Sale of Land - Land not Required for Waterfront Drive -
Humber Bay Shores - Rear of 2063 Lake Shore Boulevard
West (Ward 2 - Lakeshore Queensway)
The Corporate Services Committee recommends the adoption of the following report (October16, 1998) from the
Commissioner of Corporate Services:
Purpose:
To authorize the sale of the property described in this report.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
The property will be assembled with the adjoining private property for the nominal consideration of $2.00 to promote
development and expand the City's tax base, and facilitate the implementation of various public objectives related to the
Motel Strip (Humber Bay Shores) Secondary Plan.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
(1)the surplus property described as Part of the Water Lot Patented to John Duck, formerly in the City of Etobicoke, now
City of Toronto, located at the rear (east) of 2063 Lake Shore Boulevard West, being vacant land comprising an area of
approximately 88 m2 (945 sq. ft.) be sold to the abutting owner, Prombank Investment Limited, at 2063 Lake Shore
Boulevard West for a nominal consideration of $2.00; and
(2)the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
Council Reference/Background/History:
City Council, at its meeting held on October 1 and 2, 1998, adopted, without amendment, Clause No. 25 contained in
Report No. 13 of the Corporate Services Committee, thereby declaring the subject land surplus and directing staff to offer
the property for sale to the abutting owner.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
Extensive negotiations between adjacent owners and the Motel Strip Public Partnership (Toronto and Region
Conservation Authority, the City of Etobicoke, and Metro Toronto) regarding property boundary rationalization was
undertaken.
The parties to the aforementioned public partnership were authorized by their respective approval bodies to rationalize
property holdings in the area to accomplish various objectives including the creation of a regional park and a waterfront
road. Most of the real estate exchanges were completed in the last two years.
Once the detailed design of the road was completed, and its construction advanced, it became obvious that certain
additional remnants west of the road (Parcels A and B on the attached sketch) which were originally acquired through a
negotiated acquisition, were surplus to public needs and should be transferred to the abutting owners. Had the final road
alignment been identified earlier, these parcels would have been incorporated into the original land exchange.
Accordingly, pursuant to City Council direction, the abutting owner, Prombank Investment Limited, was approached and
wishes to acquire this property for the nominal consideration of $2.00. This conveyance does not provide any density to
the site and implements the finalization of the co-operative property boundary rationalization.
Conclusions:
The property is not required for municipal purposes and was declared surplus. Staff were directed to offer the property for
sale to the abutting owner, and agreement was reached for a nominal $2.00 in furtherance of various public objectives
related to the implementation of the Humber Bay Shores Regional Park in the context of co-operative property boundary
rationalizations between the public and private owners.
Contact Name:
Mr. Francois (Frank) G. Bedard, Telephone: (416) 394-8096; Fax No.: (416) 394-8895; E-mail: fbedard@pathcom.com.
(A copy of the sketch, referred to in the foregoing report, was forwarded to all Members of Council with the November9,
1998, agenda of the Corporate Services Committee and a copy thereof is also on file in the office of the City Clerk.)
