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Motions​

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Shelley Carroll (Carried)
That the Executive Committee adopt the following recommendations in the supplementary report (September 17, 2024) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer [EX17.17a]:

1. City Council delete Recommendation 1 from the Board of Directors of TO Live as part of report CT11.2 and give direction that the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts Redevelopment Project will not proceed to the detailed design phase.

2. Subject to Council approval of Recommendation 1 from this supplementary report, City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to include funding in the 2025 Budget for the Mayor’s consideration, that will enable TO Live to fully address SOGR and accessibility requirements at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, to be informed by the Building Condition Assessment once completed.
Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Mayor Olivia Chow (Carried)

Though I wish we had the $$ and the sense to build a new SLCA..........

For clarity for everyone, should the above be adopted by Council, this effectively kills this project.

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That said, Cllr. Matlow made public that there have been active discussions with major philanthropists, and others, about funding, and he expressed some hope, that something firm by way of a commitment might come forward in time for Council to reconsider.

Council is in 8 days.........which is a very tight timeline for a proverbial miracle.

Mayor Chow made an off-hand remark following Cllr. Matlow............'There is always hope'...

Whether that should be read as sarcasm.......or serious, i leave to others.

 

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Sometimes we get the bear. Sometimes the bear gets us... /sigh