690 to 720 Sheppard Avenue East - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 11, 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 June 10, 2026, set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (June 11, 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 are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Development Review; b. the owner, at their sole cost and expense, has submitted a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report to demonstrate that the existing sanitary sewer system and watermain have adequate capacity and supply to accommodate the development of the lands to the satisfaction of the Director, Engineering Review; c. the owner has 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 in a financially secured agreement, to the satisfaction of the Director, Engineering Review, if the accepted FSR shows that any new municipal infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development are required; d. the owner has withdrawn its appeal of Official Plan Amendment 777, Renew Sheppard Avenue East Secondary Plan, in proceeding OLT-25-000068; e. the owner has submitted a revised Travel Demand Management Plan acceptable to the Executive Director, Development Review and the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the matters arising from the accepted study have been secured, if required; f. the owner has submitted an updated Wind Tunnel Study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and any recommended wind mitigation measures are secured in the zoning by-law and/or through the site plan control process, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; g. the owner has satisfactorily addressed matters from the Tree Protection and Plan Review, Urban Forestry memorandum dated December 18, 2024, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director of Environment, Climate and Forestry; h. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition Application RH 23 179263 NNY 17 in accordance with Chapter 667 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of 14 (fourteen) existing rental dwelling units at 690-720 Sheppard Avenue East; and i. the owner has entered into and registered on title a Section 111 Agreement with the City incorporating: i. the information outlined in the Rental Replacement Chart attached as Schedule A to the settlement offer letter from the owner dated June 9, 2026, including the replacement of the existing 14 rental dwelling units with the same number of units, unit type, and size, and with similar rents, as outlined in Schedule A, and the provision of 11 net-new replacement rental units as outlined in Schedule A at affordable rents; ii. the provision of an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing tenants to return to a replacement rental unit on the lands at similar rents, the provision of rent gap assistance, and other assistance to lessen hardship; and iii. any other related matters; all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 3. In the event the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal in whole or in part, then City Council approve: a. that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act and prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, the Owner shall convey to the City an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 815 square metres, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor; b. the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the Executive Director, Development Review and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management; c. a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the Owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the Owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time. 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 (June 11, 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 (June 11, 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 (June 11, 2026) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.