Wichita City Council Agenda Review December 1,2025

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stand to the flag of the United States of America  and to the republic for which it stands.   One nation under God, indivisible,  with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. And thank you, mayor. Um, I see that  council member Tuttle is also on. Is council   member Glascock on? Don't see him. Okay. All  right. Busy agenda for December 2nd for tomorrow.   starts off the presentation from Sher Utach  about WSU Tech. Right now, you have four people   scheduled on the public agenda. Number one is  the approval of the employment contract with   city manager. Understand that's being finalized  um and should be ready for tomorrow. Uh number two   is approving $8 million in multifamily housing  revenue bonds for a 30 unit apartment project.   Next page number three approves SE would approve  a $7 million multifamily housing revenue bond   issue for 36 a 36 unit apartment project. Number  four would approve $15 million in IRBs for the   consolidation of Envisions facilities here in  Witchah uh on South Water Street. Bob, I just   want to go and record I'll state this tomorrow.  Due to a conflict of interest, I will be Thank   you. Thank you. Number six would approve a budget  for the installation of irrigation at Texan Solver   and Auburn Hills golf courses. Number seven,  um actually you would review once again three   options for water and sewer rates in 2026 and  approve one of those options for implementation. Number eight would approve two change orders  for BNR, the BNR project with a net increase   of $ 1.9 million. Uh there would be no change  in the budget. Um number nine would approve a   number of upgrades to a price woodard and Chester  eye Lewis parks at a cost of a million dollars.   Number 10 would approve approximately  $4 million for the replacement of heavy   equipment and snow removal equipment. These are  scheduled replacements. Number 11 would approve   multi-year agreement with international  international association of firefighters.   Number 12 would approve multi-year  agreement with Teamsters Transit Local.   And number 13 would approve a multi-year  agreement with the Teamsters Airport Local. Next page, the first item would approve a  zoning change in district three. Second item   would approve a zoning change in district  4. And the third item would approve a CUP   with a zoning change in district two. I  have a question about uh number three.   There were no daff notes attached to  this. Can the DAP notes be attached? Mayor, I'm getting an answer here for you. Good morning, Mayor. This is Phil Zenber  with the planning department. Uh we sure   will get DAB notes uh sent to you  guys. Apologize that they were not   included in the packet. They're typically  in there. Not exactly sure what happened.   I'm filling in on short notice this morning.  So, mayor, we'll get those out today. Um, under the housing agenda, number one would  approve the sale of 29 public housing authority   homes for redevelopment and u sale or rent.  The there are three entities that would be   purchasing these homes. Uh number two would  approve cell tower easement uh on MLAN manor. Next page non-consent airport agenda item would  approve a $2.4 million uh airport special facility   revenue bond issuance for construction of a  hanger at Jabara. I have nothing on the next page.   Following page 3A would approve   the annual allocation for Cheni  wershed water quality projects. Next page number seven would approve issuance  of $45 million in industrial revenue bonds for   uh significant improvements at Techstrong  Aviation. Number eight would approve $60   million IRB issue for Luxfield Place retirement  communities. Number 10 would approve $12 million   industrial revenue bond issuance for  construction uh at Air Capital Flight   Line. Number 11 would approve assessments  for the annual sidewalk repair program. Number 12 would approve approximately  $690,000 grant application for the   funding of transit for seniors and uh  individual with disabilities in the region. Um we have um next last page number 21  is a sale of a public housing authority   home. That's all I have for tomorrow's agenda. some next year. Is it just FOP as  far as the union negotiations? Yes,   that is correct. Okay. Thank you, city manager. One question on consent agenda item  number 19. This is annexation of rideway. Um on   the financial considerations, it mentions that um  there will be 13.4 lane miles of rideway that will   become part of the city of Witchah with estimated  annual maintenance cost of 201,000. Are we gaining   any revenue from annexing some of this property  or just um incurring maintenance costs? Um this we've been working on this issue for number  of months. Thank you mayor for asking. Uh, mayor,   generally these are uh road rightway only. Um,  these are based on um state law uh and how we   work through these with the county. Um, generally  when you get one side of the roadway that's been   annexed into the city, so we gain the additional  property values, property taxes if you will,   uh, then we work with the county on  annexations. Most of these roadways, in fact,   Some of them right now we are improving  ourselves. We worked with county public   works. The majority of these roads they have  resurfaced in the last several years. So we   will be taking over roadways that are in in  good condition, really good condition, which   was something that we desired from them. So uh  even though that number is our estimate per year,   I don't think that uh you know we should be able  to push that out. But to to answer your question,   we don't necessarily gain any additional revenue.  Um this is something that we effectively have to   do by the way the state law is set for  annexation. But again recognizing that   we're taking over the responsibility and don't  have a choice. Cedric County has been good to   work with in terms of improving the quality  of the streets before they turn them over. Thank you. Thank you. Just a quick u uh review of  the December 9th meeting on unfinished business   on the second page. uh the uh committee that  you or the task force that you appointed to   review the international property maintenance  code will be bringing back its recommendations,   a series of recommendations that will specifically  target um problem tenant or problem landlords and   um problem properties, rental properties  in the community. Uh on new business,   um there's a recommendation for an overnaming of  Ash Street. Number two would be the consideration   of placing an item on the ballot for  March for the approval of 1% sales tax. Number three would be in uh improving the  condition of the main water treatment plant   uh as previously discussed with council to  allow it to be converted for emergency use.   Will that still be on the agenda considering  it'll be essentially our still our main water   plant for next couple of months anyways?  Yes, but we Gary, you want to talk about it? Sure. So, the city council previously approved  u moving forward the concept to convert as the   manager said existing plant to emergency  use. Uh it's going to take some time to   develop the design. It's a progressive design  build project, but it'll take some time to   develop the design. I think it makes sense to  still keep moving forward. Um we probably have   um I would say a good 12 months ahead of us to  be able to continue working on the design. We're   also taking a look at that existing plan and what  it might do for the future of water reuse. Uh so   that adds some time to it. So we still got a lot  of planning, development, design to do before we   get to any point of construction and then we'll  just have to see where we're at with the new plan   at that time. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Gary.  Number four would approve a three-year agreement   with the Greater Witchaw Partnership. Uh number  five would approve a one-year agreement with   Witchdaw Independent Business Association  for Small Business Assistance. And then   number six would be the uh public hearing to  consider the K96 Green Witch Starbond proposal. City manager. Yes. I see that uh  there's no item number seven. However,   I was made aware that Douglas  Avenue redesign was supposed   to come up on December 9th. Where is  that? I'm sorry. The Douglas redesign.   Paul Gman, we are moving that project to December  19th. We're going to the 16th 16th December 16th.   Moving that project to December 16th. We're going  to the District 1 Advisory Board tonight. Thank   you, Paul. The website is not updated with  any new renderings. Can the website please   be updated with the latest renance of what is  being proposed at one? Uh, in addition, uh,   I know that there was a letter sent to businesses  and residents near that area. Um, can we have that   presentation sent to the council? Yes, we can  do that. And we will be renotifying those prop   adjacent property owners that the meeting will  be held December 16th instead of December 9th. Uh 3A would be the annual agreement with Cedric  County for improve flood control improvements. Number seven is an overestimate bid  uh for work on 17th Street North. Um   numbers eight and nine will be  moved to the following meeting.   Number 10 would approve the members  of the 2026 grants review committee. Mayor, that is all I have in terms of  preview for the ninth. Thank you very much,   city manager, council members, are there  any items to be brought up or events? I see none. I'll just remind eventual wonderland.   is happening this Friday at N Park and  Council Member Johnson will be hosting   the grand opening of the Carl Community  Center on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. Thank you.