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Toronto City Council · 2023-06-14 · 2023.CC7.17

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1466-1500 Bayview Avenue - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions

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2023-06-14 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on June 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 1, 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.

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The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated May 31, 2023 set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 1, 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 instruct 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 draft Zoning By-law amendment and Site Plan approval are to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the Owner has submitted the final form of the architectural plans, landscape plans, completed Toronto Green Standards documents, Travel Demand Management Plan, servicing plans, reports, and studies, reflecting the proposal as approved in whole or in part, forming the Site Plan Control approval to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the General Manager, Transportation Services and Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the Owner has submitted to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services for review and acceptance, a Functional Servicing Report to determine the storm water runoff, sanitary flow and water supply demand resulting from this development and whether there is adequate capacity in the existing municipal infrastructure to accommodate the proposed development; d. 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; e. the Owner has submitted plans for a revised loading space design, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; and f. the Owner has withdrawn its appeal of the City of Toronto By-law 595-2022. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 1, 2023) 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 (June 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

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On October 28, 2020, the City received a Zoning By-law Amendment application for 1466-1500 Bayview Avenue (the "Site") to permit the construction of a 9 - storey mixed use building containing 156 residential dwelling units and 1,659.5 square metres of retail uses at grade. A portion of the subject site was proposed as a driveway with a surface easement for public access and use instead of a laneway. On December 23, 2021, the applicant made a resubmission to support a revised proposal of an 8-storey mixed use building containing 153 residential dwelling units and 1,545.6 square metres of retail use at grade.

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A portion of the subject side was proposed to be conveyed to the City for use as a public laneway. 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 on August 5, 2022. The City Solicitor requires further directions in advance of an upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal Case Management Conference scheduled for July 10, 2023. For reasons set out in Confidential Attachment 1 consideration of this item is urgent and cannot be deferred.

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 to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council and Confidential Appendix A. 3. City Council direct that all other information

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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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