The application for a proposed shopping center at Ridge Road and Route 202 came up again at the Concord Township Council’s March 3 meeting.
During the Citizen Comment period, resident Kevin Voit again spoke out against the proposed Shoppes at Concord. Voit addressed the council last week during Giant supermarket’s liquor license transfer conditional use hearing, calling for the council to deny the transfer. (That story may be found here.)
When speaking on Tuesday, he noted the applicant had withdrawn its National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit application from consideration with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection.
“While the reasons behind this withdrawal are unknown, it stands to reason that the ongoing hearing before the Zoning Hearing Board should be halted pending updated site plans,” he said. “Continuing to hold hearings on a site plan that no longer holds relevance is a waste of township resources .”
Voit went on to say that the “shotgun approach of the applicant and associated tenants — Giant and their premature liquor license transfer application — should no longer be tolerated.”
He said all hearings on the matter should be halted “until the applicant gets its act together.”
Other business
- Concord Township Council thanked Team Toyota for being a presenting sponsor of the township’s Parks and Rec programing for 2026.
Council Co-Vice President John Crossan said this is the third year for Team Toyota sponsoring the programming.
“They gave us $13,000 toward our programming, which last year, reached more than 5,000 residents,” he said before the council gave a plaque to Karli Franiak of Team Toyota.
- Engineer Joe Renzo said there is movement on the Smithbridge Road roundabout project. He said roadway easement acquisitions are nearing completion.
“Agreements are in place, and documents are currently being recorded with the county, and PennDOT is completing a constructability review. Once this review is complete and the right-of-way documents have been submitted to PennDOT, we can prepare plans for bidding,” he said.
He added that the bidding could be letted by mid-July, with work starting shortly thereafter. Construction will take about two years.
- Council made several appointments during the meeting. Members appointed Michael Sheridan as alternate solicitor for the Zoning Hearing Board; Saleem Shaik to the library board; and Joe Barbato to the ZHB.
And council also accepted two resignations. Tony Shahan resigned from the Historical Commission, and Sherin Motawea resigned from the Parks & Rec Board. Shahan recently resigned as the executive director at Ndewlin Grist Mill.
