Item - 2018.GM24.9

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council, as approving authority under the Expropriations Act, approve the expropriation of the property interests set out in Appendix A for permanent easements at 685 Lansdowne Avenue, 699 Lansdowne Avenue and 478 St. Clarens Avenue, and shown as Parts 1, 2 and 3, on the draft Reference Plan attached as Appendix B to the report (December 18, 2017) from the Director, Real Estate Services.

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

3.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 18, 2017) from the Director, Real Estate Services once there has been a final determination of all claims for compensation for all the Properties to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

As part of the Easier Access Phase lll Program (the "Project"), the Toronto Transit Commission (the "TTC") is proposing to construct three (3) new elevators at Lansdowne Subway Station that will provide access between street level and the below grade eastbound and westbound subway platforms.  In order to facilitate the Project, permanent easements are required on three private properties.

This report seeks approval from City Council, as the approving authority under the Expropriations Act to expropriate the required permanent easements in, over and through a portion of the properties known municipally as 685 Lansdowne Avenue, 699 Lansdowne Avenue and 478 St. Clarens Avenue.  The required properties are shown as Parts 1, 2 and 3 on the draft Reference Plan attached as Appendix B and on the maps attached as Appendix C.