Item - 2021.GL27.17

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to continue negotiations for the acquisition of the property interest as set out in Appendix A to the report (November 16, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and shown as Part 1 in sketch PS-2021-031 attached as Appendix B to the report (November 16, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management (the "Property"), and authorize the initiation of the expropriation proceedings for the Property, for the purpose of constructing a primary access route to 330 Progress Avenue as well as for providing site services including domestic water, sanitary, storm water, hydro, telecommunications and ancillary works for the new Toronto Paramedic Services multi-function station.

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to serve and publish the Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the Property to forward to the Ontario Land Tribunal any requests for inquiries received, to attend the hearing(s) to present the City of Toronto's position, and to report the Inquiry Officer's recommendations to City Council for its consideration.

The purpose of this report is to seek authority from City Council ("Council") to commence expropriation proceedings to acquire a fee simple interest in the portion of the property municipally known as 350 Progress Avenue (the "Property"), for the purpose of providing a primary access route and site services via Schick Court to the new Toronto Paramedic Services multi-function station to be located at 330 Progress Avenue in Scarborough (the "Project"). City Council previously approved the expropriation of a property required for the Project. Staff have now revised the property interest required.

This is Stage 1 of the expropriation process. Should City Council adopt the recommendations in this report, City staff may serve and publish the Notice of Application for Approval to Expropriate on each registered owner. Owners, as defined in the Expropriations Act (the "Act"), will have 30 days to request a hearing into whether the City's proposed taking is fair, sound and reasonably necessary.

City staff may report back to City Council with a Stage 2 report, providing details on property values and other costs, and if a hearing is requested, the report of the Ontario Land Tribunal. The proposed expropriation would only be effected, after adoption by City Council, as approving authority, of the Stage 2 report, by registration of an expropriation plan, which would then be followed by the service of notices as required by the Act.

Before the City can take possession of the expropriated property, offers of compensation based on appraisal reports must be served on each registered owner.