Danforth Avenue Planning Study (Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue) - Official Plan Amendment 420 - Request for Direction

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2020-01-29 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on January 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of: a. the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor; and b. Confidential Appendix 1 to the report (January 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor.

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3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to advise that City Council supports a modified Official Plan Amendment 420 related to the Danforth Avenue Planning Study attached as Confidential Appendix 1 to the report (January 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor. Confidential Appendix 1 to the report (January 21, 2020) 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 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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As the city filed it

On July 8, 2014, City Council adopted a Motion to request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to undertake a planning study of Danforth Avenue in two segments, from the Don River to Coxwell Avenue and from Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue, and to report on the funds necessary to complete these studies. City Planning commenced the Danforth Avenue Planning Study (Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue) in June 2016.

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At its meeting on July 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30, 2018, City Council adopted the Recommendations in the (June 15, 2018) Report from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District and enacted By-law 1136-2018, adopting Official Plan Amendment 420 (OPA 420). OPA 420 was appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) by two landowners, and a two-day mediation was held at the LPAT on December 4 and 5, 2019. The City Solicitor seeks direction on this matter no later than the completion of the City Council meeting on January 29 and 30, 2020.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendation in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. If the City Solicitor's confidential recommendation is adopted by Council, then City Council authorize the public release of: a. the recommendation contained in Confidential Attachment 1 (with the remainder of Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege), and b. Confidential Appendix 1.

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