Planning Report - 1955
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CITY OF SALINA
KANSAS
PLANNING REPORT
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Eo P. Wenger, Mayor
Commissioners
Ward Bacafer
Mrs. G. C. Cobb
Albert Hawkes
Dr. Max Lake
Leland Snack, Manager
Harold Peterson, Clerk
C. L. Clark, Attorney
Harold Harper, Engineer
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APRIL 1955
(155-9)
WILSON & COMPlillY
ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS
SALINA -- KJ.NSAS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I - MUNICIPAL IMPRDVEMENT PROGRAM
Scope and Purpose
Financing
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Population Trends
Chart - Exhibit A
Map
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Assessed Valuation vs Tax Rate Trends
Charts - Exhibits Bel) and B(2)
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Bonds Issued vs Retired
Chart - Exhibit C
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Future Tax Revenues
Table - Exhibit D
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Bonded Indebtedness
Chart - Exhibit E
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Summary and Conclusion
Table - Exhibit F (3 pages)
Municipal Improvement Program
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Airport
(1 ) General
(2) Recommendations and Estimates
Map
Table - Exhibit G
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Public Buildings
(1) General
(2) Recommendations and Estimates
Civic Center Plan
Aerial Perspective Drawing
Table - Exhibit H
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Flood Control
(1)
(2)
General
Preliminary Estimate of City Obligations
Flood Control Program
Map
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Park and Playground
General
Recommendations and Estimates
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Table - Exhibit I
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Sewers and Sewage Treatment
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(1) General
(2) Recommendations and Estimates
Hap
Table - Exhibit J
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Streets and Bridges
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( 2)
G8neral
Recommendations and Estimates
Map
Table - EL~ibit K
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SECTION II - WATER WORKS PROGRAM
General Information
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Purpose of Report
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Per Capita Consumption and Annual Pumpage
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"Lost" Water and "Free" Water
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Air Conditioning
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Receipts and Expenditures
Table - Exhibit M
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Summary and Recommendations
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SECTION III - ADDEND~A
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Tax Comparisons - First Class Cities of Kansas
Chart - Exhibit N
Table - ExhiLit 0
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Acknowledgments
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CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS
PLANNING REPORT
SECTION I
MUNICIFAL INFROVEMENT PROGRÙM
1.
Scope and PurQose.
The intent of this report is to formulate a la-year
program of municipal improvements,
It is arranged to suggest an order of priority in each of its various
sections based upon the relative importance to the public need and welfare.
Careful consideration was given to the City's ability to finance the program
while keeping the mill levy portion of the tax rate allotted for these works
as nearly constant as possible.
The plan is based upon past experience and
data, together with a reasonable forecast of what can be expected in the
next de cade .
Basically the following principles were used in determining
the items recommended~
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Maximum benefits to the greatest number of persons.
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Improvements that will increase property value.
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Improvements in new developments to stimulate proper growth.
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Improvements that would tend to solve a present or future problem.
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Projects on which the City could expect to receive assistance from
State and Federal agencies.
It is a flexible plan, with but few exceptions, designed to be used as
a guide in solving the future needs of the entire City.
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~--Financing.
The objective of this section is to determine the approximate
amount of funds that will be available for public improvements during each
of the next ten years.
An analysis of certain past trends reveals the most
basic and comprehensive data for such estimates.
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Population Trends.
Exhibit A is included to indicate that the trend
in population has been closely related to the valuation increases.
It bears
out the need and logic to forecast a continuing expansion and growth of the
City requiring not only a comprehensive plan of necessary City-wide improve-
ments but also participation by the City-as-a-whole in the costs of new
developments.
It is, of course, entirely probable that the actual increase
in population will vary from that estimated.
It is not believed, however,
that this variance will be sufficient to seriously unbalance the schedule of
proposed improvements.
For example, the future may involve a large and
sudden increase in population due to the influx of an industrial development
which would mean a similar jump in overall valuation.
Conversely, we might
experience a sudden withdrawal of population such as would occur if the
Air Base were closed.
In either case the result would be that the program
would be stepped-up or slowed-down as dictated by the situation.
In other
words, the increased or earlier need for public works will be accompanied by
available funds and vice versa.
In arriving at the predicted 40,000 population in 1965, information and
data obtained from the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and Kansas Power
and Light Company were used.
It is the practice of the Telephone Company,
for example, to forecast quarterly.
Actually the projection of their present
forecast to 1965 is considerably more optimistic than the 40,000 used in
this report.
Both concerns are of the opinion that we can logically expect
a continuing growth at approximately the same rate as has been experienced
in the last decade.
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DEVELOPMENT
For use in following sections of the report, a map has been included
which attempts to forecast where this increase in population will reflect
itself in new residential developments.
This growth will, of course,be
greatly influenced by the location of the proposed flood control levee
which is shown for that reason.
Population densities vary greatly from a
low of 5 persons per acre in high-class residential districts to a high of
50 to 100 in low-class or tenement areas.
Normal or average residential
density of 15 persons per acre has been used in preparing the map, using
this breakdown of areas:
19~5-l95-8
1959-196g,
1963-1962
Totals
Within Present Areas and
North Areas
500
500
300
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Outside Levee (on hill east
of river)
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300
Adjacent to Ohio St. (south)
~est of US 81 (south)
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300
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East of US 81 (south)
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!ssessed Valuation vs Tax Rate Trends.
Exhibit B(l) is a graphic
representation of the trend in assessed valuation as well as the tax rates.
It clearly indicates that there has been a rather constant increase in valu-
ation since 1935 with the rate of increase rising sharply since 1945.
There
were fluctuations in the tax rate between 1935 and 1945, followed by a rather
constant 5 year period ending in 1950.
During the last four years, the rate
has risen approximately one mill per year reaching 18 mills in 1954-55.
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$1670 X 40,000 = $66,800,000
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CAPITA
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63 64 1965
The chart further predicts what the valuation level will be in the
next ten years.
This prediction is based on the valuation per capita trend
outlined on Exhibit B(2), which develops a ':~66,800,000.00 valuation in 1965.
Calculated by multiplying the predicted per capita valuation of C,1,670.00
by the predicted 40,000 population.
No consideration was given to the effect
upon these pictures which would result if more realistic methods of determin-
ing valuation were instituted.
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Bonds Issued vs Retired.
Exhibit C indicates by year the amount of
bonds issued as compared to the portion retired.
Bond interest and revenue
bonds are not included.
These have been broken down to show the portions
that are the obligation of the City-at-large as well as the obligation of
individual property owners.
Although the City is obligated in the event of
property owner default, past history indicates that it is only necessary to
consider the City-share for the purpose of this planning report.
For that
reason only, the City-at-large portions are shown for the period covered by
this report.
The practice of using bond issues to pay for capital improvements has
become the standard and accepted American method of financing improvements.
It has both advantages and disadvantages.
The disadvantages are higher costs
due to interest and allied expenditures.
The advantages are great, however,
when used for improvements which are necessary and can be used for a long
period of time that cannot be financed by current revenue.
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Euture Tax Revenues.
Exhibit D projects the tax revenues that can
be expected from a tax rate held at approximately its present level except
that the cost of the flood control project has been considered extraordinary.
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1.500.000
1.400.000
1.300.000
1.200.000
700.000
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PROPERTY OWNERS
SHARE TO 1955
FLOOD CONT ROL
CITY SHARE
1.100.000
1.000.000
900.000
800.000
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500.000
400.000
300.000
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ISSUED VS
RETIRED
FUTURE TAX REVENUES
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Assessed Va1uat~on! Total Tax I Funds ¡ ~nera1 & Spe- i-_~Ed an~1E~erest!~~()_llllt ---.1 Tõtel Available Year
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1955! 44,065,000 ~8.0 794,000111.1 488,000 ;3.0 132,000 I 1.3.9 ¡ 174,000
1956¡ 46,340,000 19.0 880,000 10.9 505,000 3.0 139,000 0.5 r$22,OOO I- 4.6 1214,000
19571 48,615,00 19.8 962,000 10.8 I 525,000 3.0 146,000 1.4 67,000 1-4.6 I 224,000
19581 50,885,000 19.3 982,000,10.6 1539,000 3.0 152,000 1.3 I 66,000 1'~.4 1225,000
19591 53,.160,.000 119.2 11,021,00011064 I 553,000 3.0 159,000 1.2 I 64,000 I 4.6 I 245,000
1,064,000110.2 I 565,000 3.0, 167,000 1.2 I 63,000 14.8 I 269,000
1,102,000110.1 1580,000 3.0 1174,000 ¡ 1.1 I 62,000 "4.9 1286,000
19621 59,980,000 19.0 11,140,000[10.0 1596,000 3.0
62,255,000 ¡ 19.0 11,183,0001 9.8 I 610,000 3.0
626,000 3,0
641,000 3.0
Year
64,525,000 118.9
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187,000 1.0
193,000 0.9
6.9 306,000
8.1 375,000
9.0 437,000
8.7 443,000
8.8 468,000
9.0 499,000
9.0 522,000
9.0 544,000
9.2 573,000
9.2 594,000
9.3 I 621,000
1960] 55,435,000 i19.2
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326,000
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58,000 I 5'.4
342,000
363,000
200,000 0.9
66,800,000 118.9
1955
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1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
EXHIBIT D
For that reason, the tax rate has been increased to the extent necessary to
pay for that work over a twenty-year period.
Unless so considered, that
project would seriously delay other important and necessary work and as a
result slow the orderly and normal development of the City,
These revenues
calculated from the predicted valuations per Exhibit B(l) are also distribu-
ted between Improvement and Nonimprovement accounts.
In this way the funds
available for projects of the nature recommended in this report are segre-
gated from those necessary for the general operation of the City in all its
various departments.
Specific attention is called to the column listing the
revenues possible by use of the 3-milllimited General and Special Improve-
ment account.
If the l,8-million dollars in this account were budgeted and
levied annually the City would save approximately ~',230,OOO.OO in interest and
allied costs of bond issues.
However, since it is not possible to predict
to what extent the account will be used, we have calculated all expenditures
on the basis of payment by general obligation bond issues,
Recent legislation raises the legal limit of 12 mills for General
Cperating Funds to 14 mills and the charts and program would need to be
revised to the extent the new limitation was applied in establishing yearly
budgets.
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Bonded Indebtedness.
Exhibit E is presented to show the past record
and the predicted levels of this account.
Revenue bonds are not included,
For comparision purposes it is further broken down to indicate the division
of this debt between the property owners and City-at-large through 1954, No
attempt was made to predict the trends or yearly amounts of the property
owners' share, but it would be reasonable to assume a continuation of recent
developments in this account,
In addition, the per capita portion of the
City-at-large share has been calculated and forecasted.
It is interesting
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CITY - SHARE PER
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PROPERTY OWNER
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FLOOD CONTROL
CITY SHARE
CODE
1940
1945
1955 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
1950
BONDED
INDEBTEDNESS
to note that the 1954 per capita share is lower than it was in the early
thirties although the total indebtedness is more than double,
This is
explained by the sharply increased property owner share since 1947.
The effect of a slower rate of retirement than that of issuance will
increase the outstanding debt of the City but not out of proportion to the
increase in population and/or valuation,
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~ummary and Conclusion.
Exhibit F summarizes the expenditures for
the improvements recommended in each of the categories of public works
covered in this report.
The figures used are City-at-l~rge costs only,
In following sections these items are more fully detailed.
Exhibit F is a
coordinated schedule with each element in proper relation to all other
elements.
The plan does not necessitate excessively large public expendi-
tures.
Instead it has been designed to insure that a continuation of normal
expenditures will yield maximum returns and that the improvements so made
will not soon become obsolete.
Throughout this report, cost calculations have been based upon the
following tenure of bonds.
5-year (4 principal payments) at 2 percent,
Curb and Gutter Projects
Sanitary Sewers (Laterals, Connecting)
Certain low cost projects (i,e., additional airport land)
II-year (10 principal payments) at 2 per~,
Combination Curb, Gutter and Paving Projects
Paving Projects
Sanitary Sewer Mains and Pumping Stations
Storm Sewers
Public Buildings
Street and Bridge WOrk
2l-year (20 principal payments) at 2-1/2 percent
Flood Control
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The interest rates used are higher than those recently negotiated and
very likely hi~ler than those that will be actually required.
This has
been done to inject a further factor of safety in predicting the ability of
the City to meet the financing obligations.
In this and all other sections of tne report, including the charts
and tables, the assumption is made that future budgets and tax levies will
take full advantage of the General and Special Improvement (in lieu of bonds),
provision of the Kansas Statutues (79-l950a).
Many of the improvements
recommended may be legally financed by annual use of this limited ()-mill)
source of revenue.
By use of this report budget preparation each year should
set aside a maximum of funds for specific projects thereby saving the City
the la-percent interest and allied costs of bond issues.
Citizen understanding and support is all important and public support
will be assured if they are familiar enough with the plan to realize it
will be of great benefit to each individual.
The plan should be restudied and revised periodically to meet changing
conditions,
Conceivably that action might be necessary as often as yearly,
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Year
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED BOND ISSUES
!:.urpose
Armory
Fire Station (south)
Development of newly acquired
Pumping Station and ~~in
Normrtl yearly sewer work
Normal yearly street work
Normal yearly screet work
parks
New park area (southeast) Ý
Flood Control
Normf\l yearly sewer work
Normal yearly street work
Normal yearly street work
Street Improvement Program
ßirport Adm. Bldg. - Apron - Road'
Development of proposed S.E, park.
1st Section Slough Storm Sewer
Normal yeerly sewer work
Nor~~l yearly street work
Normal yearly street work
Street Improvement Program
New pumping station & main
Normal yearly sewer work
Normal yearly street work
Normal yearly street work
Street Improvement Program
(S .E. )
Airport Land Âcquisition ¡
New City Hall
New park area (west-central) ,
Normal yearly sewer work
Normel yearly street work
Normal yearly street work
Street Improvement Program
Development of new West-Cent .Park v
2nd Section of Slough Storm Sewer
Normal yearly sewer work
Normal yearly street work
Normal yearly street work
Street Improvement Program
Interest
Rate %
2
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2
2
2
2
2
Subtotal
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2
2
2
2
Subtotal
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2
2
2
2
2
2
Subtotal
2
2
2
2
2
Subtotal
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Subtotal
2
2
2
2
2
2
Subtotal
Tenure
(Years)
11
11
5
11
5
5
11
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5
11
11
11
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11
5
5
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Amount
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85,000
120,000
30,000
300,000
55,000
24,000
80,000
694,000
30,000
888,000
12,000
24,000
80,000
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10,000
174,000
12,000
24,000
80,000
65.000
465,000
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12,000
24,000
80,000
315,000
571,000
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500,000
25,000
12,000
24,000
80,000
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10,000
199,000
12,000
24,000
80,000
70,000
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(Sheet 1 of 3) EXHIBIT F
Interest Tenure
X~ Purpose Ra~-L (Years) Amount
1%1 Santa Fe & Fifth St. Storm Sewer 2 II ( 127,000
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Normal yearly sewer work 2 5 l2,000
Normal yearly street work 2 5 24,000
Normal yearly street work 2 11 80,000
Street Improvement Program 2 11 84.000
Subtotal ,. 327,000
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1962 New park area N.E. 2 5 ".' 25,000
3rd Section Slough Storm Sewer 2 11 181,000
Normal yenrly sewer work 2 5 12,000
Normal yearly street work 2 5 24,000
Normal yenrly street work 2 11 80,000
Street Improvement Program 2 11 65.600
Subtotal 387,600
1963 Airport Runway Extension ;.
2 11 '0; 90,000
}~morial Hall Revisions 2 II 300,000
Development of N.E. park. 2 5 10,000
Norm~l yearly sewer work 2 5 12,000
Normal yea~ly street work 2 5 24,000
Normal yearly street work 2 II 80,000
Street Inproverc.ent Program 2 11 89.400
Subtotal 605,400
1964 Normal yearly sewer work 2 5 12,000
Normal yearly street work 2 5 24,000
Normal yearly street work 2 11 80,000
Streot Improvement Program 2 11 -----15.200
Subtotal ,, 151,200
1965 Normal yearly sewer work 2 5 .of' 12,000
Normal yearly street work 2 5 24,000
Normal yearly street work 2 11 80,000
Street ImproveDßnt Program 2 11 33.400
Subtotal ,,- 149,400
GRAND TOTAL
5,580,200
(Sheet 2 of 3) EXHIBIT F
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a, Airport program
Present Obligations
Administration BlJilr\in_~,
Lanè Acql'isi tion
Extend RlJ!rwa~r, Reloc,-"te
Apron & ROZ'é1
County Road
Suttotds
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Public EÜ1è,in,::;s Pro¿rJJ!J.
Present O'clisations
Ar m 0 r:;¡
Fire Station (South)
New City Hall
Memorial Hall (Revisions)
SU'otot3.ls
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Flood Control prr-gram
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Park and P1ay:::rounrl Program
Present Obli~ations
D8ve1opment of New Parks
Land Ac~lJisitions
Development of Proposed Parks
Cubtotals
e, Sewers & Sewage Treat'1lent Program
Present Obligations
Normal Yearly 'dork (Inclo Known 1955)
Ash St. Pu~ping Station and M~in
Slo1lCh Storm SeHer
SE Purnp ing S t::, tion and Main
S. Santa Fe & FHth St, Storm Sewer
Subtotals
f, Street and 3rid¡::e Pro ram
Present Obligations
Normt;.l Ye'1rl,T ýork (Indo Kno'..iD 17S5)
, Recommended Projects
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TOTALS
SUi1MA;;'Y O~ A';rrCIPATT<.D DOND AND INTEREST PAYMENTS
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1965
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1956
1957
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1959
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1962
1964
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$ 20, 9'J0
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$ 11,600
5,400
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Airport.
(1)
GeneraL
Air transportation has, without question, been grow-
ing rapidly and consistently.
It is also a foregone conclusion that the end
of that growth is not within sight for many years to come.
A progressive city
must recognize this expansion and what it will require in the nature of air-
port space and facilities.
( 2)
Recommendations and Estimates.
The building presently housing
the airline office and waiting room is much too small and unattractive,
It is
not a credit to a City of this size.
There is a definite need for a new struc-
ture to house the airport manager's and the airline's offices adjacent to the
modern CbA office.
It is also of importance to plan for the distinct possi-
bility of a second airline (North-South Route) requiring additional office
space.
This proposed administration building would necessitate additions to
the apron and a new access road.
This proposition, narrowly defeated in the
1955 spring election, should be presented again to the voters as soon as
possible,
The need for a longer runway is brought about by the use of newer types
of aircraft.
The present 4,800 feet is adequate for the rapidly disappearing
DC-3 which is being replaced by the Martin 404, Convair, etc. which require
6,000 feet for regula~' operation.
The width of runways is also affected by
this evolution of aircraft and widening the present runway from 100 feet to
150 feet is therefore a definite part of the program.
To accomplish the runway extension the purchase of approximately 50 acres
of land will be req~ired lncluding right-of-way for the county road that would
need to be reloca~ed. Extension of the taxiway system is advisable to elimi-
nate the necessity for using the runway for ground movement of planes. Time
alone will dictate what further improvements are necessary and they should
only be made as developments or parts of a suitable overall master plan such
as suggested by the accompanying map,
Since Federal Fund.s are available for work of this nature, the City
should take advantage of every possible occasion to accomplish the suggested
developments.
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--~ IMPROVEMENTS
~TICIPAL AIRPORT PRCGRAM FI}~NCING
(1) (2) (3)
B & I Payments 1957 Land Runway
Year __Due___- Ero.iect A2.9.uisition Extensioll Totals
1955 21,200 (' ;;p , 21, 200
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1956 20,900 20,900
1957 20,500 20,500
1958 20, 200 2,000 22,200
1959 12,000 12,000
1960 11,800 400 12,200
1961 11,600 5,400 17,000
1962 11,400 5,300 16,700
1963 11,200 5 , 200 16,400
1964 11,000 5,100 1,800 17,900
1965 10,800 10.800 21,600
Totals 82,800 r 81,800 .. 21,400 12,600 " 198,600
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(1)
(2)
(3)
'ri,lOO,OOO Bo:ld - ll-year - 'Z'Þ issued in 1957,
~ 20,000 Eond - 5-year - 2% issued in 1959.
~ 90,000 bond
11- year
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EXHIBIT G
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Estimates,
Adm.Bldg., Apron & Access Rd, e$1~8,000 less $28,000by CAli.)
Land Acquisition .
*Relocate 4,000-ft. County Road (including right-of-way)
Runway Extension (:',138,000.00 less 50-percent by CM)
Runway Widening e~188,000.00 less 50-percent by CAA)
$100,000,00
20,000,00
21,000,00
69,000.00
94,000.00
.
1<This item is very indefinite since it would require negotiation with the
county as to location and other details.
1?.
~ic Buildings.
(1)
General,
There is need in Salina for both new and replaced
public buildings.
Of prime importance is the selection of the proper loca-
tion.
The function of each facility in most instances quite definitely
becomes the governing factor in such selection.
It is essential as well as
desirable to group public buildings and not necessarily with the desire to
provide a monumental or esthetic outlay,
Proper grouping insures many econo-
mies not only in property acquisition but more important in the everyday
maintenance and operation of buildings, together with the interrelated
governmental functions they house.
Further, the grouping is additionally
desirable if located near the central business area,hotels, restaurants,
office buildings, Post Office, etc.
Conversely, the functions of fire
stations predetermines their location in outlying sections of the City,
Salina has the nucleous of such a Civic Center started in the area of
the County Court House and Memorial Hall,
Plans exist for the expansion and
remodeling of the Court House,
That project will add to the value of the
entire layout of public buildings,
The following recommendations involve
the continued development of that section as pictured on the accompanying
aerial perspective drawing and civic center plan.
(2)
Recommendations and Estimates.
City HalL
The present building, built in 1911, was designed to house
the departments of a City government common to that day and for a population
exceeded some time ago.
Despite a number of movings of departments and
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offices within the building overcrowding still exists and interoffice
efficiencies have 4ecreased,
The structure itself is of an age thet does
not lend itself to expansion or design and layout ch~nge.
Its location is
not desirable.
This report recommends the erection of 0 new building at the
rear of Memorial Hall facing the Saline County Court House.
A building of
sufficient size for the predictable future can be erected for approximately
~jOO,OOO.OO, including the cost of the site,
The 3rea is adequate to make
it possible to design a structure that can be economically expanded while
still retaining the same architectural lines.
The present City Hall-Folice
Station site could be returned to commercial purposes but consideration to
a municipally operated or leased multi-story parking garage would appear to
be warranted.
lIßmorial Hall.
The City has need for a larger and better arranged arena-
type building for activities such as basketball, expositions and similar
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events.
V~morial Hall was designed as a multi-purpose unit to handle sports
events, stage shows, dances, etc,
As a result, it has a number of inherent
shortcomings.
They are, to name a few:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Floor too s~~ll for basketball,
Not enough seating for basketball.
Permanent seats not located well for stage presentations,
Portable seats on floor very poor for stage presentations.
Inadequate toilet facilities,
Inadequate kitchen-banquet facilities,
No facilities for ice shows or hockey.
Consideration is recommended to a plan for remodeling and expansion of
}~morial Hall as a sports arena.
A study of the possibilities afforded has
.
indicated the feasibility of that development.
Both from functional and cost
angles it has advantages over a project involving the remodeling and modern-
ization of Agricultural Hall in Kenwood Park, which is suitable for activi-
ties of the nüture of horse shows, rodeos, livestock exhibitions, Scout exhi-
bitions, etc,
The rebuilding of Memorial Hall would cost between (300,000.00
and ;.,,500,000.00 dependent upon the extent of work desired.
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A building to house activities such as stßgc shows,
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recitals, concerts, dances, banquets, conventions, meetings, reviews, and
.
like events is recommended.
Such a facility is a decided asset to a City
and desirable in a growing, progressive community.
When properly promoted
and managed, it soon becomes the focal point of social and cultural activi-
ties so important to the City as a whole.
Conceivably the building would
include a large theatre-auditorium, banquet and dance area, little theatre
for recitals and similar smaller events, meeting rooms, and all attendant
facilities.
A most desirable location would be facing Memorial Hall in the
block between it and the Sacred Heart School grounds.
Parking and Traffic Access.
If a civic center project eventually
becomes a reality, it would be of utmost importance to provide adequate
parking close to all of the buildings involved.
To best handle the parking
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and safe-access problem, it would be advisable to close lOth Street between
State and Park Streets and State Street between 9th and lath Streets.
The
Gccompanying civic center plan pictures how this development might appear
when completed.
East Fire Hall.
If residential growth continues eastward and particu-
larly east of the river, a fire station to serve that and present eastern
developments may be warranted.
It does not appear that this need be con-
sidered during the next decade.
Civic Center Land Acquisition.
Critics of the plan offered in this
report will be quick to point out the costs involved in the cor~emnation of
.
developed property,
Surely those costs cannot be treated lightly.
However,
experience has proven that the absence of realistic long-range planning in
the past has greatly increased the cost of public works of today,
Cities
and other governmental agencies have in many instances in recent years paid
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Payments Fire New Memorial
~ Due Armory Station City Hall Hall Totals
1955 ~19,100 $ 19,100
1956 18,900 $ 1,700 t 2,400 23,000
1957 18,600 10,200 14,400 43,200
1958 16,400 10,000 14,000 40,400
1959 15,200 9,900 13,700 38,800
1960 9,700 13,500 $ 10,000 33,200
1961 9,500 13,200 60,000 82,700
1962 9,300 13,000 59,000 81,300
1963 9,200 12,800 58,000 80,000
1964 9,000 12,600 57,000 $ 6,000 84,600
1965 8,800 12,400 56,000 36,000 113,200
Totals $88,200 $87,300 $112,000 $300,000 $ 42,000 ~) 639, 500
Beyond 1965 8,700 12,200 265,000 297,000 582,900
el) ~ 85,000 Bond - ll-year - 2% issued in 1955.
(2) $120,000 Bond - ll-year - 2% issued in 1955,
(3) $500,000 Bond - ll-year - 2% issued in 1959.
e4) $300,000 Bond - 11 year - 2% issued in 1963,
EXHIBIT H
more for land and right-of-way than the cost of the work itself,
More than
often it eventllally becomes more costly to Avoid higher initial costs by
acceptance of cheaper alternates.
This is true not only as regards location
but also as regards size, materials, and workmanship, whether it be for
public buildings, roads, streets, bridges, sewers, or utilities.
Conclusion,
Funds will not be available from revenues at present tax
levels until late in the period covered by this report.
Plnnning should be
started, however, so that a part or all of a civic center project might be
presented to the voters for their consideration when financing becomes pos-
sible.
It is the recoIT~endation of this report to acquire preliminary desi£ns
and cost estimates so that they may be on hand at that time.
A suggested
priority is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
New City HAll.
Reuse of present City Hall -
(Paid by revenue bonds).
Hevisions to Memorial Hnll,
Portion of New Parking Area.
Civic Building,
Completion of Parking Areas.
Police Station site
£.
Flood Control,
(1 )
Generql.,
Present indications o.re that the Corps of Engineers
will have Federal Funds available this year for completion of a plan for a
complete Flood Control System for Salina.
This would be the second phase of
the project.
Phase I is the pre planning work and this is considered to be
complete,
Phase III is the actual construction and operation,
Before beginning Phase II the Corps will require from the City:
(a)
Assurance of right-of-way (documentally supported).
This will entail an engineering study and survey by the City to arrive at
the most satisfactory solution to problems caused by the levee, channels,
and dams to:
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1., Utilities (sewers, water, gas, electric
and telephone lines).
g,. Streets and Highways,
1, Bridges.
Iz.. Railroads.
~. Properties outside the levee.
(b)
Statement holding the Corps of Engineers and the U, S.
Government harmless from all claims.
(c)
Âssurance of the City's financial ability to construct
its part of the project and maintain it in the future,
This entails a
detailed cost estimate including right-of-way, together with all necessary
legal determinations.
The City is allowed five years to take action.
After five years, the
project is automatically deauthorized.
It is reasonable to expect completion of the project in two to three
years after Phase II is started.
This means that the City must have funds
available in 1955.
The latest estimate by the Corps of the City-share was
approximately Q700,000,OO.
(2)
Preliminary Estimate of City Obligations - Flood Control
Erogram,
(a)
Right-of-way,
Levee - 68,000 feet (12.88 miles) less
:!:.14,500 feet located on existing dike south and west.
Width of right-of-
way will vary from 50 feet to 200 feet, dependent upon height of levee.
Bottom width will be 8 to 10 times levee height,
Right-of-way should be
sufficient to allow an access road on each side of levee for maintenance
and inspection,
No, on Map
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Estimated
Cost
(1)
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Diversion Channel - 3,300 feet
Streets on both sides of channel developed by
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(10)
Description,
Upper dam and access road
Lower dam and access road
Drainage ditch (Future Storm Sewer).
Storm sewer extensions to levee
Relocated Dry Creek Channel - west side
Additional areas for excess fill and/or retain-
ing walls where streets cross the levee
Estimated
Cost
TOTAL FOR DlVERSICN CHANNEL ANTI PERTINENT ITEMS ~.. 180,000,00
(b)
Street and Road Le~e Crossings,
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(16)
(17)
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East Cloud Avenue
Roach-Ohio S~ County Road
East "Motel" Road
US 81 (South) (State and Federal).
~..est "Motel" Road
west Cloud Avenue
west Crawford Avenue
State 3treet
US 40 (west) (State and Federal)
West North Street
Grand Avenue
Euclid Avenue
US 81 (North) (State and Federal)
Fifth Street
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200.00
400.00
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700.00
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900.00
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Description
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(27)
(28)
(29)
Ohio Street
US 40 (East) (State and Federal)
East Ncrth Street
Iron Avenue
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Brid~es.
(29)
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Iron Avenue
Greeley Avenue
(Not Recommended)
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(18)
(19)
(20)
west Cloud Avenue
west Crnwford Avenue
State Street
US 40 (west) (State & Federal)
(21)
(22)
west North Street
Grand Avenue
Subtotal
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(d) RAilroads. Cost obligations for railroad
grade changes and bridge work not definite as regards City's
share. There are 7 crossings of the levee system, (Rl) to
(R7), inclusive, as located on the map. Some, if not all,
may be considered satisfactory as sandbag gaps. Such gaps
are allowable when they do not exceed 5 feet in height,
Presently known data indicates all seven crossings come
within this limitation, The time angle is critical, however,
making it difficult if not impossible to protect against
flash flooding, especially through crossings on the south and
west, (HI) to (E5), inclusive,
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Estimated
Cost
3,000.00
(5,000,00)
600.00
7.500,00
52,500,00
27.500,00
'"J 25,000.00
140,000,00
xxxx
57,500.00
60,000.00
(62,000.00)
60,000.00
60.000,00
439,500,00
62.000.00
$ 377,500,00
(Assumed)
None
NOTE:
Levee. Dams & Channe Is
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1953 Corp. of Enqmeers
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No. on Map
Description
Estimated
Cost
(e) Sewers. Water Mains. and G(3.s. Telephone
and, Power Lines. It has been assumed that all required
changes to privately owned utilities (gas, telephone, and
power) will be borne entirely by those companies.
(Assumed)
None
Sani ta:::-y Seìi~1:ê.
(29)
Iron Avenue crossing at bridge over diversion
channel
25,000.00
Storm Sewers
(7)
Extension to levee nort}~est corner of
Edgemere Addition
16,000,00
(8)
Combining and extension to levee of Iron,
State, Ash and Park Street lines
33,000.00
e9)
CoMbining anð extension to levee of Grand,
Hoodland, Antrim. and Ninth Street (US 81)
lines
TCT.hL FOE SAITrARY AND STCRH SEidERS
133.500,00
,t,207,500.00
Water l'1ains
(29)
Iron Averrne crossing et Bridge over diver-
sion cllf'nnel
5,000.00
Drainage Ditch
South Jf Cloud to River*
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13,000,00
(f)
Engineering, Legal, Inspection and
Contingencies
~" _80.000,00
:., 888,000,00
GRAND TOTAL
*This item also appeRrs in the Storm Sewer Section of this Report.
çì,
r.Rr~ and Playground,
(1)
Ge~~l.
Parks and playgrounds should be readily available
to the persons they serve.
It is desirable and recoIT~ended that they be
spaced so that all sections of the City be no more than a mile from a park
area.
In recent months the City has acquired two areas which, when developed,
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No. on Map
Description
Estimated
Cost
will become important parts of a well planned park system.
However, three
additional recreational developments seem to be warranted and, before all
available vacant land is occupied, the City should acquire suitable grounds.
If the expansion of the City continues at its present rate, there is but
little time to accomplish this suggestion,
The following map illustrates
the present facilities and recommended new areas,
(2)
Recommendations and Estimates.
(1)
Development of addition to Sunset Park includ-
ing access roads, walks, landscaping, fencing,
baseball and softball diamonds, etc,
10,000.00
(2)
Development of Indian Rock Park bounded by
Crawfo~d and Gypsum -- Indiana and Iowa
Avenues including access roads, walks, land-
scaping) fencing, playground and picnic
facilities, etc,
':;,
20,000.00
(3)
Land acquisition - Southeast, approximptely 20
acres, Suggested use: Picnic grounds and
play areo.,
~, 30,000.00
(4)
Land acquisition - ~~st central, approximately
20 acres. Suggested use: Picnic grounds,
play a~ea, baseball and softball diamonds.
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25,000.00
(5)
Land acquisition - Northeast, approximately 25
acres, Suggested use: Children's play area,
basebnll, softball,
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25,000,00
30,000.00
Developments of proposed new areas
,J
Consideration might also be given to a tract along Dry Creek of some
15 acres at Thirteenth and WoodlRnd for use as a neighborhood picnic and
playground park.
It would also be advisable to have park ground in mind when right-of-
way is being procured for the Flood Control levee, dams, and channels.
It is conceivable that desirable additions to the park system could be
acquired at little extra cost to the City,
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PARK AND PLAYGROUND PROGRAM FINANCING
(1) (2) (3)
B & I Development of Land Costs Development
Payments Newly Aoquired Proposed of Proposed
Year Due Areas Areas Areas Totals
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1955 $ 4,500 $ 4,500
1956 31,400 $ 600 32,000
1957 31,900 8,100 $ 600 40,600
1958 30,500 8,000 8,100 $ 200 46,800
1959 31,000 7,800 8,000 2,700 49,500
1960 29,600 7,600 8,300 2,700 48,200
1961 30,100 14,400 2,800 47,300
1962 28,700 6,700 5,200 40,600
1963 29,200 6,900 2,600 38,700
1964 27,800 13,100 2,800 43,700
1965 -38,300 --_. 6,700 _5,300 40,300
Totals (.,303,000 $321100 $72,800 $24,300 $432,200
Beyond 1965 12,800 7,800 20,600
el) $301000 Bond - 5-year - 2% issued in 1955.
(2) $30}000 Bond - 5-year - 2% issued in 1956,
$25,000 Bond - 5-year - 2% issued in 1959
.
~¡;25,00O Bond - 5-year - 2% issued in 1962.
(3) $10,000 Bond - 5-year - 2% issued in 1957,
$10,000 Bond - 5-year - 2% issued in 1960.
$10,000 Bond - 5-year - 2% issued in 1963.
EXHIBIT I
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§.§.~rs and Sewage Treatment.
(1)
Genera],..
A most serious condition is rapidly developing and
must be faced within the next few years.
It is the result of the following
factors:
(8)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Population increases,
Air Conditioning Water Demands.
Combination Storm and Sanitary Sewers.
Portions of City raw sewage still discharged into river,
The present disposal system is adequate in size and design for the
expected gain in population if remedial action is taken with regard to air
conditioning and combined storm and sanitary mains,
For purposes of this
section it would be sufficient if air conditioning waste waters were directed
to the storm sewer system.
However, the increasing necessity for water con-
servation dictates that either an ordinance prohibiting nonconserved air
conditioning be inacted or the installation of sanitary sower meters with
adequate and realistic charges imposed.
Quite certainly it would be more
reasonable and economical to control air conditioning waste than to provide
additional water supply and treatment facilities, together with increased
sew~ge disposal facilities to handle peak demands in the season of heavy
air conditioning loads,
This will be further developed in Section II.
The followiLg ;llap locates the recommendations made for this period,
(2)
!il...9Q!'@2!td 1t4,Q.~~!1d Estimates,
(e)
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A::,h St_reet P'hlfIlJ2ing Station and Force Main to
Disposal PlaD"t~..
This re~ently approved project is well planned and a much
needed addition to the sanitary sewer system,
~ben completed it will elim-
inate the dumping of raw sewage into the river during the summer months and
relieve the heavy load on the main pumping station at the foot of Ash Street
and its major feeder main,
It will also provide pumping capacity to the
disposal plant for the predicted growth of the City.
Estimated Cost:
~;JOO . 000 , 00
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g.
New ~sidential Areas.
Present major sanitary
sewer facilities appeß~ to be ~dequate in all areqs except south of Cloud
Street between US 81 (Ninth Street) and the proposed flood controllevoe
on the south c.nd east.
That area will require a pumping stetion and cor~in-
ation gravity-force main leading to tho recently completed pumping station
at the river on Ohio Street north of Crawford.
Conceivably this future
station might be locRted near the corner of Chic and Cloud in the same
general area proposed as !'. possible site for a southeast park,
Estimated Cost:
1,140.000.00
(b)
Storm S-rstem.
1,
Slough,
The accompanying map illustrates the areas
(A, B, and C) within the proposed flood control levee fro~ which storm water
finds its W[ly into this wGterway,
Without the levee, the overflow from
flooded Dry Creek is added from the southwest, resulting in considerable
darnnge to properties adjacent to the slough.
As a consequence, there is a
striF; of undeveloped l~nd through the City from Cloud Street to the river
at Prescott, and developruent of the area south of Cloud Street is discouraged.
The first practical step towards solution of the problem is to take care of
the waters accumulated in Area A (approximately 440 acres).
This water con-
centrates on the half section line of Section 25 near a point on the lil~
where it crosses Fifth Street extended.
It is therefore proposed to con-
st~¡ct a divers~on ditch parnlleling the half section line from the existing
bridge under the Union Pncific Railroad to the levee line nnd thence to the
river.
The present flood control plans include 3 pumping station at the
levee near where this ditch crosses the levee.
TIlis same ditch line within
the levee would becomo a stroot in future platting and eventually be the
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location of a storm sewer line.
It is recommended that the right-of-way
be acquired and the ditch excavated whether Q£ not ß flood ~ntrol plan is
approved.
By such Action it makes it considerably Jnore practical to install
a storm sewer and ditch in the slough to reclaim the adjacent area for
property development,
(See Page 16)
Estimated Cost: . ~)l3.000.00
With Area A eliminated, the slough would then drain Areas Band C.
In addition, this report recommends the separation of storm water from the
sanitary system on South Santa Fe And South Fifth Streets.
This divorcement
adds Area D to the slough, a total of approximately 580 acres.
All of these
waters progressively accumulate and finally concentrate at Crawford between
Second and Third Streets,
It is at this point that they join the storm
sewer carrying the runoff from Area E, which is approxin~tely 300 acres.
The existing 72-inch sewer from Crawford to the river at Prescott is over-
loaded and is actually only sized to handle Area E waters.
This 72-inch
line is therefore not nvailable for any of the slough waters.
To put all of the slough drainage that can be expected once in 10 years
underground is not warranted economically.
A "once in 2 year" underground
line plus a greatly reduced surface ditch is suggested as an alternate
method of solving the problem,
The underground system starts approximately
1,000 feet south of Cloud Street with 42-inch reinforced concrete pipe and
progressively increases in size and number of pipes to Bond Street where
it becomes a 9- by 8-foot reinforced concrete box to the river.
The surface
ditch starts at the same point south of Cloud Street with 0. 20-foot wide
bottom approximately 2 feet deep and progressively increo.ses in size to a
50-foot bottom, approximo.tely 3-1/2 feet deep, from Republic Street to the
river.
This surface drainage would be carried under the street crossings
by the batteries of squashed corrugated pipes that are being installed.
This
narrow and shallow ditch can be satisfactorily maintained and should be
landscaped and grassed to be pleasing to the eye. As a result, lots adjacent
to the ditch line can be developed as residential sites.
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Estimate of Underground System
River at Prescott to south side of Crawford
9' x 8' R,C. Box (50' x 3-1/2')
~ 1l3,000,OO *(l958)
South side Crawford to north side of Bond
9' x 8' R,C, Box (50' X 3-1/2')
61,200.00 *(1958)
North side Bond to south side of Rahm
Db1. 78" R,C,P. (50' x 3-1/2')
50,000.00
(1960 )
South side Rahm to south side of Wilson
78" and 72" R,C,P, (50' x 3-1/2')
67,300.00
(1960)
South side Wilson to south side of Republic
Db1. 72" R,C.P. (50' X 3-1/2')
TOTAL
81,500.00 (1960 )
90,800.00 (1962)
34,200,00 (1962)
39,400.00 (1962)
16.600.00 (1962)
I,. 554,200.00
-40.200.00*
:.~ 514,000,00
South side Republic to south side of Jewell
60" and 6611 R.C.P, (40' x 2-1/2')
South side Jewell to south side of Claflin
54" and 6011 E.C,P. (30' x 3')
South side Claflin to south side of Cloud
Db1. 5411 R.C,P. (301 x 2-1/2')
South side Cloud - south 1,000 feet
4211 RoC.P. (20' x 2')
Subtotal
*See Page 23
No costs have been included for filling the existing slough and grading
the ditch.
The project will undoubtedly have to proceed section by section
beginning at the river,
It should be completed as soon as possible, however,
if developments south of Cloud Street are to be encouraged,
It would not
be unsound to acquire the required right-of-way and grade a ditch from
1,000 feet south to Cloud Street to confine the waters in that area.
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South Santa Fe - South Fifth Storm Sewer.
The
storm water in this area is presently collected in the sanitary sewer
system.
(Area D on map).
To comply with Board of Health requests and
to ease the load on the disposal plant, it is recommended that a storm
system be installed discharging into the slough.
On Santa Fe from Claflin to Minneapolis
1,200 feet IS" R,C,P, 5 15-inch R,C,P. laterals
On Santa Fe from Iünneapolis to Republic
700 feet 24" R.C.P. 2 l5-inch R,C.P. laterals
On Republic from Santa Fe to Fifth
400 feet 30-inch R.C,P.
On Fifth from Republic to Wilson
900 feet 30" R.C.P. 2 l5-inch R.C.P. laterals
On Wilson from Santa Fe to Fifth
SOO feet l8-inch R,C,P.
On Fifth from Wilson to Bond
SOO feet 36" R.C.P, and 2 15-inch R.C.P, laterals
On Santa Fe from 300 feet south of Bond to Bond
300 feet lS" R.C.P. and 2 IS-inch R.C.P. laterals
Subtotal - Basic
,e 40,600,00
Add Alternate No, 1
On Bond from Santa Fe to Fifth
500 feet 18" R.C,P.
On Bond from Fifth to Slough
800 feet 42" R.C,P.
Subtotal - Alternate 1
,r 14,500,00
55,100,00
Gf<AND TOTAL USING ALTERNATE NO.1
Alternate No, 2
To relieve the load on the Crawford Street 60-inch
lines carrying hrea E waters, provision can be made
to eventually accomplish this improvement.
It could
be made in two steps:
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On Bond from Santa Fe to Fifth
500 feet 6611 R.C,P.
On Bond from Fifth to Slough
800 feet 72" R,C.P.
Subtotal - Alt. 2 eA)
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51,100,00
followed by
From 9th and Frost to Bond and Santa Fe
1,000 feet 66ff R.C,? Subtotal - Alt. 2 (B)
':1'
35,000,00
Recap
Base system plus Alternate No, 1
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55,100,00
Base system plus Alternate No, 2 (A)
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91,700.00
Base system plus AltÐrnate No.2 (A & B)
;~, 126,700.00
>~Al ternate 2 pr.Jviding for relief of the Crawford Street sewer requires
the use of a 91 x 8' R.C. box in the slough from Bond Street to the river,
as outlined previously,
If the suggestion to relieve the Crawford Street
sewer by installing Alternate 2 (B) is not taken, the 91 x 8' R.C. box from
Bond Street to the river in the slough can be reduced to a 7-1/2 x 7-1/2-foot
R.C. box.
The cost of the completed slough storm system would be'; 40,200,00
less, making the total for that project ~5l4,000,OO.
.2..
Miscellaneous. The eventual necessity to provide a
sewage pumping station and main to connect the Country Club areas and new
developments east of the river with the disposal plant must be kept in
mind,
It may also become a necessity to install a storm sewer in the
business district to relieve the load on the disposal plant and to comply
with Board of Health demands.
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SEWERS AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PROGRAM FINANCING
(1) (2) (3)* (4) (5) *
Normal
B & I Yearly Work Ash St, Slough SE Pumping Santa Fe
Payments Including Pumping Sta. Storm Station Fifth St.
~ Due --12. 5 5 and Main Sewer and Main Storm Tota~s
1955 $124,000 $ 124,000
1956 121,000 $ 1,100 $ 6,000 $ 13,000* 141,100
1957 115,900 14, .300 .36,000 166,200
1958 108,700 1?,400 35,400 $ 3,500 165,000
1959 44,400 20,300 34,800 20,900 $ 2,800 123,200
1960 43,400 2~\ 100 34.,200 20,500 16 ßOO 138,000
1961 42,400 12,800 33,600 24,200 16,500 129,500
1962 41,500 12,800 33,000 43,700 16,200 $ 2,500 149,700
1963 40,500 12,800 32,400 46,600 16,000 15,200 163,500
1964 12,800 31,800 63,900 15,700 15,000 139,200
1965 12,800 31,200 62,800 15,400 14,700 l36...2o0
Totals $681,800 $140, 200 $308,400 $299,100 . $99,400 $47,400 $1,576,300
Beyond 1965 (continuing) 30,600 339,900 58,800 76,400 505,700
(1) $ 55,000 Bond - 5-year - 2% issued 1955,
~ 12,000 BoDd - 5-year - 2% issued each year thru 1965.
e2) $300,000 Bond -ll-year - 2% issued in 1955,
(3) $1741000 Bond - ll-year - 2% issued in 1957,
$199,000 Bond - ll-year - 2% issued in 1960,
$181,000 Bond - ll-year - 2% issued in 1962,
(4) $140,000 Bond - ll-year - 2r~ issued in 1958,
e5) $127,000 Bond - ll-year - 2% issued in 1961,
*Highest cost alterLates used in each case,
EXHIBIT J
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£treets and Bridges.
(1)
~&,
The development of wide and direct major traffic-
ways not only facilitates traffic movement, but it also removes undesirable
traffic from the remaining streets.
Experience has indicated that major
trafficways located about one-half mile apart adequately handle city
traffic.
Such a system of major trafficways should include both highway
bypass and cross-town routes and when completed, resemble a gridiron pattern.
(2)
Recomn~ndations and Estimates.
(a)
North - South Bound.
Santa Fe Avenue, Ninth Street,
and the US 81 Bypass are the present major trafficways in this direction,
They are rapidly becoming inadequate due to Air Base activity and the growth
of the City to the south and east.
we recommend the early completion of the Ohio Avenue East Bypass as
a definite part of this ten-year program.
While not a part of this report,
we recommend that to further complete the North - South pattern of major
trafficways, that a portion of Fourth Street be developed in a future plan
between the proposed Ohio Street East Bypass at the south to South Street
at Fifth Street on the north.
This involves a new diagonal cutoff skirting
the water plant facilities.
(b)
East - west Bound.
we recommend the designation of the
following streets as major trafficways at this time,
Pacific - Broadway (US 40 - 81)
Iron - College - State Street Route
Crawford Avenue
Republic Avenue
Cloud Street
Developments in the next few years may dictate the desirability of
adding South Street from Fifth Street to the 81 Bypass to this listing,
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The recommendation at this time is only to direct attention to this possi-
bility that involves widening the present street and opening the route
between the Missouri Pacific tracks and the 8l Bypass.
Allor portions of North Street may some day be considered a part of
this East - west bound system, but is not a recommendation of this report.
(c)
Bridges.
Of the seven bridges over the Smoky Hill
River, only one, Iron Avenue, is considered satisfactory in both size and
condition.
The other six are in varying degrees, both inadequate in size
and structurally deteriorated.
It is the recommendation of this report that
a program of replacement be initiated to assure completion within the period
covered.
(d)
Miscellaneous.
The present program of asphalt resurfacing
of brick paved so-called major trafficways followed by similar treatment of
major streets, especially in the business district, should be continued.
This has been accomplished by financing through the General and Special
Improvement Account of the budget in lieu of general obligation bonds.
When and wherever possible the funds so allotted should be increased in
order that the overall program may be hurried to completion,
The tax
levy for this work in the present budget represented 1.55 mills as compared
to a statute limitation of 3 mills.
Strictly enforced minimum specifications should be continued on all
oil-mat street surfacings.
Concrete or asphalt paving should be encouraged
in every way possible to lengthen the life of street improvements.
Consideration has been given to suggestions and recommendations for
other street improvements.
They include provision of two-lane medial
strip pavings on US 40 (East Side), US 81 Bypass (West and South),
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us 40 (West Side), and the proposed Ohio Avenue East Bypass; (Future need
for two-lane n~dial strip paving on the Ohio East Bypass should definitely
be considered in planning this street and the two new bridges involved);
Mar¡mount and Country Club Road paving; various street widening; open and
pave Greeley from Ohio to Marymount ~oad; etc.
These items have not been included for one or more reasons.
1.
Not necessary at this time,
~.
Problem can be alleviated by extension and continuance
of present parking restrictions,
2,
Problem will be lessened by other proposed improve-
ments.
The improvements recommended have been located on the following street
map.
In this section of the report it has been assumed that the flood control
project will become ti reality.
For example, the bridges have been estimated
and sized to span controlled flow between the upper and lower dams thereby
reducing the bridge costs by a minimum of 50-percent.
This savings of
approximately >250,000.00 should be kept in mind when considering the costs
to the City of the Flood Control Project.
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1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
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1963
1964
1965
STREET AND BRIDGE PROGRAM ESTIWiTE
Description
Resurface Iron - 5th to Delaware
Resurface Santa Fe - Crawford to Claflin
Resurface 9th - Crawford to Jewell
Subtotal
Resurface Claflin - Santa Fe to
Widen curb and gutter Claflin-
Widen curb, gutter and pavement
south of Jewell
Resurface 5th - Walnut to Ash
9th
9th to Highland
9th - Cloud to Alley
Subtotal
Ohio Street Bridge (Replace)
Start Ohio Street East Bypass project. Total esti-
mated cost, including new bridge north of Crawford,
~433,000.00. 481 concrete between Cloud and
Pacific Streets. 22' concrete on north and south
connections to US 81. The assumption is made that
approximately 1/3 of the cost would be available
from State-Federal funds reducing the City cost to
Subtotal
Resurface Iron - 5th Street to College
Kenwood Bridge - Replace
Crawford - Missouri Pacific to Phillips - Widen and
pave
Subtotal
Resurface Santa Fe - South St. to Elm
Curb, gutter and pavement Cloud. 81 Bypass to
9th Street
Subtotal
Walnut St. Bridge - Replace
Resurface Ash - 4th to 9th
Resurface Republic - Missouri Pacific to
Resurface Republic - 11th to 9th
Resurface Walnut - 4th to 9th
Resurface Crawford - Roach to Ohio
Sherman
Subtotal
Resurface 7th - Iron to Mulberry
Resurface 8th - Ash to Mulberry
Ash Street Bridge - Replace
Subtotal
Pave Cloud - 9th to Ohio
Elm Street Bridge - Replace
Mulberry Bridge - Replace
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Estimated
- Cost
,', 43,500.00
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'.,¡; 48,900.00
27.100.00
, 76,000.00
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~", 9,500.00
1,600.00
38,400.00
_15.500.00
r 65,000.00
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i 39,600,00
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g12..400.00
;: 3l5,000.00
~; 29,800.00
30,800.00
2.900.00
~ 63,600.00
~~) 39,000.00
31.000.00
~;; 70,000.00
~~ 39,600.00
10,200.00
8,000.00
3,400.00
10,200.00
12.600.00
C 84,000.00
¡;;, 12,000.00
18,400.00
35.200.00
~.:) 65,600.00
~ 89,400.00
(¡; 35,200.00
i~ 33,400.00
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STI-ŒET AND BRIDGE FROGHAM FINANCING
(1) (2)
Normal Yearly
B 8 I Fayments Work Including Recommended
X~ Due Kn own 122.2.... - ] 1'0 .iQ£!:L- Totals
1955 56,600 43,500 (' 100,100
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1956 64,600 2,500 19,000 86,100
1957 57,800 18,600 1,500 77 , 900
1958 49,300 34,400 10,300 9¿t, 000
1959 36,900 49,900 22,900 109,700
1960 23,900 65,200 54,900 144,000
1961 23,300 73,900 61,600 158,800
1962 17,700 82,700 69,200 l69,600
1963 15,200 89,300 76,900 181, ¿tOO
1964 13,100 99,700 84,600 197,400
1965 9,600 108,700 93,900 211,500
Totals 368,000 624,900 ~, 538,300 ~p 1,530,500
Beyond 1965 (Continuing) i., 529,700 (, 529,700
(1)
24,000 in Bonds - 5-year - 2); issued each year 1955 through 1965,
')30,000 in Bonds - ll-year - 2% issued each year 1955 through 1965.
(2) 11-year - 2% Bonds issued in the following amounts per year:
1956 - ,,' 76,000 1961 - ':, 84,000
1957 - 65,000 1962 - 65,600
1958 - 315,000 1963 - 89,400
1959 - 63,600 1964 - 35,200
1960 - 70,000 1965 - 33,400
EXHIBIT K
SECTION II
WATER WORKS PROGRAM
1.
General Information.
~.
Purpose of Report.
This portion of the report has been prepared
to forecast the demand of a rapidly growing population upon the existing
facilities and what effect the cost of satisfying this demand will have
upon the financial structure of the Water Department,
£,
~ Capita Consumption and Annual Pumpa~.
The rate of yater
usage has been increasing even faster than the population,
Undoubtedly
the biggest factor has been a quite unbelievable increase in usage for air
conditioning purposes.
Department records are not the only proof of this
development.
Electric power shortages in the summer of 1954 were attributed
to a considerable degree to air conditioning demands.
Communities of all
sizes throughout the country have been forced to face the situation.
Many have already taken and the others are planning remedial action,
There are, of course, other principal causes including; more sanitary
facilities, automatic washers, garbage disposal units, and better kept lawns,
Unfortunately we have at the same time experienced a drastic deficiency
in annual precipitation,
The overall effect has been a serious fall
in the well water levels which are the principal source of Salinals supply.
Exhibit L charts the usage of water in recent years and predicts the
increases that will occur with the population growth estimated in Section I,
Exhibit A.
The amount of water pumped per day per capita has increased from
63 gallons in 1926 to 183 gallons in 1954.
The average water pumped per
year is the product of average gallons per day, population, and number
of days per year.
The total amount of water pumped per year increased
from 411 million gallons in 1926 to 2,073 million gallons in 1954.
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WATER
USAGE
TRENDS
EXHIBIT
"L"
The curves shown on Exhibit L indicate an estimated 200 gallons per
day per capita and an annual pumpage of 2,700 million gallons in 1965,
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£.
"Lost" Water and "Free" Water,
This unaccounted for water is the
difference between the water pumped and the water metered,
In recent years
considerable progress has been made in reducing the amount of "lost" water
which is the result of pipeline leakage, nonregistered low flows, and
faulty meter registration.
This "lost" water averaged about 30 percent
of the total pumped a few years ago and coupled with an average of 5 per-
cent of "free" water to the other City departments amounted to 35 percent.
In 1952 the total was 38.3 percent, 1953 - 33.4 percent, and 1954 - 31.8
percent.
This improvement was the result of a continuing program of meter
and pipeline maintenance, repair, and replacement.
It is recommended that
this program be continued and no change is suggested in the method
of handling "free" water.
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Air Conditioning,
The consideration of conserving water used in
air conditioning is looked upon differently by the consumer, the Water
Department, and the City.
Cost is probably the only concern of the customer
or, in other words, if the cost is low the customer will not be interested
in conserving water.
The Water Department is concerned when the capacity
of the facilities or source of supply may be exceeded,
The City, although
owner of the utility, must consider the effect on storm and sanitary sewers,
sewage treatment plal~ts, and water treatment plants.
The City must also
consider the effect upon the health and economic welfare of the community
resulting from a shortage of water,
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Air conditioning must be considered separately in water department
studies because of its phenominal growth and because of its abnormally
to
poor annual load factor,
Window and console conditioners which are air
cooled are of course not considered.
We are primarily concerned with:
el)
Nonconserved air conditioning which passes condenser cooling
water only once through the unit and then wastes it to the sewer, and
e 2)
Conserved air conditioning which provides a cooling tower
or evaporative condenser to cool and recirculate the water,
Without giving any amount of supporting data, it is an accepted fact
that nonconserved air conditioning on a maximum day will require appro xi-
mately 1,200 gallons per day for every ton of conditioning equipment as
compared to approximately 60 gpd per ton for conserved units.
This means
that 20 times more water than necessary is used in the nonconserved
installations,
Here in central Kansas this should be a serious warning
especially since water supply is limited and we are located in an area
which requires as many or more hours of air conditioning per year to insure
comfort as any other in the country.
There is no question but what both residential and commercial air
conditioning installations, as well as industrial types, will continue
to increase rapidly,
Steps should be taken quickly to stop this avoidable
use of water.
Two solutions are available:
(1)
Where the source of water supply is obviously inadequate
for the predictable future to prohibit, ~ 2Fdinance, the use of nonconserved
equipment,
A model ordinance of this type has been passed in a number
of cities.
( 2)
The establishment of a rate schedule to charge properly for
air conditioning usage,
This is also an action that has been taken
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by a number of cities.
This is difficult in a certain sense since the
r~te schedule now provides for ~ decreasing charge as usage increases,
.
This overcharge is based upon the difference between the "normal" 8 or 9
months efall-winter-spring) water demand and that during theltair condition-
ing" season,
If the rate schedule is realistic the consumer will soon
determine that it is more economical to install conserving equipment,
The restrictive ordinance or the new rate schedule will both be
unpopular but very likely less unpopular than restricting the use of water
for lawn sprinkling; building additional water department facilities
including wells, tanks, and treatment plants; and additional facilities
in the sanitary sewer and sewage treatment system.
The problem is serious and should be faced even though the solution
may be disagreeable.
2.
Receipts and Expenditures,
On the basis of recent trends and those
.
predicted for the next decade it would appear that the Department will be
financially able to aope with the foreseeable demands,
This is largely the
result of the effect of the new rate schedule and the recent decision to
charge a $1.50 per foot tapping service.
With this revenue, and a continu-
ing practice of setting aside monies for replacements and additional new
facilities, there is no recommendation in this section except that it be
reviewed periodically. Exhibit 11 shows predicted trends of these accounts,
3.
Summary and Recommendations.
Early action to restrict the use of non-
conserved air conditioning water will go a long way toward solving the
immediate problems of the Department and the City.
It will alleviate the
supply problem to a considerable degree and forestall any need to plan
.
additional facilities at the sewage treatment plant,
The present disposal
system is adequate for the predicted population of 40,000 in 1965 if the
rate of per capita usage is curtailed by such action.
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PREDICTED INCOME lJfD OPERATION BASED ON PREDICTED INCREASE IN POPULATION
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! Popu-
lation
Thou-
Year sands
19541 31.3
I
1955 I 31.9
1956 II 32.7
1957 33.5
1958 I 34.3
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1959 I 35.1
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1960 I 35.9
19611 36.7
1962 37.5
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1963! 38.3
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1964! 39.1
1965 i 40,0
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Water, Receipts*¡1 :. Revenue Bond Payr;¡ents i Surp1us**
Pumped I in I, Operating Expenses!Operatlng !Thousands of Dollars) I (Thousands of Dollars)
Billion Thousands I . I Surplus . I
Gallons of! - ' Soft,: I Thousands . .. ¡ I
per Yr. . Dollars i System! Plant I Total! of Dollars I Interest; PrlnCl al I Total Annual
i i I I
2.07 432: 103! I 103 329 40 66; 106 223 1
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75 ! 189 276 39 66! 105 171 I
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124 I 241- 231 38 67 i 105 126 I
128 ¡ 248 234 37 67 . I 104 130 .
131 ¡ 254 235 36 63! 99 136
134 I 260 237 33 63 ¡ 96 l4l
137 I 266 241- 3l! 63 I 94 147
140 ¡ - 272 244 29 63 I 92 152
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144 ¡ 279 246 27 63! 90 156
147 I 285 248 : 25 63 I 88 160
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2.19
2.25
2.30
2,36
2.42
2.47 I
2.53 I
2.59
2.65
2.70 i
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472
482
489
497
507
516
525
533
543
553
114
! 117
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120
! 123
126
129
132
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I 141
144
*Includes expected tapping service revenues.
**Surplus to cover depreciation, maintenance and
~ repair, replacement and extension.
~ ***Less ~100,000 reserve - Revenue Bond "B".
~ and 50,000 reserve - Waterworks Replacement
1--3 and extensions.
:s:
Cumulative
73 ***
244
370
500
636
777
924
1,076
1,232
1,392
1,558
1,731
If there is set aside each year in total, an average
of $100,000 for depreciation, maintenance and repair,
replacement and extension. 1955 thru 1965
$1,731,000
1,100,000 (11 years at $100,000)
$ 631,000 = surplus at end of 1965.
Balance
SECTION III
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ADDENDUM
~ Tax Comparisons - First Class Cities of Kansas.
The following table
and chart are included for reference purposes.
The information was obtained
from the Kansas Government Journal,
2.
Acknowledgments.
All City Officials have been most cooperative in
assembling the data required to prepare this Planning Report,
Engineering studies and reports prepared in recent years have been
used where appropriate and changed only as dictated by developments since
their preparation.
The 1951 Hare and Hare Report was used as a reference
and some of the recommendations herein will be found to concur with that
study,
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COMP ARATIVE TABLE OF TAX DATA FDR FffiST CLASS CITIES OF KANSAS
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. Assessed: .
population: Valuation in ~ Valuation'
. Thousands: per Capita ~
ll,865
12,270
19,120
17,368
10,136
10,4.38
30,981 ;,.._. :
35,824 . :
134,217. :
126,876, :
15,377 ..
20,057 '
19,320
21,057
14,938
l5,326
20,903
21,317
22,808 '
31,130 ' .
76,590
81,082
155,968
217,197
$ 1l,004
13,674
11,490
14,317
6,828
9,874
29,120
46,948
84,637
92,071
15,603
25,036
10,980
17,436
10,902
15,059
14,872
16,392
24,800
41,794
71,579
98,758
137,012
266,793
~p 927
1,114
601
824
674
946
940
1,311
631
726
1,015
1,248
568
828
730
983
711
769
1,090
1,343
935
1,218
878
1,228
Tax Rate; in Mills:
Total : B&I Acct. :
12.85
19.85
9.43
21.24
11.48
19.74
16.77
20,25
l7.52
34.66
9.88
19.63
17,49
23.17
11.19
16.42
13.74
17.89
13.78
17.99
14.78
22.60
12.87
20.59
*As of 10/1 each year':" not including revenue bonds or temporary notes.
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5.86
6.52
6.00
7.33
8.14
7.08
4.54
5.36
5.54
5.31
5.53
6.51
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Tax Dollars: Bonded Indebtedness
per Capita ~ in Thousands: per Capita
11.91
22.12
5.66
17 . 51
7.73
18.67
15.76
26.53
$
540
5,970
474
4,673
ll.05
25.15
10.02
24,51
9.93
19.19
8.17
16.14
9,78
13.75
16,10
24..15
13.81
27.52
11.30
25.29
6,383
1,306
1,335
964
1,227
2,031
5,190
23,045
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343,74
45.41
130.44
50.31
65.ll
63.40
62.90
57.56
65..24
64.00
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