Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement
du territoire
ISSUE DATE:
April 30, 2024
CASE NO(S).:
OLT-24-000025
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 26(1) of the Expropriation Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26, as amended.
Claimant:
The Estate of Audrey Elizabeth Short,
The Estate of James Howard Short and Gordon Bruce Short
Respondent
His Majesty the King in Right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Minister of Transportation in the Province of Ontario
Reference Number:
Expropriation Plan KL146956
Property Address:
2574 Highway 7
Municipality/UT:
Kawartha Lakes/Kawartha Lakes
OLT Case No:
OLT-24-000025
Heard:
April 25, 2024, by Video Hearing
APPEARANCES:
Parties
Counsel
The Estate of Audrey Elizabeth Short, The Estate of James Howard Short and Gordon Bruce Short
C.M. Loopstra
M. Ng
His Majesty the King in Right of the Province of Ontario as Represented by the Minister of Transportation
L. Brazil
MEMORANDUM OF ORAL DECISION DELIVERED BY S. BRAUN ON APRIL 25, 2024 AND ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL
1This was the first Case Management Conference (“CMC”) held in this matter involving an expropriation by His Majesty the King in Right of the Province of Ontario as Represented by the Minister of Transportation relating to the property Municipally known as 2574 Highway 7 in the Town of Lindsay.
2The Parties have not yet engaged in settlement discussions as they await the completion of appraisal reports which are expected to be exchanged on or before Thursday, August 1, 2024. The Parties have agreed that, should they wish to avail themselves of the resource of Tribunal-assisted mediation, they will make a request for same no later than Tuesday, June 3, 2025. In the meantime, the Parties wished to schedule a hearing date and finalize a Procedural Order (“PO”). The PO appended hereto as Attachment 1 shall govern the proceedings leading up to and including the Hearing.
3The Tribunal scheduled a five (5) day Video Hearing commencing on Monday, September 15, 2025, 10 a.m. and ending on Friday, September 19, 2025.
4Parties are asked to log into the Video Hearing at least 15 minutes before the start of the event to test their video and audio connections:
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5Parties are asked to access and set up the application well in advance of the event to avoid unnecessary delay. The desktop application can be downloaded at GoToMeeting or a web application is available: https://app.gotomeeting.com/home.html.
6Persons who experience technical difficulties accessing the GoToMeeting application or who only wish to listen to the event can connect to the event by calling into an audio-only telephone line: (Toll Free): 1-888-299-1889 or +1 (647) 497-9373. The access code is as indicated above
7Individuals are directed to connect to the event on the assigned date at the correct time. It is the responsibility of the persons participating in the Video Hearing to ensure that they are properly connected to the event at the correct time. Questions prior to the Hearing event may be directed to the Tribunal’s Case Coordinator having carriage of this case.
ORDER
8There will be no further notice and this Member is not seized.
9It is so ordered.
“S. Braun”
S. Braun
vice-chair
Ontario Land Tribunal
Website: olt.gov.on.ca Telephone: 416-212-6349 Toll Free: 1-866-448-2248
The Conservation Review Board, the Environmental Review Tribunal, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and the Mining and Lands Tribunal are amalgamated and continued as the Ontario Land Tribunal (“Tribunal”). Any reference to the preceding tribunals or the former Ontario Municipal Board is deemed to be a reference to the Tribunal.
ATTACHMENT 1