2026-10-02 - City Council Agenda Review
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- October 6 agenda: The city manager highlighted the reconstitution of the Access Advisory Board, which comes with a recommendation from current members and a proposed increase in the number of ex officio members (Access Advisory Board Reestablishment). Other items named: public hearings on two economic development projects with tax exemptions (Economic Development Exemptions for Lee Aerospace and Diversified Services), a park security contract, and digital signage for the new multimodal transit system.
- Building and code enforcement funding agreement: The county funding agreement for the joint city-county building and construction department, set up in 2017, is being updated. The county, which collects the fees, would send the city a check each January covering projected costs, with a year-end settlement. The agreement also covers replacement vehicles, and the city's reserve fund for the department would transfer to the county (Sedgwick County Building and Code Enforcement Funding Agreement).
- Council request: A council member asked for a review of the outcomes of the nearly decade-old city-county partnership, including whether it has sped up services and whether costs have gone up or down. The city manager agreed.
- October 13 preview: The school district superintendent will present on the bond question (USD 259 Bond Election); industrial revenue bonds for the Kansas African American Museum (Kansas African-American Museum Industrial Revenue Bonds); a tax increment financing district on Maple Street; funding for the sidewalk maintenance program; and a memorandum of understanding with the school district on due diligence about a school closing and a possible park partnership (Claude Lamb Park School District Memorandum).
- Economic development task force: Staff will bring its scope, appointment process and milestones, with a term of no more than six months, to the council. A council member asked whether appointments would be made at that meeting, and the city manager said staff would let them know (Economic Development Task Force).
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00:08pledge allegiance to the flag of the
00:10United States of America and to the
00:13republic for which it stands,
00:15one nation under God, indivisible, with
00:19liberty and justice for all.
00:24>> City Manager.
00:27>> Good morning, Mayor and everybody. Thank
00:29you for joining us today.
00:31I want to highlight some of the agenda
00:32items
00:34that are on the schedule for the October
00:366th meeting and then also talk a little
00:38bit about the October 13th meeting. Um
00:41for the October 6th meeting, some of the
00:42agenda items to highlight, as you will
00:45see, we are bringing back to you about
00:48the Access Advisory Board, their
00:50reconstitution.
00:52You will see it does have a
00:53recommendation from the current board
00:56members. So, they did cons- uh consider
00:59the uh
01:00proposal and they have come up with a
01:02recommendation and they also are
01:04highlighting an increase in the number
01:06of ex-officios
01:07who also will serve as proposed on the
01:10Access Advisory Board.
01:12I'm also going down. We do have a couple
01:15of public hearings for
01:17two economic development projects
01:20um with some exemptions um and then some
01:22other agenda items on there. Looking at
01:24the contract for park security.
01:27Doing digital signage for our new
01:29multimodal system for the transit
01:31system.
01:33We do have on there um the one of the
01:36last items of new business is a funding
01:38agreement with the county related to
01:41MABCD operations. That's something that
01:44was established back in 2017.
01:46Um we are updating that to reflect some
01:49of our current practices. Um
01:52but also continues if um folks remember
01:55when we did that agreement as we change
01:59staff members for retirements or
02:01whatever, they're currently city
02:03employees, they become county employees.
02:05And so that's still maintained.
02:08Um our reimbursement, we um
02:10have a reimbursement that we've been
02:12doing over the years. We are now
02:13structuring that that we'll have budget
02:16projections.
02:18The county is collecting the fees from
02:21the MABCD
02:23work. They will then give us a check at
02:26the beginning of the year in January
02:27going forward to cover the expenditures
02:31projected for the fiscal year going
02:33forward, and then we will settle up at
02:35the end of the year.
02:37Um so that's kind of one of the things
02:38that's kind of in our practice where
02:41quote-unquote codifying it with this
02:42agreement. And then lastly,
02:45uh we've been maintaining the vehicles
02:49for the MABCD
02:51um operations, and those have been
02:53transferring over a little bit, too.
02:55Um so we are trying to account for
02:58replacement vehicles as well in this
03:00agreement is the last big item on that.
03:04Um you will see in there that we have
03:06held a um
03:08reserve account for MABCD on the city
03:11side. We are now simply transferring
03:14that reserve fund to the county. Um cuz
03:17it reflects and there's since there was
03:20a time where we were paying all the
03:21bills out of that fund, but now that we
03:23have this new structure where the county
03:27is writing us the proposed operating
03:30check in January, they will still hold
03:32the money, and it'll help limit the
03:34amount of money back and forth back and
03:35forth.
03:37>> Um
03:37since it's almost been a whole decade
03:40of having this um city-county
03:43initiative, I would like to see the
03:46outcomes that have happened because of
03:48this city-county partnership. Um
03:50obviously, many of us were not there
03:53during that time. So, whatever
03:54measurements were discussed back then,
03:58I'd like to see what the outcome has
04:00been. Has it expedited some of the
04:03services?
04:05Has it increased or decreased costs? I
04:08think this would be a good time to also
04:10review.
04:12>> Good, we'll be glad to do that.
04:14Um, so those are the items of note on
04:17the October 6th agenda.
04:20Then looking ahead to the October 13th,
04:22um we are looking to have the school
04:24superintendent from 259 do a
04:27presentation on the bonds.
04:29Um
04:31you will then see some of the other
04:32items of note, um IRBs for the Kansas
04:36African American Museum.
04:38Um, creating a TIF district related to
04:40Maple Street.
04:42Um, you will see a funding for our
04:44sidewalk maintenance program.
04:47And then what will be new is bringing
04:51together an MOU
04:54related to the schools interest in doing
04:56some due diligence
04:58around Lowvature school, closing the
05:00school, and the future of that. And then
05:03potentially using a partnership with the
05:05city related to Lamb Park or L A M B E
05:09Park. Um, so that will be on there. And
05:12then for council members, um we will
05:15look on the 13th to bring forward the
05:17proposal for the economic development
05:19task force
05:20and appointment process and scope and um
05:26milestones to be achieved by the task
05:28force. So, we'll look to have that for
05:30you on the October 13th agenda.
05:34Um
05:35so I'll work with council members as we
05:37uh finalize that scope and charge for
05:40that. But, we're looking at that to be
05:42the task force to meet no more than 6
05:44months.
05:44>> City manager, when we have that agenda
05:47item on the 13th, should we be prepared
05:49to make our appointments at that time or
05:52is it more kind of updates? And And you
05:55don't have to let me know right now, but
05:57um
05:57if if we could find out so that way
05:59everybody comes prepared. Thank you.
06:01>> you.
06:02Will do.
06:03So, those are the issues of note that I
06:05had for our council today. If there's
06:07any questions that I can address or
06:09staff, be happy to take those now.
06:15Otherwise,
06:16have a good weekend. There should be
06:18some nice weather out and about, so
06:19enjoy the fall, and thank you all very
06:21much. Have a