Item - 2024.NC7.1
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Nominating Panel - Corporations on February 26, 2024 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on March 20, 2024.
- See also 2024.CC16.3
NC7.1 - Appointment of Public Members to the CreateTO Board
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the CreateTO Board.
Panel Recommendations
The Corporations Nominating Panel recommends that:
1. City Council appoint the following public member to the CreateTO Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on March 22, 2028, and until a successor is appointed:
Mark Guslits
2. City Council appoint the following public member to the Boards of Directors of Build Toronto and the Toronto Port Lands Company, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on March 22, 2026, and until a successor is appointed:
Mark Guslits
3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 4 to the report (February 13, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the CreateTO Board.
Decision Advice and Other Information
Candidate's biography:
Mark Guslits
After practicing as an architect and affordable housing consultant in Canada and the United Kingdom, Mark now works primarily as an urban revitalization/affordable housing development consultant and member of the faculty at the University of Toronto School of Architecture. He has been partner with a large Toronto residential development company focusing on affordable housing; Special Housing Advisor to the City of Toronto; Chief Development Officer for Toronto Community Housing and senior project lead with HOK Architects.
Origin
Summary
The Corporations Nominating Panel will conduct interviews and recommend one candidate to City Council for appointment to the CreateTO Board.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/nc/bgrd/backgroundfile-243085.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - List of Interview Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the CreateTO Board
Confidential Attachment 2 - Diversity Information Summary for Current Public Members of the CreateTO Board
Confidential Attachment 3 - Skills Matrix for the CreateTO Board
Confidential Attachment 4 - Interview schedule for February 26, 2024
Motions
That the Corporations Nominating Panel recommend that:
1. City Council appoint Mark Guslits to:
a. the CreateTO Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending March 22, 2028, and until a successor is appointed; and
b. the Boards of Directors of Build Toronto and the Toronto Port Lands Company, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending March 22, 2026, and until a successor is appointed.