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Council authorizes staff to negotiate with school district on housing development to support building-trades program
Summary
Council directed staff to negotiate terms of a collaborative project with the Oskaloosa Community School District that would replace sewer infrastructure and create about 16 buildable lots for the district’s building-trades program; the city would front infrastructure costs in exchange for land and other concessions.
City staff presented a proposal to the council to expand a planned sewer replacement project along North 3rd Street to allow the Oskaloosa Community School District to make a contiguous parcel buildable for its building-trades program. The council voted to direct staff to negotiate terms with the district.
Under the staff proposal, adding approximately 700 feet of sanitary sewer and 700 feet of storm sewer, along with roughly 900 feet of concrete paving and a 300-foot street extension, would create about 16 buildable lots.…
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