2912 to 2926 Sheppard Avenue East - Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 5, 2026) 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 1, 2026, set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 5, 2026) 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 until the City Solicitor has advised that: a. the final form and content of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment is to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, and the City Solicitor; b. the Owner has, at its sole cost and expense: i. submitted a Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report, Hydrogeological Review summary, and a Servicing Report Groundwater Summary to demonstrate that the existing municipal Infrastructure, and any required improvements to it, has adequate capacity and supply to accommodate the development of the lands or required improvements to them to the satisfaction of the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review; ii. secured the design, construction, and provision of financial securities for any new municipal infrastructure, or any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, to support the development, in a financial secured agreement, all to the satisfaction of the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review; iii. submitted a Transportation Impact Study to the satisfaction of the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review; iv. submitted a Pedestrian Level Wind Study to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review; v. submitted a revised Noise and Vibration Study, and completed a peer review by a third-party consultant, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review; vi. completed a peer review of the Compatibility/Mitigation Study by a third party consultant, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review; and vii. met the Toronto Green Standard requirements to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review. 3. City Council request the owner to continue to have further discussions with City staff regarding the potential for an in-kind contribution in accordance with the City's Community Benefits Charge By-law. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary and reasonable actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 5, 2026) 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 (May 5, 2026) 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 (May 5, 2026) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.