Item - 2025.CC33.5

City Council on October 8 and 9, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 9, 2025) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 9, 2025) from the City Solicitor, at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 9, 2025) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it pertains to litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 9, 2025) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 26, 2025) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

October 23, 2025

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 9, 2025) 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 approve the demolition of the designated heritage property at 505 University Avenue in accordance with Section 34(1)2 of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of a reconstruction and commemoration strategy for the site substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by BDP Quadrangle Architects, dated June 12, 2025, and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment, dated August 22, 2025, prepared by GBCA Architects, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and subject to the conditions as set out below.

2. City Council direct that its consent to the application to demolish the designated heritage property at 505 University Avenue, in accordance with Part IV, Section 34(1)2 of the Ontario Heritage Act is also subject to the following conditions:

a. that the related Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments have come into full force and effect;

b. prior to the issuance of an Ontario Land Tribunal order in connection with the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment appeals for the property at 505 University Avenue, the owner shall provide a detailed Reconstruction and Commemoration Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the reconstruction and commemoration strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated August 22, 2025, prepared by GBCA Architects, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning;

c. prior to the issuance of an Ontario Land Tribunal order in connection with the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment appeals for the property at 505 University Avenue, the owner shall enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 505 University Avenue substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by BDP Quadrangle Architects, dated June 12, 2025, and submitted in conjunction with the Heritage Impact Assessment, dated August 22, 2025, prepared by GBCA Architects, and in accordance with the Reconstruction and Commemoration Plan required in Part 2.b. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, including execution and registration of this agreement, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

d. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 505 University Avenue, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building, as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the owner of the subject property shall:

1. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the reconstruction keyed to the approved Reconstruction and Commemoration Plan required in Part 2.b. above, including a detailed description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning;

2. provide full documentation of the existing heritage property at 505 University Avenue including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8 by 10 inch colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a memory stick in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning;

3. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning;

4. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describe how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such a plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning;

5. submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning;

6. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and

7. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Reconstruction and Commemoration Plan and Interpretation Plan.

e. prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 2.d.7. above, the owner shall:

1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant, confirming that the required reconstruction and commemoration work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Reconstruction and Commemoration Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of work has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and

2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill, authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 505 University Avenue.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 9, 2025) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 9, 2025) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.