Item - 2020.EX16.20

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1. City Council treat that portion of the City Council meeting at which the report (September 9, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer is considered as the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholder for Toronto Port Lands Company by:

a. receiving the "CreateTO 2019 Annual Report", and the "Toronto Port Lands Company 2019 Audited Annual Financial Statements", forming Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (September 9, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer; and

b. appointing KPMG LLP as the Auditor of Toronto Port Lands Company for fiscal year 2020 until close of the next annual general meeting, or until a successor is appointed, and authorizing the Board of Directors of Toronto Port Lands Company to fix the remuneration of the Auditor.

2. City Council direct the City Clerk to forward a copy of the "Toronto Port Lands Company 2019 Audited Annual Financial Statements", forming Attachment 2 to the report (September 9, 2020) from the City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to the Audit Committee for information.

3. City Council, as Shareholder, direct the Board of Toronto Port Lands Company, in consultation with the City of Toronto's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to bring forward a report on the impacts of COVID-19 on Corporation Operating and Capital  Budgets and operations, detailing any modifications to their programs and initiatives to address COVID-19, to City Council through Executive Committee, by the first quarter of 2021.

This report transmits materials submitted by the Board of Directors of Toronto Port Lands Company to the City. No independent review or analysis has been performed by City staff.

This report contains recommendations for the actions necessary to comply with the requirements of the Business Corporations Act, Ontario (OBCA) for holding the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholder of Toronto Economic Development Corporation (TEDCO), operating as the Toronto Port Lands Company (TPLC) including receipt of its Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for 2019 and appointment of the auditor for 2020.

In light of the state of emergency that was declared in Ontario in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline to hold annual meetings of shareholders for OBCA corporations was temporarily extended through the addition of Part XIX to the OBCA. With the Ontario declaration of emergency having come to an end on July 24, 2020, the extended meeting deadlines for OBCA incorporated companies that were required to hold annual meetings on or before July 24, 2020 now have until October 22, 2020 to hold their annual meetings.