City Foundation Drainage Policy

Motions and results

• Adopt Item 23 July 2025

  Carried, 23-1
  • Yes2392%
  • No14%
  • Absent14%

  Majority required - PH23.14 - Adopt the item

Source: Members of Council voting record.

How members voted, and who was contacted

Contacted share by vote: 1 of 23 (4%) of Yes votes, 0 of 1 (0%) of No votes. 90-day window. Ward councillors and committee members are flagged below because they are contacted on local and committee matters by default.

• Yes No Absent
• ● Member contacted
• ◐ Staff contacted
• ○ Not contacted
• W Ward councillor
• C Committee member
• B Voted differently from bloc
• $ Funded by a linked contributor of an organisation lobbying on this item

• Olivia ChowMayor
  Yes○ Not contacted
• John ToryMayor
  No vote recorded○ Not contacted
• Vincent CrisantiWard 1
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Stephen HolydayWard 2
  No○ Not contacted
• Amber MorleyWard 3
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Gord PerksWard 4
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Frances NunziataWard 5
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• James PasternakWard 6
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Anthony PerruzzaWard 7
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Mike ColleWard 8
  Absent○ Not contacted
• Alejandra BravoWard 9
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Ausma MalikWard 10
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Dianne SaxeWard 11
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Josh MatlowWard 12
  Yes● Member contacted2 contacts
  C Committee member
• Chris MoiseWard 13
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Paula FletcherWard 14
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Rachel Chernos LinWard 15
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Jaye RobinsonWard 15
  No vote recorded○ Not contacted
• Jon BurnsideWard 16
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Shelley CarrollWard 17
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Lily ChengWard 18
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Brad BradfordWard 19
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Gary CrawfordWard 20
  No vote recorded○ Not contacted
• Parthi KandavelWard 20
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Michael ThompsonWard 21
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Nick MantasWard 22
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Jamaal MyersWard 23
  Yes○ Not contacted
  C Committee member
• Paul AinslieWard 24
  Yes○ Not contacted
• Jennifer McKelvieWard 25
  No vote recorded○ Not contacted
• Neethan ShanWard 25
  No vote recorded○ Not contacted

Contact status uses the 90-day window. Vote shown is the vote on the deciding motion.

Lobbyists choose whom to contact (persuadable members, ward councillors, committee members), so a difference does not show a change of mind.

Linked lobbying registrations

This link is inferred by lobbyTO; the registry does not record which agenda item a registration concerns.

Links between records are inferred by a model and are not reviewed by a person. Each link shows its score out of 1; moderate-confidence links (0.7 to 0.9) are wrong more often than high-confidence links. How links are scored

• Grounded Engineering Inc. · registration SM36196 · 27 November 2024 to 10 April 2026

  • Economic Development
  • Planning and Development
  • Water
  Evidence High confidence · score 0.96

  A model scored this link 0.9 or higher out of 1. Links are not checked by a person; links scored this high are usually right but can be wrong.

  Source records

  • Registration SM36196: Discuss Toronto Water's Foundation Drainage Policy, and modifications that may be made available to new midrise proposals. (Lobbyist Registry)
  • Agenda item 2025.PH23.14: City Foundation Drainage Policy (TMMIS)

  No further evidence was recorded for this link.

• RJC Engineers · registration SM36159 · 27 November 2024 to 6 July 2026

  • Water
  Evidence High confidence · score 0.94

  A model scored this link 0.9 or higher out of 1. Links are not checked by a person; links scored this high are usually right but can be wrong.

  Source records

  • Registration SM36159: Issues pertaining to Foundation Discharge Policy (Lobbyist Registry)
  • Agenda item 2025.PH23.14: City Foundation Drainage Policy (TMMIS)

  No further evidence was recorded for this link.

• Building Industry and Land Development Association · registration SM21526 · 10 March 2015 to 31 December 2026

  • Water
  Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.87

  A model scored this link between 0.7 and 0.9 out of 1. Links are not checked by a person, and links in this range are wrong more often: check the evidence before relying on it.

  Source records

  • Registration SM21526: Review of the City's policies related to groundwater discharge and foundation drainage as associated to the Municipal Code Chapter 681-Sewers; in addition to temporary permits during construction, sanitary discharge agreements and apct'n approvals process. (Lobbyist Registry)
  • Agenda item 2025.PH23.14: City Foundation Drainage Policy (TMMIS)

  No further evidence was recorded for this link.

• CB Shield Inc. · registration SM34731 · 21 August 2023 to 31 October 2026

  • City infrastructure - Emergency planning and/or restoration
  • Environment
  • Water
  Evidence Moderate confidence · score 0.85

  A model scored this link between 0.7 and 0.9 out of 1. Links are not checked by a person, and links in this range are wrong more often: check the evidence before relying on it.

  Source records

  • Registration SM34731: Stormwater quality treatment, specifically products by our firm (CB Shield) and gaining their acceptance by the city operations as recognized stormwater quality devices in city streets to treat roadway and other runoff. Also as pretreatment. (Lobbyist Registry)
  • Agenda item 2025.PH23.14: City Foundation Drainage Policy (TMMIS)

  No further evidence was recorded for this link.

Window: 90 days before the first recorded vote (24 April 2025 to 23 July 2025). 3 communications on 2 linked registrations.

Declared interests

No declared interests are recorded for this item.

Source: City of Toronto registry of declared interest.