The Baldwin City Council on Monday approved the first reading of a rezoning request for property in the northeast section of the city from single-family residential to two-family residential.

The Lighthouse Baptist Church currently owns the property at 700 Ridge Lane, which it acquired with the intent of building a church at the site. The church subsequently purchased the old elementary school on Chapel Street from the Baldwin school district for use as a church.

It was explained at Monday’s meeting that Lighthouse Baptist Church would sell the property to North Star Housing LLC of Grain Valley, Mo., should the rezoning be approved.

Andrew Danner of North Star Housing said Tuesday he wouldn’t talk about the company’s plans for the property until it was rezoned.

“It’s like I told the council last night, there’s no point in talking about something that might not happen,” he said. “I’ll be happy to talk about our plans when the rezoning is complete.”

Brad Smith, interim city administrator, said no one commented during a public hearing on the rezoning. He noted should the rezoning ordinance be approved at its final reading Monday, any development would require that a re-platting request be filed. A re-plat would also require the Baldwin City Planning Commission to have a public hearing.

The council also approved a request from RG Fiber to use buried conduit installed with downtown sidewalk upgrades. The city has cable of less than a half inch in the 2-inch diameter conduit, which connects City Hall to the fire station. The fiber optic cable RG Fiber would install to serve customers on the north side of High Street from Sixth to Eleventh streets is a half-inch in diameter.

In a memo to the council, Smith wrote that RG Fiber’s use of the conduit would have no current consequences but could affect the conduit’s usefulness to the city in 10 to 20 years.

In other business, the council:

• Approved the second and final reading to purchase wind generated electrical power from Marshall Wind Farm. The agreement establishes the city’s price of purchasing power at $33.89 per megawatt hour for the next 20 years.

• Gave support for Flint Hills Holding LLC’s application for low-income tax credits, which would be used to convert the old middle school on Chapel Street into apartments. Last year, the city council supported the company’s unsuccessful bid for the same tax credits.