Authority to Enter into a Licence Amending Agreement with Toronto Island Bicycle Rental Ltd. - by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Councillor Amber Morley

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2025-04-23 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on April 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to enter into a Licence Amending Agreement with Toronto Island Bicycle Rental Ltd., to remove the licensee's exclusive rights to operate a bike share rental in Toronto Island Park, and to extend the agreement term for five additional years ending September 30, 2031, along the same fee schedule

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as the existing licence agreement, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks and Recreation and in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

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In alignment with the City's Council-approved Toronto Island Park Master Plan, Parks and Recreation has been working with Toronto Parking Authority Bike Share Toronto program to launch a bike share pilot in Toronto Island Park for the upcoming summer season. The pilot will bring a total of 200 Bike Share Toronto bicycles to two locations in Toronto Island Park: Ward's Island Ferry Landing and Hanlan's Ferry Landing. Bike Share Toronto and Parks and Recreation will collect data and feedback to measure the success of the pilot to inform future expansions.

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Toronto Parking Authority runs the Bike Share Toronto system, and for this system to operate in Toronto Island Park, Parks and Recreation must amend its existing agreement with Toronto Island Bicycle Rental Ltd. to remove the exclusivity clause, effective immediately. Parks and Recreation staff have approached Toronto Island Bicycle Rental Ltd. to discuss the amendment to their exclusive rights to allow for Bike Share Toronto to operate in Toronto Island Park, in exchange for an additional extension to their term. Toronto Island Bicycle Rental Ltd. is supportive of these changes and has indicated willingness to work with the City on the terms of the extension. Through a Request for Proposals process in 2017, Toronto Island Bicycle Rental Ltd. was awarded a licence agreement to operate as the sole provider of bike rentals in Toronto Island Park. The current licence agreement expires on September 30, 2026, and the licensee currently pays $83,000 in annual fees plus two per cent of gross revenue.

Staff recommended

Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Councillor Amber Morley, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to enter into a Licence Amending Agreement with Toronto Island Bicycle Rental Ltd., to remove the licensee's exclusive rights to operate a bike share rental in Toronto Island Park, and to extend the agreement term for five additional years ending September 30, 2031, along

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the same fee schedule as the existing licence agreement, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks and Recreation and in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

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