Exploring a Joint City-School Facility on Ethennonnhawahstihnen’ Lane - by Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão

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2022-07-19 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Manager, in collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to engage the Toronto District School Board on opportunities for a joint City-school facility at the Toronto District School Board lands at Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Lane. 2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in collaboration with the local Councillor, to identify local community benefit funding from development up to $10 million for a potential joint facility with the Toronto District School Board for the lands at Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Lane.

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3. City Council direct the City Manager to report back on the outcome of engagement with the Toronto District School Board on a joint facility, and if successful, the source of community benefit funds for the City's share of such facility.

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For the past 20 years, the Bayview Village community has been undergoing intensification as a result of the Sheppard Subway. Concord's Park Place community alone is in the process of adding thousands of new residents, including young families, to this rapidly-growing community. As part of the Park Place application, the Toronto District School Board was provided an option to receive land to build a new school next to the forthcoming Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Community Centre, Child Care Centre and Library.

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The Toronto District School Board exercised their option to receive the land, but does not have the capital funding to proceed with building a new school. As a result, this land now sits vacant and more young families who continue to move into the neighbourhood face long commutes for their kids to attend public school. In order to incentivize both the Toronto District School Board and the Province of Ontario to fast-track the development of this school, this Motion looks to leverage community benefit funding secured and received to explore the creation of a joint City-School facility on the site on Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Lane. Preliminary conversations between the City, CreateTO and the Toronto Lands Corporations have already started but additional direction and commitment is required for further exploration.

Staff recommended

Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Manager, in collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to engage the Toronto District School Board on opportunities for a joint City-school facility at the Toronto District School Board lands at Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Lane. 2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in collaboration with the local Councillor, to identify local community benefit funding from development up to $10 million for a potential joint facility with the Toronto District School Board for the lands at Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Lane.

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