When Leavenworth city commissioners met Tuesday, they voted to accept additional money as part of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. They also authorized contracts for the construction of four new homes as part of the NSP.
The program, which is funded with federal grant money, allows the city government to redevelop abandoned or foreclosed properties for homes for low-to-moderate income people, according to the city’s Web site.
Two Leavenworth houses that were purchased and rehabilitated as part of the program currently are up for sale. Two other rehabilitation projects are in the construction process, according to information provided by City Manager Scott Miller.
The city previously had been awarded a little more than $1 million for the NSP. The city was notified in June that it had been awarded an additional $185,324 for the program.
Commissioners voted Tuesday to amend the city’s NSP Action Plan to allow for the grant increase.
They also voted to authorize a contract with Baker Construction, a Leavenworth company, in the amount of $171,200 for the construction of a ranch house at one lot at 2620 S. 17th St.
“That amount should get us through (the project),” Miller said.
Commissioners then voted to authorize a contract with Baker Construction in the amount of $158,710 for the construction of a split-level house at a second lot at 2620 S. 17th St.
They voted to authorize a third contract with Baker Construction in the amount of $133,660 for the construction of a split-entry house at 742 Michigan St.
Commissioners authorized a fourth contract from Baker Construction in the amount of $139,555 for a new one-level home at 509-511 Ottawa St.
Miller noted a company called Native Winds had submitted construction bids for the lots at 2620 S. 17th St. But Baker Construction was the only company to submit bids for the other sites.
“These were competitively bid,” Miller said.
Commissioner Shay Baker asked if the address for the home that will be built at 509-511 will change.
“We’re going to have to be definitive,” Miller said.
