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City Council is being asked to direct staff to develop a strategic plan for Forest Valley Outdoor Centre as its lease with the school board ends

Forest Valley Outdoor Centre, a City-managed site on Toronto and Region Conservation Authority lands in York Centre (Ward 6), is losing its seasonal lease with the Toronto District School Board. Council is being asked to direct staff to create a strategic plan for the site's future, balancing preservation of green space and tree canopy with public access, security, and maintenance. The outcome will shape how thousands of Torontonians can use this ravine and forest asset.

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• The Forest Valley site's lease with the Toronto District School Board is ending; the City must decide whether and how to continue operating it as a public asset.

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This item is on the Council agenda for 2026-07-29. Residents interested in Forest Valley's future can contact Councillor James Pasternak (Ward 6) or Councillor Jamaal Myers before the vote, or depute at Council if the item is called for deputations.

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ContainedThe decision affects the future management and use of a specific outdoor facility on TRCA lands. It is bounded to one site and one management relationship, and is reversible through a future strategic plan or renewed lease arrangement. A future council could adopt a different approach. No institutional constraint is locked in by directing a study.Touches a narrow groupForest Valley Outdoor Centre serves a specific group: people who use or have used the site for recreation, camps, and events. Most Toronto residents do not interact with it regularly. The salience is present only for that narrow user group and families who have attended in the past.

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Official title: Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Preserving the Green Space, Ravines, Structures and Tree Canopy with Public Accessibility, Security and Maintenance at the Forest Valley Outdoor Centre - by Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Jamaal Myers · meeting video