Item - 2024.CC18.12

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 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 (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Chief Planner, Executive Director, City Planning, to request that additional policies be added to Policy 6 of Site and Area Specific Policy 772, as part of the Ontario Land Tribunal's adjudication of the Official Plan Amendment 573 appeal, to permit heights greater than 24 metres, reduced setback minimums, increased setback height maximums, and permit additional shadow impacts on the north side of Danforth Avenue, provided that certain development components that support important municipal and provincial objectives, such as the provision of affordable housing, and exceedance in the building performance terms of the Toronto Green Standard, are included in a proposed development, and there are no negative impacts on the public realm, and there is an appropriate transition to existing Neighbourhoods located to the rear of properties on Danforth Avenue.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 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 (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.