3600 Block of North Ohio
(Note: Kansas Concrete Cutting, directly to
south of this site, is addressed as 3410 N. Ohio). Location - The South 350 feet of the North 1,080 feet of Lot 1, Block 3,
Bridgeport III
Size - 5.03 acres
Owner - City of Wichita
Zoning - General Industrial
Description - Vacant land,
fronts Ohio Street on the East side between Metro Truck and Kansas Concrete Cutting and across from Home Oil Company
Utilities
- All Available
Area Description - Located in the City's Bridgeport III Industrial Park. The site has
good access from either 29th or 37th Streets North. The area is industrial and manufacturing. A City Park facility for Latino
Soccer is located to the Southwest of this site.
History of Site - In the mid 1970's there
was a shortage of ready-to-develop heavy industrial land. The area between the rail corridor (approximately Topeka), Hydraulic,
33rd Street North and one quarter mile north of 37th Street North was developed with a mixture of residential property, vacant
land, distribution and heavy industrial uses. Virtually all of the residential properties and many of the commercial tracts
were substandard. A program was developed to declare the area slum and blighted and assemble property under Urban Renewal
authority. Three areas were assembled: Bridgeport I, II, and II.
The proposed site is in Bridgeport III, which is located
on both sides of Ohio between 33rd and 37th Street North. The assemblage originally consisted of four patted lots totaling
64.46 acres. Today, the City owns only two lots, the proposed site which is 5.03 acres and a 12.57 acre lot to the north of
35th Street North.
Acquisition occurred between 1977 and 1980. The properties were purchased with Federal money through
the Urban Renewal Agency. The sites were cleared and replatted in 1980 form the original Allerton Addition to the now Bridgeport
3rd Industrial Addition. Roads, sewers, water and other improvements were constructed by the City and paid for with special
assessments. The City paid the special assessments on the lots that were not sold. Special assessments for the subject tract
originally totaled $128,116. The remaining balance is $749.21 for special assessments due for the year 2001.
Because
this property was acquired under the Urban Renewal, use of this site as a Day Reporting Center must be consistent with the
Urban Renewal Plan in effect at the time the Bridgeport property was acquired. If the use is not found consistent, the City
would be responsible for paying Housing and Urban Development (HUD) the fair market price for this land. Fair market price
is approximately $1.00 per square foot amounting to $220,000.
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