Item - 2015.CC11.3

City Council on December 9 and 10, 2015, adopted the following:

1.  City Council, as approving authority under the Expropriations Act, having considered the report of the Inquiry Officer, approve the expropriation of the property requirements set out in Appendix A to the report (November 26, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer for the purpose of the Royal York Subway Station Easier Access Phase III Project and to provide for access, support and maintenance of the subsurface transit and/or other municipal systems located on Royal York Subway Station for the reasons outlined herein, and based on the recommendations of the Inquiry Officer.

2.  City Council, as expropriating authority under the Expropriations Act, authorize all necessary steps to comply with the Expropriations Act, including but not limited to the preparation and registration of an Expropriation Plan, service of Notices of Expropriation, Notices of Election as to a  Date for Compensation and/or Notices of Possession, as may be required.

3.  City Council authorize City Staff to obtain an appraisal report to value the property requirements set out in Appendix A to the report (November 26, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, updated to the date of expropriation or, if the owner so elects in accordance with the Expropriations Act, to the date of service of the Notices of Expropriation; and to prepare and serve offers of compensation on all required parties, at the appraised value, all in accordance with the requirements in the Expropriations Act.

4.  City Council authorize any one of the Chief Corporate Officer, Director, Real Estate Services or Manager, Acquisitions and Expropriation to sign the Notices of Expropriation, Notices of Possession and any related documents required under the Expropriations Act on behalf of the City.

5.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council to give effect to Council's decision.

6.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 26, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer once there has been a final determination of the compensation payable for the Property by arbitration, appeal or settlement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 26, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer remains confidential in its entirety at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to a proposed or pending land acquisition by the City or one of its agencies, boards and commissions.  Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 26, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer will be made public once there has been a final determination of the compensation payable for the Property by arbitration, appeal or settlement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.