Item - 2019.EC7.10

Tracking Status

EC7.10 - Implementation of Coroner's Recommendations from the Faulkner and Chapman Inquests

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on October 2 and 3, 2019, adopted the following:

 

1.  City Council request the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to include in the Division's 2020 base Budget submission, $100,000 in community grant funding, an additional 8 street outreach workers, and the business case to expand the Eviction Prevention in the Community (EPIC) program; required to implement the recommendations from the Coroner's Inquests into the deaths of Grant Faulkner and Bradley Chapman.

Background Information (Committee)

(August 21, 2019) Report from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration on Implementation of Coroner's Recommendations from the Faulkner and Chapman Inquests
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136711.pdf
Attachment 1 - Coroner's Jury Recommendations and City Actions for Faulkner
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136737.pdf
Attachment 2 - Verdict of Coroner's Jury - Faulkner
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136738.pdf
Attachment 3 - Coroner's Jury Recommendations and City Actions for Chapman
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136739.pdf
Attachment 4 - Verdict of Coroner's Jury - Chapman
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136740.pdf

Communications (Committee)

(September 3, 2019) Letter from Cathy Crowe (EC.New.EC7.10.1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96586.pdf
(September 4, 2019) Letter from Roxie Danielson and Rachel Birmingham - Street Nurses Network (EC.New.EC7.10.2)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96649.pdf
(September 4, 2019) Letter from Kenneth Hale, Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (EC.New.EC7.10.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96666.pdf
(September 5, 2019) Letter from Amber Kellen - John Howard Society of Toronto (EC.New.EC7.10.4)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96686.pdf
(September 4, 2019) Letter from Melissa Goldstein, Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust (EC.New.EC7.10.5)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96687.pdf
(September 5, 2019) Letter from Doris Grinspun, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (EC.New.EC7.10.6)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96668.pdf
(September 5, 2019) Letter from Zuzana Betkova (EC.New.EC7.10.7)
(September 5, 2019) Submission from Lynn Ann Mulrooney, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (EC.New.EC7.10.8)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96671.pdf

Communications (City Council)

(October 1, 2019) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (CC.New.EC7.10.9)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

EC7.10 - Implementation of Coroner's Recommendations from the Faulkner and Chapman Inquests

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

 

1.  City Council request the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to include in their 2020 base budget submission, $100,000 in community grant funding, an additional 8 street outreach workers, and the business case to expand the Eviction Prevention in the Community (EPIC) program; required to implement the recommendations from the Coroner's Inquests into the deaths of Grant Faulkner and Bradley Chapman.

Origin

(August 21, 2019) Report from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration

Summary

This report is in response to City Council's direction at their meeting on June 18 and 19, 2019 that the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration (SSHA), report on the actions taken by City divisions to respond to the recommendations from the Coroner's Inquests into the deaths of Grant Faulkner and Bradley Chapman.

 

The report outlines each of the recommendations from the two Coroner's Inquests directed to the City and notes the actions taken or planned for each division impacted by the recommendations.

Background Information

(August 21, 2019) Report from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration on Implementation of Coroner's Recommendations from the Faulkner and Chapman Inquests
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136711.pdf
Attachment 1 - Coroner's Jury Recommendations and City Actions for Faulkner
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136737.pdf
Attachment 2 - Verdict of Coroner's Jury - Faulkner
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136738.pdf
Attachment 3 - Coroner's Jury Recommendations and City Actions for Chapman
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136739.pdf
Attachment 4 - Verdict of Coroner's Jury - Chapman
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-136740.pdf

Communications

(September 3, 2019) Letter from Cathy Crowe (EC.New.EC7.10.1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96586.pdf
(September 4, 2019) Letter from Roxie Danielson and Rachel Birmingham - Street Nurses Network (EC.New.EC7.10.2)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96649.pdf
(September 4, 2019) Letter from Kenneth Hale, Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (EC.New.EC7.10.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96666.pdf
(September 5, 2019) Letter from Amber Kellen - John Howard Society of Toronto (EC.New.EC7.10.4)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96686.pdf
(September 4, 2019) Letter from Melissa Goldstein, Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust (EC.New.EC7.10.5)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96687.pdf
(September 5, 2019) Letter from Doris Grinspun, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (EC.New.EC7.10.6)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96668.pdf
(September 5, 2019) Letter from Zuzana Betkova (EC.New.EC7.10.7)
(September 5, 2019) Submission from Lynn Ann Mulrooney, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (EC.New.EC7.10.8)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ec/comm/communicationfile-96671.pdf

Speakers

David Tindall
Amber Kellen, John Howard Society of Toronto
Lynn Anne Mulrooney, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario

Motions

Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Joe Cressy (Carried)

That:

 

1.  City Council request the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to include in their 2020 base budget submission, $100,000 in community grant funding, an additional 8 street outreach workers, and the business case to expand the Eviction Prevention in the Community (EPIC) program; required to implement the recommendations from the Coroner's Inquests into the deaths of Grant Faulkner and Bradley Chapman.

Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council