Hays BOE set to vote on neighborhood revitalization

Hays Post

The Hays School Board will vote on a neighborhood revitalization plan during its meeting on Monday.

The City of Hays is seeking to increase the area of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program. The previous program encompassed about 200 acres.

The amended program would include 1,628, which is the boundary of the build out in Hays in 1965.

The appraised value of proposed area is $644,777,390.

The proposed area reflects an area that encompasses buildings that are 50 years old and older.

The goals of the program are to improve commercial property and promote owner-occupied housing and purpose-built multi-family housing in an area where single family houses are already transitioning to single family rental housing.

The program would allow a residential or commercial owner to rebate 65 percent of the increased property tax from improvements.The previous program resulted in an about $500,000 increase in property value.

The school board has to approve the city program because it would affect taxes collected by the district.

The district will also hear from staff on budget, state assessments and the proposed school bond.