8.1 Flood Drainage Fund CITY OF SALINA
REQUEST FOR CITY COMMISSION ACTION DATE TIME
7/14/97 4:00 P.M.
AGENDA SECTION: ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT: APPROVED FOR
NO. I AGENDA:
8 FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
ITEM i Rodney Franz
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First reading Ordinance Number 97-9814 establishing a Flood and Drainage Improvement Fund.
Background
Over the past year, we have discussed a number of mechanisms to provide continuing funding
for flood prevention and drainage system enhancements that do not compete for existing funding
for other capital projects. Kansas Statutes, at K.S.A. 12-1,118, provide a mechanism for creating
a general Capital Improvements Fund to finance capital improvements that are listed in a multi-
year Capital Improvements Plan and also provide the authority to levy a property tax for such a
fund.
Ordinance Number 97-9814 establishes such a fund for the City of Salina, but is considerably
more restrictive as to uses of the fund than State Statutes permit. The ordinance limits the
purpose of the fund to Flood and Drainage improvements, provides that fund resources may not
be used for normal operating expenses--including salary and benefits of our employees engaged
in construction of flood or drainage improvements, and provides for an annual budget for the fund.
The ordinance also establishes a maximum one mill levy for this purpose. The amount actually
levied each year, up to one mill, would be determined as a part of the normal budget cycle. If
approved by the City Commission, the first taxes would be levied in 1997 for use in the 1998
budget year. Under K.S.A. 12-1,118, the fund may also receive transfers from the operating
funds of the City.
One mill will generate about $225,000 at the current valuations. In 1999 and future years, the
fund will also receive a share of the motor vehicle tax. This will enable the City of Salina to
address those types of neighborhood drainage issues which are generally not large enough to
justify issuing debt to finance, but are too large to cover with existing resources. This fund could
also be used for partial debt service payments, engineering reports, improvements to the levee
system, and other flood/drainage capital improvements.
Recommendation
Approve Ordinance Number 97-9814 on first reading.
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CITY MA~IAGER'S OFFICE
Termination of Reconnaissance Study
Improvements for Flood Control
at
Salina, Kansas
under authority of Section 216 of the 1970 Flood Control Act, we
have completed a reconnaissance study of the existing flood
protection system at the city of Salina, Kansas. The study
reviewed several flood damage reduction measures, including
effectiveness of the existing levee protection system, to
determine whether there is a Federal interest in implementing
additional measures.
An early survey of the flood protection system, which was
constructed in 1961, indicated that, with few exceptions, the
levees remain at the as-built height. Other elements of the
system were also found to be functional. Additional study tasks
included analysis of the hydrologic conditions found along the
Saline River, the Smoky Hill River, Mulberry Creek, Dry Creek,
and the Dry Creek Diversion, and assessment of flood damage
potential within the city from possible levee failure or
overtopping. The study concluded that all portions of the Salina
Levee System contain, at a minimum, a flood with a
1-percent-chance of occurrence with at least 3 feet of freeboard.
The analysis indicated that an upgrade of the Smoky Hill portion
of the levee system is feasible and is in the Federal interest.
On July 14,1997, the Salina City Commission voted unanimously to
decline participation in a cost-shared Feasibility Study to
undertake improvements to the levee system. Accordingly, in the
absence of any other potential non-Federal sponsor for
implementation of improvements, I recommend no further
investigations be conducted at this time. with release of this
notice, the reconnaissance study is terminated.
A copy of the 29 July 1997 reconnaissance report is available on
request to the District Engineer, u.S. Army Engineer District -
Kansas City, 700 Federal Building, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas
City, MO 64106-2896, ATTN: EP-PF.
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William E. Rya~III
Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of
Acting District Engineer
Engineers