The Point on the Mersey promotional photo from Region of Queens Council agenda

Region of Queens Council is again being asked to extend municipal services to a new housing development in Liverpool.

Rumclo Developments Ltd and Van Der Pas design are proposing to build 124 units on 23 acres of water-frontage at 133 Shore Road.

The Development called, “the Point” envisions the construction of 40 semi-detached, 72 multi-level and 12 single family homes in three phases at prices starting at $350,000.

After testing, the planners have determined there is not enough water on the site to support that many homes and are looking to the municipality to extend the former town’s water supply to their development.

This is the second time in a month a developer has come to council to ask for municipal services.

At the November 8 council meeting developer Larry Cochrane asked the Region to spend over $700,000 to extend municipal services to allow the construction of 87 housing units on the former Dauphinee Farm land.

Rumclo Developments Ltd and Van Der Pas Design hired Strum Consulting to look into the cost of extending services for their proposed site.

Their estimates peg the amount at $1.49 million.

Based on assumed water tax of $71,756 and Property tax of $462,240 on 124 units the designers suggest the Region of Queens will recoup the cost of the service extension in three years.

Mayor Darlene Norman says council will need to think about these request in the broader context of the Region’s budget plan.

‘They will receive the same response that the earlier developer presented and that is this all matter for council to consider as part of the 23/24 budget,” said Norman.

If council decides to extend water service, the developers estimate the first phase could be complete and ready to move in sometime in 2024.

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Concept drawing for development on Dauphinee Farm land from November 8 Region of Queens Council agenda

A local developer is asking the Region of Queens to foot the bill to extend water and sewer services for the construction of 87 new homes in Liverpool.

Larry Cochrane wants to develop on the former Dauphinee farmlands across from the RCMP station on Shore Road.

A presentation to municipal council anticipates over 11 years, 87 new homes will be built and $1.6 million will be raised in municipal taxes.

Mayor Darlene Norman understands from the request that without the Region putting in the 150 metres of water and 200 meters of sewer lines the project will not proceed.

“If there is not sanitary municipal water and sewer then the lot sizes on his property would have to be much larger and he does not see that as financially feasible to push ahead on that,” said Norman.

Phase one, projected to be completed in seven years, would create 57 units including 30 semi-detached homes, three single family houses and a 24-unit apartment building.

The proposal presented to council suggests the $750,000 the Region would receive in taxes from the development over the next seven years would offset the estimated $725,000 cost of extending the services.

The second phase would begin in 2030 and proposes to build another 30 semi-detached homes and deliver $820,000 to the municipal coffers.

Norman says while it is unusual for the Region to entertain a request from a private developer to provide municipal services, in this case, the action would just speed up a process that was already planned.

“On our future land use zoning and documents, this does show the land in question is part of future designated land for municipal services,” said Norman.

The mayor says this is the initial ask from the developer and she expects more information to come forward to council in a reasonable time before they decide if they will support the project.

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