The 2010 deal to save our pools
 
Here are the details (including the voting record) on the decision by City Council to save our pools.
 
Highlights of City Council minutes, August 25, 2010
 

MM52.5

ACTION 

Adopted 

 

Ward:All 

 

Funding of City-run programs in Toronto District School Board Pools - by Councillor Stintz, seconded by Councillor Ford 

 
City Council Decision
 

City Council on August 25, 26 and 27, 2010, adopted the following: 

 

1.         City Council authorize the General Manager of Parks Forestry and Recreation to enter into discussions with the Toronto District School Board regarding the continued use of School pools beyond the term of the current agreement. 

2.         The General Manager of Parks Forestry and Recreation report to the Community Development and Recreation Committee in 2011, in early 2011 on Pool Governance Committee Report, Recommended Governance and Fiscal Model for TDSB Pools, Toronto Lands Corporation August, 2010; and on the current Swim to Survive Program, with a strategy for possible expansion to enable all grade 4 children in the City of Toronto to learn basic drowning prevention skills.

 
Background Information (City Council)
 
Member Motion MM52.5 (Revised)
 
Letter of Understanding Between the City of Toronto and the Toronto District School Board for School Pools
 
Fiscal Impact Statement from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer (August 26, 2010)
 
Motions (City Council)
 
Motion to Waive Referral (Carried)
 
Speaker Bussin advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM52.5 be referred to the Community Development and Recreation Committee.  A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
 
Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)
 
Vote (Adopt Item) Aug-26-2010 7:23 PM      
 
Result: Carried Majority Required - MM52.5 - Adopt the Item
Yes: 34 Paul Ainslie, Maria Augimeri, Sandra Bussin (Chair), Shelley Carroll, Raymond Cho, Janet Davis, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Mike Del Grande, Frank Di Giorgio, Paula Fletcher, Rob Ford, Suzan Hall, A.A. Heaps, Doug Holyday, Norman Kelly, Chin Lee, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Pam McConnell, Peter Milczyn, David Miller, Howard Moscoe, Frances Nunziata, Case Ootes, Joe Pantalone, John Parker, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Kyle Rae, Bill Saundercook, David Shiner, Karen Stintz, Michael Thompson, Adam Vaughan, Michael Walker 
No: 2 Brian Ashton, Cesar Palacio 
Absent: 9 Mike Feldman, John Filion, Adam Giambrone, Mark Grimes, Cliff Jenkins, Giorgio Mammoliti, Joe Mihevc, Denzil Minnan-Wong,
 
 

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