Item - 2024.CC14.7

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 24, 2024) 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 (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 24, 2024) 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 24, 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 23, 2024 set out in Confidential Appendices A, B and C to the report (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement.

2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order on the appeal until the City Solicitor has advised that:

a. the final form and content of the draft Zoning By-law Amendments is satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

b. the Owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report, including a Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Report, to determine whether there is adequate capacity in the existing municipal infrastructure to accommodate the proposed development, and to address all the matters in the Engineering and Construction Services Memorandum dated January 16, 2023, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services;

c. the Owner has made satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services and entered into the appropriate agreement with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support this development, according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

d. the Owner has submitted a revised Transportation Demand Management Plan to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Transportation Services, and that such matters arising from this Plan be secured, if required;

e. the Owner has provided a number and configuration of loading spaces in the loading area that is to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

f. the Owner has addressed matters from the Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Analysis Section of City Planning Memorandum dated February 8, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

g. the Owner has addressed matters from the Urban Forestry Memorandum dated January 9, 2023, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

h. the Owner has submitted an updated complete Toronto Green Standards Checklist and Statistics Template, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

i. the Owner has provided space within the development for the installation of maintenance access holes and sampling ports on the private side, as close to the property line as possible, for both the storm and sanitary service connections, in accordance with the Sewers By-law chapter 681.10.b;

j. the Owner has secured replacement of the existing rental housing, including the same number of units, bedroom types and sizes and with similar rents;

k. the Owner has secured an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing 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 lessen hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

l. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition Application 21 219452 NNY 06 RH in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 which allows for the demolition of the sixty-one (61) existing rental dwelling units at 1265 Wilson Avenue 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.

3. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to request that a Holding provision (H) be included in the final form of the site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment, not to be lifted until such time as the owner has made satisfactory arrangements, including entering into appropriate agreements(s) with the City for required mitigation, as well as the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure and the provision of financial securities to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services.

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

Confidential Appendices A, B and C to the report (January 24, 2024) 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 (January 24, 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 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.