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Board adds Amazon parcels to Tuckahoe Creek Service District for Project Rocky
Summary
Goochland supervisors adopted an ordinance to add four Amazon-owned parcels on Ashland Road to the Tuckahoe Creek Service District so the Project Rocky distribution center can receive public water and sewer; the applicant's counsel said the project will provide infrastructure improvements and pay impact fees.
The Goochland County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 4 adopted an ordinance to add four Amazon-owned parcels on Ashland Road to the Tuckahoe Creek Service District (TCSD), a water-and-sewer service district. County staff said the parcels must be included in the TCSD for the Project Rocky e-commerce distribution center to connect to public water and sewer.
Wayne Stevens presented the staff report and said the parcels are part of a commercial development that cannot receive TCSD service unless the code list of parcels is amended. Andy Kahneman, counsel for the applicant, told the board the project will contribute more than $800,000 in infrastructure improvements and pay roughly $500,000 in impact fees, and that adding the properties will help the district with additional ad valorem tax revenue and help pay down debt service.
During public comment, residents asked for a clearer accounting of county costs and benefits; staff said a detailed fiscal-impact schedule was not available in the meeting packet but offered to review financial implications with interested residents after the meeting. Concerns were also raised about downstream water quality by an adjacent resident; staff responded that Amazon's wastewater would be handled in a separate system and would not go into the county's drinking-water piping.
The board moved, seconded and adopted the ordinance after closing the public hearing.
Why it matters: adding the parcels lets the Project Rocky site connect to public water and sewer and triggers infrastructure work paid by the developer; neighbors asked the county to provide clearer fiscal and water-quality information as the project advances.
