Item - 2015.TS1.3

The City-School Boards Advisory Committee:

1.  Requested the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to work in coordination with the Directors of the four Toronto School Boards to:

a.  develop a framework for defining and measuring the rate of Community Asset Utilization for a public building or space such as a school;

 

b.  suggest the inclusion of a Community Asset Utilization measure in the 2015 Report to the Premier on a Framework for Community Hubs; and

 

c.  provide a progress report before the end of 2015.

2.  Referred the following Motions 1, 2, 3, and 5, from Councillor Matlow, to the interagency staff team for discussion and establishment of a draft plan for consideration by the Committee at its next meeting:

"1.  That City Council request the Government of Ontario invite the Association of Municipalities and City of Toronto to participate in the review of Ontario Regulation 444/98 of the Education Act.

 

2.  That the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, work in coordination with the Directors of the four Toronto School Boards, to report on new processes for municipal involvement in Pupil Accommodation Reviews in Toronto, in light of the Ministry of Education's 2015 revised guidelines for Pupil Accommodation Review, and to report back to the Committee before the end of 2015.

 

3.  That City Council request the Province of Ontario to revise the school utilization formula to account for child care space loading in schools.

 

5.  That the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, work in coordination with the Directors of the four Toronto School Boards, to oversee a review of promising financing tools for capital development in big city schools, and to provide recommendations for relevant options for Toronto before the end of 2015."

The Acting Director, Social Policy, Analysis and Research, gave a presentation on Schools as Community Assets: Setting the Context and Looking Forward.