Item - 2025.MM28.29

City Council on March 26 and 27, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item 2024.MM16.30 by:
 

a. amending Part 3 by:

1. deleting the words “the Church-Wellesley Village Business Improvement Area” and replacing them with the words “STEPS Public Art”; and

b. amending Part 4 by:

1. deleting the words “the Church-Wellesley Village Business Improvement Area” after the words “be forwarded to” and replacing them with “STEPS Public Art”; and

2. deleting the words “the Business Improvement Area” after the words “subject to” and replacing them with “STEPS Public Art”;

so that Parts 3 and 4 now read as follows:

3. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $80,000.00, fully funded by Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits at 55-61 Charles Street East (Source Account: XR3026-3701045) for the purpose of forwarding funds to STEPS Public Art for a new mural above Wellesley Station (16 Wellesley Street East) as outlined in Appendix A (Cost Centre: NP2161).

4. City Council direct that the $80,000.00 be forwarded to STEPS Public Art, subject to STEPS Public Art signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.

2. City Council direct that the use of Section 37 community benefits be prominently recognized in documents and promotional materials, including on any construction hoarding, in consultation with the Ward Councillor as a requirement within the Undertaking between the City and STEPS.