470-488 Wellington Street West - Zoning Amendment Applications - Request for Further Direction Regarding a Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Hearing

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2019-04-16 · Toronto City Council · amended

As filed

City Council on April 16 and 17, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Joe Cressy. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Joe Cressy. 3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (April 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in their entirety as they pertain to litigation or potential litigation that affects the City or one of its agencies or corporations and they contain advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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The confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Joe Cressy were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council reject the Settlement Offer as outlined in the letter from the applicants dated April 9, 2019 in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (April 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (April 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they pertain to litigation or potential litigation that affects the City or one of its agencies or corporations and they contain advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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The Owners of the sites at 470-474 Wellington Street West and 482-488 Wellington Street West made separate applications in December, 2016 for a 15-storey building with retail space on the ground floor and office space above at 470-474 Wellington Street West and for a 16-storey building with retail and service commercial uses on the ground floor and office space above at 482-488 Wellington Street West. Both applications were appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT).

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The matters were consolidated and a hearing has been scheduled for May 13 to 23, 2019. The applications have been consolidated and revised into a single development proposal for a 14-storey (55 metre, plus mechanical) office building on the combined site. At its meeting on March 27 and 28, 2019, City Council directed City staff to continue negotiations with the applicants in advance of the hearing to achieve a reduction in the overall height of the revised proposal to a height of 45 metres, excluding mechanical. The City Solicitor requires further direction from City Council for the upcoming hearing.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 2 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as it contains confidential information that is privileged.

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