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Toronto Zoo decides · Fri, Oct 16

Toronto Zoo board to decide on capital budget

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Council is asked to decide on a capital budget for the Toronto Zoo for 2027 to 2036. The Policy and Finance Committee recommended approval. No new date was set.

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Fri, Oct 16 · Toronto Zoo · scheduled, not yet heard
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ContainedA capital budget spanning a decade commits multi-year spending and shapes facilities the zoo will operate, but it is bounded to one city agency and a future council can adjust or redirect it. Substantive but reversible.Touches a narrow groupOnce the budget is in force, residents who visit the zoo may see capital projects unfold over ten years, but the item itself does not name specific projects or timelines. The capital work is not imminent or narrow enough to land at direct-and-real.

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The record as the City filed it

Staff recommended

The Chief Transformation Officer, Toronto Zoo, recommends that the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo: 1. Approve the 2027-2036 Capital Budget as shown in Attachment 1. 2. Approve an increase in total construction costs for the Red Panda Climate Controlled Viewing Project from $5.5 million to $6.5 million. 3. Authorize the Director, Capital Program and Sustainability or their designate to negotiate and execute any necessary amendments to the construction management contract for the Red Panda Climate Controlled Viewing Project as a result of the adoption of Recommendation 2, on terms acceptable to the Director, Capital Program and Sustainability and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

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4. Direct the Chief Transformation Officer to submit the 2027-2036 Capital Budget, and any changes or directions by the Board, to the City Financial Planning Division as part of the 2027 Budget Process.

Considered

Official title: 2027-2036 Capital Budget · the item as the City filed it

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