Five or so years ago, S.C. Swiderski of Mosinee came to the city of Stanley with an idea for three multi-family apartment buildings, now located off Pine Street in the East Business Park.
On Monday, Aug. 3 they came with a new idea, this one for a multi-phase, 39-single family home development to be located on two separate parcels. The presentation was originally scheduled for the Monday, July 20 council meeting but cancelled at the last minute for weather. An outline for the proposed Cattail Crossing subdivision was presented Monday by Development Design Specialist Nick Ockwig and Development Manager Kortni Wolf of S.C. Swiderski.
Originally envisioned with 32-single family homes, a revised concept featuring 39 single-family homes and revised road access was prepared for Swiderski by REI Engineering after wetlands were identified in the northwest portion of the original. The revised plan calls for two road access points on a more compact site, one access on Pine Road and the other on Highway X, with two cul-de-sacs included in the development.
One of the parcels totals 2.37 acres and is owned by S.C. Swiderski, while another is 11.33 acres and owned by the city. Both parcels for single family home are located east of the apartments between Pine Street and County Highway X.
S.C. Swiderski currently has homes under construction in Marshfield, Scandanavia, and Chetek, Wisconsin, as well as plans for homes at Portage. The planned development at Stanley meanwhile will take place in several stages,
First would be an offer to purchase the city owned parcel, followed by a due diligence period, surveying and other preparation work, and a developer’s agreement.
Included in preparatory details would be rezoning both involved parcels, the city parcel from conservancy to R2 single family residential, and the parcel owned by Swiderski from R-4 multi-family residential to R-2 single family residential.
If all goes well construction would start on phase 1 roads and utilities in spring 2027, construction of the first seven homes starting in fall 2027. Subsequent phases would then follow in sequence, construction on phase 2 with seven homes starting in spring 2028, followed by phase three with six homes in fall 2028, phase 4 with seven homes in spring 2029, and phase 5 with six homes in fall 2029. Phase 6 would add an additional six single-family homes starting in the spring of 2030.
“We really want to get that phase one constructed and sold next year,” Wolf said of the proposal.
No price point was given for home cost, with homes geared to serve entry-level buyers, families, and retirees looking to downsize. As such the homes in view for Cattail Crossing would come in several design varieties, as follows:
The Darren, a 1,639 single level square foot slab home with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a two car attached garage,
The Grant, a 1,605 square foot two story slab home with three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms, and a two-car attached garage
The Charlotte, a 1,549 square foot single level slab home with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a three -car attached garage
The Darcy, a 1,456 square foot single level slab home with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a two-car attached garage
The Abigail, a 1,352 square foot ranch home with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a two-car attached garage plus baseball, and
The Chelsea, a 1,456 square foot single level slab home with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a two-car attached garage
Council members showed interest in the proposal but also questions.
“The one with the basement will have egress windows?” Ward 1 and 8 Alderperson Al Haas asked.
“Yes,” Wolf replied. Also of note was that street construction and infrastructure would go in all at once, rather than in phases. The streets, once completed, would be finished blacktop. Alderperson Laurie Foster had a different question.
“Will our city water and sewer handle all that,” she asked.
“We’ll be fine,” Mayor Ben Wald said. Well 11 will be online by the time the development would be complete, while a single-family housing development didn’t take as much water as one might think.
Ward 2 Alderperson Jason Meyer had an observation.
When the RESCO warehouse was built, Clark County did not allow a driveway from X,” he said.
I think someone else had given us that feedback,” Wolf said. “I don’t know if REI has new information. But thank you. I will double check on that as well. It would be nice if we could have it go through.”
Effectively convinced from question time, the council later moved to direct the city attorney to draft a developer’s agreement, also taking steps to remove the city parcel from a phosphorous trading program and replace it with land elsewhere, although permission is needed for this from the DNR. The phosphorous trading program helps the city’s wastewater department balance biological phosphorous numbers in reports, phosphorous a natural element otherwise present in the soil.
Pending future developments, new homes are coming soon off Pine Road in East Stanley.