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REPORT
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Resolution #:f1PA-d,37 -() 8
Date:
March 31, 2008
Report #: CSD-007 -08
File#:
By-law #:
Subject:
TOTAL HOCKEY FLOOR SPACE
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report CSO-007 -08 be received; and
2. THAT Council select one of the following options:
Option A - that staff be directed to issue a Request for Proposal to lease the
space vacated by Total Hockey, located at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation
Complex.
or
Option B - that staff be authorized to enter into discussions with the proponents
of the preliminary proposals received as identified in 2.1 of Report CSO-007-0B.
or
Option C - that the space vacated by Total Hockey be retained for municipal use
and that staff report back detailing program enhancements, financing and timing.
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Submitted by:
Jo;;ep P. Caruana
Dr' ctor of Community Services
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Reviewed bY~ (F~~ ~
Franklin Wu
Chief Administrative Officer
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVlllE. ONTARIO L 1 C 3A6 T (905)623-3379 F (905)623-5506
REPORT NO.: CSD-007-08
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1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 During this year's budget deliberations, Council directed staff to close the
Total Hockey operation as of March 1, 2008. Subsequently, a verbal report was
provided outlining the various aspects related to the closing of Total Hockey.
1.2 The verbal report indicated that staff would address re-purposing the Total
Hockey floor space and dispersal of the artifacts.
1.3 This report addresses the re-purposing of the floor space only as staff continue to
source information related to the dispersal of the artifacts and will report back at
an appropriate time.
2.0 FLOOR SPACE
2.1 The area of the former Total Hockey space available for re-purposing is 5,005
square feet. Staff are currently pricing the cost of dismantling the space, in
preparation for future use. Since the decision to close, staff has received several
unsolicited expressions of interest to lease the space. Should Council decide to
lease the space, a Request for Proposal (RFP) would be issued, as is our past
practice. To date, staff has received nine (9) expressions of interest from the
private sector, three (3) of which requested confidentiality. Therefore, any
discussions related to these proposals should be referred to a closed meeting.
2.2 Additionally, there is an internal proposal to retain the area as municipal
programming space. If preferred, staff will prepare a detailed proposal outlining
program enhancements, timing and finances.
3.0 COMMENTS
3.1 The purpose of this report is to advise Council of the expressions of interest and
to receive direction as to how staff should proceed.
3.2 Council should be aware that during preliminary discussions some interested
parties indicated that timing could influence the feasibility of their interest in the
space.