My Committees

The Planning and Growth Management Committee

The Planning and Growth Management Committee’s primary focus is on urban form, with a mandate to monitor, and make recommendations on planning, growth, and development of the City.

The Affordable Housing Committee

The Affordable Housing Committee oversees the activities of the Affordable Housing Office. These activities include directing federal and provincial government investments in new affordable rental and ownership housing in partnership with private and non-profit developers. They also include delivering federal funds to repair and modify the homes of low-and-modest income seniors, disabled persons and families. The committee also facilitates the implementation of Housing Opportunities Toronto, the City’s 10-year affordable housing action plan.

Toronto and East York Community Council

Based on a geographic area of the city, the Toronto and East York Community Council’s responsibilities include making recommendations and decisions on local planning and development, as well as neighbourhood matters including traffic plans and parking regulations. Community Councils reports to City Council but they also have final decision-making power on certain items, such as fence by-law exemptions and appointments to local boards and Business Improvement Areas.

Toronto Parking Authority

The Toronto Parking Authority is a self-sustaining public corporation owned by the City of Toronto. It contributes significant revenues to the City’s general reserves while successfully meeting its mandate to provide safe, attractive, conveniently located and competitively prices off and on-street public parking, which is required by commercial strips and neighbouring residential areas to survive. Recognized as a world leader in parking technology services the Parking Authority has been successful in ensuring that businesses in these areas continue to grow and the neighbourhoods remain vibrant.

www.parking.greenp.com

Exhibition Place

Under the provisions of the City of Toronto Act (Bill 148 of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario) established in 1983 and later amended in 1997, the Board of Governors of Exhibition Place was formed for the purpose of operating and managing the grounds known as Exhibition Place.

As prescribed by the act, the Board of Governors reports directly to City of Toronto Council, and is comprised of thirteen members; eleven members appointed by City Council composed of three council members, five persons who may but are not required to be council members and three persons who are nominated by the Canadian National Exhibition Association; the Mayor of the City of Toronto; and, the President of the Canadian National Exhibition Association.

http://www.explace.on.ca/

Toronto Arts Council

Toronto Arts Council is an arm’s length body that supports the development, accessibility and excellence of the arts in Toronto.
Toronto Arts Council offers grants programs to the city’s arts organizations and professional artists.
These programs, funded through the City of Toronto , invest in a broad range of activities from individual creation and small start-up projects to some of Canada’s largest and most renowned arts institutions.
www.torontoartscouncil.org

Artscape

Artscape was founded in response to a space crisis within Toronto’s arts community brought on by the 1980’s real estate market boom. When the market bottomed out in the early 1990’s, Artscape entered the property development business. Its first generation of multi-tenant arts complexes provided affordable artist work and live/work studios, as well as rehearsal, performance, office and storage facilities for non-profit arts organizations.
www.torontoartscape.on.ca