101 Acre Housing Master Plan

The City of Arkansas City recently purchased a 101 acre tract in the Northwest part of the City and intended for it to be developed as housing.  It was determined at a City Commission Work Session that it would be necessary to procure a Master Plan for the Housing on the tract to determine housing type, infrastructure and other planning for the site so as to properly develop the site. 

Staff has developed a relationship with Professional Engineering Consultants (PEC) and proposed that they develop a Master Plan for the site.  PEC wrote a proposal and as part of the agreement, will develop the plan, meet with staff, conduct public meetings for community input and present the final plan to the City Commission for approval and adoption. 

PEC presented the Preliminary Master Plan to the Planning Commission on Tuesday, July 9 and solicited feedback.  That feedback will be incorporated into the Master Plan.  The City and PEC then presented a Public Come-and-Go Open House on Tuesday, July 23 from 5PM to 7PM at the First Church of the Nazarene 1928 N 11th Street. Finally, a presentation was made to the City Commission on Tuesday, August 20.  

The Planning Commission presentation and discussion can be viewed on the City's YouTube page at https://youtu.be/XjGrCaEYx6c Due to a recording error, the first part of the discussion was left off which included the introduction but the majority of the presentation was recorded.  Staff apologizes for the error.

The City Commission presentation can be viewed at https://youtu.be/zrYEqmowYzs?si=hgbkKFL3zTNtMslS&t=3656 This link takes you to the part of the meeting when the presentation starts.  The presentation slides can be seen at the link below.