District 5 Advisory Board

Page |1 District V Advisory Board Minutes November 4, 2019 www.wichita.gov The District V Advisory Board meeting was held at 6:30 p.m. at Fire Station #21, located at 2110 N. 135th St. W., Wichita, KS 67235. ATTENDANCE Members Present Staff Present Nancy Duling Lt. Ignacio Ayala, Wichita Fire Department Trevor Kurth Officer Brad Haught, Wichita Police Department Rachel Murphy-Thomas Cpt. Jason Stephens, Wichita Police Department Roman Rodriguez David McGuire, Park and Recreation Department JV Johnston Julianne Kallman, Public Works & Utilities Angela Breer Dave Yearout, MAPD Alissa Unruh Sally Stang, Director of Housing Services Jill Kerschen Cory Buchta, Community Services Representative Trey Rios, Youth Member Council Member Bryan Frye Guests Marylin Sharp Members Absent Elaine Stephen Ben Kittrell Troy Palmer Jose Gutierrez ORDER OF BUSINESS Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Bryan Frye Approval of November 4, 2019 Agenda: 8-0-0 Approval of October 7, 2019 Agenda: 8-0-0 PUBLIC AGENDA This portion of the agenda provides an opportunity for citizens to present issues that are not part of the regular agenda for the meeting. There is a five minute time limit for each speaker. 1. Scheduled Items NONE 2. Off-agenda Items NONE Action Taken: Motion to receive and file. Motion PASSED 6-0-0. BOARD AGENDA 3. Updates, Issues and Reports STAFF REPORTS 4. Fire Department Report Lt. Ignacio Ayala reported:  1 major fire -60k loss.  9 fire 1  Page |2  6 service  232 medical  277 total incidents  Total undetermined fires 1 in D5 – city total 15. Overall loss – 361,500 in structural damage 86,500 dollars in loss. Almost half a million loss.  Make sure you have a licensed contractor  Heating and ventilation system needs inspected by a licensed inspector.  Thanksgiving coming up. Be attentive while cooking.  Check your smoke detector batteries.  Practice your fire safety plan at home with your kids. 5. Community Police Report Officer Haught reported:  Major crimes YTD o 16 beat down 16 percent from last year o 19 beat 3 percent o 199 down 9 percent o Up 6 percent total violent crimes o Property crime down 17% o 15% down over everything  Complaint in front of Wilbur Middle School with construction while putting in stop light. Trying to get signs to enforce there to help with congestion on Tyler.  Halloween – several trunk or treat events with no issues.  Westlink and Country Acres had cleanups – no issues.  Officer Douty is now Detective Douty  New Captain Stephens.  New Sgt. for CP will start at first of year when Sgt. Yarberry retires.  Cpt. Jason Stephens replaced Wanda Givens. Came from investigations. Worked in sex assault and gang unit. Worked in all four bureaus in various roles. 6. Park & Recreation Department Report David McGuire reported:  Recent hard freezes so we might be able to stop mowing.  Family campout, 3 days left to get signed up at Watson Park – this coming Saturday the 9th. Camp under the stars and get a train ride.  Trick or Treating from pedal boats filled up. Will have to double it next year.  Dec 7, Botanica Zumba and Pound event. Saturday.  Watson Park, Christmas Express, check it out.  Dec 5 Night with Santa at Century II  Mayors Tree Lighting last Sunday in November.  Light the Night will be last Sunday in November as well.  Christmas Break, Kid’s Camp at Rec Centers. Classes ongoing as well. 7. Wichita Public Library Report Tracie Partridge reported:  Library locations will be closed on 11th for Veterans Day. Will close 5 on Wednesday, stay closed on Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.  Big Read still ongoing.  November is Kansas Reads to Preschoolers Month.  Nov 7th Westlink hosting family science fair. Hands on science experiments.  Nov 8th learn about Medicare online at ALL. 2  Page |3  Exclusive concert for 1,000 Books participants. Sugar Free All-stars. 8. Public Works & Utilities Report Julianne Kallman shared the following:  OP3 work – prep work done for microsurfacing. Central and Tyler  Gary will be here next month to talk about streets in 2020 maintenance program  Hoover bike path from 21st to 29th zoo to 29th. Funding at City council tomorrow morning.  13th street slated to start next spring. Still trying to acquire one tract.  29th and Maize will start next year. North leg and east leg.  37th street lighting from Maize to Ridge will start next year.  Hoover and 21st will start next year, spring. CM Frye explained why there is such a long wait to get streetlights installed. Explained the update on 29th on Maize. DAB – Could you email the drawings for the 29th and Maize improvements? CM Frye – Yeah we could do that. Action Taken: Motion to receive and file. Motion PASSED 8-0-0. NEW BUSINESS 9. CON2019-00036 Dave Yearout, Metropolitan Area Planning Department, presented on an application on behalf of John and Lisa Pennella (Owners) / Shane Allen – U-Haul (Agent) requesting a Conditional Use to allow outdoor vehicle and equipment sales and service on Lot 1, Rush Addition, excluding the north five feet thereof, which is currently zoned LC Limited Commercial ("LC"). The site is located on the east side of North Maize Road and south of West Central Avenue. Still in protest period. To allow rental operation at 610 N Maize Road. The operation had been there for about 3 or 4 years, but was against zoning code. Planning commission approved unanimously. Received a few calls from neighbors. They were concerned about traffic at Central and Maize. Had nothing to do with U-Haul services. We forwarded their concerns to Action Taken: Motion to APPROVE the application as presented made by Trevor Kurth. Seconded by Roman R. Motion PASSED 8-0-0. 10. CUP2019-00033 Dave Yearout, Metropolitan Area Planning Department, presented on an application on behalf of Premier Holdings, LLC (owner)/KE Miller Engineering, Kirk Miller (agent) to amend CUP DP-267. The subject site is located in the Tyler Landing Commercial Plaza Community Unity Plan (CUP) DP-267, which is located at the southeast of the intersection of 37th Street North and North Tyler Road. Total acreage of DP-267 is approximately 11.22 acres. Request to amend language to allow additional duplex development. Was approved unanimously. Not out of character for what’s happening. No objections on this. No one spoke up at planning commission. In protest period. Q (DAB): Is it the same developer doing all duplexes in that area? A: No. Q (DAB): For the parcel on Tyler, is it similarly close to the entrance to Maize schools? Any concern with congestion? A: We haven’t discussed that with zoning. Those are issues that would be discussed going forward when we discuss plats, but not with zoning. 3  Page |4 Action Taken: Motion to APPROVE the application as presented made by Trevor Kurth. Seconded by Allyssa Unruh. Motion PASSED 8-0-0. 11. 2020-2021 Sally Stang, Director of Housing, presented on 5 year consolidated plan. More than 50,000 people live in the city so eligible for Housing Fund. We have to seek public input for how to use those funds. Community Development Block Grant. 101 eligible uses. Mainly used to fund infrastructure and programs in poverty areas. HOME Investment Partnerships to build low income housing. Emergency Solutions Grant used to address homelessness. Last year started creating new 5 year plan. Now in the second year. Now through February gathering public input to develop action plan. December will appoint GRC. February 2020 GRC review proposals and approve funding recommendations. March 2020, May, June. CDBG must meet national objectives. Not less than 70% of spending must benefit low to moderate income persons. Can fund service programs or construction costs. Public Service category is $1,163,310. We spend a big chunk here. Funds can only be used based on MOU or RFP. Cannot be allocated to a specific provider or ineligible service. Gave examples of how they are allowed to use CDBG funds. Gave examples of how they are allowed to use HOME funds. Explained Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO). Gave examples of how they are allowed to use ESG funds. What should be funded if the allocation increases and decreases? Which activities are highest priority? Which activities are lowest priority? Are there urgent needs which should be considered? I was surprised to find how narrow our funding scope is here. I am seeking a representative from the DAB to serve on the GRC. The committee would be 3 meetings, although lengthy meetings. Important for us to know how to spend funds in the next year. DAB member JV Johnston volunteered to serve on the GRC. Stang: 2018-2019 helped homeowners make needed safety repairs, helped to build 18 single family homes, shelter services provided overnight services to over 2,000 people. Homeless prevention to 102 families. Great outcomes from that. DV services for over 800 families. Youth program serviced over 3000 kids. Housing First program housed over 93 of most challenging and chronically homeless people. Way to Work program 100 kids graduated successfully. Right now 116 people on the name list for homeless waiting for housing units. Q (DAB): Housing first program, where are individuals housed? A: Private rentals. We provide rent assistance vouchers. Q (DAB): Who owns those? A: It varies. Probably 35 different owners. Q (DAB): Renters Assistance program – what is the success rate? A: We don’t follow up necessarily. We get them out of immediate crisis. Q (DAB): What other steps are involved in addition to paying rent? A: It could be rent, utilities, or mortgage. It’s a one-time payment. Q (DAB): Does anything else accompany that? A: We refer them to CSBG to work with individuals and families for financial planning. There is no requirement they use that service, but many people do. That help is one time a calendar year. C (DAB): Center of Hope does keep stats on following up. C (DAB): It would be interesting to see those stats to get feedback. C (DAB): If you apply for a job and have no address, you have no chance of getting a job. Q (DAB): How do you get feedback from general public? A: We’ve done Facebook forums, neighborhood centers, and some public meetings. WHA at Wichita.gov. C (DAB): And DABs. 4  Page |5 C (CM Frye): Trey Rios was class 5A Maize South Cross Country 7th place finish in state. He finished 5th sister finished 3rd. Sod was put down in stadium today. Grass in outfield. Next Wednesday will announce name of team. Last week Wichita Water Partners announced guaranteed maximum price $494 million. Down $14 million from last estimate. Very happy about that. Less than original projection. Submitted application to EPA to cover $270 million of $494. Means we won’t have to start paying back until 5 years after completion of build. Our goal is to keep rates down as low as possible. Trying to stretch that payment out as long as possible so impact on rate payers is as low as possible. Hoping we can start dirt work next year. Goal to be online and ready to switch over by 2024. Both plants would be operating for a while to make sure the new one is working as it should. All moving forward. Q (DAB): Where will it be located? A: 21st and Hoover, directly east of the Zoo. Q (DAB): Pipes are all in good shape? A: We’ve been replacing pipes for a while. In 2016 we took inventory of all above ground and below ground infrastructure. We are continuing to make improvements. The plant is the critical need. C (CM Frye): Great meeting with Together Wichita. Helped fund a dog park out east. Want them to build a dog park in D5. Looking at a location. Need to talk to neighbors. Could happen next year. Vote tomorrow. Exciting times. Lots of things going on in D5. Meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m. The next DAB V meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Monday, December 2, 2019, Fire Station #21, 2110 N. 135th St., Wichita, KS 67235. 5