HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRPS-09-155 - Declare Surplus Lands - Health Sciences Campus
REPORT
REPORT TO:
Committee of the Whole
DATE OF MEETING:
December 14, 2009
SUBMITTED BY:
Lesley MacDonald, Director of Legal Services
and City Solicitor
PREPARED BY:
Lesley MacDonald, Direcor of Legal Services
and City Solicitor
WARD(S) INVOLVED:
Ward 6
DATE OF REPORT:
December 10, 2009
REPORT NO.: CRPS -09-155
SUBJECT:
DECLARE LANDS SURPLUS FOR CONVEYANCE OF
EASEMENTS AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO FOR PURPOSES OF THE
HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City of Kitchener hereby declare the lands located at the intersection of King
Street W. and Victoria Street South, in the City of Kitchener described as Part of Lots A,
B, 1-3, 7-12, Plan 420, and Part of Park Lot 448, Plan 375, being Parts 1 & 2, Plan 58R-
16455 surplus to the City’s needs for the purposes of conveying the required easements
to K-W Hydro and The Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the subsequent
conveyance of the lands to The University of Waterloo for the Health Science Campus
and road widenings to The Regional Municipality of Waterloo; and further,
That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute the necessary documentation to
effect these transactions, said documentation to be to the satisfaction of the City
Solicitor.
BACKGROUND:
On February 13, 2006, Council approved a transaction with L.P. Holdings Inc., for the staged
City acquisition of the lands located at 521 King Street W. Subsequently on March 27, 2006
Council authorized the staged transfer of the said lands to the University of Waterloo to facilitate
the Health Sciences Campus.
REPORT:
It is now in order to officially transfer these lands to the University and to effect said transfer
these lands need to be declared surplus to the City’s needs. This transaction is exempt from
obtaining an appraisal of the lands pursuant to Ontario Regulation 815/94 made under the
Municipal Act.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None, the land has been donated to the City of Kitchener and in turn is being donated to the
University of Waterloo.
CONCLUSION:
In order to facilitate the above transactions, it is necessary to declare the subject lands as
surplus to the City’s needs.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY:
Rod Regier, Executive Director of Economic Development