Executive Committee
The full agenda, as filed
All 28 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
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EX6.26amended
Collective Bargaining with Toronto Professional Firefighters' Association, Local 3888
The collective agreement between the City of Toronto and the Toronto Professional Firefighters' Association (TPFFA), Local 3888 expires on December 31, 2023. This report seeks a collective bargaining mandate for the upcoming round of negotiations. A confidential presentation outlining the recommended collective bargaining mandate will be given in closed session of the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee: 1. Approved the confidential recommendations for a collective bargaining mandate for the upcoming negotiations with Toronto Professional Fire Fighters' Association (TPFFA) Local 3888 as outlined in the confidential presentation and authorized the City's Director of Employee Relations to have flexibility to work within the approved parameters of the total compensation mandate to reach a negotiated agreement. 2. In the event a negotiated agreement is reached with the Toronto Professional Fire Fighters' Association (TPFFA), directed the Director, Employee Relations to report to City Council to seek ratification. 3. Directed that the confidential presentation remain confidential in its entirety, as it relates to labour relations and employee negotiations.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Manager and the Chief People Officer recommend that: 1. Executive Committee provide a collective bargaining mandate for the upcoming negotiations with Toronto Professional Fire Fighters' Association (TPFFA) Local 388
EX6.27adopted
Request for a Line of Credit Guarantee for Toronto Artscape Inc.
I am recommending that the Executive Committee add to the agenda the attached report from the Controller and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, regarding a request for a line of credit guarantee for Toronto Artscape Inc. Artscape is a not-for-profit developer that manages 14 properties across Toronto, providing 390 tenants with affordable housing and working spaces. Expansion between 2017-2019, combined with the effects of business disruption during COVID-19 shutdowns, have resulted in Artscape facing cash flow and debt repayment challenges. In response to these challenges, Artscape's Board of Directors has adopted a restructuring plan to reduce debt through asset sales and refocus the organization on its core mandate of providing affordable live, work and presentation space for artists. Artscape has requested that the City guarantee a $1.5 million extension to its existing line of credit with TD Bank to allow the organization to meet its cash flow needs while it pursues urgent financial and strategic restructuring through asset sales. Artscape is eligible to receive a guarantee under the Line of Credit Guarantee Policy, based on the organization's existing financial relationship with the City. Details on the proposed terms of the guarantee are included in the attached report. This request is time sensitive to ensure that Artscape has the necessary support to successfully undertake its restructuring over the course of the summer. I am recommending that we add this important matter as new business to be considered at our July 11 meeting.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council approve a request for a Line of Credit Guarantee to be provided in support of Toronto Artscape Inc. to its lender, in order to support a line of credit extension of up to $1.5 million, inclusive of any accrued interest, on the basis that: a. the City's Line of Credit Extension Guarantee shall expire on the earlier of the completion of Toronto Artscape Inc.'s sale of Launchpad or other property, or October 31, 2023; and b. should the lender require payment of the City's $1.5 million guarantee, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer will take action to remit payment within 15 days of written notification by the lender. 2. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services and the City Solicitor, to negotiate and enter into any necessary agreements to provide the Line of Credit Guarantee to Toronto Artscape Inc., and to take any security deemed necessary by and to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that, should the Line of Credit Guarantee become payable by the City, the payment would be accommodated through a reallocation of funds within the Economic Development and Culture Division's 2023 Approved Operating Budget. 4. City Council authorize and direct appropriate City Officials to take such action as may be necessary to implement City Council's decision.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Carroll recommends adoption of the following recommendations in the report (July 10, 2023) from the Controller and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture: 1. City Council approve a request for a Line of Credit Guarantee to be provided in support of Toronto Artscape Inc. to its lender, in order to support a line of credit extension of up to $1.5 million, inclusive of any accrued interest, on the basis that: a. The City's Line of Credit Extension Guarantee shall expire on the earlier of the completion of Toronto Artscape Inc.'s sale of Launchpad or other property, or October 31, 2023, and b. Should the lender require payment of the City's $1.5 million guarantee, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer will take action to remit payment within 15 days of written notification by the lender. 2. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, and the City Solicitor, to negotiate and enter into any necessary agreements to provide the Line of Credit Guarantee to Toronto Artscape Inc., and to take any security deemed necessary by and to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that, should the Line of Credit Guarantee become payable by the City, the payment would be accommodated through a reallocation of funds within the Economic Development and Culture Division's 2023 Approved Operating Budget. 4. City Council authorize and direct appropriate City Officials to take such action as may be necessary to implement City Council's decision.
EX6.28adopted
The City of Toronto is a recognized leader in ecological restoration, biodiversity planning and urban forest and ravine management. Along with our partners at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the City has been undertaking successful ecological restoration of Toronto's ravines, natural areas and urban forest for decades, through: - Implementing City Council endorsed strategies, including Toronto's Ravine Strategy, Biodiversity Strategy, Pollinator Protection Strategy and TransformTO; - Being recognized municipal leaders in restoring and maintaining Toronto's ravines, natural areas and urban forest through activities such as native tree and shrub planting, invasive species management and prescribed burns; - Designing and delivering flagship restoration projects, such as Don Valley Brick Works Park, Humber Bay Butterfly Habitat, Beare Hill Park and the Meadoway, which have provided and improved critical wildlife habitat and natural areas for human enjoyment; and - Being the first Canadian city to adopt a Tree Equity Approach to address inequitable distribution of the urban forest, in service of achieving the City Council approved tree canopy target of 40 per cent by 2050, aligning with the City's TransformTO Net Zero Strategy. City staff are seeking approval to pursue designation of the City of Toronto as a Model City for the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Generation Restoration project. This three-year project aims to promote ecological restoration and to facilitate knowledge exchange between cities. Model Cities will serve as 'champions of restoration' through capacity building workshops, webinars and peer-to-peer exchanges, as well as contributing staff expertise to the development of tools and products to help cities accelerate ecosystem restoration globally. The UNEP Generation Restoration project aims to address the challenges to promote restoration, particularly in urban areas, within the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). The project will also support ten Pilot Cities located in ODA countries, i.e. countries that receive official development assistance (ODA) or developing countries, to implement ecological restoration projects. Participation in this program as a Model City will provide an avenue for the City to share our expertise with other cities around the world to improve global efforts towards ecological restoration. A designation from the UN would also bring significant attention to the City's achievements in restoration while providing significant leverage when seeking funding from other orders of government as well as philanthropic donors, who may wish to sustain or scale up these efforts. This letter recommends that City Council give authority to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to submit an Expression of Interest to become a Model City for the UNEP's Generation Restoration project and enter into appropriate agreements, if selected. The City of Toronto looks forward to this opportunity to share our expertise to contribute to ecological restoration efforts around the world.
The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to submit an Expression of Interest to become a Model City under the United Nation's Environment Programme (UNEP) Generation Restoration Project and negotiate and sign on behalf of the City of Toronto the appropriate agreements with the United Nation's Environment Programme (UNEP), on terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to submit an Expression of Interest to become a Model City under the United Nation's Environment Programme (UNEP) Generation Restoration Project and negotiate and sign on behalf of the City of Toronto the appropriate agreements with the UNEP, on terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.