Authority to Negotiate and Enter into an Agreement for the Construction of Water Works along Lower Jarvis Street with Aecon Construction and Materials Limited

The terms and conditions of the proposed agreement are set out in Confidential Attachment 1 of the report. These Water Works involve the upgrading of the existing sanitary sewer along Lower Jarvis Street from south of Lake Shore Boulevard to north of the Metrolinx Lakeshore East Corridor bridge over Lower Jarvis Street; and the replacement of the existing 90 year old cast iron watermain, which is in poor condition, along Lower Jarvis Street, from The Esplanade to Queen's Quay. Undertaking this work now will ensure that adequate sanitary sewer capacity will be in place by mid-2021, to support the new development in the East Bayfront Waterfront Community; and given the major traffic disruption resulting from this construction undertaking this work now aligns with the City's objective of accelerating construction, where possible, to take advantage of the lower traffic volumes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services and/or designate to negotiate and enter into an appropriate form of agreement with Aecon, the current contractor of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway Rehabilitation Project: Section 1 - Jarvis Street to Cherry Street (Contract No. 18ECS-TI-01GE), to deliver the Water Works based on the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 1 of the report and on terms satisfactory to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services and each in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.