Item - 2020.MM23.1

City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following:

1.  City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at hearings on appeals of Committee of Adjustment decisions or to appeal a Committee of Adjustment decision on behalf of the City of Toronto at the request of the Ward Councillor after consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or designate, during the period from the completion of City Council's July 28 and 29, 2020 meeting to the start of City Council's September 30 and October 1, 2020 meeting; the delegation shall include the authority to direct appropriate City staff to attend at the hearing and for the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary; and shall authorize the City Solicitor to take all steps necessary to bring resolution to the matter in consultation with the Ward Councillor and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.