Wichita City Council Agenda Review November 1, 2024
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e e e e e e e e e the smaller one it is November first and we are going to have our agenda review but before we begin
may we please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance i al to flag of the United States of
America and to the repic for stands one nation with liy and justice for all city manager Leighton thank you mayor um two
proclamations on the first page that's all we have uh I have a correction already the minutes
are for the on bank so that would be October 25th and then I would like to already ask
the coun Council can you guys please join me at the front for the witchat agef
friendly initiative when we uh have that Proclamation on Tuesday okay
on page two we have five speakers scheduled that's all I have on page two on page
three number one would approve a resolution of intent for a $12 million um Industrial Revenue
bond for a 111,000 square ft² speculative maintenance repair and overhaul facility and
this is allowed under your spec warehouse and mro program number two would approve a district
plan Amendment for the Center City South rede Redevelopment District which would
allow for us to construct the parking uh associated with the biomed Center and
this is not increasing the boundary is that correct no that's correct ites did did we get it worked
out with County the reimbursement yes okay number three is setting a data hearing for a property located in that District it set the DAT
of hearing for a mixed use Redevelopment project at 333 East English and again this one has no
property tax abatement is that correct that is correct uh number four would extend the project
deadline and allocate an additional $1.6 million in arpa funding for the violence interrupter
program I have a couple questions regarding that um I have previously asked um what other
options uh regarding funding uh CIP specifically um projects and fire storage and fire apparatus
were amongst the choices can we have further information regarding that I've gathered all
that for you mayor you ask me to send out to council members I will this afternoon and again
so can you talk about uh if we chose fire over violence interrupts does that mean that uh future
CIP dollars can be freed up for other items or how does that work the fire storage facility that
you're referencing is in the CIP and was to use General obligation funding and so if you mov
if you moved arpa funding to that it then frees $1.6 million for use in the CIP later or at some
other point for another project are there other options not of a portion of the 1.6 to violence
interrupts and the rest to another project you could um if you we have a number of projects
that the city council has already approved and have gone out to bid and that were anticipated
for General obligation you could move some money to those to have the same kind of impact just at
a smaller dollar amount okay y if the council were to determine not to put money into an extension
of violence interrupts we still need an extended deadline for the original $1.5 million they
got a late start they they the funding that we have would take them into 25 and so that dat
would have to be extended and I I'll send that out to the council as well and again the original
contract was for 1.5 million all we're asking for is an extension of that 1.5 million in addition
to the second ask is there's 1.6 million uh on top of that we could allocate and that what would
we do with that line further if you did that Bob yes will I saw Captain mes walked in will Chief
Sullivan or um anybody from WPD be available or be able to just highlight some of the successes of
the violent interrup violence interruptor program or it probably won't be police it will be other
staff members and probably representatives of the groups associated with violence interrupts the
police specifically are not the sponsors of this program and the idea is to have this separate from
the police department to be effective but we'll have people to answer questions and provide
additional information because this morning we received a text about some of the tragedies
that happened last night in our community some violence and and I was pleasantly surprised to
see the chief mentioned that they were going to utilize the violent interruptor they Ed them
as a tool they are the sponsor so it seems like a pretty successful program so I just want to
make sure that was being highlighted thank you yes can I also ask a chief chief snow sorry I'm
Chief snow also be available to answer questions about the fire needs as well about the fire
facility I I'm I'm gonna yeah she'll be there I'm also sending out the a brief description of
that you Council already approved that project and we want it to bid but I'll give a thumbnail sketch
of what that project is just as a reminder yeah I I just have one more I guess question comment and
I'm happy have these behind you know with anyone but it it's a little bit worrisome to me that it
seems like we're putting a police program against a fire program and I don't know how this happened
I mean I thought we had a workshop that we're all pretty excited about the way that the program was
going so I guess I'm I'm just a little confused but it seems like a it they're both Public Safety
they're both incredibly important part of probably some of the most important core function that we
do and it just it feels a little off to me that we're we're deciding between police and fire and
I don't know how we got to this place so hearing more can you address whether this is a police
department project it's it technically is not it's a it's a public safety part of our strategy
on dealing with violent crime and the concerns the public has about violent crime and so the model it
it is correct that it's a Public Safety project um it's just not sponsored or housed in the police
department so I did I said Le I'm sorry I should have just said to public safety program so I
I stand corrected thank you um I have one more question regarding another option so there are
three options right here fire storage facility Patrol East or option C was fire apparatus uh
can we have more information regarding fire apparatus yes I'm not sure that is a viable
alternative because I think we already have of dollars going to that because we do have as you
know we're in a pinch right now we're towards the end of the year and we're trying to see which
projects are actually either under budget or have moved too slowly to be committed by the
end of the year and the I have to check with the budget office they may have already since
we first started talking about this they may have already allocated additional arpa dollars
for that under the council's approval to move capital projects but I'll I'll get that and
clear that up before before I send an email out okay anything else all right number
five would approve $950,000 uh dollars in arpa funding for the healthy Corner Store uh
program initiative or implementation excuse me number six is uh our quarterly financial
report there'll be a presentation on that number seven would approve revised guidelines
for the allocation of $369,000 in unobligated arpa funding to assist with rapid rehousing and
housing assistance for residents in the emergency shelter uh number eight would allocate
$5.7 million in arpa funding and $611,000 in general fund funds uh that have come
from the sale of proceeds from the sale of property for the project two at the Mac
which is the second phase and that's really the construction of the the Mac other than
the emergency shelter piece I have a question regarding that um during that report I would
like to know the project one renovation update what improvements have already been made
or what are yet to be made and then also I know that uh we have been talking about
enforcement regarding camping uh can we also I don't know whether it's a item eight or item
nine uh where that stands regarding enforcement of camping ordinance mayor I'm ready to visit with
each of you next week about that we have a draft uh we have three draft ordinances I want to share
with all of you so that that's the status of that also forgot to mention under this item that
there'll be uh you'll also be approving the development sub agreement with Petra to
complete the work for phase two or project two number nine um is an to update
the affordable housing fund program plan and allocate $3.6 million for the purchase of 56 public housing properties by the
city from the public housing authority number 10 would allocate $800,000 in
arpa funding excuse me $600,000 in arpa funding for humankind's operation
of the emergency winter shelter this winter number 11 would approve a contract with
VES for vet services related to the animal control program number 12 would conduct a an appeal
hearing related to to a waiver of spacing requirements for a correctional placement
residence reminder you'll be serving as a hearing board in that regard and the council
does have a um opportunity to go into executive session to discuss the case if you wish
after it's been presented number 13 would consider an ordinance related to the location
for Council workshops number 14 would consider an ordinance related to the addition of
a public public agenda to the council workshops that's all I have on page
five on page six you uh Council will consider a zoning change in District Six uh
there's a difference in the MPC and the dab recommendations page seven uh number
one would approve the annual agency plan The Five-Year Plan and the capital fund
program for the public housing authority under Council items there's
one item travel item under the agenda I don't have anything on page
eight page nine items seven and eight are settlement of outstanding claims
number nine it would extend the landlord incentive program to include veteran the
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program page 10 number 11 would approve the annual pooled
funds investment policy is a requirement of the state number 12 would approve an overestimate bid
for the parking excuse me the paving markings and signage portion of the downtown Street Improvement
project and that's related to the two-way conversion of our downtown streets number 13
would award $200,000 in csbg funding for project access number 11 um excuse me page 11 number 14
would approve 33 funding agreements for public housing properties to be sold under um uh item
20 on this agenda we'll get to that in a second I don't have anything to highlight on page
12 on page 13 is item 20 which is the sale of 33 public uh housing properties to uh
Habitat for Humanity residential Housing Solutions and U large Enterprise number
21 is approved approving the sale of 56 public housing authority properties to the
city of Witchita which will be purchased purching with arpa funds and Council
um approval of that is earlier in the agenda mayor that's it you forgot to reach every page
any council member comments before the weekend do you think we' be done
by noon on Tuesday I was hoping 10:30 district one breakfast tomorrow having um
guest speaker mayor Williams of the mayor's youth Council uh Maya Williams also soon to be
judge elect Jackie Kelly so that will be a great breakfast as well as Linda District three
representative mayor Williams that's okay we we welcome her to the first district
and we'll have better breakfast no you won't thank you very much we'll see you
guys on Tuesday uh November 5th thank you do vote e