Coffeeville presenters outline RHID proposal to convert three downtown buildings into 30 housing units

At the meeting Ben Brubaker presented a Reinvestment Housing Incentive District (RHID) proposal to convert three vacant downtown Coffeeville buildings (including an old fire station) into 30 housing units.

Brubaker said the RHID application would cost about $15,000 to prepare and described developer interest in applying for roughly $3,000,000 over 25 years in incremental tax reimbursement, which he characterized as a maximum-term, maximum-dollar request. He also said the city had committed about $600,000 from local housing sales-tax funds to the project, disbursed as payments tied to completed units. Staff analyst Melody asked for scope and unit-count details so she could prepare a formal analysis.

Brubaker noted that in the developer's proposal the three buildings would yield 30 units (6 in the fire station and 24 in the other two buildings, split between condominium-style units and apartments) and that zoning already allowed residential use on the ground floor. Commissioners asked staff to review the formal application when submitted; this presentation was framed as a "temperature check" rather than a request for immediate action.