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Request to Authorize Town Manager to Execute Deed of Easement for Ingress, Egress, Regress and Utilities Over a portion of the Town's Westwood Cemetery Property For Lion's Club
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Board of Aldermen to Consider Authorizing the Town Manger to execute a Deed of Easement, conveying an access easement over a 40-foot wide strip on the east side of the Town's Westwood Cemetery Property, to benefit the Lion's Club Property which adjoins the Town's property.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning & Town Attorney
CONTACT INFORMATION: Bob Hornik, Town Attorney, 919-929-3905 & Marty Roupe, 919-918-7327
INFORMATION: Carrboro Lion's Club owns a parcel of land adjacent to the Town's Westwood Cemetery Property on Fidelity Street. The Lion's Club Property lies just south of the Village Square Townhouses, and the driveway serving the property runs adjacent and parallel to the eastern boundary line of the Westwood Cemetery Property, adjacent to the Village Square Townhouses.
The Lion's Club acquired its property from the Carrboro Volunteer Firemen's Association in 1984. The Carrboro Volunteer Firemen's Association had acquired the property from the Town of Carrboro in 1967. The Lion's Club Property is landlocked, and does have an existing structure on it. The gravel drive over which the proposed easement would be located seems to be the only means of ingress/egress to reach the structure. There also appear to be some underground utilities in the easement area. The Lion's Club Property has had access via a gravel drive over this portion of the Town's Property approximately 50 years (or more). As the Lion's Club is preparing now to convey their property, they need to establish a formal access easement. The Town was approached approximately one year ago by David Wilson, a real estate agent working for the Lion's Club, about establishing the easement to the Property.
The Town Attorney's office has prepared a proposed Deed of ...
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