Item - 2014.EX44.11
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on August 25, 2014 without amendments and without debate.
- This item was considered by the Executive Committee on August 20, 2014 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on August 25, 2014.
EX44.11 - 2015 Pan Am Games Community Projects Initiative
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on August 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2014, adopted the following:
1. City Council distribute the $1.760 million earmarked for the Pan Am Community Projects initiative in 2015 through three grant streams, and authorize the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to implement the application process for each grant stream and report on recommended allocations in early 2015:
a. $0.560 million for a “Local Animation Through Collaboration” grant stream to support Games-inspired activities and projects in all parts of Toronto;
b. $0.885 million for a “Community Legacy Initiatives” grant stream to support projects which profile and provide longer-term economic and/or social infrastructure benefits for Toronto’s Latin American, South American and Caribbean communities; and
c. $0.315 million for a “Pan Am Path Arts Animation” grant stream to provide matching seed funding for up to 21 organizations to deliver cultural activities and projects along the route of the Path in neighbourhoods across Toronto.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-72559.pdf
Communications (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/comm/communicationfile-49507.pdf
11a - 2015 Pan Am Games Community Projects Initiative
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-72743.pdf
(July 22, 2014) Final Report and Recommendations of the Mayor’s Pan Am / Parapan Am Games Reference Group
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-72744.pdf
EX44.11 - 2015 Pan Am Games Community Projects Initiative
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
Committee Recommendations
The Executive Committee recommends that:
1. City Council distribute the $1.760 million earmarked for the Pan Am Community Projects initiative in 2015 through three grant streams, and authorize the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to implement the application process for each grant stream and report on recommended allocations in early 2015:
a. $0.560 million for a “Local Animation Through Collaboration” grant stream to support Games-inspired activities and projects in all parts of Toronto;
b. $0.885 million for a “Community Legacy Initiatives” grant stream to support projects which profile and provide longer-term economic and/or social infrastructure benefits for Toronto’s Latin American, South American and Caribbean communities; and
c. $0.315 million for a “Pan Am Path Arts Animation” grant stream to provide matching seed funding for up to 21 organizations to deliver cultural activities and projects along the route of the Path in neighbourhoods across Toronto.
Origin
Summary
In July 2013 City Council endorsed an investment of up to $20 million in a 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Host City Showcase Program (“Showcase Program”) to enhance the experience of the TORONTO 2015 Games for participants and residents, and to advance the City’s economic development and tourism, sport development and healthy living, and resident engagement and cultural celebration goals. Final approval and funding for the Showcase Program was confirmed through Council’s adoption of the 2014 Operating and Capital Budgets.
As part of the Showcase Program, City Council earmarked $1.76 million for a Pan Am Community Projects initiative to support community based Games related or inspired activations and projects. At its meeting of July 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2014 City Council directed the Deputy City Manager, Cluster A to report back to the August 20, 2014 meeting of the Executive Committee on the distribution of the $1.76 million for this initiative, with due regard to any advice offered by the Mayor's Pan Am / Parapan Am Games Reference Group or other community perspectives.
Responding to this directive and reflecting advice received from the Mayor’s Pan Am / Parapan Am Games Reference Group, this report recommends that Council distribute the $1.76 million through three complementary grant streams and authorize the Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration to implement application processes for each grant stream and report on recommended allocations in early 2015. Funding in the amounts indicated below is recommended to be set aside for each grant stream:
- $0.560 million to support Games-inspired activities and projects in all parts of Toronto;
- $0.885 million to support projects which profile or provide longer-term economic and/or social infrastructure benefits for Toronto’s Latin American, South American and Caribbean communities; and
- $0.315 million to support arts and cultural animation along the Pan Am Path.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-72559.pdf
Communications
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/comm/communicationfile-49507.pdf
Motions
11a - 2015 Pan Am Games Community Projects Initiative
Origin
Summary
It is my pleasure to share with you the following report prepared by the Mayor's Pan/Parapan Am Games Reference Group.
Established at City Council's request, the Reference Group was tasked with providing advice to me, in my role as the head of Toronto City Council, on how to improve Games related outreach and engagement with Toronto's diverse South American, Latin American and Caribbean communities. In addition, and by extension, the Reference Group offers guidance to the City of Toronto and other Games partners on how to better plan and deliver the Games and ensure they provide a legacy of strong social and economic benefits for our City's residents and businesses.
Co-chaired by Councillor Cesar Palacio and Councillor Mark Grimes, the Reference Group is comprised of more than a dozen outstanding individuals who are committed to the success of our great city and the TORONTO 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games.
I am pleased to note that a report from the Deputy City Manager to be considered by the Executive Committee at its meeting on August 20, 2014 directly and appropriately addresses the Reference Group's first suggestion by recommending that $0.885 million of the $1.760 million which has already been approved and budgeted by City Council for the Pan Am Community Projects initiative be reserved for a "Community Legacy Initiatives" grant stream to fund projects which showcase and offer longer-term economic and/or social infrastructure benefits for Toronto's Latin American, South American and Caribbean communities.
If this recommendation is adopted by City Council, it is anticipated that the City of Toronto will invest at least $1.0 million of the $1.760 million in projects which celebrate and support Toronto's many Latin American, South American and Caribbean communities through (i) the core investment of $0.885 million in 4 or 5 larger scale legacy projects funded through the "Community Legacy Initiatives" grant stream, and (ii) more than $115,000 for smaller projects supported by the other two grant streams recommended by the Deputy City Manager to distribute the remaining funds which Council has already earmarked for community projects. Please join me in supporting the Deputy City Manager's recommendation.
With regard to the Reference Group's second suggestion, I am requesting that other Games partners and City staff responsible for Games planning and delivery reassess -- with the benefit of the Reference Group's advice -- whether enough is being done to market and promote the Games through community resources, including ethnic media, which reach and are accessible to Toronto's various Latin American, South American and Caribbean communities and neighbourhoods. Each Games partner needs to make sure that the public funds which it has already committed to support Games planning and delivery -- including funds for marketing -- are being spent efficiently. Complex initiatives like the Pan Am Games require both general and niche marketing in order to ensure that all communities are made aware of and feel connected to the event.
Please join me in thanking Councillor Palacio, Councillor Grimes and all members of the Reference Group for their sound advice, their service to our city, and their commitment to helping make the TORONTO 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games the best Games ever.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-72743.pdf
(July 22, 2014) Final Report and Recommendations of the Mayor’s Pan Am / Parapan Am Games Reference Group
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-72744.pdf