Item - 2023.CC2.13

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on December 14, 2022 without amendments.

CC2.13 - 1960 Eglinton Avenue East - Official Plan Amendment Application - Request for Directions

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Ward:
21 - Scarborough Centre

City Council Decision

City Council on December 14 and 15, 2022, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 5, 2022) 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 and C to the report (December 5, 2022) from the City Solicitor.

 

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 5, 2022) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

 

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 5, 2022) from the City Solicitor, were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

 

1. City Council accept the settlement offer attached as Confidential Appendix A to the report (December 5, 2022) from the City Solicitor (the "Settlement Offer"), substantially in the form and content of Confidential Appendix B to the report (December 5, 2022) from the City Solicitor and endorse the Context Plan in Confidential Appendix C to the report (December 1, 2022) from the City Solicitor (together, the "Revised Proposal") for the lands municipally known as 1960 Eglinton Avenue East (the "Development Site") and direct the City Solicitor to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal to support the Revised Proposal, subject to Parts 2 to 5 below.

                                                          

2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold the issuance of any Order(s) on the Official Plan Amendment until such time as the Ontario Land Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that:

 

a. the final content and form of the Official Plan Amendment is to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, including any revisions to the maps and schedules to the Official Plan Amendment as may be necessary to implement the Settlement Offer; and

 

b. the Owner has agreed to resolve its appeal of Official Plan Amendment 499, including the Golden Mile Secondary Plan to implement the Revised Proposal and that Official Plan Amendment 499 as adopted by City Council is brought into force as it applies to the Site, subject to any authorized changes as may be required as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor to implement this Settlement Offer for this Site, including, but not limited to, minimizing duplicative/repetitive policies, maps or references and, if deemed appropriate, incorporating the proposed Site and Area-Specific Policy into Section 14 of the Golden Mile Secondary Plan, instead of Chapter 7, Site and Area Specific Policies of the Official Plan.

 

3. Prior to attending the Ontario Land Tribunal on this matter, City Council direct that the Owner submit to the City a complete resubmission on the Official Plan Amendment application including updated reports, plans, drawings and materials satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the appropriate divisions.

 

4. Prior to any Order being issued by the Ontario Land Tribunal, City Council direct that the Owner  provide satisfactory materials to address servicing capacity matters and infrastructure improvements, either through a Master Servicing Study for the Golden Mile Area or through a Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report for the Property in coordination with the Master Servicing Study to support the proposed density in this Settlement Offer satisfactory to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

 

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and necessary City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision.

 

Confidential Appendices A, B and C to the report (December 5, 2022) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

 

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 5, 2022) 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 and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.  The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 5, 2022) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

Confidential Attachment - Advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege and information regarding potential litigation.

Background Information (City Council)

(December 5, 2022) Report from the City Solicitor on 1960 Eglinton Avenue East - Official Plan Amendment Application - Request for Directions (CC2.13)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-230334.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Confidential Recommendations and Confidential Information
Confidential Appendix A - Confidential Information - made public on December 22, 2022
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-230336.pdf
Confidential Appendix B - Confidential Information - made public on December 22, 2022
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-230337.pdf
Confidential Appendix C - Confidential Information - made public on December 22, 2022
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-230338.pdf

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council