let's stand for the pledge of allegiance i pledge algiance 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 city Manager Leighton thank you Mayor um  we'll start with the April 15th agenda   there are really no things to highlight on  pages one and two on page three new business   item number one would approve $9.2 million  in IRBs for the construction of a 42 unit   lowincome multifamily development is this a new  developer coming into town uh yes thank you any   interest in more affordable housing as we need  more affordable housing throughout the city yes there you go number two would approve $3 million   in IRBs for the redevelopment of a  commercial property on South Palisade number three would approve anou with Witchaw   Festivals for sponsorship  of the 2025 Witchaw River Festival number four would approve  a design concept and final design   contract for Harry Street Improvements from  127th Street East to 143 143rd Street East   page four number five re you would receive the  2024 land bank report number six um does would   designate the April 22nd council meeting as a  regular meeting in addition to the item that   um we had uh we have regarding city manager  selection i think there may be one other   item of new business that'll be coming forward  it's not on the preliminary agenda but I think   we've got something that's timesensitive and  so will the meeting be held in the boardroom   or in the chambers in the council chambers  okay thank you um that's all I have on page   four on page five you have one planning  item it would approve a cup amendment for   property in district five there's a difference  between the MAPC and the DAB recommendations um on page six you have approval of tribal  request for council member Tuttle page seven   just highlight 3C which would approve a planning  study for improvements to the 21st Street corridor   the way that contract has been um uh  developed it would allow us to have an   exit ramp should federal funding be withheld or  a portion of funding be withheld uh during the work 4 A would approve a contract  for project management and inspection   services for phase two of the  riverbank improvement project 5a would approve a purchase agreement for  the P park parking lot adjacent to the police   department's traffic section building on page  eight number seven would approve a $20,000 grant   application for the hosting of the Kansas State  Historic Preservation Conference number eight   would approve the sale of a surplus prop uh parcel  for $15,000 number nine would approve the sale   of a remnant parcel for $1,000 plus the cost of a  survey number 11 would approve an overestimate bid   for the rehabilitation of a sewer lift station  and number 12 approve an overestimate bid for   preventative uh maintenance work at the Lincoln  Street Dam just to note both 11 and 12 we only   received one bidder for each of those and that's  why we're recommending the that bidder in order   to get the work completed um nothing else on page  nine nothing on page 10 on page 11 just highlight   number 19 which would renew an agreement with the  multi- business service corporation for certain   concessions at the Eisenhower uh national  airport mayor that's all I have on that uh agenda looking ahead to April 22nd just a few  items to highlight excuse me um on page two   uh new council business um you have a placeholder  there for the uh discussion of the RFP uh for   a consultant to guide the recruitment  and selection process for city manager   can I go back to page number one it  still says boardroom and we just said   chambers yes that will be changed to chamber thank you okay um on page three 3A would approve  a design build team and project budget for   uh the four mile creek digtor expansion  project that you previously approved   uh for the design build approach 3b um  would continue the lease agreement with   uh the federal government for  the third and main parking lot page four 3C would allow for payment to United   Way for the HMIS system new  system that was implemented i have a question regarding  that really quick sure um   what is the participation rate of all the  providers using HMIS including MAC sally um MAC is require enter data into the  HMI system they have been slower than   average in getting that information in all  existing providers have been converted to   the new system this uh final payment for  that is to reimburse for the equipment   uh the mobile equipment to make uh  people's access even easier thanks page five number 10 would approve a design  build selection criteria for the replacement   of play equipment and landing areas for  the central Riverside Park page six number   17 would approve the 2025 flat rent schedule  for the public housing authority and on page   seven number 19 would approve a contract  amendment for the design of new parking   system technology out at the Eisenhower  National Airport so that's preview for   the 22nd be glad to answer any questions  other than that that's all I've got mayor Oh okay i'm sorry marley's on and of course a  reminder that we have a department presentation   afterwards as well so Marley it's all yours  all right thank you guys very much um just   very briefly it is veto session time they are  looking to adjourn at some point today they   are looking to adjourn Sina die which means the  very end of session so um they can raise money   again as well as um but they cannot override  any additional vetos on bills that are passed   during the veto session time just a couple of  items that um we know where they are the film   tax credit is likely not going to advance this  year the Sunflower summer program it did survive   um some of the budget um vetos it will be  funded at the $3 million mark for fiscal year   2025 and the program will begin after July 1 the  contingency fee bill that we um had some concerns   with the governor did veto that bill and it was  one of two bills that was not um taken up for a   veto override the scrap metal bill that we worked  with WPD on has passed both the House and Senate   and is on the way to the governor's office um two  items that are still being discussed and debated   um the low-income housing tax credit bill they  want to um make the program a little bit smaller   and cap it there is still some discussion that  they may remove and eliminate the 4% credit but   maintain the 9% credit and cap the program we're  not sure if that bill will um get through the   process in time before they adjourn today the  other item is implementing an ASTRA fund as we   talked about this is kind of a fund that they  put into place to reward communities that stay   under a certain threshold um there's still some  discussions on it and not sure if they'll vote   on it or not but um it is um something to put  in place um to be discussed to keep property   taxes below a threshold it would be in addition to  revenue neutral rate so we'll keep our eyes on all   of these items and um the legislature is likely to  adjourn today so I'll have a full report for Jim   um either later today or on Monday to get to  you guys and I'm happy to answer any questions do we know um the scrap metal bill because it's  going to the governor's office more than likely   will be passed and if so when will there  be more information to kind of share with   the community about the scrap metal bill that  has been something WPD has really championed   yes absolutely we um do not see any problems with  the governor signing it it was an agreed to bill   um and there was no opposition and I believe  it passed um both bodies um unanimously um or   with one or two no votes um and I believe  the effective date would be July 1 and so   um we'll have a lot more information  after the governor signs the bill thanks Marley all right council members any  comments or news from your district uh district   breakfast tomorrow 9:30 at um the Christian Faith  Center on East Pawn Street uh we're having the   emergency response team in to kind of talk about  how to respond to natural disasters especially   with it being tornado season i think it's a good  breakfast everybody's always invited down to good   old District 3 and um I have a neighborhood  cleanup right before that so I'm sure I'll   be smelling fine and dandy for him when uh when  I'm sitting there and talking at the breakfast so only thing I'll mention it's in district number  one uh but Open Streets ICT starts this Sunday   in district 1 at WSU and the Shocker neighborhood  so please come out Sunday from noon to 4 or 5 four   or five noon to 4 o'clock uh the street will  be closed at 17th Street so people can walk   uh can just enjoy being part of the  community so again Sunday noon to 4:00 mayor we're ready for presentation  uh regarding airport operations good morning do I need to click on anything for  sharing or no okay very good okay mayor   council members Jesse Romo director  of airports Witchaw Airport Authority   each year we do an annual report uh staff does to  the airport advisory board and um just wanted to   present you with the same uh PowerPoint don't  worry there's a lot of slides I think close to   60 only took about 90 minutes to cover with  staff but I think I can do this in about 15   and and leave some time for questions so I might  flip through quickly but at least you have the   slides and if you ever have additional questions  please let me know start off with some revenue   revenues were up in 24 versus 23 by 8% our  operating expenses were down below budget by   4% so we're making more money than we're spending  always a good thing for us we've identified $72   million in capital spending over the next five  years landed weights were up gallons were up   pretty much everything was up and what's was down  which is a positive is turnover and so when you   look at postcoid there was a lot of turn so a lot  of staff time was being taken not only to recruit   and fill positions but to train for positions so  we're finally starting to see that stabilized a   lot more we've always got positions that are  challenged to uh to fill equipment operators   and trades but overall we're doing doing  much better as it relates to big projects   the big one in 24 for us that we completed was  the phase one of the general aviation apron   um expansion project hopefully we get to do  a second phase only a second phase it kind of   depends on funding but in a couple more years we  did get to kick off the master plan the majority   of that's going to be done over this uh calendar  year and then we'll be completing a year from now we only have two projects that have been  impacted by recent federal pause of funding   this is one of them the uh this is airfield  pavement rehab we had a lot of different   pavement that I was identified for uh needing  replacement or recon or excuse me some repairs   and we're we went out to bid and one of the bids  was like 10 million over the engineers estimate   quite a bit and so we scoped it down and said all  right we're we're going to need to take this in   phases and stages and so we've got the most  critical areas that we're going to uh pursue   this year still about a 14-18 million project  and there is a lot of federal funding involved   with that FA and bill funds and again the bill  funds were the ones that were on a pause yes sir no that would be um shutdown of construction  activities and so that way there's a break over   the winter period so it does not impact winter  operations okay now I appreciate the opportunity   to clarify at Jabar we've got a lot going on there  too we're finishing up a uh a project right now we   got the majority of it done in in 24 but this  is additional pavement on um south of INCAT   so it allowed for some additional expansion  opportunities for WSU Tech and in properties   we've been negotiating quite a few new leases we  actually received 17 applications in 24 executed   several letters of intent and converted some to  agreements there was a lot pending we still have   a lot more in the queue that we're negotiating  and we uh negotiated up a lot of our revenue   in the first year for existing tenants we're uh  looking at $5 million it's nearly a million dollar   increase from the previous year and that's just  us executing on agreements for CPI adjustments   and and everything else that we have to do uh f  fullterm revenue of all those is about 30 million   33 million but that's full term over a 20 30 40  year period depending on what their agreement   says um new development first new revenues came  in over $200,000 at full term is 12 so we're   seeing a lot of good um revenue increases from  our property negotiations and things we're doing there one of the things I do want to point out  is uh in our operations division uh we had some   turnover which created some opportunity for us  last year to re-evaluate how things were done   we also got a not as stellar report from the  FA during their annual inspection as we would   have liked although their job is specifically to  find things that we need to improve and do better   upon but as my staff hears the adage all the time  for me you control the things you can and remove   yourself from being part of the problem so we  identified some ways that we could improve upon   our operations create more standardization  have better results year in year out and we   uh created a new division out of two and we're  calling it the airport emergency response and   operations arrow it actually combines airport  police and fire with operations under one roof and   um the ops was actually spun off from there  so it's a nice transition back plus airport   police and fire already do a lot of federal  program management they already do a lot of   FA part 139 management so expanding into  additional part 139 management just makes   a lot of sense for us so we're seeing uh  better synergies and in communications   within our divisions in order to address a  lot of issues so pretty proud of of uh of that we also can't forget Jabaro we have so  much activity going on there and one of the   things that we did to help set us up for the  future is uh built a new snow removal equipment   building SR building it's a maintenance  building and as we get new equipment at   ICT we intend to transition some of that older  equipment to Jabar to help build that fleet   out so they're they become uh more efficient in  their snow removal operations during wintertime events grounds and fleet is one of those  divisions that we still have a hard time   so equipment operators always looking always  recruiting tell your friends great job get   to play with a lot of different equipment and  do painting like what uh these guys are doing there as it relates to air service 2024 was  a record year we shattered 2019s 2019 was the   previous record uh 23 we finished just a couple  percentage below 19 and so it's a nice upward   trend that we're seeing 1.8 million passengers  uh getting on board or getting off aircraft in   2024 we saw a lot of growth especially at the  end of 23 set us up for great success in 24   um a lot of new service or returning service  Vegas Phoenix and then we were very proud of   that DC route um unfortunately you know we not  only had that tragedy occur with that route but   we've also seen other trends across the nation  with some accidents or near miss and with that   it's added some anxiety to travelers so we're  seeing a tick downward in travel activity across   the board not just in Witchaw but na national  and so uh we're all tracking that trying to see   what happens next as the airlines respond to those  things our capacity is looking good and American   is our market um has the most market share of  all the airlines that that operate at ICT and   as we've mentioned before the 50 seat regional  jets are getting retired out of the fleet and so   we're seeing a lot more of the narrow body  a little bit bigger regional jets that are   serving us our loads a average in 81% that's a  really good load factor for us in our market and uh airfares are actually pretty competitive with  all of our peers the uh outlook challenges in   in the airline industry you know show very slow  growth to no growth in 25 and so 26 27 we might   see some improvements but we're all watching  across sport to see what happens there as it   relates to IT we have embedded IT staff that works  in partnership with the IT staff here in city hall   uh to do a lot of our services but we've been um  moving from a high level design to the low-level   design and that's more of the procurement and  implementation phase of things so a lot of these   packages are being put together the uh UPS the um  security systems and and Wi-Fi by the way we found   a nice quick resolve to that because our Wi-Fi  system was taken down post the cyber event last   year and so it took us a few months to figure it  out because we were trying to rebuild the system   anyway and so we found well there's a short-term  solution we can do and so well what about making   that a three to five year short-term solution and  turn that over in five years and rebuild another   system because technology you know just kind  of has to have that refresh every couple years   and so we we rolled that out so these slides are  about each of those programs they go in a little   bit more detail it's all updating all of our  background or backbone for all it so that was   the wrap for 24 but in the true Mamba fashion the  job's not done so don't rest on your laurel staff   we got to keep moving the ball forward and so we  sat down we did some goals and we shared these   with the board um I believe the the city I don't  believe I know the city calls these pillars and   in our department we've been calling them our our  purpose our driving purpose and another adage that   my staff always hears me say is the projects don't  drive us our purpose does and so sometimes we get   a little narrow focused on what we're trying  to accomplish on a project level but it's never   forget the bigger picture of what we're trying  to do so each of our divisions we have a driving   purpose and we've identified projects along the  way to help us um accomplish some of those goals   or to position ourselves to be more competitive  in the future as it relates to development IT and   operations especially too in workforce and we've  got some good air service goals uh we've got great   market connectivity now but we're working with  the air service committee with uh through the   chamber and other partners to identify what our  next big targets are we attempted in New York we   didn't have interest from airlines and no support  there we attempted with Charlotte but we couldn't   uh finalize a deal with the airline to take us  there and so like I said before the national   trends everyone's kind of rolling back right now  and holding steady but we're still trying to move   forward and set us up for future opportunities  including Los Angeles which LA continues to be   our biggest unserved market right now and um  actually Legion flies there seasonally over   the summer but they're not going to do it next  year so this will be the last seasonal year for   for Legion at LAX but the LA region itself is is  a prime opportunity for us on the West Coast and   I think I I promised 15 minutes i think I hit  my mark happy to stand for any questions so the record here shows what is contributing to  that are people not traveling to other cities   to catch flights are they staying here to be  here new passengers so it's a combination of   all those things i'll know in the next few  weeks or so a better answer for retention and   because we just got done leakage study is what  we call it right the leakage is how much of your   market that you're supposed to capture goes to  another airport drives you know somewhere else   whether it's Kansas City or in Oklahoma um  we've done well historically over the last   five seven years to retain a lot more of our  market it's in the I think 80th percentile   but I'll be able to update those numbers for you  so we're doing better of keeping uh people here   um we also saw increases in in uh air service  markets in at the end of 23 Phoenix Vegas   uh Miami which Miami return and has been expanding  this uh past year and will expand more this year   and so we're seeing some of that we're also seeing  the upges from the smaller regional jets to the   the larger jets the narrow bodies and that brings  more seat capacity and so it's a combination of   more capacity more markets and better retainage of  our market i love bigger planes anyway also thank   you for your leadership when tragedy struck at  the airport late at night and doing everything you   did appreciate it thank you and and thank you for  your continued work on emergency response i know   that's been a big thing as well um also can we  just have you run all our slideshows from now on thanks Jesse i I respectfully declined jesse can you talk about uh the DC flight uh  what you're seeing in terms of people still   flying that that specific flight and what  we still need to do in order to maintain it   so DC is a little tricky one uh because there's  some sensitivities there you know currently and   we do a lot of just as background knowledge we  do a lot of marketing for air service from the   airport's perspective for on behalf of the  airlines for different market areas and we   also do it in concert with them so um right  now we're not doing a lot of push as we would   normally do for Americans fly to DCA uh DCA  itself is being uh is seeing reductions in   their activities not just from our market but  from others there's some adjustments that FA is   making over there um same with DoD um things that  are impacting multiple flights like shutting down   airspace when there's presidential movement  and so there's a lot of different factors   that are playing into DC's market right now  for us we we have seen a decrease in in loads   and employments uh we saw a greater increase  last year at this time with spring break uh so   we're lagging behind last year's trend line  but you know it's one of those things kind   of like baseball stats check us at the end of  the season and see where we're at and so we're   hopeful that as we continue to move forward  throughout the year those numbers will improve thank you again Jesse appreciate your leadership  all right well everyone have a nice weekend