The South Hutchinson City Council heard a brief presentation Monday night on a new “workforce” rental housing development proposed for the city. Austin Parker … offered a PowerPoint of a similar project proposed for Benton, Missouri, that included 25 buildings composed of one- and two-bedroom units, with 99 apartments … The South Hutchinson development would start with 20 units, he said, offering one, two and possibly three-bedroom apartments “depending on what the market wants.” “The numbers are tentative, but a one-bedroom would probably lease for around $1,100 and a two-bedroom for $1,200 to $1,300,” he said. The group will seek city-issued low-interest, non-taxable Industrial Revenue Bonds for the development.
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About 2 1/2 years after the question failed at the polls by 34 votes, the South Hutchinson City Council agreed Monday to consider allowing Sunday alcohol sales in the city. Councilman Brian Garretson, who said a resident approached him to ask the city to consider it, raised the issue Monday during council comments. The council can simply authorize Sunday sales by ordinance, which residents would then force onto the ballot by petition if enough objected. The reverse happened in 2019 when an individual in town gathered enough signatures to require a vote. The issue failed 319-to-353.
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After hearing more than an hour and a half of public comments on Wednesday evening, Douglas County commissioners gave preliminary approval to a set of rules for future solar farms in the county. The rules outline a number of limits for solar farms in the county, from how large they can be — up to 1,000 acres — to how far they must be set back from roads, homes and other structures. Commissioners voted Wednesday night to approve those standards, pending a minor technical change about grading at solar farm sites. The commission will still need to officially adopt the regulations via a resolution at a future meeting.
Source: LJWorld.com