Item - 2023.MM13.25

City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend at the Toronto Local Appeal Body in support of the appeal of the Committee of Adjustment's decision regarding Application A0592/23TEY respecting 300 Bloor Street West and 478 Huron Street.

2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request the following conditions be imposed on the variance decision:

a. a cash contribution of $450,000 for each increment of additional 1 to 745 square metres of additional gross floor area (representing additional height beyond the original approval) beyond the maximum permitted total gross floor area of 27,000 square metres permitted in Section 4(B), By-law 73- 2021, payable prior to building permit issuance, towards social services, community facilities, park improvements, road safety, active transportation, community and cultural facilities, and streetscape improvements in Ward 11, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; and

b. the cash contribution referred to above shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Residential Building Construction Price Index for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, reported quarterly by Statistics Canada in Building Construction Price Indexes Table 18-10-0135- 01, or its successor, calculated from the date of this Committee of Adjustment decision to the date of payment.