Sunday, February 23, 2020

The City of Ottawa gave away a landmark in Chinatown.

Item: Disposal of 755 Somerset Street West to the Somerset West Community Health Centre, February 12, 2020.
Committee Recommendations: The Council
1.) Declare the property known municipally as 755 Somerset Street West described as Part of Lot 3 East of Lorne Avenue; Lots 1 and 2 North of Somerset Street; Lots 2 and 3 West of Empress Avenue; all on Plan 11285, as in NS 584, in the City of Ottawa and shown as Document 1, attached as surplus to the City's needs;
2.) Waive the requirement in Section 5 of the City's Real Property Disposal Policy requiring notification to the public of the pending sale of a City property;
3.) Waive the requirement in Section 1.2 of the City's Real Property Disposal Policy requiring all Real Property to be disposed of at market value and approve the sale of the lands known municipally as 755 Somerset West to the Somerset West Community Health Centre for a sum of $1 dollar.
The photo is from CBC News.
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The Chinatown neighbourhood is a Heritage Conservation District protected by Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act.
 The federal government should have had an opportunity to buy this building and create a national museum, to document important Chinese Canadian milestones.
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Municipality of Ottawa property that was privatized:
91 acres of Experimental Farm land called "the Clyde/Merivale lands."








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