Item - 2019.EP6.15

The Board of Governors of Exhibition Place:

1.  Directed the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place to work with the tenant, Toronto Events Centre, subject to their agreement, to relocate the Hercules sculpture to the Rose Garden, and subject to obtaining the necessary City of Toronto authorization.

2.  Requested the tenant to work with the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place to relocate the "Garden of the Greek Gods/Existing Statuary" collection to the Rose Garden, subject to obtaining the necessary City of Toronto authorization.

3.  Requested the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place to report back in the first quarter 2020, or earlier as required.

The Board and Muzik Clubs Inc. ("Muzik") entered into a lease dated February 16, 2004, for premises consisting of the Horticultural Building and a surrounding patio area which lease was subsequently assigned by Muzik to Toronto Event Centre Inc. on April 27, 2017, and which expires on February 15, 2024. The patio area includes a number of sculptures known as the Greek Gods. The Hercules statue was removed from the patio in December 2018 for conservation and safety purposes.

At its meeting of June 13, 2019 the Board of Governors directed the Chief Executive Officer to not undertake any construction activities on the patio of Toronto Event Centre related to the reinstatement of the sculpture Hercules but report back to the Board at its meeting on September 19, 2019 on the condition of Hercules and the results of the conservation and restoration efforts.  

This report provides the Board with the two attached reports from the Board Consultant Trevor Gillingwater, Conservation Services Inc. on the condition of the sculpture Hercules pre- and post-conservation and recommends that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer on the reinstatement of the sculpture Hercules.