District 3 Advisory Board

District III Advisory Board Minutes for Nov. 1, 2017 District III Advisory Board Minutes November 1, 2017 www.wichita.gov The District III Advisory Board meeting was held at 6:30 p.m. at the WATER Center, 101 E. Pawnee, Wichita, KS 67211; Council Member James Clendenin, seven District Advisory Board members, eight City staff and 17 members of the public were present. Members Present Staff Present Marco Alcocer Lt. Mike Avila, WFD Gerald Henry Officer Chris Chrisman, Patrol South Elena Ingle Dave Yearout, MAPD Catherine Johnson Janet Johnson, CMO Cindy Miles Shawn Mellies, PW Engineering David Robbins Gary Janzen, PW Engineering Ron Tracy Logan Bradshaw, Housing Council Member James Clendenin Mark Stanberry, Housing Members Absent Guests Paul Davis Listed on last page Bruce Gass Daisy Olivar ORDER OF BUSINESS At 6:30 p.m. Council Member James Clendenin called the meeting to order. The agenda for the current meeting was approved. The minutes for Oct. 4, 2017, were approved. STAFF REPORTS Fire Report Lt. Mike Avila, Station 22, reported there were 16 fires. He said things have been busy with 15 new recruits going through traing and others are going through the promotional process. He also reminded everyone what when the time changes, it’s a good opportunity to change the batteries in your smoke detectors. Police Report Officer Chris Chrisman, Patrol South, reported that larcenies to automobiles continues to plague the Patrol South area and reminded everyone to not leave valuables in their vehicles. He also reported there was a burglary in the Pawnee and Palisade area where one of the items stolen was a puppy. He said they put the information on Facebook and got several tips that eventually let to an arrested. Four suspects were taken into custody and the puppy was recovered. He also reminded everyone with cold weather coming, it’s not a good idea to leave your vehicle running unlocked and unattended. Action taken: Receive and file 1  District III Advisory Board Minutes for Nov. 1, 2017 PUBLIC AGENDA Scheduled Items: Charissa Jochems, Legacy Ministries, gave an update on the services provided by Legacy House, located at 945 S. Wichita. She said they work with at risk youth by hiring them to work in the gardens and the pottery studio, and teaching them valuable job skills. The also conduct several summer camp sessions at no charge. Jochems said they hire kids that probably wouldn’t be considered by other businesses and last year, the gardens produced 1,200 lbs of food and more than $15,000 worth of pottery. DAB members asked the following questions: Q: Do you partner with other organizations? A: Yes, P3, SoCe Life, BG Products and West High School to name a few. Q: What age youth do you serve? A: We hire 15 – 25-year-olds. Q: How many kids do you serve? A: We hire seven youth at a time to work in the gardens and three at a time in the pottery studio. There are three to four camps each summer with 35 to 40 participants in each camp. Q: What are your funding sources? A: We have a couple of small grants and we receive small donations. Action taken: Receive and file NEW BUSINESS Mt. Vernon Street Improvements Shawn Mellies, Public Works Engineering, presented the design concept for improvements to Mt. Vernon Street from Broadway to Southeast Blvd. The existing roadway is a two lane curb and gutter street with an undersized underground storm sewer system. The proposed design concept will expand the roadway to three lanes, with on-street bike lanes. The project will also include an improved underground storm sewer system and a 5-foot wide sidewalk on both sides of the street. Construction is planned to begin in summer of 2019 and be completed in early 2020. During construction Mt. Vernon will closed to through traffic in three-block segments but local access will be maintained where possible. The project is programmed for funding in the Adopted 2017-2026 CIP with $300,000 in 2017, $200,000 in 2018, and $4,000,000 in 2019 for a total project budget of $4,500,000. The $300,000 budget allocated in 2017 was approved on September 5, 2017 to pay for Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to complete the design and staff time for project oversite. The project is funded by $3,000,000 in federal funding and $1,500,000 in General Obligation bonds. DAB members asked the following questions and made the following comments: Q: How will this impact Gardiner Elementary School? A: We will work closely with the school on the project, parking and scheduling. The Pedestrian crossing light will go back in. C: It would be good if the work by the school could be completed in the summer months. Q: How will the signal lights be impacted? A: They will all be upgraded, but the warning light at Emporia street will not go back in. Q: Do we have all of the right-of-way needed for this project? A: No, we need temporary easements at the drives and corner clips at Washington and Mt. Vernon. Q: How many bikes go down this street? A: That data isn’t available C: The bike lanes on Topeka are very confusing. 2  District III Advisory Board Minutes for Nov. 1, 2017 Q: Where should motorized bikes drive? In the bike lane or the car lane? A: Unknown Cindy Miles/(Henry) made a motion to approve the design concept. Action taken: Motion passed 6-1. Harry Street Bridge rehabilitation Shawn Mellies, Public Works Engineering, will present the design concept for improvements to the Harry Street Bridge at the Arkansas River. On March 21, 2017, the City Council approved an agreement with WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP) to design a rehabilitation project for the Harry Street Bridge at the Arkansas River. The project is necessary based upon the most recent biennial bridge inspection. The existing bridge is a four lane structure with a 4 ½-foot wide sidewalk on both sides of the bridge. The proposed design concept will rehabilitate the structure and convert the existing four lanes to three, with one through lane in each direction and a west bound to south bound dedicated left turn lane. Improvements also include a 6-foot wide sidewalk on the north side and a 10-foot wide multi-use path on the south side of bridge. The bridge project was identified as a “Special Consideration Project” by the Design Council, requiring a higher level of aesthetic enhancement beyond standard design guidelines. The WSP design team includes local artist Kent Williams, who will be involved with the design of the lighting and handrail enhancements on the bridge. Construction is planned to begin in spring 2019 and be completed in late 2019. The bridge will be closed during construction with a signed detour to Pawnee or Lincoln. The project is programmed for funding in the Adopted 2017-2026 CIP with $500,000 in 2017 and $2,500,000 in 2019 for a total project budget of $3,000,000. The existing budget of $205,000 for the traffic analysis, design concept, artist work and piling exploration came from the $500,000 budget allocated in 2017. The project is funded by General Obligation bonds. DAB members asked the following questions and made the following comments: Q:Why are we going down to three lanes? A: That’s what the traffic studies indicate it can handle. Q: How many accidents occur at this loation? A: There were 36 in the past five years with 1/3 of those occurring over the past year when traffic was increased here due to the Pawnee Bridge being closed. Q: How long will the bridge be closed? A: Six to eight months. Q. When was the traffic study done, when Pawnee was open or closed? A: Both. C: Two DAB members expressed their opposition to three lanes. Council Member Clendenin asked City Engineer Gary Janzen to futher explain the value of three lane streets. Janzen provided a thorough explanation stressing that accidents go down as much as 40 to 45% when there is a dedicated turn lane. Ron Tracy/(Miles) made a motion to approve the design concept. Action taken: Motion passed 7-0. 3  District III Advisory Board Minutes for Nov. 1, 2017 CON2017-00034 Dave Yearout, Metropolitan Area Planning Department, presented a request for a conditional use to allow vehicle and equipment sales in a Limited Commercial zone district at 3205 E. 31st St. S. The site is zoned LC Limited Commercial and sits at the intersection of East 31st Street South and South Hillside Avenue. The applicant seeks to repair the property and operate it as an auto sales facility. The existing parcel is 0.62 acres and currently contains a vacant and boarded-up building. If approved, the applicant intends to repair the building, clean up the property, and establish as auto sales. Preliminary site plans include a controlled access barrier onto South Holyoke Circle. Existing landscaping and wooden screening fence to the south of the property abutting the residential zoning will remain. Yearout said they have received no protests. Elena Ingle/(Robbins) made a motion that that the request be approved, subject to the following conditions: a. The site is to be developed as shown on the plan provided to the Planning Department on September 13, 2017. b. Any changes to the site or screening design, the size of the area to be developed, or the location of development will require review by the Planning Department. c. If the Zoning Administrator finds that there is a violation of any of the conditions of the Conditional Use, the Zoning Administrator, in addition to enforcing the other remedies set forth in the Unified Zoning Code, may, with the concurrence of the Planning Director, declare that the Conditional Use is null and void. Action Taken: Motion approved 6-0-1 ZON2017-00047 Dave Yearout, Metropolitan Area Planning Department, presented a request for a zoning change from SF 5 Single Family to LI Limited Industrial to allow the expansion of a trucking company at 1451 E. 47th St. S. Price Transportation acquired the subject property, which was formerly the Good Shephard Lutheran Church, in the spring of 2017. According to the applicant, the church had apparently been struggling for some time and reached the point its best move was to sell the building. Price Transportation has begun plans to convert the existing structure into offices and warehousing for its trucking operation. The 1.73-acre property is presently zoned SF-5 Single-Family Residential (SF-5) which permits the church use by right. The zone change to LI Light Industrial (LI) is requested to accommodate the proposed conversion of the former church building to offices and warehousing uses. Price Transportation owns all of the property on the west side of Victoria Street south of this property to the Kansas Turnpike, and utilizes all the land as part of its existing business. Ron Tracy/(Johnson) made a motion that that the request be approved. Action Taken: Motion approved 6-0-1 4  District III Advisory Board Minutes for Nov. 1, 2017 FY 2018-2019 Funding; CDBG, HOME, ESG Mark Stanberry, Housing and Community Services, presented the consolidated plan. The City submitted a Consolidated Plan for the 2014 through 2018 program years, and staff is soliciting comment regarding funding priorities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending on June 30, 2019. HUD has not announced the City’s allocation amount. Preliminary plans will be based on estimated funding at current levels and will be adjusted to reflect actual allocation amounts. Public comments are used by staff to finalize the annual plan after HUD has provided final funding amounts. The DAB wanted to know how many people had been able to buy homes under the home ownership program. Stanberry said 25 families were able to buy homes last year. A DAB member talked about the importance of adequate funding for child welfare and social services and particulary the need for funding for drug abuse. Action taken: Provided comment Nomination of Grants Review Committee Representative Mark Stanberry, Housing and Community Services, explained that the Grants Review Committee consists of includes representation from all District Advisory Boards, Wichita Independent Neighborhoods, United Way, Sedgwick County, USD #259, Wichita State University, as well as large and small businesses. The 14 GRC members are appointed annually by the City Council. Housing and Community Services Department staff meets with GRC members throughout the proposal evaluation period. After review of the applications and proposals and public comments, the GRC makes recommendations to the City Council for HOME, ESG and CDBG funding for the next program year. Cindy Miles accepted the nomination to serve on this committee for DAB III. PUBLIC AGENDA Off-agenda items George Theoharis announced the postal service will be sending out notices regarding dogs running at large and mail service. He also reported that the Dangerous Dog Ordinance changes that were recommended by the Animal Control Advisory Board were approved by City Council. Theoharis encouraged everyone to attend WIN University. BOARD AGENDA Council Member Clendenin announced the Maddy Campbell has been hired to fill the District III Community Services Representative vacancy and she will start on Nov. 20th. Meeting was adjourned. The next District Advisory Board III meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 6, 2017, at the WATER Center, 101 E. Pawnee, Wichita, KS 67211. Respectfully submitted, Janet Johnson, Office of Community Services Division Manager 5  District III Advisory Board Minutes for Nov. 1, 2017 Guests Scott Murray Lizz Murray Charissa Jochems William Stofer Lonny Wright Janet Wiele George Theoharis Dan Kruse Trisha Epps 6