Item - 2021.MM35.31
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on July 14, 2021 with amendments.
MM35.31 - Ensuring Retention of Community Benefits Through Provincial Expropriation of Municipally-owned Land - by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on July 14, 15 and 16, 2021, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to report to the October 27, 2021 meeting of the Executive Committee with recommendations to permit City Councillors to seek City Council approval of business transactions related to the expropriation of municipal land by Provincial and Federal governments related to the creation of higher-order transit.
2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to report to the October 27, 2021 meeting of the Executive Committee with recommendations to replace delegated staff authority with City Council approval of all claims and Offers of Compensation related to the expropriation of City-owned properties at 271 Front Street East and 25 Berkeley Street.
3. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to report back to the Executive Committee in first quarter of 2022, on a process for returning statutory compensation generated through Provincial and Federal expropriation of municipal lands back to the local community.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM35.31 be referred to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That City Council amend Recommendations 1 and 2 by deleting the date "September 23, 2021" and inserting the date "October 27, 2021" so that it now reads as follows:
1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to report to the October 27, 2021 meeting of the Executive Committee with recommendations to permit City Councillors to seek City Council approval of business transactions related to the expropriation of municipal land by Provincial and Federal governments related to the creation of higher-order transit.
2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to report to the October 27, 2021 meeting of the Executive Committee with recommendations to replace delegated staff authority with City Council approval of all claims and Offers of Compensation related to the expropriation of City-owned properties at 271 Front Street East and 25 Berkeley Street.