Item - 2021.CC28.4

City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, adopted the following:

1.  City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the City Solicitor.

3.  City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the City Solicitor remain confidential, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and litigation privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows:

1.  City Council endorse the terms of settlement for the appeals of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto, the Toronto Catholic District School Board, Ryerson University, Sinai Health System, St. Michael's Hospital, and University Health Network (the "Institutional Appeals") set out in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to modify and partially approve Official Plan Amendment 352 in order to implement the settlement of the Institutional Appeals in accordance with Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the City Solicitor.

3.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to modify and partially approve the Amending By-laws in accordance with the approach described in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the City Solicitor, with the form of the Amending By-laws to be finalized to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and the City Solicitor.

4.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to advance such stylistic and technical changes to the Amending By-laws as may be required at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

5.  City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision.

Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2021) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and litigation privilege.