Item - 2025.SC20.22

The Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review to bring forward at the earliest opportunity a city-initiated amendment to the zoning by-law 1022-2014 in order to:

a.  re-allocate the unspent section 37 funds secured through a Municipal Infrastructure Agreement in Section 85. (a)(iii), towards other capital facility improvements within Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

b.  Amend 85. (a)(v) to read as:

(v) In the event the cash contribution referred to in subsection (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above has not been used for the intended purpose within three (3) years of this By-law coming into full force and effect, the cash contribution may be redirected for another purpose, at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director of City Planning, in consultation with the local Councillor, provided that the purpose(s) is/are identified in the Toronto Official Plan and will benefit the community in the vicinity of the lot.

The zoning by-law amendment for the development at 1251 Bridletowne Crescent included a Section 37 Agreement. One of the community benefits secured in the agreement included the construction a 1.5 m pedestrian walkway from Timberbank Boulevard to the existing bridge over the channelized Highland Creek watercourse in a value of up to $250,000 through a Municipal Infrastructure Agreement The city has since then abandoned this infrastructure improvement and the amount has not been used.

Section 37 funds that are not used do not provide any community benefit. Thus, this motion directs staff to bring forward a City-initiated Zoning By-law Amendment to the first possible Scarborough Community Council meeting for a statutory public meeting to amend the zoning by-law to reallocate dormant funds to other capital improvements within Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt.