Protecting the Science Centre to Support Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park - by Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside

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2023-07-19 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on July 19 and 20, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with appropriate City Divisions and Agencies, to report to the Executive Committee in the third quarter of 2023 on the future of the Ontario Science Centre, including: a. provincial requirements, if any, in the lease with the City to operate the Ontario Science Centre, or other public-facing attraction at the Don Mills and Eglinton site; and b.

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the feasibility of the City operating the Science Centre at its current location, including an assessment of potential revenues from event rentals.

The vote

Adopt Item · Carried, 21-3

Against (3)Michael Thompson, Shelley Carroll, Stephen Holyday

Absent (2)Gary Crawford, Jaye Robinson

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Earlier this spring the Provincial Government announced their intention to move the Ontario Science Centre to a much smaller location at Ontario Place. This announcement was done without consultation with residents of Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park who rely on the Centre for employment and education opportunities. The Science Centre is also part of a burgeoning cultural district that includes the Aga Khan Museum. The cultural attraction is an important economic driver for the local community as it brings visitors from across the city and around the world to Don Mills and Eglinton.

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It would be a real blow to this community to lose the Science Centre just as the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown's "Science Centre" station is about to make the attraction more accessible to the entire city. The City of Toronto has an obligation to explore all possible means to keep the Science Centre at its current location. This motion requests City Staff to explore avenues to have the Province continue operating the site Don Mills and Eglinton and the feasibility of the City operating the Science Centre as it does the Toronto Zoo.

Staff recommended

Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside, recommends that: 1. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with appropriate City Divisions and Agencies, to report to the Executive Committee in the third quarter of 2023 on the future of the Ontario Science Centre, including: a. provincial requirements, if any, in the lease with the City to operate the Ontario Science Centre, or other public-facing attraction at the Don Mills and Eglinton site; and b.

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the feasibility of the City operating the Science Centre at its current location, including an assessment of potential revenues from event rentals.

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