance with Parts 8 and 9 above, to secure construction and conventional financing and subsequent refinancing, including any postponement, confirmation of status, discharge or consent documents where and when required during the term of the City’s Contribution Agreement, as required by normal business practices, and provided that such documents do not give rise to financial obligations on the part of the City that have not been previously approved by City Council.

12. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to amend the Contribution Agreements for any of the six Housing Now sites identified in the report (July 2, 2025) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, if required, to remove the requirement that 10 percent of the affordable rental housing units be rented at no more than 40 percent of average market rent and require where not otherwise provided for, that 20 percent of the affordable housing units be made available to households in receipt of housing benefits to create new rent-geared-to-income homes, provided the requirement that the overall average rents for the affordable units at each site not exceed 80 percent of average market rents remains unchanged.

13. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, in consultation with relevant City Divisions, Agencies and Corporations, to report annually to the Planning and Housing Committee on the status of Toronto Builds Projects, including development progress and timelines, and update on the three-year Workplan.

14. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, in consultation with relevant City Divisions, Agencies and Corporations, to include in the Toronto Housing Data Hub publicly available information on the delivery of the Toronto Builds Portfolio.

Real Estate Authorities to Implement Toronto Builds Projects on City-owned Land

15. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, when transacting with for-profit developers and/or operators in relation to Toronto Builds projects, to approve market value transactions, including leases and related transaction agreements for a term of up to 99 years for the purpose of achieving the City's affordable housing objectives, notwithstanding that the related values may exceed the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Service’s existing delegated authority of $5 million dollars, as set out in Municipal Code Chapter 213, Appendix A, provided that the lease and transaction agreements are materially consistent with the applicable business case approved in accordance with Part 7 above, and the Executive Director, Housing Development Office and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat concur with the proposed transaction terms.

16. City Council authorize, in relation to transactions contemplated in Part 15 above, the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services to consider the estimated value of the affordable housing benefits that will be realized by the City as sufficient market value compensation received by the City, provided the transaction meets the affordability requirements set out in the Toronto Builds Policy Framework.

17. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, when transacting with non-profit developers and/or operators in relation to the Toronto Builds projects, to approve transactions at nominal or less than market value, including leases and related transaction agreements for terms of up to 99 years for the purpose of achieving the City's affordable housing objectives, provided that the Executive Director, Housing Development Office and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat concur with the proposed transaction terms.

18. City Council authorize, severally, the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to execute, on behalf of the City, any documents arising in relation to the exercise of the approval authorities set out in Parts 15 and 17 above, subject to such documents being in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

19. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, to provide any consent necessary to encumber the Toronto Builds Projects or the affordable rental housing portion thereof, and to negotiate and enter into any associated agreements or other documents required to deliver any of the Toronto Builds Projects or the affordable rental housing portion thereof, on terms and conditions satisfactory to them and in a form approved by the City Solicitor.

20. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to negotiate and enter into agreements, including nominal agreements with corporate entities controlled by either CreateTO or Toronto Community Housing Corporation, where it is deemed necessary to facilitate or perform development activities for Toronto Build Projects in accordance with the terms of the Master Services Agreements.

21. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, to consult early with local Councillors on Toronto Builds sites in their Wards to identify community needs and opportunities, prior to initiating a competitive process for those sites.

22. City Council amend Article VI of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 415, Development of Land substantially in accordance with Attachment 2 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, to exempt Toronto Builds Projects from the application of parkland dedication requirements and payment of community benefits charges.

23. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services to work, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services, and request the Board of Directors, CreateTO and the Board of Directors, Toronto Community Housing Corporation to direct the Chief Executive Officers of CreateTO and Toronto Community Housing Corporation to work in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services and the Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services to explore ways to harmonize community benefits best practices.

24. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services remain confidential in its entirety until all the projects under the Master Service Agreements with CreateTO and Toronto Community Housing Corporation have been completed.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, at it pertains to information that deals with a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to negotiations to be carried on by or on behalf of the City. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services will be made public until all the projects under the Master Service Agreements with CreateTO and Toronto Community Housing Corporation have been completed.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (Waterfront Toronto) to undertake the following enabling works to advance the Waterfront East Light Rail Transit project, up to a cost of $5.05M, as part of Waterfront Toronto’s Quayside Infrastructure and Public Realm project:

a. construction of a duct bank on Small Street; and

b.  relocation of a Toronto Hydro Electric System Limited duct bank underneath Queens Quay East, west of Small Street (collectively the “Enabling Works”).

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to negotiate and execute an agreement, including amendments thereto, with Waterfront Toronto, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Transit Expansion and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to facilitate the delivery of the Enabling Works.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council designate the easterly northbound and westerly southbound lanes on Dufferin Street between Bloor Street West and King Street West as a reserved lane for public transit vehicles and bicycles at all times.

2. City Council designate the easterly southbound lane on Dufferin Street between Thorburn Avenue and Springhurst Avenue as a reserved lane for public transit vehicles at all times.

3. City Council designate the westerly northbound and easterly southbound lanes on Bathurst Street between Bathurst Station north exit and Nassau Street as a reserved lane for public transit vehicles at all times.

4. City Council designate the westerly northbound and easterly southbound lanes on Bathurst Street between Dundas Street West and Lake Shore Boulevard West as a reserved lane for public transit vehicles at all times.

5. City Council authorize the alteration of the intersection of Bathurst Street and Front Street, and City Council:

a. designate one southbound through lane for vehicles;

b. designate one southbound left turn lane for vehicles; and

c. designate one southbound through lane reserved for public transit vehicles only.

6. City Council enact the amendments to traffic and parking regulations associated with Parts 1 to 5 above, and generally as described in Attachment 1 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.

7. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until April 30, 2028, to implement and then address operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to Parts 1 to 6 above, the authority to implement changes and process and submit directly to City Council any necessary Bills for by-law amendments to the schedules to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapters on the streets and within the parameters found in Attachment 2 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and that such By-laws submitted be made permanent on April 30, 2028.

8. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, to collect traffic and transit data, including at rush hour and peak periods, monitor the performance of RapidTO Dufferin and Bathurst, and publish the results quarterly for up to two years following the date of installation, subject to data availability.

9. City Council amend Section 950-503D(1) of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, to delete the period after subsection (b) and insert “; or” and to  include new Subsections (c), (d), and (e) generally as follows:

“(c) For the purpose of overtaking a vehicle making a left turn, a person may enter the lane and shall exit from the lane not more than 45 metres from the point at which he or she enters; or

(d) For the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or passengers in a commercial loading zone marked by an authorized sign under § 950-402 between the limits and times and/or days as set out in Schedule VI, a person may enter the lane and shall exit from the lane not more than 45 metres from the point at which he or she enters; or

(e) For the purpose of loading or unloading passengers in a passenger loading zone marked by an authorized sign under § 950-402 between the limits and times and/or days as set out in Schedule VII, a person may enter the lane and shall exit from the lane not more than 45 metres from the point at which he or she enters.”

10. City Council amend Section 950-503D of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, to include a new Subsection (5) and a new Subsection (6) generally as follows:

“(5) Despite Subsection D(1) and (2), a vehicle may be stopped in the lane during the times or days set out in Schedule XXII in § 950-1321 for the purpose of and while actively engaged in the loading or unloading of passengers or merchandise in a commercial loading zone marked by an authorized sign under § 950-402 between the limits and times and/or days as set out in Schedule VI.

(6) Despite Subsection D(1) and (2), a vehicle may be stopped in the lane during the times or days set out in Schedule XXII in § 950-1321 for the purpose of and while actively engaged in the loading or unloading of passengers in a passenger loading zone marked by an authorized sign under § 950-402 between the limits and times and/or days as set out in Schedule VII.”

11. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor or the General Manager, Transportation Services, in order to give effect to City Council's decision on Parts 9 and 10 above.

12. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report back to Executive Committee at the appropriate time after FIFA World Cup 2026, with an evaluation of the RapidTO Dufferin Street and Bathurst Street projects and recommendations for the future of the projects, up to and including the potential removal of implemented measures if warranted, and with recommendations for next steps for future implementation of RapidTO segments on Dufferin Street and Bathurst Street between Bloor Street West and Eglinton Avenue West.

13.  City Council amend Attachment 5, Dufferin Street Local Road and Collector Monitoring List, to the report (July 2, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services by adding the following:
  

14.  City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to conduct a street furniture audit on:

a. Dufferin Street, south of Bloor Street West, to identify opportunities to improve or add street furniture such as new garbage cans, benches, bicycle racks and bus shelters, that may be required to respond to increases to ridership on Toronto Transit Commission routes and on other modes of transport, and to prioritize installation to align with the implementation of the transit priority measures; and

b. Bathurst Street, south of Bloor Street West, to identify opportunities to improve or add street furniture such as new garbage cans, benches, bicycle racks, and bus shelters, that may be required to accommodate increases to Toronto Transit Commission ridership, cycling and walking, and to prioritize installation to align with the implementation of the transit priority measures.
 

15.  City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to:

a. prioritize Dufferin Street in Ward 9, and the surrounding area, as one of the first areas to be studied through the new strategic framework for managing parking supply at an area level introduced in the Toronto Strategic Parking Framework; and

b. prioritize Bathurst Street in Ward 11, and the surrounding area, as one of the first areas to be studied through the new strategic framework for managing parking supply at an area level introduced in the Toronto Strategic Parking Framework.
 

16.  City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services and Strategic Capital Coordination Office, to request Metrolinx to:

a. explore mitigations to the outbound and inbound Truck Haul Route plans for Exhibition Station associated with Route 1 (as depicted in Figures 5and 6 in the report (July 2, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services) such as off-peak hour hauling, including weekends, and encouraging greater use of secondary routes where feasible; and

b. include a Metrolinx logo on the vehicle identifier decal for Ontario Line trucks.

17.  City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to work with the Mayor’s Office, local Councillors, residents, businesses and transit riders, to develop implementation plans, with due consideration of local needs, for the remaining RapidTO corridors north of Bloor Street West on Bathurst Street to Eglinton Avenue West and Dufferin Street to Wilson Station, and to report back alongside the evaluation of the RapidTO projects.

18.  City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to work with the Mayor’s Office, local Councillors, residents, businesses and transit riders to identify and report to the Executive Committee on interim transit priority measures that can be implemented for FIFA World Cup 2026; including consideration of creative options such as rush hour parking prohibitions, time-of-day use, loading zones, High-Occupancy Vehicle lanes and best practices from other jurisdictions.

19.  City Council direct staff to explore opportunities to accelerate beautification of the public realm along the Bathurst and Dufferin priority transit corridors in accordance with the recently approved “Towards a Beautiful City – A Path Forward” Plan.

20. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (May 14, 2025) from the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer, Toronto Transit Commission remain confidential until award of contracts.

21.  City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the President, Toronto Parking Authority and the local Councillor, to report back to the October 22, 2025 meeting of Toronto and East York Community Council with recommendations to replace parking removed from Dufferin Street and ensure parking availability in the permit parking zones (2, 3K, 3J, and 3I) adjacent to Dufferin Street, between Bloor Street West and Peel Avenue, including investigating the feasibility of the following:

a. extending residential permit parking hours on adjacent streets;

b. adding permit parking on the south side of Alma Avenue, west of Dufferin Street;

c. exploring an agreement with the Toronto Catholic District School Board to designate all parking spaces at 30 Bank Street for permit holders in Area 2 from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., Monday to Sunday, and that permit holders in Area 2 be permitted to utilize the lot at all other times space-permitting, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation;

d. working with Dufferin Mall to enable overnight parking for local residents in the commercial parking lot located at 900 Dufferin Street;

e. exploring permitting front yard parking applications on residential properties for both sides of Dufferin Street, between Bloor Street West and Peel Avenue; and

f. exploring adjustments to the boundaries of, or splitting of, Permit Parking Area 2 to better control for utilization and local access.
 

22.  City Council request the Board of Directors, Toronto Parking Authority to assess feasibility of adding Car Park 241 at 9 Bonar Place to Schedule A of Toronto Parking Authority Policy Resolution 3-6 (Residential Overnight Use), designating the municipal car park as a location for overnight parking for valid residential on-street permit holders.

23.  City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the local Councillor, to report back to the October 22, 2025 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council with a report on immediate, proactive changes to address:

a. anticipated local traffic infiltration that may occur as the result of the introduction of new turn restrictions and diverted vehicle traffic, including but not limited to, recommendations on:

1. directional changes and mazing; and

2. traffic calming measures on local streets; and

b. local traffic infiltration that may occur near Bathurst south of Bloor as the result of creation of the dedicated streetcar lane, including but not limited to, recommendations on:

1. directional changes and mazing; and

2. traffic calming measures on local streets.

24. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to implement a Commercial Loading Zone between a point 170 meters north of College Street and a point 50 metres further north on the east side of Bathurst Street during Sunday morning and holiday service hours of St. Moses & St. Katherine Coptic Orthodox Church.

25. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the President, Toronto Parking Authority and the local Councillor, to report back to the October 22, 2025, meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council with recommendations to improve off-street or side-street parking for those attending St. Moses & St. Katherine Coptic Orthodox Church on Sunday mornings and holidays.

26. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the September 18, 2025, meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council, in collaboration with the Toronto Transit Commission, with recommendations to improve bus service reliability and speed on Bathurst Street in alignment with the 7 Bathurst Bus Bunching Pilot, that could include; extending the left turn restrictions at the Davenport Road and St. Clair Avenue intersections, side street turn restrictions, signal timing changes at key intersections, and changes to on-street parking and loading along critical stretches of Bathurst Street.

Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (May 14, 2025) from the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer, Toronto Transit Commission remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City or local board. Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (May 14, 2025) from the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer, Toronto Transit Commission will be made public following the award of contracts.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Executive Director, Customer Experience to remove the temporary service request hold period historically implemented at the start of a winter event to enable the public to create winter maintenance service requests.

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services and the General Manager, Fleet Services to determine surge capacity equipment needs related to major snow events, including sidewalk plows and snow removal equipment.

3. City Council direct the City Manager to work with Municipal VU Consulting Inc., in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Executive Director, Toronto Emergency Management, the Chief Communications Officer, the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, the Chief of Police, Toronto Police Services and applicable divisions, to finalize a robust Major Snow Event Plan and associated Communications Plan.

4. City Council direct the City Manager, working with Municipal VU Consulting Inc. in the development of the robust Major Snow Event Response Plan, to include a plan to identify and respond to geographic area or neighbourhood deficiencies in winter maintenance, based on the volume of winter maintenance service requests arising from a concentrated geographic area or neighbourhood, reporting by City staff or contractors, or other inputs, that may require an escalated and comprehensive response for timely resolution.

5. City Council direct the City Manager to report back to the Executive Committee on November 4, 2025 on the continued work with Municipal VU Consulting Inc., in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, the General Manager, Fleet Services, the Chief Technology Officer, the Chief Procurement Officer as well as any other applicable divisions, to refine, prioritize, conduct costing and feasibility analysis and risk assessments as outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (July 11, 2025) from the City Manager ahead of the 2025-2026 winter for major snow events including:

a. quality monitoring tools and procurement;

b. identifying appropriate Fleet for snow clearing;

c. developing a Stand-alone Snow Removal Contract; and

d. developing a City Towing Strategy.

6. City Council direct the City Manager to consider as part of the report to the November 4, 2025 meeting of the Executive committee:

a. how value for money will be ensured from snow removal services, including options for optimizing the use of resources during periods of low or no snow removal activity; and

b. whether snow removal services are more efficiently provided by City staff or an external service provider.

7. City Council direct the City Manager to include as part of the report to the November 4, 2025 meeting of the Executive Committee an update on the implementation of:

a. the nine Auditor General recommendations on winter maintenance that are still in progress and not fully implemented; and

b. all winter maintenance recommendations submitted by Municipal VU Inc. outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (July 11, 2025) from the City Manager.

8. City Council direct the Director, Internal Audit to engage with a third-party consultant to conduct a forensic audit of the Winter Snow Maintenance contracts including:

a. tailored specifications within the request for proposal to favour certain vendors;

b. lack of transparency in scoring;

c. rejection of compliant bids; and

d. significant variation in cost estimation and bid.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with relevant City Divisions and Agencies, to develop a strategy for advancing the productivity and protection of good manufacturing and industrial jobs in the City of Toronto to stimulate new investment and employment intensification and report back to City Council by second quarter of 2026.

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to bring forward to the Planning and Housing Committee by the fourth quarter of 2025, options to amend the City-Wide Community Improvement Plan for the Economic Development and Growth in Employment (EDGE) Incentive Program to create a time-limited enhancement to incentivize businesses to invest in job creation in the short-term, within the existing annual financial incentive cap for Economic Development and Growth in Employment, by providing an enhanced grant for applications received by December 31, 2027, including assessing such program changes as the following:

a. increasing the incentive level for applicants constructing new buildings or substantially renovating existing buildings in eligible sectors or uses (excluding Transformative Projects) by:

 i. increasing the tax increment equivalent development grant to 100 percent of the cumulative municipal tax increment over a five-year period for applications submitted by December 31, 2027; or

 ii. increasing the total amount of assistance to 100 percent of the municipal tax increment over a maximum seven-year period, or until all eligible remediation costs have been compensated through the program (whichever occurs first), when development grants are provided in conjunction with Brownfield Remediation Tax Assistance, for applications submitted by December 31, 2027;

b. a sunset of this enhancement which returns the program to the current benefit levels and program design for applications received after December 31, 2027; and

c. any other amendments, which are required to implement the above changes to the Economic Development and Growth in Employment Incentive Program.

3. City Council request the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to add industrial and manufacturing applications to the Priority Development Review Stream and provide a concierge-type service and expedited review of these applications, to advance implementation of Action 34 of the Action Plan for Toronto's Economy (2024.EC16.2) and include an update on details of this initiative with the next report of this plan.

4. City Council direct the City Manager and the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, to work with Toronto Hydro and The Atmospheric Fund to engage key stakeholders in the development of a report on “The Electrification Advantage” that outlines the accelerated concrete actions to increase the deployment of local renewables and help achieve the goals of the TransformTO climate strategy, enhance energy security, strengthen the long-term financial and environmental sustainability of Toronto, encourage innovation and job creation, and address long term affordability concerns for Toronto residents and businesses.

5. City Council request the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry to review the letter (July 16, 2025) from the Vice President, Policy and Programs, The Atmospheric Fund when developing the report on “The Electrification Advantage”.

6. City Council request the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry to prioritize actions that do not adversely affect affordability and economic competitiveness and include these in the report in the fourth quarter of 2025 for Building Emission Performance Standards with the next short-term plan to reduce community-wide and City corporate greenhouse gas emissions over 2026-2030.

7. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 767, Taxation, Property Tax to expand the eligibility criteria of the Industrial Property Tax Deferral Program to include industrial businesses with an ancillary use in a different tax class at the same property, subject to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Finance Shared Services and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture that other uses are ancillary.
 

8. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to continue to monitor the evolving trade relationship with the United States and report back on the progress of the implementation of the Mayor's Economic Action Plan in Response to United States Tariffs in the first quarter of 2026, as part of the Year 1 progress report of Sidewalks to Skyline: Action Plan for Toronto's Economy or before then, if and as necessary.

9. City Council recognize the current global political and economic climate, including the move away from consumer carbon pricing in Canada, and request significant and sustained investment from the Federal and Provincial governments to meet community-wide greenhouse gas reduction targets.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve in-year budget adjustments to the 2024-2033 Approved Capital Budget and Plan as detailed in Appendix 4 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the budget adjustments detailed in Appendix D to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to amend the 2024 Approved Operating Budget, with no impact on the Net Operating Budget of the City as well as the recommended expenditure authority as detailed in Appendix E to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve in-year budget adjustments to Previously Approved Capital Budget and Plan, as detailed in Appendix 3 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the budget adjustments and any associated complement changes detailed in Appendix D to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to amend the 2024 Approved Operating Budget, with no impact on the Net Operating Budget of the City.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize that the criteria sheet of the Paver Maintenance Reserve Fund be amended to reflect changes to its purpose and withdrawal policy as outlined in Appendix E to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and amend Municipal Code Chapter 227, Reserves and Reserve Funds, Appendix B, Schedule 8 to reflect the change.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate, enter into and execute amending agreements to existing paver agreements, with terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of the Housing Allowance Reserve in the amount of $4,543,300 be transferred to the Social Housing Stabilization Reserve and that it be closed and deleted from Municipal Code Chapter 227, Reserves and Reserve Funds, Appendix A, Schedule 1 – Corporate Reserves.

4. City Council direct that the balance of the Home Improvement Reserve Fund in the amount of $95,002 be transferred to the Social Housing Stabilization Reserve and that it be closed and deleted from Municipal Code Chapter 227, Reserves and Reserve Funds, Appendix B, Schedule 9 – Community Initiatives Reserve Funds.

5. City Council authorize that the criteria sheet of the Social Housing Stabilization Reserve be amended, reflecting changes to its purpose and contribution and withdrawal policies, as outlined in Appendix F to the report (July 2, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and also amended in Municipal Code Chapter 227, Reserves and Reserve Funds, Appendix A, Schedule 3 to reflect its change in purpose.

6. City Council approve a change in the name of the “Municipal Land Transfer Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund” to the “Municipal Land Transfer Tax Stabilization Reserve” and amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 227, Reserves and Reserve Funds by removing the “Municipal Land Transfer Tax Stabilization Reserve Fund” from Municipal Code Chapter 227, Reserves and Reserve Funds, Appendix B, Schedule 7, Corporate Discretionary Reserve Funds, and adding the “Municipal Land Transfer Tax Stabilization Reserve” to Appendix A, Schedule 3, Stabilization Reserves.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the renewal of the outstanding interest-only capital loan issued by the City to the Lakeshore Arena Corporation in the amount of $4,047,660, for a one-year period commencing on November 1, 2025, and ending October 31, 2026.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the 2023 operating surpluses of two of the centres (Central Eglinton Community Centre and Swansea Town Hall Community Centre) totalling $137,646 be paid to the City of Toronto and be used to partially fund the payment of operating deficits of $539,724 for seven centres (Applegrove Community Centre, Cecil Street Community Centre, Community Centre 55, Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre, Ralph Thornton Community Centre, Scadding Court Community Centre and 519 Church Street Community Centre), resulting in a net operating deficits of $402,078 to be paid to the Association of Community Centres by the City, as illustrated in Appendix A  to the report (June 13, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Government of Canada to: 

a. enhance and expand federal programs that provide financial support to families and individuals who cannot afford in-home internet, such as the Connecting Families Initiative;

b. consult with municipalities, school boards, public libraries and community organizations to ensure that subsidies are accessible, well-publicized and meet the needs of vulnerable populations; and

c. review and update income eligibility thresholds for internet subsidy programs, such as the Connecting Families Initiative, to better reflect the realities of low-income residents, particularly in large urban centres like Toronto.

2. City Council request the Chief Technology Officer and the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Communications Officer, Business Improvement Areas and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to review the feasibility of establishing city-run kiosks offering free public wi-fi, free 911 calling capability, communicating local events and consultations, City-wide communications and access to City services.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the City of Toronto 2025-2029 Disability Inclusion Action Plan as set out in Appendix A to the report (June 9, 2025) from the Chief People Officer, People and Equity.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the composition of the Heritage Toronto Board of Directors by reducing the number of public members from 21 to 11, effective immediately, so that the overall composition of the Board would be reduced from 23 members to 13 members as follows: 

a. the Mayor or a Council Member appointed by the Mayor as the Mayor's designate;

b. 1 Member of City Council;

c.  10 public members; and

d. 1 Member of the Indigenous community.

2. City Council amend the City's Relationship Framework with Heritage Toronto to reflect the amendment to the Board's composition set out in Part 1 above.

3. City Council authorize the City Manager, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to implement any necessary technical and substantive amendments to the City's Relationship Framework with Heritage Toronto consistent with City Council directions and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bills amending Chapter 103, Heritage, of the Toronto Municipal Code to reflect City Council's decisions in the report (July 2, 2025) from the City Manager .

4. City Council direct that the appointment of the following two public members of the Heritage Toronto Board of Directors, appointed for a term of office ending February 4, 2024 and until successors are appointed, end effective immediately upon amending the Board's composition set out in Part 1 above:

- Colin Smillie; and

- Sarah Watson.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the levy and collection of taxes for the 2025 taxation year on railway roadways and rights-of-way and on land used as transmission or distribution corridors owned by power utilities, in accordance with subsection 280(1) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and subsection 257.7(1) of the Education Act.

2. City Council request the Province of Ontario to explore the impact of national railways converting to a tonnage-based levy system, as opposed to the current rate per acreage system in the Province of Ontario, to determine any benefits to municipalities.

3. City Council forward the Item to the Ontario Good Roads Association, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for their information.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the levy and collection of amounts for the 2025 taxation year on colleges and universities, public hospitals and correctional facilities at the prescribed rate of $75 per provincially rated hospital bed, full time student or resident place as authorized by Section 285 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to be due on September 19, 2025.

2. City Council request the Province of Ontario to update the Heads and Beds Levy on Institutions to the amount of $182.79 per head or bed to reflect inflation from 1987 to the current year of 2025.

3. City Council direct the City Manager to report to the Executive Committee on the response from the Province of Ontario to the request in Part 2 above to update the Heads and Beds Levy on Institutions.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the reallocation of cashflows and corresponding funding within Toronto Water’s 2025 Capital Budget and 2026-2034 Capital Plan in the amount of $15.166 million, for acceleration and deferral of projects, as presented in Schedule A (Parts A and B) to the report (June 24, 2025) from the General Manager, Toronto Water, with a zero Budget impact.

2. City Council amend the 2025-2034 Capital Budget and Plan for Toronto Water by converting previously approved future year estimates for projects outlined in Schedule A (Part C) to the report (June 24, 2025) from the General Manager, Toronto Water and increasing total project costs by $2.514 million and cash flow commitments by $0.150 million, $1.346 million, $1.018 million in 2026, 2027 and 2028 respectively, funded by Toronto Water Capital Financing reserve ($2.514 million) as presented in Schedule A (Part C) to the report (June 24, 2025) from the General Manager, Toronto Water, all consistent with the 10-Year Capital Budget and Plan.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council treat that portion of the City Council meeting at which the report (April 23, 2025) from Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO is considered as the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholder for Build Toronto Inc. and:

a. receive the Board-approved 2024 Audited Financial Statements for Build Toronto Inc. from CreateTO's Chief Executive Officer, forming Attachment 1 to the report (April 23, 2025) from Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO;

b. receive the 2024 Annual Report for Build Toronto Inc. from CreateTO's Chief Executive Officer, forming Attachment 2 to the report (April 23, 2025) from Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO; and

c. receive the CreateTO's 2024 Highlights Report from CreateTO's Chief Executive Officer, forming Attachment 3 to the report (April 23, 2025) from Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO.

2. City Council, acting as shareholder of the corporation, and in accordance with section 148 of the Business Corporations Act, dispense with the requirement set out in section 149(2) of the Act to appoint an auditor for the current financial year during this Annual General Meeting.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council treat that portion of the City Council meeting at which the report (June 26, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, Casa Loma Corporation is considered as the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholder for Casa Loma Corporation; and

a. receive the Board-approved "Casa Loma Corporation 2024 Annual Report" and the "Casa Loma Corporation 2024 Audited Financial Statements" forming Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, Casa Loma Corporation, respectively; and

b. appoint Welch LLP as the Auditor of Casa Loma Corporation for fiscal year 2025, and authorize the Board of Directors, Casa Loma Corporation to fix the remuneration of the Auditor.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council treat that portion of the City Council meeting at which the report (June 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Lakeshore Arena Corporation is considered as the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholder for Lakeshore Arena Corporation, and:

a. receive the Board-approved "Lakeshore Arena Corporation 2024 Annual Report" and "Lakeshore Arena Corporation 2024 Audited Financial Statements", forming Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Lakeshore Arena Corporation, respectively;

b. appoint Welch LLP as the Auditor of Lakeshore Arena Corporation for fiscal year 2025, and authorize the Board of Directors of Lakeshore Arena Corporation to fix the remuneration of the Auditor; and

c. receive the "Lakeshore Arena Corporation Executive Compensation Disclosure 2024", forming Attachment 3 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Lakeshore Arena Corporation.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council treat that portion of the City Council meeting at which the report (July 2, 2025) from the President and Chief Executive Officer and the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Toronto Community Housing Corporation is considered as the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholder for Toronto Community Housing Corporation by:

a. receiving the Letter to the Shareholder from the Toronto Community Housing Corporation's Chair of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer dated April 30, 2025 transmitting the "Toronto Community Housing Corporation 2024 Annual Report: Celebrating Community – Stories Across the City" and "Additional Information" (including Executive Compensation Disclosure), forming Attachment 1 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the President and Chief Executive Officer and the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Toronto Community Housing Corporation;

b. receiving the "Toronto Community Housing Corporation 2024 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements", forming Attachment 2 to the report (July 2, 2025) from the President and Chief Executive Officer and the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Toronto Community Housing Corporation; and

c. acting as shareholder of the corporation, and in accordance with section 148 of the Business Corporations Act, dispense with the requirement set out in section 149(2) of the Act to appoint an auditor for the current financial year during this annual general meeting.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council in its capacity as one of the Shareholders of Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Inc. that it adopt and authorize the City Manager to sign the Resolutions of the Shareholders attached as Attachments 2 and 3 to the letter (June 27, 2025) from the Secretary, Board of Directors, Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre on behalf of the City that resolve:

a. Financial Statements

1. the audited financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ending December 31, 2024, are received;

b. Appointment of Auditors

1. Welch LLP are reappointed as the auditors of the Corporation until the close of the next annual meeting of the shareholders or until their successors are duly appointed; and

2. the remuneration of the auditors will be fixed by the directors who are hereby authorized to fix that remuneration;

c. Confirmation of Proceedings

1. all By-laws, contracts, acts, proceedings, appointments, elections, and payments of any director or officer of the Corporation that were enacted, made, done, or taken since the last annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation are approved, ratified, sanctioned, and confirmed; and

d. Approval of Budgets

1. the Budget be and is hereby ratified and approved; and

2. any two directors or officers of the Corporation, be and they are hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, to do all such acts and things and to execute under the corporate seal of the Corporation or otherwise, and to deliver all agreements, certificates and documents as they may consider necessary or advisable to carry out the provisions of the resolutions passed by the shareholders of the Corporation herein.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council treat that portion of the City Council meeting at which the report (June 21, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO is considered as the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholder for Toronto Port Lands Company, and:

a. receive the Board-approved 2024 Audited Financial Statements for Toronto Port Lands Company from CreateTO's Chief Executive Officer, forming Attachment 1 to the report (June 21, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO;

b. receive the 2024 Annual Report for Toronto Port Lands Company from CreateTO's Chief Executive Officer, forming Attachment 2 to the report (June 21, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO; and

c. receive the CreateTO's 2024 Highlights Report from CreateTO's Chief Executive Officer, forming Attachment 3 to the report (June 21, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO.

2. City Council, acting as shareholder of the corporation, and in accordance with section 148 of the Business Corporations Act, dispense with the requirement set out in section 149(2) of the Act to appoint an auditor for the current financial year during this Annual General Meeting.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council treat that portion of the City Council meeting at which the report (June 25, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation is considered as the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholder for Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation, and:

a. receive the Board-approved "Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation 2024 Annual Report" as set out in Attachment 1 to the report (June 25, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation;

b. receive the Board-approved "Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation 2024 Audited Financial Statements " as set out in Attachment 2 to the report (June 25, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation;

c. acting as shareholder of the corporation, and in accordance with section 148 of the Business Corporations Act, dispense with the requirement set out in section 149(2) of the Act to appoint an auditor for the current financial year during this annual general meeting; and

d. receive the Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation's 2024 executive compensation disclosure as set out in Attachment 3 to the report (June 25, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry to develop and implement a new program for Toronto homeowners to accelerate the adoption of heat pumps and other clean technologies and that includes, without limitation, the following elements:

a. energy coaching and personalized guidance;

b. decision-support tools to help homeowners evaluate options;

c. a vetted contractor directory to ensure quality installations;

d. direct installation services;

e. targeted incentives for low-to-moderate-income households; and

f. access to preferred financing options.

2. City Council request Toronto Hydro to serve as a joint delivery partner with the City, consistent with its Climate Action mandate from the City to support customers with home electrification and its unique capacity to address barriers to the implementation of heat pumps and related clean technologies. 

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, until December 31, 2028, to negotiate and execute non-procurement agreements, as required, with community and industry organizations to provide, where feasible and appropriate, in-kind or financial support and/or the disbursement or receipt of funding for the implementation of the Furnace Replacement Program, on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

4. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, working with the Executive Director Environment, Climate and Forestry, to determine an appropriate method for setting interest rates on City capital used to finance clean technologies, to encourage participation among low- to moderate-income households, within the existing budget envelope of Environment, Climate and Forestry.

5. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry to negotiate and execute any agreements or related documents necessary with the Province of Ontario and/or the Independent Electricity System Operator to enable coordination between provincial energy efficiency programs and any new Council-directed program for Toronto homeowners to accelerate the use of heat pumps and other clean technologies at their residences, on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

6. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, to request on behalf of the City that the Government of Canada provide financial support to enhance the program offering, including capital investments to be delivered through low- or zero-interest financing and targeted incentives, in order to improve the overall affordability of heat pump installations.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements in Appendix B to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Controller and Chief Accountant.

2. City Council approve the 2024 Sinking Funds Financial Statements in Appendix C to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Controller and Chief Accountant.

3. City Council approve the 2024 Consolidated Trust Funds Financial Statements in Appendix D to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the Controller and Chief Accountant.

4. City Council delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to approve accounting adjustments in the City’s accounting records and system(s) when deemed necessary and provided that the adjustments do not conflict with the commitment authority delegated to him or her by the City Manager and/or other City by-laws.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the City of Toronto Audit Findings Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 (June 26, 2025) from KPMG LLP for information.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the CreateTO 2024 Audited Financial Statements in Attachment 3 to the report (April 4, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO.

2. City Council approve the Toronto Parking Authority 2024 Audited Financial Statements in Attachment 2 to the report (April 10, 2025) from the President, Toronto Parking Authority. 

3. City Council receive for information the CreateTO Highlights Report, in Attachment 1 to the report (April 4, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO.

4. City Council receive for information the Exhibition Place 2024 Audit Financial Statements in Attachment 1 to the report (May 30, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place and the Audit Findings Report in Attachment 3 to the report (May 30, 2025) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place.

5. City Council receive for information the Heritage Toronto 2024 Audited Financial Statements in Attachment 1 to the letter (June 9, 2025) from the Board of Directors, Heritage Toronto, and the Audit Findings Report to the Board in Attachment 2  to the letter (June 9, 2025) from the Board of Directors, Heritage Toronto of the report (March 20, 2025) from the Executive Director, Heritage Toronto, and the Management Representation Letter in Attachment 3 to the letter (June 9, 2025) from the Board of Directors, Heritage Toronto.

6. City Council receive for information the Sankofa Square 2024 Audited Financial Statements and Auditors Report in Attachment 1 to the letter (June 26, 2025) from the Board of Management, Sankofa Square, and the Management Representation Letter dated April 22, 2025 in Attachment 2 to the letter (June 26, 2025) from the Board of Management, Sankofa Square.

7. City Council receive for information the TO Live 2024 Audited Financial Results in Attachment 1 to the report (March 25, 2025) from the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live and Audit Findings Report in Attachment 2 to the report (March 25, 2025) from the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live.

8. City Council receive for information the Toronto Atmospheric Fund 2024 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements as presented in Attachment 1 to the report (April 25, 2025) from the Director of Finance, Toronto Atmospheric Fund.

9. City Council receive for information the Toronto Public Library 2024 Audited Financial Statements in Attachment 1 to the letter (June 23, 2025) from the Toronto Public Library Board, and the Audit Findings in Attachment 2 to the letter (June 23, 2025) from the Toronto Public Library Board.

10. City Council receive for information the Toronto Transit Commission Draft Consolidated Financial Statements of Toronto Transit Commission for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 in the Attachment  to the report (June 9, 2025) from the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, and the Audit Findings Report in the Attachment to the report (June 9, 2025) from the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

11. City Council receive for information the Toronto Zoo 2024 Audit Results in Attachment 1 to the report (May 23, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo and the Toronto Zoo Financial Statements - Year Ended 2024-12-31 in Attachment 1 to the report (May 23, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the report (June 26, 2025) from the Auditor General on the status of the financial statement audits of the City’s Agencies and Corporations for the year ended December 31, 2024, for information.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Auditor General remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains information that involves the security of property of the City of Toronto or one of its agencies and corporations, or the information is about labour relations or employee negotiations, or deals with personal matters about an identifiable person.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Auditor General remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to security of property of the City of Toronto or one of its agencies and corporations, or information about labour relations or employee negotiations, or deals with personal matters about an identifiable person.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to implement a structured process for managing route map updates to improve accountability and enable effective real-time monitoring throughout the season by:

a. providing updated Geographic Information System data and infrastructure changes to contractors in advance of the winter season;

b. requiring contractors to submit finalized route maps incorporating these updates before the start of the season; and

c. ensuring the finalized route maps are uploaded to the Global Positioning System dashboard before winter operations begin.

2. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to incorporate longer street segments and additional risk-based samples into field audit reports to improve coverage, enhance quality assurance, and identify contractor deficiencies.

3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to:

a. review whether there is a systemic issue with contractor performance due to contractors using single-axle vehicles on local roads; and

b. ensure contractors achieve the required pavement outcomes within the time specified in the contract when single-axle vehicles are used on local roads and apply performance-based price adjustments when contractors do not meet performance requirements.

4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to include feedback from Members of Council for their real-time, in-year, risk assessments used to monitor and evaluate contractor performance, and to also use this input in future years; and to provide annual briefs to Members of Council on the risk profiles within their wards.

5. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to implement Global Positioning System and data-based controls to detect instances when work has been completed in a timeframe that is implausibly fast, and to enter this into the risk based contract management processes.

6. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the supplementary report (July 23, 2025)  from the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management remain confidential in their entirety as they contain information provided to the City in confidence and/or may be subject to potential litigation.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to improve tracking and timeliness of the utility cut permit application review and approval process by:

a. ensuring that permit status and key application timelines (e.g., submission, first review, and resubmission dates) are accurately tracked to better monitor the permit process timeliness and identify delays and causes for delays;

b. ensuring factors such as preliminary review work, new permit versus permit extensions, and Road Allowance Control System versus email submissions are tracked, to enable accurate processing time metrics and help staff identify delay causes; and  

c. expanding the use of online submissions to reduce reliance on manual email submission and improve efficiency of the permit process.

2. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to strengthen oversight of the utility cut permit process by taking the following actions:

a. establish a Memorandum of Understanding with Toronto Water and other internal City stakeholders to clearly define roles and responsibilities for utility cut permits and ensure they are clearly understood and agreed upon;

b. establish processes to centrally track permits issued and inspections conducted by other divisions, such as Toronto Water, and to ensure that inspection results are consistently stored in a centralized system; and

c. review and deactivate unused accounts, restrict permit approval privileges to authorized staff, and implement appropriate tools or procedures to ensure oversight of user roles and access levels.

3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to develop and implement a quality assurance process for all permit streams, including standardized checklists aligned with applicable policies and standards for reviewing permit applications to ensure that necessary conflict approvals are obtained, and appropriate documentation is maintained to support compliance and accountability.

4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to strengthen coordination and communication between the Utility Management Unit and the Work Zone Construction Coordination Unit to improve oversight of utility cut activities by:

a. establishing a standardized communication protocol between the two units to ensure timely updates on permits and inspections;

b. ensuring all Road Disruption Activity Reporting System approvals are linked to valid and accurate Road Allowance Control System permit numbers, and that all completed permits have corresponding Road Disruption Activity Reporting System approvals; and

c. implementing a process to enforce compliance with Road Disruption Activity Reporting System  approval requirements through actions including, but not limited to, inspecting QR code construction signs and recovering administrative costs for non-compliance.

5. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to develop and implement a structured process to manage and track the inspections throughout the entire permit life cycle until its warranty period is completed, specifically:

a. ensure timely permanent restoration and warranty inspections are performed for all permits; and

b. ensure a warranty start date is clearly defined and supported by inspection for all permits that come to the warranty stage.

6. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to set up a structured training program that is periodically updated to reflect new processes, and to provide refresher training to inspectors so they have clear guidance on how to carry out and document inspections properly, ensuring all evidence is complete, accurate, and uploaded into Maximo.

7. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to develop and implement a formal process for conducting material testing and monitoring material testing deficiencies.  

8. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to develop and implement a formal process to monitor permits where deficiencies are identified. The process should include but not be limited to the following items:

a. maintain a centralized report to track permits with deficiencies, resolution timelines, and statuses;

b. develop a protocol to inform utility companies about the deficiencies before warranty expires; and

c. ensure re-inspection of resolved deficiencies is performed and documented.

9. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to establish formal service standards on service requests and enhance documentation practices to include actions taken with supporting evidence.

10. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to update and report on its key performance indicators and targets, and investigate and take timely corrective actions when performance issues are identified.

11. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to implement a process to charge pavement degradation fees and to recover past and ongoing costs of road damage caused by utility cuts.

12. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to determine and propose any adjustments needed to the fee structure to reflect the full cost of program delivery, including inspections, compliance enforcement, and administrative support.

13. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the City Solicitor where appropriate, to make best efforts to recover all outstanding permanent restoration costs for work performed on the legacy utility cut permits.

14. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to implement an effective permit system that integrates with the inspection system for more efficient processing and tracking of permits and inspection data.

15. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to provide a list of permits, timing, and sequencing for all of the utility work for the following streets in Ward 14:

a. Woodfield Road, from Dundas Street East to Fairford Avenue;

b. Riverdale Avenue, from Broadview Avenue to Carlaw Avenue;

c. Grant Street, from Queen Street East to Kintyre Avenue; and

d. Danforth Avenue, from Jones Avenue to Ladysmith Avenue.

16. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation services to submit a follow-up report to AU9.7 - Audit of Transportation Services: Improving Utility Cut Permit and Inspection Processes, to the November 5, 2025 Audit Committee meeting that includes the photos available for work completed by utility contractors for utility work in Wards 1, 2, 5, 14 and 23.

17. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to develop terminology for "permanent" repairs by done contractors which can be easily understood by the public.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the Chief Procurement Officer, to review and consider expanding purchasing card use and, where appropriate, update policy, guidance and training, and such review should consider:

a. default purchasing card transaction limits and criteria for allowable use, including using purchasing cards in lieu of issuing divisional purchase orders and paying vendor invoices via Accounts Payable for low dollar value purchases; and

b. feasibility of using purchasing cards as a payment method for purchase orders and divisional purchase orders.

2. City Council request the Chief Procurement Officer, in consultation with City divisions, to review thresholds, criteria and procedures for divisional purchase orders, considering potential efficiencies and savings that arise if Division Heads are given more discretion on whether to obtain multiple quotes, and the need to also balance compliance, value-for-money and the City’s Social Procurement Program and other policy objectives.

3. City Council request the Chief Procurement Officer, in consultation with City divisions, to publish information/open data on divisional purchase orders specifically identifying low dollar value goods and services that were purchased without soliciting multiple quotes, with such information to include vendor name, description of goods and/or services purchased, dollar value of purchase, and justification for direct purchasing.

4. City Council request the Chief Procurement Officer, in consultation with City divisions, to review, update, and provide enhanced guidance and training to staff for divisional purchasing and purchasing card use, where appropriate, and in doing so, the Chief Procurement Officer should consider addressing areas where divisions may require additional guidance, and that key training and annual refreshers should be made mandatory for staff involved in conducting and approving divisional purchasing via divisional purchase orders and purchasing cards.

5. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer, in collaboration with the Chief Procurement Officer, to ensure a centralized City-wide approach to strategically plan and coordinate procurement across all City divisions and provide strategic support to divisions to better understand city-wide procurement needs and improve category management for low and medium dollar value purchases, and in doing so, the Chief Procurement Officer should implement a process to periodically analyze City-wide purchasing activity, covering all divisions and considering not only purchase orders, divisional purchase orders, and contract release orders, but also purchasing cards, and identify opportunities to strategically improve the operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness of divisional purchasing across the City, and the benefits and challenges, as well as potential actions to address these opportunities should then be raised with divisions.

6. City Council request the City Manager to forward the report (June 25, 2025) from the Auditor General to the major agencies and corporations for review and request the heads of the agencies and corporations to:

a. review the issues and recommendations included in this report and consider the relevance to their respective organizations for implementation; and

b. report back to the City Manager on any opportunities that the agencies and corporations identify to further strengthen coordination with the City for strategic procurement of low and medium dollar value purchases.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. The Mayor consider strengthening governance oversight at the Council level earlier in the process (e.g., beginning of the bidding process) for future Mega or large scale events (with costs above a certain threshold and/or requiring funding from other levels of government), in consultation with the City Manager and City Council where appropriate, which may include a Steering Committee to lead and oversee the relevant division, and a Subcommittee to consider and make recommendations on all event-related matters to Executive Committee.

2. City Council request the City Manager to develop and propose policy and procedures, relating to Council delegated authority to staff, to ensure that Council is appropriately informed in cases where there is a significant change in the estimated value or a significant update of a project or agreement, that is not already covered under existing City policies.

3. City Council request the City Manager and General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to develop long-term bidding and hosting principles and strategies for Mega Events, including a comprehensive risk and opportunities assessment and risk mitigation strategy, with required reporting to City Council for consideration and for any further direction that may be required.

4. City Council direct the City Manager and Executive Director, FIFA World Cup 2026 Secretariat to report to Executive Committee with the draft terms of the remaining one agreement with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd., once the necessary information is available to finalize the agreement but before executing that agreement.

5. City Council request the City Manager and Executive Director, FIFA World Cup 2026 Secretariat, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to develop a standard and guidance for staff on documenting agreed-upon changes to hosting requirements for FIFA World Cup 2026 and future Mega Events, where changes to the legal agreement is not possible. For informal communications, this should include documenting meeting minutes, retaining records of agreed-upon changes, and obtaining written confirmation by the other party(ies) where possible.

6. City Council request the City Manager and relevant Division Head to develop a process and policy to provide all relevant information on significant updates or changes (e.g., bidding process updates, significant changes to potential risks/opportunities or cost estimates) for future Mega Events to City Council on a timely basis, so that Council can make fully informed decisions.

7. City Council request the City Manager and relevant Division Head to develop a process and policy to have full cost estimates in staff reports related to future Mega or significant special events, including all potential costs for the City, as well as describing any uncertainties regarding whether it will be the responsibility of another party or level of government, or could fall under the responsibility of the City.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the City Manager to forward the investigation report (June 21, 2025) from the Auditor General to other City Divisions, and Agencies and Corporations for their information, to encourage diligence in reviewing and approving invoices, with emphasis to those Agencies and Corporations that are responsible for reviewing their own electricity invoices.

2. City Council forward the report (June 21, 2025) from the Auditor General to the Toronto Police Service Board and request the Chief of Police to consider initiating an investigation.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the report (March 10, 2025) from the Auditor General for information.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the report (June 26, 2025) from Acting General Manager, Parks and Recreation for information.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the 2024 audited financial statements and management letters, where applicable, for the Community Centres in Attachments 1 to 9 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Auditor General for information:

Attachment 1 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - 519 Church Street Community Centre;

Attachment 2 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Applegrove Community Complex;

Attachment 3 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Cecil Community Centre;

Attachment 4 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Central Eglinton Community Centre;

Attachment 5 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre

Attachment 6 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Ralph Thornton Community Centre;

Attachment 7 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Scadding Court Community Centre

Attachment 8 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Swansea Town Hall Community Centre; and

Attachment 9 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the 2024 audited financial statements and management letters, where applicable, for the Arenas in Attachments 1 to 2 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Auditor General for information:

Attachment 1 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - McCormick Playground Arena; and

Attachment 2 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - North Toronto Memorial Arena.

2. City Council receive the 2023 audited financial statements and management letters, where applicable, for the Arenas in Attachments 3 to 5 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Auditor General for information:

Attachment 3 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Leaside Memorial Community Gardens Arena;

Attachment 4 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Moss Park Arena; and

Attachment 5 - Financial Statements and Report to the Board of Management - Ted Reeve Community Arena.

3. City Council direct the City Manager to notify and remind Arena Boards of Management governed under the Relationship Framework, of their requirements related to their annual audited financial statements in accordance with Section 10.3.1 of the Relationship Framework to submit responses to the 2024 management letters by October 8, 2025 for Audit Committee’s consideration at its meeting on November 5, 2025, and annually thereafter with the submission of their financial audit materials, as applicable.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the 2023 and 2024 audited financial statements and management letters of the Business Improvement Areas as attached in Appendices A to AB to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 139 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, appoint KPMG LLP as an external auditor, licensed under the Public Accounting Act, 2004, to perform the annual financial statement audits of the City and certain Agencies and Corporations and express an opinion on the financial statements of these entities, based on the audit.

2. City Council authorize the Controller and Chief Accountant to award and enter into an agreement in the amount of $5,120,000 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($5,210,112 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) with KPMG LLP, the highest scoring supplier meeting the requirements of the Request for Proposal.

3. City Council, acting as shareholder, appoint KPMG LLP as the Auditor for fiscal year 2025 for each corporation listed below, and authorize the Board of Directors of each corporation to fix the Auditor’s remuneration:

a. Build Toronto Inc.;

b. Toronto Economic Development Inc. (carrying on business as Toronto Port Lands Company);

c. Toronto Community Housing Corporation; and

d. Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation.

4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Controller and Chief Accountant and the Chief Procurement Officer remain confidential, as it pertains to financial information, supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.

5. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Controller and Chief Accountant, and the Chief Procurement Officer upon the execution of the agreement contemplated in Part 2 above.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Controller and Chief Accountant and the Chief Procurement Officer remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to financial information, supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Controller and Chief Accountant and the Chief Procurement Officer will be made public upon the execution of the agreement.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the report (July 8, 2025) from Robert Gore and Associates on the 2024 Compliance Audit for the Auditor General’s Office of the City of Toronto for information.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint Dr. Michelle Murti to the position of Medical Officer of Health for the City of Toronto Health Unit effective on September 3, 2025, or on the date the appointment is approved by the Minister of Health, whichever is later.

2. City Council transmit the appointment of the Medical Officer of Health to the Provincial Minister of Health for approval.

3. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision, including the introduction in City Council of the necessary bills to appoint Dr. Michelle Murti as the Medical Officer of Health under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7.

4. City Council authorize the public release of the Curriculum Vitae summary of the Medical Officer of Health contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 22, 2025) from the Chair, Medical Officer of Health Hiring Panel upon approval from City Council.

5. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 25, 2025) from the Chair, Medical Officer of Health Hiring Panel remain confidential in its entirety as it pertains to personal matters pertaining to the appointment of a Medical Officer of Health.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 22, 2025) from the Chair, Medical Officer of Health Selection Panel is now public in its entirety and contains the following Curriculum Vitae summary of Dr. Michelle Murti:

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2021 November - Current

Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2023 March - Current

Locum Acting Chief Provincial Health Officer, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

2017 September - 2021 November

Public Health Physician/Medical Director, Health Protection, Public Health Ontario (PHO), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2013 July - 2017 August

Medical Health Officer-Medical Director, Fraser Health Authority, British Columbia, Canada.

2014 March - 2014 April

Medical Epidemiologist Global Outbreak Alert Response Network, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

2011 January 2011 September

Family Physician, 1221 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2010 September - 2010 December

Locum Physician, Toronto Public Health Sexual Health Clinics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2009 October - 2010 May

Locum Rural General Practitioner, HealthCare Centre, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Postgraduate, Research and Specialty Training 

2019 March - 2019 September

Fellowship, Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA.

2015 November - 2016 February

Physician Leadership Program, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

2012 July - 2013 June

Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Health Studies Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.

2010 June - 2012 May

2007 July - 2009 August

Resident, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2006 July - 2007 July

Resident, Family Medicine, Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Qualifications, Certifications and Licenses
 

2012 June 6

Certification Examination in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, RCPSC Specialist, Canada.

2008 October 29

Independent Practice License, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Ontario, Canada

2008 August 25

Certification Examination in Family Medicine, The College of Family Physicians of Canada, Canada.

Current Academic Appointments

2023 October - Present

Adjunct Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

2022 April - Present

Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. www.dlsph.utoronto.ca

2020 - Present

Institute for Pandemics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2020 - Present

Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Previous Academic Appointments

2017 September - 2022 March

Assistant Professor (Status-only), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2013 - 2018

Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

HONOURS AND CAREER AWARDS
Distinctions and Research Awards

International Received

2013

National Center for Environmental Health Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Honors Award for Excellence in Frontline Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

National/Provincial/Regional/Local Received

2024

Ministry of Health Achievement, Commitment, Excellence (ACE) Award, Ontario Ministry of Health, Ontario, Canada

2021

Emerging Leader Award, Public Health Alumni Association, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2014

Fraser Health Above and Beyond Award for Ebola Response Service Delivery, Fraser Health Authority, British Columbia, Canada.

2011

Donald Fraser Memorial Medal, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2011

W.H. LeRiche Award, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2005

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

2004

Herta Leyss Scholarship in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2003

Walter F. Watkins Scholarship, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the continued implementation and operation of the Downtown Community Outreach Response and Engagement program, as outlined in the report (June 26, 2025) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health.

2. City Council authorize the Medical Officer of Health to enter into or continue agreements or other arrangements with the Toronto Police Service and/or other service organizations and agencies for the operation of the Downtown Community Outreach Response and Engagement program on terms satisfactory to the Medical Officer of Health and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (2SLGBTQ+) Advisory Committee, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on November 14, 2026, or until the mandate is completed, whichever comes first:

Felipe del Campo

Susan Gapka

Leyla Shahid

2. City Council waive Section 8.6, Interviewing Candidates, of the City of Toronto Public Appointments Policy and appoint the following candidate to the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (2SLGBTQ+) Advisory Committee, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on November 14, 2026, or until the mandate is completed, whichever comes first:

LeZlie lee kam

3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1, 2 and 3 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief People Officer remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (2SLGBTQ+) Advisory Committee.

4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 22, 2025) from the Chief People Officer remain confidential in its entirety as it relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (2SLGBTQ+) Advisory Committee.

City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1, 2 and 3 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief People Officer remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (2SLGBTQ+) Advisory Committee.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 22, 2025) from the Chief People Officer remain confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (2SLGBTQ+) Advisory Committee.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint Ben Liu to the Toronto Public Library Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on November 14, 2026, and until a successor is appointed.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, 2, 3 and 4 to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Public Library Board.

Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, and 2 to 4 to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Public Library Board.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint Edward McDonnell to the Toronto Zoo Board of Management, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on July 21, 2027, and until a successor is appointed.

2. City Council appoint Nora Boyer to the Toronto Zoo Board of Management, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office starting on November 11, 2025, ending on November 11, 2029, and until a successor is appointed, to succeed Matthew Cole whose term ends on November 10, 2025.

3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 4 to the report (July 7, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Zoo Board.

Confidential Attachments 1 to 4 to the report (July 7, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Zoo Board.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council treat the portion of the City Council meeting at which the Appointment of Public Members to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors is considered as a special meeting of the Shareholder for Toronto Community Housing Corporation.

2. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending July 26, 2027, and until successors are appointed:

Adele Imrie

Naram Mansour

Brian Smith

3. City Council waive Section 4.6(b), Limit on Length of Service, Corporations, of the Public Appointments Policy, and adopt the following as a resolution of the Shareholder of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation:
 

Notwithstanding the Shareholder Direction, City Council, as Shareholder, appoint the following candidates to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on July 26, 2028, and until successors are appointed:

Debbie Douglas

Mary Hogan

Vinita Jajware-Beatty

Nicholas Macrae

4. City Council appoint Adele Imrie as Chair of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors.

5. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors, as tenant directors, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending July 26, 2027, continuing to serve until successors are appointed:

Marcel Charlebois

Ubah Farah

6. City Council waive Section 4.6(b), Limit on Length of Service, Corporations, of the Public Appointments Policy, and adopt the following as a resolution of the Shareholder of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation:
 

Notwithstanding the Shareholder Direction, City Council, as Shareholder, appoint the following candidate to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors, as tenant director, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on July 26, 2028, and until successors are appointed:

Dan McIntyre

7. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b and 2 to 4 to the report (June 25, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors.

8. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and 2 to the supplementary report (June 25, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors.

Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b and 2 to 4 to the report (June 25, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors.

Confidential Attachment 1 and 2 to the supplementary report (June 25, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Children's Services to follow guidance from local Indigenous-led organizations and associations to co-develop and implement an Indigenous-led Early Years and Child Care Service Plan, ensuring clear roles in shared decision-making, implementation, and ongoing oversight.

2. City Council request the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada to recognize Indigenous rights, governance systems, and holistic approaches to early learning and child care and ensure legislation, policy, and funding frameworks respond accordingly.

3. City Council approve Toronto’s Early Years and Child Care Service Plan 2025-2030, included as Attachment 1 to the report (June 24, 2025) from the General Manager, Children's Services.

4. City Council instruct the General Manager, Children's Services, to forward the approved Service Plan to the Ministry of Education and Toronto school boards for their information and reference.

5. City Council direct the General Manager, Children’s Services to continue to work in partnership with other City Divisions, Agencies and Corporations, including Toronto Community Housing Corporation and Toronto Public Health, on equitable EarlyON system planning to prioritize growth in high-inequity neighbourhoods.

6. City Council request the Federal and Provincial Governments to make incremental operating investments, indexed for inflation and to reflect population changes, to support the ongoing operation and growth of the EarlyON system in Toronto.

7. City Council request the Federal and Provincial Governments to expand the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care agreement to cover children up to 12 years of age, including access to affordable before and after-school care.

8. City Council request the Provincial Government to provide capital funding, in consultation with the City, to reflect the regional and actual costs of developing child care spaces in alignment with the City’s Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Directed Growth Plan.

9. City Council request the Provincial Government to enhance its Workforce Strategy for the early years and child care sector to further increase wages and benefits for all program staff to levels that achieve parity with positions in the public sector in Toronto.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to continue to review and amend the updated Coyote Coexistence and Response Strategy in Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, as appropriate and when necessary.

2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to host public sessions and design other programming as appropriate in each of the City’s Community Council Areas on the updated Coyote Coexistence and Response Strategy while continuing to reallocate existing financial resources for public education efforts on coexistence in 2025.

3. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review, to include guidelines for wildlife management within the Construction Management Plan as an advisory comment in the Notice of Approval with Conditions issued through the Site Plan Control application review process.

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to leverage existing resources within the 2025 Operating Budget to provide funding to wildlife and/or community organizations to help proactively engage communities and support public education on wildlife issues as outlined in the Coyote Coexistence and Response Strategy, and include consideration of the creation of the Wildlife Response Team as part of the 2026 budget process.

5. City Council request the Government of Ontario to outline detailed criteria for when provincially-led redevelopment projects will include coyote and/or wildlife-specific studies.

6. City Council notify the Government of Ontario of the resources and costs necessary to respond to coyote interactions in Toronto and reiterate its request for the Government of Ontario to share the costs of wildlife management.

7. City Council request the Government of Ontario to review the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, to incorporate updated best practices for wildlife management and to support wildlife management in urban areas, including disruptions to wildlife caused by urban densification.

8. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to consider cost-effective third parties alternatives to deliver upon the strategy.

9. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to continue to monitor research related to reproductive controls for coyotes and to participate in relevant research opportunities where feasible and report back with a status update in the second quarter of 2027.

10. City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and other City divisions as appropriate, to review best practices from other jurisdictions related to coyote management and physical infrastructure and to make site-specific improvements as necessary at vacant City-owned property adjacent to greenspaces such as parks, ravines, and lightly treed areas, where increased coyote activity has been observed and report back with a status update in the second quarter of 2027.

11. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to work with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to provide educational materials to Business Improvement Areas on rules related to proper waste disposal and wildlife feeding in order to discourage coyote activity.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the Rat Response Plan as described in the report (June 24, 2025) from the City Manager.

2. City Council request the Executive Director, Development Review, to include a rat management plan within the Construction Management Plan as an advisory comment in the Notice of Approval with Conditions issued through the Site Plan Control application review process.

3. City Council request the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and other City officials as appropriate, to include a requirement for rat management as a component of City-led construction projects.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing, in accordance with the draft article attached as Attachment 1 to the report (June 24, 2025) from the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, as follows:

Updates to 545-246 Definitions

a. add new definitions as follows:

1. PET ESTABLISHMENT – A building, part of a building, vehicle, or other place in which animals are kept for business activities. Such business activities include, but are not limited to, breeding, boarding, training, grooming, and similar activities, or any combination of these activities.

2. PET DAYCARE – A pet establishment used for boarding of dogs, cats or other animals between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. only.

3. KENNEL – A pet establishment used for boarding, breeding or training of dogs, cats or other animals, including between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

4. PET GROOMING SALON – A pet establishment used for grooming of dogs, cats or other animals.

5. ANIMAL CENTRE – As defined in Chapter 349, Animals.

6. ANIMAL – As defined in Chapter 349, Animals.

b. amend definitions as follows:

1. PET SHOP – A pet establishment where animals for use as pets are sold or kept for sale.

2. VETERINARIAN - A person registered and entitled to practise veterinary medicine under the Veterinarians Act, as amended.

Updates to Article XX – Category-Wide Requirements

c. amend title of Article XX “Pet Shops” to “Pet Establishments”.

d. amend 545-247 to be titled “Separate licence required for each pet establishment” and to read:

A separate licence shall be taken out for each pet establishment.

e.  add section titled “Endorsements” and to read:

A. Every owner or operator of a pet establishment shall obtain a licence and, at the time of application for a licence and at each application for renewal, obtain a separate endorsement of their licence for every business activity conducted, provided or offered at the premises as follows:

(1) Any person who owns or operates a pet establishment which offers or provides animals for sale or adoption shall obtain a licence and a Sale/Adoption of Animals endorsement.

(2) Any person who owns or operates a pet establishment which offers or provides animal breeding shall obtain a licence and an Animal Breeding endorsement.

(3) Any person who owns or operates a pet establishment which offers or provides animal daycare, boarding, or training shall obtain a licence and an Animal Daycare/Boarding/Training endorsement.

(4) Any person who owns or operates a pet establishment which offers or provides pet grooming shall obtain a licence and a Pet Grooming endorsement.

(5) Any person who owns or operates a pet establishment which offers or provides overnight keeping of animals shall obtain a licence and an Overnight Animal Keeping endorsement.

B. Every owner or operator shall notify the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division in writing of any change to the operations of the pet establishment which may result in a change in the business activities conducted, provided or offered, at least 30 days prior to the implementation of such change.

f.  add section titled “Exceptions” to read “Article XX does not apply to:

A. The premises of an Animal Centre.

B. The premises of an affiliate to branch of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA).

C. The premises of an accredited veterinary hospital under the care of a veterinarian licensed by the College of Veterinarians of Ontario (CVO).

D. The Toronto Zoo.

E. Ross Lord Stables.

F. Sunnybrook Stables.

G. Riverdale Farm.

H. High Park Zoo.

I. Black Creek Pioneer Village.

J. Exhibition Place.

K. Toronto Island Farm.

L. Woodbine Racetrack.

M. Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada.

N. Studio sets and locations within the City on which professionally produced films are being made by film professionals and film production companies, for the duration of filming only.

O. Premises registered as research facilities pursuant to the Animals for Research Act.

P. Premises of slaughterhouses licensed pursuant to the Meat Inspection Act.

Q. Premises where Toronto Police Service animals are kept.

R. Toronto Wildlife Centre.

S. Royal Ontario Museum.

T. Businesses or attractions that have been expressly exempted by the City in writing.”

g. add section titled “Application requirements” to read:

Every pet establishment operator shall provide the name and address of the licensed veterinarian(s) who will provide services to the pet establishment, ensuring that each species receives appropriate veterinary services from a qualified professional.

h. delete sections 545-248, 545-249, 545-250, 545-251, 545-252, 545-253, 545-254, 545-255, 545-256, 545-257, 545-259, 545-260.1 and 545-260.2, that relate to animal care, facility standards and operations, which are to be reorganized and re-added under new sections.

i. delete section 545-260, that relates to the sale of poultry.

j. amend section 545-258 to read:

The Municipal Licensing and Standards Division, and any other person authorized by the Executive Director or their designate may inspect any pet establishment or place where animals are kept for business activities at any time.

k. add section titled “Animal care requirements” to read:

A. Animals are fed as needed in accordance with the particular food requirements of each type or species of animal kept.

B. Water is provided daily to every animal in sufficient quantity to maintain at all times a potable supply available to such animal.

C. Food and water receptables be mounted or situated that they cannot be easily overturned or contaminated.

D. Primary enclosures in which animals are housed on the premises are located in such a way as to provide maximum comfort to satisfy the known and established needs for the particular species housed and are provided with safeguards to prevent extreme environmental changes and to prevent undue direct physical contact with such animals by the general public.

E. Primary enclosures permit the animal to:

(1) be confined;

(2) remain clean and/or dry;

(3) turn, stand up, sit down, lie down with limbs outstretched, have sufficient perch space to permit full wing extension in every direction;

(4) move or walk around; and

(5) hide, where appropriate.

F. Primary enclosures are:

(1) structurally sound;

(2) free of sharp edges and other hazards;

(3) contain impervious surfaces which do not retain odours;

(4) have floors which do not allow the feet or toes of an animal to pass through any opening; and

(5) have a portion be a solid surface large enough for the animal to sit and/or lay on.

G. Bedding, if any, inside a primary enclosure is made of non-toxic and non-irritating materials, able to absorb feces and urine, and permits the animal to nest, lay eggs or burrow.

H. Incompatible animals are not housed or confined in the same primary enclosure.

I. Animals are not kept in crowded quarters or cages.

J. No more than 20 budgerigars or canaries or 25 finches, nor any combination of more than 25 such birds, are contained in a single cage with dimensions smaller than 68.6 centimetres by 40.6 centimetres by 78.7 centimetres.

K. No more than 15 budgerigars or canaries or 20 finches nor any combination of more than 20 such birds are contained in a single cage with dimensions smaller than 61 centimetres by 35.6 centimetres by 40.6 centimetres.

L. Primary enclosures which house cats include a litter box.

M. Outdoor enclosures which house dogs comply with section 349-7 as listed in Chapter 349, Animals.

N. All persons responsible for the care, feeding or cleaning of animals are adequately trained and supervised in the handling and care of all animals.

O. There are a sufficient number of employees competent in the care of animals to properly care for every animal.

P.  Animals are handled so as not to cause the animal physical injury, harm or discomfort.

Q. Predator and prey species are housed with separation sufficient to prevent the respective species from seeing, hearing and/or smelling the other.

R. Social species are housed in groups or pairs, according to their social and behavioural needs.

l. add section titled “Facility requirements” to read:

A. Every pet establishment operator shall ensure that:

(1) During the period in which a licence issued under this chapter is in force, there shall be exhibited over the street door or in the lower front window of the pet establishment in respect of which such licence is issued, or in some other conspicuous place satisfactory to the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division a sign having in plain letters not less than 15 centimetres in height in the English language the words "Licensed Pet Establishment," and such licence shall be kept continuously exposed in a conspicuous place in the interior of the premises.

(2) Any establishment is ventilated by mechanical means, such as by windows, vents, fans or air conditioners, to remove odours and prevent condensation.

(3) The ambient temperature in an establishment:

(a) is regulated by a heating or cooling system to protect the animals from extreme temperatures; and

(b) is monitored by means of a thermometer.

(4) The lighting in an establishment:

(a) is sufficient to permit observation of all animals, inspection and cleaning;

(b) is sufficient to allow for the proper stimulation and normal behaviour of the animal; and

(c) does not pose a health hazard to the animal.

(5) Any establishment, including all primary enclosures is to be cleaned each day to ensure that:

(a) all pests, rodents, insects, pathogens and parasites are removed or killed;

(b) food and water receptacles (including sipper tubes) are free of any dirt, debris and algae; and

(c) all excess water, food and waste materials are disposed of.

(6) No animal remains inside a primary enclosure while the primary enclosure is being cleaned.

(7) Where the quarters used for the housing of any animal form part of or are physically attached to a building used for human habitation or to which the public have access, such quarters shall have a concrete or other impermeable floor with a drain opening constructed as a plumbing fixture, and such floor shall be thoroughly cleaned and washed with water at least once each day, or more often than once if necessary to keep the said floor clean.

(8) Animal waste is disposed of regularly in a hygienic manner to maintain cleanliness and prevent odors, with increased frequency as needed.

(9) An attendant responsible for the care and control of the animals shall be on the premises of the pet establishment at all times during hours of operation, unless consent has been obtained from each pet owner.

B. Every pet establishment operator shall:

(1) Take all reasonable and humane steps to prevent nuisance caused by barking or undue noise, and comply with Chapter 591, Noise, at all times.

(2) Make every reasonable effort to obtain the name, address and description of anyone offering to them any animal which they have cause or reason to suspect has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained, and they shall report the facts promptly to the nearest police station.

m. add section titled “Record keeping requirements” to read:

A. Every pet establishment operator shall keep a record for each animal acquired or kept, for the duration of the pet establishment’s custody of the animal and for a 12-month period after the date of sale, departure or death of the animal. Each entry should include:

(1) the date of acquisition, arrival, or birth;

(2) the date of sale, departure, or death;

(3) the name, breed, date of birth, behaviour, physical description, health and reproductive status, vaccination information, licence and microchip number (if applicable);

(4) the name, address, and phone number of the person or organization from whom it was acquired, or pet owner; and

(5) the name, address, and phone number of the person or organization who acquires the animal, or pet owner.

B. Every pet establishment operator shall keep a record of any animal-related injuries for each animal acquired or kept, for the duration of the pet establishment’s custody of the animal and for a 12-month period after the date of sale, departure or death of the animal. Each entry should include:

(1) the date and time of the injury;

(2) a detailed description of the injury;

(3) the location of the injury;

(4) the animals and/or humans involved; and

(5) any actions taken following the injury.

n. add section titled “Insurance requirements” to read:

Every pet establishment operator shall, in respect of each pet establishment for which they hold a licence, require a Commercial General liability with notice to the effect that the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division will be given at least 10 days' notice in writing of any cancellation, expiration or variation in the amount of the policy, and insuring, in the amount of $2,000,000 comprehensive against loss or damage resulting from bodily injury to or the death of one or more persons, or from loss or damage to property resulting from an occurrence. A certified copy or certificate of such policy shall be deposited with the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division. Such policy of insurance shall endorse the City as an additional insured.

Updates to Article XX – Sale or Adoption of Animals

o. add section titled “Requirements for pet shops or businesses keeping animals for sale or adoption” to read:

A. Every operator of a pet shop or business keeping animals for sale or adoption (including breeding kennels) shall ensure that:

(1) Animals are not sold or given away to anyone under the age of 18.

(2) Animals are not displayed in windows.

(3) Mammals are not sold or given away before they have reached the normal weaning age, based on known requirements of each particular species.

(4) Animals are groomed, including the trimming of hair, beaks and nails.

(5) Animals have up-to-date vaccinations and parasite treatments, unless exempted in writing by a licensed veterinarian.

(6) Deceased animals are contained and disposed of without delay.

(7) A daily record of animal observations must be maintained, documenting behavior and any signs of illness, distress, or injury, including changes in eating, drinking, urination, and defecation.

(8) Animals indicating signs of illness or injury are examined and appropriately treated within 24 hours of the onset of illness or injury by a veterinarian or other qualified person experienced in the care and treatment of the species concerned, unless a lesser or greater deadline is determined by a representative of the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division, and that such animal is kept in a quarantine area, away from the public and other animals until such illness or injury has been cured.

(9) Dogs, cats, rabbits and guinea pigs are only obtained from the following sources, except when breeding kennels are obtaining purebred animals, in accordance with the standards set out in the Animal Pedigree Act:

(a) animal centres;

(b) registered humane societies;

(c) registered animal rescue groups; or

(d) from people who have surrendered their pets at no charge.

(10) A detailed record of all veterinary care is maintained, including dates of care, diagnoses, prescribed medications, treatments administered, and the information of the veterinarian including name and contact information.

B. Whenever an operator of a pet shop or business keeping animals for sale or adoption sells or otherwise homes a dog, cat, rabbit, or guinea pig, they shall give to the purchaser a receipt showing the name and address of the vendor and purchaser, the date of sale, the sale price, and breed or cross-breed, sex, age and description, including colour and markings, of the animal, and an up-to-date certificate of health from a veterinarian, and shall post in a conspicuous place, a notice provided by the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division advising customers of the required content of the receipt.

Updates to Article XX – Breeding Kennels

p. add section titled “Requirements for breeding kennels” to read:

A. Every operator of a breeding kennel shall ensure that:

(1) Proof of active membership is maintained with the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) or another appropriate professional kennel or breeding organization, as approved by the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division.

(2) Adequate human supervision and assistance is available during the whelping period and the following birth of offspring.

(3) A designated whelping area is provided that:

(a) is of adequate size to accommodate the dam and litter;

(b) is clean, dry, and with absorbent bedding;

(c) allows the dam to have access to food, water, and rest;

(d) has the water source positioned to prevent offspring from falling into it;

(e) prevents offspring from escaping or harming themselves; and

(f) includes a safe source of supplemental heat until the offspring can thermoregulate.

(4) Ethical breeding practices are followed, including that:

(a) no breeding occurs between parent and offspring, or between siblings;

(b) all animals are evaluated by a licensed veterinarian and confirmed to be physically and behaviorally sound before breeding;

(c) animals that test positive for inherited diseases, have genetic abnormalities, pose a risk to public safety, exhibit signs of psychological distress related to breeding, or have traits negatively affecting their quality of life, are not bred;

(d) animals experiencing illness or injury that causes pain during breeding are not bred until conditions are resolved; and

(e) the age at which breeding begins, frequency of breeding, total number of breedings, and the breeding retirement age of each animal are confirmed by a licensed veterinarian.

B. Every operator of a breeding kennel shall keep a breeding record for each cat and dog acquired or kept, for the duration of the breeding kennel’s custody of the animal and for a 12-month period after the date of sale, departure, or death of the animal. Each entry should include

(1) For sires: dates bred, dams bred to, outcome of breedings (successful or failed), and results of any genetic testing.

(2) For dams: heat cycle dates, dates bred, sires bred to, outcome of breedings (successful or failed), whelping dates, litter sizes (live and stillborn), birthing complications, and results of any genetic testing.

(3) For offspring: weight measured regularly until weaned.

Updates to Article XX – Pet Daycares, Boarding and Training Kennels

q. Add section titled “Requirements for pet daycares, boarding and training kennels” to read “Every operator of a pet daycare, boarding or training kennel shall ensure that:

A. Prior to accepting dogs or cats for daycare, boarding, training, or similar activity, the animal has up-to-date vaccinations and parasite treatments, unless exempted in writing by a licensed veterinarian.

B. Each animal is inspected upon intake for signs of any contagious or infectious disease.

C. The owner of any animal exhibiting signs of illness or injury is contacted promptly; if the owner cannot be reached or cannot arrange immediate care with their preferred veterinarian, the operator must ensure veterinary care is provided.

D. No more than one animal is kept in a single primary enclosure without prior consent from the owners of all the animals who would share the enclosure.

E. Dogs less than four (4) months of age are separated from dogs older than four (4) months that are not owned by the same person unless the owner of the dog less than (4) months of age has provided written authorization.

F. Dogs are provided an area to exercise freely, and which prevent any dogs from exiting the property; if no dedicated exercise area is available, dogs must be regularly walked on a leash.”

Updates to Article XX – Pet Grooming Salons

r. add section titled “Requirements for pet grooming salons” to read:

A. Every operator of a pet grooming salon shall ensure that:

(1) Prior to accepting dogs or cats for grooming services, the animal has up-to-date vaccinations and parasite treatments, unless exempted in writing by a licensed veterinarian.

(2) Each animal is inspected upon intake for signs of any contagious or infectious disease.

(3) The owner of any animal exhibiting signs of illness or injury is contacted promptly; if the owner cannot be reached or cannot arrange immediate care with their preferred veterinarian, the operator must ensure veterinary care is provided.

(4) Bathing tubs are equipped with a non-slip bottom surface.

(5) No more than one animal is kept in a single primary enclosure without prior consent from the owners of all the animals who would share the enclosure.

(6) Staff use handling methods that apply the least amount of restraint necessary to minimize fear, pain, stress, and suffering, while ensuring the safety of both animals and humans.

(7) Grooming tools, equipment, and surfaces are maintained in good working order and cleaned and sanitized regularly.

B. Mobile grooming salons operating in areas other than on private property, in addition to complying with every other part of this Article, must also comply at all times with Chapter 743, Use of Streets and Sidewalks, Chapter 517, Idling of Vehicles and Boats, and all parking regulations.

Updates to Article XX – Overnight Keeping of Animals

s. add section titled “Requirements for the overnight keeping of animals” to read “Every operator of a pet establishment keeping animals on-site between hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. must:

A. Make available upon request a Level 1 noise control plan to the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division.

B. Notify owners of all animals if animals will be kept on-site overnight without staff present during that time.”

Updates to 545-1 Definitions

t. add new definitions as follows:

1. ANIMAL ATTRACTION – A building, part of a building, vehicle or other place where animals are used for public display, education, entertainment, or interactive experiences.

u. amend definition as follows to include the addition of animal attractions:

1. AMUSEMENT ACTIVITY – Activities including but not limited to the following: bowling, video arcades and arcade games, archery, axe throwing, carnivals, internet cafes, miniature golf, golf driving ranges, go-kart courses, roller-skating rinks, billiards or pool, trampolines, rebound tumbling, animal attractions and other like activities.

Updates to Article LII – Amusement Establishments

v. Amend section 545-564 to read “To apply for an amusement establishment licence or its renewal, or at any time during the term of the licence at the request of the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division, the applicant or licensee shall submit to the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division:

A. If the establishment serves alcohol, a copy of a valid liquor licence.

B. The following documents issued by the Technical Standards and Safety Authority or its successor agency, if applicable to the business:

(1) A valid and current licence to carry on business in Ontario; and

(2) A valid and current permit for each amusement device operating in the establishment.

C. If the establishment has animals on the premises.

D. A level 1 noise control plan and/or a patron management plan, if requested by the Executive Director.

E. A level 2 noise control plan, if requested by the Executive Director, for approval.

F. Any other information or documents required by the Executive Director.”

w. amend section 545-566 to read:

Every operator shall, in respect of each amusement establishment for which they hold a licence, require a Commercial General liability with notice to the effect that the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division will be given at least 10 days' notice in writing of any cancellation, expiration or variation in the amount of the policy, and insuring, in the amount of $2,000,000 comprehensive against loss or damage resulting from bodily injury to or the death of one or more persons, or from loss or damage to property resulting from an occurrence. A certified copy or certificate of such policy shall be deposited with the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division. Such policy of insurance shall endorse the City as an additional insured.

x. add provision to section 545-567 to read:

Animal attractions keeping animals between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. must make available upon request a level 1 noise control plan.

y. add section titled “Inspection of premises” to read:

The Municipal Licensing and Standards Division, and any other person authorized by the Executive Director or their designate may inspect any amusement establishment at any time.

z. add section titled “Animal attraction requirements” to read:

A. Every operator of an animal attraction shall ensure that:

(1) They comply with all requirements in section [ ] Animal care requirements, section [ ] Facility requirements, and section [ ] Record keeping requirements

(2) Animals are not displayed in windows.

(3) Animals are provided with regular rest periods away from public interaction.

(4) Animals receive appropriate enrichment to support their psychological well-being.

(5) All public interactions with animals are supervised by trained staff to prevent harm to both the animals and visitors.

(6) Clear guidelines for visitor safety are established, including, but not limited to:

(a)  Restricting physical contact with dangerous or sensitive species;

(b)  Using barriers or protective equipment where necessary, and

(c)  Prohibiting unsupervised feeding of animals by the public.

(7) Animals are groomed, including the trimming of hair, beaks and nails.

(8) Animals have up-to-date vaccinations and parasite treatments, unless exempted in writing by a licensed veterinarian.

(9) Deceased animals are contained and disposed of without delay.

(10) A daily record of animal observations is maintained, documenting behavior and any signs of illness, distress, or injury, including changes in eating, drinking, urination, and defecation.

(11) Animals indicating signs of illness or injury are examined and appropriately treated within 24 hours of the onset of illness or injury by a veterinarian or other qualified person experienced in the care and treatment of the species concerned, and that such animal is kept in a quarantine area, away from the public and other animals until such illness or injury has been cured.

B. Every operator of an animal attraction shall provide the name and address of the licensed veterinarian(s) who will provide services to the animal attraction, ensuring that each species receives appropriate veterinary services from a qualified professional.

C. Premises from section [ ], Exceptions, are not considered animal attractions.

2. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 349, Animals as follows:

a. amend definition to remove the exclusion of fish:

1. ANIMAL – All species of fauna excluding humans and aquatic invertebrates.

3. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, Appendix C – Schedule 12, Municipal Licensing and Standards by amending fee description names in the table below:

4. City Council direct that the by-law amendments to Chapter 545, Licensing and Chapter 441, Fees and Charges come into effect on February 1, 2027.

5. City Council direct that the by-law amendments to Chapter 349, Animals, come into effect on September 1, 2025.

6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

Delete four licence application requirements from the Licensing By-law

1. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing, as follows:

a. delete all provisions that require or might require an applicant or licensee to file a list of services and fees they will offer at their business with Municipal Licensing and Standards and any other provisions that depend on such information;

b. delete all provisions that require or might require an applicant or licensee to file a list of employees with Municipal Licensing and Standards and any other provisions that depend on such information;

c. delete all provisions that limit or might limit an applicant, licensee, or employee to only one employer and any other provisions that depend on such information; and

d. delete all provisions that require or might require an applicant, licensee, or employee to undergo a medical examination and any other provisions that depend on such information.

Delegate authority to Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to impose conditions

2. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing, as follows:

a. reorganize and make all necessary changes to Article I - General Licensing Provisions to grant Municipal Licensing and Standards, in addition to the Toronto Licensing Tribunal, the authority to place conditions on a business licence before issuing or renewing a licence or at any time during the term of a licence, subject to the following procedure:

1. Municipal Licensing and Standards shall notify the applicant or licensee in writing of the proposed conditions, including the applicant's or licensee's right not to agree to the proposed conditions;

2. If the applicant or licensee agrees to the proposed conditions, in a form and manner prescribed by Municipal Licensing and Standards, Municipal Licensing and Standards may place the conditions on the business licence; and

3. If the applicant or licensee does not agree to the proposed conditions, Municipal Licensing and Standards may deny the application (subject to the applicant's right to request a hearing before the Toronto Licensing Tribunal) or refer the licence to the Toronto Licensing Tribunal for a hearing, as appropriate, at which time Municipal Licensing and Standards may request that the Toronto Licensing Tribunal add the proposed conditions to the licence.

b. add a provision to Article I - General Licensing Provisions to permit the Toronto Licensing Tribunal to consider a licensee's contravention of such conditions as part of any future hearing related to the licensee and to impose such penalty or further conditions as the Tribunal considers just.

Require email contact information as part of the licence application process

3. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing, as follows:

a. amend Article I – General licensing provisions to require persons or entities wishing to apply for or renew a licence to provide the name, phone number, and email address of a person responsible for responding to all communications from Municipal Licensing and Standards and to require a licensee to immediately update Municipal Licensing and Standards on any changes to such contact information; and

b. amend Article I – General licensing provisions to specify that all communications relating to this chapter between Municipal Licensing and Standards and an applicant or licensee shall be sent via email to the email address most recently provided to Municipal Licensing and Standards as part of the licensing and renewal process under this chapter, except where another method is authorized by the Executive Director; and that any email sent in accordance shall be deemed for the purpose of this chapter to have been received by the addressee on the day it is sent.

Remove municipal licensing requirements for certain businesses/trades

4. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing, as follows:

a. amend Article I – General licensing provisions to delete definitions and licence requirements for or related to the following:

1. Boats for hire

2. School bus driver

3. Transient trader

4. Building cleaner

5. Chimney repairman

6. Builder of radiation fall-out shelters

7. Collector for second hand goods;

b. delete Article XIV – Operators of boats for hire;

c. amend Article XV – Drive-self vehicles for hire; school bus drivers to delete provisions pertaining to school bus drivers;

d. amend Article XVII – Hawkers and Pedlars to delete provisions pertaining to transient traders;

e. amend Article XXIII – Salvage yards; second hand goods to delete provisions pertaining to collector for second hand goods;

f. delete Article XXX – Building cleaners; and

g. amend Article XXXVI – Chimney repairman; persons renovating buildings; construction of radiation fall-out shelters to delete provisions pertaining to chimney repairman and construction of radiation fall-out shelters.

Remove associated fees for certain business/trade licences

5. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, Appendix C – Schedule 12, Municipal Licensing and Standards to delete the fees in the following table:

Update commercial parking lot provisions in the Licensing By-law

6. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing as follows:

a. amend Article I – General licensing provisions to add to the definition of Commercial Parking Lot "including visitor parking spots for residential buildings," so that it reads:

"Any location, including visitor parking spots for residential buildings, that demands compensation in relation to the use of a parking space, but does not include:

A. Any parking location operated by or under the authority of the Toronto Parking Authority, regulated under Chapter 179, Parking Authority;

B. Any City agency, board, commission, corporation or division;

C. Any parking space rented on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis for one person's exclusive use;

D. Any space located upon the driveway of a residential building that is used for parking on a temporary basis; and

E. Any parking location operated by a registered charitable organization, as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), or successor legislation, that has a registration number issued by the Canada Revenue Agency, or successor agency."

b. amend Article XLV, 545-530 to specify that despite its provisions, commercial parking lots that consist only of residential visitor parking shall not make any advertisement or display any signage that might indicate the location is used for paid parking or is available to members of the general public, except the signage that must be displayed at each pay station.

Update provisions for owners and operators of laundries in the Licensing By-law

7. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing as follows:

a. amend 545-2(20) to require every operator of a laundry premises to obtain a licence;

b. delete 545-2(21), which contains a duplicative licence requirement for laundreterias;

c. add the following definition of "Laundry Premises":

"LAUNDRY PREMISES – Any premises at which laundry services, including wet washing, dry cleaning, laundry collection or return, and self-serve washing machines or dryers are offered or provided to the public, but does not include a premises used solely for laundry collection or return that is operated by a licensed operator of a laundry premises.

d. amend 545-228, by deleting the existing requirements for a separate licence for each premises owned or occupied by the operator and instead requiring every applicant for a laundry premises operator licence or its renewal to provide a list of premises owned or operated by the applicant that are used solely for laundry collection or return and to immediately notify Municipal Licensing and Standards of changes to this list;

e. delete 545-229, Maintenance of premises and related equipment and vehicles;

f. delete 545-230, Hours of operation restricted for certain machinery;

g. amend 545-231 to require every operator to post their licence in a conspicuous place within the laundry premises;

h. amend 545-232 to require every operator to post a sign in a conspicuous place at each premises they use solely for laundry collection or return that states the operator's name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number;

i. delete 545-233, Identification for premises with coin operated machines; and

j. delete 545-234, Premises to be kept clean and tidy.

Amend provisions for driving school operators

8. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing as follows:

a. amend 545-15(B) so that it reads “No driving school operator shall cause or permit driving instruction to be given in or upon the streets, highways and areas  described in Subsection A of this section.”

Introduce a zoning review user fee for Municipal Licensing and Standards

9. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, Appendix C – Schedule 12, Municipal Licensing and Standards by adding the associated fee in the following table:

Bills and authorization

10. City Council direct that Parts 1 to 9 above come into effect on January 1, 2026.

11. City Council authorize and direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to extend the term of licences held as of October 1, 2025, for boats for hire; school bus drivers; transient traders; building cleaners; chimney repairmen; collectors of second-hand goods to December 31, 2025, without the need to pay associated licence renewal fees.

12. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to make such clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or other amendments to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing, as may be necessary to give effect to City Council's decisions.

13. City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to review provisions for second hand goods in Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, and report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee in 2026 on potential amendments to such provisions, as part of the Division’s 2026 update report to City Council on the Business Licence and Permit Applications Action Plan.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council designate the area described by Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2025) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, as the amended Queen Street West Business Improvement Area under the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas.

2. City Council direct the Chief Technology Officer to prepare designation By-law maps of the area outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2025) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and submit them to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas, as necessary, to reflect the expanded boundaries of the Queen Street West Business Improvement Area.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with the City's Public Appointments Policy, appoint the following nominees to the Business Improvement Area Boards of Management set out below at the pleasure of Council, and for a term expiring at the end of the term of Council or as soon thereafter as successors are appointed:

          Upper Village:

          Nhan, Frank

          Uptown Yonge:

          Moretti, Angelo

2. City Council remove the following directors from the Business Improvement Area Board of Management set out below:

          Uptown Yonge:

          Maidens, Brent

          Nurzynski, Pawel

          Reshetnikova, Sofia

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Procurement Policy as set out in Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Chief Procurement Officer and the Controller and Chief Accountant, effective October 1, 2025.

2. City Council authorize amendments to Chapter 71, Financial Control By-law in accordance with Attachment 2 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Chief Procurement Officer, and the Controller and Chief Accountant, effective October 1, 2025, to support sub-delegation of commitment authority by the City Manager.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council reinstate IPAC Paving Inc. and Pave-1 Construction Limited and permit these entities to be eligible to submit bids and be awarded contracts by the City of Toronto, effective immediately.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, where the current request exceeds the Chief Procurement Officer's authority of the cumulative five-year commitment, under Article 7, Section 195-7.3 (D) of the Procurement By-law or exceeds the threshold of $500,000 net of Harmonized Sales Tax allowed under staff authority as per the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, Section 71-11A, authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to negotiate and enter into a non-competitive agreement with Nederman Canada Limited for the supply of proprietary original equipment manufacturer parts and services to Nederman Canada Limited, for a period of five years from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2030, in the amount of $636,000 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($647,194 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Technology Officer, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, to amend Blanket Contract 47024775 with DragonAgile by increasing the contract value by $1,268,256 USD ($1,737,510 CAD) net of all applicable charges and taxes or $1,290,577 USD ($1,768,090 CAD) net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries, revising the current Blanket Contract Value from USD $1,197,770 to $2,488,347 USD, and at the time of writing the report (July 2, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer, in June 2025, that $1 USD = $1.37 CAD.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 2, 2205) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 2, 2205) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following: 

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 71-11.1C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to amend Blanket Contract 47024834 with Graham Alarm Monitoring Ltd., for the non-exclusive supply of all labour, equipment, material, supervision, and any associated equipment required by CAN/ULC-S561 to monitor fire alarm systems service for the City of Toronto in the amount of $800,000 net of all taxes and charges ($814,080 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $689,850 to $1,489,850 net of all taxes and charges ($1,516,071 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to enter into a non-competitive contract with Fire Monitoring of Canada Inc., for the non-exclusive supply of all labour, equipment, material, supervision, and any associated equipment required by CAN/ULC-S561 to monitor fire alarm systems service for the City of Toronto in the amount of $1,000,000 net of all taxes and charges ($1,017,600 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71 (Financial Control), authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to amend the Purchase Order 6055315 with Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP for the provision of legal services at the Ontario Land Tribunal on behalf of the City related to Metrolinx’s expropriation of a portion of lands at Union Station, increasing the contract value by $174,111 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($177,176 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current contract value from $599,895 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($610,453 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $774,006 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($787,629 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Chief Procurement Officer remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains information about litigation that affects the City of Toronto.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Chief Procurement Officer remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information about litigation that affects the City of Toronto.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 195-8.5(B) of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, authorize the General Manager, Fleet Services, to execute and enter into an agreement on behalf of the City of Toronto with UAP Inc., for the non-exclusive supply of automotive equipment parts and inventory management solution, with respect to the operations of the City Division known as Fleet Services, for an initial term of two (2) years from December 1, 2025 to November 30, 2027, in the amount of $29,506,358 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries ($32,765,511 including all taxes and charges), with the option to renew for four (4) additional two (2) year periods, for a total amount of $185,907,484 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries ($206,442,076 including all taxes and charges) including the initial term and all option years, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Negotiated Request for Proposal and any other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Fleet Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council, in accordance with Section 195-8.5(B) of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, authorize the Chief, Toronto Paramedic Services, to execute and enter into an agreement on behalf of the City of Toronto with UAP Inc., with respect to the operations of the City Division known as Toronto Paramedic Services, for the non-exclusive supply of automotive equipment parts solution, for an initial term of two (2) years from December 1, 2025 to November 30, 2027, in the amount of $8,692,130 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries ($9,652,228 including all taxes and charges), with the option to renew for four (4) additional two (2) year periods, for a total amount of $57,754,897 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries ($64,134,271 including all taxes and charges) including the initial term and all option years, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Negotiated Request for Proposal and any other terms and conditions satisfactory to the Chief, Toronto Paramedic Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council, in accordance with Section 195-8.5(B) of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services, to execute and enter into an agreement on behalf of the City of Toronto with UAP Inc., with respect to the operations of the City Division known as Toronto Fire Services, for the non-exclusive supply of automotive equipment parts solution, for an initial term of two (2) years from December 1, 2025 to November 30, 2027, in the amount of $3,730,960 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries ($4,143,067 including all taxes and charges), with the option to renew for four (4) additional two (2) year periods, for a total amount of $24,536,142 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries ($27,246,305 including all taxes and charges) including the initial term and all option years, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Negotiated Request for Proposal and any other terms and conditions satisfactory to the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate and execute a non-competitive agreement with Fortran Traffic Systems Ltd., for a period from date of award, and end on December 31, 2025, in the amount of $2,008,750 net of all applicable taxes ($2,044,104 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Technology Officer, in accordance with Sections 195-6.6 and 195-8.5 of the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, to enter into, and execute a non-competitive contract with Kronos Canadian Systems Inc., a UKG company, commencing from the date of award for a three (3) year term with options to extend the Contract term by up to two (2) additional one (1) year periods, for up to the total amount set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 30, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer, subject to terms and conditions acceptable to the Chief Technology Officer.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 30, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer remain confidential at this time as it pertains to criteria to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto and be made public at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer following the execution of the contract authorized by Part 1 above.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 30, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to criteria to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 30, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer will be made public at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer following the execution of the contract.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water, to negotiate and execute a Non-Competitive Procurement contract with Fer-Pal Construction Ltd., for Urgent Watermain Cured-in-Place Pipe Lining at various locations in Ward 6, in the amount of $6,000,000 net of all applicable taxes ($6,105,600 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) from the date of award to May 31, 2026, subject to terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Technology Officer, in accordance with Sections 195-6.6 and 195-8.5 of the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, to enter into, and execute a non-competitive contract with Fluree Europe Middle East and Asia commencing from the date of award for an initial term of three (3) years with options to extend the Contract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year periods for up to the total amount set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 30, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer, subject to terms and conditions acceptable to the Chief Technology Officer.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 30, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer, and the Chief Procurement Officer, remain confidential at this time as it pertains to criteria to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto and be made public at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer following the execution of the contract authorized by Part 1 above.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 30, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to criteria to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 30, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer will be made public at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer following the execution of the contract.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, on behalf of the City, to enter into a nominal license agreement (the “License”) with Aboriginal Legal Services Inc., as licensee, for a term of 10 years in respect of the a part of the property located at 1125 Danforth Avenue, more particularly described in Appendix B to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the General Manager, Children's Services hereto, substantially on the terms and conditions set out in Appendix A to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the General Manager, Children's Services, and on such other or amended terms and conditions that are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Director, Real Estate Services, Corporate Real Estate Management severally to execute the License, and any related documents on behalf of the City.

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, their successors and designates, to administer and manage the License, including the provision of any consents, approvals, waivers, notices (including notices of termination) provided that the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management may, at any time, refer consideration of such matters to City Council for direction and determination.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to enter into a nominal lease agreement with Network Child Care Services, as tenant, for a term of ten years with an option to extend for a further period of ten years in respect of the premises located at the property municipally known as 292 Dundas Street West, as more particularly set out in Appendix A to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the General Manager, Children's Services, and illustrated on the location map and floor plan in Appendix B and Appendix C to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the General Manager, Children's Services, respectively, and including such other or amended terms and conditions that are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize severally each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Director, Real Estate Services, Corporate Real Estate Management, to negotiate and execute the Lease, and any related documents on behalf of the City.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the City to enter into a lease agreement (the “Lease”) at below market rent with The Neighbourhood Group Community Services (“the Tenant”) for the City premises located at 5220 Yonge Street, Toronto as outlined and illustrated in the attached Appendix A and Appendix B to the report (June 27, 2025) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Interim Executive Director, Social Development, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, respectively (the “Leased Premises”) for a five-year term with an option to extend for further five-year period, in accordance with the City's Community Space Tenancy Policy and substantially on the terms and conditions set out in the attached Appendix C to the report (June 27, 2025) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Interim Executive Director, Social Development, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and on such other or amended terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize each of the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, severally to execute the Lease, and any related or required documents on behalf of the City to give effect to the Lease.

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and the Executive Director, Social Development, to administer and manage the Lease including the provision of any amendments, consents, approvals, waivers, notices, and notices of termination, provided that the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management may, at any time, refer consideration of such matters (including their content) to City Council for its determination and direction.

4. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Social Development, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to enter into, execute and administer a Service Level Agreement in respect of the tenancy at the Leased Premises, including the provision for any amendments, eligibility assessment, and annual reporting from the Tenant.

5. City Council pass a By-law pursuant to Section 252 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, providing authority to:

a. enter into a Municipal Capital Facility Agreement with The Neighbourhood Group Community Services, the landlord, which will lease approximately 3,494 square feet of community space at 5220 Yonge Street (the “Leased Premises”), for the purposes of the provision of Municipal Capital Facility related to social and cultural services; and

b. exempt the Leased Premises from taxation for municipal and school purposes, with the tax exemption being effective from the latest of:

1. the commencement date of the lease;

2. the date the Municipal Capital Facility Agreement is entered into;

3. and the date the Tax Exemption By-law is enacted.

6. City Council direct the City Clerk to give written notice of the Municipal Capital Facility By-law to the Minister of Finance, the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, the Toronto District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board, le Conseil scolaire Viamonde, and le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, on behalf of the City, as tenant, to enter into a lease extension and amending agreement (the “Lease Extension”) with RioCan Holdings Inc., as landlord, for a further term of 10 years (the "Extended Term") with an option to extend for a further five years in respect of certain premises located at 700 Lawrence Avenue West, Unit 330 (the "Leased Premises"), more particularly as shown in Appendix B and Appendix C to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the General Manager, Toronto Employment and Social Services hereto, substantially on the terms and conditions set out in Appendix A to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the General Manager, Toronto Employment and Social Services, and on such other or amended terms and conditions that are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize severally each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Director, Real Estate Services, to negotiate and execute the Lease Extension, and any related documents on behalf of the City.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the City to enter into an agreement of purchase and sale for the fee simple acquisition of the property address identified in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, substantially on the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and on such other terms and conditions that are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the City Librarian, Toronto Public Library, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council amend the 2025-2034 Capital Budget and Plan for Toronto Public Library by accelerating cashflow funding in 2025 and 2026 by the amount set out in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, offset by reducing cashflow funding, with no debt impact, from years 2027-2031 to the 2025 Capital Budget within the St. Lawrence Relocation and Expansion project (Cost Centre: CLB232-02) to support planned expenditures, including the acquisition of the property identified in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

3. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management following the closing of any purchase transaction.

4. City Council forward the Item and Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to the Toronto Public Library Board for their information.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to a proposed or pending acquisition of simple fee interests by the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management will be made public following the closing of any purchase transaction.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the initiation of expropriation proceedings for the full fee simple interest in all of the laneway located east of the property municipally known as 129 Peter Street (the "Property"), as set out in Appendix A to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, for the purposes of supporting the ongoing operation of Streets to Homes Assessment and Referral Centre, if the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, deems it necessary or appropriate to proceed in that manner.

2. City Council grant authority to serve and publish the Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the Property, to forward to the Ontario Land Tribunal any requests for inquiries received, to attend the hearing(s) to present the City of Toronto's position, and to report the Ontario Land Tribunal's recommendations to City Council for its consideration.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to continue negotiations to acquire the property interests set out in Appendix A (the "Property Requirements") to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and as illustrated in the draft reference plans set out in Appendix C to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and City Council authorize the initiation of expropriation proceedings for the Property Requirements, for the purposes of constructing a second exit at Toronto Transit Commission's Summerhill Station, if the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, deems it necessary or appropriate to proceed in that manner.

2. City Council grant authority to serve and publish the Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate Land for the Property Requirements, to forward to the Ontario Land Tribunal any requests for hearings that are received, to attend the hearing(s) to present the City's position, and to report the Ontario Land Tribunal's recommendations to City Council for its consideration.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, with the support of the General Manager, Fleet Services, to bring the City's mechanical litter removal (litter vacuum) operations in-house, to be performed and managed by City staff, when the City's existing agreement for Mechanical Litter Removal (Request For Quotation number 6033-19-0187) for downtown Toronto (East Contract) and agreement for Mechanical Litter Collection (Request For Quotation number Doc3060658546) for the west-end of Toronto (West Contract) have ended respectively.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the General Manager, Fleet Services starting in 2025 to make any necessary adjustments as defined in the Financial Impact section to their Divisional capital, operating and reserve budgets, as well as amend their Divisional staffing complement to implement Part 1 above.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to continue to work in collaboration with the General Manager, Transportation Services to ensure that, where based on availability and operational requirements, mechanical litter removal staff are redeployed during snow events to support the timely clearing of ice and snow from Toronto’s roads and sidewalks and other priority locations such as parks and community centres.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to negotiate and execute any agreements and related documents necessary with Circular Materials (the Blue Box Program Administrator) and/or their designate to receive payment for incorporating curbside recycling collection day information provided by Circular Materials and/or their designate into the City of Toronto's waste collection schedule for up to 5 years starting with calendar distribution year 2026 on terms acceptable to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council request the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to report to the September 26, 2025, meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the following:

a. key messages for the shift of the Blue Box program away from the City collection including clear public messaging for City Councillors on the shift of the Blue Box program away from City collection;

b. planned advertising venues and earned media related to the shift of the Blue Box program away from City collection;

c. a clear plan for what would happen when bins are left uncollected in January 2026, and snow storm contingency for collection;

d. a possible pilot looking for Blue Box contamination earlier than January 1, 2026; and

e. a clear communication plan for first 3 months of January 2026 that explains the changes in the Blue Box program and why this has happened.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, to delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services, for the duration of the Granby Traction Power Substation (TPSS) and Duct Bank Replacement project from November 1, 2025 until April 30, 2026, inclusive, the authority to temporarily close to vehicular and pedestrian traffic any highway or portion of highway, with the exception of those highways listed in Section 937-4 of Code Chapter 937, as required for the purpose of construction of the Traction Power Upgrade Project contract number S75-7 as detailed on Attachment 1 to the report (June 25, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and City Council exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out this delegated authority from Section 937-5 of Chapter 937, that being the requirement to notify the local Ward Councillor of the pending closure and the requirement to report on the proposed closure if so requested by the local Ward Councillor.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 27, Council Procedures, to provide that the current delegation to Community Council to temporarily close public lanes or public alleys, local roads, collector roads, and minor arterial roads does not include closures delegated to the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out the authority in Part 1 above.

3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Toronto Transit Commission to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the five remaining Traction Power Upgrade projects listed in Attachment 1 to the report (June 25, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, with complete traffic mitigation plans prior to submitting any lane or road closure permit requests.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, to prepare the necessary bills required to give effect to City Council’s decision and to make such clarifications, minor modifications, technical or stylistic refinements as may be identified by the City Solicitor.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the change in bikeway designation on:

a. Blue Jays Way from King Street West to Front Street West, to uni-directional cycle track from bike lanes;

b. Peter Street from Queen Street West to King Street West, to uni-directional cycle track from bike lanes;

c. Davenport Road from Westmoreland Avenue North to Wychwood Park, to uni-directional cycle track from bike lanes;

d. Jones Avenue from Dundas Street East to Queen Street East, to bike lanes from uni-directional cycle tracks; and

e. Ontario Street from Aberdeen Avenue to Carlton Street, to a contra-flow bike lane from a contra-flow cycle track.

2. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until June 30, 2028, for the purposes of implementing and then addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to the projects identified in Part 1 above, the authority to implement changes and process and submit directly to City Council any necessary bills for by-law amendments to the schedules to City of Toronto Code Chapters on the streets and within the parameters as identified in Attachment 3 to the report (June 25, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and that such by-laws submitted be made permanent on June 30, 2028.

3. City Council authorize the installation of traffic control signal on Finch Avenue East and a point approximately 180 metres west of Sandhust Circle (at East Highland Creek Greenway Trail).

4. City Council amend cycling, traffic and parking regulations required in Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 886, Chapter 903, Chapter 910, and Chapter 950, as generally described in Attachment 4 - Technical Amendments to the report (June 25, 2205) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, for previously approved projects by City Council that have been enacted in phases aligned with the timing of implementation of the appropriate segments of the respective projects over 2025 to 2026 and by-law accuracy, as amended by Part 5 below.

5. City Council replace the traffic and parking regulations required in Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 903, Chapter 910, and Chapter 950 for The Esplanade described on page 12 of Attachment 4 - Technical Amendments to the report (June 25, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, with the updated traffic and parking regulations detailed in Attachment 1 to motion 4 by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik.

6. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to continue with the planned delivery of sidewalks on:

a. Ancroft Place (north side from Sherbourne Street North to 80 metres east of Sherbourne Street North);

b. Bankfield Drive (east side from Edgebrook Drive to 15 metres north of Edgebrook Drive);

c. Beechgrove Drive (east side from Copperfield Road to 330 metres east of Minuk Acres);

d. Bellefontaine Street (west side from 40 metres south of Kenfin Avenue to 285 metres south of Bellbrook Road);

e. Earl Road (north and south side from 45 metres east of Dorset Road to Dorset Road);

f. Glenridge Road (east and west side from 10 metres west of Chine Drive to Chine Drive);

g. Hanover Road (south side from trail entrance of Robert Leek Park to 20 metres west of trail entrance of Robert Leek Park);

h. Josaly Drive (west side from 15 Josaly Drive to 17 Josaly Drive);

i. Leslie Street (west side from Glassworks Drive to Wicksteed Avenue);

j. Macdonell Avenue (north side from Wabash Avenue to 261 Macdonell Avenue);

k. Manitou Boulevard (east side from Briar Hill Avenue to Ridelle Avenue);

l. Parkland Road (south side from Blantyre Avenue to Clonmore Drive);

m. Parlette Avenue (west side from Ravine Park Crescent to Ravine Park Crescent [south leg]);

n. Ravine Park Crescent (north side from Port Union Road to Parlette Avenue);

o. Silverview Drive (south side from Crushendale Drive to Bowerbank Drive);

p. Sumach Street (east side from Amelia Street to Winchester Street);

q. Wilby Crescent (west side from Weston Road to 75 metres southwest of Weston Road); and

r. Wyndcliff Crescent (north side from Wyndcliff Crescent to Knighton Drive).

7. City Council designate the northerly westbound lane on Davenport Road, between Bathurst Street and a point 35 metres east, for westbound right-turns only.

8. City Council authorize compulsory stop control for northbound and southbound bicycle traffic on Emerson Avenue at Paton Road.

9. City Council authorize the amendments to parking and traffic regulations on Logan Avenue as set out in Attachment 1 to motion 2 by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

10. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to propose, by the second quarter of 2026 for implementation in 2026, a safe route for cyclists from the western-end of the Rosedale Valley Road multi-use trail (at Park Road) to Yonge Street.

11. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to investigate the installation of a sidewalk on the north side of Walpole Avenue, from Highfield Road to Woodfield Road, and add to the work plan if feasible.

12. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to, as part of the next Near-term Cycling Network Plan Update, to review opportunities for new cycling facilities on Broadview Avenue between Cosburn Avenue and Danforth Avenue.

13. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to, as an interim measure, install shared road pavement markings (“sharrows”) on Logan Avenue northbound from Danforth Avenue to Cosburn Avenue, on Carlaw Avenue southbound from Gowan Avenue to Danforth Avenue, and on Gowan Avenue eastbound and westbound from Logan Avenue to Carlaw Avenue, and to refresh all pavement markings on the above streets as well as those approved at the Toronto and East York Community Council on July 8, 2025.

14. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to, as an interim measure, install a southbound contra-flow bike lane on Logan Avenue on the west side of the roadway, from Cosburn Avenue to Gowan Avenue, and that on-street permit parking be made permanent on the east side of the street for a net increase of three (3) parking spaces (from 12 to 15).

15. City Council direct that the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to report to the appropriate Standing Committee on ownership, maintenance and future improvements to the Westwood Parkette at Logan Avenue and Floyd Avenue.

16. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to explore sidewalk connectivity and expansion in Bathurst Manor as that neighbourhood has a considerable deficiency in sidewalk construction.

17. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to attend 108 and 110 Benjamin Boake Trail and determine the state of good repair on fronting sidewalks and take the necessary action to fix and repair any deficiencies.

18. City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services, to remove the proposed new sidewalk construction project on Parkcrest Drive from the 25ECS-RD-15SP contract for watermain replacement and local road reconstruction.

19. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until June 30, 2028, for the purposes of implementing and then addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to Part 14 above, the authority to implement changes and process and submit directly to Council any necessary bills for by-law amendments to the schedules to City of Toronto Code Chapters, and that such by-laws submitted be made permanent on June 30, 2028.

20. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bills to give effect to City Council's decision, and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or By-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services in order to give effect to City Council’s decision.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 743, Street and Sidewalks, Use Of, to permit temporary ramps as permitted encroachments, generally as set out in Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 21, 2025) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, in order to give effect to City Council's decision.

3. City Council request the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to include, as part of any future consultation on provincial or national building codes, to consider recommendations that would strengthen the accessibility from the public right-of-way to privately-owned commercial and retail buildings areas, for example, where renovations are proposed that involve modifications to public areas such as entrances, washrooms, or customer service spaces.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, with the support of applicable City Divisions, to work with the President, Toronto Parking Authority, to transition to a City-led negotiation of an agreement based on the Collaborative Model outlined in the report (June 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, with the Short-Listed Proponents, identified through the Toronto Parking Authority's Request for Expression of Interest entitled "Electric Vehicle Charging Network" issued on March 23, 2023 (number BD-2023111), and based on the Key Negotiating Principles, both as set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, for a multi-year Toronto-wide public Electric Vehicle Charging Delivery Model, and report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by the end of the first quarter of 2026 on the results of the negotiation.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry remain confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it involves a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiation carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City or local board.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiation carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City or local board.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, to work with the Chief Communications Officer to incorporate information on climate action into the City's existing and planned public advertising campaigns, where relevant, and by the end of first quarter 2026, to develop a greenwashing statement for publication on the City's website, and to develop a third-party advertiser greenwashing declaration that advertisers would be required to sign as a condition of advertising on City assets.

2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, to include in the City’s public greenwashing statement and on the City’s website, information on how complaints alleging that advertisements carried on City assets contravene the anti-greenwashing provisions of the Competition Act can be submitted to Competition Bureau Canada, including a link to the Competition Bureau’s complaint form.

3. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by the first quarter of 2027 on complaints received by the City about alleged greenwashing in advertisements carried on City assets, and what, if any, measures have been taken in response by the Competition Bureau of Canada.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services, to remove the proposed new sidewalk construction project on Hesketh Court from the 26ECS-RD-02RR contract for local road resurfacing.

City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment appended as Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendments appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 22, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director City Planning, as amended by Part 3 below, Attachment 8 to the supplementary report (July 22, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director City Planning, and Attachment 9 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. City Council amend Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 22, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning by adding part (C) to provision 4(1), so that it reads:

"4. Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, is further amended by replacing Regulation 150.7.60.30(1) with the following:

(1) Minimum Separation between a Residential Building

Despite regulation 10.5.60.30(1), the main wall of an ancillary building containing a garden suite must be:

(A) no less than 4.0 metres from the main wall of the residential building on the same lot if the height of the ancillary building is no greater than 4.0 metres;

(B) no less than 7.5 metres from the main wall of the residential building on the same lot if the height of the ancillary building is greater than 4.0 metres; and

(C) despite regulation 150.7.60.30(1)(B), if an ancillary building containing a garden suite has a height greater than 4.0 metres and is on a lot in the area bounded by Coxwell Avenue, Coxwell Boulevard and Massey Creek to the west, the Don River and Sunrise Avenue to the north, Victoria Park Avenue and Nursewood Park to the east, and Lake Ontario to the south, the ancillary building containing a garden suite must be no less than 5.0 metres from a residential building on the same lot.”

4. City Council determine that pursuant to Subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is to be given in respect of the changes in Parts 2 and 3 above.