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First City will haveto pay for the privilege of developing Brooklin By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press Staff They will put their seal of approval on the development of Brooklin, however, Durham Regional Council's finance committee wants the developer to pay for the privilege. At their meeting last week, committee members debated the financial conditions under which First City Development Cor- poration Ltd. will be allowed to turn the hamlet into a town of 10,500 people over a ten year period. Somer Rumm, senior vice-president of Fir- st City was present at the meeting and tried to sell councillors on the financial merits of the development. He attempted to answer a concern brought up at a recent special meeting of council at which some councillors were afraid that not only would First City not develop the hamlet but would sell.their property as soon as an of- ficial plan amendment allowing the develop- ment was granted. "We don't have that opportunity," Rumm said. "At least not in a reasonable fashion." Rumm told the committee that his com- pany's agreement with the Town of Whitby is conditional on the lands being registered for subdivision. "We can't sell our lands," he continued. "So it is of no value to us until we sign a sub- division agreement and register it." The developer also said that the project would be of no financial liability on Durham since First City's proposal "is equivalent to putting in sewers and paying full lot levies." In exchange for allowing development in Brooklin, First City has offered to extend trunk water supply and sewer services to the hamlet and then extend them again to the lot The estimated cost of this project is $8.2 million. "I can support the entire proposal," was the comment of committee chairman Regional Councillor John Aker (Oshawa). "We certainly need the money," he said. However, opposition to the proposai came from another Oshawa regional councillor, Ed Kolodzie. "This thing looks good," he said. "The whole thing looks good on the assumption that we have to do it (extend the sewers) in the next ten years." Kolodzie pointed out that according to regional planning commissioner Dr. Mofeed Michael, the region should not have to extend the trunk water supply and sewer services to the hamlet in the foreseeable future. "The whole thing is based on assumption," he said. However, Aker assured the committee that the region has no plans to extend the service to Brooklin. In fact, the region would never consider it. Pointing out that sewer extension to Brooklin is not in the region's four year capital budget, Aker said that "the developer is proposing to build them.... the region has no commitment....there is no guarantee that they will be built." Based on that position, the finance commit- tee then said that before they will agree to the development of Brooklin, First City must agree to the following eight conditions: - "First City shall pay the total cost of trunk water supply and sewer facilities to Brooklin for a population of 10,500; " - the developer will pay for the oversizing of Cont'd on page 19 1 -- - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 ý -7r 7