Item - 2015.CC9.7

City Council on September 30, October 1 and 2, 2015, adopted the following:

1.  City Council adopt the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 23, 2015) from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 23, 2015) from the City Solicitor and City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

The following confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 23, 2015) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public:

1.  City Council direct the City Solicitor to advise the Ontario Municipal Board (the ‘OMB’) that the City agrees to exempt 2 Bloor Street West from By-law 277-2015 to the extent that permits applied for are in accordance with a City-supported OMB site specific by-law approval, provided that such by-law amendments are in full force and effect or will be in full force and effect at the time the limited exemption applies and provided that the permits applied for are in accordance and furtherance of the approved by-law and City authorized site plan approvals.

2.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other appropriate City Officials take the necessary steps to implement Council's decision. 

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 23, 2015) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to litigation or potential litigation including matters before administrative tribunals, that affects the City or one of its agencies and commissions and it contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.