Item - 2024.EX13.4

April 18, 2024 at 5:26 p.m. - That City Council authorize the immediate release of the first shortlisted site contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (February 2, 2024) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, so that it may be considered in public.

April 18, 2024 at 5:28 p.m. - That in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, City Council reconsider the vote on procedural motion 1a by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

That City Council amend Executive Committee Recommendation 2 by adding the words "to first conduct a robust community public consultation for any site under consideration and report to Council with the findings, prior" so that it now reads as follows:

2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and other necessary staff as appropriate, to first conduct a robust community public consultation for any site under consideration and report to Council with the findings, prior to negotiating a contractual agreement with the Somali Centre for Culture and Recreation that satisfies Federal and Provincial funding requirements, subject to, the necessary due diligence including site identification and due diligence, funding strategy, development plan, operations plan, and any other milestones to be identified by the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and to report back to City Council in June 2024 prior to entering into any lease agreement with an update on the status of the negotiations and the due diligence.

That City Council amend Executive Committee Recommendation 4 so that it now reads as follows:

4. City Council authorize the public release of the first shortlisted site contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (February 2, 2024) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO upon adoption of this item by City Council, and City Council authorize the public release of the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (February 2, 2024) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, following the closing of any transaction and at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO.

That the Executive Committee:

1. Amend Recommendation 1 so that it now reads:

1. City Council consider a request to both the Provincial and Federal governments to provide financial support for this project in the form of capital and long-term operating funding.

2. Adopt the following new Recommendation:

Direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and other necessary staff as appropriate, to report to the April 17, 2024 meeting of City Council with an overview of the milestones required to be achieved in the negotiation of a contractual agreement that satisfies federal and provincial funding requirements in support of this project.

3. Delete Recommendation 2

Recommendation to be deleted

2. City Council request the City Manager to provide the Somali Centre for Culture and Recreation a non-binding letter of intent, to give assurance to the provincial and federal governments of the City’s intention to negotiate a long term lease with the Somali centre once an appropriate city site has been selected, conditional upon receiving the provincial and federal government funding. The letter would also stipulate that the municipal support through a long term land lease would be based on the Provincial and Federal Governments providing financial support for this project in the form of capital and long term operating funding.

and adopt instead the following new Recommendation:

City Council direct Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and other necessary staff as appropriate to negotiate a contractual agreement with the Somali Centre for Culture and Recreation that satisfies federal and provincial funding requirements, subject to, the necessary due diligence including site identification and due diligence, funding strategy, development plan, operations plan, and any other milestones as referenced in the new Recommendation in Part 2 above, and to report back to Council in June 2024 prior to entering into any lease agreement with an update on the status of the negotiations and the due diligence.