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Waiving Development Charges and Other Fees to Support the Renovation of Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service at 41 Blake Street - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle
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2022-12-14 · Toronto City Council · withdrawn
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Motion MM2.8 was withdrawn at City Council on December 14 and 15, 2022.
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Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service has been providing long-term psychotherapy and counselling for high-risk, vulnerable youth and families since 1989, with a special focus on the Blake-Boultbee community in Ward 14. The long-term presence of Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service in the Blake-Boultbee neighbourhood has had a profound impact on the mental health of residents and on overall community safety. In response to the growing demand for their community mental health services, Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service is renovating their house at 41 Blake Street to add the space required to grow from two to three therapists/counsellors and expand their mental health services.
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The renovation will also achieve other important community and City objectives. The building expansion will be focused solely on the ground floor so that Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service's services will be fully accessible, consistent with the goals of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service is sustained by the generous donation of foundations and hundreds of individual donors. Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service has successfully raised the bulk of the renovation costs, however, the $18,657 in development charges imposes a significant burden on the project. Considering the important mental health services that Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service provides, free of charge, to underserved and marginalized communities, we recommend that all site plan fees be waived for their renovation project, so that work can proceed in 2023.
Staff recommended
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council exempt Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service from the payment of development charges in respect of Building Permit Application Number 22 155607 BLD00 BA for the proposed renovation to the Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Centre at 41 Blake Street.
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