Item - 2024.CC18.5
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on May 22, 2024 with amendments.
CC18.5 - 410 Sherbourne Street - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 13 - Toronto Centre
City Council Decision
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 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.
2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in the Confidential Attachment 1 and Appendices A, B, and C to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and the timing of the release of each document shall be at the discretion of the City Solicitor to be no later than June 5, 2024.
3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 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.
May 31, 2024
The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public, as follows:
1. City Council accept the without prejudice settlement offer attached as Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor and direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Confidential Appendix C to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.
2. 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 (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor are now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).
The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 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 7, 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-245587.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Confidential Information
Confidential Appendix A - Confidential Information - made public on May 31, 2024
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-245589.pdf
Confidential Appendix B - Confidential Information - made public on May 31, 2024
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-245590.pdf
Confidential Appendix C - Confidential Information - made public on May 31, 2024
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-245591.pdf
Motions (City Council)
That City Council amend Recommendation 2 by adding the words "and the timing of the release of each document shall be at the discretion of the City Solicitor to be no later than June 5, 2024" so that it now reads as follows:
2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 and Appendices A, B, and C to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council and the timing of the release of each document shall be at the discretion of the City Solicitor to be no later than June 5, 2024.