| 145962 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Update on the Business Licence and Permit Applications Action Plan and Other Outstanding Directives | 2026.EC27.1 | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The City of Toronto’s Municipal Licensing and Standards (MLS) Division continues to refine the administration of its business licence and permit services to remain responsive to client needs and reduce regulatory burden. MLS issues and enforces 89 business licence and permit types, with 56 of them contained in <a href="https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/1184_545.pdf">Chapter 545, Licensing</a> (the Licensing Bylaw). In 2025, MLS issued and renewed a total of 32,906 business licences and processed 7,552 service requests associated with businesses licensed under Chapter 545.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In July 2025, City Council adopted MLS’ Business Licence and Permit Applications Action Plan (the Action Plan) (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.EC22.7">2025.EC22.7</a>), which sets out a four-year roadmap to review and modernize regulations for various licence categories. This report provides a progress update on implementation of the Action Plan and responds to outstanding directives. Specifically, it:</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Outlines recent customer service enhancements, including simplifying licence applications, launching a Business Licensing Information Phone Line and upgrading the Division’s licence renewal portal;</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Describes operational enhancements for food, beverage and entertainment businesses based on insights from the implementation of updated licensing and zoning regulations, which includes process and system changes to advance the Division’s client-centered/business friendly approach when supporting businesses in changing into a new licence type (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.EC24.7">2025.EC24.7</a>);</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Responds to outstanding directives and proposes minor bylaw amendments to reduce regulatory burden and provide clarity for businesses.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In 2026, staff will continue to advance the Action Plan by proposing amendments to street vending regulations, launching a new online licence application portal, launching user engagement research, and preparing for implementation of new regulations for pet establishments. Staff are also preparing to report back in 2027 regarding regulations for temporary sign providers; certain trade licences, such as home renovation trades; certain driver/vehicle owner licences; second-hand goods related businesses; a regulatory sandbox framework for new business models; and a further review of holistic centres and adult services establishments. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report was prepared in collaboration with the Economic Development and Culture Division and the Technology Services Division.</p> | 27 | 1 | CMMTTEE | EC | All | N | 1776830400000 | … | Report | ACTION | Amended | Main | Public Notice Given | Committee | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | ACTION | true | Amended | — | — | — | — |
| 145963 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Review of Toronto’s Street Vending and Artists By-laws | 2026.EC27.2 | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>In a city as large and vibrant as Toronto, investing in a strong local economy supports a high quality of life for residents. Street vendors and artists contribute to these efforts by adding to the vibrancy of the public realm, strengthening community relationships, and offering the public opportunities to conveniently access food, goods and art.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing, outlines licence requirements that certain businesses, including mobile vendors, need to meet to operate their business in Toronto. City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 740, Street Vending establishes rules for vendors operating on the public Right-of-Way for the purpose of selling refreshments, including food, drink and ice cream, as well as art made by portrait artists. Additionally, former City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 313, Streets and Sidewalks regulates the City’s buskers and sidewalk artists.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As directed by City Council, the City’s Municipal Licensing and Standards Division (MLS) undertook a review of the City’s street vending and artist by-laws in 2025, with the goals of:</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Improving opportunities for street vendors and artists by identifying ways to support entrepreneurship, cultural expression, and equitable access to public space, while enhancing City vibrancy and consumer options;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Modernizing licensing requirements and processes to reflect evolving business models and reduce regulatory and financial burdens; and</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><br />- Updating and clarifying by-law language to improve consistency, comprehension, and enforceability.</p>
<p><br />The review included public and industry consultation to identify options to enhance and update the regulatory framework and address the goals of the review. Recommendations in this report include:</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Adopting a revised Chapter 740, Street Vending and Artists, that updates permit types and makes rules easier to understand for permit-holders;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Lifting a moratorium on new sidewalk vending locations, originally established in 2002, and expanding opportunities for musical buskers by allowing them to sell original media and use amplification in their performances (under certain conditions);</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Establishing new regulations for travelling vendors, to clarify rules and increase opportunities;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Increasing mobile vending daily limits from 5 to 12 hours; removing permit expiry for legacy curb-lane vendors; allowing more items to be sold under the current ice cream truck model and permitting the sale of non-food items to expand opportunities for mobile vendors; and,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Reducing fees for most vending and artist permits to increase opportunities for vendors, right-sizing and harmonizing fees, and reflecting consultation feedback and jurisdictional research, while continuing to address the costs associated with administration, enforcement, and the management of public spaces.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The proposals have sought to mitigate any potential congestion impacts of an increase in vending activity through operating conditions on permits when operating in the right of way. In consultation with the Chief Congestion Officer, the recommendations in this report are not anticipated to have any significant immediate impacts on congestion, however, staff will monitor the implementation of the recommendations in this report to assess operational or congestion-related impacts that may arise from these changes.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As part of a monitoring plan, staff are proposing to report back on the implementation of the recommendations in this report, which would include an assessment of noise, congestion and/or operational issues, and propose any necessary further refinements or actions to address those issues.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report was developed in consultation with Transportation Services, Toronto Public Health, Parks and Recreation, Environment, Climate and Forestry, Economic Development and Culture, and the Chief Congestion Officer.</p> |
| 145960 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | City of Toronto Inclusive Economic Development Framework | 2026.EC27.3 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p><a href="https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-249432.pdf">Sidewalks to Skylines: A 10-Year Action Plan for Toronto’s Economy (2025-2035)</a>, adopted by City Council in November 2024, identifies economic polarization as a key challenge. It recognizes that attracting investment and sustaining economic growth requires a different approach—one that ensures that residents and workers across the city can participate in, and benefit from, economic growth. To advance this shift, Action #4 directs the City to collaborate with external partners to reduce barriers to economic inclusion. This was further complemented by direction in <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.EC17.2">EC17.2 – A Partnered Approach to Inclusive Economic Development</a> in December 2024 for the City to work with partners to develop an Inclusive Economic Development (IED) Framework.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report presents the IED Framework, co‑developed over one year with an external IED Working Table representing different sectors and organizations. The IED Framework consists of definitions and principles previously approved by Council, a set of indicators of an inclusive economy, and a clear scope for City action:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Inclusive employment and sector pathways</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Inclusive entrepreneurship and ownership</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The IED Framework aims to support alignment, coordination, and accountability across existing and new City initiatives while reinforcing Council’s direction that inclusive economic development be embedded within the City’s broader economic strategy, Sidewalks to Skylines. Progress on the IED Framework will be tracked in Sidewalks to Skylines annual reporting, including the forthcoming Year One update report in Q2 2026. The IED Framework was developed through a collaboration among Economic Development and Culture (EDC); Social Development (SD); Toronto Employment and Social Services (TESS); City Planning; Purchasing and Materials Management (PMMD); People and Equity (P&E); Parks and Recreation (P&R); Children’s Services; Housing Secretariat; and Environment, Climate & Forestry (ECF).</p> |
| 145983 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism: Year Five Update | 2026.EC27.4 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>Toronto’s Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism is Canada’s first municipal strategy dedicated to addressing systemic anti-Black racism and improving access, outcomes, and life opportunities for Black Torontonians through City policy, programs, services, and community partnerships. Adopted by City Council in December 2017 and developed in partnership with Black communities, the Action Plan established 22 recommendations and 80 actions across five issue areas to address long-standing structural barriers and inequities experienced by Toronto’s diverse Black communities.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report provides City Council with an update on Year Five (2023–2024), the final implementation period of the current Action Plan, confirms progress achieved between 2018 and 2024, and outlines priority work to be advanced in 2026 and early 2027. Over its lifespan, the Action Plan delivered 96 per cent of identified actions, strengthened interdivisional coordination, expanded partnerships with Black-led and Black-serving organizations, and built durable institutional capacity to apply an anti-Black racism lens across City operations. These efforts resulted in tangible community-facing outcomes while embedding accountability mechanisms to support sustained systems change.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Despite this progress, Black Torontonians continue to experience disproportionate and persistent outcomes across key determinants of wellbeing, including housing stability, food security, employment, and crisis response. Black residents remain significantly overrepresented among people experiencing homelessness, experience higher rates of food insecurity, and face elevated unemployment—particularly among youth. These outcomes reflect structural and systemic conditions that cannot be addressed through time-limited initiatives or business as usual service delivery alone and underscore the continued need for coordinated, targeted, and sustained municipal action.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The report also provides an update on Action Plan Legacy Initiatives that address complex and intergenerational barriers, including the Black-Mandated Funding Framework, the Toronto Black Food Sovereignty Plan, and the Growing in Place Initiative. These multi-year, cross-cutting initiatives extend beyond the original Action Plan timelines and demonstrate the scale, duration, and coordination required to achieve lasting systems change and improved outcomes for Black communities.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In response to City Council direction, staff are advancing work toward a renewed 10 Year Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism, to be brought forward for Council consideration in Q2 2027. While this work is underway, the City will continue advancing priority actions to maintain momentum, build on prior investments, and strengthen accountability. The renewed Action Plan will build on lessons learned between 2018 and 2024, shift from foundational capacity building toward deeper, measurable systems change, and provide a clear framework to address persistent disparities experienced by Black Torontonians.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>By strengthening systems and service pathways that better serve Black communities, these targeted approaches also improve effectiveness, equity, and value for money across City services, supporting broader Council priorities related to safety, access, and service quality for all Toronto residents.</p> |
| 145953 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Rexdale-Casino Woodbine Community Benefits Agreement: 2025 Progress Update | 2026.EC27.5 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The <a href="https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/98b6-Woodbine-Casino-CBA-Terms.pdf">Rexdale-Casino Woodbine Community Benefits Agreement </a>demonstrates how large-scale infrastructure projects can be harnessed to deliver meaningful community benefits to local residents. The Agreement's public-private sector collaboration, workforce development targets, and community partnerships directly align with the guiding principles of <a href="https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ec/bgrd/backgroundfile-244228.pdf">Inclusive Economic Development</a>. These guiding principles use City levers to support, alongside community partners, accessible pathways to employment, skills training and entrepreneurship for communities that have not benefitted from economic growth in the past.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report provides a 2025 progress update on the agreement's targets and requirements. The majority of the targets and requirements of the Rexdale-Casino Woodbine Community Benefits Agreement are being met or are on track to being met. Actions to meet targets are further detailed in this report.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Rexdale-Casino Woodbine Community Benefits Agreement was adopted by City Council in 2018 as a condition of <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2018.EX33.2">expanded gaming</a> at the Woodbine Racetrack site. The Agreement requires annual progress reports from One Toronto Gaming to the City of Toronto, with corresponding updates from City staff to City Council. One Toronto Gaming's 2025 annual report is included in this report as Attachment 2.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Highlights of One Toronto Gaming's progress as of December 31, 2025, includes:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Requirement: Local and Social Hiring (Operations)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Target: 40 percent of new hiring through local or social hiring, with minimum of 20 percent local Hiring.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Status: The social hiring target has been met. The local hiring target has not been fully met. Of the 3,428 new hires since 2018, 41 percent (1,402 individuals) self-identified as a social hire and nine percent (314 individuals) were local hires.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Requirement: Construction Hiring:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Target: By 2022, a minimum of 10 percent of the overall hours worked by trades and craftspeople shall be worked by apprentices or journeypersons from the Woodbine local area or Equity-seeking Groups; and youth hiring initiatives will have prioritized and will continue to prioritize youth who are also members of other Equity-seeking Groups.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Status: The combined construction hiring target has been met. Of the 2,827 people employed on the construction site since 2018, 29 percent (809 individuals) self-identified as a social hire and two percent (66 individuals) self-identified as a local hire.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Requirement: Full-time Employment:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Target: 40 percent of total employees have full-time employment in the first two years of Expanded Gaming, rising to 50 percent after two years.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Status: This target has been met. Of the 1,715 active employees, 63 percent (1,081 individuals) are employed on a full-time basis and 37 percent (634 individuals) are employed on a part-time basis.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Requirement: Responsible Gambling</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Target: Maintain all responsible gambling measures at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Status: This target has been met. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario has established the <a href="https://www.agco.ca/en/general/standards">Common Standards and Requirements</a>; a set of responsible gambling controls with which Ontario Lottery and Gaming and all service providers must comply. In 2024, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation partnered with Toronto Public Health to develop a five-year workplan (organized around four workstreams) to guide responsible gambling efforts from 2025 to 2029. In 2025, as part of the Data Collection and Analysis workstream, Toronto Public Health reviewed the scope and availability of local gambling-related data.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Requirement: Supply-Chain Diversity</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Target: Develop Supply Chain Diversity Policy and Procedures for non-construction procurement. Starting in 2019, at least 10 percent of annual non-construction procurement will be sought through local or diverse suppliers (specialized gaming procurement exempt).</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Status: The combined supply chain diversity target has been met. In 2025, One Toronto Gaming spent $113.3 million across 18 local suppliers and $2.34 million across 7 diverse suppliers. Collectively, this represents 35.2% of One Toronto Gaming’s baseline spend.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Requirement: Child Care Centre</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Target: Contribute $5 million to create a child care centre that will benefit Casino employees and local residents.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Status: This target has not been fully met. A letter of credit for $5 million has been received by the City from Ontario Gaming GTA LP. In addition to the letter of credit provided to the City, $5 million has been budgeted in the 2026-2035 Capital Budget & Plan by Children’s Services for the project. As of December 31, 2025, negotiations related to the project and funding agreement are ongoing. Once completed, Children’s Services and Toronto Community Housing Corporation will confirm construction development timelines for the child care centre.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Requirement: Community Access to Space</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Target: Develop Community Access to Space Policy and Procedures. Make Entertainment Venue space available to the local community at little or no cost for at least one large-scale event per month or 12 large-scale events per calendar year.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Status: This target has not been fully met. In 2025, One Toronto Gaming hosted seven community events.</p> |
| 146341 | REPORT | N | Y | SUPPL | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Applegrove Community Complex: Update on Relocation Options | 2026.EC27.6 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The City of Toronto operates ten community centres, known as Association of Community Centres (AOCCs), managed by volunteer Boards of Management appointed by City Council. These multi-purpose facilities serve as catalysts for neighbourhood transformation—providing inclusive spaces that strengthen civic engagement, build local leadership capacity, and advance equity-focused outcomes. All Board-approved programming is carried out by AOCC staff, who operate as City employees within the AOCC <a href="https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/971c-spc-community-centres.pdf">Relationship Framework</a>, ensuring operational accountability and alignment with City standards. The City Council adopted <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.EC14.7">AOCC Expansion Framework</a> and <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.EC24.2">Implementation Strategy</a> affirm the AOCC model as essential community development infrastructure that advances equity, social cohesion, and neighbourhood resilience.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="https://applegrovecc.ca/">Applegrove Community Complex</a> (“Applegrove”) became an AOCC in 1983 and is one of two AOCCs located in leased premises, occupying 7,911 square feet at the Toronto District School Board’s (TDSB) Duke of Connaught Public School, which serves as its primary program and administrative location. Facility constraints were first documented in 1988 by the City‑appointed Applegrove Relocation Task Force, which concluded that the existing space could not meet program or service requirements, and a purpose‑built City‑owned facility was required. Sustained capital funding pressures, combined with limited suitable real estate opportunities, have constrained progress toward securing a relocation facility.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report responds to City Council direction (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.CC38.1">2026.CC38.1</a>), and evaluates multiple relocation options for Applegrove, each assessed for program fit, facility adequacy, capital and operating cost implications, and implementation feasibility. The facility scenarios currently under consideration include:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>1. Maintain operations at the existing TDSB-leased facility at 60 Woodfield Road;</p>
<p>2. Relocate or expand S.H. Armstrong Community Recreation Centre at 56 Woodfield Road, as a hybrid ‘Integrated Facility’ with a global operating budget;</p>
<p>3. Acquire and fit-up a privately owned building in the Greenwood‑Coxwell area; or</p>
<p>4. Incorporate Applegrove within the mixed‑use Toronto Builds development at 1631 Queen Street East.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>While several relocation options may be viable under varying future conditions, the analysis identifies that the acquisition and fit-up of a privately owned facility in the Greenwood–Coxwell area presents the strongest potential alignment with long‑term programmatic and operational requirements, contingent upon the availability of new capital funding. Additional site‑specific and financial details associated with this option are outlined in Confidential Attachment 1.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The AOCC portfolio faces significant state of good repair obligations, as well as expansion and relocation pressures. The City Council-directed (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.EC24.2">EC24.2</a>) AOCC Facilities and Operations Plan will build upon and operationalize the AOCC <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.EC24.2">Implementation Strategy</a> by establishing a prioritized, citywide, multi‑year framework to support the long‑term sustainability and strategic growth of the AOCC portfolio. Through this Plan, Social Development and Corporate Real Estate Management will consider facility renewal and capital improvement needs across all AOCC locations, with reinvestment decisions aligned with lifecycle asset‑management principles and for consideration through the City's Budget process.</p> |
| 145956 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | NO_ACTN | N | Applegrove Community Complex: Update on Relocation Options | 2026.EC27.6a | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The Executive Director, Social Development, Executive Director, the Corporate Real Estatement Management and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation will be submitting a report to evaluate relocation options for Applegrove Community Complex, as directed by City Council (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.CC38.1">2026.CC38.1</a>), to the Economic and Community Development Committee before its meeting on April 9, 2026.</p> | 27 | 6 | CMMTTEE | EC | 14 - Toronto - Danforth | N | 1776830400000 | … | Report | ACTION | No Action | Main | — | Committee | … | … | … | … |
| 146063 | REPORT | N | N | SUPPL | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Refreshing Food and Beverage Offerings in Park and Recreation Spaces | 2026.EC27.7 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>In response to City Council direction (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.MM29.8">2025.MM29.8</a>), this report outlines near-term actions to increase food and beverage options in parks, where appropriate, including an assessment of existing physical structures and operating models. The report also establishes a clear pathway toward a comprehensive four-year food and beverage strategy to be brought forward for Council consideration in 2027.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Toronto’s parks are among the City’s most valued public spaces, but food and beverage services remain limited, inconsistent, and developed on a site-by-site basis. A more coordinated, city-wide approach is needed to improve access, modernize infrastructure, and reduce barriers for small businesses and community organizations. To that end, this report:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Describes the current state of mobile vending, concessions, and restaurant services in parks, including key benefits and challenges;</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Recommends launching a City-coordinated mobile vending program with a phased rollout across selected parks starting June 25, 2026, supported by clear rules, consistent oversight, and engagement with local Councillors and communities;</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Recommends a simplified concession application process, improving access for non-profits and small operators, while maintaining competitive processes at high-demand sites; and</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Establishes four guiding principles and a roadmap for the development of a four-year food and beverage strategy to be presented to Council in 2027 to guide long-term decisions on investment, infrastructure, operating models, and service standards.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Implementation of the proposed actions will include targeted engagement with Ward Councillors, Business Improvement Areas, community stakeholders, and prospective operators, with ongoing monitoring and evaluation to assess program performance and inform future refinements. This report was prepared in consultation with Municipal Licensing and Standards (MLS), Toronto Public Health (TPH), Solid Waste Management Services (SWMS), Purchasing and Materials Management Division (PMMD), and other internal City Divisions, as appropriate.</p> |
| 145932 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | NO_ACTN | N | Refreshing Food and Beverage Offerings in Park and Recreation Spaces | 2026.EC27.7a | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report responds to City Council’s direction in item <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.MM29.8">2025.MM29.8</a> to provide options for expanding food and beverage services in parks, where appropriate, including an assessment of existing physical structures and operating models.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It outlines improvements for the 2026 season and sets out four key principles that will guide development of a comprehensive four‑year food and beverage strategy for Toronto’s parks and recreation system, to be brought forward for Council consideration in 2027.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report approach will be organized into four sections:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- <strong>Review of Current Food and Beverage Offerings:</strong> An overview of existing services, including mobile vending, concessions, and restaurants, along with an assessment of their benefits and challenges.</p>
<p><br />- <strong>Immediate Options to Increase Food and Beverage Availability:</strong> Actions that can be implemented quickly to improve access and respond to public demand, while leveraging existing assets and partnerships.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- <strong>A Simplified Concession Program Application Process:</strong> A new process to make it easier for community‑based non‑profits and small operators to access concession spaces.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- <strong>Introduction of Four Guiding Principles for the 2027 Food and Beverage Strategy:</strong> A set of principles and a public engagement plan that will shape long‑term planning and inform future decisions related to investment, operating models, and infrastructure across the parks and recreation system.</p> | 27 |
| 145946 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) - 2026 Operating Budgets - Report 2 | 2026.EC27.8 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report brings forward Business Improvement Area (BIA) annual Operating Budget for approval by City Council as required by the <em>City of Toronto Act, 2006</em>. City Council approval is required to permit the City to collect funds through a special levy on the rateable commercial and industrial properties within the respective BIA boundaries. Special levy rate reductions for the subclasses have been set out in Appendix C, for properties in the subclasses of the commercial and industrial property classes.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The BIA is an association, independently managed from the City and operated by local businesses and property owners, joining together to organize, finance, and deliver capital streetscape improvements, and to promote economic development in a district with its own governance structure as set out in Chapter 19 of the Toronto Municipal Code and the <em>City of Toronto Act, 2006</em>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>There are currently 86 established BIAs in the City of Toronto. City Council previously approved the 2026 Operating Budgets for 64 BIAs through Report 1 at its meeting on February 4, 2026 (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.CC36.5">Item 2026.CC36.5</a>). Included in this Report 2 is the 2026 Operating Budgets for the 21 BIAs for City Council approval. One BIA, Historic Queen East, is inactive. Report 2 also contains a recommended technical adjustment to 2026 Levy Funds Required outlined in Recommendation 1 of Report 1, specifically pertaining to the Upper Avenue BIA. No City funding is required since the financing of individual Business Improvement Area Operating Budgets is raised by a special levy on the rateable commercial and industrial properties within the respective BIA boundaries.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Under current Chapter 19 of the Toronto Municipal Code, the Business Improvement Areas By-law does not have specific provision requiring a BIA maintain a certain amount in their accumulated surplus. Should a BIA find itself in a deficit, be dissolved or becomes inactive, City Council has the authority to collect funds required and liabilities including interests, through the BIA levy as stipulated under the By-law. If a board is dissolved and the liabilities exceed the assets assumed by the City, Council shall recover the difference.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The recommendation in this report reflects the board-adopted 2026 Operating Budgets by the respective BIAs’ Boards of Management and General Membership. Complete budgets and supporting documentation have been reviewed by City staff to ensure that the 2026 Operating Budgets for BIAs reflect Council’s approved policies and practices.</p> |
| 145819 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee: Request for Term Progress Report | 2026.EC27.9 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At its meeting on February 12, 2026, the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee considered Item <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.FA7.1">FA7.1</a> and made recommendations to the Economic and Community Development Committee.<br /><br /></p>
<p><strong>Summary from the letter (November 19, 2025) from Mareva Cestor</strong></p>
<p><br />In our review of the Committee’s current planning practices and mandate, we believe that strengthening planning processes and establishing an annual report will contribute to more transparent, coordinated, and results-oriented decision-making.</p>
<p><br />Adding a dedicated item to discuss planning processes will help clarify how work items are identified, prioritized, and aligned with the Committee’s mandate.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>An annual progress report would also provide members, City staff, and City Council with a clear overview of achievements, challenges encountered, and areas requiring additional attention, thereby supporting long-term planning.</p>
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<p>This motion therefore seeks to add an item to the agenda to allow the Committee to examine its planning process and to request the development of an annual report outlining the progress made throughout the year.</p> | 27 | 9 | CMMTTEE | EC | All | N | — | … |
| 145815 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | Request for a Report on Existing Services Available to French-Speaking Torontonians | 2026.EC27.10 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At its meeting on February 12, 2026, the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee considered Item <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.FA7.5">FA7.5</a> and made recommendations to the Economic and Community Development Committee.</p>
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<p><strong>Summary from the letter (January 14, 2026) from Councillor Alejandra Bravo</strong></p>
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<p>Regarding Item 12 on the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee workplan, “Overview of existing services available to French speaking Torontonians”, I have received the following information:</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- At its meeting on October 17, 2024, the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee requested that staff explore the feasibility of creating an inventory of City-delivery services in French.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><br />- Staff reported back with a feasibility and time estimate at the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee meeting on February 13, 2025. The item was discussed at the April 8, 2025 meeting of the Economic and Community Development Committee and noted at the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee meeting of July 11, 2025.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><br />- The direction from Economic and Community Development Committee was for Economic Development and Culture to “consider including the creation of an inventory of City-delivered services in French in the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee’s 2026 work plan, given current priorities regarding the United States tariff response-related work”.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><br />- Following cross-divisional discussion, Economic Development and Culture has determined that this work can be carried out within its Strategic Policy and Management Services section.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><br />- Economic Development and Culture will add this research item to the Strategic Policy and Management Services work plan for 2026, with the aim of reporting back to the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee at the June 18, 2026 meeting.</p> |
| 145817 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Further Direction on Report on Rejoining the Association Francophone des Municipalités de l’Ontario | 2026.EC27.11 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At its meeting on February 12, 2026, the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee considered Item <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.FA7.4">FA7.4</a> and made recommendations to the Economic and Community Development Committee.</p>
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<p><strong>Summary from the letter (January 15, 2026) from Councillor Alejandra Bravo</strong></p>
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<p>On April 7 and 8, 2022, City Council directed the City Manager to report to the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee on the feasibility of Toronto rejoining Association Francophone des Municipalités de l’Ontario (<a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2021.FA5.4">https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2021.FA5.4</a>).</p>
<p><br /> I have met with staff on this issue. Following a series of meetings between City staff and Association Francophone des Municipalités de l’Ontario in 2025, Association Francophone des Municipalités de l’Ontario provided staff with the attached information package that includes an overview of their organizational mission and values, membership benefits, and governance and fee structures (see Attachment 1). Staff are continuing to engage with Association Francophone des Municipalités de l’Ontario to understand the tangible intergovernmental advocacy benefits of Association Francophone des Municipalités de l’Ontario membership to residents of Toronto.</p>
<p><br /> Staff expect to report back to the Toronto Francophone Affairs Advisory Committee on whether to pursue Association Francophone des Municipalités de l’Ontario membership at their meeting in June 2026.</p> | 27 | 11 |
| 145973 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | REFERRED | N | Advancing Community Development through Evidence-Based Planning | 2026.EC27.12 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At its meeting on March 23, 2026, the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Advisory Committee considered item <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.CR9.3">CR9.3</a> and made recommendations to Economic and Community Development Committee and City Council.</p> | 27 | 12 | CMMTTEE | EC | All | N | — | … | Letter | ACTION | Referred | Main | — | Committee | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 145991 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | REFERRED | N | Addressing Evictions through Disaggregated Race-Based Data in Social Housing | 2026.EC27.13 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At its meeting on March 23, 2026, the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Advisory Committee considered item <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.CR9.4">CR9.4</a> and made recommendations to City Council.</p> | 27 | 13 | CMMTTEE | EC | All | N | — | … | Letter | ACTION | Referred | Main | — | Committee | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 146105 | REPORT | N | N | SUPPL | ACTION | NO_ACTN | N | Supplementary Report to EC27.13: Addressing Evictions through Disaggregated Race-Based Data in Social Housing | 2026.EC27.13a | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At their meeting of March 23, 2026, the City’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism Advisory Committee (CABRAC) moved a motion with several requests to City Council related to requests of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) Board of Directors. The motion will be considered by Economic and Community Development Committee (ECDC) on April 9, 2026 (Item EC27.13). </p>
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<p>The motion highlights important information about the impact of evictions on Black TCHC tenants, however staff have concerns regarding the interpretation of the data the motion is premised on as well as potential unintended consequences of proceeding with adoption of the recommendations.</p>
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<p>Further review of the potential impacts of a moratorium on evictions, a specific re-housing strategy for TCHC households that have been evicted, and an imposed timeline for TCHC to complete identity data work is necessary to fully understand potential implications.</p>
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<p>The information in this report is intended to provide additional context and clarification to members of the Economic and Community Development Committee as they consider EC27.13.</p> | 27 | 13 | CMMTTEE | EC | All | N | — | … |
| 145992 | LETTER | N | N | NEW | ACTION | INT_FAIL | N | Minimizing Sleep Disruption from Siren Noise | 2026.EC27.14 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>Emergency services vehicles are and must be equipped with sirens and air horns to warn pedestrians, cyclists and drivers to move aside when the emergency services vehicles are responding at speed to an emergency. Unfortunately, in dense downtown areas such as Ward 11, there are a large number of emergency calls 24/7, and therefore a high and growing frequency of middle-of-the-night sirens and air horns.</p>
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<p>Ward 11 constituents who live close to EMS or fire stations or hospitals report that the frequent, piercing noise from these sirens and air horns is causing serious and chronic sleep disruptions for residents many storeys above the road. As No More Noise Toronto has documented, chronic sleep disruptions have serious health implications for those affected, and can reduce the safety of third parties by degrading the professional performance of doctors, pilots, and others affected by such sleep disruptions.</p>
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<p>Noise is difficult to control in a dense urban area, but our sleep-deprived constituents deserve to know that everything possible is being done to focus necessary warning sounds from emergency vehicles on other road users, and to prevent such sounds from adversely affecting nearby residents.</p> | 27 | 14 | CMMTTEE | EC | All | N | — | … | Letter |