It is recommended that:

1.         the 2011-2020 Capital Works Program, attached as Schedule 1 to the report dated September 21, 2010, from the Chief Operating Officer, be approved by the Board; and

2.         staff forward a request to the City to adjust the 2011 Capital Target for the Zoo to $4,500.0 thousand in 2011 and $6,000.0 thousand in subsequent years.

The 2011–2020 Capital Works Program was presented to the Management Committee at its meeting on 2010-09-09 and, as a result of their review and recommendation, is hereby submitted to the Board for approval.

The 2011-2020 Capital Works Program (CWP) is comprised of fifteen (15) City debt funded projects and eleven (11) externally funded projects listed in priority order. The City funded request within the CWP will require a total gross cash flow of $63,605.0 thousand and $58,500.0 thousand on a net basis after outside funding sources.  The total gross cash flow required in 2011 is $5,755.0 thousand, including $1,255.0 thousand of carry-forwards from 2010.

On a net basis, the amount of new funding requested for 2011 is $4,500.0 thousand (including previously approved funding) after outside funding sources. The requested amount is over the City’s debt target by $500.0 thousand as a result of recent positive events related to the securing of Giant Panda’s for the Toronto Zoo. As discussed later in this report, it will be necessary to increase the capital target to $6,000.0 thousand in subsequent years to demonstrate the City’s commitment to the asset and to leverage external funding.

Requesting the appointment of the Zoo Board’s representative to the CNEA for the term commencing October 21, 2010, until the date of the Annual Meeting in the fall of 2011 (October) or until such time that a successor is appointed.

City Council on August 25, 26 and 27, 2010 referred the following petition to the Board of Management Toronto Zoo:

-           (August 25, 2010) submitted by Councillor Shelley Carroll, Ward 33 – Don Valley East, containing submissions from approximately 1,518 persons, respecting elephants at the Toronto Zoo.

A copy of the Petition is on file with the Board Secretary in the City Clerk's Office.

It is recommended that this report be received for information.

This report lists the status of outstanding Board resolutions.

It is recommended that this report be received for information.

This report will update the Board of Management on visitor statistics for the period ending

August 31, 2010.

It is recommended that the minutes of the following committee meetings, attached to the report dated September 21, 2010, from the Chief Executive Officer, be received for information:

-           Management Committee - May 13, 2010

-           Fundraising & Sponsorship Committee - June 28, 2010

This report will provide an update to the Board on Committee activities.

It is recommended that:

1.         this report be received for information; and

2.         the proposed organizational changes be made public at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer.