Authorization to Release Section 37 Funds to Toronto District School Board for General Brock Public School Playground Revitalization - by Councillor Gary Crawford, seconded by Councillor Michael Thompson

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2022-05-11 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on May 11 and 12, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2022 Approved Operating Budget for Non-Program by $150,000.00 gross, $0 net, (Cost Centre: NP2161) fully funded by Section 37 funds obtained in the development at 743 Warden Avenue, secured for community facilities in the Warden Wood Community (Source Account: XR3026-3700830), for the purpose of providing one time capital funding to the Toronto District School Board for playground improvements at General Brock Public School, subject to the Toronto District School Board entering into an acceptable Community Access Agreement with the City.

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2. City Council request City staff from the Management Services Branch of Parks, Forestry and Recreation to participate in the preparation of the Community Access Agreement and City Council request the City Solicitor to draw up the Agreement, in consultation with the Ward Councillor and Community Planning staff, provided acceptable terms can be agreed upon. 3. City Council authorize the execution of a Community Access Agreement with the Toronto District School Board for the capital improvements to the playgrounds at General Brock Public School, for a term of 25 years and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 4. City Council direct that the funds be forwarded to the Toronto District School Board once the Toronto District School Board has signed an acceptable Community Access Agreement with the City governing the purpose of the funds, the financial reporting requirements and addressing community access to the playground facilities. 5. City Council direct that if a mutually acceptable Community Access Agreement cannot be agreed upon that the funds will not be transferred to the Toronto District School Board and shall be made available for other community facilities in the Warden Wood Community.

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This Motion seeks to contribute $150,000 of Section 37 funds to assist General Brock Public School with the construction of a new playground. General Brock and the Community require a park that is Accessible for all and follows the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. The design will ensure student safety from Kindergarten to Grade 8 students. It will ensure that the public has outdoor activity and gathering spaces.

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It will include play structures, soccer, basketball, seating areas and pathways, shaded areas for outdoor learning and an enclosed Kindergarten outdoor learning area. The pathways will ensure accessibility to all areas of the school yard which previously have not been accessible due to the topography of the field. The funds will be forwarded to the Toronto District School Board once the Toronto District School Board has entered into a Community Access Agreement with the City governing the purpose of the funds, the financial reporting requirements and addressing community access to the improved facilities, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor, prepared in consultation with the Ward Councillor.

Staff recommended

Councillor Gary Crawford, seconded by Councillor Michael Thompson, recomends that: 1. City Council increase the 2022 Approved Operating Budget for Non-Program by $150,000.00 gross, $0 net, (Cost Centre: NP2161) fully funded by Section 37 funds obtained in the development at 743 Warden Avenue, secured for community facilities in the Warden Wood Community (Source Account: XR3026-3700830), for the purpose of providing one time capital funding to the Toronto District School Board for playground improvements at General Brock Public School, subject to the Toronto District School Board entering into an acceptable Community Access Agreement with the City.

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2. City Council request City staff from the Management Services Branch of the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division to participate in the preparation of the Community Access Agreement and City Council request the City Solicitor to draw up the Agreement, in consultation with the Ward Councillor and Community Planning staff, provided acceptable terms can be agreed upon. 3. City Council authorize the execution of a Community Access Agreement with the Toronto District School Board for the capital improvements to the playgrounds at General Brock Public School, for a term of 25 years and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 4. City Council direct that the funds be forwarded to the Toronto District School Board once the Toronto District School Board has signed an acceptable Community Access Agreement with the City governing the purpose of the funds, the financial reporting requirements and addressing community access to the playground facilities. 5. City Council direct that if a mutually acceptable Community Access Agreement cannot be agreed upon that the funds will not be transferred to the Toronto District School Board and shall be made available for other for community facilities in the Warden Wood Community.

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