If approved, the housing development would be constructed in the Somerset area.

Tuesday’s regular council meeting is slated to get underway at 7 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall.

Metropolitan Housing & CDC (MHCDC) last year announced plans to construct 29 one-bedroom independent units targeted for elderly residents. A community building is also slated to be a part of the complex.

The original site for the housing community, which will be called “Bernie’s Blessing,” was off of the Durham Road, near Azalea Drive. Unfavorable environmental tests at that site, however, caused the developer to seek another site for the project.

At the time the project was put on hold, however, MHCDC housing consultant Brett Massey told The Courier-Times the project would still go forward.

City Manager Jon Barlow said earlier that the Somerset land was being pursued by MHCDC for the housing development. Attempts to reach Massey for comment on the upcoming meeting were unsuccessful.

MHCDC was awarded a $3.3 million federal grant last year to build housing for the elderly in Roxboro. The was one of several grants awarded in North Carolina through the Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities and Supportive Housing for the Elderly Programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The programs are intended to expand housing opportunities for the elderly.

Last month, council set public hearings for next week’s meeting to consider the voluntary annexation of Bywood Drive into the city limits and closure of a portion of Bywood Drive, which is located in the Briarwood Subdivision in Somerset.

The portion of Bywood Drive that is under consideration for closure is a gravel street with no houses. MHCDC wants to include the portion of that street as part of the project area.

Henry Newell Jr., one of a trio of the Bywood Drive property owners, requested that the closure of the street be contingent upon the sale of the land to MHCDC.

In addition Tuesday, council will conduct a public hearing on a request for voluntary annexation of two tracts in the Briarwood Subdivision.

The tracts total 42.85 acres and are contiguous to the existing city limits. City water and sewer service are also available to the tracts from Bywood Drive. The land fronts on Somerset Drive and Bywood Drive.