The filed record
1245 and 1285 Dupont Street, 1260 Dufferin Street, and 213 Emerson Avenue - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions
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The decision
2024-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted
As filed
City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 5, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 5, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report 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 (December 5, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the With Prejudice offer to settle dated December 3, 2024 set out in Public Attachment 1 to the report (December 5, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and 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 on the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment until such time as the Ontario Land Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the final form and content of the Draft Official Plan Amendment is to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, and the City Solicitor; b. the final form and content of the Draft Zoning By-law is to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Development Review; c. the owner has resubmitted the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Report, which includes confirmation of water, sanitary, and stormwater capacity, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services has determined that holding provisions are required in the Zoning By-law Amendment; d. the owner has entered into a financially secured agreement for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades and road improvements are required to support the development, according to the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; e. the owner has submitted a revised Pedestrian Level Wind Study to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, with any required wind mitigation measures to be secured through the Site Plan approval process; f. the owner has provided an updated Transportation Demand Management Plan to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the General Manager, Transportation Services; and g. an Amending Section 37 Agreement satisfactory to the Executive Director, Development Review, and the City Solicitor, has been executed and registered on title to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, securing the community benefits described in Part 3 below. 3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Development Review to enter into an agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act to secure the following: a. an additional thirty-two (32) affordable rental housing units in the aggregate will be located on Development Block 3, which will have an updated definition of affordable rental housing as defined in the City's Official Plan, with an affordability period of forty (40) years. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 5, 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 (December 5, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
The vote
Adopt Item · Carried, 17-1
The whole record, all 26 members
- Alejandra BravoAgainst
- Amber MorleyFor
- Anthony PerruzzaFor
- Ausma MalikFor
- Brad BradfordAbsent
- Chris MoiseFor
- Dianne SaxeFor
- Frances NunziataFor
- Gord PerksFor
- Jamaal MyersAbsent
- James PasternakAbsent
- Jennifer McKelvieFor
- Jon BurnsideFor
- Josh MatlowFor
- Lily ChengFor
- Michael ThompsonAbsent
- Mike ColleFor
- Nick MantasAbsent
- Olivia ChowFor
- Parthi KandavelAbsent
- Paul AinslieFor
- Paula FletcherFor
- Rachel Chernos LinFor
- Shelley CarrollAbsent
- Stephen HolydayFor
- Vincent CrisantiAbsent
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On the agenda
As the city filed it
On April 4, 2022, the City received an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application for 1245 and 1285 Dupont Street, 1260 Dufferin Street, and 213 Emerson Avenue to permit the construction of 2,966 dwelling units and 24,216 square metres of non-residential gross floor area in the 8 buildings already approved on the Site, ranging in height from 18 to 48-storeys. The application represents an approximate 30-percent increase of height and residential gross floor area across Blocks 1 to 4 of the already approved Reimagine Galleria development at the Site.
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The proposed additional dwelling units include purpose-built rental and affordable rental at the Site. The City received a further resubmission for the Site in January 2024. The applicant appealed City Council's neglect or failure to make a decision on its application for the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to the Ontario Land Tribunal on April 18, 2024. On December 3, 2024, the City Solicitor received a with prejudice settlement offer, consisting of the correspondence and architectural plans and drawings attached to this report as Public Attachment 1. The Settlement Offer is open until the end of the City Council meeting commencing on December 17, 2024, at which point it will be withdrawn. The City Solicitor requires further directions for the upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal Case Management Conference on February 7, 2025. Given the deadline for the Settlement Offer, this matter is urgent and cannot be deferred.
Staff recommended
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential
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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.
On the record
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