Item - 2021.MM35.13

Tracking Status

City Council adopted this item on July 14, 2021 without amendments.

MM35.13 - Go Tell It To the Birds Time to Stop Overfeeding Toronto�s Pigeons - by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Adopted

Wards:: All

City Council Decision

City Council on July 14, 15 and 16, 2021, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to report back to the March 2022 meeting of the Economic and Community Development Committee on the following matters:

a. the feasibility of expanding the pigeon-feeding prohibition by-laws to all public and private spaces in the City of Toronto;

b. the requirements needed to initiate rapid-response investigation and enforcement which would prioritize any 311 complaints related to pigeon feeding; and

c. consultation with Toronto Public Health, as appropriate, when developing health and safety strategies to address unsanitary conditions due to excessive amounts of droppings when pigeons are gathered in large numbers.

Background Information (City Council)

Member Motion MM35.13
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-169078.pdf

Communications (City Council)

(July 14, 2021) E-mail from Erika Caro (MM.New)
(July 14, 2021) E-mail from Melissa Ammendolia (MM.New)
(July 14, 2021) E-mail from Valerie Dailly (MM.New)
(July 14, 2021) E-mail from Madeleine Smith (MM.New)
(July 14, 2021) E-mail from Erika Wilson (MM.New)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Waive Referral (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM35.13 be referred to the Economic and Community Development Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)