Report
to/Rapport au :
Agriculture and
Rural Affairs Committee
Comité de
l’agriculture et des affaires rurales
and Council / et au
Conseil
5 April 2012 /
le 5 avril 2012
Submitted by/Soumis
par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager/Directrice municipale adjointe, Planning and Infrastructure / Urbanisme et Infrastructure
Contact Person/Personne resource: Robin Souchen, Manager, Realty
Services Branch,
Real Estate Partnerships and Development Office/Gestionnaire, Direction
des services immobiliers, Bureau de partenaires immobiliers et du Développement
(613) 580-2424 x 21549, Robin.Souchen@ottawa.ca
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REPORT
RECOMMENDATION
That the Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee recommend that Council authorize the sale of 2593 Old Carriage Court.
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité de
l’agriculture et des affaires rurales recommande au Conseil d’autoriser la
vente du 2593, cour Old Carriage.
BACKGROUND
The subject property is known municipally as 2593
Old Carriage Court. The property is
located in the Metcalfe Subdivision situated at the intersection of 8th
Line Road and Bruce Street in the former Township of Osgoode. The property is
vacant and contains an area of approximately 2271.0 m2 (0.56 acres). 2593 Old Carriage Court was conveyed to the
Township of Osgoode by the developer as a condition of subdivision approval as
security, pending completion of all obligations required under the Subdivision
Agreement - Plan 4M-806 registered on 13
February 1992.
It was identified, after a review of the
properties currently held by the City as security, that the Metcalfe
Subdivision still required a final lift of asphalt on the roads within the
subdivision. Registered letters have been sent to the developer requesting that
they contact Development Services and provide them with a timeline for the
completion of the outstanding works. No response was received and in a letter
dated January 12, 2012, the developer was advised that the City, conditional on
Council approval, will proceed with the sale of the property and that it was
the City’s intent to draw on the remaining securities to have all outstanding
works completed.
DISCUSSION
Condition 25.04 of the subdivision agreement
for Plan 4M-806 authorizes the City, after having first notified the
owner/developer and subject to approval by City Council, to sell the security
lot at any time to pay the cost of any outstanding works to rectify any default
by the owner/developer.
The sale of the subject property will provide the
City with funds to complete the road work.
Staff has estimated the cost of outstanding work to be approximately
$32,000. The property will be marketed
for sale for $105,000 which is within the estimated market value established by
an in-house appraisal. Once the road
work is completed by the City and the actual cost is known, the developer will
be reimbursed with any surplus monies received from the sale, less
administration fees and costs.
It is anticipated that the property will be
advertised for sale in May 2012. A “For Sale”
sign will be erected on the property and an ad will be placed on the City’s Web
Page as well as the local newspapers. An acceptable offer will be submitted to
the appropriate delegated authority for approval. This report will detail the conditions of the
sale including the purchase price and the name of the purchaser.
RURAL IMPLICATIONS
The sale of this property will enable the
completion of the outstanding works in the subdivision and improve the
conditions for residents in the rural subdivision.
CONSULTATION
This is an administrative matter. No internal
or external circulation was undertaken.
Public consultation will include advertisement
of the property for sale on the City website, placing a “For Sale” sign on the
property as well as advertising in the Citizen and Le Droit newspapers.
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPLICATIONS
The Land Use and Natural Systems unit does not
object to the sale of this village residential property in order to address the
outstanding subdivision works.
Aerial photography and available natural
heritage information sources do not suggest that the property contains any
significant features of the natural heritage system or that it performs any
significant ecological functions. The
nearest known element of the natural heritage system is the Cassidy Drain and
its associated riparian corridor, located adjacent to east of the subject
property. This watercourse is located
within a separate linear parcel owned by the City, and is maintained by the
City as a municipal drain. It provides
habitat for fish and small wildlife species.
It is not included within the property to be sold and will continue to
be owned and maintained by the City.
City staff are not aware of any species at risk
occurring on the subject property, however, the new owner would be well advised
to check for butternut trees on or adjacent to the property before commencing
any on-site works in order to avoid any potential contraventions of the
provincial Endangered Species Act, 2007.
HOUSING FIRST POLICY
The Official Plan policy directs that the City
make land available for affordable housing and give priority for the sale or
lease of surplus City-owned property for this purpose.
The Housing First Policy approved by Council on
13 July 2005, establishes priority consideration to the Housing Branch in the
identification of potentially surplus City-owned property, to be used in
achieving the City’s affordable housing program targets. The policy also requires that the Official
Plan target of 25% affordable housing, be met on any City owned property sold
for residential development. Where
viable residential properties are disposed of without a condition requiring an
affordable housing component, 25% of the proceeds from the sale are to be
credited to a housing fund to be used for the development of affordable housing
elsewhere in the City.
Although the subject property is zoned
residential and Housing is entitled to 25% of the proceeds of any sale under
the Housing First Policy, the Housing
Branch will not seek 25% of the proceeds from the sale of lands in this
instance because the lands have been acquired for financial security through
the subdivision agreement (dating back to 1992), and are currently being
sold to satisfy a condition of the subdivision agreement with the proceeds of the
sale being used to complete outstanding works in the subdivision.
COMMENTS BY THE WARD
COUNCILLOR(S)
Ward 20 - Councillor Thompson – Supports the
staff recommendation.
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no legal impediments to implementing the
recommendation of this report. The subdivision agreement registered as
Instrument No. LT757955 provides a mechanism to sell the security lot and
complete the outstanding works.
RISK MANAGEMENT
IMPLICATIONS
There are
no risk management impediments to implementing the Recommendation arising from
this Report.
CITY
STRATEGIC PLAN
There are no City Strategic Plan impediments to
implementing the recommendation arising from this report.
TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no Technical Implications
associated with this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
The sale of the subject property will provide
the City with funds to complete the road work.
Staff has estimated the cost of outstanding work to be approximately
$32,000. The property will be marketed
for sale for $105,000. Once the road work and sale have been completed by the
City and the actual cost and sale price are known, the developer will be
reimbursed for any surplus monies, less administration fees and costs. Expenses
and revenue will flow through Planning and Growth Management’s Construction
Services Recoveries Account (134162).
ACCESSIBILITY IMPLICATIONS
There are no accessibility implications to
implementing the recommendation arising from this Report.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Attached, as Document ‘1’, is a sketch showing
the subject property.
DISPOSITION
Following approval,
Realty Services will take the necessary action to dispose of the property.
Document 1
