June 1, 1999

To:Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee

From:City Clerk (Scarborough Community Council)

Subject:Ontario Hydro Corridor Lands south of Highway 401

Wards 14 and 15 - Scarborough Wexford and Scarborough City Centre

Recommendation:

The Scarborough Community Council directed that the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee be advised that the Scarborough Community Council reaffirms it previous position regarding the acquisition of land in the Hydro Corridor north of Ellesmere, south of Highway 401, subject to reducing the amount of land to be acquired to two acres, as opposed to the entire corridor; funding for such acquisition to be taken from the Scarborough Parks Reserve Fund.

Recorded Vote:

Upon the question of the adoption of the foregoing motion by Councillor Tzekas:

Yeas:Councillors Altobello, Ashton, Balkissoon, Berardinetti, Duguid, Kelly, Mahood, Tzekas -8

Nays:Nil

Decided in the affirmative by a unanimous vote of the members of Community Council present and voting.

Background:

The Scarborough Community Council, at its meeting on May 26, 1999, had before it:

(1)a communication (May 5, 1999) from the City Clerk, advising that the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, on May 4, 1999:

(a)referred the Recommendations of the Budget Committee embodied in the communication (April 30, 1999) from the City Clerk, to the Scarborough Community Council for review and recommendations thereon;

(b)requested the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services to submit a report to the next meeting of the Scarborough Community Council on how this acquisition fits in with the City's stated objective for pedestrian/bicycle paths in Scarborough, and on whether the funds being requested could be better spent in Scarborough to achieve that objective;

(c)requested the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to submit a report to the aforementioned meeting of the Scarborough Community Council, on the original intent of the Beare Road landfill reserve; and

(2)a communication (May 17, 1999) from Councillor Cho requesting that Scarborough Community Council defer this matter to the meeting scheduled to be held on June 22, 1999, at 8:00 p.m. in order that deputants may be heard at that time.

The Scarborough Community Council reports having:

(1)approved Councillor Cho's request and deferred this issue for consideration at 8:00 p.m. on June 22, 1999; and

(2)directed that:

(a)the Budget Committee recommendations;

(b)the reports requested from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism; and

(c) the following motion by Councillor Kelly, be considered at that time:

"That the Scarborough Community Council recommend that an amount of money be committed to purchase park lands north of Highway 401, equivalent to the amount expended in the Terraview-Willowfield community, funding for such purchase to be taken from the Scarborough Parks Reserve Fund."

City Clerk.

Margaret O'Neil

Copy to:Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer