Official Plan Amendment 571 - Mount Dennis Secondary Plan - Request for Direction

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2024-07-24 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on July 24 and 25, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 2024) 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 (July 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 2024) 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 (July 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council endorse the amendments to Official Pan Amendment 571, being changes to Schedule 4 of the Official Plan and changes to the Mount Dennis Secondary Plan policies, both as set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the revised Official Plan Amendment 571. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 10, 2024) 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 (July 10, 2024) 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 (July 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

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On July 22, 2022, the City enacted By-law 975-2022, adopting Official Plan Amendment 571, implementing the Mount Dennis Secondary Plan for the lands generally bounded by the Humber River, Clouston Avenue, the CN rail line, Trethewey Drive, Keelesdale Park, Humber Boulevard, Rockcliffe Boulevard, Lambton Avenue, Jane Street and Eglinton Avenue. Official Plan Amendment 571 was appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal by five landowners.

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Of the five original appeals, two appellants remain as parties in the Official Plan Amendment 571 appeal. The two remaining appellants and the City participated in Ontario Land Tribunal-led mediation in the fall of 2023. The City Solicitor requires further directions for a hearing scheduled to commence on October 1, 2024. This matter is deemed urgent as direction from City Council is required in advance of witness exchange dates for the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing. This matter should not be deferred.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendation contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendation contained in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to this report from the City Solicitor, if the confidential recommendation is adopted by City Council. 3. City Council

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direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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