Item - 2023.CT5.5

The Board of Directors of TO Live recommends that the Executive Committee:

1. Recommend that City Council adopt the St. Lawrence Centre Design Competition jury's selection of Hariri Pontarini Architects, LMN Architects, Tawaw Architecture Collective, Smoke Architecture and SLA as the winning submission for the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Design Competition.

2. Recommend that City Council request the Board of Directors of CreateTO to direct the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to transition the next stages of this building program, including design and construction of the St. Lawrence Centre, within existing approved, and other available funds, to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

3. Recommend that City Council request the Board of Directors of TO Live to direct the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Executive Director, Financial Planning, to establish a stage gate process and proceed with Contract Documents and Class A Budget Estimates aligned to a fundraising strategy, as set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 14, 2023) from the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live, between the TO Live Foundation and the City, which will inform future budget submissions.

4. Recommend that City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 14, 2023) from the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live remains confidential in its entirety because it contains financial information supplied in confidence to the Board of Directors of TO Live which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to significantly prejudice the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.

The Board of Directors of TO Live recessed its public meeting to meet in closed session to consider the item as it pertains to financial information supplied in confidence to the Board of Directors of TO Live, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to significantly prejudice the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.

The Board of Directors of TO Live:

1. Directed that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 14, 2023) from the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live remain confidential in its entirely, as it contains financial information supplied in confidence to the Board of Directors of TO Live which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to significantly prejudice the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual negotiations or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.

The purpose of the report is to seek the Board approval and recommendation to City Council that TO Live develop a schematic design from the results of the winning design competition, report on a renovation option, as well as seek City Council's approval to transition the project from CreateTO to the City's Corporate Real Estate Management office to manage the design and construction of the new St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts ("STLC").