That Report RS2024-034, Proposed Surplus Declaration, Closure and Sale of a Portion of Road Allowance Between the Properties Municipally Identified as 18 Golden Road, Somerville and 10 Griffin Drive, in the Geographic Township of Somerville, in the City of Kawartha Lakes, be received;
That the subject property, being a portion of road allowance legally described as road allowance between Concession 6 and Concession 7, in the Geographic Township of Somerville; road allowance between Lot 36 and Lot 37, Concession Front Range, in the Geographic Township of Somerville, between Highway 588 and Four Mile Lake, in the City of Kawartha Lakes (between the properties municipally identified as 18 Golden Road, in the Geographic Township of Somerville and 10 Griffin Drive, in the Geographic Township of Somerville), be declared surplus to municipal needs;
That the closure and sale of the portion of road allowance and sale to the adjoining landowners be supported, in principle, in accordance with the provisions of By-Law 2018-020, as amended, and the Municipal Act, 2001, and subject to the parties entering into a conditional Agreement of Purchase and Sale (including a condition that the subject portion of road allowance merge with the purchaser’s adjacent property on closing and a condition requiring the applicant to install drainage infrastructure prior to closing);
That, if one of the adjacent landowners decide that they do not wish to proceed with purchasing their respective portion of the road allowance, the entirety of the road allowance be sold to the remaining purchaser (with the City retaining an easement to preserve the drainage infrastructure, and with the City retaining a 0.3 metre wide reserve across the frontage of the road allowance to be sold, to prevent a driveway access at this location);
That, as a precondition of closing, the purchaser to install drainage infrastructure in the road allowance, at the purchaser’s cost, to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works;
That notwithstanding section 8.01 of By-Law 2018-020, Council direct staff to proceed through the disposition process of the road allowance leading to water;
That Council set the value of the land at the set price of $2.50 per square foot of interior road allowance;
That Staff be directed to commence the process to stop up and close the said portion of road allowance;
That a by-law (with any amendments deemed necessary) to close the road and authorize its disposition shall be passed, if appropriate;
That a deeming by-law be passed contemporaneously with the disposition by-law, if required;
That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign all documents to facilitate the road closing and conveyance of the lands; and
That these recommendations be brought forward to Council for consideration at the next Regular Council Meeting.