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/ ETIREM PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, October 14, 1987 -- 13 LAKE SCUGOG Design 7 HOUSING 4) 7x x "HIN I = ToWater St. | YER \¢ 9 -- A LT Ay 700 Qe TT amd = "A | Lee apy, j OR han Sin 7 A EO F000 SI ES WN "ew, 0.9) dl) 7 £70) aro] HE ARMARKE PLAS an my ak 1 a ER ET hy RESTAURANT he | |B EE a a special meeting last week. The development on the north side of Highway 7A on just over ten acres of land includes some 90,000 ft of retail stores, a health and fitness centre with pool, a movie theatre, meeting rooms, a re-built Conway Restaurant and 90 condo units with 100 seniors retirement apartment units. The estimated cost of the project as presented to council is in the $20 to $25 million range. (From page 1) study prepared by an independent consultant. Councillor Hall also said the Port Perry sewage treatment lagoon system is not large enough at this time for 90 condominium units and 100 apartments without virtually cutting off all other new develop- ment on the sewage system in Port Perry. Durham Region, which runs the system, is now in the process of looking at expansion of the treat- ment system, but at best it would be several years before anything is ac- tually done to increase the capacity. Councillor Hall said that. the seniors apartment component of the development is slated to be con- structed in the final phase. Noting that there is a need for such apart- ments in the community, he wondered why this phase would not be started first. And he also express- ed "disappointment" that a motel- hotel is not. included in the plans, ~ which he said the community needs badly in its effort to promote tourism.. The Ward 2 councillor said he wasn't completely negative about MIE ANDY: spectacular show of ESP and the Power of Suggestion SATURDAY - 8 PM OCTOBER 17th PORT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL Tickets: Adults $8.00; Children 12 & Under $6.00 Available at: |.D.A., Hanks Pastries or Ringette Executive Proceeds for Ringette Association. > = NX Hwy. ON A-- the development plans presented last week. He said he liked the design of the buildings. But the more important questions about economic impact and sewage system capaci- ty must be answered before council gives any kind of approvals for the project. The proposal presented to council last week was prepared by the con- sulting firm of Marshal Macklin Monoghan of Don Mills and they call for retail store space of about 90,000 square feet in an indoor mall, 90 con- do units in four separate buildings along the lakeshore, and 100 apart- ment units in a building, also on the lakeshore. Included in the retail mall area are offices, a large restaurant, a fitness centre with swimming pool, and community meeting rooms. The plans also call for construc- tion of a two-level sea wall along the lakefront with a pedestrian walk- way. Mary Rose, a vice president and senior planner with the planning consulant firm told council last week that they are seeking initially "approval for the concept," and the use of the land. She said the developer is not at this time looking for specific site plan approval for such things as the number of parking spaces, services (sewer and water) and the location of the entrance off Highway 7A which is a critical factor for Township councillors. If the project goes ahead, the council almost certainly will de- mand that the entrance lines up with the entrance into Port Perry Plaza across Highway 7A to help alleviate traffic congestion problems that already exist in that area. Hans Moehring of the Otter Financial Corporation attended fast A v | NW | aS | Di . This is a conceptual drawing of the Conway Development proposal presented officially to Township Council at NL 5 $25 million Conway project week's information meeting in the council chambers and in response to a question for Ward 1 councillor Yvonne Christie said he has lived on Scugog Island for the past seven years. He said he began to take an in- terest in the 10 acres of land about three years ago when he learned it was for sale and might be developed strictly for apartments. He said he felt this would not be an appropriate use for the land. Mr. Moehring said he worked on the theme of the land use, the commercial-residential use, for more than two years and described it as "integrating" with the existing community. He told council that although no economic impact study has been prepared, he believes the retail component of the development will help draw new shoppers to Port Perry. And he said that since the plans for the cono units were made public over the summer, he has received 45 favourable responses from potential buyers. Mr. Moehring said he wants to start construction of the sea-wall along the lakefront as early as this coming January, and start building the retail component and two condo buildings next summer. Phase two of the project would be construction of two more condo buildings and phase three would be the seniors retirement apartment units. Following the meeting with Mr. Moehring and his consultants, coun- cillors spent nearly an hour discuss- ing the proposals. The first thing council wants is the economic impact study, and they will ask the developer to put up $15,000 for this study and for the municipal planning and engineering consultants to look at the plans in detail and report on them. Council also wants more information about the traffic impact, especially as it relates to the present entrance into the Port Perry Plaza across the road. In the discussion that followed the meeting, Mayor Taylor suggested strongly to the council that they should make a decision on the con- cept of the plan fairly quickly. "We (council) should tell the developer one way or another if we agree with the concept, not waste a lot of time and money and then turn around and turn the (project) down," he stated. Several Port Perry business peo- ple attended the information last week and one noted that if the development was approved without change, it would add 50 per cent to the retail store space in the Port Perry business district. There is now roughly 180,000 square feet of such retail space on Queen and Water Streets and in the Port Perry Plaza. The existing plaza itself is roughly 52,000 square feet. CRAFT SHOP featuring quilts, baby items, greeting cards, pine accessories, a Christmas Corner, antiques and many other items. 1/2 MILE EAST OF THE 4 CORNERS IN CAESAREA 986-4833