Item - 2019.MM2.26

City Council on January 30 and 31, 2019, adopted the following:

1.  City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to have staff review the building evaluations and audit schedule under the RentSafeTO audit program, to ensure that it includes other appropriate building and life-safety audits of all buildings in the St Jamestown catchment to ensure total building and fire compliance. 

2.  City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to review the function and performance of the City's emergency response to the incident at 260 Wellesley Street East, in consultation with the local Councillor, the Mayor, the property owners and tenants of 260 Wellesley Street East, 650 Parliament Street, specifically as it pertains to crisis communication and emergency management for high-rise and other types of evacuations, especially for vulnerable persons, and to report the outcomes to the Executive Committee no later than 2nd Quarter of 2019.

3.  City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to report back to the April 30, 2019 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee on the complete schedule and expected timeline for Citywide building audits under the RentSafeTO program.

4.  City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, in consultation with the City Solicitor and other relevant staff, to undertake a review of the current regulatory tools available to the City, and report back as soon as practicable, with any recommendations identified as being necessary to strengthen the City's ability to respond and take action in respect to these types of incidents.