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HRA director updates board on Farden Township industrial-park RFP work and seven-lot housing plat
Summary
Hubbard County HRA director Mary Thompson told the board the Farden Township industrial park remains in fact-finding with a planned RFP for engineering and public outreach, and that a seven-lot housing draft will move to septic-site evaluations and a May Planning Commission plat application once ground conditions allow.
Mary Thompson, the HRA director, reported to the Hubbard County HRA that two distinct projects in Farden Township are moving forward: an industrial park that is in a fact-finding stage and a housing development for which a draft seven-lot survey exists and septic-site evaluations are pending.
On the industrial park, Thompson said the next step is to issue a request for proposals to an engineering firm to support a public process and identify a likely road alignment; a road design would then inform potential grant applications and contractor planning. “The process there will be that we will work with creating some kind of an RFP with an engineering firm that will help with a public process to identify the likely road,” Thompson said.
On housing, Thompson said the surveyor provided a draft of seven lots and the HRA is awaiting septic-site evaluations for each lot; two or three septic evaluators are being consulted and cannot conduct work until the ground thaws, which Thompson said would take “2 to 3 weeks.” The HRA has applied for state titles and is working with an attorney to draft a developer’s agreement that will set parameters for building on the lots; Thompson said the HRA hopes to submit a plat application to the May Planning Commission pending septic results and title clearances.
Thompson also discussed marketing and branding ideas, saying Aitkin County’s “Naturally Better” materials offered examples the HRA might adapt. She suggested possibly pursuing a county-branding conversation either through the HRA or via the county board and noted Aitkin County’s “Coffee with the County” podcasts and Mississippi Headwaters Board partnerships as models for disseminating information.
Ending: Thompson asked board members for questions and said she would continue work on RFP preparation, septic evaluations and the developer’s agreement; no formal vote on the projects occurred at the meeting.
