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Mahoning Twp. tables Dollar General plans

A Dollar General in Mahoning Township will be delayed as supervisors tabled the development, stormwater operating and maintenance agreements, and letter of credit.

The plans call for building a 10,700-square-foot store with 32 parking spaces. JLM Investments LLC is the project engineer for the project, while the site is owned by Duschak One LLC.

In July, the board had signed a preconstruction agreement with Starbucks that enabled the company to begin doing some earthmoving, but they couldn’t start to put up their building until the supervisor signed off on agreements, Last month, the board tabled those matters concerning Starbucks because they only received the information a short time before the meeting.

Township solicitor Tom Nanovic had prepared the development agreement and stormwater agreement for Dollar General almost identical to Starbucks, but the attorney for Dollar General made changes to what Nanovic had drafted.

Essentially, Dollar General wanted to know if it could enter into a preconstruction agreement the same way Starbucks did back in July, and their attorney prepared an agreement.

Cole Boyer, project engineer for JLM Investments, brought the agreement to Wednesday’s meeting, but Nanovic hadn’t seen it yet.

Supervisor Deb McGowan and board Chairman Robert Slaw tabled the agreement, saying they were uncomfortable because they hadn’t seen it yet.

Supervisor Ronald Reeser was absent.

As a result, Dollar General will have to come back to next month’s meeting, when the matter is expected to once again be on the agenda for action.

The former Bill’s Bakery was leveled Monday morning to make way for a Dollar General along Route 443 just east of the Normal Square intersection.

In August the board approved the following:

• Separate preliminary and final plan submissions are required. The planning commission recommended waiver request.

• Drainage easement needs to be provided to the township. The minimum width is 10 feet from each side of the drainage facility and existing nature drainage way; however, the township may require a greater easement when necessary, noting that a blanket easement over the entire property is being provided.

• The depth of water within the basins waiver request was tabled on a motion by Robert Slaw until the township has more information.