with the pledge of 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. Thank you. Council member Glass is joining   us virtually. City Manager Marstall. Good morning,  Mayor and everybody. Looking at the agenda for   March 3rd. Got a big packet in front of you.  Um, got some things that there's I know there's   maybe some interest in pulling a couple items.  I just want to run through. We are making some   investments in public safety. So, you'll see some  information. One of the agenda items is related   to a new fire station and beginning that process.  We've made some uh work on that with our location,   but now we're getting into doing the bonding  for the resolution and the necessary signatures,   but you'll also see some investments  in public safety for some equipment,   but also a storage facility for police on there.  And then um you'll also see we're continuing   on with some of our nuisance abatement with the  dilapidated properties. Um doing some definition   changes there on one of the third items for the  new council business to bring your attention to   that as well. Um and then we do have our ongoing  water and sewer utility improvements. So we have   a list of uh things we're doing across the city  which we continue to make those investments.   And then um one of the key things we want to  highlight is agenda item number eight is doing   um some improvements again for our water supply,  the aquafer storage and recovery. And so we   continue to make those investments as well in our  water supply. So we'll have some of that. And then   um looking on down because we do have  some public art um items on 11 and 12,   but to bring some attention to number 10, that's a  seasonal and temporary employee services. That is   um a broad contract that each department can then  tap into for their specific department needs. if   we have some temporary contract needs, it  comes out of their departmental budgets,   but we have an overarching contract um for those  departments to pull from. So, just to give you a   little bit of overview on that, then you do  have some planning items we'll go through or   we can highlight some zone changes um which are  a few on there as well. And um so if you wanted   to pull off anything in particular, happy to walk  through some specifics for you on the third. Yeah,   I um maybe Jan would be the one to ask about  this. Um item three, the chronic nuisance   properties. Uh what changes do we have? What does  that look like? Yeah, Jan's here. Uh Jennifer had   to take another appointment today. So thank  you, Jan, for joining us this morning. Okay.   Um that is our chronic nuisance ordinance. It has  to do with really bad behavior at properties. Um   right now if you have a certain number of trigger  events, then the police department will send you a   letter that says you have had a number of crimes  that have occurred at your property. If any more   crimes occur at your property, then uh we're  gonna have to have a meeting and we're gonna   have to develop a plan where you will have to give  us ways that you're going to decrease the number   of crimes at your property. It's worked very well.  Um sometimes we have problems with, for example,   um unlicensed clubs. they're operating as bars and  it's been a good tool for us to go to the owner of   the property and say this could make you a chronic  nuisance property if you allow um illegal activity   to occur your property. So the ordinance is  really just that started in 2016 and this is   uh as we've lived with this ordinance for a while  we just found some ways we could tighten it up   uh by adding more trigger events. Uh for instance,  one of the trigger events will be an unauthorized   club, an unlicensed club will be a reason that uh  you could get one of these letters that demands   you to make improvements to your property like by  decreasing crime. We've also taken a few off. We   took some of the traffic off of trigger events. Um  we never use domestic violence as a trigger event.   Um and mostly that's what it does. It increases  the number of trigger events. The other thing the   ordinance amendment will do is right now we have  separated um residential property from commercial   property and it's very confusing for officers  because there's a different number of trigger   events depending on what kind of property it is.  So, we've increased the number of trigger events   that it takes to qualify for the letter and it's  all the same now whether it's residential property   or commercial property. Um, the officers will  learn one set of rules and they'll go by that   day. I was going to ask if it was residential or  commercial. Okay. Is this So, this is similar to   the the Broadway motel hotel as far as they  have to come up with a safety plan. Yes,   that's what we use on motel. We use the chronic  nuisance ordinance. What what it ultimately does   is if you create um a plan, we have them create  the plan and we okay the plan, the police obey   the plan, and if there are subsequent trigger  events, then they'll get a bill for services,   like if the police department has to go back out,  they'll get a bill. That rarely happens. Um most   of the time improvements are made before the bill  ever goes out. I think I can probably count on   one hand the number of times a bill has gone out  because the goal isn't to get money. The goal is   to have fewer crimes occur on the property and  it has been use. It's not perfect, but it's been   useful for that. It says too that it's been useful  to help landlords hold tenants accountable for   activity on their property, right? The landlord  wouldn't necessarily refer to this. It would just   to this code, the police would know we've been  there 15 times in the last months or whatever.   Under the current code and under the new code,  landlords are uh responsible for their property.   So, they could get the trigger event letter. Um,  but the great thing about this is now they can   say because landlords are hesitant to evict people  who are causing problems because they are worried   they'll be sued. But now we can show an ordinance  that says, "Look, you'll be held accountable   if you don't control what's happening on your  property." So landlords could then take measures,   especially in clubs, in unlicensed clubs, to tell  the people that they rented their property to,   look, I'm gonna I'll get sued or I'll I'll have  a chronic nuisance if I don't stop you from from   doing these these parties. Yeah. And the trigger  events, are they all criminal related or are   there violations, repeated violations with MABC?  MABCD is now it's always been a trigger event,   but it has been broadened. Um, so MABCD violations  are also trigger events. Code enforcement was   specifically added in this amendment. It would  also include fire department if you were allowing   too many people um if you're violating uh  capacity. Um that would now also count. Is   this the is this the one that was used for some  of the hotels or motel on Okay, Jan, I have a   couple more questions. Can you provide data? So,  we talk kind of generally. Would it be appropriate   uh to actually have data points? How many how  many of these problem properties are we currently   having and in which districts they're kind of  having? I would appreciate more data instead   of just anecdote. I will um between now and  Tuesday, I'll get some numbers. Um unfortunately,   we don't have a centralized location. I'll go to  each substation and they keep their own records   and I can get some I can get some numbers from  them. Thank you. Jan question is can you speak to   the rationale behind section number three that's  been strike particularly any person affected by   the decision of the chief of police may appeal  such decision to the such determination to the   city manager. We had um three levels of appeal and  it was different than any other appeal we've done.   You would go to the chief of police, then you  would go to the city manager, and then you   would go to city council, and then you would go to  district court. And I feel like that discourages   people from appealing. It makes it more  difficult for a citizen to appeal a case. Now,   it will match all of our other licensing appeals  where it'll go to that three panel member of city   c. It'll go to the chief and the chief will make  a decision and then you can appeal it straight to   your city council, the three member panel, and  then it would go to district court. so it'll   match all of the others and I think it's less  difficult on a citizen to have to take so many   different appeals. Yeah, I appreciate that and I  agree the uniformity is important. So, thank you. Anything else for J? All right. Anything else on   the third that we can uh prepare  for the meeting over the weekend? All right, looking at the tent, then we have  in front of you a few items. Um, if you see,   we do have a public hearing or hearing about  taxment financing. Um, you'll also see some star   bond um, issues on there. And then you'll also  see another tax year abatement on the 10th for   a local business. And then you will see that we  do have a big contract on the 10th coming before   you for our grounds maintenance of city property.  And so there's some different ones you may want   to look at there for how we're looking to do some  of our ground maintenance going forward with the   renewed contract. And then we have some planning  and zoning. Um one nothing on there. So if there's   anything I can address for you on the tent as  well, let me know. And then I want to conclude   with a big document in front of you that you have.  Um so I'll make sure that you know we're tracking   issues presented from council meetings or if we  get other requests from council members during   the course of a meeting or whatever that we are  tracking these and I'm working with department   directors. So just we'll go through these or share  these with you weekly but I just want to start   um today highlighting going back even to when we  had conversation related to the water treatment   plant whatever but even we have some of the recent  questions that you had asked us at the workshop   last week at the end there talked about the boards  and commissions providing some of the information   about current vacancies the bike ped plan separate  from the transit plan. So, this is just let you   know that we're keeping a high and then we'll  report back to you and we've got our status update   um from the department directors. If there's um  a different way that we can share information or   get it back to you, of course, work on timeliness  as well. Um but I just wanted to let you all know   that we are tracking requests and we'll continue  to report out so that you know we are following   up on your requests. city manager, if I can just  say this is this is amazing and thank you and I   hope that I'll be doing my due diligence to share  with with my district that you all are keeping   track of the request and following through. Um,  particularly just want to know because I know I've   gotten some questions about the transportation  plan in district 1 for election day seeing that   a lot of the polls were moved and the reason why  we decided to not duplicate services utilizing the   private sector as is noted on here January 14th  um you city manager worked with Penny and you   all created a a great robust plan that I had the  opportunity to share with the media yesterday. So,   just wanted to say thank you and this is just  an example from this of of ways in which we can   save money and time and also make sure things  are getting done. So, thank you. Absolutely.   Otherwise, mayor, if there's anything else  you need, let me know. And then we do have our   legislative update as well. So, is there anything  from council before legislative update? All right,   we'll turn it over. Where is it? Jim, do you  pull her up bigger on the screen? I don't know   that I'm bigger on the screen. Okay. It's over to  you. Hi. Josh and Kimberly are here and we are in   between meetings. So, I apologize. We're we're  actually in the car. Uh, but I sent along this   morning a very lengthy rundown of everything  that is happening right now in the capital.   And first and foremost, I do want to bring your  attention to um two major items that have received   uh what you would call above the fold headlines  in recent days. Uh would be House Bill 2745,   which is the large the House version, the property  tax relief bill that did pass the House this last   week on Wednesday. And there were three amendments  that that the municipal community was in favor of.   And those amendments were added to the bill in the  um House Tax Committee. And one of the amendments   shifted the language from an election to a  protest petition. So there so communities wouldn't   necessarily have to go out to an election every  time to adjust the budget um or to adopt a budget,   but it would move to a protest petition. uh  a secondary uh amendment was made that would   allow cities to have access to the $60 million  fund that the counties were being provided   uh under the bill. And then the third component  of or the third amendment related to it gives   some breathing room for economic development  initiatives and for some bonding authority um   and that that those elements weren't necessarily  part of the cap. So that bill passed the house. It   came to the or I'm sorry, it passed the House tax  committee. It came to the full house for debate   this week. And in the debate, there were a couple  of tech technical amendments offered by the chair   of the House Tax Committee. But then there were  two uh notable amendments that were made and one   completely removed the $60 million fund that was  being used to offset uh property taxes uh property   tax increases. So the state would be contributing  and providing sort of an incentive if you will   uh for cities and counties and taxing districts  to hold the hold the line on the budget. that   fund was removed. And then uh secondarily, the  protest petition language that was added instead   of the the protest petition threshold being 10%  of electors in the last presidential election was   actually moved to 5% of electors in the Secretary  of State election. So, um, in some communities,   like in Witchah, we think that that would be  around 7,000 individuals, but in some communities   in Kansas, it could be as low as like six. And  so, there are some challenges there. Nevertheless,   um, the full Senate is going to take up or sorry,  the Senate Assessment Taxation Committee is going   to take up this bill this coming week on Tuesday  and Wednesday. They're having hearing. So, it did   pass the House last week 75 to 47. Um, meanwhile,  the Senate passed its cap on valuations that had   imposes the 3% cap on valuations. So, that is  the Senate's version of addressing property   tax relief. So, there's the valuation cap and then  there's the the House property tax side. Honestly,   there is a lot of um the road is long between now  and the next several weeks. So, we'll see a lot   of machinations on what property tax relief  looks like um from the Kansas legislator's   perspective for cities and counties and for  um property taxpayers across the state. So,   that that's the House did did pass the budget  uh this last week. uh the budget is still   um not structurally balanced. Uh that's still  relying on funds from the kind of the co era funds   and and our rainy day funds in order to make the  balance um the balance meet. So legislators are   really working to continue to refine that. We  have at least eight pieces of legislation that   are going to receive a hearing this coming  week. I won't go through all of them. Um,   but Jim Jonas has all of the information and I  know we'll pass along all of that to you all and   is sharing that information with department heads  so decisions can be made. Um, we also know that   um Senate Bill 490 which is the C bill um is  has not been scheduled for a hearing yet that   was introduced in the Senate Tax Committee. So,  it's exempt from all deadlines and there are some   issues going on behind the scenes as it relates to  um kind of the beer and wine wholesalers. Uh so,   I think conversations are being had on how to  best proceed on on 490. Uh but there is a there   is a lot happening. So, please do spend a little  time um reading through the the bill wrandable for you all um at at your disposal. So, with that,  I'm happy to answer any questions. Uh thanks,   Kimberly. I I have a couple here. Um, it sounds  like pretty much they took every good housing bill   and just tossed it to the side and came back with  one that cracks down on any opportunities we have   such as non-discrimination of uh income. So, is  there any hope for um because one there was one   about um exposing hidden fees, requiring that all  fees be put in there. There were a couple of other   good ones as well. Is there any hope for any of  the the ones that would help the uh the tenant   making it through this session? So, there were  nine bills related to the landlord tenant act and   seven of them have not passed they they did not  pass the deadlines and they were not exempt. So,   and most of the bills related to disclosure and  um advanced notice and they would probably be   more tenant friendly um did not make it past  um the deadline. So, those have largely been   defeat ready for the session. There are two other  bills that are still alive. Um, House Bill 254,   it passed the House 84 to40. I'm just looking at  make sure I have my exact right. And that bill   barred cities from adopting laws that would  restrict a landlord's ability to use credit   scores, credit reports, and eviction history when  deciding whether to lease to a tenant. There is a   Senate companion that was similar and it's Senate  Bill 39 391, which ironically passed the Senate 31   to9. Um, so I just say ironic because the number  shrinks. Um, those two bills are still alive and   moving, but no, neither of the bills have been  scheduled for a hearing at this time. That said,   there is a different housing bill. It's called  the byright housing bill. It's Senate Bill 418   that passed the Senate 35 to 5. Uh the city of  Witchaw did weigh in with with some concerns in   large part because it allowed for residential  zoning to be anywhere in the city including in   industrial areas which could have an impact  on just certain planning components and and   industrial buildout. Um and not sure I think a lot  of communities many communities express opposition   about that particular provision and that was  pulled out of the bill. So, Senate Bill 418 does   have a hearing this coming Tuesday, Wednesday,  in the House Commerce Committee, and that that   is the major housing bill that's still moving.  And then there are those two other bills that are   um still available to move that are related to  the landlord tenant act. Okay. Hope that helps   answer your question. Yeah. Yeah, that gives me  a nice gist of the uh where we're at right now.   Um how about the the bill requiring arenas to pay  for anytime utilities are moved. Okay. Yes. So uh   that particular piece of legislation um we had  worked uh to develop a compromise that would not   require cities to pay for cable relocations.  And and so there was going to be a $2 million   fund established by the state and supplemented  by some ARMPA dollars and that would help pay   for those relocations. That bill because it did  have a fiscal note associated with it was pulled   from consideration. So, we have been working with  Charter Communications, who was the the proponent   of the bill on could we go back to discussing what  we had previously discussed before session, which   was if this is a relocation caused by private  developers that then the private developers   would largely pay. Um, if this is a relocation and  you've been in the rightway for, you know, three   years or five years, um, then there may be some  sliding scale on how costs would be reimbursed.   But if you chose to go in the rideway in the last  three or five years and you and there was a city   master plan and you could see that your lines were  going to be forced were going to be relocated then   there's no reinforcement. So we're trying to see  if we can't go back to that but I don't know that   there's going to be enough time this session and  that might not be bad actually I think that would   be fine. much rather spend more time working on  that um and also addressing rightaway par at the   same time than having a a bad piece of legislation  advance. So for right now it appears that um the   current bill is not going to advance. There's  still conversations to be had and so we'll see   where those conversations go. Okay, last one. Oh,  go ahead. Sorry. No, no. Um last one. Uh water   reuse. Everything looking good on that program.  Yes. Uh that bill came out so nicely from the   house. We only had uh it was 123 to1. We're really  happy about that. Um and we are working with the   chair of the Senate A Natural Resources Committee  to schedule a hearing on that. Unfortunately,   for some strange reason, the bill that passed  right after it, there was another water bill,   uh was received by the chairman six  days sooner than the water reuse bill.   as just a a like a clerical timing issue, which is  kind of strange, but that does happen often. Um,   so we're working to get it in his queue hopefully  for this week, if not Tuesday, Wednesday of next   week for a hearing on that, but that is a top  priority to continue to question. Okay. Thank you,   Kimberly. I quick question. Am I understanding  correctly that Senate Bill 370 is is dead or just   hasn't moved out of commerce committee? Um, sorry.  I have seen sorry I have a 370, a 380, and a   390. And I just want to refer back to my notes to  exact. I don't want to speak incorrectly. Um, 370. Sorry, council member. I I have a long list  here. Do you minding this subject? Yeah,   no worries. And I have a cheat sheet in front of  me, so don't feel bad. uh modifying how a rental   agreement terminates in the case of a material  non-compliance. Yes, Senate Bill 370 is one of   the seven bills related to the landlord tenant  active and not correct. Thank you. Yes. Sorry   that I didn't just have that right off the top  of my head. I'm sorry. You are human and again I   have a cheat sheet in front of me so no worries  at all. Okay. Thank you. What other questions   do you all have that I can answer? And I do know  almost all of these by heart, so I'll do better. I see no further questions. Thank you very much,   council members. Thank you all. Any news from  your districts? I see none. Thank you. Have   a great rest of February and let's reign  in lunch. Take care. Have a nice weekend. Whatever.