Item - 2025.SC24.2

The Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review, to bring forward the proposed amendments to the Official Plan, including updates to the Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan and Urban Design Guidelines, for a Statutory Public Meeting in the fall of 2025.

2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review, to consider and review development applications against the draft Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan.

The Senior Planner, Community Planning, Development Review gave a presentation on Scarborough Centre - Draft Secondary Plan.

The City of Toronto has completed the Our Scarborough Centre ("OurSC") Secondary Plan Study and is in the process of finalizing an update to the Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan. The updated Secondary Plan will ensure that residents and businesses are supported as the area changes over time with the arrival of the Scarborough Subway Extension (SSE). This report provides an update on stakeholder engagement undertaken on the draft Secondary Plan and outlines issues that are actively being reviewed in response to commentary received.

"OurSC" was a multi-faceted City-initiated study to update the 2005 Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan and plan for the future of the area. Scarborough Centre (SC) is one of four Centres identified by the Official Plan outside the downtown core. It comprises 180 hectares of land within Wards 21 and 24 and generally sits between Highway 401 to the north, Ellesmere Road to the south, and more irregularly bounded just west of Brimley Road and to the east running along Bellamy Road North, East Highland Creek and the Toronto Transit Commission McCowan Yard spur line (refer to Attachment 1: Existing Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan Study Area Boundary).

As an outcome of Phases One through Four of the OurSC Secondary Plan Study staff developed a Draft Secondary Plan as directed by City Council through the 2023 Proposals Report. The Draft Secondary Plan establishes a comprehensive planning framework specific to Scarborough Centre and sets out the long-term vision to transform the area into a complete community centered around transit investment. It can be found in Attachment 2 of this report, and was posted online as a basis for consultation.

A series of consultation events were conducted in the Spring of 2025 in addition to focused stakeholder engagement with landowners, residents and business owners. This public consultation supplemented broad engagement undertaken at each phase of the study which assisted in policy development and direction. As a result of this consultation and feedback from commenting partners in City Divisions and agencies, further revisions and refinement of the Draft Secondary Plan are underway. A Decision Report and Statutory Public Meeting on the Secondary Plan is expected to be brought to Scarborough Community Council in the fall of 2025.