Item - 2024.MM18.21
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on May 22 and 23, 2024 without amendments.
MM18.21 - Partnering with Tennis Canada for Future Facilities - by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to explore the feasibility of developing an accessible and affordable year-round tennis facility with Tennis Canada, and to identify appropriate sites and locations to advance delivery of such a facility, to capitalize on opportunities to collaborate with Tennis Canada’s private donor capital towards the court in the sum of $2 million.
2. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor(s), to report back by the fourth quarter of 2024 on viable sites along with an implementation strategy, to City Council through the Infrastructure and Environment Committee.
3. City Council request that General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation, in consultation with the Executive Director Corporate Real Estate Management, negotiate appropriate community access as part of any terms of any arrangement with Tennis Canada resulting from Part 1 or 2 above, in close collaboration with the appropriate Ward Councillor(s) and after adequate community consultation processes have been undertaken.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM18.21 be referred to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.