Supporting a Fire Fighters Burn Victim Care Centre - by Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie

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2024-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the City Manager to report to the General Government Committee in the second quarter of 2025 on the feasibility of entering into an agreement with Toronto Fire Fighters Charities Inc. to lease 641 Eglinton Avenue West at a nominal cost for the "Home away Program" for burn victims receiving treatment at Sunnybrook or the Hospital for Sick Children.

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2. City Council request the City Manager to work with the Government of Ontario to support the "Home Away Program".

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Adopt Item · Carried, 23-0

Absent (3)Alejandra Bravo, Paula Fletcher, Shelley Carroll

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The City-owned building at 641 Eglinton Avenue West is a former Fire Hall most recently used by Metrolinx in the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit. Toronto Fire Fighters Charities Inc., the charitable arm of the Toronto Fire Fighters Union, has expressed interest in utilizing the space at 641 Eglinton Avenue West to provide a 'Home Away Program' for burn victims receiving treatment at Sunnybrook or The Hospital for Sick Children.

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The Toronto Fire Fighters Charities Inc. will investigate utilizing available funding to support this program and the costs associated with the space. This program would be a first of its kind in Ontario and will provide a necessary treatment and education centre in Toronto. This motion requests the City Manager to report to General Government Committee in the second quarter of 2025 on the feasibility of entering into an agreement with Toronto Fire Fighters Charities Inc. to lease 641 Eglinton Avenue West at a nominal cost for the "Home away Program" for burn victims receiving treatment at Sunnybrook or the Hospital for Sick Children and to ask for support from the Government of Ontario.

Staff recommended

Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council request the City Manager to report to the General Government Committee in the second quarter of 2025 on the feasibility of entering into an agreement with Toronto Fire Fighters Charities Inc. to lease 641 Eglinton Avenue West at a nominal cost for the "Home away Program" for burn victims receiving treatment at Sunnybrook or the Hospital for Sick Children.

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2. City Council request the City Manager to work with the Government of Ontario to support the "Home Away Program".

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