Item - 2024.MM18.22
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on May 22, 2024 with amendments.
MM18.22 - Advancement of Professional Women’s Soccer in Toronto, and Seeking Proposals for Lamport Stadium - by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Councillor Jaye Robinson
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 10 - Spadina - Fort York
City Council Decision
City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation, in consultation with the Executive Director, FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Secretariat and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to negotiate agreement terms with Association Football Club Toronto, for the use of the future Centennial Park soccer field and adjacent fieldhouse following FIFA 2026, seeking input from relevant stakeholders on impacts of potential Association Football Club Toronto use of the site, ensuring future community access to the recreational amenities, and report back to City Council on recommended terms for an agreement.
2. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to seek proposals to select and enter negotiations for a strategic operating tenant for Lamport Stadium, seeking capital investment necessary to improve the stadium, field conditions, to bring the facility into a state of good repair, while ensuring community access to recreation opportunities is maintained, embedding protections for professional women’s sports teams, including soccer, to use the site as a game-day location, and respecting the existing agreement between the City and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for the operation of a seasonal winter sports bubble, and to report back to City Council on the results; such report should also:
a. examine how community benefits can be pursued at Lamport Stadium as a part of any redevelopment, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration; and
b. detail alignment of any potential investment and leasing with the Liberty Village Public Realm Strategy, and upcoming regeneration study, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
3. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation, to negotiate equitable public and community access as part of any terms for third-party use at Centennial Park and/or Lamport Stadium resulting from Part 1 or 2 above, in close collaboration with the Ward Councillor.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM18.22 be referred to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That City Council amend MM18.22 Recommendation 1 by:
a. deleting the words "in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor"; and
b. adding the words "seeking input from relevant stakeholders on impacts of potential Association Football Club Toronto use of the site" before "ensuring"
so that it now reads as follows:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation, in consultation with the Executive Director, FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Secretariat and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to negotiate agreement terms with Association Football Club Toronto, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, for the use of the future Centennial Park soccer field and adjacent fieldhouse following FIFA 2026, seeking input from relevant stakeholders on impacts of potential Association Football Club Toronto use of the site, ensuring future community access to the recreational amenities, and report back to City Council on recommended terms for an agreement.
Vote (Adopt Item as Amended) May-23-2024 5:41 PM
| Result: Carried | Majority Required - MM18.22 - Adopt the Item as amended |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 22 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Brad Bradford, Alejandra Bravo, Jon Burnside, Lily Cheng, Olivia Chow, Mike Colle, Paula Fletcher, Stephen Holyday, Parthi Kandavel, Ausma Malik, Nick Mantas, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Jamaal Myers, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Anthony Perruzza, Dianne Saxe |
| Total members that voted No: 0 | Members that voted No are |
| Total members that were Absent: 3 | Members that were absent are Shelley Carroll, Vincent Crisanti, Michael Thompson |