Public Notice

It is proposed that the amendments be adopted at the City Council meeting to be held on October 27 and 28, 2020, or at a subsequent meeting. If adopted by City Council, amendments will:

1. Amend the New Business provisions of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 27, Council Procedures, to authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report directly to Council, in order to make recommendations on decisions under the Ontario Heritage Act, when a matter is deemed urgent.

The proposed amendments are outlined in the report titled "Amendments to the Municipal Code: Chapter 103 - Heritage, and Chapter 27 - Council Procedures " To view or obtain a copy of the report, visit the City's website.

At its meeting to be held via video conference on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, the Planning and Housing Committee of Toronto City Council will hear from any person or by his or her counsel, agent, or solicitor, who wishes to speak to the matter.

The proposed amendments are subject to the decisions of the Planning and Housing Committee and City Council. Consequently, the proposed amendments may be modified. Additional or other amendments, including amendments not contemplated or considered in the proposal by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, may occur as a result of the decisions of the Committee and City Council.

To submit comments or make a presentation to the Planning and Housing Committee on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, as a courtesy, please contact the Committee no later than 12:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2020:

Planning and Housing Committee

Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West

10th Floor, West Tower, Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2

Telephone: 416-397-4579; Fax: 416-392-1879

Email: phc@toronto.ca

To ask questions regarding the content of the report, please contact:

Mary L. MacDonald

Senior Manager, Heritage Planning

Urban Design, City Planning

Tel: 416-338-1079

Email: Mary.MacDonald@toronto.ca

Any comments received after the Committee meeting will be forwarded to City Council.

If this matter is postponed at the Committee meeting or City Council meeting or considered at a subsequent Committee or City Council meeting, no additional notice will be provided other than the information on the subsequent Committee or City Council agenda. Please contact the above City officials if you require notice in these cases.

The Planning and Housing Committee will make its final recommendations on October 20, 2020 which will be forwarded to City Council for its meeting on October 27 and 28, 2020.

Notice to people writing or making presentations to the Planning and Housing Committee: The City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its Committees.

The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations, or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City’s website. The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address, telephone number, or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.

Many Committee, Board, and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available.

If you want to learn more about why and how the City collects your information, write to the City Clerk’s Office, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto ON, M5H 2N2 or call 416-397-4579