Assessment Review Board Commission de révision de l’évaluation foncière
PROCEDURAL ORDER
ISSUE DATE: August 11, 2015 BOARD ORDER NO. 137359
Assessed Person:
Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
Appellant:
Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
Respondent(s):
Please refer to Schedule “A” attached
Respondent(s):
Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (“MPAC”) (Multiple Regions)
Property Location(s):
Please refer to schedule “A” attached
Municipality(ies):
Please refer to schedule “B” attached
Roll Number(s):
Please refer to schedule “A” attached
Region Number(s)
Please refer to schedule “A” attached
Appeal Number(s):
Please refer to schedule “A” attached
Taxation Year(s):
2013 – 2016
Legislative Authority: Hearing Number:
Sections 40, 33 and 34 of the Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. A.31, as amended
591732
ARB Case Name:
BO 137259
APPEARANCES:
Parties Counsel+/Representative
Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
E. Johnston for Representative (Altus Group)
MPAC C. Mattatt
K. Myan
Multiple Municipalities (see attached Schedule B)
PROCEDURAL ORDER OF THE ASSEMENT REVIEW BOARD
These matters came before the Assessment Review Board at a pre-hearing held by telephone conference held on July 29, 2015.
The parties have already submitted and exchanged the:
(a) GRAD Reports
The parties have met and are working together to exchange information and accommodate inspections as needed.
On consent of the parties, the Board orders that:
- The Appellant shall serve its Statement of Issues to MPAC and the (“Municipalities”)
no later than November 20, 2015.
MPAC shall serve its Response on the Appellant and the Municipalities no later than January 22, 2016.
If the Municipality intends to participate in any of these appeals, it shall serve its Response on the Appellant and MPAC no later than January 22, 2016.
If the Municipality does not serve a Statement of Response it shall be deemed to have elected not to participate actively in the appeal. The Municipality remains a statutory party and shall be entitled to notice of all future events and service of all material, but without leave of the Board shall not be entitled to raise issues or present evidence at the hearing. Limited cross-examination may be permitted.
The Board will convene a pre-hearing telephone conference call on February 10, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (Hearing No. 598836), at which time the parties will provide a report on the status of these appeals.
For a Telephone Conference Call, no earlier than five minutes prior to the indicated start time, parties must dial one of the following telephone numbers:
From Toronto: 416-212-8012 or From outside Toronto: 1-866-633-0848
After hearing the conference greeting enter the code: 4892355#
You will not be placed into the call with the other participants in the conference until the presiding member is on the line.
Please remain on the line until the presiding member calls the hearing to order. If experiencing technical difficulties, press *0 to access the I-Serve operator for
assistance.
Note that for a Telephone Conference Call event, the Board will proceed 10 minutes after start time indicated if the parties have not yet appeared.
Further Notice will be provided.
Any party requiring a subsequent pre-hearing event or a motion date may contact the Registrar to secure a date and shall serve and file motion materials indicating the nature of the order requested. The motion shall be heard by teleconference call.
The Board may vary or add to this Order at any time, either on request or as it sees fit. It may alter this Order by an oral ruling or by another written Order.
“M. Bourassa”
M. BOURASSA VICE CHAIR
COPIES TO: Parties who appeared/ and or participated
AND TO: MPAC, Attn: Manager of Case Management
Case Coordinator, Sandra Bennett
Attachment(s): Schedule A and B
Assessment Review Board
A constituent tribunal of Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario
Website: www.elto.gov.on.ca Telephone: 416-212-6349 Toll Free: 1-866-448-2248
Schedule “B ” – Municipalities
City of Brampton
N. Atheson
City of Windsor
V. Gowans
City of Ottawa
J. Mulverhill
City of Barrie
P. Childs
City of Mississauga
S. Doyle
City of Kitchener
T. Grau