Item - 2022.CC39.9

City Council on February 2 and 3, 2022, adopted the following:

1.  City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor. 

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor.

3.  City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1.  City Council amend its decision dated June 8 and 9, 2021 with respect to Item 2021.EY24.2 regarding the Zoning By-law Amendment application at 1306-1310 The Queensway by substituting Parts 6.a.v.g and 6.a.v.i with the following:

"g.  after the first year of occupancy of a new affordable rental dwelling unit, the rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to tenants occupying the new affordable rental dwelling unit may be escalated annually by not more than the annual provincial rent guideline;"

"i.  if an affordable rental dwelling unit becomes vacant and is re-rented during the 15-year affordability period, the initial rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to new tenants shall be no higher than the average rent for the same bedroom type in the City of Toronto, as reported by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in its most recent annual Rental Market Report; and"

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) 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 that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.