Item - 2025.GG26.34

The General Government Committee recommends that:  

1. City Council, as approving authority under the Expropriations Act (the "Act"), approve the expropriation of the permanent and temporary easements in part of the properties municipally known as 10 and 20 Scrivener Square as set out in Appendix A (the "Lands") to the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and as identified on the draft reference plan attached as Appendix C to the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.  

2. City Council authorize the City, as expropriating authority under the Act, to take all necessary steps to comply with the Act, including but not limited to the preparation and registration of an Expropriation Plan, and service of Notices of Expropriation, Notices of Election and Notices of Possession, as may be required.

3. City Council authorize severally each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Director, Real Estate Services to prepare, execute and serve Offers of Compensation based on a report appraising the market value of the Lands in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

4. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, once there has been a final determination of the compensation payable to the property owners by arbitration, appeal or settlement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 

On October 1 and 4, 2021, City Council authorized the initiation of expropriation proceedings for a permanent and temporary easement for part of the properties municipally known as 10 and 20 Scrivener Square (the "Lands"), for the purposes of constructing an exit at Summerhill Subway Station (the "Station") as part of the Fire Ventilation Upgrade Project, of which the Second Exit Project (the "Project") is a component of, the Toronto Transit Commission. 

On July 23 and 24, 2025, City Council authorized the initiation of expropriation proceedings for additional easement property interests that were identified by the TTC and were necessary to further facilitate the Project. The permanent and temporary easements from the October 1 and 4, 2021 City Council meeting were restated and incorporated into this report along with the new easements.

This report relates to the second stage of the expropriation process. During the first stage and in accordance with the Expropriations Act, Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate were served on all applicable "registered owners," and published in the newspaper. Parties with affected interests in the land had 30 days to request an inquiry into whether the proposed taking is fair, sound, and reasonably necessary. No requests were received within the 30-day period, and City Council may now approve the expropriation by this Stage 2 report. If authorized, an Expropriation Plan will be registered, and associated notices served. Statutory Offers of Compensation must be served prior to the City taking possession of the expropriated properties.

The Lands are set out in Appendix A and shown on the draft reference plan attached as Appendix C.