Item - 2025.CC35.17

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 3, 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 (December 3, 2025) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and the entirety of Confidential Appendix A to the report (December 3, 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 (December 3, 2025) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to work with applicants to negotiate office replacement on a site-by-site basis using the proposed policy direction endorsed by Planning and Housing Committee through PH14.9 and PH17.13, given that mediation through Official Plan Amendment 231 has been paused.

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

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 3, 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 (December 3, 2025) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.