Item - 2024.CC14.3

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on February 6, 2024 without amendments and without debate.

CC14.3 - 561 Jarvis Street and 102-120 Earl Place - Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Direction Report

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Ward:
13 - Toronto Centre

City Council Decision

City Council on February 6 and 7, 2024, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 23, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

 

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (January 23, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

 

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 23, 2023) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

 

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 23, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

                   

1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated January 19, 2024 ("Settlement Offer"), set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (January 23, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement, subject to the conditions set out below:

 

a. the final form and content of the draft Official Plan and Zoning By-laws are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

 

b. the owner has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater, and traffic capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or the determination of whether holding provisions are required in the Zoning By-law Amendment;

 

c. the owner has secured replacement of the existing rental housing, including the same number of units, bedroom type and size and with similar rents;

 

d. the owner has secured an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing and former tenants to return to a replacement rental unit on the lands at similar rents, the provision of alternative accommodation at similar rents, and other assistance to mitigate hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

 

e. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition application 22 199096 STE 13 RH under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the existing rental dwelling units and the owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary to implement City Council's decision;

 

f. in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the first above grade building permit, the Owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 491.28 square metres, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor; and

 

g. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the Owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.

 

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

 

Confidential Appendix A to the report (January 23, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

 

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 23, 2024) 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 that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 23, 2024) 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)

(January 23, 2024) Report from the City Solicitor on 561 Jarvis Street and 102-120 Earl Place - Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Direction Report (CC14.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-242614.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Confidential Information
Confidential Appendix A - Confidential Information - Made public on February 16, 2024
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-242612.pdf
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council