MARC JACOBS
Hutch Post
The Hutchinson City Council will meet this evening at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
On the consent agenda is approval of a stop sign grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation. If approved, new, improved signage would be installed at Halstead Street and 17th Avenue, Halstead Street and 11th Avenue, and Airport Road and 11th Avenue. The grant is intended to improve traffic control and safety at the intersections.
Among business items, council members will consider a beverage sales and sponsorship agreement between PepsiCo Beverage Sales LLC, the City of Hutchinson, Hutchinson Community College and Unified School District No. 308.
The USD 308 Board of Education approved its portion of the agreement at its Feb. 9 meeting. The agreement would formalize beverage sales and sponsorship terms among the participating entities.
The council also will consider a development agreement with Superior Holding that includes the creation of 10 new jobs paying more than $21 per hour. Additional details about the project are expected to be discussed during the meeting.
Council members are also scheduled to receive an update on Build Hutch, the city’s infill housing initiative created in partnership with the Hutchinson Community Foundation. The program is aimed at helping local property owners and aspiring developers redevelop vacant lots and blighted properties—one project at a time.
The program focuses on incremental development, a model that emphasizes smaller, locally driven projects rather than large, out-of-town developers building sprawling subdivisions. City officials say the approach can strengthen neighborhoods, expand housing options and keep investment dollars circulating locally.