Proposed Land Lease for Part of the City-Owned Property at 311 Staines Road to the Tamil Community Centre

TCC have proposed a new community centre on the Subject Property which will serve the community as a whole while providing a focus on the Tamil Community. The Tamil community has been working for some time to identify a location within Northeast Scarborough in order to build a new community centre with the goal to address the gap in services available to the broader Tamil community. The proposed location of the new TCC at the Subject Property is ideally located to serve the immediate community along with the broader Tamil communities in Pickering, Ajax and Markham. In addition, the community centre will work to incorporate the needs of community members at large, who would be able to access and use this facility through a Community Access Agreement which will work as a companion document to the Land Lease. This location is home to a large number of new immigrant families, single parent households, and/or individuals with socio-economic barriers. While the agreements will be with the TCC, it will be carried out with sensitivity to the needs of the many other communities in the neighbourhood. Communities including Indigenous, Black and Caribbean communities confront similar difficulties in terms of travel time to access vital services, a lack of recreational services, neighbourhood improvement projects, and affordable spaces for community and cultural events. The TCC will be a valuable resource to improve vital services to all communities in the surrounding neighbourhoods.

2. The Board of Directors of CreateTO direct the Chief Executive Officer in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, along with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to negotiate the terms and conditions of a Community Access Agreement to accompany the Land Lease. 3. The Board of Directors of CreateTO direct the Chief Executive Officer to consult with the Executive Director, Social Development Finance and Administration and the Director of the Indigenous Affairs Office on how to ensure that the Community Access Agreement is developed to best meet the needs of vulnerable and Indigenous communities. 4. The Board of Directors of CreateTO direct the Chief Executive Officer in consultation with the Indigenous Affairs Office on the feasibility of how any agreements may include requirements for Indigenous Placemaking and how this would be incorporated into any redevelopment of the Subject Property.