Item - 2020.GL16.13

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to execute the ground lease with the Scarborough Health Network on behalf of the City of Toronto, substantially on the amended terms outlined in Attachment 2 to the report (September 21, 2020) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or on such other terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to seek City Council authorization to amend certain terms set out in Item EX28.15 – Lease Agreements with Scarborough Rouge Hospital and the YMCA of Greater Toronto for the Development of the Bridletowne Community Hub (the "2017 report"), considered by the Executive Committee on October 24, 2017 and adopted by City Council on November 7, 8 and 9, 2017.

The 2017 Report authorized the City to enter into ground leases with the Scarborough Rough Hospital, now Scarborough Health Network, and the YMCA of Greater Toronto, on the terms and conditions set out in the 2017 Report, for the northerly portion of 1251 Bridletowne Circle for the development of the Bridletowne Community Hub.

Following the adoption of the recommendations in the 2017 Report, various circumstances have impacted the Project roadmap, which necessitated changes to a number of the Project's elements including, but not limited to, revisions to the Site Plan and key dates. As a result, the terms and conditions of the ground lease with the Scarborough Health Network must be amended. These amendments, if authorized, will allow the Project to proceed while ensuring flexibility in future uses in support of the City-building objectives.