Item - 2020.CC24.13

City Council on September 30, October 1 and 2, 2020, adopted the following:

1.  City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

3.  City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

4.  City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.  The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.  Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

January 8, 2021

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public:

1.  City Council accept the offer to settle the subject appeals on the terms described in Confidential Attachment 2 (the "Settlement Offer") to the report (September 18, 2020) from the City Solicitor,

2.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of the Settlement Offer and to request that the Tribunal exercise its authority under subsection 34(26)(b) of the Planning Act and amend City of Toronto By-laws 119-2018 and 120-2018 (collectively, the "Zoning By-laws") in accordance with the proposed changes to the Zoning By-laws as set out in the Settlement Offer.

3.  City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to request a technical amendment to the Zoning By-laws to remove the property municipal known as 135 Yorkville Avenue from the application of the Zoning By-laws.

4.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor and necessary City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision.

Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (September 18, 2020) is now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make it public, and it can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).