Item - 2025.MM33.21

City Council on October 8 and 9, 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) Clay and Paper Theatre, to facilitate continued programming at Dufferin Grove Fieldhouse, and (ii) Sick Muse Art Projects Incorporated, to facilitate continued programming at Earlscourt Park Community Concession Building 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 Clay and Paper Theatre, with respect to Dufferin Grove Fieldhouse, and Sick Muse Art Projects Incorporated, with respect to the Earlscourt Park Community Concession Building 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 Parts 1 and 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 Dufferin Grove Fieldhouse, with respect to Clay and Paper Theatre, and the leased premises at Earlscourt Park Community Concession Building, with respect to the Sick Muse Art Projects Inc. are eligible to be designated as a municipal capital facility and report back through the General Government Committee in the second quarter of 2026.