Item - 2019.IE4.1

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee:

1.  Received the item for information.

This report provides an update on the status of the Historic Mimico Train Station (the "Station") project and the Parks, Forestry and Recreation (PFR) division's plans for the Station. This report is in response to City Council's recommendation at its meeting on July 23, 2018 upon adopting the Ombudsman's July 9, 2018 report which requested Parks, Forestry and Recreation report to the Parks and Environment Committee in the first quarter of 2019 with a detailed plan for the Station. 

In early 2016 the Ombudsman commenced investigating the City's handling of a Section 37 Agreement between a developer, which has since gone into receivership in 2017, and a volunteer resident group called Mimico Station Community Organization ("MSCO") which officially dissolved in 2017.  The investigation concluded with the Ombudsman's report in July 2018 which included recommendations to PFR and City Planning. PFR has indicated to the Ombudsman that it intends to seek an arts and culture operator for the Station after the rehabilitation work has concluded.