Item - 2013.CC30.1

City Council on February 20 and 21, 2013, adopted the following:

1.         City Council, with regard to one individual, waive Section 3.2 of the Public Appointments Policy.

2.         City Council appoint the individuals listed in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (January 21, 2013) from the Chair, Corporations Nominating Panel, to serve as members of the Board of Directors of Waterfront Toronto effective  March 1, 2013 for a term ending February 28, 2016, or until a successor is appointed.

3.         City Council identify the individual named in Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (January 21, 2013) from the Chair, Corporations Nominating Panel, as an alternate member of the Board of Directors of Waterfront Toronto so that in the event there is a citizen vacancy on the Waterfront Toronto board during the term they may be approached to determine their continued interest and availability for the Board and be considered by Council for appointment at that time.

4.         City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (January 21, 2013) from the Chair, Corporations Nominating Panel be made public following City Council’s approval and after the individuals named in the Attachments have been notified of Council's decision.

5.         City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (January 21, 2013) from the Chair, Corporations Nominating Panel remain confidential in its entirety after consideration of this report by Council.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 21, 2013) from the Chair, Corporations Nominating Panel is now public as follows:

The incumbent Chair, Mark Wilson, has served on the Waterfront Toronto Board since January 2002 which is beyond the limit of two consecutive terms provided for in City Council’s Public Appointments Policy. The Panel recommends that the incumbent Chair be re-appointed to serve on the Board for another term in order for the Board to benefit from his broad business and strategic management skills, extensive knowledge and experience in waterfront matters, solid relationships with other Board members and the Federal and Provincial Governments, stabilizing presence leading up to the Pan-Am Games in 2015 and his availability to prepare potential successors for the Chair role.

Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (January 21, 2013) from the Chair, Corporations Nominating Panel is now public.  City Council has appointed the following individuals to the Board of Directors of Waterfront Toronto:

Janet E. Graham (Incumbent)

Chartered Accountant, MBA

IQ Alliance Incorporated

Past Managing Director/Vice-President Investment Banking, CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Inc. 

Member of Board and Chair of Audit Committee, Leisureworld Senior Care Corporation

Member of Board, Chair of Audit Committee and Member of Investment and Real Estate Committee, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation

Past member of Board and Chair of Special and Audit Committees, Charter Real Estate Investment Trust

Past member of Board and Special, Audit, Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, Crystal River Capital Inc. 

Mark Wilson (Incumbent)

Chair, Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation

Strategy Consultant, IBM Inc.

Past Director, Evergreen

Past Director, Toronto Economic Development Corporation (TEDCO)

Past Member, Waterfront Revitalization Task Force

Gary Wright

Former Chief Planner and Executive Director of City Planning, City of Toronto

Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (January 21, 2013) from the Chair, Corporations Nominating Panel remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains personal information about an identifiable individual.  The alternate's name will be made public if appointed to the Board of Directors of Waterfront Toronto.