City of Carrollton officials presented a tax-allocation district (TAD) application at the Oct. 2 Carroll County work session seeking county participation in a Maple Street corridor redevelopment project.

Eric Connolly, presenting on behalf of the city, said the roughly 4.78-acre site sits across from Westover Square and will keep one existing 5,000-square-foot building for repurposing while demolishing other structures. The project would add about 11,800 square feet of new mixed-use footprint and—counting the renovated building—"almost 17,000 square foot of commercial," Connolly said. The proposal also includes 18 mixed-use building apartments and additional single-family housing at the rear of the site.

Connolly said the applicant requests $2,638,473 in TAD funding, which the city estimated equals 20% of eligible TAD costs. The city used sales-tax projections over an eight-year period (projecting commercial completion in 2029) and estimated a county increment of about $260,000 over the period assuming a $16 million post-construction valuation.

Brad Wilkes, the applicant, said the single-family homes would likely sell between $250,000 and $350,000 and that the condos would range from a little over 800 square feet up to about 1,400 square feet. Connolly and the city staff said the applicant intends that the approximately 17,000 square feet of commercial space remain commercial and could not be converted later to residential without violating the TAD conditions.

Commissioners asked detailed questions about financing, sales-tax projections and safeguards to ensure the proposed commercial uses are delivered as projected. Connolly said the city will not issue bonds for the TAD; it intends a pay-as-you-go approach and an intergovernmental agreement asking the county to participate through 2038. The school board reviewed and approved the project earlier the same day, Connolly said.

Commissioners sought clarity about whether the residential units would be sold individually (Wilkes said they would), price ranges, and neighborhood outreach; Connolly said the tract is currently zoned commercial and therefore would not require a zoning hearing for this development. The applicant and city staff provided site plans and architectural elevations to commissioners.

The commission did not vote during the work session but agreed to place the TAD application on the consent agenda for the Tuesday meeting, which the presenters said will include a vote by the Redevelopment Authority and then the county commission.