Item - 2020.EC17.5

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to prioritize the consideration of community agency space or the accumulation of funds for the provision of community agency space in the negotiations for community benefits under the Planning Act when reviewing Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre.

2.  City Council request the Board of Directors of CreateTO to direct the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, and other service divisions and agencies, to consider 399 The West Mall as a potential future site for a Central Etobicoke Community Hub.

On December 4, 2019, the Economic and Community Development Committee referred the Central Etobicoke Hub Planning report back to the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, in consultation with CreateTO, for further consideration on the feasibility of a hub in Central Etobicoke with additional information on the opportunity and roles of the City and other stakeholders in the development and sustainment of a community hub.

This report provides a summary of opportunities and constraints for the feasibility of a community hub and to secure better access to community services in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre. This report outlines a short-term interim solution to improve community programming and services; explores medium-term opportunities for improved service delivery; and provides a proposal for a possible long-term solution for centralized service delivery for Etobicoke Centre.