Four open houses are planned starting next week on changes in the stormwater fees in Kansas City, Kansas.
An earlier Unified Government stormwater proposal was sent back for more work after businesses in the community commented that the increases were too high and needed to be phased in more gradually.
The Unified Government is continuing to study the change to the stormwater fee, and is seeking public comments.
The current stormwater fee structure is to charge $4.50 per month to all users, without regard to the size of the property. The proposed stormwater fee charged more for larger properties.
The new fee does not change the $4.50 monthly fee for the majority of residential property owners in Kansas City, Kansas, during the first year of the fee. The new fees are based on the size of hard surfaces on the property, which generates runoff.
The open house dates include:
• Sept. 25, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 4953 State Ave.
• Oct. 9, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Patricia “Diane” Kane Community Center, 3130 N.122nd.
• Oct. 23, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Joe E. Amayo Argentine Community Center, 2810 Metropolitan.
• Nov. 6, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Beatrice L. Lee Community Center, 1310 N. 10th St.
According to the UG, the official notification about the open houses was in the August-September edition of The Citizen, a UG newsletter that was mailed to about 65,000 addresses, and they plan to send out more information later.
For more information, see https://www.wycokck.org/Stormwater/Rate.aspx.