Item - 2021.MM28.20
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on February 2, 2021 with amendments.
MM28.20 - Pocket Change Plus - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 14 - Toronto - Danforth
City Council Decision
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the Director, Environment and Energy and the relevant Division Heads to support the next phase of Pocket Change in which the Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan (SNAP) will be involved to ensure that maximum environment contributions are achieved from each of the Divisions that will be part of the project and City Council request staff to submit a status update on the Pocket Change plan at the September 14, 2021 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee.
2. City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to become part of this larger Pocket project to determine opportunities for environmental transformation and to identify appropriate staff who can be part of the development of a larger institutional environmental project.
3. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services to invite the Toronto District School Board/Toronto Lands Corporation to be a part of this larger institutional project.
4. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, in consultation with the Director, Environment and Energy, to engage a consultant in collaboration with the institutional partners and Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan project leaders to determine scope and opportunities for environmental upgrades, including identification of State of Good Repair for each of the project partners for the next 5 to 10 years.
5. City Council direct that, in collaboration with the local Councillor, a Working Table be constructed for the institutional aspect of the project and City Council request staff to submit a report on the scope and opportunities for the project to the September 14, 2021 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM28.20 be referred to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That City Council amend Recommendation 2 by adding the words "the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services" so that it now reads as follows:
2. City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to become part of this larger Pocket project to determine opportunities for environmental transformation and to identify appropriate staff who can be part of the development of a larger institutional environmental project.