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TO: Chairman and Members of the Community Services
Committee
FROM: A. C. Guiler, Town Manager
DATE: November 15th, 1978
SUBJECT: Proposed Parking Lot
Bowmanville Library and Museum
In late October Mrs. Pat Best, Chairman of the Library Board requested the
Public Works Department to consider the possibility of establishing parking
facilities between the Library and Museum.
The attached report was prepared by Mr. Ferguson on November 8th, 1978
and you will note that Mr. Thompson a member of the Museum Board feels that
there is a restrictive clause in the deed which would prohibit the Town from
creating off street parking for these facilities.
We obtained a copy of the registered deed and the only clause which could
be considered restrictive is as follows:
" To have and to hold unto the Grantee for the establishment
and maintenance of a park and museum to be used in connection
with historical, cultural and recreational activities for the
general benefit of the community."
We agree that the above clause is restrictive in that it does suggest what
the land is to be used for, but in planning a public facility parking should
be considered and we feel that parking for these facilities would not be
prohibited under this restrictive clause.
We would recommend to Committee that a copy of Mr. Ferguson's report be sent
to the Library and Museum Boards for their information and that they be
invited to attend a meeting to discuss the proposals for consideration in the
1979 Budget.