Item - 2024.MM14.12

City Council on February 6 and 7, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, in collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to work with the local City Councillor and the Learning Enrichment Foundation to identify and secure either City-owned buildings or non-profit and private buildings within York South-Weston to meet the ongoing programming needs of the Learning Enrichment Foundation and their clients.
 

2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, in collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to assist the Learning Enrichment Foundation in undertaking necessary due diligence of potential property opportunities, including assisting Learning Enrichment Foundation with:
 

a. review of their specific building specifications and requirements;

b. the search for potential appropriate public and private buildings;

c. conducting a state of good repair review of potential properties;

d. the development of an estimated cost of any capital improvements and renovations of candidate buildings;

e. negotiations regarding building lease or purchase arrangements; and

f. development of an implementation schedule, communications plan and relocation.
 

3. City Council direct the City Manager to report back by June 2024 on the results of this work, including any financial implications and funding sources required to support the retention of Learning Enrichment Foundation within York-South Weston.