Item - 2016.ED14.11

The Economic Development Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council designate, based on the poll results respecting the intention to expand The Waterfront Business Improvement Area, the area described by Attachment 1 to the report (August 19, 2016) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture as the expanded The Waterfront Business Improvement Area, under Chapter 19 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code;

2.  City Council direct the City Solicitor to submit a by-law to designate the area described in Attachment 1 to the report (August 19, 2016) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture as the expanded The Waterfront Business Improvement Area; and

3.  City Council approve those amendments necessary to Schedule "A" of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas, to include the expanded The Waterfront Business Improvement Area.

The purpose of this report is to recommend the expansion of The Waterfront Business Improvement Area (BIA) boundaries as described in Attachment 1.

In accordance with Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas, of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, the City Clerk conducted a poll to determine if there is sufficient support to expand the boundaries of the BIA.

The City received a sufficient number of ballots to validate the poll and the majority of accepted ballots were in favour of expanding the BIA.  Accordingly, it is recommended that City Council pass a by-law to designate the area described by the map in Attachment 1 as the expanded The Waterfront Business Improvement Area (BIA).