Commissioners Approve Adding Parcels to Concord Scioto Community Authority; Developers Plan several hundred homes

Tyler Compton, an attorney representing the Concord Scioto New Community Authority, told the Board of Commissioners on June 12 that two sections of property south of Clark Shaw Road and on both sides of Sawmill Parkway are proposed for addition to the community authority district.

"One of the developments...will include 254 single-family homes and 136 townhomes. The other development will include 208 townhomes," Compton said, describing planned housing types and the authority's role in funding infrastructure such as roads, sidewalks and water and sewer hookups. He said the authority would issue bonds to pay for infrastructure, and the bonds would be repaid through community development charges placed on homes as they are completed and sold.

The hearing was held under Chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code. No members of the public came forward to comment during the hearing. Commissioners voted to approve Resolution 25-441, "approving the applications to add certain parcels of real property to the Concord Scioto Community Authority District and to amend the petition for establishment of the Concord Scioto Community Authority as a new community authority under chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code." The vote was recorded as unanimous: Commissioners Barb Lewis, Gary Merrill and Jeff Benton each voted aye.

Commissioners asked clarifying questions about what was being added and confirmed no objections had been filed; staff and the applicant indicated the community development charges would be paid by the buyers of the new homes rather than by existing county taxpayers. The authority will evaluate timing and issue bonds when infrastructure is ready; no bond issuance or county fiscal commitment was made at the meeting.