Item - 2012.MM19.5

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on March 5, 2012 without amendments.

MM19.5 - Protecting Toronto's Moraine-Sourced Groundwater - by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Peter Milczyn

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on March 5, 6 and 7, 2012, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council request the Deputy City Manager Cluster B and appropriate staff to review existing mechanisms for testing soil leaving Toronto-area development sites.

 

2.         City Council request the Deputy City Manager Cluster B to report back to Council, through the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee in the third quarter of 2012, with recommendations for implementing a process to encourage greater consistency in soil quality testing and transparency for municipal development sites, with special attention to brownfield sites.

Background Information (City Council)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Waive Referral (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM19.5 be referred to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee.  A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.

Vote (Waive Referral) Mar-06-2012 2:14 PM

Result: Carried Two-Thirds Required - MM19.5 - Waive referral
Total members that voted Yes: 30 Members that voted Yes are Maria Augimeri, Shelley Carroll, Raymond Cho, Gary Crawford, Vincent Crisanti, Janet Davis, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Mike Del Grande, Frank Di Giorgio, Sarah Doucette, Paula Fletcher, Rob Ford, Mary Fragedakis, Mark Grimes, Mike Layton, Chin Lee, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Josh Matlow, Pam McConnell, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Joe Mihevc, Peter Milczyn, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata (Chair), Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Karen Stintz, Michael Thompson, Adam Vaughan, Kristyn Wong-Tam
Total members that voted No: 7 Members that voted No are Paul Ainslie, Ana Bailão, Doug Ford, Doug Holyday, Norman Kelly, Giorgio Mammoliti, John Parker
Total members that were Absent: 8 Members that were absent are Michelle Berardinetti, Josh Colle, John Filion, Ron Moeser, Cesar Palacio, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, David Shiner

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Vote (Adopt Item) Mar-06-2012 2:15 PM

Result: Carried Majority Required - MM19.5 - Adopt the item
Total members that voted Yes: 34 Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Maria Augimeri, Ana Bailão, Shelley Carroll, Raymond Cho, Gary Crawford, Vincent Crisanti, Janet Davis, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Mike Del Grande, Frank Di Giorgio, Sarah Doucette, Paula Fletcher, Mary Fragedakis, Mark Grimes, Norman Kelly, Mike Layton, Chin Lee, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Josh Matlow, Pam McConnell, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Joe Mihevc, Peter Milczyn, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata (Chair), Cesar Palacio, John Parker, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Karen Stintz, Michael Thompson, Adam Vaughan, Kristyn Wong-Tam
Total members that voted No: 3 Members that voted No are Rob Ford, Doug Holyday, Giorgio Mammoliti
Total members that were Absent: 8 Members that were absent are Michelle Berardinetti, Josh Colle, John Filion, Doug Ford, Ron Moeser, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, David Shiner
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council