Item - 2025.GG26.37

The General Government Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to enter into a licence extension and amending agreement (the “New Agreement”) with His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario, as represented by the Minister of Government and Consumer Services, for the use of an approximately two by two and half metre area within the Metro Hall property at 55 John Street, as generally outlined in Appendix B to the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, on the terms and conditions set out in Appendix A to the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and on such other amended terms as may be acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Director, Real Estate Services, to execute the New Agreement, and any related documents on behalf of the City.

3. City Council authorize each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Director, Real Estate Services, Corporate Real Estate Management individually to administer and manage the New Agreement, including the provision of any consents, amendments, approvals, waivers, notices (including notice of termination) provided that the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, may, at any time, refer consideration of such matters to City Council for its determination and direction.

The purpose of this report is to obtain City Council authority for the City (the “Licensor”) to enter into a licence extension and amending agreement (the “New Agreement”) for nominal consideration from His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario, as represented by the Minister of Government and Consumer Services (the “Licensee”), for the continued operation of an air quality monitoring station located at Metro Hall (55 John Street). The New Agreement will: (1) amend the terms of the existing licence agreement (the “Existing Licence”), including the relocation of the air quality monitoring station within Metro Hall; and (2) extend the term of the Existing Licence for an additional period of five years.

The New Agreement is necessary to facilitate the relocation of the air quality monitoring station at Metro Hall from the north-east corner of John Street and Wellington Street to the north-east area of the Metro Hall property fronting King Street West. This move will support the relocation of Toronto Fire Station 332 from 260 Adelaide Street West to Metro Hall, while ensuring continued measurement of key air quality contaminants including major components of traffic-related air pollution, identified by the City of Toronto as priorities for air quality improvement initiatives. The air quality monitoring station at Metro Hall is of particular importance because it is the only fixed station in Toronto located at street-level, which is most relevant for human exposure.