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Today, at 7:26am on October 28th, the fire alarm went off and sounded for approximately ten minutes. At 7:36am, I arrived downstairs to see that the fire department was already on scene in front of the panel in the entry way. The fire department was speaking with both representatives of the building's management team. The fire department left shortly after I arrived downstairs. I asked one of the representatives of the building's management team about the cause of the alarm and they said "You never know with these things, it could have been that somebody pulled the fire alarm, it could have been someone smoking in the parking garage." I asked if the origin of the alarm was from the parking garage, and they responded "Yeah, it was in the parking garage."

Below, you will find a redacted copy of the information package that I received in the mail on October 15th from the landlord and tenant board:



Upon logging into the Ontario Tribunals portal and reviewing my case, I can see that 5 pieces of evidence were submitted by the landlord. One piece of evidence was the 'SCHEDULE A' mentioned in the L2 application (which I will not release, since it relates to other tenants). The other four pieces of evidence are provided below:

• Certificate Of Serice


• N13 Copy


• Form L2: Application to End A Tenancy


• NOTICE OF VIDEO HEARING

At 6:01pm, there was a power outage 250 Frederick and the surrounding community affecting approximately 1000 people. Power was restored by around 7:29pm.

Today, in the evening of October 19th 2024, a tenant reported to me that they do not have hot water. The tenant claimed that another tenant in the 07 apartment stack does not have hot water as well.

Today, October 17th 2024, I observed the following notice posted in the hallway by the elevators:

Today, on October 15th 2024, I received a large envelope delivered by Canada Post from the Landlord and Tenant Board. The envelope contains several pages, one of which indicates a case number for the L2 application that the landlord has filed against me.

Highlights of the information package include the following:

• The 'Date Submitted' on my file is '2024-09-30'. This implies that the period of time between the landlord filing the application and the date when I received it in the mail was 15 days.


• The status of the L2 application is 'Hearing Scheduled' with a hearing date of 2025-02-19, which is just over 4 months away.


• Several documents are attached to the case, which includes a scanned copy of the N13 that the landlord served to me, and a full list of all other tenants in the building who also got an N13 notice. According to the information that was submitted, a total of 61 units (of approximately 108 units in total) in this building have been served with N13s notices as of September 30.


• One of the documents attached to my file includes a description saying that the hearing will take place over a video call, and provides a link to join the video call when the hearing happens. Alternatively, it also allows you to call in to join the hearing via phone call if you do not have internet.

I will post more information on this topic in the future.

A freedom of information request has been filed to obtain more information about building permit application #24 110655 "Permit is to replace existing plumbing stacks, including dishwasher installment for apartment units.", which was cited as one of the primary justifications for the N13 eviction notices that were issued at 250 Frederick St.

The PDF document shown below may be somewhat confusing since it includes a mixture of several unrelated application permits (this is how the document was provided to me). These other 3 unrelated permit applications are 23-128784, 23-101059, 23-100726 which were mentioned previously in another post. The drawings and schematics of interest are found in the last two pages of this document.

Also, the schematic diagram provided in the document contains several inconsistencies: The diagram of the floors includes floor 13 (which does not exist in this building). It also omits floors 17 and either floor 16 or floor 15 (the text is too small to be legible). The permit overview page says "Permit Is To Replace Existing Plumbing Stacks On Floor 3 To 15 In An Apartment Building", however, tenants from all floors of this build received N13 notices.

Also of note in the diagram is some detail on the work to be done: The text is quite small, but it appears to say "EXISTING PLUMBING IN BATHROOM TO REMAIN AS IS", and "REPLACE ENTIRE LENGTH OF PLUMING STACK" "KITCHEN SINK, CONNECTIONS TO PIPES IN PLUMING STACK AS PER FIXTURES SCHEDULE"



This document contains schematics, drawings and application materials that are subject to copyright limitations imposed by a third party copyright holder.

This document has been made available publicly here on the following basis:

• The drawings & schematics are of substantial public interest.


• These documents are not being made available as instruments of design and construction intent.


• As of October 7th 2024 and prior, the drawings & schematics are not physically posted anywhere that I can find on site (at the entrance, common areas, elevator etc.). (Only the first two overview pages are posted on site.)


• This information is being made available under exemption "29.1 Fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review" of the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42)


• Use of this document for any reason other than criticism or review is strictly prohibited unless authorized by the copyright holder.

Today, a number of Media References to Michael Klein's buildings were published, including a report by Ontario ACORN that describes an overview of the events that take place in buildings where Michael Klein becomes the new owner.