Town council approved a report Monday night recommending the town abandon the initiative for residential development of Sixth Street East, and authorized notification to abutting landowners that the proposal proceed no further.
In the report from municipal planner Faye Flatt, she indicated an insufficient number of property owners showed an interest in pursuing the proposed development as a local improvement project.
During an investigation earlier this year of properties in town having potential for residential development, council expressed an interest in the possibility of developing town-owned property between Williams Avenue and Shevlin Avenue as an extension of Sixth Street East.
Property owners abutting the property were invited to express their interest in participating in the initiative on a local improvement basis.
Following the local improvement policy council enacted a few years ago, the town has made a conscious decision to not initiate improvement projects, but accept proposals in accordance with the regulations and facilitate the process, noted Flatt.
The policy requires a petition in favour of work (also known as an expression of interest) signed by two-thirds of the abutting property owners representing at least one-half of the assessed value of lots.
No qualifying petition or official expression of interest was received, reported Flatt, and the few wishing to participate represented only eight percent of the assessed value of the affected properties.
Those not wishing to participate represented 73 percent.
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