Item - 2025.GG24.13

The General Government Committee:

1. Deferred the consideration of item GG24.13 indefinitely.

The purpose of this report is to seek Council authority to enter into a nominal sublicence agreement (the "Sublicence Agreement") with the sublicensee, FoodShare Toronto, to permit the non-exclusive use of up to approximately 0.874 acres of land within the East Flemingdon Park Hydro Corridor at 150 Grenoble Drive (the “Sublicensed Area”),in the vicinity of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East, as more particularly outlined in Appendix A of this report. The proposed Sublicence Agreement will have a five-year term, with one option to extend for an additional five years and will allow FoodShare Toronto to continue operating and potentially expand a community garden under the City’s Community Engagement and Entrepreneurial Development Gardens Program.

Since 2021, FoodShare Toronto has been using a portion of the Sublicensed Area to operate an urban farm to serve the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood in Don Valley East. FoodShare Toronto is advancing plans to expand the community gardens by approximately 0.3 acres, bringing the total Sublicensed Area to approximately 0.874 acres.

The City, as licensee, entered into a Master Licence of Land for Public Recreational Purposes with Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation, as licensor, dated October 26, 2010, covering the corridor lands within the Sublicensed Area. The licence was renewed by agreement on January 17, 2017. The Master Licence Agreement includes a condition requiring the prior written consent of Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation before any sublicence may be granted. Accordingly, the proposed Sublicence Agreement will be subject to obtaining such consent. FoodShare Toronto also requires renewed approval from Hydro One Networks Inc., for continued use of the site, as well as for the proposed expansion of the garden.