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Chaffee County approves MOU with Salida to fund infrastructure for South Arkansas neighborhood
Summary
The county approved a memorandum of understanding committing $250,000 for design work and formalizing conditions to support workforce housing at the South Arkansas neighborhood in Salida, while addressing county road impacts and affordability definitions.
Chaffee County commissioners voted to approve a memorandum of understanding with the City of Salida to commit $250,000 in county funds toward design work for infrastructure serving the South Arkansas neighborhood, a planned workforce housing development south of Highway 50.
The MOU formalizes a prior 2023 county commitment and references the planned-unit development (PUD) ordinance that defines the numbers and types of housing planned in the neighborhood. County staff and Salida officials said the project will require significant water, sewer and road extensions before blocks of homes can be built.
County staff said the county previously agreed in 2023 to provide…
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