(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council heard a presentation from Marty Boose of Boose Building Construction, LLC Wednesday evening. Marty & Connie Boose have been working with the city on their residential housing development, the Redwood Subdivision.
The subdivision will have nine residential lots, with construction beginning over the summer.
There are provisions for owning a lot. 1.) One lot per house. 2.) Build within five years of purchase or lot goes back to
developer with a restocking charge. 3.) Plans must be submitted and approved by an Architectural Review Committee before work begins at lot site. 4.) No pre-built or trailer houses. 5.) Developer has to be notified and given first chance to buy lot at selling price before offering to sell vacant lot to another party. 6.) Living space must be 1,000 sq. ft. 7.) House cannot have metal siding or metal ribbed roof. 8.) Must be connected to public utilities. No septic tanks. 9.) City approval of street and utilities in place.
Atlantic City Councilwoman Elaine Otte…
The rezoning of the property from R-4 Multiple Family Residential to R-2 Low Density, Single Family Residential, was completed Wednesday evening with the third and final reading of Ordinance 1014. Boose Building Construction has filed an application for tax increment financing assistance to cover the costs of the infrastructure for the development. City Administrator John Lund requested a meeting with the Personnel & Finance Committee for next week.
In other action, the Council approved Snyder & Associates Supplemental Engineering Agreement for additional services #1 for the Prairie Hills Development. The Council has agreed to purchase the land for the development from Jim Comes for $830,000. City Administrator John Lund said this will be a considerable undertaking that is not covered by the City’s general engineering agreement with Snyder & Associates. The supplemental agreement includes platting services including the boundary and topographic survey, preliminary plat, final plat, design services including project administration, bid services, construction services including administration, construction staking, construction observation, record drawings, and additional services as may be requested by the Council. The total cost of this agreement is estimated to be $262,750. Lund said the final composition of the financing to pay for this contract, the construction contract, and the purchase of the land is still being assembled, but the resources to pay for all of this will be available, when needed.
The Council also approved the Third and Final Reading of Ordinance No. 1015 rezoning the area known as 705 West 8th Street from R-3 High Density Single Family to C-1 Highway Commercial.
The Council set date for public hearing on the sale of real estate. The Personnel & Finance Committee met on April 28 and reviewed a bid for 611 Linn Street, which is city-owned property. Henningsen & Bargary LLC propose to build a $300,000 home on the lot. The specs show a 1,277 square feet ranch, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a two-car attached garage. City policy states that the property can be sold for $1.00, provided that a $100,000 home be built on the property. The public hearing on the sale of the lot will be held on June 1.
The Council approved order to temporarily restrict parking to only one side of Palm Street, from 7th to 10th Streets, and no parking from the corner of 10th & Palms Streets to the Main Entrance of the Fairgrounds on July 30th for the Cass County Fair.
The Council approved an order to close 6th Street from Poplar Street to Chestnut Street every Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:34 p.m. beginning June 2 and October 13 for Produce in the Park.
The Council approved an order to appoint Councilmembers Dana Halder, Gerald Brink, Elaine Otte and local businessman Dan Olson to the Housing Committee.
The Council also approved the final readings of an ordinance related to mowing of properties which changes the maximum allowable grass length from 12 inches to a new nine inch standard.
