Item - 2019.MM5.26

City Council on March 27 and 28, 2019, adopted the following:

1.  City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A, B, C and D to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor.

3.  City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows:

1.  City Council accept the settlement offers as described in Confidential Attachment 1, and as generally described in Confidential Appendix A and Confidential Appendix B to Confidential Attachment 1 and detailed in Confidential Appendix C and Confidential Appendix D to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council instruct the City Solicitor and other appropriate staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of the proposed modifications to Official Plan Amendment 365 set out in Confidential Appendix C to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor.

3.  City Council instruct the City Solicitor and other appropriate staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of the proposed modifications to Official Plan Amendment 368 set out in Confidential Appendix D to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor.

4.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the proposed modifications to the Official Plan Amendments 365 and 368 contained in Confidential Appendices C and D provided with Confidential Appendix A and Confidential Appendix B, as deemed necessary by and at the sole discretion of the City Solicitor in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services.

5.  City Council direct the City Solicitor to continue negotiations with other Official Plan Amendment 365 and 368 Appellants in an effort to resolve all outstanding issues under appeal and to take all necessary steps to bring resolution to the matter, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services.

6.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to take such steps to give effect to the settlement.

Confidential Appendices A, B, C and D to Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 27, 2019) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to litigation or potential litigation that affects the City or one of its agencies or corporations and it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.