Grand View Estates

GLADSTONE –Preliminary plans have been made for a new housing subdivision that would add 24 homes atop the bluff in Gladstone. The Gladstone City Commission set a hearing about the project for its next regular meeting on Aug. 25.

Phil and Lee’s Homes owns the property near W.C. Cameron Elementary School that is only about one-third developed. Already in the vicinity are Maple View, Parkway and Pinewood Drives, and Phil and Lee’s is finally ready to continue with another phase.

Drawings from Dynamic Design Group created in June for the area between Pinewood Drive and North Bluff Drive were already brought before the Gladstone Planning Commission, who held a public hearing on Aug. 5. Having determined the plans for 24 single-facility residential lots met zoning regulations and other requirements, the planning commission approved the preliminary designs and passed them along to the city commission.

At the next commission meeting on the 25th, which is at 6 p.m. in the City Hall chambers, representatives from parties associated with the project will present more information to the city commissioners. As it is a public hearing, residents are welcome to attend and may voice concerns they may have.

In other business at the Gladstone City Commission meeting of Monday, Aug. 11:

– A resolution was approved to certify the candidacy of Whitney Maloney, Steve O’Driscoll, Mike O’Connor and Joe Thompson for the upcoming election to select three of the four as commissioners.

– Invoices approved for payment included $138,302.70 to Fahrner Asphalt Sealers for chip- and fog-sealing; $6,390.54 Hawkins, Inc. for water chemicals; $7,340 to Aqua-Line for a water leak detection survey; and $7,259 to Bichler Concrete & Gravel for work at Van Cleve Park and the beach.

– A change order was approved for the wastewater plan improvement project. Work change directives are to add additional parts to make cleaning the raw sewage well easier, to install a larger hatchway that will allow better access than previously, to repair cracks in the primary digester to prevent infiltration, and to add exterior coating to the concrete pad that caps the primary digester. Change order #15 adds $56,977 to the total contract price. 45% of the project’s contingency funds have been used.

– The commission approved draw #37 for the wastewater plant project — a $59,977 payment other Staab Construction.

– Another hearing to establish a temporarily-tax-exempt district at the DelFab property, which AMI Industries hopes to buy and convert, was set for Aug. 25. This will make the district a plant rehabilitation district (PRD), rather than an industrial development district (IDD), which was accidentally approved at the previous meeting in July.