Item - 2021.GL21.13

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the City of Toronto (the "City") to enter into agreements, an offer to sell or an agreement under the Expropriation Act, with respect to the property interests identified in Appendix A to the report (March 12, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, (the "Property Interests"), on terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to execute the agreements, an offer to sell or an agreement under the Expropriation Act, with respect to the Property Interests.

3. City Council, as Approving Authority under the Expropriations Act, and in the event that the City of Toronto is unable to reach an agreement with the owner for the acquisition of the Property Interests:

a. approve the expropriation of the Property Interests;

b. authorize City staff to take all steps necessary to comply with the Expropriations Act, including but not limited to, the preparation and registration of an Expropriation Plan, and service of the Notice of Expropriation, Notice of Election as to a Date for Compensation, and/or Notice of Possession for the Property Interests, as may be appropriate;

c. authorize City staff to obtain an appraisal report to value the Property Interests, 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 registered owners, at the appraised value, all in accordance with the requirements in the Expropriations Act; and

d. authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to sign the Notices of Expropriation, the Notices of Possession, the Offer of Compensation, and any related documents on behalf of the City for the Property Interests.

4. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 12, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management once there has been a final determination of all claims for compensation for all of the Property Interests to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

As part of the Easier Access Phase 3 Project, the Toronto Transit Commission is proposing to construct two (2) elevators at Greenwood Subway Station on Line 2 providing accessibility to and from each of the eastbound and westbound platforms to the street level.

This report seeks approval from City Council, as the approving authority under the Expropriations Act, to expropriate the required permanent and temporary easements near Greenwood Subway Station, as identified in Appendix A, shown approximately in Appendix B, and more particularly detailed on the Reference Plan in Appendix C (the "Property Interests"), for the purposes of the Project. The Property Interests will enable the relocation of utility pipelines from the public right of way to 16 Linnsmore Crescent, to facilitate the construction of an elevator under the public right of way.