Item - 2025.CC33.19

The City Solicitor recommends that:

1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council.

3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

On June 11, 2024, the City received an Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment to permit a mixed-use development on 120 Bouchette Street in the McCleary District. The original proposal included three residential towers at 43-storeys, 46-storeys, and 49-storeys, containing a combined 1,626 dwelling units.

The applicant appealed City Council's neglect or failure to make a decision on its application for the Zoning By-law Amendment, to the Ontario Land Tribunal on January 24, 2025.

The City Solicitor requires further directions for an upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearing scheduled for January 19, 2026. This report is urgent and cannot be deferred because the procedural deadlines for the hearing are imminent.