Item - 2022.CC41.9

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on March 9, 2022 without amendments and without debate.

CC41.9 - Golden Mile Secondary Plan - City-initiated Official Plan Amendment - Request for Directions

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Ward:
16 - Don Valley East

City Council Decision

City Council on March 9, 2022, adopted the following:

 

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

 

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1, and Confidential Appendices A, B, and C to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor, including any part of them, at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

 

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 1, 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 (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council.  The following confidential instructions to staff have been made public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public:

 

1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to modify and partially approve the non-policy text, policies and maps in Official Plan Amendment 499 substantially in accordance with Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor.

 

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the proposed modifications to Official Plan Amendment 499 in Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor as deemed necessary by and at the sole discretion of the City Solicitor in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

 

7. City Council direct the City Solicitor to continue discussions with Official Plan Amendment 499 appellants in an effort to resolve their remaining issues, and to take all necessary steps to bring resolution to the matter, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

 

Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor 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).

 

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1, including the balance of the confidential instructions to staff adopted by City Council, and Confidential Appendices B and C to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices B and C to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

 

September 16, 2022

 

The following confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor have been made public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public:

 

3.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to modify and partially approve the non-policy text, policies and maps in Official Plan Amendment 499 arising from Confidential Appendix B to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor, provided that the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services receives a satisfactory Master Servicing Report or equivalent for the Golden Mile Area for such lands impacted by the modifications in Confidential Appendix B to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor and subject to Part 4 below.

 

4.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the proposed modifications to Official Plan Amendment 499 in Confidential Appendix B to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor, including any necessary adjustments to reduce the maximum building heights in some or all parts of the Golden Mile Secondary Plan Area, as deemed necessary by and at the sole discretion the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

 

8.  City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation to include within the Capital Plan, the provision of a new community recreation centre within the Golden Mile Secondary Plan Area in future budget submissions for Parks, Forestry, and Recreation and some or all funding be collected through development charges for such community recreation centre, and to explore other financial tools to fund the provision of such community recreation centre.

 

9.  City Council request the General Manager, Toronto Water and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to include within the Capital Plan, the provision of any required trunk sewer upgrades or major capital upgrades, including any required Environmental Assessment studies, arising from the satisfactory and accepted Master Servicing Report or equivalent for the Golden Mile Area in future budget submissions for Engineering and Construction Services and some or all funding be collected through development charges for such municipal servicing upgrades.

 

Confidential Appendix B to the report (March 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor 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).

Confidential Attachment - Advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege and information regarding potential litigation.

Background Information (City Council)

(March 1, 2022) Report from the City Solicitor on Golden Mile Secondary Plan - City-initiated Official Plan Amendment - Request for Directions (CC41.9)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-222387.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1
Confidential Appendix A - made public on March 18, 2022
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-222389.pdf
Confidential Appendix B - made public on September 16, 2022
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-222390.pdf
Confidential Appendix C

Communications (City Council)

(March 7, 2022) Letter from Mark R. Flowers, Davies Howe LLP (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/cc/comm/communicationfile-146093.pdf
(March 8, 2022) Letter from Katarzyna Sliwa, Dentons Canada LLP (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/cc/comm/communicationfile-146144.pdf
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council