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48, 50, 56, 58 and 60 Avondale Avenue, 17 and 19 Bales Avenue and 25, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 51, 53 and 55 Glendora Avenue - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions
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The decision
2023-05-10 · Toronto City Council · amended
As filed
City Council on May 10, 11 and 12, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (April 27, 2023) from the City Solicitor.
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3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 27, 2023) 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 Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated April 25, 2023 set out in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (April 27, 2023) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement. 2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the City Solicitor and the local Ward Councillor, to continue to work with the applicant in advance of the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing to explore the feasibility of providing a retail component at the corner of Bales Avenue and Glendora Avenue, and if a retail component is feasible, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to support further modifications to the Settlement Offer Plans at the Ontario Land Tribunal to incorporate a retail component, provided they are to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the City Solicitor and the local Ward Councillor, to continue to work with the applicant to explore the feasibility of providing an in-kind community benefit in the form of either a publicly-owned daycare or community agency space on the site, and if such in-kind community benefit is feasible, to report back to City Council for further instruction on securing the in-kind community benefit, and the City Solicitor be authorized to support further modifications to the Settlement Offer Plans at the Ontario Land Tribunal to incorporate the in-kind community benefit on-site, provided they are to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in consultation with any other affected Division. 4. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order until the City Solicitor has advised that: a. the final form and content of the Official Plan Amendment and the Zoning By-law Amendment are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the Owner has submitted any updated engineering reports, including a Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the owner has made satisfactory arrangements for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development as identified in the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Reports accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; d. the related Rental Housing Application has been resolved, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and e. the Owner has submitted an updated wind study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and further the Owner's solicitor has confirmed to the City Solicitor that the Owner agrees to incorporate into any site plan agreement, the mitigation measures outlined in the wind study, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 5. City Council be advised that the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning will coordinate with the applicant to ensure that the following matters are addressed and secured through the site plan process: a. a Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Spaces connection from Avondale Avenue to the new park; b. landscaping details which may include improved fencing for the property directly to the east of the Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Spaces connection; c. no primary living unit windows to be located on the side walls that are less than 5.5 metres (inclusive) from the east and west property lines along Avondale Avenue; d. no balconies projecting into the required building setbacks along the public streets including Avondale Avenue, Glendora Avenue and Bales Avenue; e. 3.44 metre road widening on Avondale Avenue, as shown on the Settlement Offer plans; and f. underground parking areas are sufficiently below grade to allow for sufficient soil volumes for planting. 6. City Council accept an on-site parkland dedication pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act with a minimum size of 834 square metres, with a 5.0 metre setback from adjacent building faces, generally as shown on the plans included in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (April 27, 2023) from the City Solicitor, with the exact size, location and configuration of the on-site parkland dedication to be to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and such on-site parkland dedication to be transferred to the City, free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition, prior to the first above grade building permit. 7. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (April 27, 2023) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 27, 2023) 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. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 27, 2023) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
On August 3, 2021, the City received an Official Plan Amendment application, a Zoning By-law Amendment application and a Rental Housing Demolition application for 48, 50, 56, 58 and 60 Avondale Avenue, 17 and 19 Bales Avenue and 25, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 51, 53 and 55 Glendora Avenue (the "Site") to permit the demolition of 16 existing detached dwellings and to permit the construction of three residential buildings on the Site.
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On January 6, 2022 and October 31, 2022 revised applications were submitted incorporating additional properties at 37, 57, 61 and 63 Glendora Avenue. The applicant appealed City Council's neglect or failure to make a decision on its application for the Zoning By-law Amendment (the "Appeal"), to the Ontario Land Tribunal (the "OLT") on January 13, 2022. A hearing of the Appeal is scheduled for August 8-18, 2023. In early 2023, the parties participated in private mediation in an effort to resolve or narrow the issues for the hearing. The City Solicitor requires further directions for upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearings scheduled for August, 2023. It is necessary to obtain instructions now as there are various upcoming exchange dates in respect of the appeals and other timing constraints set out in Confidential Attachment 1.
Staff recommended
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other
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information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
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