March 2, 1999
To:Corporate Services Committee
From:City Clerk
Subject:"Glen Eagles" Site Adjacent to the Rouge Park
South-east Corner of Sheppard Avenue and Twyn Rivers Drive
Ward 18 - Scarborough Malvern
Recommendation:
The Scarborough Community Council, at its meeting held on February 17, 1999,
referred the enclosed communication (February 8, 1999) from Councillor Raymond
Cho, respecting the potential acquisition of the Glen Eagles Site adjacent to the Rouge
Park, and all related correspondence identified hereunder, to the Corporate Services
Committee, with the request:
(1)that the Commissioner of Corporate Services be directed to report thereto,
outlining the benefits to the City of participating in a public acquisition plan for this site,
the potential funding sources, both internally and externally, and any other appropriate
information which may be required;
(2)that appropriate staff be directed to approach other levels of Government to inquire
about partnership possibilities; and
(3)that the Commissioner of Corporate Services and/or the City Solicitor be directed
to investigate the landowner's contention that he has only until April of 1999 to "back
out" of his current agreements of sale with a variety of parties.
Background:
The Scarborough Community Council had before it a communication (February 8, 1999) from
Councillor Raymond Cho advising that the Rouge Park Alliance, at its last meeting, adopted a
motion to keep the $2.5 million allocated by the Provincial Government for the purpose of
beginning the purchase of the Glen Eagles site, and requesting that the Community Council
consider this matter at its meeting of February 17, 1999, since this is a vital community matter
with a fast-approaching deadline that needs to be dealt with at the earliest opportunity
possible.
The following persons appeared before the Community Council in connection with the
foregoing matter:
-Mr. Ron Christie, Chair of the Rouge Park Alliance, who submitted two communications
respecting this matter: (i) dated February 16, 1999, from Mr. Christie; and (ii) dated February
16, 1999, from Mr. Christie and The Honourable Pauline Browes;
-Ms. Patricia Brooks, President, Old Lansing - Rouge Valley Ratepayers' Association,
further to her communication, dated February 11, 1999;
-Ms. Linda Carscadden, concerned citizen, who tabled a petition containing 354 signatures
in support of the acquisition of this site, the original of which is on file in the Office of the
City Clerk, Scarborough Civic Centre;
-Mr. Jim Robb, Friends of the Rouge Watershed, who gave a short slide presentation
respecting these lands, and also submitted a communication, dated February 17, 1999;
-The Honourable Pauline Browes;
-Mr. William A. Dempsey, on behalf of the Centennial-Rouge United Church of Canada,
who tabled the following Resolution of the Church Board:
"That the Church Board for Centennial-Rouge United Church, meeting on February 15, 1999,
strongly endorses the objective of community and conservation groups and the Rouge Park
Alliance in acquiring the Glen Eagles Hotel site for public purposes."
In addition to the aforementioned communications, also attached hereto for the information of
the Corporate Services Committee:
-Clause 12 embodied in Report No. 22 of the Administrative and Finance Committee,
headed: "Proposal to Acquire 'Glen Eagles Site'", which was adopted by the Council of the
former City of Scarborough at its meeting held on October 5, 1994; and
-Extract of the Minutes of the former City of Scarborough Council meeting held on
February 28, 1995.
-Additional communication, dated February 10, 1999, received after the Community
Council meeting, from Mr. Murray Johnston, President, Rouge Valley Foundation.
City Clerk.
Margaret O'Neil
Copy to:M. Rodrigues, Commissioner of Corporate Services
H.W.O. Doyle, City Solicitor
W. Liczyk, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
