John Hardy, Lennar Homes, told the Lancaster County ad hoc committee that the developer’s proposed Haven development would include a donated school site, public-safety payments and on-site infrastructure but that the committee would first go into executive session for legal advice on the proposed contract.
"Our proposal is... right down here would be the school site where we would donate 12.87 acres," John Hardy said, describing the layout and public contributions attached to the development agreement proposal. He told the committee that MPV Properties and its representative Bailey Patrick would donate the balance of land needed to meet the school district’s needs.
Hardy said the school district needs about 25 acres for a new school; Lennar would donate 12.87 acres and "Bailey Patrick from MPV Properties would donate the balance required," he said. He added that MPV’s donation would be made in writing and that the party is "willing to donate that property as long as ours is approved."
In addition to the school site, Hardy identified roughly 5 acres for a proposed recycling/convenience center off Craig Farm Road and a proposed fire and EMS station as part of the development agreement. He said a boulevard through the project would be a "no-load boulevard" (no homes backing on to it) that connects to Activity Road and Craig Farm Road; the boulevard, he said, would let students east of 521 reach the school using local roads rather than traveling on 521.
Hardy described a per-home public-safety payment the developer would provide to the county, totaling $1,319 per home: $138 for the sheriff, $128 for EMS and $1,053 for fire. He said the developer would also pay $2,200 per home to the school district, which he described as a "grand total of $2,037,200" to help offset the development’s effect on schools. Hardy said the average expected sales price for homes in the development would be about $479,000.
Hardy also pointed out a proposed amenity area near 521 behind the development’s lake and said an existing venue of 14.59 acres in the project area would remain.
The ad hoc committee did not vote on the development agreement during the public portion of the meeting. After Hardy’s presentation, the committee moved to an executive session to "receive legal advice subject to the attorney-client privilege regarding a potential contractual matter related to the Haven development agreement and to invite the planning director in to discuss the item," and the motion to enter executive session was approved by voice vote.
Procedural votes recorded during the meeting included approval of the meeting’s consent/approval agenda (vote recorded as 3–0) and a unanimous vote to enter the executive session; no votes on the Haven development agreement were taken in public during the recorded portion of this meeting.