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Colliers International 7 SLR Ref.: 210.05696.00 Phase I ESA February 17, 2009 5515 Clyde Street & 1452 Queen Street, Halifax, NS 4.2 Document Research SLR reviewed documents from Nova Scotia Environment’s Environmental Registry, Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, Property Online, the Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds and the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. The findings are outlined below. 4.2.1 Summary of Property Titles Property titles for the site were recovered from Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. Documents reviewed included property deeds and site plans. Date Document Content August 28, 1963 Deed Constantine and Mary Manolopoulos, restaurateurs of the city of Halifax, turn their land (current PID 00077875) over to the city of Halifax. January 7, 1964 Deed Matthew and Elizabeth Scanlan turn their property (current PID 00077438) over to the city of Halifax. November 10, 1982 Plan The property of Lot 15-D Dresden Row (PID 40258964), then known as Lots 15-A and 15-B, was occupied by Lanny’s Restaurant (Halifax) Limited June 6, 1983 Plan Former property known as Lots 15-A and 15-B as observed in 1982 plan have been changed to Lots 15-C and 15-D and have changed ownership. Property unit 15-C is now occupied by Winchester Investments Limited. Lot 15-D is not marked. The documents reviewed for the acquisition of this information are included in Appendix B. 4.2.2. Fire Insurance Plans DAC recovered and SLR reviewed fire insurance plans from 1899, 1911, 1914, 1918, 1949, 1951 and 1971 for the City of Halifax. The following information was obtained from the plans: • 1899: The subject properties are covered with small, residential buildings. A laundromat is present in the southwest corner of the Queen Street property and there is a building located in the current location of the multi-unit dwelling. Present-day Clyde Street was then known as Rottenburg Street. • 1911: Several small buildings have either been demolished or altered since the 1899 plan. No other major changes are observed. • 1914: No changes are observed since the 1911 plan. • 1918: Most buildings on the subject properties have been renovated since the 1914 plan. Building shapes and sizes vary from previous plans and additional buildings are visible. No labels are present on any of the buildings. • 1949: Minimal changes are observed since the 1918 plan. Several buildings on the Queen Street property have been altered, and the laundromat noted in the 1899 plan is still present. • 1951: No changes are observed since the 1949 plan. • 1971: The former Rottenburg Street has been renamed Clyde Street. The majority of the small buildings present on the Clyde Street property have been removed and replaced with a parking lot. The Queen Street property is still covered by buildings, however some have been removed. SLR
Colliers International 8 SLR Ref.: 210.05696.00 Phase I ESA February 17, 2009 5515 Clyde Street & 1452 Queen Street, Halifax, NS The fire insurance plans are included on pages 35-38 in the report supplied by DAC (Appendix D). The fire insurance plans included in the report do not show the adjacent properties immediately south, west, and east of the site; therefore, SLR did not review the historical property usage in these directions. 4.2.3 Access to Information Requests SLR contacted Nova Scotia Environment (NSE) to perform a search of the Environmental Registry for information regarding the subject properties. This information includes Petroleum Storage Tank Registration information, as well as records of any incidents of potential environmental concern. Documents returned from the Registry search provided information on a nearby property on the corner of Spring Garden Road and Dresden Row (civic address 5524 Spring Garden Road). This property was formerly used as an Esso gas station and had five (5) USTs installed in 1980. Three (3) USTs had capacities of 22,700 L and contained gasoline, while the other two (2) had 2,270 L and 4,500 L capacities and contained used oil and fuel oil, respectively. All five (5) USTs were removed in 1991 and a total area of 2,180m 3 was reported as impacted. Phase I, II, and III ESAs were conducted on this property, however the reports and related documents were not reviewed due to time restraints, as they must be requested through Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP). The Environmental Registry documents are included in Appendix D. Several properties of interest were previously searched as part of a due diligence review for the former Halifax Infirmary site on Queen Street and for the former Bellevue House site. The only issue uncovered through these searches was a former fuel oil spill at 5466 Spring Garden Road. Documentation for this incident is only available by request from Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP). The responses for these are included in Appendix D. NSE has indicated that no records were located through the Environmental Registry with regard to the subject properties. 4.3 Previous Environmental Studies No previous environmental studies were conducted on the subject properties, however several reports completed for nearby and adjacent properties were available to SLR for review. The reports were written between May and August of 2007 and include two environmental due diligence reports: one for the “former Halifax Infirmary” site and one for the “former Bellevue House” site. The Halifax Infirmary site is located east of the subject property on Queen Street and is identified as PID No. 00077099. The Bellevue House site is located immediately north of the Infirmary site and is identified as PID No. 40576829. A Phase II ESA was also conducted on the Bellevue House site. A review of these reports showed areas of potential environmental concern surrounding the subject properties in all directions, and also on the subject property at Queen Street. In the southwest corner of the property, a former laundromat is indicated. Based on the groundwater flow direction indicated on the Potential Historic Environmental Concerns figure, areas of SLR
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