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Preliminary Feasibility Assessment of Siting the Therme Facility at Exhibition Place
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2023-10-31 · Executive Committee · amended
As filed
The Executive Committee: 1. Requested the City Manager, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and other relevant civic officials, agencies and boards, and the Canadian National Exhibition Association, to report to the December 5, 2023 meeting of Executive Committee on a preliminary feasibility assessment on the siting of the proposed Therme facility at Exhibition Place, including within the Better Living Centre site.
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As the city filed it
I am writing to recommend that the Committee request a City staff report on the feasibility of siting the Therme water spa facility proposed for Ontario Place on the Exhibition Place grounds. The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place has consistently supported a collaborative and coordinated approach with Ontario Place for the planning, enhancement and development of these important public spaces. Exhibition Place's vision as an inclusive and accessible parkland and business destination for conventions, exhibitions, entertainment, recreation and sporting events and public celebrations is fundamentally connected to the future of Ontario Place, a treasured green space and site of international heritage significance.
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Infrastructure Ontario, on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure, is currently leading a development application process with the City of Toronto that includes a proposed water spa by Therme for the West Island. Through the public engagement process and feedback for the development application, alternative sites for this proposal have been suggested, including Exhibition Place. Exhibition Place may benefit from and provide an improved location for this use due to factors such as proximity to transit, hotel accommodations, parking, existing servicing and other infrastructure. Any consideration of siting the Therme water spa facility at Exhibition Place would need to comment on alignment with key Exhibition Place plans (such as the Strategic Plan and the Phase 1 Proposals Report), the core uses of Exhibition Place and the operations of key tenants and event organizers of Exhibition Place, especially the CNE. A preliminary feasibility assessment will allow further feedback to be provided by City Council and the Exhibition Place Board of Governors, and to help determine any further steps, including public engagement.
Staff recommended
Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik recommends that: 1. The Executive Committee request the City Manager, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of Exhibition Place, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and other relevant civic officials, agencies and boards, to report to the December 5, 2023 meeting of Executive Committee on a preliminary feasibility assessment on the siting of the proposed Therme facility at Exhibition Place, including within the Better Living Centre site.
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