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City identifies Hudson Avenue site and adjacent parcel talks for Welcome Home Ohio grant
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Summary
City staff said the Welcome Home Ohio grant is targeted to a decommissioned garage/impound parcel on Hudson Avenue; negotiations with an adjacent parcel owner could allow roughly eight units initially and up to about 17 units if both parcels are combined.
City staff said the city has identified a potential site on Hudson Avenue for housing constructed with Welcome Home Ohio grant funds and is negotiating to combine an adjacent parcel to expand the project. "We do have a parcel on Hudson Avenue that currently has a has a garage and an impound lot, right in the middle of residential," Andrew Chicky, deputy service safety director, said. He described plans to relocate city equipment and storage to a new fire training center and storage site on Kenny Drive, clear the Hudson parcel, and use Welcome Home Ohio funds to build housing there. "Those parcels to be able to extend what we can do at that location since they are next to each other and essentially build approximately 8, 8 units between those and, then use the money from those the sale of those houses to continue the program. And, at the end, we're anticipating around 17 can be built if we extend it out," he said.
Nut graf: the presentation was an update on site selection and early negotiations, not a final contract or land transfer. City staff emphasized diligence in negotiating an agreeable price with the adjacent owner; no final sale or construction contract was reported.
The deputy director said cost and logistics drove the Hudson Avenue choice: several municipal parcels were considered, and some would require "incredible expense" to prepare, reducing the program’s impact. He described moving useful city assets to Kenny Drive, demolishing the cinder-block structure at Hudson, and combining parcels to expand the number of units. The deputy director described the adjacent parcel owner as "very interested in this program" and "incredibly reasonable and open to the idea."
No formal Council action or vote on property acquisition or on the Welcome Home Ohio grant was reported during the meeting. Commission members discussed the update and deferred further questions to Megan and city staff who had been the primary drivers for the city's application.
Ending: The proposal remains in the negotiation and site-selection phase; staff said additional diligence and purchase negotiations are required before any land transfer or building can proceed.
