Item - 2020.MM23.16

City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Steering Committee for the expanded The Beach  Business Improvement Area and the City of Toronto's Business Improvement Area Office staff to bypass the requirement that the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture conduct a formal public consultation meeting as required under Subsection 19-2.2A(3)(e) and the requirements under Subsection 19-2.2 C to H of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas, and to proceed to notice and polling under Section 19-2.4 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas.

2.  City Council state its intention to designate the area outlined in Attachment 1 to Motion MM23.16 as the expanded The Beach Business Improvement Area under the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas.

3.  City Council direct the City Clerk to send out a notice of City Council's intention to pass a By-law designating the area outlined in Attachment 1 to Motion MM23.16 as the expanded The Beach Business Improvement Area, in accordance with the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas.

4.  City Council direct the Chief Technology Officer to prepare designation By-law maps of the area outlined in Attachment 1 to Motion MM23.16 and submit them to the City Solicitor.

5. City Council reduce the polling period requirements for creating or expanding a Business Improvement Area as set out in Section 19-2.3 (I)(J) and 19-2.4 (I)(J) of Chapter 19 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, from 60 days to 30 days for the purposes of polling for the proposed expansion of the The Beach Business Improvement Area.