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"me anyway thank you thank you councelor Moes", "start": 1945.96, "end": 1952.039}, {"text": "um just I just want a personal note before we continue uh during the", "start": 1952.919, "end": 1959.48}, {"text": "pandemic I was told that I'm I was allergic to the vaccine and Dr Dilla", "start": 1959.48, "end": 1965.399}, {"text": "actually came with me uh held my hand I took the injection and sat with me to", "start": 1965.399, "end": 1972.32}, {"text": "ensure that I didn't have any side effects so and you sat with me for a half hour so thank you for that I'm not", "start": 1972.32, "end": 1978.2}, {"text": "allergic anymore but thank you for being there I was", "start": 1978.2, "end": 1984.32}, {"text": "petrified yeah and also I was told by Dr Dilla she was actually a constituent of", "start": 1985, "end": 1990.679}, {"text": "mine when I was the mayor in York Southwest and I didn't know that either so", "start": 1990.679, "end": 1997.6}, {"text": "okay may I have a motion to confirm the minutes I'm moved by councelor Thompson", "start": 1997.6, "end": 2003.72}, {"text": "if you could read the motion please", "start": 2003.72, "end": 2008}, {"text": "just waiting for it to come", "start": 2010.639, "end": 2013.84}, {"text": "up it's on the screen it is on the screen now wasn't before yes good morning and thank you", "start": 2020.44, "end": 2027.039}, {"text": "speaker uh that city council confirmed the minutes from the regular meeting held on November 13 14 2024 and the", "start": 2027.039, "end": 2034.2}, {"text": "forms applied to the members thank you", "start": 2034.2, "end": 2039.32}, {"text": "all those in favor please raise your hands oppos if any carried members there", "start": 2039.32, "end": 2044.679}, {"text": "are two administrative inquiries under council's procedures city council can receive an administrative inquiry for", "start": 2044.679, "end": 2051.158}, {"text": "information referred to a council committee we have administrative inquiry 24.1 from Council past past act", "start": 2051.159, "end": 2059.079}, {"text": "regarding the action plan to keep Toronto safe from hate um now councelor", "start": 2059.079, "end": 2064.72}, {"text": "past is not here um um so just one sec back uh yeah", "start": 2064.72, "end": 2073.44}, {"text": "I think we'll wait for him to come back yeah and", "start": 2073.44, "end": 2080.32}, {"text": "uh all right so we have administrative inquiry 24.2", "start": 2080.32, "end": 2087.358}, {"text": "from Council Burnside regarding the cost of Toronto fire Services operations on the Toronto Island the city's man the", "start": 2087.359, "end": 2094.679}, {"text": "city manager's answer to this inquiry has been posted with a council agenda on the city's website may I have a motion", "start": 2094.679, "end": 2101.16}, {"text": "to receive the inquiry and answer for information Council Burnside", "start": 2101.16, "end": 2106.839}, {"text": "no oh I'll move receipt thanks okay councelor Burnside is moving receipt um", "start": 2106.839, "end": 2114}, {"text": "favor pose if any Carri Madam", "start": 2114, "end": 2119.44}, {"text": "speaker yes coun can I just riseing a quick point of privilege just to uh to", "start": 2119.44, "end": 2125.359}, {"text": "do to announce the the transit workers Assault Awareness Day to make a quick remarks about", "start": 2125.359, "end": 2132.28}, {"text": "that they're here they're here now okay", "start": 2134.839, "end": 2143.119}, {"text": "so I just want to remind members of council if you have any announcements to make you let you need to let me know in", "start": 2158.359, "end": 2164.52}, {"text": "advance of the council meeting councelor Meyers uh you need to let me know in", "start": 2164.52, "end": 2170.04}, {"text": "advance of the council meeting so I can acknowledge you so coun Myers go ahead", "start": 2170.04, "end": 2176.2}, {"text": "thank you speaker uh good morning everyone I rise today on a point of privilege today to Mark 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"while simply doing their job this is unacceptable Transit workers deserve", "start": 2226.96, "end": 2232.839}, {"text": "dignity respect and most importantly the assurance that they will return home", "start": 2232.839, "end": 2238.16}, {"text": "safely at the end of their shifts to their loved ones this is why today is so important to not only raise awareness of", "start": 2238.16, "end": 2245.44}, {"text": "the challenges Transit workers face but also to recommit ourselves to making their s their safety a top priority I'm", "start": 2245.44, "end": 2253.2}, {"text": "proud to share that the TTC has made significant strides in addressing this issue earlier this year the TTC board", "start": 2253.2, "end": 2260.44}, {"text": "approved over $28 million for enhanced safety security and employee well-being measures these Investments have led to a", "start": 2260.44, "end": 2268.04}, {"text": "41% decrease in reported offenses against employees since January", "start": 2268.04, "end": 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"system that is not only reliable and efficient but also safe for everyone including employees I know the mayor", "start": 2318.64, "end": 2325.64}, {"text": "will have more to say on this tomorrow but as TTC chair I would like to take this opportunity again to just recognize", "start": 2325.64, "end": 2332.52}, {"text": "the ATU workers and all the other workers TTC workers for their incredible support that they've done for our cities", "start": 2332.52, "end": 2339.4}, {"text": "uh thank you very much Madam speaker thank you and I just want to remind", "start": 2339.4, "end": 2344.56}, {"text": "members of council if there's an announcement that you need to make a council please let me know in advance so I can acknowledge you before we start", "start": 2344.56, "end": 2351.16}, {"text": "the agenda I will now call upon the committee chairs to introduce the reports the chairs can speak about the", "start": 2351.16, "end": 2357.28}, {"text": "reports for up to 5 minutes mayor Chow you have a motion to introduce executive", "start": 2357.28, "end": 2362.64}, {"text": "committee report", "start": 2362.64, "end": 2366.078}, {"text": "uh that the report from meeting 19 of the executive committee listed on the agenda of council be presented for", "start": 2373.44, "end": 2380.04}, {"text": "consideration uh speaker I want to point out that there's a number of important", "start": 2380.04, "end": 2386.48}, {"text": "items uh there's the Housing Development officer office uh which is at the center", "start": 2386.48, "end": 2393.88}, {"text": "of uh what we want to do to build more housing faster there is an item on Waterfront revitalization which will uh", "start": 2393.88, "end": 2402.359}, {"text": "uh build beautiful parks and destination points uh Trails uh homes for 100,000 people Etc", "start": 2402.359, "end": 2411.96}, {"text": "uh another item uh tackling the the low wages of uh some of the vehicle for", "start": 2411.96, "end": 2419.599}, {"text": "higher like 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5183.8}, {"text": "mayor key item after her timed item okay all in", "start": 5183.8, "end": 5192.719}, {"text": "favor carried if I may make a suggestion uh i'", "start": 5192.719, "end": 5200.92}, {"text": "I'd uh you know welcome your consideration to combine IA 24.1 the", "start": 5200.92, "end": 5208.119}, {"text": "action plan to keep Toronto safe from hate which is councel Pastak administrative inquiry if we put those", "start": 5208.119, "end": 5214.4}, {"text": "together point of order can't do that but that that one there is", "start": 5214.4, "end": 5219.639}, {"text": "Administrative inquiry item so you can only move receed or divert okay that's", "start": 5219.639, "end": 5225.36}, {"text": "fine so it's not to be debated we're just waiting for councelor Pak to come in to move the motion either to receive", "start": 5225.36, "end": 5232.239}, {"text": "or send it to committee I appreciate that thank you all", "start": 5232.239, "end": 5237.08}, {"text": "right before we we adopt the order paper we will", "start": 5241.199, "end": 5246.52}, {"text": "conduct recorded votes M Madam speaker s point of order", "start": 5246.52, "end": 5251.76}, {"text": "if I may so we have the Tim item we voted on that I think on a show of hands but I had another one that I needed to", "start": 5251.76, "end": 5258.04}, {"text": "move uh and this is uh a request that city council recess today at", "start": 5258.04, "end": 5263.639}, {"text": "5:45 on December 17 2024 for the Hanukkah celebration uh which everybody", "start": 5263.639, "end": 5270.119}, {"text": "is invited to yeah that's downstairs in the brunda right", "start": 5270.119, "end": 5275.6}, {"text": "yeah five five 15 minutes early yeah it starts at 6 right right okay so uh", "start": 5275.6, "end": 5282.88}, {"text": "motion uh by councelor Bradford to uh recess at 5:45 for the event downstairs", "start": 5282.88, "end": 5289.8}, {"text": "6 o00 all in favor carry thank you", "start": 5289.8, "end": 5295.84}, {"text": "thank members I want to remind you that regardless of whether you are attending", "start": 5296.4, "end": 5301.8}, {"text": "today's meeting by video conference or in person you will continue to submit and approve your motions in advance the", "start": 5301.8, "end": 5307.76}, {"text": "clerk staff are available to assist you with motions if you do not have your motion ready I will not recognize you", "start": 5307.76, "end": 5313.52}, {"text": "I'm also reminding members that you must State your motion first before you speak to it members if you have an urgent motion", "start": 5313.52, "end": 5321.44}, {"text": "without notice you wish to bring forward at this meeting and your secondary must submit it by email to the clerk staff", "start": 5321.44, "end": 5328.56}, {"text": "your motion must clearly State the reason for urgency and staff will prepare the necessary proed your motion", "start": 5328.56, "end": 5334.76}, {"text": "for my review along with your motion I will review all motions without notice carefully I may ask you to provide more", "start": 5334.76, "end": 5341.679}, {"text": "information about the urgency of your motion and why it can be rooted through normal committee this will inform my", "start": 5341.679, "end": 5347.76}, {"text": "decision on whether to consent to your motion and in turn council's decision about whether to add your motion to the", "start": 5347.76, "end": 5354.28}, {"text": "agenda the purpose of your motion and re and your reason for urgency must be clear I will advise councel after each", "start": 5354.28, "end": 5361.36}, {"text": "recess which motions I have agreed that are urgent I need a motion to add to the agenda it will require 18 votes to add a", "start": 5361.36, "end": 5368.28}, {"text": "motion without notice to the agenda to this meeting yeah we have", "start": 5368.28, "end": 5374.719}, {"text": "to those in favor of adopting the balance of the order paper and all items", "start": 5381.96, "end": 5387.719}, {"text": "not held please raise your hand all in favor carry", "start": 5387.719, "end": 5393.4}, {"text": "all right motions to added to the agenda way", "start": 5402.8, "end": 5408.36}, {"text": "are not subject to a vote to wave referral to committee or agency members you will notice that the mayor has", "start": 5408.36, "end": 5413.719}, {"text": "called a special meeting for this Friday at 9:00 a.m. to consider a report on the results of bargaining with QP local 416", "start": 5413.719, "end": 5421.719}, {"text": "this is the earliest meeting that can be held as a union does not uh as a union", "start": 5421.719, "end": 5427.76}, {"text": "does not complete its own vote until late Thursday evening please note the starting time is at 9:00 a.m. and not", "start": 5427.76, "end": 5434.639}, {"text": "our usual 9:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. everyone in the council", "start": 5434.639, "end": 5441.159}, {"text": "chambers I know but I I was just trying to force people to come on time that's I", "start": 5449.08, "end": 5454.199}, {"text": "said that if you yeah", "start": 5454.199, "end": 5458.199}, {"text": "good yeah yeah it could could be virtual too", "start": 5459.28, "end": 5465.32}, {"text": "yes yes yes Mar um that item should not take very", "start": 5465.32, "end": 5471}, {"text": "long so those of you that may be a bit further away you could do a digital", "start": 5471, "end": 5477.96}, {"text": "meeting uh so and it's the only item and we cannot do it any sooner than Friday", "start": 5477.96, "end": 5485.52}, {"text": "morning okay this is a settlement thank", "start": 5485.52, "end": 5491.76}, {"text": "you all right we will now go to the mayor's first key item", "start": 5491.76, "end": 5498.92}, {"text": "which oh sorry", "start": 5503.199, "end": 5507.44}, {"text": "so well um the first items will be I 18.1 updates on Vision zero road safety", "start": 5536.76, "end": 5544.48}, {"text": "with ie 18.5 visibility requiring side guards on", "start": 5544.48, "end": 5549.679}, {"text": "all commercial trucks so those are the two items we'll be dealing with together the mayor is", "start": 5549.679, "end": 5555.8}, {"text": "asked to combine those two together question sta yeah questions to", "start": 5555.8, "end": 5564.96}, {"text": "staff okay we don't have any questions do we have any speakers", "start": 5567.8, "end": 5574.84}, {"text": "question okay if you have questions can you please put your name on the screen you know uh speaker on a point of", "start": 5574.84, "end": 5581.4}, {"text": "privilege point of privilege um the mayor did reorder this very suddenly and", "start": 5581.4, "end": 5587.679}, {"text": "so could you just give members a moment to get everything in order including questions on this item that was lower in", "start": 5587.679, "end": 5593.76}, {"text": "the list so uh thank you uh my question to St I've got a couple of questions to", "start": 5593.76, "end": 5599.8}, {"text": "staff so this is on the vision zero document um I wondered if staff could tell me you have Collision information", "start": 5599.8, "end": 5608.679}, {"text": "and databases that you record or you can access historical data do you", "start": 5608.679, "end": 5614.159}, {"text": "not I don't remember the name of the system the link is gone from the website maybe you could tell Council what it", "start": 5614.159, "end": 5622.119}, {"text": "is uh through the speaker yes the the vision zero um dashboard has both a a", "start": 5623.6, "end": 5629.679}, {"text": "map and the not zero dashboard you have a database system", "start": 5629.679, "end": 5634.76}, {"text": "which is internal to the city I think that has Collision history and so", "start": 5634.76, "end": 5642}, {"text": "I understand the vision zero has a great dashboard that's public facing but you've got internal data I believe you", "start": 5642, "end": 5648}, {"text": "can look right up to the in individual incident including police report information do I have that correct yes", "start": 5648, "end": 5655.159}, {"text": "that's correct thank I thank you for that do members of council have full access", "start": 5655.159, "end": 5662.4}, {"text": "through through the speaker uh councelor um holiday you're referring to the so we", "start": 5666.44, "end": 5671.48}, {"text": "get data from the police and that data comes to us and gets um summarized and", "start": 5671.48, "end": 5676.84}, {"text": "put onto our vision zero map so that the um you due to privacy concerns and all", "start": 5676.84, "end": 5683.199}, {"text": "other things there's some redacted information there absolutely but we do track that and that's the basis for us reporting on our vision zero data in", "start": 5683.199, "end": 5690.4}, {"text": "addition with within the city's uh internet you've got wonderful database", "start": 5690.4, "end": 5696.679}, {"text": "reporting tools that are available to staff that contain information down to the road segment about historical", "start": 5696.679, "end": 5703.6}, {"text": "accounting of incidences vehicle collisions injuries all sorts of stuff", "start": 5703.6, "end": 5710.6}, {"text": "I'm sorry I don't have the link in front of me I didn't have time we just had a few seconds yes and and that information", "start": 5710.6, "end": 5717}, {"text": "at least the top line of that information is on the vision zero map as I understand it that's available to", "start": 5717, "end": 5723.84}, {"text": "public my question to you is on that database can you get members of council access into the detailed information", "start": 5723.84, "end": 5730.76}, {"text": "below the level that shown on the vision zero web web page I'm happy to take that back and look into what the privacy", "start": 5730.76, "end": 5736.32}, {"text": "concerns might be around that uh councel holiday so we can we can look into that the report talks about a an assessment", "start": 5736.32, "end": 5743.32}, {"text": "done after every fatality could you tell Council very quickly a little bit about the work that your division does in", "start": 5743.32, "end": 5750.199}, {"text": "looking at the aftermath of of a of a fatal Collision yeah I can start and", "start": 5750.199, "end": 5756}, {"text": "then I might um pass it along to jacine for a little bit more details because I got a little bit of time but so so we do", "start": 5756, "end": 5761.159}, {"text": "what is called a vulnerable Road users assessment when there has been a crash that's resulted in either a fatality or", "start": 5761.159, "end": 5767.6}, {"text": "a serious injury it is a onsite review that we bring our team to uh typically", "start": 5767.6, "end": 5774.239}, {"text": "uh we also include others such as the police in those reviews and we look to see what uh might have been um geog", "start": 5774.239, "end": 5783.56}, {"text": "iions on site that we might make modifications to or that we might uh change our standards in the future to", "start": 5783.56, "end": 5789.44}, {"text": "lessen the uh the impact there and what would it take to get a debriefing to", "start": 5789.44, "end": 5794.679}, {"text": "members of council should they be interested following a collision for instance there was a fatality in ward", "start": 5794.679, "end": 5800.96}, {"text": "two where um a a a family effectively was struck by a car and i' I'd like to", "start": 5800.96, "end": 5807.719}, {"text": "hear more about that uh so that I may think about ways to improve the situation would you be able to make that", "start": 5807.719, "end": 5815.28}, {"text": "a practice to come to counselors at least offer a briefing after one of these", "start": 5815.28, "end": 5821.4}, {"text": "events uh through the speaker counselor to your earlier question the database is fully available to counselors and", "start": 5821.4, "end": 5827.56}, {"text": "counselor staff we haven't provided explicit training to your offices um on how to use it through move but it is", "start": 5827.56, "end": 5833.199}, {"text": "available at the same level of access to City staff um and then to your second question unve before we lose it there's", "start": 5833.199, "end": 5839.04}, {"text": "a link on the far right where you can actually get into the depths of the report I just wondered if counselors", "start": 5839.04, "end": 5844.76}, {"text": "could get access to that because that has all the good the goodies in it about precisely what happened our", "start": 5844.76, "end": 5850.84}, {"text": "understanding it's the same level of access to staff but we'll follow up about that particular question um to your second question um we routinely", "start": 5850.84, "end": 5858.28}, {"text": "provide briefings on request um it isn't a proactive offer um we'd have to look at the resourcing for that but we do get", "start": 5858.28, "end": 5865.4}, {"text": "into the more circumstances related to a collision after we've done a vulnerable Road 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"reduction um so the the that was your last question the timing and the sort of ordering of the local Road speed limit", "start": 5910.08, "end": 5916.4}, {"text": "reductions are are based on a data driven approach um so the order at which we undertake them is is Council uh", "start": 5916.4, "end": 5922.84}, {"text": "directed based on that so we can't speed them up but we are looking to uh have them be completed as soon as possible", "start": 5922.84, "end": 5928.56}, {"text": "it's just that there's so many the ones that you're particularly asking about are starting in January", "start": 5928.56, "end": 5934}, {"text": "though thank you thank", "start": 5934, "end": 5937.639}, {"text": "you councelor moley questions thank you madam speaker through you to staff um", "start": 5941.679, "end": 5948.36}, {"text": "while this report provides General updates and recommendations for our vision zero Road Safety plan I want to", "start": 5948.36, "end": 5953.599}, {"text": "ask about how equipped we are to implement these safety improvements across the city does transportation", "start": 5953.599, "end": 5959.04}, {"text": "services have the resources required to meet the demand for p pedestrian Crossings speed humps bumps and cushions", "start": 5959.04, "end": 5966.239}, {"text": "school safety zone implementations local Road speed limit reductions paint markings Etc within reasonable time", "start": 5966.239, "end": 5973.76}, {"text": "frames uh through the speaker yes councelor we do we have been um raising", "start": 5973.76, "end": 5979.119}, {"text": "the capacity of both our staff and our contract resources to be able to meet the demand of a growing Vision zero", "start": 5979.119, "end": 5985.4}, {"text": "implementation program um in the last few years we've routinely been in the in the upwards of 90% spend range and so we", "start": 5985.4, "end": 5992.639}, {"text": "are we are delivering on the dollars that city council has has invested in this program thank you on traffic cming", "start": 5992.639, "end": 5999.4}, {"text": "the report estimates that 90% of traffic caling requests meet the new warrants and are recommended for installation uh", "start": 5999.4, "end": 6006.36}, {"text": "you mentioned in the previous answers to questions around our data-driven approach can you talk to us a little bit", "start": 6006.36, "end": 6011.719}, {"text": "more about how approved traffic caling projects are prioritized in the queue um thanks for the question", "start": 6011.719, "end": 6018.32}, {"text": "counselor we spoke a little bit about this at infrastructure and environment committee um we do have criteria that", "start": 6018.32, "end": 6023.719}, {"text": "have been established to prioritize traffic caling locations should we not have sufficient budget to be able to", "start": 6023.719, "end": 6029.44}, {"text": "deliver them in the following construction season to when they're approved we have not as of yet had to use that prioritization criteria we have", "start": 6029.44, "end": 6037}, {"text": "been able to just proceed with installing them um on par with when they're approved um and if we were", "start": 6037, "end": 6042.88}, {"text": "getting higher demand than we had the budget we would then use the prioritization criteria to assess them", "start": 6042.88, "end": 6048.599}, {"text": "thank you um so on the neighborhood streets program um we know we have many", "start": 6048.599, "end": 6054.119}, {"text": "projects that we've nominated in our award for example um can you talk to me about how many projects are nominated", "start": 6054.119, "end": 6060.679}, {"text": "each year versus how many projects are we able to complete each", "start": 6060.679, "end": 6065.8}, {"text": "year um thanks for the question councelor we uh undertake to initiate", "start": 6065.8, "end": 6070.96}, {"text": "five neighborhood streets plans per year and we aim to distribute those equitably across the city so they're not multiple", "start": 6070.96, "end": 6077.28}, {"text": "in one Ward and that we um try and capture various different uh Community Council areas in that um the number that", "start": 6077.28, "end": 6084.599}, {"text": "are are nominated I I don't have it on hand but it's in the number of several dozen um and they're assessed and", "start": 6084.599, "end": 6090.199}, {"text": "prioritized based on a number of criteria including Equity including ability to bundle work with upcoming", "start": 6090.199, "end": 6096.119}, {"text": "Capital work so that we can be efficient in that regard as well thank you my last question is on pedestrian Crossings um", "start": 6096.119, "end": 6103.52}, {"text": "what is the current length of time between a level one pedestrian Crossing being approved for implementation by", "start": 6103.52, "end": 6110.36}, {"text": "Council and it actually um getting", "start": 6110.36, "end": 6115.239}, {"text": "installed I don't have that timeline in front of me counselor but I I believe it's in the 12 to 18 month range and", "start": 6117.04, "end": 6122.76}, {"text": "we're looking to to trying to have that be delivered sooner I I know our goal was closer to within a year wonderful", "start": 6122.76, "end": 6129.4}, {"text": "that's really helpful and I knowe uh we are also being um quoted one one and a half to two years on those and would", "start": 6129.4, "end": 6136}, {"text": "like to see that timeline shortened so I appreciate um that's a shared objective um those are my questions thank thank", "start": 6136, "end": 6143.32}, {"text": "you so much that's all Madam", "start": 6143.32, "end": 6147.239}, {"text": "speaker councelor Sachs I understand that you have", "start": 6150.32, "end": 6156.679}, {"text": "students from Palmerston Junior Public School that's here did you want to", "start": 6156.679, "end": 6161.84}, {"text": "introduce them uh well thank you very much I want", "start": 6161.84, "end": 6167.719}, {"text": "to draw the attention of my colleagues to the wonderful students from paliston school", "start": 6167.719, "end": 6173.92}, {"text": "um right in the center of the annex in the center of the ward in the center of the city uh coming today to city counil", "start": 6173.92, "end": 6181.4}, {"text": "as part of their Civics education to get a little taste of how government really", "start": 6181.4, "end": 6186.56}, {"text": "works um and we're very glad to have you thank you so much for coming and I hope", "start": 6186.56, "end": 6192.28}, {"text": "you all grow up to do something [Applause]", "start": 6192.28, "end": 6198.599}, {"text": "important okay we will now go to we will now go to uh to speakers uh maych did", "start": 6198.599, "end": 6205.44}, {"text": "you want to speak on it", "start": 6205.44, "end": 6210.04}, {"text": "okay yeah okay Mara yeah uh thank", "start": 6213.32, "end": 6219.04}, {"text": "you each morning I receive a a major", "start": 6219.04, "end": 6224.28}, {"text": "incident report and there's one this morning that was", "start": 6224.28, "end": 6231.48}, {"text": "extremely uh in and from time to time I get these fatalities report it's traffic", "start": 6231.48, "end": 6239.44}, {"text": "fatalities the one that I saw was at in your uh yeah Rogers in Weston Road yeah", "start": 6239.44, "end": 6246.08}, {"text": "Rogers in Weston Road pedestrians struck by a tow truck near the above location", "start": 6246.08, "end": 6252.639}, {"text": "and after arriving at the hospital the person was proun deceased it just", "start": 6252.639, "end": 6259.159}, {"text": "sad um most of these are in the evenings and and the vision zero Road Safety plan", "start": 6259.159, "end": 6266.08}, {"text": "was approved in Council in 2016 this is the year when Toronto", "start": 6266.08, "end": 6271.599}, {"text": "experienced the highest number of traffic fatality since", "start": 6271.599, "end": 6277.639}, {"text": "2002 and you heard from councelor mowy the talk uh Deputy Mayor macuy that", "start": 6277.639, "end": 6284.119}, {"text": "talked about the large numbers of red light cameras the uh speed enforcement cameras", "start": 6284.119, "end": 6292.119}, {"text": "The Pedestrian Head Start lights which really reduce the uh the the uh tragic", "start": 6292.119, "end": 6301}, {"text": "into action um when cars are making right turns or left turns onto", "start": 6301, "end": 6306.76}, {"text": "pedestrians sometimes they could uh people get hit that way and there's a", "start": 6306.76, "end": 6311.8}, {"text": "good number of school safety zones and Community safety zones and all of which", "start": 6311.8, "end": 6317.08}, {"text": "have combined that I've noticed the fatalities per capita in the city have", "start": 6317.08, "end": 6323.56}, {"text": "dropped has gone down which is a welcome um uh that's a good TR line", "start": 6323.56, "end": 6332.239}, {"text": "there's a lot more we can do and we'll continue to uh do our best I also 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installing sards on trucks side guards actually lower", "start": 6394.04, "end": 6402.239}, {"text": "fatalities uh when trucks make it right turn rather than uh having pedestrians", "start": 6402.239, "end": 6409.119}, {"text": "or cyclists being squeezed between two wheels which often you you're gone uh if", "start": 6409.119, "end": 6417.639}, {"text": "there's a side guard it act you bounced off and you could survive that kind of accidents and all through Europe side", "start": 6417.639, "end": 6426.08}, {"text": "guards have been installed for many many years and they have noticed that it's", "start": 6426.08, "end": 6432.8}, {"text": "mandatory that there's been a 60% drop so six out of 10 people when they're hit", "start": 6432.8, "end": 6440.4}, {"text": "by a truck if whether's a tow truck trck or cement truck or a big truck it doesn't matter um they will not be", "start": 6440.4, "end": 6449.76}, {"text": "killed it's 60% reduction of fatalities so the report that is in front of you", "start": 6449.76, "end": 6456.599}, {"text": "said that uh that the city of Toronto is", "start": 6456.599, "end": 6461.84}, {"text": "putting side guards in our trucks and uh", "start": 6461.84, "end": 6467.4}, {"text": "it's basically a piece of metal that extend from the truck near the wheels and it's not expensive to do and I just", "start": 6467.4, "end": 6475.28}, {"text": "wish the federal and the provincial government mandated because adding these side guards on City vehicles and and to", "start": 6475.28, "end": 6482.639}, {"text": "all the trucks across Canada and in North America will mean that pedestrians", "start": 6482.639, "end": 6489.159}, {"text": "and bicyclists and when they come in uh into a Collis with these trucks they", "start": 6489.159, "end": 6495.52}, {"text": "will survive um so there are 30 vehicles", "start": 6495.52, "end": 6500.76}, {"text": "in the city that are already retro fed is a good start and I like to see all", "start": 6500.76, "end": 6506.08}, {"text": "heavy duty Vehicles retrofitted as soon as possible thank you to the staff for", "start": 6506.08, "end": 6511.92}, {"text": "this report and doing the installation it's important recommendations before us on both division zero uh initiatives and", "start": 6511.92, "end": 6521.04}, {"text": "putting side guards onto trucks to prevent further tragedies on our", "start": 6521.04, "end": 6528.239}, {"text": "roads thank you", "start": 6528.239, "end": 6532.48}, {"text": "councelor Meli to speak uh I don't I gave my comments earlier again", "start": 6534.119, "end": 6541.96}, {"text": "just thank you to staff pardon I already made my comments earlier and just thank you again to City staff oh you don't", "start": 6541.96, "end": 6547.599}, {"text": "want to speak oh", "start": 6547.599, "end": 6550.679}, {"text": "okay counselor turnis", "start": 6554.88, "end": 6559.239}, {"text": "Lyn no I turned on your mic you just shut it up no no wait for me to turn it", "start": 6560.96, "end": 6566.04}, {"text": "on please okay sorry thank you speaker uh through the speaker", "start": 6566.04, "end": 6573.04}, {"text": "um I I do have um some motions uh one regarding each of these items and um I'm", "start": 6573.04, "end": 6580.76}, {"text": "asking staff to reiterate city council okay hold on do we have your do do we have the her", "start": 6580.76, "end": 6587.08}, {"text": "motion you have to read your motion read your motion yeah so on on", "start": 6587.08, "end": 6593.56}, {"text": "18.5 yeah I know but we don't have your motion just a sec okay I would you like", "start": 6593.56, "end": 6599.48}, {"text": "me to read it just one sec please", "start": 6599.48, "end": 6604.159}, {"text": "e", "start": 6622.92, "end": 6625.92}, {"text": "through the speaker if you wish to move on the speaker list and come back to me I'm fine with that just one sec", "start": 6655.88, "end": 6662.119}, {"text": "please okay so we're going to put the motion on the screen go ahead thank you this motion is to", "start": 6662.76, "end": 6670.04}, {"text": "request the city manager to re reiterate City council's request to the minister of", "start": 6670.04, "end": 6675.32}, {"text": "Transport uh to implement stronger safety motor vehicle and motor carrier safety regulations and standards", "start": 6675.32, "end": 6681.719}, {"text": "regarding design use of commercial vehicles including requiring commercial vehicles to be equipped with side guards", "start": 6681.719, "end": 6688.639}, {"text": "this is really uh this is a crucial crucial aspect the federal government", "start": 6688.639, "end": 6693.8}, {"text": "sets National Vehicle Safety standards and I know that Council made a request to the federal government last year to", "start": 6693.8, "end": 6700.159}, {"text": "implement stronger standards including new vehicle safety technology I'd like to thank councelor Cole for advancing", "start": 6700.159, "end": 6706.56}, {"text": "that motion my motion Builds on that request by specifically asking that the federal government require sideguard", "start": 6706.56, "end": 6713.079}, {"text": "our city is undergoing an unprecedented level of construction with active sites across the city each of those sites", "start": 6713.079, "end": 6720.079}, {"text": "which operate in areas of heavy pedestrian and cyclist traffic are regularly serviced by heavy construction", "start": 6720.079, "end": 6726.4}, {"text": "vehicles these vehicles often have poor driver Vantage points and limited sight lines creating a dangerous environment", "start": 6726.4, "end": 6732.92}, {"text": "for our local communities including often in areas where there's schools with small", "start": 6732.92, "end": 6738.92}, {"text": "children some of my colleagues may recall that a woman was tragically struck and killed by a truck at the", "start": 6738.92, "end": 6744.28}, {"text": "intersection of young and ersin in 2019 she was Pulled Under that vehicle and", "start": 6744.28, "end": 6750.079}, {"text": "dragged as a city council we need to pull all the levers at our disposal to ensure that this tragedy is not repeated", "start": 6750.079, "end": 6757.04}, {"text": "from other jurisdictions we know that side guards are effective research from various sources including the UK", "start": 6757.04, "end": 6762.92}, {"text": "Australia the Netherlands indicate that side guards could reduce cyclist fatalities by approximately", "start": 6762.92, "end": 6769.159}, {"text": "62% and serious injuries for cyclist by 6% % I am pleased that the city is taking", "start": 6769.159, "end": 6775.84}, {"text": "steps to equip its own Fleet and S with side guards but the reality is that most trucks operating in Toronto are", "start": 6775.84, "end": 6783.159}, {"text": "privately owned we need the federal government to mandate that all trucks be designed to meet the highest safety", "start": 6783.159, "end": 6788.88}, {"text": "standards thank you to the staff for this excellent report and to Mayor Chow for her continued leadership on this", "start": 6788.88, "end": 6794.96}, {"text": "file I have a second motion um the on regarding um the speed zones on local", "start": 6794.96, "end": 6803}, {"text": "roads and I'm asking that City staff also accelerate the implementation of 30 km reduced speed zones on local roads", "start": 6803, "end": 6811.04}, {"text": "this is uh very important work as part of our effort to improve safety for Toronto's most vulnerable Road users the", "start": 6811.04, "end": 6818.48}, {"text": "data is conclusive slowing traffic down saves lives pedestrians struck by", "start": 6818.48, "end": 6823.76}, {"text": "Vehicles traveling at 50 kilometers an hour have a fatality rate of 85% at 40 km that fatality drops to 30%", "start": 6823.76, "end": 6832.679}, {"text": "and at 30 km hour which is what we're aiming for in neighborhoods that fatality rate is 10% it's too important", "start": 6832.679, "end": 6839.4}, {"text": "to ignore the staff report indicates that local speed limits still have not been reduced in eight WS including my", "start": 6839.4, "end": 6845.84}, {"text": "own that's almost onethird of the city it is imperative that we speed up this work to make our roads safer thank", "start": 6845.84, "end": 6854.28}, {"text": "you thank you so Council you have uh moved one motion on uh item on one and", "start": 6854.28, "end": 6861.4}, {"text": "another one on five correct okay thank", "start": 6861.4, "end": 6865.678}, {"text": "you councelor holiday to speak uh thank you speaker I just want to confirm the", "start": 6871.32, "end": 6876.8}, {"text": "clerks have my motions and they're okay to go if not I will stand", "start": 6876.8, "end": 6885}, {"text": "down counc holidays motions my and speaker I'm really sorry", "start": 6885, "end": 6892.88}, {"text": "it's just that you know this this item was brought up and I understand let me just see if we have your", "start": 6892.88, "end": 6900.76}, {"text": "motion okay we'll go to the next", "start": 6902.36, "end": 6906.48}, {"text": "speaker councelor brael to speak thank you uh speaker", "start": 6910.04, "end": 6916.599}, {"text": "I so much of what I want to say has been said in relation to gratitude to staff", "start": 6916.599, "end": 6921.92}, {"text": "who have brought brought this important work forward on Vision zero and I want to highlight that the um action on the", "start": 6921.92, "end": 6929.4}, {"text": "side guards is something that is a really important life-saving measure that we're in the position to adopt I", "start": 6929.4, "end": 6936.679}, {"text": "also want to thank the mayor for uh focusing on Jenna Morrison uh Jenna Morrison and her family were Davenport", "start": 6936.679, "end": 6943.44}, {"text": "residents when the tragedy happened um in the community everyone knows that she", "start": 6943.44, "end": 6949.48}, {"text": "had a bike seat for her 5-year-old and that a tiny Spider-man helmet was left", "start": 6949.48, "end": 6956.48}, {"text": "on the floor after she was swept under that truck and killed uh an entire", "start": 6956.48, "end": 6962.079}, {"text": "family was destroyed but I think that it's also important to note that a community was devastated her friends her family the", "start": 6962.079, "end": 6969.679}, {"text": "place where she lived everyone shared that grief and uh to the point that", "start": 6969.679, "end": 6975.159}, {"text": "there is a foot path in duffen Grove Park that is dedicated in her honor this", "start": 6975.159, "end": 6980.4}, {"text": "true too is an honor and it's actually a materially significant honor uh thank you uh for all those who had Advanced", "start": 6980.4, "end": 6987.599}, {"text": "this and I hope that everyone will support it with a a good heart", "start": 6987.599, "end": 6993.599}, {"text": "thanks thank you councelor Cole to", "start": 6993.679, "end": 7002.159}, {"text": "speak uh yeah I just wondering is my motion ready the quick", "start": 7011.04, "end": 7017.8}, {"text": "Amendment do we have we don't have your", "start": 7017.8, "end": 7023.96}, {"text": "motion well there's nobody else on the list so do we have councelor Hall uh", "start": 7028.04, "end": 7033.88}, {"text": "it's important that we hand in the Motions way in advance uh counselor do", "start": 7033.88, "end": 7039.28}, {"text": "we have counselor holidays motion not yet we hold this item down well guess we're", "start": 7039.28, "end": 7046.48}, {"text": "going to I I don't think we should hold the item", "start": 7046.48, "end": 7052.44}, {"text": "down no no I", "start": 7053.36, "end": 7057.239}, {"text": "understand I understand but uh there councelor mole to speak uh thank you madam speaker I", "start": 7059.88, "end": 7067.119}, {"text": "wasn't going to speak I think my colleagues have said a lot on this issue but to give some time to others so hopefully we can deal with this now um I", "start": 7067.119, "end": 7074.44}, {"text": "want to say a big um note of gratitude to the incredible civil servants who work on this file um it's been quite a", "start": 7074.44, "end": 7081.639}, {"text": "pleasure and an honor for me as a local counselor and a new counselor um to understand the level of devotion and", "start": 7081.639, "end": 7088.119}, {"text": "dedication um that is applied to this important work we heard from my colleague councelor Bravo about the", "start": 7088.119, "end": 7093.76}, {"text": "devastating impacts when we don't have road safety measures in place uh and so", "start": 7093.76, "end": 7098.92}, {"text": "I for one will continue to be a strong advocate for for Safe Streets and for complete streets I think it's critically", "start": 7098.92, "end": 7105.48}, {"text": "important that those who choose to move actively through our neighborhoods have a safe way to do so uh including on bike", "start": 7105.48, "end": 7113.56}, {"text": "lanes and separated uh safe cycling infrastructure um so you know I know this is a hot button issue for many um", "start": 7113.56, "end": 7121.56}, {"text": "and as we know as a city of Toronto the safety of our streets is under our purview there are a lot of opportunities", "start": 7121.56, "end": 7128.28}, {"text": "outside of just safe cycling infrastructure for us to make our streets safer we hear about them in this", "start": 7128.28, "end": 7133.719}, {"text": "report it's things like speed humps traffic calming um safe pedestrian Crossings um my colleague and our", "start": 7133.719, "end": 7140.719}, {"text": "incredible chair and wonderful leader at IEC pointed out how much work the city has been able to deliver on Vision zero", "start": 7140.719, "end": 7147.679}, {"text": "and deliver on these really critically important safety measures in the streets of Toronto and I know that we are uh", "start": 7147.679, "end": 7154.239}, {"text": "equipping our communities uh to be better positioned uh to navigate in a good way without having to take their", "start": 7154.239, "end": 7160.76}, {"text": "lives in their hands by getting from A to B um so I just again want to really emphasize the importance of the", "start": 7160.76, "end": 7166.719}, {"text": "leadership of my fellow council members on implementation of these important", "start": 7166.719, "end": 7171.8}, {"text": "measures and the tools in our tool belt to keep torontonian safe to keep um pedestrian safe to keep cyclist and Road", "start": 7171.8, "end": 7178.639}, {"text": "users safe uh and I take that responsibility very seriously um so thank you to my colleagues who make this", "start": 7178.639, "end": 7184.8}, {"text": "work easy and make it look easy anyways um by um continuing to be dedicated and", "start": 7184.8, "end": 7190.52}, {"text": "apply evidence data and best practices uh in our very busy and growing streets", "start": 7190.52, "end": 7196.4}, {"text": "thank you Madame speaker those are my", "start": 7196.4, "end": 7200.678}, {"text": "comments okay councelor holiday we have your motion thank you speaker uh there", "start": 7218.84, "end": 7224.44}, {"text": "should be three in total sent in two emails uh I do have a couple of motions", "start": 7224.44, "end": 7230.36}, {"text": "my first motion is to request um the general manager to", "start": 7230.36, "end": 7235.44}, {"text": "accelerate a specific uh area speed limit reduction I know a m of speaker you're getting some advice from the", "start": 7235.44, "end": 7241.679}, {"text": "clerk uh and I know that councelor chernos slnn has moved some helpful motions on that and I'll talk about that", "start": 7241.679, "end": 7248.92}, {"text": "in a moment and the other motion I have is requesting access to the city's", "start": 7248.92, "end": 7255.119}, {"text": "database for members of council so that we can take a closer look at Collision reporting and the second part of that is", "start": 7255.119, "end": 7262.28}, {"text": "to ask the general manager uh to provide members of council either a briefing", "start": 7262.28, "end": 7267.679}, {"text": "note or a briefing and I think they agreed to that in the questions when they do an assessment following a", "start": 7267.679, "end": 7273.76}, {"text": "fatality uh members you know this is among some of the most uh serious and", "start": 7273.76, "end": 7279}, {"text": "sobering work that we do as members of council when we deal with local issues earlier", "start": 7279, "end": 7285.159}, {"text": "this year I should back up a couple of years ago we approved uh a Crossing light in War II in an area that didn't", "start": 7285.159, "end": 7292.44}, {"text": "have very many traffic lights earlier this year um a motorist struck a family", "start": 7292.44, "end": 7298.84}, {"text": "at that light uh sending children to hospital sending um a parent to hospital", "start": 7298.84, "end": 7305.48}, {"text": "I've learned uh recently that uh that is now a fatality uh there was a delay in", "start": 7305.48, "end": 7311.32}, {"text": "timing around around that and I I think it helps us to be able to do our jobs to", "start": 7311.32, "end": 7317.56}, {"text": "be able to take a really close examination of circumstances that occur so that we can do our best to creatively", "start": 7317.56, "end": 7324.159}, {"text": "think for Solutions and sometimes it involves looking deeply at some of the the bits of information that's available", "start": 7324.159, "end": 7330.599}, {"text": "through the information system uh and through staff so you know I I hope you'll support those motions I think", "start": 7330.599, "end": 7337.92}, {"text": "they will help they're very helpful um I understand the information isn't available able immediately following an", "start": 7337.92, "end": 7343.239}, {"text": "incident but in time that database continues to build the other motion just", "start": 7343.239, "end": 7348.44}, {"text": "talks about uh the area speed limit reductions a w two has been placed at the bottom of the list and I understand", "start": 7348.44, "end": 7355.8}, {"text": "there's a methodology to that uh but a little bit earlier there was an approval for Ward 3 and you know the boundary is", "start": 7355.8, "end": 7363.48}, {"text": "very arbitrary the Eatonville community and the streets span the border of the", "start": 7363.48, "end": 7368.679}, {"text": "ward line so we approved earlier um um accelerating that program and I just", "start": 7368.679, "end": 7375.84}, {"text": "want to make the point you know there's streets in that area that are long straight streets that connect two major", "start": 7375.84, "end": 7383.079}, {"text": "arteries and there's a prevalence of of um or there's indications of speeding uh", "start": 7383.079, "end": 7389.239}, {"text": "there's indications of traffic and I think accelerating that program in that particular area because of the", "start": 7389.239, "end": 7395.159}, {"text": "circumstances is helpful so I understand speaker if uh there are technical", "start": 7395.159, "end": 7400.48}, {"text": "procedural ma matter that would May rule that out of order but I still want to place the motion anyways it's the spirit", "start": 7400.48, "end": 7406.719}, {"text": "of the motion I know the staff are working on that and perhaps they will see that as a symbolic in my request on", "start": 7406.719, "end": 7413.28}, {"text": "behalf of the community to accelerate that work um other otherwise thank you", "start": 7413.28, "end": 7418.32}, {"text": "to uh you speaker for the opportunity to raise this issue I look forward to continuing to work with Toronto Public", "start": 7418.32, "end": 7424.36}, {"text": "Service who I know are very dedicated uh to making our road safer and I think the information that could be available to", "start": 7424.36, "end": 7431.4}, {"text": "us and to them helps for better decision making and gets to the heart of it which", "start": 7431.4, "end": 7436.92}, {"text": "is road safety thank", "start": 7436.92, "end": 7440.158}, {"text": "you thank you um we do we do have questions for you on your", "start": 7442.119, "end": 7451.199}, {"text": "motion councelor perks speaker before I ask my question Ju Just one sec yeah", "start": 7451.199, "end": 7460.159}, {"text": "okay so before we uh go to questions to councelor Holiday uh councelor holiday", "start": 7463.119, "end": 7470.199}, {"text": "on your first motion I'm ruling that motion out of um order uh because that", "start": 7470.199, "end": 7476.559}, {"text": "your motion about the speed limit reduction in Eatonville neighborhood is out of order under the council procedure", "start": 7476.559, "end": 7482.559}, {"text": "Council has delegated decisionmaking authority Force speed limits on local roads to the community council and the", "start": 7482.559, "end": 7489.239}, {"text": "matter is not within the jurisdiction of City Council and I invite you to move your motion at Community Council so that first motion", "start": 7489.239, "end": 7496.04}, {"text": "I'm ruling out of order thank you speaker okay now counc perks did you have a question my question was on that", "start": 7496.04, "end": 7502.36}, {"text": "matter so okay yeah all", "start": 7502.36, "end": 7507.719}, {"text": "right counselor Cole to", "start": 7508.36, "end": 7514.639}, {"text": "speak uh thank you madam chair uh I was going to put forth a motion but I've", "start": 7516.079, "end": 7521.36}, {"text": "talked to staff and they're going to uh basically incorporate my uh Motion in", "start": 7521.36, "end": 7528.199}, {"text": "their uh work uh going forward uh my motion relates to the origins of this", "start": 7528.199, "end": 7533.76}, {"text": "whole issue about uh side guards came from my motion that I moved a couple of", "start": 7533.76, "end": 7538.88}, {"text": "years ago where I've had four Toronto residents uh basically run over by dump", "start": 7538.88, "end": 7547.76}, {"text": "trucks and uh what I asked at that time is that the uh City staff inquire uh to", "start": 7547.76, "end": 7556.679}, {"text": "the federal government about mandating uh sensors on dump trucks and", "start": 7556.679, "end": 7562.96}, {"text": "big trucks the reason why I asked for that is because in all those cases the", "start": 7562.96, "end": 7568.8}, {"text": "drivers could not see The Pedestrian uh on the roadside because of", "start": 7568.8, "end": 7575.52}, {"text": "the height of the dump truck and this is the reason why we've", "start": 7575.52, "end": 7581.4}, {"text": "had had these unfortunate death by dump truck and I don't have to tell you about", "start": 7581.4, "end": 7586.8}, {"text": "how many dump trucks we've got on the roads of the city of Toronto with all the construction of the", "start": 7586.8, "end": 7593.96}, {"text": "condos construction of Metro Links so we are overrun with dump trucks uh", "start": 7593.96, "end": 7600.36}, {"text": "sometimes there's you know in the uh in counselor chenis Lind wward there was 75", "start": 7600.36, "end": 7606.84}, {"text": "dump trucks lined up on a street uh off ersin there one day 75 dump trucks lined", "start": 7606.84, "end": 7613.04}, {"text": "up so none of these dump trucks have sensors on them whereas", "start": 7613.04, "end": 7618.32}, {"text": "ordinary uh motor vehicles that uh are sedans or SUVs they all have the", "start": 7618.32, "end": 7625.559}, {"text": "sensors so it's just mindboggling that the federal government refuses to mandate sensors on these dump trucks", "start": 7625.559, "end": 7634}, {"text": "that are all proliferating our roads uh on a 24-hour basis so that's one thing", "start": 7634, "end": 7640.159}, {"text": "staff is going to ask that we uh basically mandate that any", "start": 7640.159, "end": 7646.36}, {"text": "contractor that the city employs should have sensors on their big", "start": 7646.36, "end": 7654.04}, {"text": "trucks their dump trucks they're going to look into that and mandating that they have the safety features if they're", "start": 7654.04, "end": 7660.92}, {"text": "going to be on our roads doing City work they should be required to have the safety feature on their uh giant trucks", "start": 7660.92, "end": 7669.92}, {"text": "uh so that's uh the one thing and if staff could put up that table I asked for uh on uh this report I think this is", "start": 7669.92, "end": 7678.04}, {"text": "one of the most important uh ways of measuring the impact of uh all the", "start": 7678.04, "end": 7686.76}, {"text": "Investments we've made in safety with vision zero over the years so staff can you put up that table I asked", "start": 7686.76, "end": 7694.84}, {"text": "for okay if you look here this is killed or serious ly injured uh from the year", "start": 7696.719, "end": 7705.76}, {"text": "2000 to 2024 you can see the downward", "start": 7705.76, "end": 7711.04}, {"text": "trend of fatalities that's quite dramatic considering we've had an", "start": 7711.04, "end": 7717.04}, {"text": "increase in population increase in traffic uh increase in horsepower of", "start": 7717.04, "end": 7723.76}, {"text": "vehicles the number of construction trucks on our roads that come from the 9005 Etc so these Investments that we've", "start": 7723.76, "end": 7732.639}, {"text": "made through vision zero all these speed cameras red light cameras the reduction", "start": 7732.639, "end": 7739.32}, {"text": "of speed limits of 30 they have saved lives and this table here I think is a", "start": 7739.32, "end": 7748.48}, {"text": "very good way of explaining uh the impact of undertaking", "start": 7748.48, "end": 7755.239}, {"text": "these safety Investments that sometimes people challenge because as you know", "start": 7755.239, "end": 7761.52}, {"text": "torontonians are becoming over-the-top enamored with driving fast and driving", "start": 7761.52, "end": 7767.4}, {"text": "cars you know the car is King again but we have to remind those uh car drivers", "start": 7767.4, "end": 7774.8}, {"text": "that we are doing these safety measures to save lives and the these Investments through", "start": 7774.8, "end": 7782.28}, {"text": "vision zero are having a positive effect that's why we've got to keep investing", "start": 7782.28, "end": 7787.44}, {"text": "and that's why councelor mckel we mentioned all the additional Investments we we're making going forward with 75", "start": 7787.44, "end": 7793.84}, {"text": "more new uh speed enforcement cameras and as ugly as those fines are that you", "start": 7793.84, "end": 7799.079}, {"text": "get if you speed by a school you should get fined if you go we had one person", "start": 7799.079, "end": 7804.48}, {"text": "Avenue Road and U alen be school clocked to going uh 206 kilm an hour by a school", "start": 7804.48, "end": 7812.44}, {"text": "206 km an hour by a school I can imagine maybe going 40 50", 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"right now the housing Secretariat was doing that through the speaker that's correct", "start": 8401.12, "end": 8407.319}, {"text": "along with a number of other uh significant amount of work and this is", "start": 8407.319, "end": 8412.399}, {"text": "in order to create more dedicated Focus for development projects am I correct that this report contemplates just one", "start": 8412.399, "end": 8419.52}, {"text": "new leadership role that's correct okay and the new office reports directly", "start": 8419.52, "end": 8426.12}, {"text": "to you through the speaker that's correct so am I right to assume that", "start": 8426.12, "end": 8431.52}, {"text": "we're hiring a new director position through the speaker will be would be an", "start": 8431.52, "end": 8437.359}, {"text": "executive director an executive director okay uh where are we setting the salary", "start": 8437.359, "end": 8442.72}, {"text": "range for the executive director yeah through the speaker it would be through", 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entitlements who does that now under this new model through the speaker there", "start": 8570.8, "end": 8577.52}, {"text": "will be a transition plan for projects that are in flight and then as we go forward for new projects then the", "start": 8577.52, "end": 8584.68}, {"text": "determination would be made as to whether they be led within the city with the assistance ofto who makes that", "start": 8584.68, "end": 8590.96}, {"text": "determination and as well within Tron commune housing that determination would be through a combination of uh staff", "start": 8590.96, "end": 8597.96}, {"text": "advice through planning and housing committee staff advice which staff though we have so many different", "start": 8597.96, "end": 8603.479}, {"text": "divisions on this who's actually calling the shots on where these projects are", "start": 8603.479, "end": 8609.439}, {"text": "going to land and who's driving them so through the speaker there would be once again a collaborative approach from 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8961.92}, {"text": "so um want to get the report open uh thank you Mr Sharman maybe you", "start": 8962.479, "end": 8969.6}, {"text": "can help me a little bit I wanted to try to distinguish the difference between the work done by uh Toronto Community", "start": 8969.6, "end": 8976.96}, {"text": "Housing who is its own Standalone agency and create too who is its own Standalone", "start": 8976.96, "end": 8984.08}, {"text": "agency and creme could you help articulate that in this new structure going forward", "start": 8984.08, "end": 8992.04}, {"text": "thank you for the uh the question and through the speaker the the work from atronic community housing has", "start": 8993.04, "end": 8999.279}, {"text": "traditionally been very much focused on their portfolio and revitalization projects uh from a uh create to", "start": 8999.279, "end": 9007.2}, {"text": "certainly their expertise in not only the uh due diligence but uh setting up", "start": 9007.2, "end": 9013.319}, {"text": "private 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but it's just a a companion position to understand that part of the", "start": 9399.279, "end": 9405.92}, {"text": "industry a little bit better but you're not planning to take over all development from everybody I'm not un", "start": 9405.92, "end": 9412.76}, {"text": "right through the speaker the uh yes the intent is to ensure that we have uh", "start": 9412.76, "end": 9418.68}, {"text": "focused support for City Le and City supported projects and to ensure that we are collaborating as effectively as", "start": 9418.68, "end": 9425.6}, {"text": "possible to deliver housing as quickly as possible now we're looking at tchc I know that they could easily operate all", "start": 9425.6, "end": 9433.6}, {"text": "kinds of the development that we're building whether it's the housing now sites or even on the water Waterfront as", "start": 9433.6, "end": 9440.52}, {"text": "an operator would I be right to say that as long as the mix was not 100% rgi", "start": 9440.52, "end": 9447.56}, {"text": "through the speaker I believe that's correct yes but right at the moment I I think some people think TCH is taking", "start": 9447.56, "end": 9453.479}, {"text": "over all the development or as the city Builder can you clarify that's not the case please through the speaker I can", "start": 9453.479, "end": 9459.359}, {"text": "yes that's correct you can clarify that so there's a whole we don't want to do we want to slow any projects down here", "start": 9459.359, "end": 9466.64}, {"text": "absolutely well through the speaker absolutely not we just want to make them go faster smoother get shovels in the", "start": 9466.64, "end": 9473.56}, {"text": "ground correct absolutely so there's projects in the que at create to there's", "start": 9473.56, "end": 9479.52}, {"text": "projects in the que or as counselor Cole will say that need to get fixed at", "start": 9479.52, "end": 9486.279}, {"text": "uh TCH like Lawrence Heights which we've heard about a lot there's Waterfront key", 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development projects what are those uh they're not identified but there may be other types of", "start": 9532.24, "end": 9538.399}, {"text": "opportunities as we continue to work through to say here's how we can continue to work with for example other", "start": 9538.399, "end": 9544.88}, {"text": "non-profit Partners such as the development on Danforth that uh May create opportunities for us the", "start": 9544.88, "end": 9551.8}, {"text": "development on Danforth is already in the queue absolutely and is it that type", "start": 9551.8, "end": 9556.88}, {"text": "of development next door we have a space so we're going to advance that so staff", "start": 9556.88, "end": 9562.279}, {"text": "might advance that rather than me having to advance that is that what you're thinking that's through the speaker", "start": 9562.279, "end": 9567.52}, {"text": "that's correct okay great thank you thank", "start": 9567.52, "end": 9574.2}, {"text": "you councelor Pastak questions yeah thank you through through", "start": 9577.16, "end": 9582.56}, {"text": "you to staff I'm just trying to understand whether this is solely focused on future CH buildings or is it", "start": 9582.56, "end": 9591.279}, {"text": "a mix of of uh can below Market deep", "start": 9591.279, "end": 9598.561}, {"text": "afford what's wrong a deep", "start": 9599.6, "end": 9605.72}, {"text": "affordable um there's open doors involved so I know I'm throwing a lot at you but is this strictly expansion of", "start": 9605.72, "end": 9612.92}, {"text": "TCH on these lands or other uh sort of affordable housing options being", "start": 9612.92, "end": 9619.68}, {"text": "explored through the speaker it's not just the tchc developments this is uh", "start": 9619.68, "end": 9625.359}, {"text": "all of the potential City sit City supported City Le uh so our public", "start": 9625.359, "end": 9631.399}, {"text": "Builder model and other um and should there be opportunities for for example a", "start": 9631.399, "end": 9636.8}, {"text": "non for-profit with uh a land holding or something of that sort that could be considered as part of this as", "start": 9636.8, "end": 9644}, {"text": "well so I'm going to focus on Allen East which is uh City lands uh but it already", "start": 9644, "end": 9651.88}, {"text": "has a district plan it's under the downo secondary plan we've done years and", "start": 9651.88, "end": 9656.96}, {"text": "years of work and research it's been adopted the final District plan was adopted by Council are we going back and", "start": 9656.96, "end": 9662.84}, {"text": "reopening pieces like that that are already to go out to Market and and", "start": 9662.84, "end": 9668.359}, {"text": "repositioning them to this report uh through the speaker no there's no intent uh to go back and I'll say uh this there", "start": 9668.359, "end": 9676.24}, {"text": "will be a transition plan for projects that are already underway and uh for any new projects it will flow through that", 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through the speaker that's correct uh whether it be getting needing to get", "start": 9812.24, "end": 9818.92}, {"text": "infrastructure installed so working with my peer so uh with infrastructure services around uh getting", "start": 9818.92, "end": 9825.12}, {"text": "infrastructure in place or validating what is there and ensuring that it has", "start": 9825.12, "end": 9830.439}, {"text": "the capacity to meet the development that's being proposed okay thank you thank", "start": 9830.439, "end": 9838.319}, {"text": "you okay we're finished with the questions", "start": 9838.64, "end": 9845.12}, {"text": "pardon oh you have a question", "start": 9845.12, "end": 9851.16}, {"text": "okay okay councelor perks questions thank you um to the deputy city manager", "start": 9851.24, "end": 9858.399}, {"text": "the this has evidently confused a few people let me ask some clarifying", "start": 9858.399, "end": 9863.52}, {"text": "questions so uh in order to get an affordable housing project built in the", "start": 9863.52, "end": 9869.08}, {"text": "city of Toronto somebody has to get funding for it through the speaker", "start": 9869.08, "end": 9874.479}, {"text": "absolutely somebody has to review the application and approve it to the", "start": 9874.479, "end": 9880.319}, {"text": "speaker yes somebody has to make the application and hire a construction", "start": 9880.319, "end": 9886.399}, {"text": "company and get it built to the speaker yes somebody has to figure out who's", "start": 9886.399, "end": 9894.12}, {"text": "going to oper someone's got to operate it once it's built with the speaker yes", "start": 9894.12, "end": 9899.92}, {"text": "okay at present before if we before we pass this report those people were all off doing", "start": 9899.92, "end": 9906.92}, {"text": "their own jobs and no one person was coordinating all of that work do the", "start": 9906.92, "end": 9913}, {"text": "speaker yes what we are achieving here is creating a position for someone 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"to looking at creative ways to expedite housing and also to work on a project", "start": 9985.64, "end": 9993.92}, {"text": "Charter for Lawrence Heights that would lay out very clearly how we're going to", "start": 9993.92, "end": 9999.12}, {"text": "get to the finish line so this as I spoke with uh asked our our Deputy city", "start": 9999.12, "end": 10005.359}, {"text": "manager this isn't a position that or somewhere we're look at a God to come in", "start": 10005.359, "end": 10010.399}, {"text": "here we're not turning everything over to that or a goddess we're Simply Having a different set of skills that would", "start": 10010.399, "end": 10017.64}, {"text": "join the exemplary set of skills that we already have I think we have an", "start": 10017.64, "end": 10022.92}, {"text": "incredible number of of people in this organization and across the", "start": 10022.92, "end": 10029.319}, {"text": "organizations charged with building housing we have a mayor that is hellbent", 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create a whole new momentum around a", "start": 10212.88, "end": 10218.319}, {"text": "4 able housing that's expected of this Council that the mayor has said that's what she is doing I fully support that", "start": 10218.319, "end": 10226.04}, {"text": "direction I think we all do we all have projects that we want to see completed", "start": 10226.04, "end": 10231.279}, {"text": "quickly so that is my expectation with this report thank you very much thank", "start": 10231.279, "end": 10237.6}, {"text": "you I hope I gave you enough time counselor so we at 12:30 we have to do our photos", "start": 10237.6, "end": 10245.2}, {"text": "so uh hope we have one more speaker we can get this done before lunch oh no I", "start": 10245.2, "end": 10251.16}, {"text": "guess not there there's other okay we'll have to um hold this", "start": 10251.16, "end": 10257.88}, {"text": "item down for later Deputy Mayor Malik um Deputy Mayor Malik to speak", "start": 10257.88, "end": 10264.88}, {"text": "thank you madam speaker I will be brief um appreciating the time and uh first of", "start": 10264.88, "end": 10270.12}, {"text": "all just want to thank uh my colleagues uh for the questions and the clarification on what we have in front", "start": 10270.12, "end": 10275.96}, {"text": "of us and I'm very excited to see what have in front of us to see our public Builder model coming to life and we know", "start": 10275.96, "end": 10284.439}, {"text": "the need for housing that our city faces right now it is all hands on deck to get", "start": 10284.439, "end": 10291.279}, {"text": "housing built and that includes us the city of Toronto and the establishment of", "start": 10291.279, "end": 10296.8}, {"text": "this new office shows our commitment and our deep intent to make sure that we are", "start": 10296.8, "end": 10303.76}, {"text": "using every lever that we have to fulfill this Shar priority and that we", "start": 10303.76, "end": 10310.239}, {"text": "won't just leave this work to 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{"text": "if they can put their name on the screen please oh Council Fletcher you want to", "start": 18343.36, "end": 18349.958}, {"text": "release something else I do because I know everybody wants to see the agenda", "start": 18349.958, "end": 18355.4}, {"text": "shrinking um and that would be ex1 19.22 it's 29 Basin Street the ground", "start": 18355.4, "end": 18363.36}, {"text": "lease amendments in strengthening the Toronto Portlands company I'll release", "start": 18363.36, "end": 18368.48}, {"text": "that had my question answered about that okay ex1", "start": 18368.48, "end": 18373.638}, {"text": "19.22 councel Fletcher is releasing on favor carried thank you and then there's", "start": 18373.638, "end": 18380.958}, {"text": "EC 17.1 it's the Ombudsman Toronto housing", "start": 18380.958, "end": 18386.28}, {"text": "unit status report it's not the um Mon's report on shelters it went through our committee you have", "start": 18386.28, "end": 18392.48}, {"text": "questions okay let's do that so quick release that's great thank you so what's", "start": 18392.48, "end": 18397.68}, {"text": "happening on 17.1 un councelor holiday and myself are working together on something okay so we won't release it", "start": 18397.68, "end": 18403.76}, {"text": "okay thank you all right so we will now go", "start": 18403.76, "end": 18410.48}, {"text": "to the mayor's key", "start": 18411.558, "end": 18415.522}, {"text": "item CC 24.16", "start": 18418.16, "end": 18422.718}, {"text": "okay does anybody have any questions think oh sorry a presentation okay go", "start": 18436.4, "end": 18444.4}, {"text": "ahead sorry go ahead um good afternoon mayor and Council uh my name is Abby Bond I'm the", "start": 18444.4, "end": 18451.6}, {"text": "executive director of the housing Secretariat and I'm pleased to be joined today by maed madani who is our new", "start": 18451.6, "end": 18458.12}, {"text": "director of housing policy strategy so we're here today to talk to you about um", "start": 18458.12, "end": 18464.12}, {"text": "the new purpose buil Ren incentive program that you will see before you at", "start": 18464.12, "end": 18469.2}, {"text": "Council today so we're back here today after a", "start": 18469.2, "end": 18475.6}, {"text": "short period of time and speed is of the essence because Toronto is facing two housing crises as we know both a lack of", "start": 18475.6, "end": 18482.84}, {"text": "deeply affordable homes for those people out on the streets or in shelters and importantly uh a lack of rent Ral homes", "start": 18482.84, "end": 18489.958}, {"text": "for people who are new newly coming to our city and who are average income earners who are still struggling to find", "start": 18489.958, "end": 18496.12}, {"text": "and keep rental housing in the city so the challenges that face our", "start": 18496.12, "end": 18501.16}, {"text": "rental market um new housing developments have been stalling due to economic factors like high interest", "start": 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"owners and investors can't decide either to move back into them or sell them and have an impact that would result in the", "start": 18551.28, "end": 18557.36}, {"text": "tenant having to move out they will have full rights under the residential tency act and be subject to any protection uh", "start": 18557.36, "end": 18565.878}, {"text": "based on new policies that the city bring in like uh Demolition and replacement um and they really do create", "start": 18565.878, "end": 18572.68}, {"text": "long-term stability having said that 85% of the new rental homes we created", "start": 18572.68, "end": 18578.4}, {"text": "in the last 10 years have shown up in our secondary Market not in our primary and preferred uh", "start": 18578.4, "end": 18586.52}, {"text": "market so in November of this year we brought forward to you a purpose built", "start": 18586.958, "end": 18592.36}, {"text": "rental incentive stream to Des design to support purpose bu rental projects that", "start": 18592.36, 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"including 1,400 affordable rental homes which the city would fund uh with our", "start": 18640.878, "end": 18646.2}, {"text": "own limited resources this call for applications was initiated on November the 18th and closed on November the", "start": 18646.2, "end": 18653.28}, {"text": "29th um we did receive a much larger response than we anticipated when we", "start": 18653.28, "end": 18658.52}, {"text": "brought this forward to council uh we received 75 applications in 21 uh Wards", "start": 18658.52, "end": 18664.878}, {"text": "across the city and in total uh that would be that makes up over", "start": 18664.878, "end": 18670.4}, {"text": "32,000 uh rental homes including 7 and a half affordable rental homes so we", "start": 18670.4, "end": 18676.558}, {"text": "prioritized what we saw um in that in those applications and we looked at", "start": 18676.558, "end": 18681.718}, {"text": "eligible applications uh prioritized based on the financing status of the", "start": 18681.718, 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submitted but not approved because they exceeded our capacity to support these unit through phase one uh", "start": 18778.08, "end": 18785.16}, {"text": "all of these homes could still be eligible they would still be included in the new multi residential tax class uh", "start": 18785.16, "end": 18791.48}, {"text": "where and so they could still get the 15% reduction on property taxes but really we want to just reiterate how", "start": 18791.48, "end": 18798.12}, {"text": "important it is for us to receive additional support from both the federal and provincial government um if we", "start": 18798.12, "end": 18804.958}, {"text": "received a more homes rebate uh to the tune of $1 billion from the provincial", "start": 18804.958, "end": 18810.08}, {"text": "government we could move many of those applications forward at this time the", "start": 18810.08, "end": 18815.28}, {"text": "same from the federal government we're we're requesting additional amounts of lowcost financing and grant 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"end": 18864.36}, {"text": "staff councelor", "start": 18869.4, "end": 18872.84}, {"text": "holiday thank you speaker uh on line eight of the table on page 10 excuse me", "start": 18874.6, "end": 18882.04}, {"text": "page s of 10 on the supplemental report there's a site 250 wind caught Drive uh", "start": 18882.04, "end": 18889.76}, {"text": "that's in tobaco Center uh and the numbers here I'm seeing for the first time today says 74 affordable rental", "start": 18889.76, "end": 18897.52}, {"text": "houses 296 purpose-built rentals for a total of 370 where did those numbers", "start": 18897.52, "end": 18904.84}, {"text": "come from um through the speaker those numbers were uh given to us through the", "start": 18904.84, "end": 18911.04}, {"text": "application process so the uh proponent for that site included those in the call", "start": 18911.04, "end": 18916.798}, {"text": "for applications that we open so that site has a long history in the community", "start": 18916.798, "end": 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through the speaker uh yes that's correct we", "start": 19248.08, "end": 19253.718}, {"text": "received the last um pieces of information on Friday last Friday and so", "start": 19253.718, "end": 19258.958}, {"text": "the team were working over the weekend um to get the information do you think it's important for Council to have", "start": 19258.958, "end": 19264.52}, {"text": "adequate time to review and consider grants totaling nearly half a billion dollars um through the speaker uh in their last", "start": 19264.52, "end": 19271.84}, {"text": "report much of the decision around this was delegated to staff what we're including here today is largely a report", "start": 19271.84, "end": 19278.16}, {"text": "back and then there were an additional number let me ask you about delegating to staff staff are recommending that 17", "start": 19278.16, "end": 19285.04}, {"text": "applications be approved today of the 17 how many of those already secured the apartment construction loan program", 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thank", "start": 19508.36, "end": 19514.24}, {"text": "you madam speaker um through the speaker so the work we did on the detailed performer", "start": 19514.24, "end": 19520.84}, {"text": "for a number of projects was in the report that we brought forward to you in November we then reviewed information", "start": 19520.84, "end": 19528}, {"text": "that was included in the application process that included financial information um and then sorry I forgot", "start": 19528, "end": 19534.2}, {"text": "the second part of your question I'm going to ask my last question because you were running the time there but my my final question is would you agree", "start": 19534.2, "end": 19542.16}, {"text": "that the geography of these projects impacts the financial viability", "start": 19542.16, "end": 19547.638}, {"text": "of these on a go forward basis and that is to say that projects in the core or in the downtown are probably more viable", "start": 19547.638, "end": 19553.92}, {"text": "than the 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calling them to answer a question that they could not hear no let me finish so I would just", "start": 19643.878, "end": 19651}, {"text": "ask that you treat everybody with the same rules and fairness as the speaker and if I'm asking a question do not turn", "start": 19651, "end": 19657.76}, {"text": "off my microphone while I'm asking the question thank you madam I gave you an extra minute and you were not allowing", "start": 19657.76, "end": 19663.798}, {"text": "the staff to answer your question you be you were being very rude when the staff was trying to comment thank you very", "start": 19663.798, "end": 19670.76}, {"text": "thank you very much no just no you already had a personal privilege councelor perks councelor perks", "start": 19670.76, "end": 19679.44}, {"text": "question go ahead councelor perks uh thank you um just to be clear", "start": 19679.44, "end": 19685.638}, {"text": "the authority uh to make the decision for which projects to select was granted to", "start": 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350", "start": 19973.92, "end": 19980.36}, {"text": "billion uh of City finances that are being used here um should be", "start": 19980.36, "end": 19988.28}, {"text": "in theory reimbursed by the higher levels of government because this is", "start": 19988.28, "end": 19993.6}, {"text": "their responsibility um through the speaker uh we brought that report to council but", "start": 19993.6, "end": 20000.28}, {"text": "I'll let the uh CFO answer this uh through the speaker so what's in front of us is consistent with the report that", "start": 20000.28, "end": 20006.718}, {"text": "was brought forward from Council it was the city's commitment to be able to advance work and and support incentives", "start": 20006.718, "end": 20012.52}, {"text": "for purpose-built rental to be able to go above and beyond this level is where we would need support from both", "start": 20012.52, "end": 20017.84}, {"text": "provincial and federal government we would not be seeking reimbursement on these first 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"weeks from a standing start to a report here in front of you that will House", "start": 20078.558, "end": 20083.84}, {"text": "people in the rental market that will create affordable rental and that was a we were able to do it pretty much on our", "start": 20083.84, "end": 20091.52}, {"text": "own congratulations job well done and thank you very specifically to staff in", "start": 20091.52, "end": 20097.76}, {"text": "the affordable housing office for bringing this project forward and to the mayor for leading on", "start": 20097.76, "end": 20103.958}, {"text": "this a few things we should note in no November when we announced this program", "start": 20103.958, "end": 20110.68}, {"text": "and uh we discussing it at committee we received correspondence from the two", "start": 20110.68, "end": 20116.48}, {"text": "organizations that represent the development industry rescon and build", "start": 20116.48, "end": 20122.52}, {"text": "and what's interesting is that they said that the 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{"text": "hired on Consultants they did their own business case and review and they were", "start": 20177.718, "end": 20182.798}, {"text": "right the program didn't just succeed it succeeded", "start": 20182.798, "end": 20187.958}, {"text": "wildly so keep that lesson in mind Mr coni and Miss Bond can give you accurate", "start": 20187.958, "end": 20195.52}, {"text": "information about what it costs to build in the City rental and affordable in the city of Toronto and the claims from the", "start": 20195.52, "end": 20202.798}, {"text": "development industry should be taken not just with a grain of salt or a lick of salt but a whole Steamboat full of", "start": 20202.798, "end": 20212.08}, {"text": "salt the next thing to remember is there are members of the council and members", "start": 20212.08, "end": 20218.12}, {"text": "of public who can't accept a", "start": 20218.12, "end": 20223.44}, {"text": "win they just can't like I don't know what it is they just can't like no", "start": 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"committee and our chair and to the Waterfront Tonto and development Partners at keite impact for meeting and", "start": 20555, "end": 20561.24}, {"text": "matching this opportunity with the ambition that it requires to take on this project to take on this program and", "start": 20561.24, "end": 20568.16}, {"text": "to get us building the housing that we so desperately need thank you thank thank", "start": 20568.16, "end": 20576.24}, {"text": "you councelor Cole to speak uh yes uh I'd like to uh just", "start": 20577.878, "end": 20585.2}, {"text": "commend uh the uh EX executive director of the housing secretary at Abby Bond", "start": 20585.2, "end": 20590.4}, {"text": "and her staff uh who have done uh this very critical work in such a short", "start": 20590.4, "end": 20597.638}, {"text": "period of time as you know uh Council and uh all of our constituents are", "start": 20597.638, "end": 20604.878}, {"text": "reminding us of continually of the uh urgency in terms of building 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"don't want affordable housing well you know what I mean there's still a sigma to the word", "start": 20659.52, "end": 20664.958}, {"text": "affordable I can't believe it I'm saying this is for the workforce people who work as psws who", "start": 20664.958, "end": 20672.718}, {"text": "work as truck drivers who work as uh you know primary caregivers uh they cannot afford", "start": 20672.718, "end": 20681.36}, {"text": "to live in the city of Toronto they're being driven out because of the in", "start": 20681.36, "end": 20688.44}, {"text": "incredible uh cost of rent and let's not even talk about trying to own or buy a", "start": 20688.44, "end": 20697.24}, {"text": "condo who can buy a condo in Toronto the average price is $670,000", "start": 20697.24, "end": 20705.16}, {"text": "for 500 square feet who can afford that can a PSW", "start": 20705.16, "end": 20711}, {"text": "afford that they can't so that's why staff under a great deal of pressure and", "start": 20711, "end": 20717}, 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thank you thank you very much counselor", "start": 20871.28, "end": 20876.478}, {"text": "uh next up councelor nunia one second", "start": 20876.478, "end": 20882.28}, {"text": "please go ahead yeah thank you um I'll just speak briefly I do support uh the", "start": 20882.28, "end": 20888.92}, {"text": "report um I don't see Abby she left oh", "start": 20888.92, "end": 20894.92}, {"text": "okay thank you for the report I I just want to say um you know I was I was", "start": 20894.92, "end": 20900.4}, {"text": "approached uh by my residents uh Association in my ward a few months ago", "start": 20900.4, "end": 20907.04}, {"text": "and asking the question you know we have all these developers in Weston and Mount", "start": 20907.04, "end": 20912.24}, {"text": "Dennis that have received approval uh some of them have received approval some", "start": 20912.24, "end": 20918}, {"text": "of them went through settlement offers but none of them are building so why don't we approach the 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{"text": "developers with the promise that some of it will go back in the form of affordable housing mind you many of them", "start": 21231.68, "end": 21237.638}, {"text": "already had affordable housing built into them and yeah you know the report says they got some more numbers out of it okay uh but the but the bulk of this", "start": 21237.638, "end": 21245.52}, {"text": "is an incentive of course to Kickstart a developer to go and build something and there'll be lots and lots of questions", "start": 21245.52, "end": 21251.76}, {"text": "after this is you know could have should have would have maybe I you know I don't know but please don't think that this is", "start": 21251.76, "end": 21258.36}, {"text": "a trivial amount of money it's an enormous amount of money that is going to be have to be made up from somewhere", "start": 21258.36, "end": 21264.6}, {"text": "and really what this is is as we see many times at council is a is a income", "start": 21264.6, "end": 21270.958}, 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"they going to sleep how are they going to be warm I know for me it is part of", "start": 21331.24, "end": 21336.84}, {"text": "the Christmas season and I can't forget those people and I don't know what's going to happen to them you really see", "start": 21336.84, "end": 21343.638}, {"text": "the hardship you really see the crisis that we have of later we're going to", "start": 21343.638, "end": 21350}, {"text": "talk about the number of people in shelters but there are so many people", "start": 21350, "end": 21355.28}, {"text": "who don't have a place to go so this idea that we are going", "start": 21355.28, "end": 21362.558}, {"text": "to push and incentivize the rental market so we will have permanently affordable", "start": 21362.558, "end": 21369.4}, {"text": "rental and permanent rental housing in the city of Toronto it's an idea whose", "start": 21369.4, "end": 21375.24}, {"text": "time has come it's a very important idea it's an important thing that we are", "start": 21375.24, 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requirements we made it very difficult I think at the end of the day we should follow the suit of of", "start": 21871.718, "end": 21878.6}, {"text": "municipalities like vaugh with a 25% reduction in DCS vanau Mrs soas and", "start": 21878.6, "end": 21884.12}, {"text": "others 5 Seconds it doesn't have to be any more difficult than that but I would urge caution for councel on their", "start": 21884.12, "end": 21889.718}, {"text": "eagerness to approve half a billion dollars of subsidy without more than six hours to review the file thanks Madam", "start": 21889.718, "end": 21895.52}, {"text": "speaker thank you are there any further speakers", "start": 21895.52, "end": 21902.718}, {"text": "before we go to the last speaker", "start": 21902.718, "end": 21906.92}, {"text": "okay mayor child to speak thank you uh M", "start": 21907.798, "end": 21914.798}, {"text": "speaker there's no doubt all of us want to see housing built affordable housing", "start": 21914.798, "end": 21921.6}, {"text": "and Rental housing there's not one in this chamber that would say that is not what", "start": 21921.6, "end": 21927.76}, {"text": "we need well maybe someone is calling in saying", "start": 21927.76, "end": 21933}, {"text": "that pardon me um and yes the housing start have stopped", "start": 21933, "end": 21940.44}, {"text": "why because the interest rate is too high and there's no Reon it's not", "start": 21940.44, "end": 21946.798}, {"text": "because we didn't approve them on time everyone has the site has the uh uh", "start": 21946.798, "end": 21954.92}, {"text": "uh op a all the approval here are done", "start": 21954.92, "end": 21960.32}, {"text": "financially it's difficult right now for rental buildings to get", "start": 21960.32, "end": 21966.12}, {"text": "started so by working together staff counselors everyone of", "start": 21966.12, "end": 21972.28}, {"text": "different ideas we came up with a very good proposal we are leading the", "start": 21972.28, "end": 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we want to approve all of them but guess what we don't have the financial capacity to do", "start": 22077.24, "end": 22084.4}, {"text": "that so are only able to approve 7 to 8,000 of them and they're in all", "start": 22084.4, "end": 22091.638}, {"text": "different parts of the city I looked there's one in councelor anley Ward and", "start": 22091.638, "end": 22096.958}, {"text": "I I one in councelor Thompson's Ward quite a few in downtown and they're in different parts", "start": 22096.958, "end": 22104.12}, {"text": "of toico scabo North York and different places we can do so much more if we can", "start": 22104.12, "end": 22111.2}, {"text": "persuade the federal and the provincial government to join us and that's what we want to do and one thing in all the", "start": 22111.2, "end": 22118.878}, {"text": "political drama and the power struggle that you saw yesterday there was a", "start": 22118.878, "end": 22124.958}, {"text": "little glimmer of hope the fall economic statement 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{"text": "construction workers are told that they are going to get laid off so I hope the", "start": 22179.6, "end": 22184.92}, {"text": "premier could also support us so that the other other than the 8,000 that", "start": 22184.92, "end": 22191.6}, {"text": "we're approving here today that the rest of them could also get in and be able to start", "start": 22191.6, "end": 22199.08}, {"text": "construction now and if there are any fine-tuning of the program that's needed if some of the", "start": 22199.08, "end": 22206.558}, {"text": "development industry or or some of the home builders are not able to uh finish", "start": 22206.558, "end": 22212.958}, {"text": "their projects there'll be others that are waiting to uh take this part I just", "start": 22212.958, "end": 22218.4}, {"text": "want to conclude by saying one thing this is not half a billion dollar we have right now we don't have this money", "start": 22218.4, "end": 22226.32}, {"text": "so it's not as if we're ticking 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Madam speaker through you could you remind us", "start": 22278.638, "end": 22284.958}, {"text": "uh the cost of a development charge on a one-bedroom unit purpose built rental here in the city of Toronto it's in the", "start": 22284.958, "end": 22291.798}, {"text": "report actually uh counselor uh the the report talked about", "start": 22291.798, "end": 22298.36}, {"text": "how much it will cost and uh let me just get to it it said that um the funding of this is uh", "start": 22298.36, "end": 22307.638}, {"text": "well not that is funding but that the fact that we are not able to uh uh Den", "start": 22307.638, "end": 22314.92}, {"text": "number a financial incentive the property tax exemption for 35 years is", "start": 22314.92, "end": 22320.92}, {"text": "about 114 million and the value of development charges is about", "start": 22320.92, "end": 22326.958}, {"text": "210 well $211 million so um you're looking at uh", "start": 22326.958, "end": 22334.878}, {"text": "property tax 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"[Music]", "start": 22960.35, "end": 22977.45}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 22979.52, "end": 22998.76}, {"text": "councelor Chang [Music]", "start": 22998.76, "end": 23006.28}, {"text": "please cancer appr please councelor Chris handy please and", "start": 23006.28, "end": 23013.24}, {"text": "thank you", "start": 23013.24, "end": 23016.44}, {"text": "councelor PR how do you vote please the motion carries the vot is 22", "start": 23021.44, "end": 23031.478}, {"text": "to3 okay so we go back to", "start": 23040.92, "end": 23046.84}, {"text": "um um before we go to the item that we were", "start": 23046.84, "end": 23052.68}, {"text": "um before lunch uh counselor posac did you get a chance to look at the response", "start": 23052.68, "end": 23060.878}, {"text": "on your item yes thank you madam speaker I did um I was tempted to refer it to", "start": 23060.878, "end": 23067.2}, {"text": "Executive but I don't want to give uh these mobs on our streets any more oxygen so I'll move", "start": 23067.2, "end": 23073.08}, {"text": "receip okay so councel pionek is moving receipt of IA", "start": 23073.08, "end": 23078.6}, {"text": "24.1 all in favor Carri thank you so we will now go to the um item", "start": 23078.6, "end": 23087}, {"text": "that we were uh that we started before lunch which is ex 19.1 so if we can put the list on the", "start": 23087, "end": 23093.798}, {"text": "screen please I believe we were going through [Music] questions was it speakers okay councelor", "start": 23093.798, "end": 23101.2}, {"text": "holiday to speak uh thank you speaker um it's sometimes", "start": 23101.2, "end": 23108.12}, {"text": "timing is fortuitous so we just spent uh you know an hour and a half maybe a", "start": 23108.12, "end": 23114.718}, {"text": "little more talking about how city council needs to subsidize the", "start": 23114.718, "end": 23121.28}, {"text": "development industry to spark their interest in creating purpose-built", "start": 23121.28, "end": 23127.68}, {"text": "rental and all of the half a billion dollars that has to go into that first trunch", "start": 23127.68, "end": 23134.36}, {"text": "and we're going back now to a report that talks about a subset of sites in the city and that's where the", "start": 23134.36, "end": 23141.638}, {"text": "city steps in and says well forget about the industry we're going to do it oursel we're going to take our own sites", "start": 23141.638, "end": 23148.32}, {"text": "and we're going to redevelop them and we're going to do it through the public Builder model yes I understand that", "start": 23148.32, "end": 23154.478}, {"text": "doesn't mean that public servants may be there swinging hammers uh but they're going to take on uh significant parts of", "start": 23154.478, "end": 23161.12}, {"text": "the job of the developer and uh I'm not sure that that's the right path forward if the", "start": 23161.12, "end": 23167.638}, {"text": "private sector and the for-profit development industry is struggling so much how are we supposed to give it a go", "start": 23167.638, "end": 23176.28}, {"text": "ourselves as a public entity what could go wrong so I have major apprehensions", "start": 23176.28, "end": 23186.04}, {"text": "about going down this path and executing on the array of projects and that I don't say that because I lack confidence", "start": 23186.04, "end": 23193.638}, {"text": "in staff uh I lack confidence in our overall process and our approach as a council to", "start": 23193.638, "end": 23200.68}, {"text": "doing this uh we have had many systems in place over the years to try to work", "start": 23200.68, "end": 23207.28}, {"text": "with the development industry and to use Civic assets lands uh to use them in a", "start": 23207.28, "end": 23213.32}, {"text": "better way if they're no longer required uh but we're going deeper and farther down a path where we now must bear an", "start": 23213.32, "end": 23220.84}, {"text": "enormous amount of risk risk that is normally associated with Private Industry for them to carry and we now", "start": 23220.84, "end": 23228}, {"text": "put it onto the public shoulders uh so I don't I don't think that we need to do this and I will not be supporting this", "start": 23228, "end": 23235.2}, {"text": "particular report and I hope that we uh exercise care and through this through", "start": 23235.2, "end": 23240.76}, {"text": "these processes should Council pass it and making sure that we transfer as much risk as possible off of the shoulders of", "start": 23240.76, "end": 23249.2}, {"text": "the public sector who are really the citizens of this city and put it into the industry that's in charge of", "start": 23249.2, "end": 23256.478}, {"text": "development thank you madam speaker thank", "start": 23256.478, "end": 23261.638}, {"text": "you councelor past to", "start": 23264.798, "end": 23269.16}, {"text": "speak councelor past", "start": 23269.878, "end": 23274.4}, {"text": "go ahead councelor Pastak okay thank you thank you madam", "start": 23295.558, "end": 23301.718}, {"text": "speaker I just wanted to just take a minute to uh talk about some of the", "start": 23301.718, "end": 23307.558}, {"text": "consequences uh that are less obvious when we don't commit ourselves to affordable housing the young people in", "start": 23307.558, "end": 23315.478}, {"text": "the city will move elsewhere the next generation of workers in government", "start": 23315.478, "end": 23322.92}, {"text": "lawyers doctors uh technicians uh in the technical trades they will go elsewhere", "start": 23322.92, "end": 23329.4}, {"text": "and they won't come back and I can tell you from personal experience three of my four kids have already left the city now", "start": 23329.4, "end": 23336}, {"text": "it's true they left for for a number of different reasons cost not always being one of them uh but one of the reasons", "start": 23336, "end": 23342.2}, {"text": "they won't come back is because of uh because of cost in New York Center we're", "start": 23342.2, "end": 23347.718}, {"text": "we're uh breaking ground on a number of different projects one is the William Baker project which is uh guaranteed 20%", "start": 23347.718, "end": 23355.478}, {"text": "affordable and of course uh the housing now after six years of waiting we finally Broken Ground broke ground with", "start": 23355.478, "end": 23361.76}, {"text": "the mayor uh and we're uh going to be constructing over 400 units of affordable we also have a a uh", "start": 23361.76, "end": 23368.878}, {"text": "development on Finch Avenue West uh where I believe it's a little under 300 units of affordable seniors uh uh", "start": 23368.878, "end": 23376.76}, {"text": "housing that got going uh with cmhc and Open Door uh policy so if we want a", "start": 23376.76, "end": 23384.36}, {"text": "future in the city where we want people to stay to help build our community to help to help build our neighborhoods to", "start": 23384.36, "end": 23392}, 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23438.92}, {"text": "been relied on for Generations uh where kids would stay in the same city and", "start": 23438.92, "end": 23444.76}, {"text": "help their aging parents in many ways those supports are gone or disappearing", "start": 23444.76, "end": 23450.16}, {"text": "because the kids are leaving and that means many of the seniors are aging in place without the supports necessary to", "start": 23450.16, "end": 23457.16}, {"text": "function in in in dignity and in Independence and in safety thank you", "start": 23457.16, "end": 23464.24}, {"text": "thank", "start": 23464.24, "end": 23466.52}, {"text": "you if I can ask for some quiet in the council chambers all members of council", "start": 23469.28, "end": 23476.92}, {"text": "please councelor holiday councelor Meers quiet please it's very noisy in", "start": 23476.92, "end": 23485.44}, {"text": "the council chambers this includes staff as", "start": 23485.44, "end": 23491.24}, {"text": "well counselor saxs to", "start": 23491.32, 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23550.12, "end": 23556.04}, {"text": "with City ex and um the last thing uh I want to mention which is a bit uh", "start": 23556.04, "end": 23562.44}, {"text": "unusual but it's and I think it's worth looking at uh the", "start": 23562.44, "end": 23570.68}, {"text": "uh the city council requests that the mayor in consultation with the city solicitor to determine whether any", "start": 23570.68, "end": 23577}, {"text": "provisions of the city Toronto act uh 2006 special powers and duties of", "start": 23577, "end": 23583.12}, {"text": "the head of council enable her to expedite the delivery of urgently needed affordable housing so we just want to as you know", "start": 23583.12, "end": 23590.32}, {"text": "the mayor uh was given uh strong M Powers by the generosity of the Premier", "start": 23590.32, "end": 23595.878}, {"text": "Ford and um and so why not look at those strong M Powers just look at them just", "start": 23595.878, "end": 23602.52}, {"text": "see if anything could be used 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house where they're paying seven eight 10,000 bucks a year", "start": 23696.12, "end": 23702.28}, {"text": "for property taxes and the developer wants to build a 50-story building next door so the developer is saying to that", "start": 23702.28, "end": 23710.798}, {"text": "homeowner oh I can't afford to build sewers for my 50-story building will you", "start": 23710.798, "end": 23718.08}, {"text": "pay me to build the sewers for my development next door", "start": 23718.08, "end": 23724}, {"text": "that's what they're saying not to mention that bill 23 from", "start": 23724, "end": 23729.718}, {"text": "the good graces of Premier Ford cut cities development uh charges", "start": 23729.718, "end": 23736.04}, {"text": "by $2.1 billion they already gave our developer friends $2.1 billion of", "start": 23736.04, "end": 23744.08}, {"text": "taxpayers money that they don't have to pay to build their condos in the sky they've", "start": 23744.08, "end": 23751.398}, {"text": "already got 2.1 billion in their pocket now they're saying to the poor", "start": 23751.398, "end": 23757.16}, {"text": "taxpayer you know in uh councelor nunzi's off ward they're saying oh", "start": 23757.16, "end": 23763.68}, {"text": "please uh let that property taxpayer on bnell pay for my sewers my sidewalks and", "start": 23763.68, "end": 23771.04}, {"text": "my hydro that's what they're saying to ccer n's poor taxpayers they should be paying for the developer sewers when he", "start": 23771.04, "end": 23778.16}, {"text": "wants to build or she wants to build they want to build a 50 story condo that's what they're crying poor about", "start": 23778.16, "end": 23784.76}, {"text": "now taxpayers should pay for their ability to build their", "start": 23784.76, "end": 23790.28}, {"text": "condos they've already got 2.1 billion from Santa Claus Ford in Bill 23 what", "start": 23790.28, "end": 23797.92}, {"text": "else they need for Christmas thank you okay um councelor Cole we do have a", "start": 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stand for us to take and I would encourage you to do the same thing um I try not to to View", "start": 24303.24, "end": 24309.398}, {"text": "housing issues uh through an ideological lens I try and be practical and pragmatic about it but the public", "start": 24309.398, "end": 24316.16}, {"text": "Builder approach is an ideological one and the ideology there is that we need", "start": 24316.16, "end": 24322.638}, {"text": "to build more bureaucracy to build more housing the ideology is that government", "start": 24322.638, "end": 24329.6}, {"text": "can build housing faster than professionals with the experience and the expertise in the private sector or", "start": 24329.6, "end": 24336.718}, {"text": "in the not for-profit sector and I think most people outside of this Council chamber would understand that that's a", "start": 24336.718, "end": 24344.36}, {"text": "that's a nonsensical notion um government never does it for faster and", "start": 24344.36, "end": 24349.6}, {"text": 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{"text": "quarter but what is actually going to change and how is this actually going to translate into more housing I think", "start": 24439.12, "end": 24446.6}, {"text": "we're building more bureaucracy but I'm not convinced we're building more housing so across the five reports in", "start": 24446.6, "end": 24451.878}, {"text": "the 16 months we have SP certainly spent a lot of taxpayers money we have certainly spent a lot of Staff time", "start": 24451.878, "end": 24457.84}, {"text": "scrambling to change the organizational chart so that the mayor can pursue can", "start": 24457.84, "end": 24463.04}, {"text": "claim a victory on the public Builder model but I don't think we've actually seen the shovels hit the ground I don't", "start": 24463.04, "end": 24469.04}, {"text": "think we've actually seen more homes that people can afford getting built and and to be clear I actually feel bad for", "start": 24469.04, "end": 24475.84}, {"text": "the civil service because they have been 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"please okay well we'll vote on 1 two 3 4 1 two 3 4 recorded", "start": 24625.36, "end": 24632.81}, {"text": "[Laughter]", "start": 24632.81, "end": 24636.9}, {"text": "just stand by members", "start": 24646.478, "end": 24650.122}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 24668.76, "end": 24677.92}, {"text": "one two three four [Music]", "start": 24677.92, "end": 24695.12}, {"text": "councelor chanti", "start": 24695.12, "end": 24698.238}, {"text": "please Parts one to four of motion number one Carri the vote is 24 to1 okay", "start": 24704.08, "end": 24712.718}, {"text": "on number five if we can put number five on the screen", "start": 24712.718, "end": 24718.478}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 24722.21, "end": 24725.38}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 24730.74, "end": 24736.798}, {"text": "what's number five we can't see it", "start": 24736.798, "end": 24742.76}, {"text": "huh scroll down you'll have to scroll down to see part five", "start": 24742.76, "end": 24748.76}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 24748.76, "end": 24767.36}, {"text": "I don't know does everybody see the motion yes okay not", "start": 24767.36, "end": 24774.92}, {"text": "really not really part five of Motion One carries the voot is 16 to9", "start": 24774.92, "end": 24783.16}, {"text": "item is amended recorded", "start": 24792.24, "end": 24797.398}, {"text": "vote how does he come up with these motions", "start": 24807.798, "end": 24813.12}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 24818.72, "end": 24830.97}, {"text": "[Music] councelor canell please", "start": 24834.71, "end": 24843.16}, {"text": "the item is amended carries the vote is [Music]", "start": 24845, "end": 24852.58}, {"text": "22-3 all right our next item is ex1 19.8 Deputy Mayor Malik held the item", "start": 24853.16, "end": 24861.2}, {"text": "down do we have questions to staff social procurement policy review", "start": 24861.2, "end": 24868.44}, {"text": "yeah Madam speaker", "start": 24879.12, "end": 24883.318}, {"text": "oh just so you know we skipped over councelor Fletcher's item ex 19.2", "start": 24891.28, "end": 24897.36}, {"text": "because she uh still waiting for some comments that's why we're going to ex9", "start": 24897.36, "end": 24903.08}, {"text": "19.18 so questions to staff if you can put your name on the", "start": 24903.08, "end": 24908.842}, {"text": "screen Deputy Mayor Malik questions and councelor mantis put your name on the", "start": 24909.478, "end": 24914.878}, {"text": "screen if you want to ask questions oh you have a point of", "start": 24914.878, "end": 24921.32}, {"text": "order C councelor mantis point of order H I just want to do a declaration of", "start": 24921.558, "end": 24927.08}, {"text": "interest for ex1 19.3 analysis of driver wages in the vehicle for hiring industry", "start": 24927.08, "end": 24933.16}, {"text": "my family owns a taxi plate all right so did you fill the form up filled it already and I already sent", "start": 24933.16, "end": 24939.12}, {"text": "it to the clerk now you you're going to stay for the council meeting aren't you yeah", "start": 24939.12, "end": 24946.24}, {"text": "okay deput questions to staff Deputy Mayor Malik thank you very much", "start": 24948.68, "end": 24955.558}, {"text": "um uh it was really helpful to see the results of the social procurement policy over the last seven years in this report", "start": 24955.558, "end": 24962.718}, {"text": "um and I just wanted to um hear very briefly some of the key highlights um to", "start": 24962.718, "end": 24969.84}, {"text": "share with Council that may not have been apparent through the data that was", "start": 24969.84, "end": 24975.2}, {"text": "uh", "start": 24975.2, "end": 24977.396}, {"text": "presented do we not have can you just stop my time while we're finding the", "start": 24983.32, "end": 24988.638}, {"text": "correct person for this hi Madame speaker do you mind holding my", "start": 24988.638, "end": 24996.24}, {"text": "time because there doesn't seem to be someone here to answer my", "start": 24996.24, "end": 25000.958}, {"text": "questions is anybody here to answer the", "start": 25001.6, "end": 25006.636}, {"text": "questions we're at ex1 19.18 who is supposed to answer these", "start": 25007.638, "end": 25013.798}, {"text": "questions the social procurement uh division do you mind resetting my time", "start": 25013.798, "end": 25021.12}, {"text": "yeah I I I I'll just [Music]", "start": 25021.12, "end": 25027.798}, {"text": "do okay you ready all right thank you uh very much", "start": 25028.08, "end": 25034.36}, {"text": "um uh just recap it was really helpful to see the results of the social procurement policy over the last seven", "start": 25034.36, "end": 25040.718}, {"text": "years and I just wanted to hear a little bit more if there were any key highlights to share with us um that we", "start": 25040.718, "end": 25047.16}, {"text": "might not have been able to see through just the data", "start": 25047.16, "end": 25052.36}, {"text": "uh through the chair um through the speaker sorry um well I can say that we are have a couple of highlights such as", "start": 25053.28, "end": 25060.878}, {"text": "uh the numbers are showing so from 2017 to 2023 we actually awarded over 103", "start": 25060.878, "end": 25067}, {"text": "million in contracts for certified indigenous black and Equity deserving", "start": 25067, "end": 25072.68}, {"text": "suppliers so broken down um that's 88 million. 7 for open competitive and 4.1", "start": 25072.68, "end": 25080.638}, {"text": "through non-competitive so that's just one example okay thank", "start": 25080.638, "end": 25086}, {"text": "you um having the numbers from this report uh was encouraging because it", "start": 25086, "end": 25091.878}, {"text": "helps us form our Baseline and can you share how you are currently using", "start": 25091.878, "end": 25097.84}, {"text": "Targets in your in your efforts of course through the speaker so", "start": 25097.84, "end": 25104.478}, {"text": "um it's a conversation that's been going on for quite a while about the targets and as you know uh there are still", "start": 25104.478, "end": 25112.2}, {"text": "questions surrounding them currently we are using them as uh a basis of", "start": 25112.2, "end": 25118.52}, {"text": "discussion with other suppliers when we are setting targets for their their rfps", "start": 25118.52, "end": 25123.798}, {"text": "and when we are planning to use them within the rfts uh again currently they are set on a case-by casee basis uh", "start": 25123.798, "end": 25131.16}, {"text": "based on basically the surrounding facts of the situation so uh what is the scope", "start": 25131.16, "end": 25138.12}, {"text": "the volume uh the duration of the contract and so on", "start": 25138.12, "end": 25144.042}, {"text": "okay thank you that's that's helpful and I know uh we've had conversations about Targets in the past as well so that's uh", "start": 25144.92, "end": 25151.84}, {"text": "important 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absolutely um but", "start": 25196.08, "end": 25201.6}, {"text": "it is not something that really is top of mind just because again uh Community", "start": 25201.6, "end": 25207.44}, {"text": "benefits are very or um Workforce Development is very specific and requires a very specific space to be", "start": 25207.44, "end": 25216.76}, {"text": "successful okay thank you very", "start": 25216.76, "end": 25220.6}, {"text": "much about questions uh thank you madam speaker uh", "start": 25228.08, "end": 25233.52}, {"text": "just a a question uh in light of the uh", "start": 25233.52, "end": 25238.558}, {"text": "uh the recommendation um to uh engage with the community uh from from these", "start": 25238.558, "end": 25245.798}, {"text": "groups um what is the plan to create awareness for um said groups to engage", "start": 25245.798, "end": 25254.798}, {"text": "and access uh and apply for for procurement opportunities", "start": 25254.798, "end": 25262.04}, {"text": "through the speaker we're we are still developing", "start": 25267.04, "end": 25273.04}, {"text": "the plan but we have uh relationships with existing Community organizations and networks including through Social", "start": 25273.04, "end": 25279.798}, {"text": "Development finance and administrations Community benefits Advisory Group that we intend to leverage uh and understand", "start": 25279.798, "end": 25285.92}, {"text": "through Community organizations other organizations that we can connect with uh um sorry if I missed this in the uh", "start": 25285.92, "end": 25293.84}, {"text": "in the document and when is that plan coming uh that will be planning in q1 2025 starting in January uh and will", "start": 25293.84, "end": 25302.08}, {"text": "there be any uh communication strategy whether it's social media or other means to get the word out yes we intend to", "start": 25302.08, "end": 25310.958}, {"text": "leverage the city's social procurement sorry social uh media networks uhhuh um", "start": 25310.958, "end": 25316.958}, {"text": "and lastly if there um uh Enterprises that are interested in this would we uh", "start": 25316.958, "end": 25324.28}, {"text": "would our office uh forward and connect them to to your office if they wanted to learn more and engage in the process yes", "start": 25324.28, "end": 25331.32}, {"text": "they can email social procurement at toronto.ca any organization can okay excellent thank", "start": 25331.32, "end": 25337.08}, {"text": "you thank you", "start": 25337.08, "end": 25344.6}, {"text": "speakers Deputy Mayor Malik to speak", "start": 25347.44, "end": 25352.478}, {"text": "um Can councelor Cole go first I'm just getting a motion pardon I'm just getting a motion ready", "start": 25352.478, "end": 25360.84}, {"text": "okay councelor Cole no listen I think this is a uh critically", "start": 25363.68, "end": 25369.2}, {"text": "important uh policy that we have at the city that should be enriched because uh", "start": 25369.2, "end": 25375.68}, {"text": "uh we have so many uh people that uh make up our uh very very complex quilt", "start": 25375.68, "end": 25382.798}, {"text": "of nationalities and Origins ancestry especially our indigenous brothers and", "start": 25382.798, "end": 25389.08}, {"text": "sisters and so we've got to do whatever we can to uh help uh them as they", "start": 25389.08, "end": 25395.84}, {"text": "undertake their uh entrepreneurial activities and so I think it's an important obligation that we have and I", "start": 25395.84, "end": 25402}, {"text": "just want to encourage everybody to uh support this and ensure that uh our", "start": 25402, "end": 25409.44}, {"text": "citizens are made available of this important policy I think it really creates employment it creates more", "start": 25409.44, "end": 25416.32}, {"text": "Harmony and certainly it creates a better sense of belonging uh I just uh", "start": 25416.32, "end": 25422.478}, {"text": "want to add just one thing that uh is a bit related to this but it's part of it", "start": 25422.478, "end": 25428.718}, {"text": "is uh for instance in Lawrence Heights uh we for years uh have been begging for", "start": 25428.718, "end": 25436}, {"text": "a uh a milk store a convenience store where people go buy milk and bread right now they have to walk", "start": 25436, "end": 25442.44}, {"text": "walk uh from rainy Avenue they walk all the way down to Lawrence that's about a", "start": 25442.44, "end": 25448.08}, {"text": "kilometer and a half to get milk or they have to walk to BS then uh 401 to get milk so", "start": 25448.08, "end": 25457.478}, {"text": "we finally got us an entrepreneur uh newcomer to Canada to", "start": 25457.478, "end": 25463.12}, {"text": "set up a little convenience store and the guy is going broke because", "start": 25463.12, "end": 25469.84}, {"text": "there's no parking for the commun store and so what is happening people", "start": 25469.84, "end": 25476.32}, {"text": "like to run in and out you know get their milk they just park get the milk and run but he can't get anybody to do that", "start": 25476.32, "end": 25484.28}, {"text": "because there's no parking so we built this uh uh building with retail on the main floor and this poor guy is begging", "start": 25484.28, "end": 25492.04}, {"text": "me for some kind of financial help to survive while we somehow find a way of", "start": 25492.04, "end": 25498.718}, {"text": "giving them two parking spots I'm trying to move the uh TTC stops they're in the way we", "start": 25498.718, "end": 25505.68}, {"text": "can move them to the other side so I got to ask the TTC I got to ask uh the housing I got to ask the police I got to", "start": 25505.68, "end": 25512.6}, {"text": "ask everybody for this guy to get two spots so he can provide milk and bread for the 2,000 people that live in the", "start": 25512.6, "end": 25519.08}, {"text": "Lawrence Heights area this is how crazy it is so I think if that could be", "start": 25519.08, "end": 25524.28}, {"text": "maybe pushed into the agenda of uh uh the social procurement uh in an indirect", "start": 25524.28, "end": 25531.32}, {"text": "way I think I think it would really help the reality of people who are newcomers uh diverse backgrounds are trying to", "start": 25531.32, "end": 25537.24}, {"text": "open up a business and then we as the city don't facilitate that important small business", "start": 25537.24, "end": 25543.52}, {"text": "that is just saying give me two parking spots so I can keep my doors open and provide much needed essential Services", "start": 25543.52, "end": 25550.08}, {"text": "uh to people who live uh in that Community thank you very much", "start": 25550.08, "end": 25557.12}, {"text": "okay we'll hold this item down before you go the next item is", "start": 25569.6, "end": 25575.6}, {"text": "yours um the Community Music", "start": 25575.6, "end": 25580.878}, {"text": "School it's next so if you want to deal with it before you go because it's the next", 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how we work as a city on this very", "start": 26097.798, "end": 26103.958}, {"text": "important issue it means that we're testing things out we are seeing what's in the um in the uh broader kind of", "start": 26103.958, "end": 26112.2}, {"text": "context and figuring out that path forward that will allow this to continue to benefit the city and our communities", "start": 26112.2, "end": 26119.08}, {"text": "for the Long Haul and capturing the first seven years of the program I think what we can say is there have been many", "start": 26119.08, "end": 26126.52}, {"text": "lessons and learnings and continued improvements that we to see through", "start": 26126.52, "end": 26131.798}, {"text": "these recommendations in the years to come and it's important that we have this at Council and I really want to", "start": 26131.798, "end": 26137.6}, {"text": "highlight this that this is coming alongside the economic and Community Development committee's partnered", "start": 26137.6, "end": 26143.84}, {"text": "approach to inclusive Economic Development because this program was an important step of our city to integrate", "start": 26143.84, "end": 26151}, {"text": "our thinking around how we use every opportunity we have to invest in our", "start": 26151, "end": 26156.398}, {"text": "city for the outcomes we want thriving businesses Equity AC across gender race", "start": 26156.398, "end": 26162.16}, {"text": "ability and our investments going back into our city and into our Province and", "start": 26162.16, "end": 26168.08}, {"text": "into our country and the idea here is simple and profound in a lot of ways", "start": 26168.08, "end": 26174}, {"text": "it's using our considerable purchasing power to do double and sometimes even", "start": 26174, "end": 26179.76}, {"text": "triple Duty I think that's where we're going to is is making sure that we are able to have social benefits economic", "start": 26179.76, "end": 26187.24}, {"text": "benefits and we're moving in the direction to make sure that alongside that are also our environmental benefits", "start": 26187.24, "end": 26194.32}, {"text": "and we're taking into consideration our climate leadership and our objectives and in this era where we are grappling", "start": 26194.32, "end": 26201}, {"text": "with trade agreements and the lowest bidder it is really important that we", "start": 26201, "end": 26206.68}, {"text": "are approaching our procurement power in this way and we can see the results we", "start": 26206.68, "end": 26213.12}, {"text": "are making important progress as a city with upward Trends on the percentage of", "start": 26213.12, "end": 26218.24}, {"text": "contracts going to diverse suppliers and the increase in what that spending looks", "start": 26218.24, "end": 26223.32}, {"text": "like I'm glad to see these recommendations from staff move forward to unlock even more progress and with", "start": 26223.32, "end": 26229.798}, {"text": "the additional amendments that I'm putting forward to be able to set goals and to track them and I want to also", "start": 26229.798, "end": 26236.718}, {"text": "acknowledge that we are not doing this alone we are part of a growing network", "start": 26236.718, "end": 26241.798}, {"text": "of Advocates and anchor institutions here in Toronto and across Ontario and Canada who are using their purchasing", "start": 26241.798, "end": 26248.52}, {"text": "power to invest in our city and local communities and neighborhoods in residents in businesses like the ones", "start": 26248.52, "end": 26255.16}, {"text": "that Deputy Mayor Cole described this is the work that we are doing together and that is something to be proud of thanks", "start": 26255.16, "end": 26261.958}, {"text": "again to staff for this report thank you for your work to lead this and most of all thanks to the incredible Advocates", "start": 26261.958, "end": 26267.798}, {"text": "who have been working on this alongside us at the city pushing us continually to meet those targets I want to", "start": 26267.798, "end": 26274.68}, {"text": "particularly uh thank the Toronto Community benefits Network and the Coalition uh that that continues toow", "start": 26274.68, "end": 26280.798}, {"text": "grow around this work around social procurement and Community benefits we are doing this work together with the", "start": 26280.798, "end": 26286.28}, {"text": "seriousness that it requires and we are seeing the results and we'll keep going thank you very", "start": 26286.28, "end": 26292.04}, {"text": "much thank you okay let's put them oh councelor kelt wants to speak okay just", "start": 26292.04, "end": 26299.478}, {"text": "a sec councelor kandal to speak uh thank you madam speaker I'll be quick uh thank", "start": 26299.478, "end": 26307.12}, {"text": "you for staff for this report and particularly deputy mayor mik for amendments uh if it matters measure it", "start": 26307.12, "end": 26313.68}, {"text": "and your Amendment does exactly that and I applaud you for that Amendment and in full support of it we're seeing this", "start": 26313.68, "end": 26320.44}, {"text": "conversation as our cities diverse communities grow up get older established businesses uh they want to", "start": 26320.44, "end": 26327.92}, {"text": "participate in the prosperity and the success that our city is seeing and it doesn't ACR to uh to uh usual folks that", "start": 26327.92, "end": 26336.92}, {"text": "we need to see the the benefits spread and enjoyed by all uh and I applaud staff for uh committing", "start": 26336.92, "end": 26344.24}, {"text": "to doing uh an approach that communicates this program to uh to their", "start": 26344.24, "end": 26350.638}, {"text": "to the wider audience in our city and and for for reflection uh I think as", "start": 26350.638, "end": 26357.08}, {"text": "this program grows and gains value that we look at the application of this lens", "start": 26357.08, "end": 26362.32}, {"text": "to the development review process uh we have the most cranes in the sky in any", "start": 26362.32, "end": 26368.68}, {"text": "city in North America this is an industry and a business that requires greater diversity particularly across uh", "start": 26368.68, "end": 26376.36}, {"text": "the different neighborhoods and I've seen uh some level of homogeneity in my one year as councel working development", "start": 26376.36, "end": 26382.878}, {"text": "application so I think uh the promise within this amendment and motion can uh", "start": 26382.878, "end": 26389.08}, {"text": "be applied to uh bigger and broader sectors within our reach as a city thank", "start": 26389.08, "end": 26395.76}, {"text": "you madam speaker thank you if we can put the Motions on the screen please so we can", "start": 26395.76, "end": 26403.798}, {"text": "vote motion by Deputy Mayor Malik is on the screen all in favor carried second", "start": 26405.84, "end": 26414.396}, {"text": "motion okay on in favor carried item is amended on in favor carried car next", "start": 26417.958, "end": 26425.08}, {"text": "item is ex1 19.25 updating the code of conduct for public members of City", "start": 26425.08, "end": 26430.76}, {"text": "council's advisory bodies councelor Moyes you held the item down do you guys do you have questions to", "start": 26430.76, "end": 26438.52}, {"text": "staff councelor Moyes sorry let me just find this do you have questions to staff", "start": 26438.52, "end": 26443.68}, {"text": "I do want I'm speaker does anybody have any questions no I have I have questions", "start": 26443.68, "end": 26451.878}, {"text": "okay uh councelor Moyes questions so Bachman Council made the", "start": 26451.878, "end": 26458.718}, {"text": "decision to appoint citizen members uh to the TTC board Council understood that if someone was being uh compensated", "start": 26458.718, "end": 26466.36}, {"text": "that they were subject to the same code of conduct that City counselors is that", "start": 26466.36, "end": 26472.398}, {"text": "correct through the speaker um that at that time through the the decision", "start": 26472.398, "end": 26478.398}, {"text": "around the TTC board that board would have been governed by the code of conduct for local boards so it wasn't as", "start": 26478.398, "end": 26485.36}, {"text": "a result of being compensated or not it fell under the code of conduct for local boards", "start": 26485.36, "end": 26492.08}, {"text": "okay and I still don't understand what why advisory boards or boards in", "start": 26492.08, "end": 26498.44}, {"text": "general uh don't fall under the code of conduct because for example if I'm on the TTC", "start": 26498.44, "end": 26504.478}, {"text": "board I have to I'm governed by the code of conduct but yet my the colleague who's a citizen member is", "start": 26504.478, "end": 26510.958}, {"text": "not like why the discrepancy and if and if this is an issue and how do we", "start": 26510.958, "end": 26516.76}, {"text": "Rectify this discrepancy uh through you madam speaker uh the advisory bodies and", "start": 26516.76, "end": 26522.558}, {"text": "local boards are distinct entities so the advisory bodies are not local boards", "start": 26522.558, "end": 26528.32}, {"text": "and the code of conduct is specifically applicable to members of local", "start": 26528.32, "end": 26534.558}, {"text": "boards okay so then my question is is there a way to remedy this situation", "start": 26535.28, "end": 26541.718}, {"text": "because I think there is some there's a gap", "start": 26541.718, "end": 26546.24}, {"text": "there yeah so there is a gap through the speaker that's correct there is a gap so the way to remedy it would be for us as", "start": 26547.718, "end": 26554.52}, {"text": "staff to develop a code of conduct for the council advisory bodies um there is a code of conduct for local boards", "start": 26554.52, "end": 26560.718}, {"text": "there's a Code of Conduct for counselors we could come back and develop one for Council advisory bodies okay great and", "start": 26560.718, "end": 26567.08}, {"text": "this is what the motion here is asking for great okay thank", "start": 26567.08, "end": 26573.318}, {"text": "you yes I move", "start": 26576.28, "end": 26580.68}, {"text": "Au 7.1 councelor cran you held the item down I'll be releasing that item as I", "start": 26584.12, "end": 26591.68}, {"text": "mentioned to you a moment ago I'm satisfied with met with staff and I'm all good thank you okay so council", "start": 26591.68, "end": 26599.04}, {"text": "chanti is releasing Au 7.1 on", "start": 26599.04, "end": 26604.24}, {"text": "favor oh oh but I just released it oh okay I", "start": 26604.24, "end": 26610.638}, {"text": "thought it was just a quick so do we have questions then okay so anybody has", "start": 26610.638, "end": 26616.638}, {"text": "questions can you please put your name on the screen councelor Fletcher", "start": 26616.638, "end": 26623.95}, {"text": "[Applause] questions", "start": 26623.95, "end": 26629.2}, {"text": "my oh that's fine I can wait she thought it was over", "start": 26629.2, "end": 26635.2}, {"text": "are we ready yes I just have councelor Fletcher questions yes I think I think the auditor general knows what I'm going", "start": 26658.52, "end": 26665.318}, {"text": "to be asking and um while your work plan is clear there were some requests from", "start": 26665.318, "end": 26672.12}, {"text": "Council last well from this year in asking you to further work on certain things in particular pay it and give us", "start": 26672.12, "end": 26679.6}, {"text": "some information back but I don't see it there and I'm not sure what you're able to do for us on that auditor mam", "start": 26679.6, "end": 26688.2}, {"text": "auditor so through the speaker we have included in our budget request that will", "start": 26688.2, "end": 26693.398}, {"text": "be considered before the budget Committee in January 2025 a an", "start": 26693.398, "end": 26698.44}, {"text": "enhancement in terms of doing further investigation of pay it is there not", "start": 26698.44, "end": 26704.16}, {"text": "some unspent dollars already in there I'm just going to ask the CFO if that's the only opportunity or if there already", "start": 26704.16, "end": 26710.08}, {"text": "is I don't want to have to wait on the budget I'm interested in what other options there might be", "start": 26710.08, "end": 26716.6}, {"text": "Mr Good 40 uh through the speaker um and go back to the variance report I do", "start": 26716.6, "end": 26722.318}, {"text": "recall there being some under spending within the 2024 year-end projections uh", "start": 26722.318, "end": 26728.08}, {"text": "the only challenge would be that those would be AA ailable for 2024 expenses um", "start": 26728.08, "end": 26733.6}, {"text": "uh there could be funds that may be able to enable them to begin efforts and begin work but the full work may require", "start": 26733.6, "end": 26738.878}, {"text": "a budget approval in 2025 so how much is left in your 2024", "start": 26738.878, "end": 26745.6}, {"text": "spending so uh through the speaker I would need to get back to you on the exact number um but we would need to go", "start": 26745.6, "end": 26753}, {"text": "through a procurement process in terms of of hiring a a vendor in terms of doing that investigative work so that", "start": 26753, "end": 26759.398}, {"text": "would take some time as well and our our staff are currently at full capacity for this year right so I guess I'm this is a", "start": 26759.398, "end": 26768.84}, {"text": "request but Council doesn't actually how often does city council out of one of your reports say and we need you to tell", "start": 26768.84, "end": 26775.878}, {"text": "us more and we want you to tell us more about what", "start": 26775.878, "end": 26782.36}, {"text": "happened so through the speaker this does happen from from time to time in terms of council requests um this one is", "start": 26782.478, "end": 26790.28}, {"text": "is uh a bit unusual as as you're aware uh because it would involve an", "start": 26790.28, "end": 26795.76}, {"text": "investigation yes an investigation so that doesn't happen very often does it", "start": 26795.76, "end": 26801.68}, {"text": "through the speaker no it does not so I just need to know how seriously this is being taken because it really is a", "start": 26801.68, "end": 26808.478}, {"text": "serious matter to have a score sheet for a", "start": 26808.478, "end": 26814.36}, {"text": "procurement changed 2 days before it goes out to Tender is that not something", "start": 26814.36, "end": 26821.36}, {"text": "that is quite irregular and almost", "start": 26821.36, "end": 26826.6}, {"text": "shocking in a procurement process so through the speaker we are taking this", "start": 26826.6, "end": 26832.398}, {"text": "very seriously uh we did provide our audit report and noted a number of areas for improvement going forward and we are", "start": 26832.398, "end": 26840.28}, {"text": "very seriously considering this request from Council and that's why we have included it in our budget request going", "start": 26840.28, "end": 26847}, {"text": "forward so um I guess taking it very seriously it's it's more than being", "start": 26847, "end": 26853.28}, {"text": "taken seriously it's actually I I don't want to say illegal but it's highly irregular in a procurement do you", "start": 26853.28, "end": 26860.478}, {"text": "remember the last time there was a procurement issue at city council it was the mfp inquiry are you familiar with", "start": 26860.478, "end": 26866.36}, {"text": "that inquiry uh through the speaker I believe you're referring to the the Bellamy one", "start": 26866.36, "end": 26872.36}, {"text": "is that correct yeah yes so I'm familiar and that was procurement yes so it's one", "start": 26872.36, "end": 26878.478}, {"text": "thing to sleep on the job it's another thing to go to Canadian Tire when you're supposed 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27207.24, "end": 27213.878}, {"text": "complaints but there there is stuff that should rise to the", "start": 27213.878, "end": 27220.08}, {"text": "top it absolutely should rise to the top and the pay it contract and the the", "start": 27220.08, "end": 27228.68}, {"text": "lingering questions around the pay it contract should be at the center of the", "start": 27228.68, "end": 27234.92}, {"text": "attention of this Council and our accountability officers", "start": 27234.92, "end": 27241.16}, {"text": "we were told we were told things during those debates we asked questions of", "start": 27241.16, "end": 27246.798}, {"text": "staff and we were told things that we have now discovered are not", "start": 27246.798, "end": 27252.398}, {"text": "true we were told things that were not true we have found out that records were", "start": 27252.398, "end": 27259.24}, {"text": "not kept or if they were kept they were deleted we have been told that the", "start": 27259.24, "end": 27266.478}, {"text": "standard and practices for how we purchase goods and services at the city", "start": 27266.478, "end": 27271.76}, {"text": "of Toronto was not met and it was not met", "start": 27271.76, "end": 27276.798}, {"text": "deliberately we have been told as councelor Fletcher keeps trying to remind us and I hope we're listening", "start": 27276.798, "end": 27284.24}, {"text": "hope we're listening that a form of procurement which if you recall our", "start": 27284.24, "end": 27290.878}, {"text": "chief purchasing officer said she had not only never seen in the city of Toronto she had never seen", "start": 27290.878, "end": 27298.08}, {"text": "anywhere was used in the pay it conversation we have lingering and", "start": 27298.08, "end": 27304.398}, {"text": "outstanding questions about how public money is", "start": 27304.398, "end": 27309.44}, {"text": "spent not just about whether we're you know picking the right programs or if", "start": 27309.44, "end": 27315}, {"text": "the 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{"text": "to1 our next item is ec7 17.2 councelor Sach you held the item", "start": 27762.84, "end": 27769.718}, {"text": "down do we have questions to staff a partnered approach to inclusive Economic Development sorry we're still working on", "start": 27769.718, "end": 27776.44}, {"text": "this one please hold it down okay EC 17.4 councel Bravo shelter", "start": 27776.44, "end": 27784.398}, {"text": "Safety Action Plan uh you held the item down do we have questions to", "start": 27784.398, "end": 27791.558}, {"text": "staff oh that's tomorrow", "start": 27792.878, "end": 27798.24}, {"text": "okay all right sorry all right um so", "start": 27799.76, "end": 27805.24}, {"text": "councel SX how far are you on uh on that item do are you asking questions to", "start": 27805.24, "end": 27810.84}, {"text": "staff or pardon can you can just sorry I 17.2", "start": 27810.84, "end": 27818.478}, {"text": "we're not ready now okay well we have to we're going", "start": 27818.478, "end": 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{"text": "look at all of these complexities and then identify the appropriate uh different Pathways both shortterm and", "start": 28322.878, "end": 28329}, {"text": "longterm in terms of making these changes and how they would align with some of our other programs but I think", "start": 28329, "end": 28334.718}, {"text": "to your point we do recognize that complexity so that is the work that we have underway understand uh how we would", "start": 28334.718, "end": 28341.798}, {"text": "achieve some of these outcomes and what is actually reasonable and possible uh within that context the 26 though would", "start": 28341.798, "end": 28348.52}, {"text": "continue to be uh the goal that we're striving through from a public health", "start": 28348.52, "end": 28353.558}, {"text": "perspective is anyone looking at this from a macroeconomic standpoint we've spent a", "start": 28353.558, "end": 28360.6}, {"text": "lot of time in Council talking about Investments by private developers into", 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28410.76}, {"text": "the road map from C40 in that it's important that we consult with all key", "start": 28410.76, "end": 28416.12}, {"text": "stakeholders including tenants landlords property managers uh to understand the", "start": 28416.12, "end": 28422.16}, {"text": "the full impact as well as our colleagues in Hydro thank you very much our next", "start": 28422.16, "end": 28429.44}, {"text": "questioner councelor mantis you're up thank you madam speaker uh to staff", "start": 28429.44, "end": 28439.24}, {"text": "just so we have the understanding we are Consulting with a", "start": 28439.24, "end": 28446.28}, {"text": "C40 they're going to give us the road map and then we're going to change the", "start": 28446.28, "end": 28452.52}, {"text": "uh the temperature um the temperature maximums so thank you for the question", "start": 28452.52, "end": 28460.04}, {"text": "this report does recommend a maximum of 26\u00b0 what it does it's it's two- stepping", "start": 28460.04, "end": 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{"text": "next yeah thank you madam speaker it's my understanding this is a very complicated issue um given great issues", "start": 28550.798, "end": 28558.52}, {"text": "cost and whatnot but so follow up on councel holiday's question um", "start": 28558.52, "end": 28566.36}, {"text": "about asking the province for permission before we have an actual framework and a", "start": 28566.36, "end": 28572.638}, {"text": "road map to even get there um recognizing The Province doesn't have a lot of faith in city council um at the", "start": 28572.638, "end": 28581.318}, {"text": "best of times who gave the advice to do", "start": 28581.318, "end": 28585.68}, {"text": "that so thanks for the question we're not asking for permission what we are", "start": 28587.24, "end": 28593.36}, {"text": "suggesting and and what is best practice is that our our bylaws and the numbers", "start": 28593.36, "end": 28599.318}, {"text": "included in our bylaws align with those in the residential Tendencies acts and provincial", "start": 28599.318, "end": 28606.6}, {"text": "legislation yeah but so to introduce a maximum temperature standard of", "start": 28609.44, "end": 28616.04}, {"text": "26\u00b0 for all these residential premacy isn't that asking them to not so", "start": 28616.04, "end": 28622.36}, {"text": "much even permission but it's asking them to enact that is it not and who would have given that advice before", "start": 28622.36, "end": 28627.398}, {"text": "there's an actual road map you mentioned it's the best advice you have it's the advice you receive so who gave that", "start": 28627.398, "end": 28634.796}, {"text": "advice so if I'm not sure if you're looking for a specific person this is a again a joint report that's based on", "start": 28635, "end": 28641.52}, {"text": "Department a lot of consultation with public health environment and climate and ourselves uh it's also based on the", "start": 28641.52, "end": 28648.24}, {"text": "lot of research with other uh North American cities as climate change becomes uh a a significant matter in our", "start": 28648.24, "end": 28656.398}, {"text": "city sorry I don't need a specific person but you mentioned it's the best advice you or that's the advice you were", "start": 28656.398, "end": 28662.24}, {"text": "given uh what department gave that [Music] advice Public Health environment and", "start": 28662.24, "end": 28668.638}, {"text": "climate Municipal licensing and standards the three divisions are working on this", "start": 28668.638, "end": 28674.68}, {"text": "collectively okay thank you thank", "start": 28676.2, "end": 28682.24}, {"text": "you C perks questions thank you um to begin with the 26 degree number uh", "start": 28684.878, "end": 28693.52}, {"text": "there's a public health reason why we want to achieve that", "start": 28693.52, "end": 28699.08}, {"text": "correct the short answer is yes and and it's not just because that's comfortable", "start": 28700.08, "end": 28706}, {"text": "it's 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impacts of extreme heat would uh uh would track towards that type of", "start": 28757.08, "end": 28762.36}, {"text": "impact correct so we have we have a a we also know since I've got you on the", "start": 28762.36, "end": 28769.558}, {"text": "floor that the likelihood of extended periods of hot weather and the the", "start": 28769.558, "end": 28776.398}, {"text": "degree of that hot weather are going to be increasing as the world's climate", "start": 28776.398, "end": 28781.84}, {"text": "changes uh through the chair that's correct we actually released a report last week updating climate projections", "start": 28781.84, "end": 28787.478}, {"text": "for the city of Toronto that identified that days above 30\u00b0 had increased uh", "start": 28787.478, "end": 28794.08}, {"text": "since uh kind of the the Baseline period we looked at 1971 to 2000 and will", "start": 28794.08, "end": 28799.12}, {"text": "continue to increase uh at a at a fairly rapid Pace based on the current uh", 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and", "start": 28932.92, "end": 28941.08}, {"text": "they want to work with us and all of their Partners to implement this also uh", "start": 28941.08, "end": 28946.638}, {"text": "when we're doing the consult consultations there are a number of uh people in Civil Society the Canadian", "start": 28946.638, "end": 28952.28}, {"text": "environmental law association uh the seniors for climate Action Network and others who have been", "start": 28952.28, "end": 28958.958}, {"text": "doing work on this will they be part of the community of Interest that's consulted as we develop this", "start": 28958.958, "end": 28966}, {"text": "work uh absolutely thank you very much thank", "start": 28966, "end": 28973}, {"text": "you coun Mato uh thank you uh Madam speaker there", "start": 28976.44, "end": 28984.28}, {"text": "was a comment made by one of my colleagues that I just want to address uh through through you to staff with", "start": 28984.28, "end": 28989.798}, {"text": "respect to the question of Are We asking too much of Industry So currently uh we have like we", "start": 28989.798, "end": 28998.44}, {"text": "have information that clearly states that sustained exposure to indoor heat", "start": 28998.44, "end": 29004.24}, {"text": "over 26\u00b0 can pose a significant health risk is that not", "start": 29004.24, "end": 29009.6}, {"text": "true so through the speaker yes that's correct counselor and currently we", "start": 29009.6, "end": 29014.798}, {"text": "already have a bylaw for a minimum temperature of 21 degrees do we", "start": 29014.798, "end": 29020.556}, {"text": "not that is correct ours is 21 also in the public health realm we", "start": 29020.798, "end": 29027}, {"text": "have uh very clear expectations of restaurants for example uh uh we don't", "start": 29027, "end": 29032.04}, {"text": "accept that there should be rats in people's soups right through to speak speaker yes", "start": 29032.04, "end": 29038.24}, {"text": "that's have we heard from any 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seeking to do anything that would be an", "start": 29079.68, "end": 29085.478}, {"text": "unreasonable demand of the industry you are actually working with the industry", "start": 29085.478, "end": 29091.12}, {"text": "believing in good faith that they would want the health and safety of the residents who live in the buildings that", "start": 29091.12, "end": 29096.16}, {"text": "they own to be protected through the speaker that's correct they're an important partner in this uh", "start": 29096.16, "end": 29101.92}, {"text": "in this initiative thank you thank", "start": 29101.92, "end": 29107.476}, {"text": "you okay um we have time for one speaker", "start": 29109.718, "end": 29116.6}, {"text": "councelor suck counc sax", "start": 29116.6, "end": 29125.202}, {"text": "coun holiday speaker thank you I I'm going to", "start": 29132.718, "end": 29139.36}, {"text": "just I'm going to ask to vote separately on a couple of the items on the list and those are very specifically around", 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more than something else and that is really hard to do especially in an old building so I", "start": 29328.84, "end": 29337.04}, {"text": "understand there's a road map and there's a purpose to this and I you know somewhere within the purpose um there is", "start": 29337.04, "end": 29343.558}, {"text": "some some positive thinking about creating healthier and safer environments for people but there is a", "start": 29343.558, "end": 29349.68}, {"text": "whole bunch of Technical and what I am really worried about is making a demand of the", "start": 29349.68, "end": 29355.28}, {"text": "provincial government that says hey you know what put it codify it in the ACT it's going to be", "start": 29355.28, "end": 29360.52}, {"text": "26\u00b0 that is the maximum threshold make that happen over to you landlord", "start": 29360.52, "end": 29367.638}, {"text": "and uh you know we've talked a lot in this council meeting about encouraging landlords to develop", "start": 29367.638, "end": 29373.76}, {"text": "rental properties because there's a need for them in the city of Toronto and you know the report talks about there's some", "start": 29373.76, "end": 29379.76}, {"text": "big buildings larger buildings and so on and you know they've got certain access to Capital and certain ways to manage", "start": 29379.76, "end": 29386.24}, {"text": "the building but there's a whole ton of places in Toronto that either are small landlords or there are potential", "start": 29386.24, "end": 29393.12}, {"text": "locations where a small landlord may want to offer up part of their their home uh part of a property that they've", "start": 29393.12, "end": 29400.798}, {"text": "got and when Council makes these moves it adds just another layer of risk that", "start": 29400.798, "end": 29407.558}, {"text": "goes into the equation about somebody stepping into the business of becoming a landlord and frankly creating a home for", "start": 29407.558, "end": 29413.878}, {"text": "someone to live in so I think we must be very very careful about throwing around", "start": 29413.878, "end": 29420.08}, {"text": "regulations and demands of these and not be be premature in our asks so we'll see", "start": 29420.08, "end": 29427}, {"text": "where the road map comes back but Madam speaker I cannot support those two elements of the Motions before us in", "start": 29427, "end": 29433.878}, {"text": "good conscience because I think that this needs to be done in a logical and sequenced", "start": 29433.878, "end": 29439.68}, {"text": "manner thank you okay may I have a motion to", "start": 29439.68, "end": 29445.638}, {"text": "introduce the confirmatory bills mayor cha would you like to read", "start": 29445.638, "end": 29451.44}, {"text": "that they've be granted to introduce bills to confirm to the point of the introduction of this motion the", "start": 29452.68, "end": 29459.36}, {"text": "precedings of city council meeting 24 on December 17th", "start": 29459.36, "end": 29464.6}, {"text": "2024 shall lead be granted to introduce these bills all in favor show Fant", "start": 29464.6, "end": 29470.318}, {"text": "carried shall these bills be declared as bylaws and be passed subject to section", "start": 29470.318, "end": 29477.158}, {"text": "226.000 6 all in favor carried okay so we're recess to tomorrow at 9:30", "start": 29477.36, "end": 29487.12}, {"text": "I believe there's a reception for", "start": 29490.558, "end": 29496.042}]