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Page 1 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS FEBRUARY 2, 2021 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL Wichita, Kansas, February 2, 2021 Tuesday, 09:00 AM The City Council met in regular session with Mayor Brandon Whipple, Brandon Johnson, Jeff Blubaugh, Becky Tuttle, Bryan Frye, and Cindy Claycomb. Staff Members Present: Bob Layton, City Manager, Jennifer Magana, City Attorney, and Karen Sublett, City Clerk. Mayor Whipple called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Approve the minutes of regular meeting on January 26, 2021 MOTION: Mayor Whipple moved to approve the minutes of regular meeting on January 26, 2021 Motion carried 6 to 0. I) PUBLIC AGENDA 1.) Tremaine Longar - City funding to open an orphanage for children saved from abortions. Tremaine Longar stated the Our Father Life House Orphanage is a simple orphanage where we go to abortion clinics and tell people that they understand times are tough and if money is a problem, we will pay $10,000 for the child to live in this orphanage. Stated we are asking for building and money donations from the City and all of my contact information is on GoFundMe. Stated regarding the sound ordinance, section 7.41.010 falling under uncomfortableness, the church stated I should not have a family and I should be a celibate priest. Stated he is uncomfortable with that at any distance of sound travel especially long range church bells. Stated thank you to the Honorable Father Judge Journey and committee for granting him his freedom, faith and state of mind and instilling us with love, morale, chivalry, and good upstanding character of excellence. Stated recently Wichita was abided with the presence of royalty and police chaplain presidential committee in law of honor. Stated Police President Chaplain Keo Keaway gave him the Medal of Honor behind the scenes as an investment. Stated he uses that investment in this human sixth sense and train police, military and citizens exercise at Genesis Health Clubs and recently became a national undefeated Taekwondo champion, and saved a girl from being murdered at Lawrence Elementary School. Stated during that same week he busted a pedophile ring and saved an elderly man's life named Warren on Channel 12 during our church choir services. Stated he would love to be a paid commission police officer and understands that felons are not usually hired but the law also states that under insinuating circumstances, one is eligible for such success and believes that the pandemic will qualify us for this enlightenment. Stated he prays that you will be blessed with kindness and peace from God who is and was and is coming, may you receive kindness and peace from the seven spirits before the throne of God, may kindness and peace be yours from Jesus Christ the faithful  Page 1 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS FEBRUARY 2, 2021 witness. Stated in the genesis of it all as in Adam and Eve, I owed you some attention in my conception, I have a good amount of money for your Christian services that lady justice offers us. Stated I know lady justice made a mistake offering me the apple tree of knowledge, no hard feelings, here is a tip just to let you know, I accept your apology and I apologize for eating the apple's tree of knowledge too and thinks if we would have realized how allergic we were to apples, we would not have ever eaten them and took Jesus's teachings first and understanding and hopes this makes it right to you, to whom you may be. 2.) Sybil Strum - Central coming in her house without her permission. Sybil Strum stated she is here asking why Central Inspection came into her house without her permission. Stated the guy threatened her and told her neighbor that he was going to destroy the house and her shed. Stated she stated she was homeless and Central Inspection are bullies and should be punished. Stated she never knew who from Central Inspection was that went and did the crime. Stated while she was gone her house was destroyed and Evergy chunked tree limbs and semi tires in her yard and asked if this is the kind of life you want people to live. Stated her house was a historic landmark and she could have gotten a grant but instead she was tossed out on her own and wants you to know she is very angry for what you did to her. Stated the house she is living in now is not good, the contractor did a terrible job and wants to know where her Victorian tub went, where her metal door went, and where are her wind chimes and flags. Stated you treated her like she should not be in Wichita, which is not right. Stated she has been here for the community and has been a teacher, helped fund raise Allison and West High and Franklin Elementary, and has been on safety patrol but you have treated her like dirt. II) CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4 MOTION: Mayor Whipple moved to approve consent agenda items 1 through 4 in accordance with the recommended actions shown thereon. Motion carried 6 to 0. COUNCIL BUSINESS III) BOARD OF BIDS AND CONTRACTS 1.) REPORT OF BOARD OF BIDS AND CONTRACTS DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2021. Attachment: 02-01-2021 Board of Bids.pdf Hannah Lang, Finance Department, presented the February 1, 2021 Board of Bids. MOTION: Mayor Whipple moved to receive and file report, approve the contracts and authorize the necessary signatures. Motion carried 6 to 0. IV) UNFINISHED COUNCIL BUSINESS - NONE  Page 1 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS FEBRUARY 2, 2021 V) NEW COUNCIL BUSINESS 1.) PUBLIC HEARING AND AMENDED RESOLUTION FOR LETTER OF INTENT TO ISSUE AIRPORT SPECIAL FACILITIES REVENUE BONDS, CLEMENS AVIATION, LLC. (DISTRICT II) ***MOVED TO NON-CONSENT AIRPORT AGENDA*** 2.) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2.04.190 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF WICHITA REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ADDING PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COUNCIL BUSINESS AGENDA. Attachment: Agenda Report No. V-2.doc Attachment: Delineated Ordinance Attachment: Ordinance 51-411 Gary Janzen, Public Works Engineering, presented the item. (No public comment) Council Member Frye commended staff for working with our development community on this. Stated we talk a lot about getting rid of the red tape and creating more red carpet, having this speed to the market being able to get projects on line and develop quicker, helps the entire City. Council Member Johnson stated last night at his DAB he had a resident of District III join in and asked about this potential amendment and wanted to know if adjacent homes would be notified of this. Gary Janzen Public Works Engineering stated typically when a petition is not signed by 100% of the property owners, every one of these petitions and every single property within the improvement district has signed the petition. Stated they are aware that the petition is there and nearly all of these are for new development. Stated during his time with the City, doesn't know if has ever seen an infill petition signed by 100%, so in that case, it would still be a new business item and would first go to the DAB and everybody in that improvement district is notified at that meeting as well as the City Council new business item. Stated the developers who sign these petitions will know when their items are going before the City Council for approval and on the chance that we have a different kind of petition where everybody has signed it; we would notify them when this would happen. MOTION: Council Member Tuttle moved to place the ordinance on first reading and authorize the necessary signatures. Motion carried 6 to 0. 3.) WATER SERVICE AREA AGREEMENT WITH RURAL WATER DISTRICT #3. Attachment: Agenda Report No. V-3.doc Attachment: Agreement.pdf  Page 1 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS FEBRUARY 2, 2021 Gary Janzen Public Works Engineering, presented the item. (No public comment) Mayor Whipple asked staff if Rural Water District #3 is also in Council District 3. Gary Janzen Public Work Engineering stated not necessarily. Stated these rural water districts are quite large and this area is actually in Council District 2. MOTION: Council Member Tuttle moved to approve the Water Service Agreement with RWD #3 and authorize the necessary signatures. Motion carried 6 to 0. 4.) O.J. WATSON PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. (DISTRICT III) Attachment: Agenda Report No. V-4.docx Attachment: Resolution 21-024 Larry Hoetmer, Public Works & Utilities, presented the item. (No public comment) MOTION: Mayor Whipple moved to approve the revised budget, adopt the amending resolution and authorize the necessary signatures. Motion carried 6 to 0. 5.) 2021 SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. Attachment: Agenda Report No. V-5.doc Attachment: Resolution 21-025 Gary Janzen, Public Works Engineering, presented the item. (No public comment) MOTION: Mayor Whipple moved to approve the budget, adopt the resolution and authorize the necessary signatures. Motion carried 6 to 0. 6.) 2021 COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION. Attachment: Agenda Report No. V-6.doc Attachment: CSBG RC Minutes 1.21.2021.docx  Page 1 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS FEBRUARY 2, 2021 Sally Stang, Director of Housing and Community Services, presented the item. (No public comment) MOTION: Mayor Whipple moved to approve the 2021 Community Services Block Grant funding application and authorize the necessary signatures. Motion carried 6 to 0. 7.) FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH SEDGWICK COUNTY FOR HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM. Attachment: Agenda Report No. V-7.doc Attachment: City of Wichita Housing First Agreement Sally Stang, Director of Housing and Community Services, presented the item. (No public comment) Vice Mayor Johnson stated on the agenda report it says 46 participants have become incarcerated and asked staff if she has why that was and if so a way to plug in support of services so that if they were released and went back to behaviors from before, a way to engage folks that may have that type of background and help empower them to not do that. Sally Stang Director of Housing and Community Services stated they would need to dig into those specific cases and see where they still stand now and if they have re-engaged coming out. Stated often times they do re-engage coming out of incarceration depending on what the charge was but can definitely look into that. MOTION: Mayor Whipple moved to approve the funding agreement and authorize the necessary signatures. Motion carried 6 to 0. COUNCIL BUSINESS SUBMITTED BY CITY AUTHORITIES PLANNING AGENDA VI) NON-CONSENT PLANNING AGENDA - NONE HOUSING AGENDA VII) NON-CONSENT HOUSING AGENDA - NONE AIRPORT AGENDA  Page 1 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS FEBRUARY 2, 2021 VIII) NON-CONSENT AIRPORT AGENDA 1.) PUBLIC HEARING AND AMENDED RESOLUTION FOR LETTER OF INTENT TO ISSUE AIRPORT SPECIAL FACILITIES REVENUE BONDS, CLEMENS AVIATION, LLC. (DISTRICT II) Attachment: Agenda Report No. VIII-1 Attachment: Resolution No. 21-023 Tim Goodpasture, Office of Economic Development, presented the item. (No public comment) Council Member Frye stated be clear, going from two hangars to three hangars, is that the new increase on the employee count; was the employee count for all three hangars or just the increase from two to three. Tim Goodpasture, Office of Economic Development stated that is for all three hangars, the projected 17 new employees for the two hangars so going from 17 to 24 for all three hangars. Stated they could at some point come back for an additional letter of intent, the ground that they had leased from the Airport Authority would actually accommodate four 18,000 square-foot buildings. Stated they just have plans at this time to build three. Council Member Frye stated he wants to be clear that the third hangar is a net new set. Tim Goodpasture Office of Economic Development stated correct. Council Member Tuttle thanked staff for all their hard work and efforts on this and also like to thank Clemens Aviation LLC for investing not only in our City but especially in District 2. MOTION: Council Member Tuttle moved to close the public hearing, adopt the amended resolution and authorize the necessary signatures. Motion carried 6 to 0. COUNCIL AGENDA IX) COUNCIL MEMBER AGENDA - NONE X) COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTMENTS AND COMMENTS 1.) Board Appointments. Council Member Johnson reappointed Michael Fowler to the Wichita Sedgwick County Access Advisory Board. Council Member Tuttle appointed Timothy Johnson to DAB II.  Page 1 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS FEBRUARY 2, 2021 MOTION: Mayor Whipple moved to approve the appointments. Motion carried 6 to 0. Vice Mayor Johnson stated he would like to make a recommendation to the City Manager. Stated last week we had a discussion over process and timeline of the Ethics and if we could look at partnering with an outside entity, maybe the folks over at City Ethics or Friends University or Newman University to help us with this to make it a third party guiding us along with this. Stated and with that comparing the policy that has been introduced and to also look at the County's policy and maybe some best practices for local municipalities. Stated as we talked about engaging the public, maybe this entity could engage those DABs for us and that way they could get the public comments and comments from the DABs and work with us on the social media Town Hall and bring that back to the Council. Stated if possible, rather than what we talked about nest Tuesday, if there is no objection from my colleagues that maybe the City Manager could present a detailed timeline on how this will all work out. Council Member Claycomb stated she supports this process, this addresses her concern that she voiced last Friday at agenda review that we hadn't really had advice from outside expertise and would also support this. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Mayor Whipple moved to adjourn. Motion carried 6 to 0. The meeting adjourned at 9:47 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Karen Sublett, MMC City Clerk  Page 1 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS FEBRUARY 2, 2021 ATTACHMENT 1 - CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1 THROUGH 4 II) CITY COUNCIL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1) APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES FOR CEREAL MALT BEVERAGES: a.) Applications for Licenses to Retail Cereal Malt Beverages: Attachment: CMBs for February 2, 2021.docx 2) PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES: a.) List of Preliminary Estimates. Attachment: PEs for CC 02-02-21.pdf b.) Preliminary Estimate for paving to serve Emerald Bay. Attachment: PE Cover Sheet NTBA Emerald Bay 4th.doc Attachment: PE- NTBA Emerald Bay 4th.doc UNCATEGORIZED ITEMS: 3.) PURCHASE OPTION, INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BONDS, SANDSTONE APARTMENTS, LLC. (DISTRICT III) Attachment: Agenda Report No. II-3.doc Attachment: Purchase Option Title Transfer Sandstone.docx 4) SECOND READING ORDINANCES: List of Second Reading Ordinances (first read January 26, 2020) Attachment: List of Second Reading Ordinances II) CONSENT PLANNING AGENDA ITEMS - NONE II) CONSENT HOUSING AGENDA ITEMS - NONE II) CONSENT AIRPORT AGENDA ITEMS - NONE