Item - 2008.MM22.13

City Council on June 23 and 24, 2008, adopted the following motions:

1.         City Council adopt the confidential recommendations in Attachment 1.

2.         City Council authorize the public release, at the end of the Council meeting, of the confidential instructions if adopted by Council.

The following recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 19, 2008) from the City Solicitor, are now public. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 remains confidential, in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege:

1.         City Council withdraw its Notice of Intention to Designate the property at 347 and 349 Yonge Street (Sam the Record Man Sign) under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, subject to:

a.         the objectors serving a Notice of Withdrawal of Objection on the City Clerk and on the Conservation Review Board; and

b.         an agreement  between the City and Ryerson University  being entered into and registered on title to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor in consultation with the Chief Planner & Executive Director of City Planning, such agreement to provide for the removal, refurbishment, storage, re-installation/relocation and maintenance of a portion of the Sam the Record Man signage and the provision of interpretive plaquing.

2.         City Council authorize the execution of the agreement referred to in Part 1, together with any encroachment agreement as may be necessary with respect to the re-installation of the signage, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

3.         City Council direct and authorize the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.