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Manhattan details downtown stormwater projects, fee-in-lieu program and proposed small annual fee increases
Summary
City engineer presented a multiyear stormwater capital plan focused on downtown east–west watersheds, proposed modest fee increases and described a downtown fee-in-lieu program and a proposed fee-in-lieu-of-treatment for new impervious area under KDHE/EPA rules.
Brian Johnson, Director of Public Works and City Engineer, told the Manhattan City Commission on June 24 that the city’s stormwater program is funding a large set of downtown projects and that modest per-unit fee increases are planned to sustain the program and pay bond obligations.
Johnson said the stormwater fund expects roughly $5.3 million in revenue for the year and an anticipated year-end balance around $4.6 million, but that capital debt payments for major downtown projects are creating near-term dips in the fund balance. He said about 87% of the program’s spending goes to capital projects that reduce flooding, and personnel costs fund roughly 17 full-time equivalents.
Johnson reviewed the downtown East and West watershed strategy and emphasized the role of the levee in both protecting the city and conveying runoff. He described a sequence of capital-improvement projects (CIP 1–4 and later phases) intended…
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