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BOSC Roadwork Development Agreement — Port Authority of Allen County / Allen County / Bistrozzi LLC
roadwork-development-agreement
provenance
- source_path data/documents/aedg/PRR-01-bundle.ocr.pdf
- bundle Allen County -- Responsive Records -- Parent PRR.pdf (328 pp.; producing body: Port Authority of Allen County)
- pages Agreement pp.296-312 (index 1-indexed; = bundle 0-based 295-311); Exhibit A (Property) p.313; Exhibit B (Roadwork Improvements) p.314; Exhibit C (Construction Schedule) p.315; Exhibit D (Supporting Information) p.316. The Tetra Tech OPC that Exhibit D incorporates follows at pp.317-328 (already extracted as roundabouts.*.opc.yaml).
- content_verified 2026-06-07
- evidence scan with OCR layer added (PAAC public-records production)
parties
- authority PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEN COUNTY ("Authority") — a port authority/body corporate and politic, 144 S. Main St., Suite 200, Lima, OH 45801. Designs and constructs the Roadwork Improvements.
- county ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO ("County") — Ohio county government; accepts dedication + maintains the roads.
- company BISTROZZI LLC ("Company") — a Delaware LLC, address 52 East Gay Street, Columbus, OH (the Vorys address), "together with any permitted successors, assigns or transferees." Funds the work.
- company_counsel Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease — Jill S. Tangeman, Esq. (jstangeman@vorys.com)
- authority_counsel Rex H. Huffman, 932 Dixie Hwy, Rossford, OH 43460
- county_counsel John R. Willamowski, Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Allen County (also notice copy)
- county_engineer Brion E. Rhodes, P.E., P.S. — Allen County Engineer (brhodes@allencountyohio.com)
- primary_contacts
- authority Todd Audet
- county Brad Niemeyer
- company —
authorization
- authority_resolution
- number O.729-25
- date 2025-07-29
- body Port Authority of Allen County Board of Directors
- county_resolution
- number 588-25
- date 2025-07-31
- body Allen County Board of County Commissioners
- fiscal_certificates
- body Port Authority of Allen County
- statute R.C. 5705.41 / 5705.44
- dated 2025-08-19
- body Allen County
- Ohio —
- statute R.C. 5705.41 / 5705.44
- dated 2025-09-12
execution
- effective_date 2025-09-15
- signatures
- party Port Authority of Allen County (Board)
- title Board Chair
- date 2025-08-19
- party Bistrozzi LLC
- title Authorized Representative
- date 2025-09-15
- party Allen County
- Ohio —
- signatory Cory Noonan
- title Commissioner
- date 2025-08-13
project_recital
- property real property in American Township, Allen County (Exhibit A)
- project develop, construct (in one or more phases) and operate "one or more data center(s)" plus administrative/accessory/support buildings, utility buildings, and related site improvements.
- roadwork_purpose public-road improvements near the Property to support construction/operation of the data center(s).
- grant_funding_anticipated State of Ohio Roadwork Development (629) Grant and Ohio Dept. of Development Jobs & Commerce Grant (collectively "Roadwork Development Grants"), with the Authority as eligible grantee.
financial_terms
- company_contribution_usd 14500000
- contribution_basis "inclusive of all project costs including any admin and legal fees" (§3.2a). The roadwork is at no cost to the Company beyond this Contribution.
- cost_basis_document Exhibit D: the Parties relied on "the attached itemized cost estimate from Tetra Tech which the Parties received on or about July 17, 2025." That estimate is the OPC at bundle pp.317-328 (extracted as data/extracted/aedg/roundabouts.summary.opc.yaml: construction total $14,223,081). The $14.5M Contribution ~= the OPC construction total + ~$277K headroom for admin/legal.
- exhibit_d_typo Exhibit D states the Tetra Tech estimate as "$14,500.00" — a source typo for $14,500,000.00 (it equals the Company's Contribution and reconciles with the OPC's ~$14.22M construction total). [verbatim transcription; flagged, not corrected in source]
- grant_refund_mechanism
- summary After completion, the Authority certifies Total Cost. If Total Cost < (Company's Contribution + Roadwork Grant Funds + Additional Grant Funds), the Authority pays the difference (the "Overpayment Amount") back to the Company within 60 days; grant funds received after itemization are likewise refunded to the Company.
- significance Public grant money (the 629 / Jobs & Commerce grants) effectively backfills and can REFUND the private Contribution — so the headline "$14.5M private contribution" may be net-reduced by public grants flowing to the Company. The true public/private cost split turns on grant awards not in this document. [inference — flagged; depends on grant amounts]
- interest §5.2 — Authority may hold the Contribution in an interest-bearing account; interest funds Authority operations, not refunded.
roadwork_scope
- primary_access
- Roundabout at North Cole Road & Beery Road (primary access entrance to the Property)
- traffic_and_rehab
- Roundabout at North Cole Road & Bluelick Road
- Roundabout at North Cole Road & SR 115
- North Cole Road rehabilitation
- Bluelick Road rehabilitation
- Roundabout at North Cole Road & Diller Road
- beery_road_carveout §3.1(a): the Roadwork Improvements do NOT include any changes to Beery Road, including bridge replacement. §3.1(g): the Company separately reserves the right to design/engineer/construct the road improvements at Cole Street & Beery Road itself on 15 days' notice.
- ordering §3.1(a) — built in the ranked Exhibit-B order until the Company's Contribution is expended; the Authority is not obligated to complete all if funds run short.
- dedication §3.1(h) — each completed Roadway Improvement is dedicated to the County for public use and the County maintains it thereafter (an ongoing public maintenance cost beyond the one-time build).
schedule
- substantial_completion_by 2027-09-01
- final_completion_by 2027-12-31
property
- former_owner_neff_farms_inc
- parcel 36-0100-03-002.000
- address Cole Street, Lima, OH 45807
- prior_instrument OR 2018 Page 2723
- parcel 36-1200-02-001.001
- address 4110 N. Cole Street, Lima, OH 45801
- prior_instrument OR 2018 Page 2723 + OR 2018 Page 7339
- note the permitted Project BOSC address
- former_owner_brenneman_trusts
- trustees Kyle C. & Sarah N. Brenneman (Kyle C. Brenneman Living Trust dtd 2023-03-30) and Keaton A. & Kristen M. Brenneman (Keaton A. Brenneman Living Trust dtd 2023-03-02)
- parcels
- 36-1200-03-001.001
- 36-1200-03-001.000
- 36-1200-03-001.002
- 36-1200-03-001.003
- 36-1200-03-001.004
- 36-1200-03-001.005
- 36-1200-03-001.006
- address West Bluelick Road / 950 West Bluelick Road, Lima, OH 45801
- prior_instrument OR 2024 Page 3900 + OR 2024 Page 6115
- former_owner_pike_run_farms_llc
- parcel 36-1200-03-002.000
- address West Bluelick Road, Lima, OH 45801
- prior_instrument OR 2024 Page 981
- note Three seller groups assembled the campus: Neff (incl. 4110 N. Cole), the Brenneman family trusts (7 parcels), and Pike Run Farms. The bundle's seller packets (Brenneman pp.91-167, Miller, Neff pp.242-276, Neighbors pp.280-295) document the option/assignment chain to Bistrozzi — not yet extracted.
records_withholding_clause
- section 9.13
- public_record_acknowledged The Company acknowledges the Agreement is a public record subject to disclosure under Ohio public records law.
- authority_obligations The Authority agrees to (a) give the Company written notice AT LEAST FIVE (5) BUSINESS DAYS prior to responding to ALL records requests related to the Company or Project; (b) reasonably cooperate with the Company in responding; (c) disclose only records required to be disclosed under Ohio public records law; and (d) redact, omit, or refuse to provide records not required to be disclosed.
- exemptions_cited R.C. 122.36, 122.75, 149.433, 149.45, 718.13, 1333.61 et seq., 5703.21, 5711.101
- savings_clause 'Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted as contrary to the Ohio Public Records Act (R.C. 149.43).'
- significance The THIRD contractual records-withholding mechanism in this deal, after the NDA §6 (>=10 business days' developer notice; mutual-nda-bistrozzi.nda.yaml) and the CRA §22 public-records indemnity (cra-agreement.cra.yaml). Here the Authority (a separate public body from the Commissioners) binds itself to a >=5-business-day developer-notice-and-cooperate-on-redaction routine before answering ANY request touching the Company/Project. Same engine, second custodian — corroborates the systemic delay/withholding thesis in bosc-prr-production-2026-06-05.response-index.yaml.
notable_clauses
- no_procurement §9.17 — "The performance of any obligations under this Agreement does not require the Company to submit any bid or otherwise participate in any procurement process of the Authority." (The Company pays $14.5M and is exempted from competitive procurement; the Authority selects the road contractors via design-build bidding under §3.1(c).)
- assignment §9.3 — the Company may assign to any Affiliate / merger successor / asset purchaser / public-offering successor / financing party (incl. R.C. Ch. 4582) WITHOUT Authority approval; the Authority may not assign without the Company's consent.
- no_third_party_beneficiaries §9.20 — only the Authority and Company are parties; no third-party (e.g., affected residents) may enforce.
- jury_waiver §9.15 — both parties waive jury trial for any claim arising under or connected to the Agreement.
- anti_corruption §9.16 — anti-bribery / 'Anything of Value' covenant binding the Authority and its agents.
- no_cross_default §8.3 — default under any other Project agreement is not automatically a default here.
Where it connects
aedg/roadwork-development-agreement.rda.yaml · — · aedg