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Clermont County staff, township discuss partially dissolving residential TIF around Eagles Nest golf course
Summary
County staff and commissioners discussed a Goshen Township request to remove parcels covering the Eagles Nest golf course from an existing residential TIF while allowing the remainder of the TIF to continue to fund the local transportation improvement district for roughly 10 more years.
County economic development staff told the Clermont County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 10 that Goshen Township trustees have asked the county to dissolve the portion of an existing residential tax-increment-financing (TIF) district that covers the Eagles Nest golf course while leaving the rest of the TIF in place.
Chris McClintic, community and economic development director, said the original TIF was created around State Route 28 near the Eagles Nest golf course and associated residential development in roughly 2005. He told commissioners that the golf course itself has not redeveloped but that surrounding residential parcels have produced tax increment.
“We've collected about $2,500,000 since the inception of that TIF,” McClintic said. “Of that 2.5, almost $1,300,000 has been paid to the school district in PILOT payments; $182,000 has been paid towards infrastructure and about a million has been paid to the TID for projects.”
McClintic and Scott Gaffer, development specialist, described staff’s recommended approach: remove the parcels covering the golf-course/redevelopment area from the residential TIF (the area the township is focused on) but keep the remaining parcels under the TIF for about 10 more years to continue funding the Transportation Improvement District (TID). Staff said the remaining TIF currently produces roughly $80,000–$115,000 annually, and 2024 tax-year distributions (paid in 2025) totaled about $170,000 to date.
Goshen Township trustee Bob Rose was reported as having discussed the request with county staff and appeared amenable to the partial dissolution. County counsel is drafting resolution language and an exhibit that would list parcels to be excluded and parcels to remain in the TIF; staff said that legislation will be brought forward for formal action. McClintic said he expects the township trustees and the county planning commission to review the zoning and proposed changes next.
Commissioners and staff noted there has been outside media and resident interest in the Sunnymead/Belmont area redevelopment and that further public review is expected when township trustees and the county planning commission consider the zoning and any formal requests.
No formal vote was taken by the board on the TIF partial-dissolution concept during the Sept. 10 meeting; staff reported they are preparing the resolution and parcel exhibits for future consideration.
