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Toronto City Council · 2019-03-27 · 2019.MM5.26

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Appeals of Official Plan Amendments 368 and 365 - Request for Direction - by Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy

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2019-03-27 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on March 27 and 28, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) 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, C and D to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor.

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3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the settlement offers as described in Confidential Attachment 1, and as generally described in Confidential Appendix A and Confidential Appendix B to Confidential Attachment 1 and detailed in Confidential Appendix C and Confidential Appendix D to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor and other appropriate staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of the proposed modifications to Official Plan Amendment 365 set out in Confidential Appendix C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor and other appropriate staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of the proposed modifications to Official Plan Amendment 368 set out in Confidential Appendix D to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the proposed modifications to the Official Plan Amendments 365 and 368 contained in Confidential Appendices C and D provided with Confidential Appendix A and Confidential Appendix B, as deemed necessary by and at the sole discretion of the City Solicitor in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services. 5. City Council direct the City Solicitor to continue negotiations with other Official Plan Amendment 365 and 368 Appellants in an effort to resolve all outstanding issues under appeal and to take all necessary steps to bring resolution to the matter, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services. 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to take such steps to give effect to the settlement. Confidential Appendices A, B, C and D to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to litigation or potential litigation that affects the City or one of its agencies or corporations and it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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On January 31, 2017, Toronto City Council considered Item TE21.1 2017 and adopted the recommendations of the Bloor Corridor/Annex Block Planning Study Official Plan Amendment - Final Report, dated November 30, 2016. In 2017, a number of appellants appealed two City-initiated Official Plan Amendments, consisting of Official Plan Amendments 365 and 368, to the Ontario Municipal Board (now known as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal), pursuant to section 17(24) of the Planning Act.

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Starbank Developments 350 Corp., The Bank of Nova Scotia, The Governing Council of the University of Toronto, Bloor-Madison Realty Inc., 334 Bloor West Limited, 316 Bloor West Toronto Developments Ltd., and Bloor Street United Church (the Appellants") own lands in the vicinity of the north side of Bloor Street West, between St. George Street and Walmer Road. There are four Appellants currently remaining at Phase I of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Hearing: Starbank Developments 350 Corp, First Capital (Ontario) Corporation (the new owner of 332 Bloor Street West, formerly owned by The Bank of Nova Scotia), 334 Bloor West Limited and The Governing Council of the University of Toronto. In addition to the above, there is an additional Appellant at Phase II of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Hearing: Bloor Street United Church. The City Solicitor requires direction on the appeals of Official Plan Amendments 365 and 368. This Motion is urgent as the matter is currently before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal for a nine-day hearing that commenced on March 25, 2019.

Staff recommended

Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the following recommendations in the report (May 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the Report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices "A", "B", "C" and "D" to the Report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council.

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3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the Report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains advice, which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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