Item - 2021.IE21.4

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 

1. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to negotiate and execute an extension of the Construction Coordination Agreement between the City and Toronto Hydro dated June 10, 2016, for a period of one year, on terms similar to those in the existing Construction Coordination Agreement, with such necessary minor updates that are agreed to by both the City and Toronto Hydro, and in a form that is acceptable to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to enter into annual extensions, as may be necessary, of the Construction Coordination Agreement, until a new Construction Coordination Agreement is developed and approved by City Council.

The purpose of this report is to seek Council's authority for the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to negotiate and execute a one-year extension of the existing Construction Coordination Agreement with Toronto Hydro Electric System Limited and Toronto Hydro Energy Services Incorporated (together, "Toronto Hydro"), dated June 10, 2016. The report also seeks a delegation of authority to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, to enter into further one-year extensions, as may be necessary, of the Construction Coordination Agreement, until a new Construction Coordination Agreement is developed and approved by City Council

The existing Construction Coordination Agreement between the City and Toronto Hydro, that permits the City to relocate or replace Toronto Hydro assets that are affected by, or might act as an impediment to City construction projects, will expire on June 10, 2021. An extension of the Construction Coordination Agreement is required to ensure unimpeded progress on City projects.