By BECKY KISER
Hays Post
Hays city commissioners will vote on another step toward the construction of new housing in west Hays at their meeting on Thursday.
The commission will consider a resolution and an engineering services agreement to establish a benefit district for 32 lots in the Covenant Estates First Addition.
The developer, Covenant Land & Developing Inc., has petitioned the city for street, stormwater, water and sanitary sewer improvements through the use of a benefit district.
The engineer’s estimate for total construction costs of the improvements is $2.9 million. Seventy percent of the costs will be special assessed, with the remaining 30% being paid by the developer. No city capital would be expended.
A $221,000 engineering agreement with Sloan Engineering and Consulting, Hays, has been prepared for the infrastructure improvements in Phase 1.
Don Scheibler, police chief, will present a request from High Plains Mental Health Center for a portion of opioid settlement funds. The state distributes the opioid funds to municipalities and must be allocated for opioid and substance use disorder abatement.
City staff recommended the mental health center be granted $45,481 to purchase social detoxification treatment chairs and infusion pumps for its new Crisis Intervention Center under construction in Hays. The center will serve 28 western Kansas counties.
The complete Aug. 14 agenda is available here.
The meeting starts at 4 p.m. in Hays City Hall, 1507 Main.