COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch Intermediate School District Board of Education approved a request Wednesday from Superintendent Kristine Jenkins to waive the requirement for an outside professional appraisal prior to the solicitation of offers on their building trade lots.
After getting board approval, Jenkins said eight pieces of property on Thompson Boulevard as well as the lot at 76 Wood Drive would be put up for bids.
She said the district would keep four lots and that a decision on the future of the building trades program will be made at a later date.
Bids are scheduled to be opened October 17, with board action expected during their next meeting on October 24, 2018.
The City of Coldwater has expressed an interest in the lots. The Coldwater City Council Monday night approved a request from City Manager Keith Baker which authorized the submission of a Grant Application to the Michigan State Housing Development Authority for a Modular Home Pilot Program.
Coldwater, St. John’s and Grayling have been selected by MSHDA to take part in the program. Baker said in his letter to the City Council that the program would provide the financing and constructing of two new single-family residential homes using modular construction which would address a current housing need. He added the program would benefit families at or below 120 percent of the area’s median income. As part of the local match, the city would acquire lots on which to construct MSHDA homes.
