Architectural renderings show the 80-units of the Missouri Gulch Workforce Housing Project. Courtesy Mariposa County
The Missouri Gulch Workforce Housing Complex hasn’t left the drawing board and its filling up fast.
The Mariposa County Planning Commission will meet Friday, Sept. 4, as a grant proposal for the Missouri Gulch project hits the home stretch.
The 80-unit apartment complex would be located on a large empty lot on the north end of town at 5158-5160 Jones Street.
Two local employers — Yosemite National Park and John C. Fremont Healthcare District — are interested in signing master leases for nearly half the units.
The Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation (SSMN) is also interested in up to five master leases, said Mariposa County Planner Will Fassett.
Yosemite Superintendent Ray McPadden wrote a letter saying the park would be interested in entering into a master lease for 20 to 30 units.
“As the park experiences vacancies, a master lease agreement would help us with recruitment and retention of employees in the Mariposa and El Portal areas of our operations,” McPadden wrote.
Stacey Kuzak, CEO of John C. Fremont Healthcare District, wrote a letter to the board expressing interest in holding a master lease to at least eight apartments.
At least 16 units would be set aside for low income households earning less than $46,000 for a family of four. Twenty percent of the housing must be for low income households for the developer to secure federal tax credits that will make the project feasible.
The Planning Commission is expected to review the overall plans for the development, which includes a detailed, 1,000 page report that is required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The county is also applying for grants through the California Strategic Growth Council’s Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Program that could help with project infrastructure and expand the income threshold for renters.
A previous TCC grant was used for the planning and design of the project.
The planning commission meets on Friday, Sept. 4, at 9 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers.
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