Item - 2023.GG2.21

The General Government Committee recommends that:

1. City Council, as the approving authority under the Expropriations Act, approve the disposition of a portion of the property municipally known as 13 Barberry Place, Toronto, as shown cross hatched in blue and marked as Part 1 on Attachment 1 (the "Surplus Lands") to the report (February 16, 2023) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, by the City, as expropriating authority, without giving the owner from whom the Surplus Lands was expropriated the first chance to repurchase the Surplus Lands on the terms of the best offer received by the City.

2. City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect to the recommendations above.

This report seeks City Council authority to dispose of a portion of the property municipally known as 13 Barberry Place, Toronto, as shown cross hatched in blue and marked as Part 1 on Attachment 1 to this report (the "Surplus Lands") without giving the owners from whom the Surplus Lands were expropriated the first chance to repurchase the Surplus Lands on the terms of the best offer received by the City, pursuant to section 42 of the Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26, as amended (the "Expropriations Act").

The Surplus Lands form a small remnant portion of the original expropriated property at 13 Barberry Place. The previous owner does not own any abutting property, and therefore it is unlikely that the previous owner would have any interest in acquiring the Surplus Lands. Furthermore, City staff have been unable to locate the previous owner. In 2018, the Surplus Lands (along with the rest of the lands at 13 Barberry Place) were expropriated by the City for the purposes of a Transportation Services road project.