New $4.7M subdivision awaits final approval-Quail Run to include 22 homes, 14 duplexes

McMinnville residents along Red Road could be saying hello to a new subdivision called Quail Run. Construction is expected to begin in the next month and completed by the end of the year. Mississippi-based Quad States Construction will be building 50 units ‘ 22 single homes and 14 duplexes with two units each ‘ at a cost of $4.7 million. The new subdivision will be located behind Falcon Drive and Duck Hawk Drive and adjacent to the current Falcon Place subdivision. The project has been in the works for the past year. The company has completed all the underground work and is currently seeking final approval from the McMinnville Regional Planning Commission to begin construction. During a preliminary approval process before the Planning Commission, company representative Kris Ainsworth presented site plans and sketches of the proposed subdivision. Along with the homes, plans for the site include a walking trail with picnic tables, a buffer zone of trees, and Quad States says it will use local companies for most of the building materials and concrete work, and will hire a local on-site manager. An on-site manager will make sure the grass is mowed and the area maintained. For Planning and Zoning director Jim Brock, this means his department hopefully won’t have a problem with codes violations. ‘One thing that impressed me was the on-site manager,’ he said. ‘We always have problems with overgrown lots and junk cars. They have an on-site manager that keeps things neat and clean.’ According to Ainsworth, the subdivision isn’t Section 8 or Section 42 housing. However, it is subsidized housing for low-income families and tenants will have to meet the income requirements that have been set. When requested by the Standard, the following income requirement information was received: The minimum amount of income a family can have is $1,450 a month, or $17,400 a year, regardless of family size. Most of the units will be rented to families making the following maximum amount: ‘ Max income for single individual ‘ $19,620 ‘ Max income for family of two ‘ $22,440 ‘ Max income for family of three ‘ $25,200 ‘ Max income for family of four ‘ $28,020 ‘ Max income for family of five ‘ $30,240 ‘ Max income for family of six ‘ $32,520 Each family will undergo a credit check, criminal background check, and landlord reference. All income will be verified through a third party written confirmation. The company came before the commission a year ago to get its preliminary plans approved. At that time, a problem arose with a section of soft ground not suitable to build. After reconfiguring where the units will go, the problem area will now house the walking trail and picnic tables. Although the company will be renting the units for now, long-term plans are to sell them. By law, they have to rent the units for 15 years. At that time, the units will be placed up for sale. The preliminary plans received approval from the commission. During next month’s McMinnville Regional Planning Commission meeting, members will be considering the final plans for approval. Once that has been accepted, the company will ask for building permits and construction will begin.