Item - 2017.EX28.13

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on November 7, 2017 without amendments.
  • This item was considered by Executive Committee on October 24, 2017 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on November 7, 2017.
  • See also By-law 1233-2017

EX28.13 - Toronto's Emergency Management Program and Revisions to the Toronto Municipal Code

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on November 7, 8 and 9, 2017, adopted the following:

 

1.  City Council enact the following amendments to Municipal Code Chapter 59, Emergency Management:

 

a.  the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee will report to the Executive Committee on recommended changes to the Toronto Emergency Plan within a twelve month period;

 

b.  add the Chief Executive Officer and Secretary Treasurer, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the Executive Vice President, Toronto Hydro and the Chief Resilience Officer to the membership of the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee;

 

c.  update the membership of the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee to reflect the current organizational structure;

 

d.  make all members of the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee members of the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee Control Group;

 

e.  remove all references to the Joint Operations Team;

 

f.  assign the task of determining the membership of the Emergency Management Working Group to the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee; and

 

g.  change the minimum number of Emergency Management Working Group meetings to four per year.

 

2.  City Council request the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to:

 

a. develop a policy of meeting or exceeding international best practices with regards to nuclear safety, wherever feasible;

 

b. take into account Switzerland's recent decision to upgrade its nuclear emergency response plans to address a level 7 accident on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the government ensure its revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan address more severe nuclear accidents;

 

c. revise the Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan to include requirements to expand the pre-distribution of potassium iodide (KI) pills beyond the current 10 kilometre Primary Zone to take into account science, international best practices and the existence of two nuclear stations in Greater Toronto Area;

 

d. include new requirements for transparency and consultation in a revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan, including regular updates to designated and impacted municipalities for sharing with Council members on future proposals to revise to the Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan;

 

e. deliver on its 2013 commitment to commission a study on the potential impacts of a major nuclear accident on the Great Lakes and drinking water and necessary contingency planning;

 

f. ensure awareness campaigns are in place to inform Torontonians on how to prepare for a nuclear accident at the Pickering or Darlington nuclear stations; and

 

g. ensure sustainable funding is made available to designated municipalities for additional planning costs that will be required to operationally comply with the revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan, including revised emergency planning zones, expanded potassium iodide (KI) delivery and awareness campaigns.

Background Information (Committee)

(October 6, 2017) Report from the Deputy City Manager, Cluster B on Toronto's Emergency Management Program and Revisions to the Toronto Municipal Code
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-107622.pdf

Communications (Committee)

(October 18, 2017) Letter from Shawn-Patrick Stensil Senior Energy Analyst, Greenpeace (EX.Supp.EX28.13.1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-72985.pdf
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from David Hartman (EX.Supp.EX28.13.2)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Ana Inglis (EX.Supp.EX28.13.3)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jason Atterbury (EX.Supp.EX28.13.4)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Tosha Lord (EX.Supp.EX28.13.5)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Hans Sanders (EX.Supp.EX28.13.6)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Amy Janzwood (EX.Supp.EX28.13.7)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Ted Roberts (EX.Supp.EX28.13.8)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Lara Joannou (EX.Supp.EX28.13.9)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Sue Craig (EX.Supp.EX28.13.10)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Dominique Bruce (EX.Supp.EX28.13.11)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from David Grant (EX.Supp.EX28.13.12)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jordan Richards (EX.Supp.EX28.13.13)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Meaghan Orlinski (EX.Supp.EX28.13.14)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Matias Rozenberg (EX.Supp.EX28.13.15)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Kurt Stafford (EX.Supp.EX28.13.16)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Kathy Gulkin (EX.Supp.EX28.13.17)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Sam Kumar (EX.Supp.EX28.13.18)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jean Rajotte (EX.Supp.EX28.13.19)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jill Lennox (EX.Supp.EX28.13.20)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Linda Farron (EX.Supp.EX28.13.21)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Robert E. Young (EX.Supp.EX28.13.22)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Susan Schellenberg (EX.Supp.EX28.13.23)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jennifer Carter (EX.Supp.EX28.13.24)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Farsan Farahani (EX.Supp.EX28.13.25)
(October 18, 2017) Letter from Theresa McClenaghan, Canadian Environmental Law Association (EX.Supp.EX28.13.26)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-72979.pdf
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Karen Lawrence (EX.Supp.EX28.13.27)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Melissa Crook (EX.Supp.EX28.13.28)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from John Liss (EX.Supp.EX28.13.29)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Susan Crofts (EX.Supp.EX28.13.30)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Bev White (EX.Supp.EX28.13.31)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Bob and Anne Farquharson (EX.Supp.EX28.13.32)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Joan McTeigue (EX.Supp.EX28.13.33)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Debi Rudolph (EX.Supp.EX28.13.34)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Cassie Barker (EX.Supp.EX28.13.35)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Patricia Diaz (EX.Supp.EX28.13.36)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Catherine Collins (EX.Supp.EX28.13.37)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Barbara Rathlou (EX.Supp.EX28.13.38)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jay Russell (EX.Supp.EX28.13.39)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Isaac Knourek (EX.Supp.EX28.13.40)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Isaac Knourek (EX.Supp.EX28.13.41)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Isabella Colalillo Kates (EX.Supp.EX28.13.42)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Isaac Knourek (EX.Supp.EX28.13.43)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Eileen Chong (EX.Supp.EX28.13.44)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Ana Inglis (EX.Supp.EX28.13.45)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Louis Chinnery (EX.Supp.EX28.13.46)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Marianne Calder (EX.Supp.EX28.13.47)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Wil Douglas (EX.Supp.EX28.13.48)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Lina Iasparro (EX.Supp.EX28.13.49)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Mary Reid (EX.Supp.EX28.13.50)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Joshua Santos (EX.Supp.EX28.13.51)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Victoria Gershon (EX.Supp.EX27.13.52)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Trish McMaster (EX.Supp.EX27.13.53)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Vincent Liu (EX.Supp.EX27.13.54)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jim Purvis (EX.Supp.EX27.13.55)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jill Glessing (EX.Supp.EX27.13.56)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Judd Carriere (EX.Supp.EX27.13.57)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Kate Wright (EX.Supp.EX27.13.58)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Charles Woo (EX.Supp.EX27.13.59)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Bryan Pett (EX.Supp.EX27.13.60)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Emma Dix (EX.Supp.EX27.13.61)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Steve and Rosemary Digby (EX.Supp.EX27.13.62)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Lyn Ellis (EX.Supp.EX27.13.63)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from June Wilson (EX.Supp.EX27.13.64)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Jen Timko (EX.Supp.EX27.13.65)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Patricia Jackson (EX.Supp.EX27.13.66)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Mark Daye (EX.Supp.EX27.13.67)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Millie Shale (EX.Supp.EX28.13.68)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Hill Peppard (EX.Supp.EX28.13.69)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Jeanie Calleja (EX.Supp.Ex28.13.70)
(October 19, 2017) Letter from Regional Councillor Colleen Jordan, Town of Ajax (EX.Supp.EX28.13.71)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-73075.pdf
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Amber Pulleyblank (EX.Supp.EX28.13.72)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Janet McNeill (EX.Supp.EX28.13.73)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Melanie Isbister (EX.Supp.EX28.13.74)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Joanna Rainbow (EX.Supp.EX28.13.75)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Donna and Verne Denault (EX.Supp.EX28.13.76)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Patrick DeRochie (EX.Supp.EX28.13.77)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Maximilian Pirozhkova (EX.Supp.EX28.13.78)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Natasha Vaney (EX.Supp.EX28.13.79)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Susan Wellisch (EX.Supp.EX28.13.80)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Marilyn McKim (EX.Supp.EX28.13.81)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Ariel Orozco (EX.Supp.EX28.13.82)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Jean Warren (EX.Supp.EX28.13.83)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Lidia Badinszky (EX.Supp.EX28.13.84)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Kathleen Jolly (EX.Supp.EX28.13.85)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from 17 individuals "in relation to item EX28.13 - Toronto's Emergency Management Program and Revisions to the Toronto Municipal Code" (EX.Supp.EX28.13.86)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-73047.pdf
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Ariel Lang (EX.Supp.EX28.13.87)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Donna Young (EX.Supp.EX28.13.88)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Janet McNeill (EX.Supp.EX28.13.89)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Iouri Tchirkov (EX.Supp.EX28.13.90)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from William Richards (EX.Supp.EX28.13.91)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from Julia Michail (EX.Supp.EX28.13.92)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from Andrei Neacsu (EX.Supp.EX28.13.93)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from Norman Shulman (EX.Supp.EX28.13.94)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from Julia Gagliano (EX.Supp.EX28.13.95)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from James Scarrow (EX.Supp.EX28.13.96)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Marie-Monique Giroux (EX.Supp.EX28.13.97)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Clay Loizou (EX.Supp.EX28.13.98)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Jennifer Crouchman (EX.Supp.EX28.13.99)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Melissa Lobo (EX.Supp.EX28.13.100)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Sunil Nijhawan (EX.Supp.EX28.13.101)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Diana Howarth (EX.Supp.EX28.13.102)
(October 23, 2017) E-mail from Rommel Bellosillo (EX.Supp.EX28.13.103)
(October 23, 2017) E-mail from Paula Jimenez Argumosa (EX.Supp.EX28.13.104)
(October 23, 2017) E-mail from Doris Grinspun, Chief Executive Officer, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) (EX.Supp.EX28.13.105)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-73118.pdf
(October 23, 2017) E-mail from Cathy Vakil, Assisstant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (EX.Supp.EX28.13.106)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-73145.pdf
(October 24, 2017) E-mail from Cathy Tafler (EX.Supp.EX28.13.107)
(October 24, 2017) E-mail from Gerry Withey (EX.New.EX28.13.108)
(October 24, 2017) E-mail from John Connor (EX.New.EX28.13.109)
(October 24, 2017) E-mail from Kirsten Dahl (EX.New.EX28.13.110)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Adoption of Executive Committee Recommendations 2.b. and 2.c.

 

2.  City Council request the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to:

 

b. take into account Switzerland's recent decision to upgrade its nuclear emergency response plans to address a level 7 accident on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the government ensure its revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan address more severe nuclear accidents;

 

c. revise the Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan to include requirements to expand the pre-distribution of potassium iodide (KI) pills beyond the current 10 kilometre Primary Zone to take into account science, international best practices and the existence of two nuclear stations in Greater Toronto Area;

Vote (Adopt Item) Nov-08-2017 2:16 PM

Result: Carried Majority Required - EX28.13 - Adoption of Executive Committee Recommendations 2b and 2c
Total members that voted Yes: 38 Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Maria Augimeri, Ana Bailão, Jon Burnside, Christin Carmichael Greb, Josh Colle, Gary Crawford, Vincent Crisanti, Janet Davis, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Justin J. Di Ciano, Frank Di Giorgio, Sarah Doucette, John Filion, Paula Fletcher, Michael Ford, Mary Fragedakis, Mark Grimes, Jim Hart, Jim Karygiannis, Norman Kelly, Mike Layton, Chin Lee, Giorgio Mammoliti, Josh Matlow, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Joe Mihevc, Frances Nunziata (Chair), Cesar Palacio, James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Jaye Robinson, Neethan Shan, David Shiner, John Tory, Lucy Troisi, Kristyn Wong-Tam
Total members that voted No: 3 Members that voted No are John Campbell, Stephen Holyday, Denzil Minnan-Wong
Total members that were Absent: 4 Members that were absent are Shelley Carroll, Joe Cressy, Michelle Holland, Michael Thompson

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

Adoption of the balance of the Item.

EX28.13 - Toronto's Emergency Management Program and Revisions to the Toronto Municipal Code

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Executive Committee recommends that:

 

1.  City Council approve the following amendments to Municipal Code Chapter 59, Emergency Management:

 

a.  the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee will report to the Executive Committee on recommended changes to the Toronto Emergency Plan within a twelve month period;

 

b.  add the Chief Executive Officer and Secretary Treasurer, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the Executive Vice President, Toronto Hydro and the Chief Resilience Officer to the membership of the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee;

 

c.  update the membership of the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee to reflect the current organizational structure;

 

d.  make all members of the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee members of the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee Control Group;

 

e.  remove all references to the Joint Operations Team;

 

f.  assign the task of determining the membership of the Emergency Management Working Group to the Toronto Emergency Management Program Committee; and

 

g.  change the minimum number of Emergency Management Working Group meetings to four per year.

 

2.  City Council request the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to:

 

a. develop a policy of meeting or exceeding international best practices with regards to nuclear safety, wherever feasible;

 

b. take into account Switzerland's recent decision to upgrade its nuclear emergency response plans to address a level 7 accident on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES), the government ensure its revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP) address more severe nuclear accidents;

 

c. revise the Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan include requirements to expand the pre-distribution of potassium iodide (KI) pills beyond the current 10 km Primary Zone to take into account science, international best practices and the existence of two nuclear stations in Greater Toronto Area;

 

d. include new requirements for transparency and consultation in a revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP), including regular updates to designated and impacted municipalities for sharing with Council members on future proposals to revise to the Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP);

 

e. deliver on its 2013 commitment to commission a study on the potential impacts of a major nuclear accident on the Great Lakes and drinking water and necessary contingency planning;

 

f. ensure awareness campaigns are in place to inform Torontonians on how to prepare for a nuclear accident at the Pickering or Darlington nuclear stations; and

 

g. ensure sustainable funding is made available to designated municipalities for additional planning costs that will be required to operationally comply with the revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP), including revised emergency planning zones, expanded potassium iodide (KI) delivery and awareness campaigns.

Origin

(October 6, 2017) Report from the Deputy City Manager, Cluster B

Summary

This report recommends changes to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 59, Emergency Management. These changes reflect the evolution of the Emergency Management Program, from the time when Municipal Code Chapter 59 was last substantively revised in 2009.

 

The report also provides an overview of changes to the City's Emergency Management Program in 2016.

 

Staff are also commenting on the provincial consultation on the Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan and the financial implications arising from the 20 kilometre Contingency Planning Zone.

Background Information

(October 6, 2017) Report from the Deputy City Manager, Cluster B on Toronto's Emergency Management Program and Revisions to the Toronto Municipal Code
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-107622.pdf

Communications

(October 18, 2017) Letter from Shawn-Patrick Stensil Senior Energy Analyst, Greenpeace (EX.Supp.EX28.13.1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-72985.pdf
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from David Hartman (EX.Supp.EX28.13.2)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Ana Inglis (EX.Supp.EX28.13.3)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jason Atterbury (EX.Supp.EX28.13.4)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Tosha Lord (EX.Supp.EX28.13.5)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Hans Sanders (EX.Supp.EX28.13.6)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Amy Janzwood (EX.Supp.EX28.13.7)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Ted Roberts (EX.Supp.EX28.13.8)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Lara Joannou (EX.Supp.EX28.13.9)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Sue Craig (EX.Supp.EX28.13.10)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Dominique Bruce (EX.Supp.EX28.13.11)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from David Grant (EX.Supp.EX28.13.12)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jordan Richards (EX.Supp.EX28.13.13)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Meaghan Orlinski (EX.Supp.EX28.13.14)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Matias Rozenberg (EX.Supp.EX28.13.15)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Kurt Stafford (EX.Supp.EX28.13.16)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Kathy Gulkin (EX.Supp.EX28.13.17)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Sam Kumar (EX.Supp.EX28.13.18)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jean Rajotte (EX.Supp.EX28.13.19)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jill Lennox (EX.Supp.EX28.13.20)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Linda Farron (EX.Supp.EX28.13.21)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Robert E. Young (EX.Supp.EX28.13.22)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Susan Schellenberg (EX.Supp.EX28.13.23)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jennifer Carter (EX.Supp.EX28.13.24)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Farsan Farahani (EX.Supp.EX28.13.25)
(October 18, 2017) Letter from Theresa McClenaghan, Canadian Environmental Law Association (EX.Supp.EX28.13.26)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-72979.pdf
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Karen Lawrence (EX.Supp.EX28.13.27)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Melissa Crook (EX.Supp.EX28.13.28)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from John Liss (EX.Supp.EX28.13.29)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Susan Crofts (EX.Supp.EX28.13.30)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Bev White (EX.Supp.EX28.13.31)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Bob and Anne Farquharson (EX.Supp.EX28.13.32)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Joan McTeigue (EX.Supp.EX28.13.33)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Debi Rudolph (EX.Supp.EX28.13.34)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Cassie Barker (EX.Supp.EX28.13.35)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Patricia Diaz (EX.Supp.EX28.13.36)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Catherine Collins (EX.Supp.EX28.13.37)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Barbara Rathlou (EX.Supp.EX28.13.38)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jay Russell (EX.Supp.EX28.13.39)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Isaac Knourek (EX.Supp.EX28.13.40)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Isaac Knourek (EX.Supp.EX28.13.41)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Isabella Colalillo Kates (EX.Supp.EX28.13.42)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Isaac Knourek (EX.Supp.EX28.13.43)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Eileen Chong (EX.Supp.EX28.13.44)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Ana Inglis (EX.Supp.EX28.13.45)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Louis Chinnery (EX.Supp.EX28.13.46)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Marianne Calder (EX.Supp.EX28.13.47)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Wil Douglas (EX.Supp.EX28.13.48)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Lina Iasparro (EX.Supp.EX28.13.49)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Mary Reid (EX.Supp.EX28.13.50)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Joshua Santos (EX.Supp.EX28.13.51)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Victoria Gershon (EX.Supp.EX27.13.52)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Trish McMaster (EX.Supp.EX27.13.53)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Vincent Liu (EX.Supp.EX27.13.54)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jim Purvis (EX.Supp.EX27.13.55)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Jill Glessing (EX.Supp.EX27.13.56)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Judd Carriere (EX.Supp.EX27.13.57)
(October 18, 2017) E-mail from Kate Wright (EX.Supp.EX27.13.58)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Charles Woo (EX.Supp.EX27.13.59)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Bryan Pett (EX.Supp.EX27.13.60)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Emma Dix (EX.Supp.EX27.13.61)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Steve and Rosemary Digby (EX.Supp.EX27.13.62)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Lyn Ellis (EX.Supp.EX27.13.63)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from June Wilson (EX.Supp.EX27.13.64)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Jen Timko (EX.Supp.EX27.13.65)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Patricia Jackson (EX.Supp.EX27.13.66)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Mark Daye (EX.Supp.EX27.13.67)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Millie Shale (EX.Supp.EX28.13.68)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Hill Peppard (EX.Supp.EX28.13.69)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Jeanie Calleja (EX.Supp.Ex28.13.70)
(October 19, 2017) Letter from Regional Councillor Colleen Jordan, Town of Ajax (EX.Supp.EX28.13.71)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-73075.pdf
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Amber Pulleyblank (EX.Supp.EX28.13.72)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Janet McNeill (EX.Supp.EX28.13.73)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Melanie Isbister (EX.Supp.EX28.13.74)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Joanna Rainbow (EX.Supp.EX28.13.75)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Donna and Verne Denault (EX.Supp.EX28.13.76)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Patrick DeRochie (EX.Supp.EX28.13.77)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Maximilian Pirozhkova (EX.Supp.EX28.13.78)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Natasha Vaney (EX.Supp.EX28.13.79)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Susan Wellisch (EX.Supp.EX28.13.80)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Marilyn McKim (EX.Supp.EX28.13.81)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Ariel Orozco (EX.Supp.EX28.13.82)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Jean Warren (EX.Supp.EX28.13.83)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Lidia Badinszky (EX.Supp.EX28.13.84)
(October 19, 2017) E-mail from Kathleen Jolly (EX.Supp.EX28.13.85)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from 17 individuals "in relation to item EX28.13 - Toronto's Emergency Management Program and Revisions to the Toronto Municipal Code" (EX.Supp.EX28.13.86)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-73047.pdf
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Ariel Lang (EX.Supp.EX28.13.87)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Donna Young (EX.Supp.EX28.13.88)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Janet McNeill (EX.Supp.EX28.13.89)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from Iouri Tchirkov (EX.Supp.EX28.13.90)
(October 20, 2017) E-mail from William Richards (EX.Supp.EX28.13.91)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from Julia Michail (EX.Supp.EX28.13.92)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from Andrei Neacsu (EX.Supp.EX28.13.93)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from Norman Shulman (EX.Supp.EX28.13.94)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from Julia Gagliano (EX.Supp.EX28.13.95)
(October 21, 2017) E-mail from James Scarrow (EX.Supp.EX28.13.96)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Marie-Monique Giroux (EX.Supp.EX28.13.97)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Clay Loizou (EX.Supp.EX28.13.98)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Jennifer Crouchman (EX.Supp.EX28.13.99)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Melissa Lobo (EX.Supp.EX28.13.100)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Sunil Nijhawan (EX.Supp.EX28.13.101)
(October 22, 2017) E-mail from Diana Howarth (EX.Supp.EX28.13.102)
(October 23, 2017) E-mail from Rommel Bellosillo (EX.Supp.EX28.13.103)
(October 23, 2017) E-mail from Paula Jimenez Argumosa (EX.Supp.EX28.13.104)
(October 23, 2017) E-mail from Doris Grinspun, Chief Executive Officer, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) (EX.Supp.EX28.13.105)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-73118.pdf
(October 23, 2017) E-mail from Cathy Vakil, Assisstant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (EX.Supp.EX28.13.106)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/comm/communicationfile-73145.pdf
(October 24, 2017) E-mail from Cathy Tafler (EX.Supp.EX28.13.107)
(October 24, 2017) E-mail from Gerry Withey (EX.New.EX28.13.108)
(October 24, 2017) E-mail from John Connor (EX.New.EX28.13.109)
(October 24, 2017) E-mail from Kirsten Dahl (EX.New.EX28.13.110)

Speakers

Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Senior Energy Analyst/Conseiller principal en Énergie, Greenpeace
Kerrie Blaise, Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association
Cathy Vakil, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Kim Jarvi, Senior Economist, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)
Andrei Neacsu

Motions

Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Paul Ainslie (Carried)

That City Council request the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services to:

 

a. develop a policy of meeting or exceeding international best practices with regards to nuclear safety, wherever feasible;

 

b. take into account Switzerland’s recent decision to upgrade its nuclear emergency response plans to address a level 7 accident on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES), the government ensure its revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP) address more severe nuclear accidents;

 

c. revise the Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan include requirements to expand the pre-distribution of potassium iodide (KI) pills beyond the current 10 km Primary Zone to take into account science, international best practices and the existence of two nuclear stations in Greater Toronto Area;

 

d. include new requirements for transparency and consultation in a revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP), including regular updates to designated and impacted municipalities for sharing with Council members on future proposals to revise to the Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP);

 

e. deliver on its 2013 commitment to commission a study on the potential impacts of a major nuclear accident on the Great Lakes and drinking water and necessary contingency planning;

 

f. ensure awareness campaigns are in place to inform Torontonians on how to prepare for a nuclear accident at the Pickering or Darlington nuclear stations; and

 

g. ensure sustainable funding is made available to designated municipalities for additional planning costs that will be required to operationally comply with the revised Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP), including revised emergency planning zones, expanded potassium iodide (KI) delivery and awareness campaigns.

Vote (Amend Item (Additional)) Oct-24-2017

Result: Carried Majority Required
Total members that voted Yes: 10 Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Ana Bailão, Gary Crawford, Frank Di Giorgio, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Cesar Palacio, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, John Tory (Chair)
Total members that voted No: 0 Members that voted No are
Total members that were Absent: 3 Members that were absent are Jon Burnside, David Shiner, Michael Thompson

Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Paul Ainslie (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council