The Public GalleryToronto

Toronto City Council · 2019-12-17 · 2019.MM13.14

The filed record

Donation of a statue of Anna Yaroslavna from the City of Kyiv - by Councillor Michael Thompson, seconded by Mayor John Tory

The Public Gallery wrote no story on this item. What follows is the city’s own record of what happened to it, as filed: nothing on this page is summarised or scored by us.

The decision

2019-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on December 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to enter into an agreement with the City of Kyiv to accept the donation of the Anna Yaroslavna statue, with such an agreement to include the following conditions: a. the installation of the sculpture will be on private lands at 21 Old Mill Road address, the property of Old Mill Toronto Hospitality Incorporated; b.

Show the rest of As filed, 1,558 more characters as filed

all costs associated with accepting the donation and installing it at the proposed location are borne by Old Mill Toronto Hospitality Incorporated; these expenses may include, but are not limited to, any fees to the artist, the cost of the statue including all design, fabrication, engineering, and associated fees, the transportation costs of the statue including all cargo fees, customs fees, storage fees, handling fees, and documentation fees, all costs related to the installation, design and fabrication of foundations, engineering services, signage and plaques, landscaping, and the public unveiling; and the City will list the statue in the City's catalogue of memorials; c. should the statue need to be relocated at some point in the future, the City reserves the right to decline to reinstall it and return it to the Donor unless other private lands are located by the local community members and the costs of moving and reinstalling it are borne by the local community or another entity other than the City; d. maintenance of the statue will be the responsibility of Old Mill Toronto Hospitality Inc., acting on behalf of the local community; and e. if Old Mill Toronto Hospitality Inc. ceases to undertake or is no longer able to undertake the maintenance of the statue, the local community will assume responsibility for maintenance or transfer the responsibility for maintenance to another party other than the City of Toronto; if no party can be found to maintain the statue, then the City reserves the right to return the statue to the Donor.

The vote

Adopt Item · Carried, 23-0

For (23)Ana Bailão, Anthony Perruzza, Brad Bradford, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata, Gary Crawford, Gord Perks, James Pasternak, Jennifer McKelvie, Jim Karygiannis, Joe Cressy, John Filion, John Tory, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mark Grimes, Michael Ford, Michael Thompson, Mike Colle, Mike Layton, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Stephen Holyday
Absent (3)Cynthia Lai, Jaye Robinson, Shelley Carroll
The whole record, all 26 members

Every name opens that member’s record.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

To honour the friendship agreement between the City of Toronto and the City of Kyiv, the City has received an offer of a donation of a replica statue of Anna Yaroslavna (also known as Anne of Kyiv). A version of the sculpture, created by Ukrainian sculptor Kostiantyn Skrytutskii, was unveiled in Kyiv's Lvivska Square on November 10, 2019. The acceptance of the donation is a symbolic gesture of friendship between Toronto and Kyiv.

Show the rest of As the city filed it, 251 more characters as filed

In order for the donation to be received by the City, some special provisions need to be made, including siting the statue on private land and gaining assurances that the care and upkeep will be by the owner of the location and/or the local community.

Staff recommended

Councillor Michael Thompson, seconded by Mayor John Tory, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to enter into an agreement with the City of Kyiv to accept the donation of the Anna Yaroslavna statue, with such an agreement to include the following conditions: a. the installation of the sculpture will be on private lands at 21 Old Mill Road address, the property of Old Mill Toronto Hospitality Incorporated; b.

Show the rest of Staff recommended, 1,558 more characters as filed

all costs associated with accepting the donation and installing it at the proposed location are borne by Old Mill Toronto Hospitality Incorporated; these expenses may include, but are not limited to, any fees to the artist, the cost of the statue including all design, fabrication, engineering, and associated fees, the transportation costs of the statue including all cargo fees, customs fees, storage fees, handling fees, and documentation fees, all costs related to the installation, design and fabrication of foundations, engineering services, signage and plaques, landscaping, and the public unveiling; and the City will list the statue in the City's catalogue of memorials; c. should the statue need to be relocated at some point in the future, the City reserves the right to decline to reinstall it and return it to the Donor unless other private lands are located by the local community members and the costs of moving and reinstalling it are borne by the local community or another entity other than the City; d. maintenance of the statue will be the responsibility of Old Mill Toronto Hospitality Inc., acting on behalf of the local community; and e. if Old Mill Toronto Hospitality Inc. ceases to undertake or is no longer able to undertake the maintenance of the statue, the local community will assume responsibility for maintenance or transfer the responsibility for maintenance to another party other than the City of Toronto; if no party can be found to maintain the statue, then the City reserves the right to return the statue to the Donor.

    On the record

    The item as the City filed it

    More from this meeting

    The whole meeting