Developer GW Weld will give a presentation on a possible new residential project during Monday night’s City Commission meeting.
The project, designed for 10th and Peach Street, has been discussed for potential affordable housing.
Weld and his partner, Dustin Baker of Alcove Development, will discuss the project’s scope and the affordable housing component, as well as information about the funding they’re applying for, Assistant City Manager Zack Daniel said.
Weld said he and Baker have applied to the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation for a housing program to help provide workforce housing. It is a tax credit program that provides income-restricted units to families who cannot afford market rate housing options, Weld said.
The preliminary application was received, and they have been invited to participate in the full application due in May. For the application, they are required to work with the city on an incentive package to show municipal support of the program.
The initial apartment plan has 40 income-restricted units and 80 market-rate units.
They are presenting the broad scope of the project and working with city staff to draft incentives requests. The complex will be called Pascal’s Landing, an homage to Pascal Fish, Weld said.
In other business Monday night, city staff and commissioners will have a work session to discuss future development. The discussion will focus on priorities as growth comes in both commercial and residential aspects as more people are in the area with Panasonic, Daniel said.
Since there is a general consensus that growth is going to eventually come at a more accelerated pace than in the past, the work session will help with some proactiveness, he said.
The commission may discuss public safety, infrastructure, recreation, anything to make sure the city is adequately prepared for changes, Daniel said. City staff will discuss what they feel may need more focus and hear what commissioners think.
A public hearing for the vacating of multiple utility easements at the high school will also likely be set at the meeting. The existing easements conflict with the expansion of some of the school district’s new renovations near 2203 Church St. The only action is to set up a public hearing. There will be no discussion at this time, Daniel said.
The commission will also consider passing a resolution to update the city’s special benefits district. State law allows for municipalities to set up boundaries for where public improvements can get financed through special assessments.
In 2017, the city set up a resolution mirroring the state’s statute and set up the Eudora preferences for considering applications for these kinds of districts. This action will just update the city’s policy.They are not currently reviewing an application for this kind of district, Daniel said.
In other business, the city will also receive a quarterly update from the Eudora Chamber of Commerce.
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