Sylvia E. Ortiz

Context

Councilmember, District 3. From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify.

Issues

• 0.1% sales tax for affordable housing trust fund and homeless initiatives - only no vote
• City Manager Transition - voted no on entering executive session and extension
• Stormwater Master Plan - committee member
• Public Engagement Procedure for Construction Projects - committee member
• Right-of-Way Construction Permit Ordinance - committee member
• 2027 Micro-Surfacing Pavement Preservation - committee member
• 2027 UBAS Pavement Preservation - committee member
• 10th Avenue Alley Sanitary Sewer Replacement - committee member
• Utilities Capital Plan Amendment - committee member
• Topeka Boulevard 15th to 21st Reconstruction - committee member
• Half-Cent General Purpose Sales Tax - supports only an August vote

Log

• 2026-10-20 - Public Infrastructure Committee - Committee member; moved several items, raised neighborhood concerns for Fourth and California and the 10th Avenue alley (her district), asked for more time on the utilities capital plan amendment.
• 2026-10-20 - City Council - attended the Governing Body meeting.
• 2026-10-13 - City Council - opposed the August-versus-March rush, asked for transportation services in the housing language, and voted no on extending the meeting and entering both executive sessions.
• 2026-10-22 - Page created from public sources.