Amended Main Motion:
That Council receive this Administrative Report 22-107 for information; and
That Council direct staff to continue to work with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) 2030 Feasibility Team to:
- develop draft proposed financial contributions acceptable to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) for the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Games (2030 Games) bid such that potential contributions reflect similar risk and benefits as were realized during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in current dollar amounts; and
- draft a term sheet that would contemplate the RMOW’s potential participation in a 2030 Games bid and an associated 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Multi-Party Agreement for further Council consideration; and
That Council instruct staff to report back to Council at a future Regular Council meeting to seek a decision as to whether to advance RMOW participation in the 2030 Games bid and the consequent advancement of an Olympic Village Project once the following conditions have been satisfied:
- The Leadership Assembly, comprised of the four host First Nations (Squamish, Lil’wat, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations), the City of Vancouver and the RMOW has made public its recommendation about whether or not the feasibility of the 2030 Games should move forward to a formal bid;
- The COC and/or the Leadership Assembly has confirmed that the RMOW will be appropriately indemnified for its role as an Olympic Host Community;
- Staff have sufficient clarity concerning the financial and value-in-kind contributions required of the RMOW to support the 2030 Games bid;
- The COC has finalized and shared with the RMOW the operating and governance models for the 2030 Games bid; and
That the Mayor write letters to the BC Provincial and Federal Governments requesting they each clarify as soon as possible:
- whether they would be appropriately indemnifying the RMOW, and/or ensuring that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would be providing these indemnities for the 2030 Games; and
- the extent of their financial support for the 2030 Games, should the bid be successful; and further
That Council direct the Mayor to participate in the upcoming COC delegation at the July 20, 2022 City of Vancouver Council meeting and communicate that the RMOW continues to support ongoing involvement with the Leadership Assembly as related to the 2030 Games feasibility analysis work and subsequent bid development activities.