By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
The Amber Meadows subdivision in Great Bend has slowly added more housing over the years. Just north of Veterans Memorial Park, at the 24th Street and McKinley Street intersection, the subdivision has three more buildable lots that sit vacant.
Earlier this year, City of Great Bend officials met with individuals in ownership of the lots. Those owners deeded the properties back to the city. Recently resigned Great Bend City Administrator Brandon Anderson said at last week’s city council meeting that there was no interest from the public to build on the open lots.
"The RFP we sent out to gauge interest in the three lots that are left in Amber Meadows Phase 1, we did not get any RFPs submitted for that," said Anderson. "We're kind of back to the drawing board on what council and the city would want to do on with those particular lots."
The Amber Meadows subdivision requires houses built be a minimum of 1,200 square feet and a maximum of 1,800 square feet. All of the single-family homes have to be sold at a minimum of $150,000.
In 2020, the city announced multiple home owners in Amber Meadows sued the city, claiming their basements occasionally flood and the city was responsible for the flooding. In April 2023, the city council approved a general release that frees the city of any future claims. The city’s insurance provider determined if monetary settlements were needed.