Item - 2024.CC17.9
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on April 17, 2024 with amendments.
CC17.9 - 1196-1204 Yonge Street and 1206-1210 Yonge Street - Alterations to and the Demolition of Heritage Attributes at Designated Heritage Properties at 1206-1210 Yonge Street, Demolition of a Heritage Property at 1196-1204 Yonge Street and Authority to Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 12 - Toronto - St. Paul's
City Council Decision
City Council on April 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 13, 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 (March 13, 2024) from the City Solicitor at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 13, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it pertains to litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.
4. City Council request Heritage Planning to work with the applicants on a Reconstruction Plan for 1196-1210 Yonge Street to seek that the bricks are not painted, and are reconstructed and returned to their original and historically accurate brick colour.
Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 13, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they pertain to litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contain advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 13, 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)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-244728.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Confidential Information
Confidential Appendix A - Confidential Information
(March 28, 2024) Transmittal from the Toronto Preservation Board on 1196-1204 Yonge Street and 1206-1210 Yonge Street - Alterations to and the Demolition of Heritage Attributes at Designated Heritage Properties at 1206-1210 Yonge Street, Demolition of a Heritage Property at 1196-1204 Yonge Street and Authority to Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement (CC17.9a)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-244823.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 to CC17.9a [Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 13, 2024) from the City Solicitor]
Confidential Appendix A to CC17.9a [Confidential Appendix to the report (March 13, 2024) from the City Solicitor]
Motions (City Council)
That in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, City Council reconsider Item CC17.9 headed "196-1204 Yonge Street and 1206-1210 Yonge Street - Alterations to and the Demolition of Heritage Attributes at Designated Heritage Properties at 1206-1210 Yonge Street, Demolition of a Heritage Property at 1196-1204 Yonge Street and Authority to Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement".
That City Council delete the Recommendations in the report (March 13, 2024) from the City Solicitor and adopt instead the following recommendations in the Transmittal (March 28, 2024) from the Toronto Preservation Board:
1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the (March 13, 2024) report from the City Solicitor.
2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 13, 2024) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council, at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 13, 2024) from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it is about litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.
4. City Council request Heritage Planning to work with the applicants on a Reconstruction Plan for 1196-1210 Yonge Street to seek that the bricks are not painted, and are reconstructed and returned to their original and historically accurate brick colour.