Road Closure and Disposition of Leigh Road and Donna Avenue (Report)

BACKGROUND

The owner of the adjacent properties, 1198137BC Ltd., plans to construct a commercial building on 1106 and 1112 Goldstream Avenue, they have offered to purchase a portion of Leigh Road, shown below in Figure 1.0. This area of Leigh Road and Goldstream Avenue has been determined to be surplus road area, not required for any future intersection expansion.

COMMENTARY

As part of the purchase and sale agreement the purchaser will be responsible to relocate the frontage improvements and register statutory right of ways for any utilities in the road closure area.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Council’s policy is to use the assessed unit cost of the adjacent lot to value the road area to be disposed, this value is approximately $35.00 per square foot based on 2020 rates which is when the negotiations for this property began. The total sale price for this portion of closed road will be $76,351.10, this amount will go into the city’s capital works reserve fund.

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

There are no known legal implications with the purchase and sale of this portion of road. The purchase and sale agreement will be drafted in consultation with the City’s lawyers.

The following are steps necessary to consider this road closure and disposition:

1. Receive road closure information and direct staff to proceed with; a) Entering into a purchase and sale agreement with the purchaser; b) Drafting the road closure bylaw;

2. Posting of public notice as prescribed in the Community Charter (posting in a local newspaper for two consecutive weeks);

3. Staff bringing to Council a road closure bylaw for 1st, 2nd and 3rd readings in a report to Council;

4. Staff bringing to Council a report for adoption so that Council can consider and give 4th reading to the road closure bylaw for the portion of road.

This report requests Council consideration in regard to Step 1, 2 and 3 noted above so that notice can be posted as indicated in item 2.

OPTIONS

Option 1

THAT Council

1. Direct staff to: a) Negotiate and enter into a purchase and sale agreement with 1198137BC Ltd for the portion of closed road on Leigh Road shown on draft plan EPP100734. b) Draft a road closure bylaw and bring it forward for 1st, 2nd and 3rd reading; c) Direct staff to post a public notice for a road closure and disposition as prescribed in the Community Charter;

OR Option 2

THAT Council

Take no action at this time with respect to the proposed road closure of this portion of Leigh Road.

SUBMITTED BY

Daryl Minifie, AScT Senior Land Development Technologist

Concurrence

• Leah Stohmann, MCIP, RPP, Deputy Director of Planning and Subdivision
• Donna Petrie, Manager of Business Development and Events
• Matthew Baldwin, MCIP, RPP, Director of Planning and Subdivision
• Michelle Mahovlich, P.Eng, P.Geo, Director of Engineering and Public Works
• Michael Dillabaugh, CPA, CA, Director of Finance
• Marie Watmough, Acting Director of Corporate Services
• Darren Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer