Item - 2025.GG23.14

The General Government Committee recommends that:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71 (Financial Control By-Law), grant authority to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to amend the Purchase Order 6055315 with Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP for the provision of legal services at the Ontario Land Tribunal on behalf of the City related to Metrolinx’s expropriation of a portion of lands at Union Station, increasing the contract value by $174,111 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($177,176 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current contract value from $599,895 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($610,453 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $774,006 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($787,629 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

2. City Council, direct that all the information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 27, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Chief Procurement Officer remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains information about litigation that affects the City of Toronto.

The purpose of this report is to seek authority from City Council authority to amend the Non-Competitive Purchase Order 6055315 with Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP for the provision of legal services at the Ontario Land Tribunal on behalf of the City related to Metrolinx’s expropriation of a portion of lands at Union Station in the amount of $174,111 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($177,176 net of Harmonized Sales Tax), increasing the overall value of the Purchase Order from $599,895 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($610,453 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $774,006 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($787,629 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP's services were retained in response to the expropriation of land by Metrolinx at Union Station, related to their Union Station Enhancement Project, Package 1, for a new south concourse. Metrolinx took possession of the expropriated lands on July 15, 2020.

A final purchase order amendment is necessary to pay Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP for the services rendered representing the City in legal matters and negotiations which concluded in a settlement agreement between the City and Metrolinx in December 2024. No further amendments to this purchase order will be required in the future.