South Fayette clears way for new neighborhood at former Mayview site
South Fayette Township commissioners voted Feb. 15 to allow Charter Homes to proceed with its plan for the new Hastings neighborhood development at the former Mayview Hospital site.
The vote to allow the first phase of the project came after several months of discussion and deliberation regarding a settlement agreement involving the township, Charter Homes and Aloe Brothers, which currently owns the land.
As part of the settlement, South Fayette Township will pay Aloe Brothers $1.1 million plus roughly $1,000 in tax reimbursement. The township claimed eminent domain over surface rights for the nearly 69-acre property adjacent to Fairview Park that Aloe Brothers purchased from the state in 2010.
Township solicitor Robert Garvin told the commissioners that he had been working on the agreement until right before the meeting, but that he was satisfied with the progress that had been made from a legal perspective.
The $1.1 million will come in part from a $425,000 grant from the Department of Conservation and National Resources that the township received several years ago, according to township Manager Ryan Eggleston. The remainder of the money will come from the township’s park improvement fund.
Township staff and the planning commission recommended the commissioners approve the proposal. Commissioner Jessica Cardillo was the lone dissenting vote.
“I understand completely that it’s a win for the township and that it’s going to be good overall,” Cardillo told the rest of the board. “But I have issues with taxing an already over-stressed school system.”