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Developer says Ochre Point is nearing buildout after zoning, improvement district and sewer work
Summary
A developer gave the Tooele County Council an update on Ochre Point on Jan. 7, saying the master development agreement was signed in November 2021, an improvement district has been formed, and sales to national homebuilders are in late-stage negotiations; sewer and well work are scheduled to begin soon.
Daryl Anderson, a resident and developer representative, told the Tooele County Council on Jan. 7 that the Ochre Point master development agreement was signed in November 2021 and the project is in its final phases after delays from a referendum and the incorporation of Erda City.
Anderson said the project team formed the Ochre Point Improvement District and has been coordinating with SPID for sewer service. “We are 4 miles from the closest sewer treatment facility,” Anderson said, and the development will require building about four miles of sewer pipeline to tie in to SPID’s system. He said a landowner that is partnering on the project controls roughly 350 acres in unincorporated Tooele County that will help fund initial phases.
The developer said he expects to begin drilling a well “within the next few weeks” for the Ochre Point Improvement District and that sewer lines should follow as SPID extends service north into the Erda area. Anderson also said the development team is in “very final stages” of selling the majority of the 1,260-lot project to two national homebuilders; one buyer was described as the nation’s second-largest builder, which the developer said built about 74,000 homes last year.
Anderson reviewed the project’s timeline: county rezoning and approval of the development agreement in November 2021; a subsequent referendum that delayed work for months; Erda City’s early moratorium on development; and extended negotiations with prospective lot buyers and their counsel. He said those steps help explain why the multi-stage project — which some in the development business expect to take five to seven years — remains roughly a year from visible construction in parts of the site.
Council members asked about coordination of truck routes and other infrastructure; Anderson said the development team has been working with Erda City and SPID and that the improvement district will benefit unincorporated parts of Tooele Valley as well.
The developer’s remarks were delivered during the meeting’s public comment period; no formal council action was taken on Ochre Point at the Jan. 7 session.
Ending: Anderson told the council he would provide updates as major milestones — well drilling and sewer construction — proceed, and he asked the council’s patience given the multi-year, multi-agency work required to finish large residential projects.
