November 20 Motion by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam at Community Development and Recreation Committee PASSED 4-1 1. City Council request the Mayor to use his authority under the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 59, Emergency Management, to declare an emergency exists with respect to the City's shelter system and direct that a response be created that allows for additional temporary shelter space for men and women, including trans-accessible beds, to be opened by the end of 2017 to protect the health, safety and welfare of our most vulnerable residents for the duration of the emergency. 2. City Council request the Mayor to work with the City Manager to find the necessary funding to support the creation of additional temporary shelter space for the duration of the emergency. 3. City Council request the Mayor to contact the Federal Government through the Prime Minister and the Minister of National Defense to open emergency shelters at the Fort York Armoury and the Moss Park Armoury for the duration of the emergency. 4. City Council request the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to reconsider the criteria used when assessing potential shelter sites with an objective of creating new temporary shelter spaces and re-examine the 64 properties assessed as part of the 2018 Shelter Infrastructure Plan and Progress Report that did not meet the requirements of Municipal Shelter By-law 138-2003 and/or applicable zoning by-laws under those new criteria for opportunities to add temporary shelter space in those locations for the duration of the emergency. 5. City Council request the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to review opportunities for adding temporary shelter space in city-run winter respite centres for the duration of the emergency. 6. City Council request the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to review opportunities for adding temporary shelter space after-programming hours in city-owned community and recreation centres for the duration of the emergency.