The Emporia City Commission discussed the land bank it has been considering Wednesday at its regular meeting.
City Housing Specialist Jeff Lynch said the community housing board had been brought up to date about the land bank concept.
“I think they are in general accepting of doing that — serving as the land bank if that’s what we needed them to do,” he said.
Lynch said members had asked the commission for input on goals for the land bank.
There are about four or five actual lots in the land bank, not including Walnut Park. According to Lynch, two people have inquired about lots.
Commissioner Rob Gilligan said he expected the inflow and outflow of lots from the land bank to be fairly constant.
“We’ll get five or six and then we’ll go down to two or three but then we’ll end up acquiring one or two or three more every year,” he said.
The city discussed drafting a memorandum of understanding with the housing board to handle the land bank.
(Read more: Emporia Gazette)