JEFFERSON —
Two new businesses are under consideration for the Route 20 corridor in Ashtabula Township, commissioners learned Tuesday.
Larry Meaney, director of the county’s department of environmental services, mentioned the pending development during a water and sewer work session Tuesday.
Meaney described one of the businesses as a “small retail store” and the other as a Family Dollar store. Ryan Whitmire, zoning inspector, confirmed that Family Dollar, which has a location on State Road in the township, has obtained a zoning permit for a 7.5-acre site adjacent to Corlew Field.
The second location under consideration is across from the Ashtabula Towne Square mall. A development company has shown interest in that area, Whitmire said.
Under the terms of the new county/city/township sewer district agreement, a joint economic development district (JEDD) would have to be created to accommodate the new development.
The county owns the sewer lines in the township and the city owns the wastewater treatment plant. Under the sewer district agreement, employee wages and the profits from businesses in the JEDD would be subject to the city’s 1.8 percent income tax. The revenue would be shared between the city and township after deductions are made for JEDD administration and capital improvements to the treatment plant, said Ashtabula City Manager James Timonere.
He learned from Meaney about the retailers’ interest in locating in the township, but he said that no formal discussions on the JEDD framework have been scheduled.
Meaney said officials from the city, township and county will need to decide if they want to form two JEDDs to accommodate each venture or map out one large JEDD along the Route 20 corridor. Commissioners asked Meaney to make sure County Prosecutor Thomas Sartini, who helped negotiate the sewer district agreement, is included in any correspondence and meetings on the matter.
Timonere said the retailer and developer are probably anxious to get going on the projects, and promised that the JEDD issue won’t stand in the way of their efforts to bring jobs and business to the county. The agreement, under certain circumstances, provides for the option of a per-employee assessments rather than a shared income tax.
“We’re not going to do anything to hold up progress,” Timonere said. “We’d be happy to work with them any way we can.”
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