Extract from Clause 17, Report No. 6 of the Scarborough Community Council to be considered by the City of Toronto Council on June 9, 10 and 11, 1999.

(aa)Ontario Hydro Corridor Lands South of Highway 401

Wards 14 and 15

Scarborough Wexford and Scarborough City Centre

The Scarborough Community Council reports having:

(1)advised the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee that the Scarborough Community Council reaffirms its previous position regarding the acquisition of land in the Hydro Corridor north of Ellesmere Road, south of Highway 401, subject to reducing the amount of land to be acquired to 2 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 of Councillor Tzekas:

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

Nays:Nil

Decided unanimously in the affirmative.

(2)approved the request of Councillor Cho that the recommendations of the Budget Committee and the reports requested be deferred for consideration at the Scarborough Community Council meeting scheduled to be held on June 22, 1999, at 8:00p.m.; and

(3)deferred the following motion by Councillor Kelly for consideration on June 22, 1999:

"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.":

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

(1)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;

(2)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; and

(3)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.

The Scarborough Community Council also had before it a communication (May 17, 1999) from Councillor Cho requesting that Scarborough Community Council defer this matter to its meeting scheduled to be held on June 22, 1999; and further, that the matter be considered at 8:00 p.m. in order that deputants may be heard at that time.

The following persons appeared before the Community Council in connection with the foregoing matter:

-Ms. Lynda Wheeler, Terraview-Willowfield Community Association; and

-Mr. Elia Baldassarre, Area Resident.