No shrug intended. I wouldn't have answered in such detail if I wasn't concerned.
I'm not privy to the details of how the 2006 sale was formulated, but as I’ve posted previously, it’s
an intricate tapestry that can muddy meaning. (Added to all of that churn was
the 2001 attempt by then-Minister of Heritage Sheila Copps to have the Tivoli federally designated.)
Credit where credit’s due.
Sam Sniderman facing $300,000 charge to save Hamilton’s historic Tivoli Theatre (July 9, 2004)
Sam (The Record Man) Sniderman says he regrets the day he and his late brother, Sid, bought Hamilton’s historic Tivoli Theatre and tried to save the cultural landmark for the city.
He says the Sniderman family is now facing a bill of about $300,000 for the partial demolition and shoring-up work the city ordered after a section of wall collapsed last week.
“Oh my God, I pray insurance will cover it,” Sniderman, 84, said when told of the looming bill from the emergency services company hired to stabilize the building.
Tom Redmond, the city’s director of building and licensing, says Sniderman will have to cover the cost or it will be put on the building’s tax bill.
The city had to do more than the minimum work it wanted on the heritage-designated building because of the poor condition of the roof and walls.
“Every effort has been made to keep as much of the building as can safely be kept, because of its heritage nature,” Redmond said.
Many of the heritage architectural elements have now been lost.
The owners will have to decide whether the building is restored or demolished, said Redmond.
Council moved to address this potential threat to
the Tivoli’s historic remnant by
moving on designation a week after the above story ran and creating
a related bylaw in October 2004.
Regarding the 2009 grant awarded to underwrite costs of stabilization,
PED13055 notes that:
The proposed works were based on a report prepared by PGA GBCA dated March 2009, outlining existing conditions and proposed stabilization works on the Tivoli Theatre. Subsequently in December 2009, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the HHPGP, a grant was advanced to the Hamilton Ballet Youth Ensemble in the amount of $75,455.62 representing 25% of the paid invoices received which totalled $301,822.50.
The suggestion here is that the remaining $226,366.88 for stabilization work was spent by a third party, presumably CBYE. Again, I'm not privy to the paperwork.