Wichita City Council Agenda Review January 2, 2026
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Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. Assistant city manager Dante. Good morning,
uh, Mayor Woo, members of the council that are joining us on teams. I also want to uh point
out that our city manager Dennis Marstall is with us on teams as well. I believe Dennis
is going to be in the office on Monday. So, look forward to seeing you. Thank you. Agenda
for January 6. There is a proclamation honoring the 1931st Air Refueling Wing Appreciation
Day. Have a couple of items on the agenda, excuse me, on the public agenda. Page
two, a number of, of course, our board uh bids and contracts presentation as well as
a number of petitions for public improvements. I'm shifting to new council business on page
three, uh item number one, main water treatment plan conversion to emergency use. This would
reconfigure the plan for emergency use. Uh believe it's I see Gary in the room. It's a project
that'll take a couple of years to to bring forward. I would like to have an update regarding
the current new water treatment plant at Tuesday's meeting. So, I just want to make sure that
that is something that is prepared for Tuesday. Item number four, funding for 2026 traffic
improvements, signalization program, uh, railroad crossing improvements, and unified,
excuse me, USD 259 safety improvements. Um, annual CIP project. for just initiating the
funding, passing a bonding res resolution. Uh item number five, contracts and
funding for exploration place parking lot expansion. Um this also includes a
pedestrian crossing at MLAN Boulevard. Uh going to the next page, Crystal Prairie
uh public artwork. Uh going to be presenting a 30% design. Um, this follows a process
that we've sorted through over the last 12 months where we'll incorporate or present
a 30% sign council and ask for feedback. Uh, Chief Okades is here. Item number seven
is amendment to title 15, the adoption of the international fire code. Item number eight, CIP
item for purchase of fire apparatus and equipment. Uh item number nine, um another kind donation from Quick Trip and this donation would
help fund a street outreach program. On page five, item number 10, um amendment to
the unified zoning code related to renewable energy systems. Um staff's recommendation
is to override the planning commission's recommendation. So if you if council elects to
do that, it would require four five votes. Um staff also provided alternatives if the council
would decide uh to go in a different direction. Turning the page to page six, the
non-consent housing agenda. Um council will be seated as the housing
authority number 11, right? Excuse me, number 11. Yeah, I skipped over that. Um,
Marcus Street Studio is property transfer. Page six, non-consent housing agenda.
Um, seated as a housing authority, a housing member will be joining the
council. Number one is the public housing recovery agreement status report. It's a monthly
update required by the HUD recovery agreement. Item number two is a sale of seven occupied
Witchaw Housing property authorities Witchaw Housing Authority property. So properties
owned by the housing authority. On page seven, the non-conent airport agenda item number one is
a 2023 technology upgrade network replacement. Have a couple of travel items. One for Council
Member Tuttle, the other for you, Mayor W. Next page, page eight, consented agenda. Um,
purchase of hybrid bus and two transit vans. Want to point out that this purchase, we're
utilizing a cooperative agreement with the state of Washington and uh Georgia. I believe it's
Washington for the high hybrid bus and Georgia for the transit advance. This helps us drive down
costs and also creates for a more efficient process. How many total um hybrid or electric
vehicle uh in the transit system. Do we have Morning Mayor Penny Feist? Um we don't have any
hybrid buses currently. We have 11 electrics. Thanks Penny. Turn to page nine. Uh item number five,
two, partial acquisitions of property, adoption of the approval of the U library
monthly activity report and minutes. Shifting page page 10 turning page
uh number of notice of notice of intent to use debt financing. Items
12 and 13 are annual nuisance abase abatement assessment and sidewalk
repair assessment where we assess the cost of services provided by city of
Witchaw to property tax property owners. Item number 14 is a settlement agreement
between city of Witchaw and Genesis. I want to pull that item ahead of time. So,
I want to make sure that we get a history of this entire ordeal um and what amount
of money the city is able to recover. And I want to know who drafted the contract.
Um, I also want to know really a timeline so that again the community can see where all
these milestones happen or did not happen. Thank you, mayor. Item number 15 would
approve the annual uh VOCA grant award and agreement. This is a grant that helps
fund our support of victims of crime. Turning the page to page 11,
we have a number of consent uh planning items. Starting on
page 11, going through page 12. At the bottom of page 12 on
the consent housing agenda, the sale of a property at 1527
East Berkeley Street in District 3. Page 13. U item number 23, sale of property
at 2326 South St. Clair Avenue in district 4. Item number 24 is the sale of property at
2528 South Twin Oaks Roads Road in District 3. And then three items on the consent airport
agenda. uh one related to a perimeter fence project, a project that's been ongoing
underway that's helps expand and complete that project and improvements at the Jabar
airport as well as Eisenhower airport. Mayor, I'll just quickly highlight a number
of items that the that staff is working on for January 13. Uh you'll see uh funding uh
capital improvement projects related to park and recreation. Uh staff has also been working
closely with the county on a joint resolution and ordinance pertaining to the emergency
communications advisory board. And then also Jim Jonas is working uh closely with our
county partners and others on the legislative agenda that'll be presented. That's all I have.
Mayor, you have any questions for me or staff? No, I don't. Thank you very much. Happy New
Year to all. We'll see you on Monday.