Item - 2024.IE13.5

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the Acting General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to accept a donation of $0.075 million from High Park Initiatives, to provide financial support for the development of an outdoor classroom and publicly accessible nature education space called the Outdoor Urban Restoration Space 2.0 in High Park, in collaboration with Parks, Forestry and Recreation and in compliance with the Donations to the City of Toronto for Community Benefits Policy.

2. City Council authorize the Acting General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to negotiate and sign on behalf of the City a donor agreement with High Park Initiatives, outlining the agreed-upon uses of the donated funds and donor recognition, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Acting General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council approve an amendment to Parks, Forestry and Recreation's 2024 Capital Budget and 2025-2033 Capital Plan to create a new capital sub-project known as High Park Outdoor Urban Restoration Space Donation, in the Trails and Pathways project, with a project cost and cash flow of $0.075 million in 2024, fully funded from the High Park Initiatives donation, for the purpose of the development of the Outdoor Urban Restoration Space 2.0 in High Park.

The purpose of this report is to request authority from City Council to accept a donation in the amount of $0.075 million and enter into a donor agreement with High Park Initiatives, and to amend the 2024-2033 Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget and Plan accordingly for the establishment of an outdoor classroom and publicly accessible nature education space called the Outdoor Urban Restoration Space 2.0 in High Park.