Item - 2021.GL23.10

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that: 

1. City Council, as the Approving Authority under the Expropriations Act, approve the expropriation of the Easements as set out in Appendix A and as identified on the Reference Plans attached as Appendix B to the report (May 12, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, for municipal purposes including for the Port Union Road Widening project. 

2. City Council authorize the City of Toronto, 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 Expropriation Plans and the service of Notices of Expropriation, Notices of Election and Notices of Possession, if amicable acquisitions of the Easements cannot be completed to accommodate the project timelines.

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to prepare and serve Offers of Compensation in accordance with the requirements of the Expropriations Act, if amicable acquisitions of the Easements cannot be completed to accommodate the project timelines. 

4. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 12, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management once there has been a final determination of all claims for compensation payable to the property owners to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

This report seeks: approval from City Council as Approving Authority under the Expropriations Act, to expropriate permanent and temporary easements over part of the properties municipally known as 429 Port Union Road, 433 Port Union Road, 437 Port Union Road, 33 Rozell Road, 446 Lawson Road and 2 Cameron Glen Boulevard; and, approval for the City, as Expropriating Authority under the Expropriations Act, to serve associated notices and make statutory Offers of Compensation in accordance with the Expropriations Act.

The Easements are required for the Port Union Road Widening project, which will improve vehicular traffic as well as cyclist and pedestrian safety in the area.

This report relates to the second stage of the expropriation process. During the first stage and in accordance with the Expropriations Act, Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate were served on all applicable "registered owners", who had 30 days to request an inquiry into whether the proposed taking is fair, sound, and reasonably necessary. No requests were received and City Council may now approve the expropriation by this Stage 2 report. If authorized, the Expropriation Plans will be registered and associated notices served. Statutory Offers of Compensation must be served prior to the City taking possession of the expropriated properties.