Item - 2020.IE11.6

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:  

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water to negotiate and, where acceptable to the General Manager, enter into and execute on behalf of the City an agreement or agreements with Metrolinx for the relocation, alteration, construction and/or installation of municipal water and/or sewer infrastructure including appurtenances by Metrolinx's contractor(s) associated with Metrolinx transit projects, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water to negotiate and, where acceptable to the General Manager, enter into and execute on behalf of the City an agreement or agreements with the Toronto Transit Commission for the relocation, alteration, construction and/or installation of municipal water and/or sewer infrastructure including appurtenances by Toronto Transit Commission's contractor(s) associated with Toronto Transit Commission transit projects, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water to negotiate and, where acceptable to the General Manager, enter into and execute on behalf of the City an agreement or agreements with any future agencies or entities delivering transit projects on behalf of the City or Province for the relocation, alteration, construction and/or installation of municipal water and/or sewer infrastructure including appurtenances by contractor(s) associated with such agencies or entities, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

This report seeks authority for the General Manager of Toronto Water (the "General Manager") to negotiate and, where acceptable to the General Manager, enter into and execute construction agreements with the applicable transit agency either Metrolinx or Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) for the construction of municipal water and/or sewer infrastructure associated with transit projects. This authority is needed to facilitate efficient implementation of transit construction, given the vast number of transit projects, as well as the scale and complexity of these transit projects across the City.