Agenda

At this time, civic buildings are closed to the public and meetings of the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo are being conducted by electronic means. Directors of the Board, staff, and the public will participate in meetings remotely. These measures are necessary to comply with public health guidelines and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Meetings of the Board will take place by video conference and be streamed live online at youtube.com/TorontoCityCouncilLive.

Directors of the Board and participating City Officials will be provided with the video conference details closer to the meeting date. 

To provide comments or make a presentation to the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo during the COVID-19 Emergency

The public may submit written comments or register to speak to the Board on any item on the agenda.

Written comments may be submitted to the Board by writing to zoobd@toronto.ca.

To speak to the Board, please register by e-mail to zoobd@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-338-5089. Registered speakers will be provided with instructions on connecting to the meeting.

Special Assistance for Members of the Public: City staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416-338-5089, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail zoobd@toronto.ca.

Closed Meeting Requirements: If the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo wants to meet in closed session (privately), a member of the Board must make a motion to do so and give the reason why the Committee has to meet privately (City of Toronto Act, 2006).

Notice to people writing or making presentations to the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo: The City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to the Board or its Committees. The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City’s website. The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.

Many Committee, Board, and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. 

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Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act

Confirmation of Minutes – July 24, 2020.

Speakers/Presentations - The speakers list will be posted online at 1:00 p.m. on October 23, 2020.

Communications/Reports

Beth Gilhespy, Executive Director, Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy, will give a presentation on the Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy.

Dolf DeJong, Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Zoo, will provide an update to the Board on Toronto Zoo activities.

It is recommended that the 2021 Requested Operating Budget be approved by the Board of Management.

This report provides an outline and description of the Toronto Zoo 2021 Operating Plan and Budget for consideration by the Board.

Approval of the 2021 Operating Plan and Budget will require net expenditure funding from the City of Toronto in the amount of $19.5 million, consisting of gross expenditures of $46.5 million and revenues and recoveries in the amount of $26.9 million.

The Policy and Finance Committee, at its meeting of September 9, 2020, recommended that the 2021-2030 Capital Budget be approved by the Board of Management.

This report provides a description of the capital projects, timing and costs for consideration by the Board of Management.

The 2021-2030 Capital Budget is comprised of seventeen (17) projects and related sub-projects, as per the new requirements of the City. The Capital Budget will require a total gross cash flow of $123.9 million prior to consideration of outside funding sources and prior year carry forward balances. The total gross cash flow required in 2020 is $18.8 million prior to consideration of outside funding sources and prior year carry forward balances.

The Capacity to Spend model, based on historical actual spend, is continued to be implement by the City in determining total debt levels. As such, the 2021-2030 Capital Budget for the Zoo reflects the level of spending necessary to support the development of projects in the 2016 Master Plan, approved and modified by the Board of Management. An update to the Master Plan has been initiated in 2020 to correlate with the new strategic plan and recognize the realities of operating in a COVID-19 pandemic world.  Once finalized, this will be incorporated into the 10-year Capital plan.

It is recommended that the report be received for information.

This report will update the Board of Management on the visitor statistics and revenue results for the period ending August 31, 2020. Included in this report is a dashboard highlighting some of the key metrics for 2020.

There is no financial impact resulting from the adoption of the recommendations in this report.

It is recommended that this report be received for information.

This report provides an update on the progress of the Toronto Zoo Community Conservation Campus (TZC3). Schematic design is well underway, and we have significant support from our community partners. We have received letters of endorsing the project from community allies and are working toward Memorandums of Understanding with potential project partners who can share their expertise and assist in securing additional support and funding. Most recently we have had discussions with City of Toronto staff from various Divisions to determine whether there are further partnership opportunities at the site.

There is no financial impact as a result of this report.