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April 30, 2018April 30, 2018

Budget A public hearing about the budgetwas conduced on April 24th. Thegoverning body listened to publiccomment about what thecommunity wished to see in theCity's 2019 budget.

The Budget Office conducted aninformal survey asking residents to

Open Government

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rank their top priorities. With over200 responses, infrastructure helda slight edge over communitydevelopment. Responsesemphasized a need to repairstreets, as well as addressingaffordable housing and publicsafety issues. Budget has held anumber of engagement events inaddition to the survey including apublic hearing on April 24 and aBudget Open House on March 14.See the full 2019 budget calendarat www.topeka.org/budget .

RoadConstructionUpdate

🚧 ROAD CONSTRUCTIONUPDATES 🚧

o   SW Wanamaker 4th-10th Streetshould be completed June 15th. 

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o   Pre-construction meeting heldfor the SW Huntoon/ArvoniaProject. 

o   Full depth pavement patchingand 2018 curb replacementunderway.

Projected Start Dates for projects: 

o  SE Adams 29th-33rd StreetConstruction- May 10th. 

o   29th and BurlingameIntersection Improvements – April30th.

o   Micro-sealing project will beginon May 29th. 

You can find updates to all streetprojects on the Open Data Portal ofthe city websitehere: https://projects.topeka.org/projects?categoryId=Streets:Alley%7CBridges%7CCurb%20%26%20Gutter%7CDistribution%7CRoad%7CSidewalks%252FRamps&tab=projects

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Earth Day 

The Utilities Department went allout for Earth Day, collecting trashbags full of broken glass, debrisand plastic bottles near theOakland Community Center andthe Kansas River Weir. 

Utilities staff also collected trucksfull of trash and tires aroundShunga Creek. 

 Recent Updates Property Maintenance has cited 1,469 properties and structures forthe 2018 calendar year.

TFD Training Division staff completed the search and rescue coursesbeing taught in conjunction with MTAA at Topeka Regional Airport.

The Utilities Department has 19 waterline replacement projects, 3new waterline construction projects and 6 water treatment plantprojects in the works.

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Severe WeatherWednesday'sFacebook VideoSeries 

Every Wednesday in April the Cityof Topeka's Fire Department andEmergency Management will begoing on Facebook live to bring youadvice and tips on how to handlesevere weather this spring.

This week Fire Marshal Mike Martinwent to the City of TopekaEmergency Operations Center andtalked with Emergency ManagerJim Green about preparingemergency kits. 

This last video is in two parts somake sure to watch them both! 

https://www.facebook.com/cityoftopeka/videos/10156176765586236/

https://www.facebook.com/cityoftopeka/videos/10156176778521236/

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Budget PrioritiesSurvey 

The Budget office is requesting input on priorities for the 2019 Budget.Take the budget priorities survey athttps://www.topeka.org/finance/budget/ to make your voice heard! 

Coming up The Neighborhood Stabilization Program will be closed out and apublic hearing will be held on May 22nd at 5:30 in the HollidayConference Room.

43rd & Colly Creek Utilities replacement public meeting scheduledfor 5/10/18 at 4:30pm at the Topeka Baptist Church at 4500 SW GageBlvd. Construction will begin as early as 5/21/18 or as late as 6/4/18.

May 10th, the Zoo is hosting a Conservation Connection, a freeprogram at 6:30pm. Guest speaker is from the Lubee BatFoundation.

May 12th is Pollinator Palooza at the Zoo. 

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Brent Trout 

This weekly report is presented toyou from the office of City ManagerBrent Trout.

For other weekly reports, visit theCity's website.

This report was produced throughour open data portal. We haveseveral other open data portals tohelp connect you with the work wedo, including portals that let you:

Visualize Topeka's $270Mbudget

See Topeka's expenses, onecheck at a time

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