District 1 Advisory Board

District I Advisory Board Minutes April 1, 2019 www.wichita.gov The District I Advisory Board meeting was held at 6:00 p.m. at the Atwater Neighborhood Resource Center located at 2755 E. 19th St. N., Wichita, KS, 67214. Nine board members, nine staff and twenty members of the public were present. Members Present Staff Present Brandon Johnson V. Kern, WFD Lawanda Deshazer W. Koehn, WFD Dan Heflin J. Hook, WPD James Holland A. Tapia, WPD Tadonne Neal D. Nienstedt, WPD Tom Scanlon Mary Hunt, MAPD Joseph Shepard Dave Yearout, MAPD Tyler York Anne Ethen, Library Angel Galvez-Youth Member Kameelah Alexander, OCS Members Absent Guests Anisia Brumley Listed on last page Aaron Mayes James Thompson Order of Business Call to Order Meeting was called to order Approval of Agenda Motion to approve the agenda Motion by Scanlon/Neal, carried 6:0. Approval of Minutes Motion to approve the minutes. Motion by Holland/York, carried 6:0. Public Agenda Board will hear public issues from individual citizens regarding City issues not scheduled on the agenda. Each presentation is limited to five minutes unless extended by the Board. 1. Scheduled Items LaShonda Garnes-Wichita State University provided an update on year two of Win the Day activities: monthly activities, upcoming Health & Fitness Series and the new pedestrian way finding signage. Comments from presenter:  The new pedestrian way finding signage boundaries are 21st street to 13th street and Hillside to I-135  Once the signs are installed, the City will maintain the maintenance Questions from DAB: Q: When you talk about health? Are there any conversations about bringing more food options to the area? A: Building a grocery store was not within the budget realms of this grant. Q: Is there a partnership to utilize the Heskett if you are not a student at WSU? A: Conversation is taking place about utilization for the Heskett and the new YMCA on campus.  District I Advisory Board Minutes April 1, 2019 Page 2 of 6 Q: Is Founders Grove part of the signage? A: No, it was not established before this funding was set in place and the addition would delay the current installation schedule. Q: Can you mention the location of the signs? A: It is centered along the main streets of the target area. Q: What are two major goals of this project? A: How to educate and encourage people to live a healthy lifestyle, how to become a better neighbor with building bridges, how to utilize the resources we have. Questions from Citizens: Q: Will there be any mailings to inform the community about the signs? A: Communication has taken place with every NA President around WSU, each organization along the route has the flyers and the City has and will post information through the District 1 Facebook page and newsletter. A new resource of putting information on the Wichita Transit buses will be explored. Recommended Action: Receive and File Tara L. Nolen, MPH | Tobacco Control Coordinator-Tobacco Free Wichita Coalition, Tobacco Free Parks & Trails ordinance presentation Comments from presenter:  There was an initiative that involved going to public parks and picking up cigarette butts  Children are exposed to secondhand smoke  Carelessly discarded cigarettes causes fires  Teens hang out in parks to use tobacco  80% of Wichitans do not use tobacco  Smoking is banned in many public spaces  Tobacco litter adds to the overall cost of keeping our parks clean  There is public support to make the parks tobacco free Questions from DAB: Q: How will you enforce this? A: With the same enforcement as other Park and Recreation policies currently in place? Q: Do you have any push back with the initiative? Have you thought about a designated area? A: If you have a designated area, you are not removing 2nd hand smoke or the litter issue so we prefer not to have it. Push back has not been too negative and some people are surprised that this has not be active already. Q: How would the signs effect teens that are smoking in the parks late? A: When teens know that they are not supposed to, it will give them one less place to smoke and it will give people a chance to say “you cannot smoke here.” Q: Does this include all forms of tobacco like e-cigarettes? A: Yes. 2  District I Advisory Board Minutes April 1, 2019 Page 3 of 6 Q: Tobacco free has been to each university in Wichita with an educational component. What resources are going to be provided? A: The TFW program in and of itself is an educational program along with other free services to help teens quit smoking with youth trained to deliver the educational component. Comments from Public:  I think once the signs go up, it will be helpful. Recommended Action: Receive and File 2. Off Agenda Items No Items Recommended Action: Receive and File Staff Reports 3. Fire Report Recap of February stats because March data is not available at this time. In February, there were 508 total incidents: 19 fire alarms, 56 service alarms and 433 medical alarms. There was one fire (residential location). 4. Police Report Patrol North: A. Tapia, violent crimes stats in District 1are down. There was a shooting after an argument in Fairmount Park and the shooter is in custody. North of 21st and Woodlawn there was shooting at Brookstone apartments. (DAB Member Arrived) Patrol South: V. Kern, District 1 stats (month to month), robberies and aggravated assaults are down, auto thefts are down, we are working with South High and looking at graffiti. Sergeant Dave Nienstedt introduced himself as the new CP Supervisor for Patrol South. Patrol East: J. Hook, Violent crimes are down year-to-year date, auto-theft had a slight increase. People are still warming their cars up and leaving them unattended. Please keep an eye out in your neighborhood and if you see something, say something. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is working with a program to get rid of prescriptions at different sites around town. 5. Library Report Anne Ethen, you can get after-hours tech assistance at the Angelou Library. Receive assistance with job applications, resumes, printing documents, internet research and other digital needs through Google Applied Digital Skills lessons. 6-9 p.m. Mondays & Thursdays, Angelou Library, 3051 E. 21st St. The Library is now accepting applications for the Summer Teen Volunteer Program. Teens in grades 8-12 this fall are eligible to apply for this program. Duties will include helping out with the Summer Reading Program, and other important library tasks. This is a great way for teens to get volunteer or community service hours, and it looks good on college applications and job resumes. Grab an application from any Library location, or visit www.wichitalibrary.org/teenvolunteer for a PDF version. In an effort to continue providing cutting-edge technology programs and services to citizens, the Wichita Public Library will conduct the Impact Survey from April 1-19. This survey will help Library staff determine how customers are using existing technologies and what additional technologies customers need. 3  District I Advisory Board Minutes April 1, 2019 Page 4 of 6 The last survey was conducted in 2016. All citizens who use technology at the Wichita Public Library are encouraged to take the survey online at wichitalibrary.org/survey There are three gardening classes left in our Spring Gardening series, co-sponsored by the Sedgwick County Extension Office. The next 3 Thursdays at the Evergreen Branch Library, 25th and Arkansas, April 4 is Basic Tomato Gardening, April 11 is Planning Your Successful Vegetable Garden, and April 18 is Perennials, the Backbone of the Garden. Contact the library to register or register online. Question from DAB: Q: What kind of response have you received? A: Attendance has not been more than six people each night and we need more people to attend to continue it. 6. Park & Recreation Report No Report Recommended Action: Receive and File New Business 7. ZON2018-00053 B Multiple-Family Residential to GC General Commercial Dave Yearout, Metropolitan Area Planning Department, presented this request. The applicant is requesting the rezoning of a portion of the property owned on the east side of South Washington Avenue between Kellogg and east Indianapolis Street. The applicant’s total property area is in two subdivisions: the Chilton’s 600 South Washington Addition, which was recorded with the Register of Deeds on July 31, 1990, and created two lots and two Reserves for landscaping purposes on the west side of Ida Avenue; and the remnant of Morton Wollman’s Addition, what was recorded with the Register of Deeds on June 13, 1885. The applicant owns all of the property in the Chilton’s 600 South Washington Avenue Addition, and owns Lots 21 and 23 and part of Lots 49, 51 and 53, Washington Avenue, and Lots 22 and 24 and part of Lots 54 and 56, Ida Avenue, in Morton Wollman’s Addition, and a portion of Orme Street right-of-way. The ownership of the part of Lots 49, 51 and 53, Washington Avenue, Lots 54 and 56, Ida Avenue, and the portion of the Orme Street right-of-way were recently acquired from the City of Wichita and were amended into this case. The applicant also has a vacation case being processed at this time for the same property (Case No. VAC2018-00037). Comment from MAPD Staff:  Agent and owner are present Questions/Comments from the public: Q: What is the property going to be used for? Are the homes being torn down? That is my neighborhood and I have seen homes being torn down. A: The owners have been there 22 years and the goal is to expand the current business. Q: Has there been any feedback from the community? A: No push-back thus far. The protest deadlines runs until Thursday of this week. Recommendation/Action: Heflin/Neal made a motion to recommend that City Council approve the request, subject to Protective Overlay (PO # 338). Motion carried 7:0. 8. DER 2019-00003 Northeast Heights Comprehensive Plan Amendment Mary Hunt, Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Planning Department, presented this information. Northeast Heights Comprehensive Plan Amendment is an amendment to the City/County Comprehensive Plan called 4  District I Advisory Board Minutes April 1, 2019 Page 5 of 6 the Community Investments Plan. The amendment includes a one-square mile area in northeast Wichita. The Plan amendment includes five policies regarding commercial development in the plan area. Comments from MAPD Staff:  These recommendations are based on conversation and discussion with the residents, neighborhood and homeowners association members  An additional Protective Overlay could come into action if a zoning case is presented in the future Questions/Comments from DAB: Q: Does this plan fit into the Places for People plan? A: It is not in conflict and is similar. Q: There is a home that is potentially up for sale, how does this effect that? A: Buffering is suggested in this plan. Q: Is this a protective overlay before a zoning case? A: This provides some guidance from the neighborhood but it is not law. It is a recommendation that the governing agency could adopt as a policy. Q: Is this something that could be adopted elsewhere? A: This is just a small area and it typically is discussed on a larger scale. Q: Is the neighborhood in agreeance? A: Yes Questions from the Public: Q: When you talk about the square mile radius? Does the effect 27th and Hillside also? A: These are just guiding policies. A grocery store would need 80,000 square feet. Comments from the Public  There is still concern, as a citizen who lives adjacent to the NW corner property at 21st and Oliver  This is meant to protect and support the neighborhood with other development currently happening in the area Recommended/Action: Heflin/Neal made a motion to recommend that City Council endorse the Plan amendment as presented. Motion carried 7:0 Board Agenda 9. Updates, Issues and Reports Opportunity is provided for the Council Member and the District Advisory Board members to report any activities, events, or concerns in the neighborhoods and/or Council District.  D. Heflin: Sleepy Hollow Park has a tree down.  J. Holland: Storytime Village will host a Children’s Day on 5-7pm on April 30, 2019 at Evergreen Library.  T. Neal: The MABCD and Inspector in my area has done a great job responding to concerns.  CM Johnson: The Habitat for Humanity Rock the Block initiative celebrated another new homeowner. A DAB retreat will take place soon. Rumors are going around about Library rules about only allowing Christianity organizations to be active and that is not true. Medical Mission at Home – A Day of free Healthcare is Saturday, April 13th, 2019.  L. Deshazer: The NAACP is looking for a Youth Debate Instructor. 5  District I Advisory Board Minutes April 1, 2019 Page 6 of 6  K. Alexander: The “Hot Spot” pilot program was successful and hopefully future funding will allow the program to continue and expand. The Youth Advocacy Coalition Coordinator is available to attend event to share information about youth services in Wichita. Recommended/Action: Receive and file The next DAB I meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2019, at the Atwater Neighborhood Resource Center, 2755 E. 19th St. N., Wichita, KS 67214. Adjourn Heflin/DeShazer made a motion to adjourn: Motion carried 7:0. Guests 1. Tim Austin 11. Michael Hagerman 2. Taben Azed 12. Tara Nolen 3. Lonnie Barnes 13. James Roseboro 4. Lisa Blume 14. Janice Rich 5. Jane Byrnes 15. Betty Smith 6. David Cook 16. Eugene Smith 7. Elena Devora 17. Brenda Stevenson 8. Steve Falke 18. Craig Tolson 9. LaShonda Garnes 19. Michael Tyson 10. Rip Gooch 20. Moses Williams 6