City Council has voted 31 to four with nine abstentions to proceed with a community centre widely known as the Davisville Hub. It will be built as hoped by the residents who have supported it on the property of the old Davisville Public School at 43 Millwood Road. The mid-July motion contains details of how the hub will be accommodated on the site and the cost to taxpayers. Some six million dollars over two years of Section 37 and 45 monies will be granted (given) to the school board to design a three-story replacement for DPS. This will permit space on the slightly less than one acre parcel of land between Millwood and Davisville Ave to build the hub complete with an “aquatic facility”. This presumably is a swimming pool and/or splash pad although there is no mention of either by name. It remains to be established how the hub itself is paid for. Council asks staff to produce a budget. The ubiquitous Section 37 money is a mixed blessing. It is a handy source of extra dollars for such good work but in the end it is just City taxes not manna from heaven. It comes from developers and most people will see the connection between this handy cash and the tendency by Toronto to permit builders to go big with their projects. The vote was overwhelming in its support with notable “No” votes from John Filion, Mary Fragedakis and Jaye Robinson. The division is included with the motion Midtown hub The hub has been strongly supported by Josh Matlow (Ward 22) and Trustee Shelley Laskin.