Item - 2026.MM39.72

Tracking Status

MM39.72 - Re-opening and Amending Item 2025.MM30.8 - Accepting a Donation from Tennis Canada to Enhance the Tennis Courts at Malvern Park - by Councillor Neethan Shan, seconded by Councillor Jamaal Myers

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Ward:
25 - Scarborough - Rouge Park

City Council Decision

City Council on March 25 and 26, 2026, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item 2025.MM30.8 by deleting Part 1.

 

Part to be deleted:

 

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to accept a cash donation of up to $0.100 million from Tennis Canada’s Play Your Court program, which is funded in part by National Bank Financial, for the purposes of improving tennis courts at Malvern Park in 2025, and to negotiate and execute a donation agreement, in compliance with the Donations to the City of Toronto for Community Benefits Policy, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager and in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

 

and adopt instead the following new Part 1:

 

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to negotiate and execute a contribution agreement with the National Bank of Canada and/or the Canadian Tennis Association (operating as “Tennis Canada”), under the National Bank Play Your Court Program, to secure a grant of $100,000, applied for by the City, funded by the National Bank of Canada, and administered by Tennis Canada for the purposes of improving tennis courts at Malvern Park, municipally known as 36 Sewells Road, Toronto, including program requirements such as branded signage on the court nets and entrances, a grand opening event, and up to two days of annual no‑charge access for Tennis Canada to host programming or events for a term of ten (10) years, provided that the terms and conditions are acceptable to the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the agreement is in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

Background Information (City Council)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Waive Notice (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, need to be waived to permit introduction of Motion MM39.72. A two-thirds vote of Council Members present is required to waive notice.


Motion to Re-open Item (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that consideration of Motion MM39.72 requires a re-opening of Item 2025.MM30.8 (May 21 and 22, 2025, City Council meeting) only as it pertains to Part 1. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to re-open the Item.


Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council