Item - 2019.CC10.7

City Council on October 2 and 3, 2019, adopted the following: 

1.  City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 25, 2019) from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 25, 2019) from the City Solicitor.

3.  City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 25, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it pertains to litigation against the City and it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 25, 2019) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows:

1.  City Council instruct the City Solicitor to:

a.  reject the settlement offer made on behalf of the owner of 206 Russell Hill Road;

b.  continue to oppose the objection of City Council’s Notice of Intention to Designate for the property municipally known as 206 Russell Hill Road as referred to the Conservation Review Board under section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act; and

c.  take any further steps necessary and consistent with these instructions, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 25, 2019) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to litigation against the City and it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.