Item - 2024.MM23.30
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on November 13 and 14, 2024 without amendments.
MM23.30 - Year-Round Non-Motorized Watercraft Storage Pilot - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Ward:
- 14 - Toronto - Danforth
City Council Decision
City Council on November 13 and 14, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the applicable local Ward Councillor, to negotiate and sign amending agreements of any existing licence agreements relating to the use of designated waterfront locations for non-motorized watercraft rental services, to allow for the year-round storage of equipment and storage containers where operationally feasible and at market rates, on terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to negotiate and sign a nominal-fee three-year licence agreement commencing 2025 with an option to renew for an additional year, with Don’t Mess with the Don, for access and storage at a waterfront location satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to provide free non-motorized watercraft programming and support environmental initiatives, on terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
Urgent - The summer lease expired in October so certainty is needed ahead of the winter to avoid a period of uncertainty for Parks, as well as the operators.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
That Councillor Paula Fletcher be permitted to add to the agenda of today's meeting an urgent Motion without Notice concerning:
Year-Round Non-Motorized Watercraft Storage Pilot
Reason for Urgency:
This Motion is urgent because the summer lease expired in October so certainty is needed ahead of the winter months to avoid a period of uncertainty for Parks, as well as the operators.