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wht wrihunt a special supplement march 23 1 972 how new toronto airport could affect you selecting the site for the new toronto international airport to be built in pick ering township was one of those difficult decisions that is painful to make because no matter what you decide somebody is sure to be hurt and upset provincial treasurer darcy mckeough said this week having recognized that he added we are now taking every possible step to avoid inflicting un necessary hardship or in convenience on any resi dent or property owner likely to be affected by the project although the airport it self is a federal project the ontario government was working closely with federal authorities from the outset on the problem of site selection the two gov ernments announced the site jointly on march 2 mckeough made the comment in response to nu merous calls the provincial government has been re ceiving since then from cit izens with houses and other properties in and around pickering township the federal government plans to acquire the land for the airport itself while the provincial government will acquire land for access land acquisition how the province plans to do it the following is a list of provincial land acquisition procedures 1 private appraisers hired by the government visit the properties and make appraisals such men will carry proper creden tials but will not necessari ly be government employ ees dont expect the ap praiser to discuss the value he sets on your property 2 property negotiators carrying provincial govern ment identification call on property owners discuss the appraisal of their prop erty and make an offer to purchase 3 if an agreement is reached the property is transferred to the govern ment which pays all legal costs and the owner re ceives the purchase price in full 4 arrangements are made for the owner to re tain physical possession of the property until it is needed for construction or until he wishes to move whichever occurs first 5 if no agreement can be reached within a reason able period expropriation proceedings begin but the province does not require possession of the property yet and negotiations over compensation continue with the owner if expropriation becomes necessary the government follows these steps de signed to protect the own ers rights 1 government issues a notice of intention to all parties concerned own ers tenants mortgagees others such as those hold ing liens 30 days are al lowed for objections to be raised 2 if objections are made hearings are set by the provincial department of justice which appoints an inquiry officer affected citizens can take part with out lawyers 3 the inquiry officer re ports to the justice minis ter giving his ruling on whether the expropriation should proceed the minis- 4 if the government po sition is confirmed an ex propriation plan is regis tered and the price of land is frozen at the value it had on the date of the plans registration this price is subject to the provision that value increases attrib utable to the airport are not to be taken into ac count 5 the government issues a notice of expropriation and offers the owners 100 per cent of the appraised value the owner can ac cept this amount and still bargain for more if he so chooses the government can at this stage issue three months notice of pos session however it is the provinces policy in this case to encourage people to remain on the property as long as possible 6 failing agreement or compensation at this point the matter goes to the board of negotiation a threemember kitchen ta ble tribunal that custom arily holds its hearings on the property in question its recommendations are not binding 7 if the board of nego tiation fails to produce a settlement the matter goes to the land compensation board a courtlike tribunal likely to hold its hearings in a courthouse in the vicin ity at this stage the prop erty owner should be repre sented by legal counsel whose fees are paid by the government 8 though most cases are settled by stage 7 recourse is possible to the ontario court of appeal the su preme court of ontario and the supreme court of cana da the purpose of this special supplement the information in this supplement has been pub lished and printed by the government of ontario for the information of citizens in the area to be affected by the new toronto airport and associated develop ment additional information is available by telephoning 9657971 or visiting our offices at ralstons general store brock road just north of cp tracks index answers to often asked questions page 3 concept map of airport site page 2 detailed concession maps page 4 5 zoning rules page 6 community of the future page 3 ontario opens local office page 7 why the pickering site page 2 highways rapid transit and other services for a park land belt and for a new community which for planning purposes is known as cedarwood thus owners or other with interests in the area may be affected in any one of three ways 1 lands making up the airport site itself are to be expropriated by the federal government see map p 4 persons affected in this way are being notified ac cordingly 2 lands needed for ser vices parkway belt or ce darwood community will be acquired by the provincial government by individual negotiation if possible or by expropriation 3 noiselands which lie in an irregular pattern around the airport site see map p 2 are not being acquired by either govern ment but are subject to new zoning restrictions im posed by the provincial government as an interim measure to prevent sudden inappropriate development on lands which are mostly agricultural and where lo cal zoning controls may not be adequate the only other new regu lations are provisions to the expropriation act under which the provincial gov ernment will not have to pay for any landprice in flation that may occur as a result of the decision to lo cate the airport in picker ing provincial authorities emphasize that there are no regulations freezing prices or restricting buying and selling they do caution how ever that prospective buy ers cant realistically hope to make a profit and could suffer a loss especially if they pay prices higher than those prevailing before march also they add property owners and resi dents would be unwise to sell or vacate just for the sake of getting out provincial authorities are anxious to have people re main as long as possible even after the government has legal possession of their properties in some cases this could mean sev eral years or if there is no incompatibility with fu ture plans there may never be any need to move land owners who never theless would like immedi ately to sell and vacate property that is clearly in the area designated for pro vincial possession should write to treasurer of on tario queens park toron to property owners affected by provincial acquisition plans will find there are ex tensive provisions to ensure fair treatment as to the prices paid and the ar- provincial treasurer darcy mckeough taking steps to avoid unnecessary hardship or inconvenience basic facts on the new toronto airport basic facts and figures about the new airport pro ject centred in pickering township airport proper about 18000 acres located roughly between highway 7 on ths south uxbridgepickering township line on the north little rouge creek on the west east duffin creek on the east cedarwood a new com munity to occupy 15000 acres south of the airport ultimate population 150000 to 200000 service corridor and parkland to occupy about 10000 acres largely adja cent to cedarwood access highway 407 to pass through service corri dor see above exact route not yet determined rapid transit to link new airport and nearby com munities with toronto and malton governments involved federal government acquir ing 18000 acres for airport proper ontario government inquiring lands for service curridor parklands and ce- nicipal governments being consulted and receiving as sistance about new zoning regulations and about needs and wishes regarding new services and future growth estimated costs airport installation first phase about 300 million federal acquisition of land about 60 million provincial ac quisition of land about 70 million longrange timing air port opening and first phase of cedarwood com plete 1978 or 1979 cedar wood development to con tinue until 1990 or 1995 land acquisition feder al government using expro priation provincial govern ment offering individual deals but using expropria tion if necessary present restrictions l properties in noiselands and scott township re stricted by provincial min isterial order to premarch 2 uses see story p 6 no tice p 8 2 prices paid by province for service lands and cedarwood site not to include any escalations at- tnt a i inff iriblllahle to imminonre nf