Item - 2025.CC28.10

City Council on March 26 and 27, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 12, 2025) 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 and B to the report (March 12, 2025) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 12, 2025) 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 (March 12, 2025) 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 March 11, 2025 set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 12, 2025) from the City Solicitor, and 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 Zoning By-law Amendment until such time as the Ontario Land Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that:

a. the final form of the Zoning By-law Amendment is satisfactory to the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor;

b. City Council has approved Rental Housing Demolition Application 24 119156 STE 13 RH under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the existing rental housing, 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 City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary to implement City Council’s decision including:

1. replacement of the existing 61 rental dwelling units, including the same number of units, bedroom type and size (including overall GFA) and with similar rents; and

2. 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 rent gap assistance (or acceptable alternative unit), and other assistance to lessen hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. the owner has submitted a Functional Servicing Report for review and acceptance to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; the report will determine whether the municipal water, sanitary and storm sewer systems can support the proposed development and whether upgrades or improvements of the existing municipal infrastructure are required; and

d. the owner has entered into a financially secured agreement for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades and road improvements are required to support the development, according to the transportation report accepted by the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Functional Servicing Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

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

Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (March 12, 2025) 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 (March 12, 2025) 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 (March 12, 2025) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of City Solicitor.