City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         The Acting Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, be authorized to sign renewal agreements for the Youth Employment Toronto (YET) program for up to $413,726 in revenue and $147,693 in net costs and for the Toronto Youth Job Corps (TYJC) program for up to $1,586,274 in revenue and $225,453 in net costs with annual budget commitments dependant on City and federal budget approval processes.

 

2.         The appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

 

1.         The Acting Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, be authorized to sign renewal agreements for the Youth Employment Toronto (YET) program for up to $413,726 in revenue and $147,693 in net costs and for the Toronto Youth Job Corps (TYJC) program for up to $1,586,274 in revenue and $225,453 in net costs with annual budget commitments dependant on City and federal budget approval processes.

 

2.         The appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

To seek authorization to renew agreements with Service Canada for the Youth Employment Toronto (YET) and Toronto Youth Job Corps (TYJC) programs for an amount of up to $2,000,000 in federal contributions and $373,146 net, for a total gross amount of $2,373,146.

 

The YET and TYJC programs are on-going cost shared programs.  The YET program provides a city wide mobile employment assessment, referral and case management service and the TYJC program provides an intensive six week pre-employment preparation and 16 to 24 week subsidized job placements.  Those served by the two programs are unemployed and out of school youth, 16 to 29 years of age who are experiencing barriers in gaining access to employment or other vocational related opportunities. The current contracts for these programs end on March 31, 2009.

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         The General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, be delegated authority to enter into an agreement with Toronto Star Newspapers Limited for a one (1) year term, commencing February 26, 2009, to distribute Toronto Star Newspapers in Parks, Forestry and Recreation community centres and arenas, and to coordinate free promotional space in the Toronto Star, all in a form and content satisfactory to the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

 

1.         The General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, be delegated authority to enter into an agreement with Toronto Star Newspapers Limited for a one (1) year term, commencing February 26, 2009, to distribute Toronto Star Newspapers in Parks, Forestry and Recreation community centres and arenas, and to coordinate free promotional space in the Toronto Star, all in a form and content satisfactory to the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor.

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         The following City‑owned outdoor ice rinks open at the same time as Nathan Phillips Square in 2009:

 

Rennie Park Rink (Ward 13)

Sir Adam Beck Rink (Ward 6)

Sunnydale Rink (Ward 2)

Dufferin Grove (Ward 18)

Hodgson Rink (Ward 22)

Kew Gardens Rink (Ward 32)

Regent Park South Rink (Ward 28)

Mel Lastman Square (Ward 23)

Broadlands Community Centre (Ward 34)

Glen Long Community Centre (Ward 15)

Irving Chapley Community Centre (Ward 10)

Albert Campbell Square (Ward 38)

West Mall Rink (Ward 3).

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City-owned and operated outdoor artificial ice rinks not open earlier in the 2009 annual winter skating season due to budgetary constraints.

 

2.         The General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation review this request and a menu of options as part of the Division’s 2010 operating budget submission.

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         The current lease between the City of Toronto and the Marcus Garvey Centre for Leadership and Education (MGCLE) for the building at 160 Rivalda Road be terminated.

 

2.         The City of Toronto enter into a one-year lease agreement with MGCLE for rental of a portion of the space in the building commensurate with the Centre’s current needs, as determined by the Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration (SDFA) and the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation (PFR) and upon terms and conditions satisfactory to them and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor, at a nominal basic rent of $1.00.

 

3.         Parks, Forestry and Recreation pay the facility utility costs of MGCLE for the one-year term.

 

4.         Parks, Forestry and Recreation staff identify one or more new tenants who would pay rents at market value to lease the remaining portion of the building not occupied by MGCLE.

 

5.         The current outstanding receivable balance for utility costs in the amount of $63,409.25 be forgiven.

 

6.         Staff from the Social Development, Finance and Administration Division work with the Board of Directors of MGCLE to enhance the organization’s governance procedures and to assist it to develop a viable service model and a sustainable financial structure.

 

7.         The Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration, and the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation, report back to the Community Development and Recreation Committee in February 2010 on the financial viability of MGCLE and recommend whether the lease with the organization should be renewed.

 

8.         The City advise the Marcus Garvey Centre for Leadership and Education that:

 

a.         this is its final opportunity to maintain their lease in good standing; and

 

b.         the City will make its best efforts to seek out other opportunities for space in the west quadrant of the City for this organization to accommodate their needs.

 

9.         The Marcus Garvey Board of Directors be requested to report to City Council, through the Community Development and Recreation Committee, before the end of its one-year lease, on the number of students, programs and success rates from the activities undertaken.

 

10.       The General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, be requested to provide an update report to the Community Development and Recreation Committee six months after entering into the one-year lease agreement with Marcus Garvey Centre for Leadership and Education.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

 

1.         The current lease between the City of Toronto and the Marcus Garvey Centre for Leadership and Education (MGCLE) for the building at 160 Rivalda Road be terminated.

 

2.         The City of Toronto enter into a one-year lease agreement with MGCLE for rental of a portion of the space in the building commensurate with the Centre’s current needs, as determined by the Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration (SDFA) and the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation (PFR) and upon terms and conditions satisfactory to them and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor, at a nominal basic rent of $1.00.

 

3.         Parks, Forestry and Recreation pay the facility utility costs of MGCLE for the one-year term.

 

4.         Parks, Forestry and Recreation staff identify one or more new tenants who would pay rents at market value to lease the remaining portion of the building not occupied by MGCLE.

 

5.         The current outstanding receivable balance for utility costs in the amount of $63,409.25 be forgiven.

 

6.         Staff from the Social Development, Finance and Administration Division work with the board of directors of MGCLE to enhance the organization’s governance procedures and to assist it to develop a viable service model and a sustainable financial structure.

 

7.         The Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration and the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation report back to the Community Development and Recreation Committee in February 2010 on the financial viability of MGCLE and recommend whether the lease with the organization should be renewed. 

The Community Development and Recreation Committee requested the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to:

 

1.         submit a report to the Community Development and Recreation Committee in one year, or earlier, on potential partnerships between the City and the Toronto Catholic District School Board related to properties and facilities in the priority neighbourhoods in Wards 7, 8 and 9; and

 

2.         communicate in an appropriate form with Spider Jones (Spider’s Web) regarding the process to be used to potentially lease a portion of the unused space at 160 Rivalda Road and to report to the Community Development and Recreation Committee at the appropriate time.

This report responds to a Council direction to review the City’s relationship with and interest in the Marcus Garvey Centre for Leadership and Education (MGCLE) which occupies a City-owned facility at 160 Rivalda Road. The Centre, which was established to provide leadership development and training skills to African-Canadian youth in the Jane-Finch and Jamestown priority neighbourhoods, has very limited sources of revenue and has not been able to meet its programming objectives and financial obligations. Because the Centre has been unable to consistently pay utility bills, these costs have been assumed by Parks, Forestry and Recreation on behalf of the Centre.

 

A City staff team has reviewed the situation of the MGCLE and concluded that the Centre has the potential to play a valuable role in serving youth in underserved neighbourhoods. This report recommends that the current lease with MGCLE be terminated and replaced with a one-year lease covering a portion of the space in the facility appropriate to the Centre’s current needs. The remainder of the facility would be leased to another organization. The report also recommends that the amount of $63,409.25, owing to the City by the Centre for utility costs from 2002 to 2008, be forgiven. The report further recommends that Parks, Forestry and Recreation pay the utility costs of the Centre until the expiry of the new lease and that the Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration and the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation report back to the Community Development and Recreation Committee in February 2010 on the financial viability of MGCLE and recommend whether the lease with the organization should be renewed.

 

Contingent upon the outcome of this review, City Council has approved allocation of $40,000 from the Service Development Investment Program to assist MGCLE. Staff from Social Development, Finance and Administration will continue to work with the MGCLE Board of Directors to resolve the governance and strategic planning issues it faces.

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         Staff be authorized to enter into negotiations with the Toronto Catholic District School Board regarding terms for a long‑term lease of the former Father Henry Carr Catholic School site and report back to Council with respect to the results of those negotiations.

 

2.         The Acting Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration, be directed to report to the Community Development and Recreation Committee on the recommended community‑based board of management governance model, in consultation with local residents and tenant agencies.

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, received the following petitions for information:

 

1.         (undated) submitted by Councillor Hall, Ward 1, Etobicoke North, signed by 741 individuals in opposition to the proposed Community Hub at the former Father Henry Carr School site.

 

2.         (undated) submitted by Councillor Hall, Ward 1, Etobicoke North, signed by 802 individuals in support of the proposed Community Hub at the former Father Henry Carr School site.

 

3.         (undated) submitted by Councillor Ford, Ward 2, Etobicoke North, signed by 840 individuals in opposition to the proposed Community Hub at the former Father Henry Carr School site.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

 

1.                  Staff be authorized to enter into negotiations with the Toronto Catholic District School Board regarding terms for a long term lease of the former Father Henry Carr Catholic School site and report back to Council with respect to the results of those negotiations.

 

2.         The Acting Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration be directed to report to the Community Development and Recreation Committee on the recommended community-based board of management governance model, in consultation with local residents and tenant agencies.

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         The following 7 new applicants determined to be ineligible at this stage of the assessment process be advised that they are not eligible for support under the 2009 Community Service Partnerships (CSP):

 

i.           Africanadian Mediation and Community Services;

ii.          Broad Africa Resource Centre (BARC);

iii.         Future Watch EDEP;

iv.         Hellenic Home for the Ages;

v.          Metro Street Focus Organization;

vi.         Somali Canadian Business Centre; and

vii.        Madbakh – Women’s Initiative Inc.

 

2.         The following 6 new applicants determined to be eligible proceed to the assessment review:

 

i.           Community Living Toronto;

ii.          East Scarborough Storefront;

iii.         First Portuguese Canadian Cultural Centre;

iv.         St. Felix Centre;

v.          Vasantham – A Tamil Seniors’ Wellness Centre; and

vi.         Jane Alliance Neighbourhood Centre.

 

3.         The appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

 

1.         The following 7 new applicants determined to be ineligible at this stage of the assessment process be advised that they are not eligible for support under the 2009 Community Service Partnerships (CSP):

 

i.          Africanadian Mediation and Community Services;

ii.          Broad Africa Resource Centre (BARC);

             iii.        Future Watch EDEP;

iv.         Hellenic Home for the Ages;

v.         Metro Street Focus Organization;

vi.         Somali Canadian Business Centre; and

vii.        Madbakh – Women’s Initiative Inc.

 

2.         The following 6 new applicants determined to be eligible proceed to the assessment review:

 

i.          Community Living Toronto;

ii.          East Scarborough Storefront;

iii.         First Portuguese Canadian Cultural Centre;

iv.         St. Felix Centre;

v.         Vasantham – A Tamil Seniors’ Wellness Centre; and

vi.         Jane Alliance Neighbourhood Centre.

 

3.         The appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         The appeal for $20,357.00 by Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre be approved to enable the organization to provide extended hours of drop-in service.

 

2.         The General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, be delegated authority to allocate the remainder of the funds in the 2009 Consolidated Homelessness Prevention Program (CHPP) to funding of food for homeless drop-in centres in Toronto.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends to City Council that:

 

1.         The appeal for $20,357.00 by Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre be approved to enable the organization to provide extended hours of drop-in service.

 

2.         The General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, be delegated authority to allocate the remainder of the funds in the 2009 Consolidated Homelessness Prevention Program (CHPP) to funding of food for homeless drop-in centres in Toronto.