By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
The final plat for a new housing development in Great Bend was approved by the Great Bend City Council this week. Housing Opportunities Inc. (HOI) will move forward with the first phase of development named Cambridge Park and will consist of six duplexes, two single room occupancy structures and a community building.
The 24-acre lot, behind Walmart, was rezoned from agriculture to
planned unit development (PUD).
Councilmember Alan Moeder voted in favor of the approval after getting final
word from Interim City Administrator Logan Burns that a rain water runoff study
was completed for the low-income housing development.
"The way the weather is being so erratic anywhere in the country right now, it's bound to happen here one of these days," said Moeder.
"Based off the drainage study Kaw Valley Engineering completed, it would fill roughly half of the drainage pond on a 100-year rain," said Burns. "Approximately four feet, is what it would rise."
Cambridge Park will give Sunflower Diversified Services first rights to rent
the apartments for their clients with developmental disabilities. Over the span
of eight to 10 years, HOI wants to add 64 housing units.