Item - 2023.IE2.1

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, to negotiate and sign on behalf of the City of Toronto a non-exclusive nominal fee licence agreement with Toronto Artscape Inc., for a term of three years with a renewal term of up to three years at the General Manager's discretion, for the purposes of providing community programming at Spectrum Park (Regent Park Boulevard Park) and the adjacent road allowance, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and General Manager, Transportation Services, and in form and content, satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to seek authority from City Council to enter into a non-exclusive nominal fee licence agreement with Toronto Artscape Inc., a registered charity. The agreement would initiate a community partnership to govern the use of park space and provide community programming at Spectrum Park (Regent Park Boulevard Park) and the adjacent road allowance. These outdoor spaces were built as part of the Regent Park redevelopment to facilitate public programming and events. The proposed agreement would facilitate enhanced community programming through a collaboration with Artscape.