Toronto Zoo Community Conservation Centre - Lease With University of Toronto Scarborough

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2025-05-21 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on May 21 and 22, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council, subject to completion of the applicable land transfer between the City of Toronto and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, on behalf of the City, to negotiate and execute the Lease among the City of Toronto, Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo and the Tenant consistent with the terms and conditions in Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

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2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo remain confidential at this time as they pertain to a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the Toronto Zoo and the City, and be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor following the completion of all transactions contemplated in the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo. Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they pertain to a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the Toronto Zoo and the City. Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor following the completion of all transactions contemplated in the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

At its meeting on April 4, 2025, the Board of Management of Toronto Zoo considered Item ZB15.11 and made recommendations to the City Council. This report seeks approval in principle from the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo on the terms of a lease arrangement between the City of Toronto, Toronto Zoo and the Governing Council of the University of Toronto for the use of dedicated and shared lab and classroom spaces

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by University of Toronto Scarborough for the purposes of delivering post secondary education programs at the Toronto Zoo Community Conservation Centre.

Staff recommended

The Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo: 1. Recommends that Toronto City Council, subject to completion of the applicable land transfer between the City of Toronto and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, on behalf of the City, to negotiate and execute the Lease among the City of Toronto, Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo and the Tenant consistent with the terms and conditions in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

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2. Recommends that City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo remain confidential al this time as it pertains to a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the Toronto Zoo and the City, and be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor following the completion of all transactions contemplated in the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo.

Considered

2025-05-12 · General Government Committee · adopted
Decision as filed
The General Government Committee recommends that: 1. City Council, subject to completion of the applicable land transfer between the City of Toronto and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, on behalf of the City, to negotiate and execute the Lease among the City of Toronto, Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo and the Tenant consistent with the terms and conditions in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
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2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo remain confidential al this time as it pertains to a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the Toronto Zoo and the City, and be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor following the completion of all transactions contemplated in the revised report (April 1, 2025) from the Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo.
2025-05-21 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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