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THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAMBTON SHORES
CL Report No. 55-2011 Tuesday, August 9, 2011
TO:
FROM:
Mayor Weber and Members of Council
Carol McKenzie, Clerk
RE: Acquisition of Land – Beach O’Pines Plan 25R7873 Part 31
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Municipality of Lambton Shores accepts title to Part
31 Plan 25R-7873 from the Public Guardian and Trustee, as
detailed in CL Report No. 55-2011 and that By-law 74-2011
authorizing the acquisition be approved.
REPORT
For several years, the Municipality of Lambton Shores has been in discussions with the
Office of Public Guardian and Trustee regarding the ownership of a parcel of land in the
Beach O’Pines subdivision, commonly referred to as the “Green Space”. This parcel of
land is very important to both the Beach O’Pines and Huron Woods community, and the
consensus is that the optimum situation would be for the municipality to own the land to
ensure it remains in its current state.
The Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee has offered to sell this parcel of land to
the Municipality for $ 2.00 on the condition that the municipality (and its heirs,
successors and assigns) agrees to maintain the lands in their natural state for the use of
the public and will not do or cause to be done any act or thing that will permit the
development of the lands. This includes the construction of buildings, or structures.
The Council approved the acquisition of the lands and the condition at the meeting held
the 14 th day of June, 2011. Attached is a copy of the Deed/Transfer of Land and the
enabling by-law for Council’s review.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol McKenzie
Clerk
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