Item - 2024.CC20.21

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on July 24, 2024 with amendments.

CC20.21 - Official Plan Amendment 615 - Yonge Street North Secondary Plan - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Ward:
18 - Willowdale

City Council Decision

City Council on July 24 and 25, 2024, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 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 (July 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

 

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 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.

 

4. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to report back to City Council on the status of development activity, available funds received through growth funding tools and resulting opportunities for new parkland dedication and acquisition in the area bounded by Yonge Street, Steeles Avenue East, Willowdale Avenue, and Centre Avenue, within 12 months of the Ontario Land Tribunal approving Official Plan Amendment 615.

 

5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with other Divisions, to develop and report back to City Council on an Implementation Strategy for community service facilities in the Yonge Street North area, within 12 months of the Ontario Land Tribunal approving Official Plan Amendment 615.

  

6. Through the review of a site-specific rezoning application, City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to facilitate pick-up/drop-off away from Yonge Street and on the flanking roads instead, in accordance with the draft Yonge Street North Secondary Plan Policy 3.13.

 

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

 

1. City Council endorse the amendments to Official Plan Amendment 615 as set out below and in Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor and direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the revised Official Plan Amendment.

 

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

 

Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 10, 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 (July 10, 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 (July 10, 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)

(July 10, 2024) Report from the City Solicitor on Official Plan Amendment 615 - Yonge Street North Secondary Plan - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions (CC20.21)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-247651.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Confidential Information
Confidential Appendix A - Confidential Information - made public on July 29, 2024
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-247678.pdf

Motions (City Council)

1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Lily Cheng (Carried)

That:

 

1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to report back to City Council on the status of development activity, available funds received through growth funding tools and resulting opportunities for new parkland dedication and acquisition in the area bounded by Yonge Street, Steeles Avenue East, Willowdale Avenue, and Centre Avenue, within 12 months of the Ontario Land Tribunal approving Official Plan Amendment 615.

 

2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in consultation with other divisions, to develop, and report back to City Council on an Implementation Strategy for community service facilities in the Yonge Street North area, within 12 months of the Ontario Land Tribunal approving Official Plan Amendment 615.

  

3. Through the review of a site-specific rezoning application, City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to facilitate pick-up/drop-off away from Yonge Street and on the flanking roads instead, in accordance with the draft Yonge Street North Secondary Plan Policy 3.13.


Motion to Adopt Item as Amended (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council