Title
Proposed Resolution to close a portion of Road Plan 902 2923 within SE6-54-6-W5 for the purpose of consolidation.
Proposed Motion
That Council approve the closure of approximately 0.007 acres within Road Plan 902 2923 and have that land consolidated into the Magnolia Cemetery property.
Body
Administration Recommendation(s)
The Executive Committee has reviewed and supports this proposed Resolution.
Purpose
The officers of Magnolia Cemetery have requested closure of the 0.007 acres identified as a portion of Road Plan 902 2923 to consolidate into the cemetery parcel. This portion of Township Road 540 widening registered under Plan 902 2923 is south of the Magnolia Cemetery and has not been constructed as road widening.
Summary
In 1931 a Plan of Survey identifying the Cemetery Site at Magnolia was completed. The Plan is offset by 17 metres and does not include the cemetery lands as they existed in 1931, including at least one 1925 gravesite. The Magnolia Cemetery officers, with the assistance of Parkland County, will be completing a lot line adjustment. The subject road is a part of the requirement to allow the re-survey and registration of the existing cemetery lands.
Road Plan 902 2923 was purchased in 1987 from SE6-54-6-W5. It was not know at the time that the original survey of the cemetery lands was incorrect and this acquisition of road widening was, in fact, a portion of the cemetery lands.
The subject road is described in a surveyed road plan and therefore not a statutory road allowance. Advertising is not necessary. Consent is required only from any affected landowner. Should the subject road plan be closed by Resolution, Alberta Transportation would cancel that portion of Road Plan 902 2923.
The Market Value of lands adjacent to a cemetery and containing a grave site is NIL.
Strategic Plan/Policy/Legal/Staff Implications
The proposed Resolution meets the criteria of Policy EN 009.
Financial Impact:
Cost: Survey costs of approximately $7,000
Source of Funding: 2013 Budget
Other
None