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College Place administrator outlines housing pipeline, infrastructure needs and funding options
Summary
New city administrator described pre-application activity for a 400+ unit Stone Creek project, smaller Homestead Village phases, and potential expansion at Latitude 180; discussions focused on a College Avenue roundabout, TIFF funding, a water tower appropriation and Teragon Northwest interest in Martin Airfield.
New College Place City Administrator Troy Rurn told the Economic Development & Tourism Advisory Committee that several residential projects and infrastructure improvements are moving through early development stages and that staff is pursuing funding options.
“Stone Creek by Stone Hedge Development is about 400 plus residential housing units across the street from the high school,” Troy said, describing a recent pre-application meeting attended by the developer’s architects, engineers and senior staff. He said the presence of design professionals at a pre-app signals a developer’s seriousness and that more details should emerge later in the summer or early fall.
Troy outlined other housing work: the final phase of the Homestead Village PUD (smaller homes) and preliminary pre-app materials from the Latitude 180 Apartments developer to increase building counts. Committee members raised school-capacity and traffic concerns tied to those additions.
Infrastructure needs were a central theme. Troy told the committee that a roundabout on College Avenue is proposed to accommodate traffic for Stone Creek and to improve vehicle and student safety. The city has discussed using TIFF (Tax Increment Financing) resources to extend scope to support the roundabout. Brian, the city’s budget and finance director, said TIFF already funds large projects (he cited roughly $5 million of $8 million borrowed for the Maja Road project) but that right-of-way acquisition and grant availability are constraining timing.
On water infrastructure, staff reported a prior Army Corps funding source (roughly $8 million) has been reallocated; the city currently has a roughly $1 million federal appropriation toward a new water tower and is seeking remaining funds. For airport-area plans, Troy said recent conversations with Teragon Northwest and the city’s federal lobbyist have identified potential funding mechanisms but emphasized Teragon would need letters of business commitment before formal applications could proceed.
Committee members asked for a presentation of the Capital Facilities Plan and for a regular work session to track grants and ongoing federal funding opportunities. The committee agreed to meet every other month so staff can focus on pursuing funding and updating trackers.
