Item - 2021.GL25.9

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council, as Approving Authority, authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to initiate expropriation proceedings, to acquire fee simple ownership of the entire property municipally known as 11 Parliament Street, legally described in Appendix A to the report (August 31, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and shown on Appendix B to the report (August 31, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to facilitate the eastward extension of Queens Quay East to Cherry Street and the reconstruction of the Queens Quay East and Parliament Street intersection to further implement the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan, East Bayfront Precinct Plan and Keating Channel Precinct Plan.

2. City Council, as Approving Authority, direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to serve and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the property municipally known as 11 Parliament Street, to forward any requests for hearing to the Chief Inquiry Officer, to attend any hearings in order to present the City of Toronto's position, and to report the Chief Inquiry Officer's recommendations to City Council for consideration.

This report seeks authority for the City of Toronto to initiate expropriation proceedings for 11 Parliament Street (the "Property"). The acquisition of the Property is to facilitate, the eastward extension of Queens Quay East to Cherry Street and the reconstruction of the Queens Quay East and Parliament Street intersection to further the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan, East Bayfront Precinct Plan and Keating Channel Precinct Plan.

This is the first stage of the expropriation process. If the application for approval to expropriate is authorized by City Council, in its capacity as the Approving Authority under the Expropriations Act, City staff will work with Waterfront Toronto to serve and publish a Notice of Application for Approval to Expropriate on all registered owners as set out in the Waterfront Expropriation Protocol. Registered owners are entitled to request a hearing in accordance with the Expropriations Act.

If no inquiry is requested, City Council may approve the expropriation through a subsequent Stage 2 report. At that time, staff will report to City Council with further details on the anticipated costs, based on appraisals. If City Council adopts the Stage 2 report in its capacity as the Approving Authority, City staff will work with Waterfront Toronto to prepare and register an Expropriation Plan and to serve the Notices of Expropriation on the appropriate parties, in accordance with the Waterfront Expropriation Protocol. Statutory offers of compensation must be served before the City can take possession of the expropriated Property.