Recovery of Costs - 650 Parliament Street

That failure resulted in localized fires at various electrical panels. Fire crews extinguished the fires and evacuated all of the apartment units with residents transported to local shelter nearby, with the assistance of Toronto Police Service. Approximately 1,500 residents were displaced from their homes. At the time of writing this report, residents have not returned to the Property. Parwell Investments Inc. and Bleeman Holdings Ltd. own the Property (the "Property Owner"). The Property Owner has stated that they were not immediately equipped to respond to the emergency, including the provision of interim shelter, food, wares, and transportation for all of the displaced residents of the Building. City officials advised the Property Owner that it was their responsibility to provide for the displaced residents. Mr. Samuel Grosz, President of the Property Owner, indicated that the Property Owner did not have the staff or resources to provide emergency assistance to the displaced residents but agreed to make the City whole if the City would provide those services. The City incurred significant costs in providing and facilitating the delivery of emergency human services (accommodation, clothing, food, access to medical aid, transportation etc.). The bulk of the costs incurred by the City were known and tabulated by October 10, 2018. At that time, the City Manager wrote to the Property Owner and provided them with an interim invoice. Since that time, the Property Owner's representatives have sought time to review and consider the City's demand for reimbursement. Through the City Solicitor's office, the City provided the Property Owner's lawyers with an updated accounting and detailed records (hundreds of pages of documentation) supporting all of the costs the City was seeking to recover. The Property Owner has failed to remit any payment to reimburse the City for the costs incurred. The Property Owner has been given documentation that supports the City's claim for reimbursement and ample time to consider the matter. A logical next step is to commence a civil action to recover the monies owed to the City. Confidential Attachment 1 contains legal advice from the City Solicitor relating to the proposed civil action.

confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor and that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential in its entirety, as it pertains to potential litigation and contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.