Costs of Community Services

A Canadian Study

There has been a lot of research on Costs of Community Services in the United States in an attempt to better understand the implications of land use decisions. Here in Summerland, with regard to the Summerland Hills Golf Course and HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, it has been repeatedly said that municipal tax revenues will be bolstered by this project. Now a Canadian Study has just been completed revealing that, in Canada as well, Residential Developments do not pay for themselves. The city of Red Deer Alberta conducted this study and found that for every dollar of tax revenue collected, between $1.66 and $1.81 was spent on servicing that residential unit. The citizens of Summerland need to think long and hard about this figure, considering the substantial infrastructure implications association with the Summerland Hills Development Proposal. Do you like this proposal enough to subsidize it well into the future with your tax dollars?