The filed record
Ontario Land Tribunal Appeal of Official Plan Amendment 231 - 87 Ethel Avenue - Request for Directions
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The decision
2022-07-19 · Toronto City Council · amended
As filed
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Frances Nunziata. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 6, 2022) from the City Solicitor remain confidential. 3. City Council direct that the confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Frances Nunziata and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 6, 2022) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
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Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 6, 2022) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege The confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Frances Nunziata and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 6, 2022) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Frances Nunziata and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 6, 2022) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor. October 12, 2022 The confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Frances Nunziata were adopted by City Council and have been made public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public: 1. City Council accept the April 27, 2022 without prejudice settlement offer from 87 Ethel Avenue Holdings Ltd. to settle site specific Appeal 143 (regarding 87 Ethel Avenue) to Official Plan Amendment 231 as set out in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 6, 2022) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to enter into a settlement agreement with the owner of 87 Ethel Avenue on such terms as the City Solicitor may consider appropriate. 3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor, in collaboration with the Appellant, bring a motion to the Ontario Land Tribunal to the next available opportunity to support the redesignation of 87 Ethel Avenue as Mixed Use Areas. 4. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to report to City Council confirming the outcome and status of the settlement hearing before the Ontario Land Tribunal by no later than the first quarter of 2023. Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 6, 2022) from the City Solicitor is now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make it public, and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).
The vote
Adopt Item as Amended · Carried, 20-1
The whole record, all 25 members
- Ana BailãoFor
- Anthony PerruzzaAbsent
- Brad BradfordFor
- Cynthia LaiFor
- Denzil Minnan-WongFor
- Frances NunziataFor
- Gary CrawfordFor
- Gord PerksFor
- James PasternakFor
- Jaye RobinsonAbsent
- Jennifer McKelvieFor
- Joe MihevcFor
- John FilionFor
- John ToryFor
- Josh MatlowFor
- Mark GrimesFor
- Michael ThompsonFor
- Mike ColleFor
- Mike LaytonAbsent
- Nick MantasAbsent
- Paul AinslieFor
- Paula FletcherFor
- Robin Buxton PottsFor
- Shelley CarrollFor
- Stephen HolydayAgainst
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On the agenda
As the city filed it
87 Ethel Avenue Holdings Ltd. (the "Appellant") is a party to an appeal to Official Plan Amendment 231 ("OPA 231") to the Ontario Land Tribunal ("OLT") regarding the property municipally known as 87 Ethel Avenue (the "Lands"). City Council adopted OPA 231 in 2013 following the Five-Year Official Plan and Municipal Comprehensive Reviews regarding employment lands. OPA 231 re-designates the Lands as Core Employment Areas and the Appellant seeks the Mixed Use Areas designation. The City Solicitor requires further directions.
Staff recommended
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. If the confidential instructions in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted, City Council authorize the public release of the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, with the remainder of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to remain confidential as it contains advice subject to solicitor-client privilege.
On the record
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