Town is Currently Seeking Legal Advice

This letter received in todays mail from the Town indicates that there will NOT be a Town meeting on April 6th as previously anticipated.  The meeting has been tentatively set for April 26th instead, to allow time to seek advice on the legal requirements under the Residential Tenancy Act.

Roads Are Even Getting Attention

Today, even the roads are starting to get some attention in the back part of the park.  I must say that the roads are looking the best that I have ever seen them while living in this park..

Hopping Busy

1010 Dundas St is hopping busy with demolition crews rolling in.  There is even seemingly some work happening on the sewer sink hole.

Electrical Inspection

A rough wiring inspection is required and requires "the connections in boxes must be complete to the point where all that is left is to do is make the terminations to the devices."  No where here does it imply that you can actually hook something up before the rough wiring inspection.
A final inspection requires "your installation must be entirely complete".  Seeing as the new electrical panel is not even finished being built yet, I must conclude that the installation is not entirely complete.  So if the work is not entirely complete, 2074359 Ontario Ltd. must not have received final inspection.  If they have had any inspection it would be a rough wiring inspection from what I am seeing in the Electrical Code Simplified book that the inspector recommended for my own electrical project.  So if they have had a rough wiring inspection, no devices would be connected to the service wire from the public utility pole.

I am looking but not finding any legal reason why we are possibly running on public utility power and if I found a proper reason for this, I would then be seeking relief from the unnecessary noise pollution from this generator when we are receiving power seemingly from the public utility.

HYDRO APPEARS TO BE RESTORED

The generator is presently running but it appears to be putting out 0 Amps.  What does this mean?  I take it to mean that there is another form of power feeding the park.  If anyone else has another explanation, I would be most interested in hearing what other explanation there could be for the generator to be reporting 0 A output.

If you look really closely at this picture, even though it is a night time picture you will see that it appears to be a wire feeding the park from the public hydro pole on Hwy #2.  Last night I questioned back room politics, and now seeing this I must really ask what is happening here?  When I took math in school 1+1 always equalled 2 but in this park 1+1 seldom equals 2.  If the power was indeed cut until the landlord effected the necessary repairs why is the generator reporting 0 A output(1) plus why am I seeing a wire coming into the park from the public utility company pole(1) 1+1 does not equal what we are being told and are expected to believe, when we hear the generator running.

Why Not File Criminal Negligence Charges

I am wondering why multiple levels of government can not bind together and lay criminal negligence charges on the directors of 2074359 Ontario Ltd and any representatives of 2074359 Ontario Ltd who try and portray themselves as the owner.  If someone is driving carelessly, they would be charged with careless driving but if their careless driving caused an accident causing death you would see criminal negligence causing death as the charge.  How is this situation different other than the obvious fact that there is no driving of an automobile, but certainly the landlord is driving the tenants insane with their neglect to effect the necessary repairs.  Anyone who actually walks through the park can clearly see that the landlord is not even trying to effect the necessary repairs.  Unless there is imminent threats, our landlord does nothing and will drop any efforts that have been started, once the pressure is relieved.  Look at the unfinished sewer hole, look at the unfinished removal of the burnt trailer for just a couple examples of what I mean about "dropping efforts that have been started once the pressure is relieved."  And to think that the Town of Whitby is encouraging another further 30+ years of dealing with this kind of situation by approving a rezoning application to permit 5 condominium buildings.

Landlord May Be Right

I have just overheard the police tell the fire department that it took the fire department 45 minutes to show up; because, the police dispatcher did not call the fire department immediately after the call was put out by the officer.  Is it possible that the landlord is right and nobody gives a shit about the tenants of 1010 Dundas?  The police called the fire department in to investigate an odor of propane possibly from a leaking propane tank.  I am personally going to be demanding a public inquiry into this case and would call upon all of our government officials to jump on the bandwagon for a public inquiry into this matter as well.

Landlord Appears To Be Learning

Our landlord appears to be learning from watching this blog.  Maybe you can indeed teach an old dog new tricks.  It appears that the landlord has placed an oil drain pan by the generator to catch any leaking oil from the generator.  Hopefully the landlord has learned that he needs to issue notice before entering our property or interrupting our services, and we have no emergency as the generator is powering our park.  We may have not required 24 hour written notice before our temporary disconnection last wednesday but now there is a generator in place and powering our park quite nicely; and any interruption to our power service should be advised of with the necessary 24 hour written notice as required by the landlord and tenant act.  Please don't make us call in another investigation for an interruption of our services as there is NO EMERGENCY situation right now and normal rules should apply.

New Poles

Well the new poles have finally started to get installed.  Presently 2 of the 3 are actually standing upright in the ground.  Remember this is 1 week after the poles were delivered.

Ministry of the Environment

The Ministry of The Environment website lists the following contact information for:
Spills Action Centre
5775 Yonge Street 5th floor
North York ON M2M 4J1
Toll Free: 1-800-268-6060
Tel: (416) 325-3000
Fax (416) 325-3011

Contaminated Ground

This is a picture of the oil and coolant drain valves and you can quite clearly see the ground has been contaminated with oil from this generator.










Isn't this quite a puddle of oil and nobody is doing anything to try and clean this mess up.

This is another shot of the back tire of the trailer that the generator sits on which has three axles and you can clearly see that there has been ground contamination the length of these 3 axles.

Question about Electricians

Has anyone else noticed that we keep having different electricians working for our landlord and going into our breaker panels on the hydro poles?  I have a video from Sunday February 21, 2010 and the electrician who was with our landlord that day is not the same individual who was inspecting our services this week.

Update on Rental Payments

I have received the following quoted text via email from the Tenant's Association lawyer.
"The matter was adjourned to this tuesday. I spoke with Val on thursday to let her know. The esa said contractors have been working so they will reassess on monday."

Should We Be Contacting Pat Campagna

Pat Campagna is the mortgagee on record who took control over 1010 Dundas St. E. in December 2009 for a default on the mortgage by 2074359 Ontario Ltd and he brought in Appledale Property Management.  It appears from a tenants perspective that there is really no meaningful progress to effect the necessary electrical repairs on the property.  How long until enough is enough and we get someone in charge of this property who will effect the necessary repairs?  Tomorrow marks one week since the poles were delivered and they are still sitting right where they were delivered.  The ESA inspector told me before the disconnection don't worry they still have 4 days and that was just before the weekend.  I took that to mean that electrical repairs could be done over a weekend and here we are nearing the end of the second weekend and I still do not see any significant work done.  It appears that there may be a delay, in anticipation of the monthly rental collections but please be aware that the majority of the rents are not due until the first and that the normal office hours are Mondays from 3-6.  According to my calendar Monday is only the 29th day of March and therefore rent will not be paid on Monday.  Does this mean that we have to listen to the generator for at least 4-5 more days?  If the operation of the park on the generator is indeed $7500 per day and we have to wait another 4 days on top of the 4 days that we have already waited, the cost of the generator will be nearing $60,000.

Update on Barrie ON Trailer Park

I just got off the phone with the owner of the trailer park in Barrie and he has reported to me that the basic hydro service included in the trailer park monthly rental is a 40 A service.  The monthly rental in Barrie is comparable to some of the rentals within our own 1010 Dundas park, but would be considered significantly more for some of the elderly who have lived within this park for years and have avoided the rental increase fee for new owners of $50 per turn over of a trailer.  Seems kind of curious to me, that this other park is offering 40 A of hydro as your basic hydro service and our park is trying to switch people over to 15 A or 20 Amps of service as indicated on the notice that all of our tenants received on Feb 3, 2010.

Garbage Finally Cleaned Up

One tenant this morning apparently began removing the garbage from the parking lot area and piling it in front of the office.  Apparently management called the Police about this and the tenant ceased piling the garbage in front of the office.  I am glad to report though that the bagged garbage has been removed in its entirety from the parking lot, apparently at the expense of management.  The garbage in front of the abandoned trailer abutting the parking lot still remains but at least the parking lot itself has been cleaned up.

End of Day Friday

Lets have a status update of this week.  Monday mid day we had 3 new hydro poles delivered and they are still sitting in the exact same spot that they were delivered.  Residents remember approximately 10 years ago new hydro poles were ordered and delivered and wound up laying in the back field near the railroad rotting until last fall when they were finally cut up and disposed of.
Tuesday was the deadline for meaningful progress or the hydro would be cut off and nothing really happened.  Wednesday came along and we hit GLOBAL news but the landlord brought in a generator to restore power to the park after the power was indeed disconnected.  Thursday and Friday were taken up with one lonely electrician going pole to pole investigating whether or not the wire on the load side of the breaker would support the load given it from the breaker on the pole.  Those that would not support the load from the breaker, were not replaced but rather the breaker was replaced with a 20 A or possibly even a 15 A breaker which is legally considered a reduction in services under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 2006.  Legally this was required to meet Ontario Electrical Code with as much ease as possible.  The ethical and legally required under the Landlord and Tenant Act requirement would have been to replace the supply cord from the load side of the breaker to the breaker panel within the trailer.  Anyone who needs help in applying to the LTB for this "reduction in service", can consult with a lawyer at the Durham Legal Clinic in the Oshawa Centre.  Use this form to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board for an order determining that the landlord: reduced or discontinued a service or facility(T3) can be found at T3 Application and instructions for filling out this form can be found at T3 Instructions

To The Individual Who Keeps Commenting Anonymously

You have stated that trailer parks are a thing of the past and that nobody wants trailer parks anymore.  I must disagree with you and would like to point out you should educate yourself before you open your mouth.  I have done alot of research into things and am constantly educating myself on the laws and what is going on.  You or other tenants of 1010 Dundas St. E. might findcurrent Kijiji ad interesting!  Basically it is an ad about trailer park space available for rent in Barrie, ON and the contact info is listed as

Call 705-728-5008
705-728-5008

Professionally Managed by:

MELCHIOR MANAGEMENT

www.mmcorp.ca

How Much Power Do We Use

This is a picture of the display on the generator outlining how much power the park is consuming.  It is reporting that the generator is putting out 212 volts at 60Hz and 354 amps.  What is wrong with this picture?  We are 62 trailers and should be able to draw more than 354 amps if our individual trailer amperage of 30 amps were being more utilized.  Doing the math 62 trailers times 30 amps is 1860 amps.  So therefore we are only running a 20% load of the overall park electrical service.

Generator Refuelled

Well it appears that the generator is being adequately supplied with fuel.  I have just witnessed another refuelling of the generator and it appears that this time, they got it right and were using YELLOW jerry cans to refuel it as opposed to the RED jerry cans that I saw this morning.  Learning curves are an interesting thing!

Couple Days Are Up

Any of the wishful thinkers, who thought that these hydro poles would be installed within a couple days have lost on their predictions on the poll.  It is still possible that the 3 votes for 1 week could be possible, although the ESA has reported today that switching the generator off Tuesday to put us back on grid is probably an over ambitious goal.  It appears more probable that it will take between 1 week and 2 weeks which only 2 voters voted on 2 weeks.  The 5 voters who have voted 3 or more weeks may have been forgetting the pocketbook for 2074359 Ontario Ltd.

I have heard that it is costing approximately $300-$400 per day to power this generator.  Again it appears to be costing $2000 per day for the rental of this generator and possibly $5000 per day in fines.  So I guess $7500 per day is a mighty hefty hydro bill.  Just over a week of this generator running would have paid or almost paid for the necessary repairs.  If the previously reported price of $40,000 to repair the electrical system was indeed true, the generator may have jumped that bill over 25% before the major work really gets started.
The electrical work has taken a slow and painful start with one individual electrician today.  This individual has been checking every pole mounted breaker for every trailer to confirm that the wiring running from the breaker is indeed able to handle the load that the breaker will allow through.  It appears that the major issue is still not getting the attention that is required and therefore it presently appears that we will be running on the generator for the weekend.
The noise of the generator will have to be measured for the tribunal to consider it in the applications before the tribunal for interference with our reasonable enjoyment of the unit or of the complex.  Which has now exceeded 24 hours and therefore will be taken seriously within the tribunal.  After all it is not our fault as tenants that the landlord has withheld maintenance of the electrical system for the past 18 plus years since ordered to repair the electrical in November 1991.

Favorite Quote From This Week

The day of the 23rd I overheard "I did not know that the situation was this serious", this was stated to an ESA inspector in defense of why nothing had been done to effect the necessary repairs.  If the gentleman who said this was a little more responsible, the fiasco of today  possibly could have been avoided.  As a result of his ignorance I am also hearing that this generator is costing in the neighborhood of $2000 per day and I have also heard of possible fines around $5000 for every day that we go without hydro.

I wonder when any other government body is going to grow a spine and find a way of dealing with the sewage problems in this park.  Scroll down the page and take a look at the sewage picture, now picture that hole full of toilet/sink/bath water.  Do you have a clear mental picture now of what is in that hole?

Town Council heard at the last council meeting how this property already has the infrastructure to support the proposed 5 buildings.  In fact it was reported that there would have to be pressure relief valves in each of the condos to be able to withstand the water pressure that there would be.  Why then did it take me approximately 45 minutes to draw a bath tonight, when the new condos will be using the existing infrastructure?  Can someone possibly force the landlord to turn the water pressure up to full?  Maybe if the water pressure was turned to full, we might actually be able to see where the existing breaks in the lines are.

Thank You Global TV

Thank you for helping to get the message out about this blog and the short comings within our park.  Now hopefully we have the attention of the landlords and this attention will result in them effecting the necessary repairs within our park.

For anyone who may have missed it on the news tonight, it can be found at Select the" Without Power" story.  I am having trouble getting this video to load but if someone could get the direct link for this video and message me it, I would appreciate it.

Huge Generator Brought In To Power The Park

Massive generator is now on-site to be hooked up to power the trailer park during power interruption

ESA Electrical Disconnection This Afternoon

Now do you believe me???

I have been crying for months that the sky is falling and now we are hearing that the electrical is getting disconnected at 1:00 today

3 Samples of Quality Repairs In Our Park

This is a quality repair to support a hydro pole, apparently this showed ESA meaningful progress and averted a complete hydro shut down.

This is a fine example of providing new water lines for some trailers that have hardly had any water all winter.

And this is a prime example of where all the water ends up.  Does this look like quality  repairs to dispose of raw sewage or does it look like the health hazard that the local residents feel it is?

Now that you have 3 prime pictures of the quality repairs that we are expected to be HAPPY with in this park, I again must ask why no level of government is able to step in and force this landlord to effect the necessary repairs in a quality fashion and in a timely manner?  Would you want to raise your children in this kind of environment or allow your elderly relatives to slowly leave this earth in this muck? 

Todays Results

Yes, we have 3 new hydro poles on-site and it is now the end of the day on the deadline for possible hydro disconnection.  The ESA reported that they needed to see meaningful progress to effect the necessary repairs.

Would The ESA Please Give The Residents An Official Notice

The ESA has given us official notice of today as a possible disconnection date.  It appears that they are stalling off the disconnection based on the arrival to the property of 3 new hydro poles.  It would seem rational that the ESA would be giving a notice of some kind to the residents of 1010 Dundas St. E. as to where things are presently sitting.  Would the ESA kindly announce the present situation via the blog?

Jim's Car Pulled In At 7:15

Just writing to say that something may or may not be happening this morning as it is unusual for Jim's car to be on-site as early as 7:15.  Right around 8:00 ESA was also on-site discussing something with Jim and Tony around the poles and ESA has left the property before 8:30.

Question for Honourable Jim Flaherty

In the case of a natural disaster, Ottawa would provide emergency funding for any community within Canada and quite possibly the rest of the world.  As your constituents in your home riding, what would you be willing to do to support us?  Or will you keep turning a blind eye as it seems that you have been doing for quite some time already?

Has Anyone Considered This?

The mortgagee of the property reclaimed control over 1010 Dundas St. E. due to a default on the mortgage.  Has anyone considered forcing Pat Campagna the mortgagee of 1010 Dundas St. E. to reclaim control over the park and effect the necessary repairs?  This might be the best legal and ethical way of dealing with 2074359 Ontario Ltd and their neglect of their duties to maintain the property.  If anyone wishes contact info for Pat Campagna's Lawyers office, I would be glad to provide that info.

Priority #1 today appears to be sewers

This sink hole is what is getting all the early bird attention at least.  So far this has all been dug by hand and hopefully there will be a backhoe in to further dig this all out and they plan to pump the sewer to another trailers toilet.  It has also come to my attention that the trailer intended to receive this pump out is possibly connected to the same sewer line and that it might just flow right back in on them.

City Answer To Garbage Woes Part 2

The location of 1010 Dundas street has 4 designated waste collection points for selected units with in the trailer park that our collection vehicles are unable to get to.  This central garbage location that you have made reference to has a 48 bag limit.  Our collector was advised to pick up only 48 bags as set out for his route.  Large items such as the computer monitor and bulky items do require a special collection to be scheduled, you can all us at 905-668-3437 to schedule this pick up.  If you have any other concerns, please feel free to contact us at your convenience. Thank you Lisa Akeson Acting Foreman

 

Rob Carson, Working Foreman - Solid Waste By-Law Enforcement Officer

The Corporation of the Town of Whitby Public Works Department - Operational Services

Phone: 905-430-4300 ext. 3537 Fax:  905-668-9305

Latest ESA update

City Answer To Garbage Woes

Hello, Please accept this as your confirmation that Service Request #133920 has been entered and forwarded to the Supervisor of Solid Waste to investigate.  In addition, I have attached a copy of your email along with the 2 photos for his review.

Thank you.

Cindy BurghoutOperations ClerkTown of WhitbyTel:905-668-3437 Ext. 3505Fax: 905-668-9305

Vickery Electric

Just before 11 this morning I see a Vickery Electric pickup truck on-site.  Hopefully this is a good sign and there will be some meaningful progress on the electrical of the park today.

Present garbage woes!!!

Today Thursday March 18 we have current garbage woes.  The garbage pile was not removed in it's entirety and the garbage truck driver told me to place 2 unbagged articles in the pile for special pickup.  He also said that his truck would only pick up bagged garbage, this is where I have to question why the garbage pile was not totally removed?  The garbage pile was actually kind of small compared to some weeks and he has still left approximately half the pile most of which is bagged garbage.

Lets get the Town of Whitby Busy With Bylaw Infractions

Anyone have complaints about how our trailer park is lacking in the maintenance department?  Please find the proper form for filing your complaint at http://www2.whitby.ca/asset/pw-application_bylawcomplaintform-2009.pdf

This form can be faxed, emailed (building@whitby.ca) or mailed to Town of Whitby, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, ON  L1N 2M8.

Remember the old song by Twisted Sister?
Oh We're Not Gonna Take It     no, We Ain't Gonna Take It    oh We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore

we've Got The Right To Choose And   there Ain't No Way We'll Lose It   this Is Our Life, This Is Our Song  we'll Fight The Powers That Be Just    don't Pick Our Destiny 'cause   you Don't Know Us, You Don't Belong

And ESPECIALLY

oh You're So Condescending    your Gall Is Never Ending    we Don't Want Nothin', Not A Thing From You    your Life Is Trite And Jaded    boring And Confiscated    if That's Your Best, Your Best Won't Do

Sample of Corner Cutting Within Our Trailer Park

Would you like this to be the main supply of water to your house?  Residents of 1010 Dundas are expected to be HAPPY and thankful for this kind of repair to their water supply.  Even though this is only a temporary solution, I have to question why it is being buried below ground?  A temporary measure such as this type of piping might be acceptable in the middle of a deep freeze in the dead of winter, but this is spring and the ground is ready for working.  YES, that is a garden hose being run trailer to trailer and this particular hose is presently feeding 2 trailers.

Does this appear to be proper maintenance?  This is the exact reason why I question what corners might be cut with our electrical service, if indeed there is a 60% cheaper bid being awarded the contract.

Response from ESA

I have just received this response from the ESA at 7:42 pm Tuesday night.

I would hope to be able to update you on Thursday.

Question for the ESA

We are now 1 week away from possible disconnection of our hydro service.  Have you seen any meaningful progress on the property of 1010 Dundas St. E. Whitby, ON?  Should the residents be concerned about this date of March 23, 2010?  Can you tell us what time of day this possible disconnection might occur?  Will this possible disconnection be imminent (ie. exactly on the 23rd)?  Any further comments from the ESA would be most appreciated to help the residents of 1010 Dundas St. E. to better prepare themselves for the future.

Will The Town Hear The People????

The residents of 1010 Dundas St. E. have clearly spoken their situation.  Other town residents have also spoken in support of the residents of 1010 Dundas St. E.

Now if the Town votes YES, they will clearly be failing their CONSTITUENTS.  It is quite clear that our MP Jim Flaherty has already cast his vote and so has Christine Elliott.

The residents of 1010 Dundas St. E. might not be the wealthiest of society, but even still they are your constituents.  Will you listen to the cry from your constituents?  Or are the residents of the trailer park not worthy of a government body to speak up for the RIGHTS of their constituents?

It Has Come To My Attention Some People Do Not Understand Who The ESA Are

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_98e15_e.htm

“Electrical Safety Authority” means the person or body designated by the regulations as the Electrical Safety Authority; (“Office de la sécurité des installations électriques”)

http://www.esasafe.com/Corporate/abt_001.php?s=0
The Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) is a stand-alone, financially self-sustaining not-for-profit corporation accountable to a Board of Directors and operating as an Administrative Authority under the Electricity Act 1998 and an Administrative Agreement with the Ministry of Consumer Services. ESA is responsible for public electrical safety in Ontario as designated by Ontario Regulation 89/99.

Whitby Hydro Work Order

Tonight at the meeting it was announced by a gentleman about a Whitby Hydro Work Order from years ago which possibly forced the sale of the trailer park at that time.  Does anyone have any further information on that work order that could be forwarded to the ESA for review as to the current disconnection notice that we have received?

Council to seek their own legal advice before approving or disapproving application before them

The Town is presently not able to proceed on this application without seeking their own legal advice on whether or not they can hear current tenant concerns and weigh those concerns into their decision making progress.  Town Council will be revisiting this matter on April 6, 2010.

2074359 Ontario Ltd. has amended their application to bring it more in line with the current property zoning and it sounds likely to be received favorably if the Town can not consider any of the landlord and tenant issues.

tenant’s obligation to pay rent is suspended

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_06r17_e.htm#BK196

Has 2074359 Ontario Ltd given you a written agreement outlining the legal name and address of the landlord to be used for the purpose of giving notices or other documents under this Act?

Name and address in written agreement

12.  (1)  Every written tenancy agreement entered into on or after June 17, 1998 shall set out the legal name and address of the landlord to be used for the purpose of giving notices or other documents under this Act. 2006, c. 17, s. 12 (1).

Copy of tenancy agreement

(2)  If a tenancy agreement entered into on or after June 17, 1998 is in writing, the landlord shall give a copy of the agreement, signed by the landlord and the tenant, to the tenant within 21 days after the tenant signs it and gives it to the landlord. 2006, c. 17, s. 12 (2).

Notice if agreement not in writing

(3)  If a tenancy agreement entered into on or after June 17, 1998 is not in writing, the landlord shall, within 21 days after the tenancy begins, give to the tenant written notice of the legal name and address of the landlord to be used for giving notices and other documents under this Act. 2006, c. 17, s. 12 (3).

Failure to comply

(4)  Until a landlord has complied with subsections (1) and (2), or with subsection (3), as the case may be,

(a) the tenant’s obligation to pay rent is suspended; and

(b) the landlord shall not require the tenant to pay rent. 2006, c. 17, s. 12 (4).

Landlord Tenant Act States

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_06r17_e.htm#BK196

Landlord’s responsibility re services

21.  (1)  A landlord shall not at any time during a tenant’s occupancy of a rental unit and before the day on which an order evicting the tenant is executed, withhold the reasonable supply of any vital service, care service or food that it is the landlord’s obligation to supply under the tenancy agreement or deliberately interfere with the reasonable supply of any vital service, care service or food. 2006, c. 17, s. 21 (1).

Town of Whitby Officially Acknowledges One RIGHT Of The Residents

http://www2.whitby.ca/asset/cs-report_PL24-10-mar152010.pdf
pg 6 of 25
The Planning Department notes that on July 9, 2009, a letter was sent to the residents of the Trailer park regarding termination of their tenancy(Attachment #10).  This letter notes the deadline for all tenants to vacate the property as August 31, 2010.

The letter does not constitute official notice in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act to direct tenants to vacate the subject property.  The date of August 31st, 2010 has no legal status with regards to evicting tenants from the trailer park.  The applicant's solicitor has confirmed that notice under the Residential Tenancies Act has not been issued.

Why are Some Trailers Getting Extra Hydro

The Esa has sent me this picture and I have to wonder why some trailers are getting 2X30 Amp breakers?  In this picture the two 30 Amp breakers are connected together with a little pin so that if 1 trips it will trip both.  But there are other trailers in this park which are getting more hydro than 30 Amps, I personally believe that 2074359 should be required to upgrade the infrastructure so that all mobile homes in the park would have 100 Amps of hydro to be divided up through their own individual electrical panels within the mobile home as any normal house works.  With such an upgrade, 2074359 Ontario Ltd could apply to the tribunal to install electric meters at each mobile home and have the individual mobile home owner billed direct from Whitby Hydro.

Does CLOCA not consider the entire forest?

What about the eastern forest which is according to Attachment #6 going to be swallowed up in it's entirety with Type 3 building?  The eastern forest is a much more significant forest than the western forest.  Has CLOCA staff taken into consideration the berm to be built along the railroad property and the fence that the railroad is requesting, when they note that the western forested section of the site appears to be excluded from the proposed development?

CLOCA staff note that the extreme western tip of the property drops off into the Pringle Creek Valley. This forested section of the site appears to be excluded from the proposed development. CLOCA recommends that the forest edge be maintained as much as possible as a limit to development on the property.

Canadian Pacific Rail
1. Berm, or combination berm and noise attenuation fence, having extensions or returns at the ends, to be erected on adjoining property, parallel to the railway right-of-way with construction according to the following: a) Minimum total height 5.5 metres above top-of-rail; b) Berm minimum height 2.5 metres and side slopes not steeper than 2.5 to 1; c) Fence, or wall, to be constructed without openings and of a durable
material weighing not less than 20 kg. per square metre (4 lb./sq.ft.) of surface area. No part of the berm/noise barrier is to be constructed on railway property

Will this berm be able to be built without destroying the western forest?  NOT LIKELY or at least not in my opinion.

The Town Must Be Joking

The Town of Whitby must be joking, when they state that the applicant fund anything.  2074359 can't seem to fund themselves even to keep their mortgage current, water and hydro bills have been neglected resulting in notices of possible disconnection(previously not currently).

Alignment Study for the Future Mary Street/Crawforth Street Extension This Department is not satisfied with the information provided to date regarding the Mary Street – Crawforth Street connection and grade separation. The limits of any widening, or temporary property requirements to facilitate the connection has not been definitively established. It is proposed that the applicant fund a functional feasibility design to be commissioned by the Town to establish the exact widening requirement, if any.

Why Is Water Pressure Low Within The Trailer Park

Why is our water pressure low within the trailer park, such that it takes 5+minutes to fill a toilet tank?  I am left with this burning question after reading the following excerpt from the Town Document for Mondays meeting.
Report to: Planning and Development Committee
Report No.: PL-24-10 Page 16-17 of 25
Municipal Servicing
Water supply is available to the subject property from the existing 300 mm. watermain on Dundas Street East. Pressure reducing valves will be required in each residential unit within the proposed development as the static water pressure is estimated to exceed the maximum allowable of 80 psi (550 kPa). The Region will permit only one separate domestic water service and one separate fireline service connection to service the entire site. These two connections must enter into a combined meter room / backflow prevention device room, prior to servicing any buildings or hydrants within the subject property, and must be accessible to Regional staff.

Further Clarification from the ESA via email

Indeed.  The first notification did not list the defects as “Life and/or Property” defects.  Given the site visits of inspectors and our Technical Advisor in early January, we reclassified a number of defects since they had deteriorated to the point where they became serious hazards.  The reclassification of the defects clarified our Disconnection process, and were subsequently re-issued to the owners.

Further Clarification from the ESA via email

I remember that there was some confusion amongst tenants at the park with the original date of February 12.  It was for this reason that we requested the posting of our first message to your blog.  Our disconnection process is a two part process.  If documented defects are not corrected by the responsible party in a timely fashion, we issue a letter to that party indicating that since we have not received confirmation from the responsible party that the defects were corrected, we assume that the defects must still exist.  We then provide a timeline for the responsible party to engage a Licensed Electrical Contractor to remedy the defects.  In this case, we had provided the owners with a date of February 12^th, or we would be forced to order the service disconnected.  On February 18^th, since we had not received confirmation from the owners that they had in fact retained the services of a Licensed Electrical Contractor, we issued a Disconnection Order and ordered the service to be disconnected on March 23, 2010.  I hope that clarifies the matter.

Update on ESA as received via email

We have been in constant communication with the owners regarding the repair of the defects we have documented.  The owners have until March 23, 2010 to demonstrate to us that meaningful progress has been made to correct the defects.  We have reminded the owners of their responsibilities in this matter.  My folks should be on site this afternoon if you would like to discuss with them.  The owners have made certain promises to move forward with the repairs, but to date we have not seen what we would deem “meaningful progress”.  We have not postponed the disconnect date, and have informed the owners of that date all along.  We are bound by process whenever we disconnect power to a property.  In this case, we wanted to ensure that enough lead time was established to ensure residents and tenants could make the necessary arrangements if the power is disconnected.

Federal Government MP Jim Flaherty

I just tried emailing Jim Flaherty again and got the message back again as mailbox full.  Does anyone have Jim Flaherty's twitter address so that I can send this twit?

Question of worth of this burnt trailer

On the Rogers First Local news, it was reported that this fire has caused $50,000 to $60,000 damage.  I have in my possession a copy of the mortgage where Gebasco Management Services Limited sold that trailer along with three other trailers dated the first of December 1991 to Deca Investors Ltd.  It would be quite interesting to point out the total for the four trailers compares to the quoted value as reported today.  This mortgage was paid off seemingly January 4, 2006 and I believe that I have the cheque # that was used to pay the final payment.

Thank You Rogers First Local

Thank you for reporting the story of the fire.  Finally there is a news story outlining what might have caused the fire and it is apparently an unattended space heater.

The person or persons who have been speculating that I may have caused the fire, should know that there is NO POSSIBLE way for me to have started a fire that has been attributed to a space heater.  Video surveillance has been saved to a remote location with an image of yourself pointing your finger at me.  I trust that your threats were truly idle threats and that these images will not need be delivered to the police, as instructions have been issued in case of my disappearance.

The whole intention of this blog has been to inform and persuade people to begin accepting responsibility for there own actions and there own shortcomings.

Aftermath Photos

It appears that our politicians are not adequately prepared

Originally when this blog was created, I asked if the residents of 1010 Dundas were being adequately served.  Possibly some of the reason for our complaints seeming to be falling on deaf ears can be understood by the following quote from an email that I tried sending out this morning.

  ----- The following address had errors -----
jim.jimflahertymp.ca :552 5.2.2 User's mailbox is full

Blame for this fire does not reside on my shoulders

As much as some people might be uncomfortable with having to bring themselves to within code, I am not responsible for this fire.  The violations of code that I have highlighted on this blog, have been pointed out in an attempt to PREVENT this kind of situation.  One resident has already been screaming at me after this fire.

When the power was interrupted around midnight and a resident could not breathe because her oxygen machine was not receiving power, it was me that she called.  I have a generator and got emergency power to her so that she could breathe and not have to vacate her home as she had to in December when the power went out then.  So on one hand, I am somewhat of a hero and on another hand someone is yelling at me about the matters that affect all the residents of 1010 Dundas and their safety.

No ONE can be prepared for every emergency but anyone can have a preparedness plan.  The matters that have been pointed out on this blog, have been pointed out so that they can be properly addressed to prevent having to use my own emergency preparedness plan.  This park REQUIRES an emergency preparedness plan and needs to begin addressing matters that are pointed out to prevent needing to apply an emergency preparedness plan.  It appears though that it is easier to simply point the blame at myself rather than take the responsibility to actually address the issues that affect all the residents of 1010 Dundas.

Fire Department Shuts Down Hwy #2

Fire erupted in a trailer at 1010 Dundas St. E. at approximately 03:40.  Hwy #2 wound up shut down.  This fire was in a trailer that has been previously posted about on this blog and been reported for inconsistencies with codes that I as an individual have become aware of.  Luckily we have a tenant who is an extremely light sleeper who woke up and called emergency services in.

Why Are We Being Threatened With Hydro Disconnection?

167.  (1)  If the Board finds that a capital expenditure is for infrastructure work required to be carried out by the Government of Canada or Ontario or a municipality or an agency of any of them, despite subsection 126 (11), the Board may determine the number of years over which the rent increase justified by that capital expenditure may be taken. 2006, c. 17, s. 167 (1).

Definition

(2)  In this section,

“infrastructure work” means work with respect to roads, water supply, fuel, sewage disposal, drainage, electrical systems and other prescribed services and things provided to the mobile home park. 2006, c. 17, s. 167 (2).

 Clearly indicates that 2074359 Ontario Ltd could INCREASE our rent by applying to the tribunal about this section of the landlord and tenant act.  2074359 Ontario Ltd should just perform the required work to bring their property to code and it would be a business write off, and they could jack every ones rent after applying to the tribunal.

But No, the tenants must suffer with the harassment of all these various notices about our hydro being disconnected.

2074359 Ontario Ltd had a technicality in the tribunal today

This technicality in no way indicates a win for them, but rather an adjournment of our hearing for 6 weeks.  We now have to determine whether to seek damages for potholes to our vehicle in the landlord and tenant tribunal or in Superior Court along with the tenant's association.

We have won some ground though by getting our issues into the hands of the mortgagee's lawyer.  Remember that 2074359 Ontario Ltd has had issues with their mortgage and may be experiencing a few more issues as a result of today.  2074359 Ontario Ltd is now well aware of some of our rights that they probably were not aware of before.

This is by no means the end of the fight between us and 2074359 Ontario Ltd, but rather an eye opener.