Item - 2025.MM28.33

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

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, on behalf of the City as landlord, to enter into nominal five (5) year leases with (i) the Artists’ Network, to facilitate continued programming at Leslie Grove Fieldhouse, and (ii) East End Arts Toronto, to facilitate continued programming at St. Matthew’s Lawn Bowling Clubhouse on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to extend existing agreements with each of the Artists’ Network, with respect to Leslie Grove Fieldhouse, and the East End Arts Toronto, with respect to St. Matthew’s Lawn Bowling Clubhouse during the interim period, as required, until the agreements referenced in Part 1 above are executed.

3. City Council severally authorize each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to administer and manage the agreements referenced in Part 1 and Part 2 above, including the provision of any consents, approvals, and notices.

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to determine whether the leased premises at Leslie Grove Fieldhouse, with respect to the Artists’ Network, and the leased premises at St. Matthew’s Lawn Bowling Clubhouse, with respect to the East End Arts Toronto are eligible to be designated as a municipal capital facility and report back through the General Government Committee in the second quarter of 2025.