Item - 2012.CC27.7

City Council on October 30, 31 and November 1, 2012, adopted the following:

1.         City Council adopt the legal recommendations from the City Solicitor, contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 23, 2012) from the City Solicitor.

2.         City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Recommendations 1 to 3, and direct that the remaining information remain confidential.

The following Recommendations 1 to 3 contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 23, 2012) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public:

City Council endorse the proposal that:

1.         a planning expert be retained by the City Solicitor to conduct a review and provide advice to City Council on the land use planning and human rights issues related to the definition of "group home" and the requirement of a separation distance between group homes, in the draft City-wide Zoning By-law.

2.         the expert opinion referred to in Part 1 above be submitted to the Planning and Growth Management Committee, as a public report, for City Council's consideration as part of the new City-wide Zoning By-law.

3.         the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor be requested to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the recommendations contained in the expert's report referred to in Part 2 above.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 23, 2012) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 as it pertains to litigation or potential litigation including matters before tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board and advice that is to subject-solicitor client privilege.