Wichita City Council Agenda Review January 17, 2025
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e e e e e e morning everyone thank you for
joining us for the agenda review January 17th may we please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to
the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands
one nation under God indivisible andice thank you city manager Bob Leighton thank you mayor uh for the first on the
first page three proclamations also have a special pres presentation from the superintendent of 29 uh
talking about graduation rates in the system and then um James Barfield is shown and public agenda
page two we have a piece of Unfinished Business the first item there um is would concur with the
finding that the taking of approximately 3.9 Acres of Parkland and the temporary closing and
reconstruction of about a third of a mile of bike trail in the vicinity of k96 for
improvements that are planned for k96 that th this taking would have no significant
impact on our Park system that that would be the finding one of the things we'll mention
during the presentation is that the uh K do is going to pay for the acquisition of the property
and those funds will go back into the police or into the park system into park amenities and
those will be identified um in the future uh with consultation and approval by the park
board I haven't thoroughly enjoyed my packet yet and I'm sorry I will over the weekend
but in the agenda item does it talk about the because this went before Park Board and
it passed unanimously correct okay so thank you number one under a council new Council
business uh would approve $1,650,000 for six water Improvement projects page three number two would approve
a contract for the installation of a new irrigation system at Sim Golf Course number
three would approve amendments to the ballpark facility maintenance and use agreement uh
to recognize the change in ownership that occurred a few years ago and some changes in the
franchise status since uh the minor league BAS is now controlled by Major League Baseball and
then um establish a pay a payment schedule for naming rights revenue from the
team how long is this contract again well the naming rights is 15 years I don't
remember the length of the term on this agreement we'll we'll have that for you and it starts at
117,000 the first year What's the total that the city will receive CE almost just short of $2.2
million and can we have a copy of the original contract that was not part of the agenda packet
this is just a revision is that correct the full agreement or where can we find the full
agreement I'll send that out to you thank you okay uh number four would approve
the use of $125,000 in available Hyatt proceeds for cancer screenings related to
contamination sites in sedra county and approximately $ 32,44 for the implementation
of the transit plan reminder there's already Hiatt funds for the implementation of the
transit plan this would add to that fund um number five would approve the annexation of
4.73 acres of land at West Macarthur and West Southwest Boulevard page four number one um ask
the council to appoint a three council member panel tohere an appeal of a liquor license
suspension items two and three would approve travel I have nothing on page six on page
seven number five is your annual approval of the order of succession for the positions
below vice mayor so it doesn't include the mayor vice mayor but should something happen and
neither of those individuals are able to perform their duties we then uh utilize the order of
succession does wasn't going to say that but sound that's the burden we carry number six would approve a VOC would
approve Voca funding uh to support uh the victim's Advocate unit number seven would
approve grant funding to add police officers to ICT 2 three and four units that's all I
have on page seven I do not have anything on and actually mayor that is all I have on the 21st
just a quick review of the consent agenda for the 28th the preliminary draft um just a few things
to highlight uh we would have a second amendment to our memorandum of understanding with SEIU this
would allow for the uh ongoing funding of the uh positions at the new water treatment plant and the
special payment uh that we um have implemented or Compensation Plan that we've implemented for
those uh employees uh 4B um is an agreement to monitor the quality of our water because we're
coming from multiple facilities once the new water treatment plant comes on um so we need
to make sure that we have the proper mix and uh treatment of the water um on P let's see
page five if you're following the agenda uh C is our annual on called heating ventilation air
conditioning services contracts 5A is a change order um to uh make some changes to the traffic
signals associated with the conversion of two-way streets downtown number eight um continues our
participation and some funding for the drug enforcement agency High intensity drug trafficking
area task force and I think that's pretty much it mayor thank you city manager council
members any items that you'd like to bring forward yes Bob on um Tuesday's Council
agenda for the appeal panel I can't remember did we create a policy on that I think the
last one we had was council member Tuttle myself and former council member blueall
but I couldn't remember if it was always is the council member the of the district and then
it rotated on the other two I do believe there's a policy uh you're always on it um I thought
it was the newbies honestly the three newbies but district and then we started yeah rotating
it would be four andless it's in that District does that make sense that's my recollection as
well okay Jennifer do you remember yeah thank you okay yes council member hoisel
heavy the head like I said heavy the head Marley's on I'll just say
something really quick uh it is MLK weekend so there are several um
Martin Luther King observations uh events an arise breakfast and a um MLK event at noon on
Monday anything else I'm missing council member Johnson uh the event Monday at
noon is at the Metroplex greater witch ministerial league and tonight I
believe at Calvary Baptist Church is a celebration at 7:06 p.m. I believe Pastor
Moore at the Christian Faith Center off of uh ponnie is having a lunch tomorrow as
well so just another event to put on the calendar thank you council members and I think
council member Glascock is also joining us so uh now we have Marley with our legislative agenda
and hello everybody and happy happy Friday happy first week of session this is going to be a very
quick intense session which counts weekends and holidays so as of um Tuesday next week there's
82 days left in session the big news this week was the um Governor's State of the State in her
State of the State she did proposed $30 million for water conservation this is specifically for
the ogalala aaer in Western Kansas but there was no specificity on how the dollars should
be spent in addition she did um propose some dollars for child care funding as well in the
legislature they did the Senate tax committee did hear um sc63 which would be a 3% um valuation
cap on um assessed properties um looking at the testimony there were cities counties Farm groups
on both sides of the bill the Le the legislature is looking to work that bill on Tuesday um in
addition just some additional notes from the email that Jim sent out earlier this morning
um House Bill 2024 um came out in today's Bill packet and that is a firefighters tax credit
for $200 $250 per year for cancer screenings um in additional in addition there were two
bills that came out that would eliminate the threemile rule for Planning and Zoning Authority
for SE for cities and that is House Bill 2025 as well as Senate Bill 37 um I look forward
to seeing um the majority of you in toeka on Wednesday and you guys should all have your
schedules if you have any questions please let me know you should all have my cell
number as well as Jim so please um let me know if you have any questions or concerns
and with that I'll turn turn it over for questions no questions from Council Members thank
you Marley thank you have a great weekend you too anything else council members I see none we
will adjourn thank you have a nice weekend