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District IV Advisory Board Minutes October 03, 2016 www.wichita.gov The District IV Advisory Board meeting was held at 6:30 p.m. at the Alford Library at 3447 S. Meridian, Wichita, KS 67217. There were four (4) District Advisory Board members including Council Member Blubaugh, three (3) City Staff, and three (3) members of the public present. Members Present Staff Present Councilman Jeff Blubaugh WPD – CP Officer McHenry – Beat 17 Benny Boman WFD – Cpt. Jim Health Rob Hartman Rebecca Fields – Community Services Rep IV Jason Platter Members Absent Guests Kit Corby Jana Mullen Michael Gomm Cliff Loesch Nick Hoheisel Darlene Morrow David Kapaun Jr. Matt Lashley Don McManamey Alex Martinez Rebecca Robertson ORDER OF BUSINESS At 6:32 p.m. the meeting was called to order by Councilman Blubaugh who led the Pledge of Allegiance. There was no motion to approve last month’s minutes or this month’s agenda due to lack of quorum. STAFF REPORTS WFD Station 12 was represented by Cpt. Jim Heath. Cpt. Heath stated that October is Fire Prevention Month and that means the Fire Department will be checking all of the hydrants around the City to assure that they are in working order. He also said that it is time to start thinking about changing the batteries in smoke detectors because of the time change that occurs on November 6th. Community Police Officer Ronald McHenry, Patrol West Beat 17, was next and stated that the number of auto thefts in the Patrol West area went down from 20 in August to 18 in September. However, larcenies to autos went up from 35 in August up to 47 in September. Burglaries decreased from 37 in August to 26 in September. WPD is currently targeting 13 Beat which is south of Kellogg and east of Meridian. They were also concentrating on two traffic areas, and the one at Kellogg & West Street produced 16 citations. Patrol South was not represented this evening. Page 1 of 3  District IV Advisory Board Minutes October 03, 2016 www.wichita.gov PUBLIC AGENDA Councilman Blubaugh then proceeded with having Pastor Cliff Loesch (University Friends Church) give his presentation for Family Promise of Greater Wichita. Family Promise of Greater Wichita is a coalition of thirteen (13) Wichita churches that will offer meals and overnight space for sleeping for a week each to homeless families with children. It is estimated (via USD259) that there are 2400 children enrolled in Wichita schools that are currently homeless. There are only two (2) other agencies in Wichita that can offer temporary shelter for homeless families with children; St. Anthony that has 13 family rooms, and Inter- Faith Ministries that has fifty (50) beds, but their beds are for anyone, not just families. There are three (3) churches in District IV that are participating: Westside Christian, University Friends, and St. Mary’s Orthodox Christian Church. Councilman Blubaugh asked how citizens or the City of Wichita can help with this program. Pastor Loesch replied that WPD Officer Nathan Schwiethale with H.O.T. (Homeless Outreach Team) is on their Board of Directors, and other than through him, the other good referral is USD259 who has a good idea as to which children are currently homeless. Any homeless family interested in the program is screened for their eligibility. Nationally, 67% of families will “graduate” the program, and of those 87% continue to grow. Family Promise will continue to help and monitor these families for quite some time. Staff, Rebecca Fields, said that she would scan in the information/handout to send to all the DAB members as well as the invitation for the Family Promise of Greater Wichita Opening Gala that is a fundraiser. Next on the agenda was Nicole Hughes, founder of Enrichment for Success, who did not make the meeting, and so Councilman Blubaugh moved on to the Board Agenda. NEW BUSINESS No new business. OLD BUSINESS No old business. Page 2 of 3  District IV Advisory Board Minutes October 03, 2016 www.wichita.gov BOARD AGENDA Councilman Blubaugh spoke about attending the Global Cities Summit in Washington DC last week which was mainly centered on how American companies can export their products to Mexico, Canada, and China. Jason Platter mentioned that the One Spark Foundation in Wichita had been working with residents in District 1 as they were trying to help those in low income, inner-city situations. (FYI: the mission of the One Spark Foundation is to change the world, one Spark at a time, by encouraging others to choose to make willing acts of kindness.) Councilman Blubaugh then spoke about the several areas in District IV that are prone to flooding and that he is busy monitoring these areas as staff works to fix the problems. He also took photos of problems in Pawnee Prairie Park and sent them to Parks and the City Manager. Rob Hartman asked about the mowers and subsequent damage at the park, and CM Blubaugh stated that he thinks that City employees, not contractors, take care of Pawnee Prairie Park. CM Blubaugh then said that due to the pending sale of property owned by Bombardier to Max Aerospace that it should be possible for the Prairie Sunset Trail to expand from Goddard to Pawnee Prairie Park. The meeting adjourned at 6:58 pm. Page 3 of 3