District 5 Advisory Board

Page |1 District V Advisory Board Minutes March 2, 2020 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 Alissa Unruh Captain Vernon Rohlman, Wichita Fire Department Trevor Kurth James Wagoner, Public Works and Utilities Rachel Murphy-Thomas Officer Bradley Haught, Wichita Police Department JV Johnston Reggie Davidson, Park and Recreation Department Jose Gutierrez Tracie Partridge, Wichita Public Library Trey Rios, Youth Member Cory Buchta, Community Services Representative Council Member Bryan Frye Guests Members Absent Joey Deneke Roman Rodriguez Marylin Sharp Ben Kittrell Jim Watson Nancy Duling Dan Doerflinger Angela Breer Mary Taylor Troy Palmer Brian Hemmen Jill Kerschen Amber Hemmen Gordan Kirkbride Sam Biedron ORDER OF BUSINESS Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Bryan Frye. Quorum not met. 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 Shannon Wedge – canvasing west Wichita on April 16. Will go to Country Acres and Westlink to make sure people have smoke alarms. Free program. Educate people on where they need smoke alarms, talk with children about escape plan, and talk about tornado safety as well. Need volunteers. Will train at Towne West Square. Register ahead of time for a free smoke alarm. Also need disaster action team members. CM Frye – Gave info about Country Acres Neighborhood Association and Westlink Neighborhood Association. 2. Off-agenda Items NONE BOARD AGENDA 3. Updates, Issues and Reports 1  Page |2 Next week council will go to D.C. to visit with elected, EPA, DOT, and other agencies. No council meeting next week. A couple of retreats coming up for budget planning. STAFF REPORTS 4. Fire Department Report Captain Leady reported:  1 fire in D5 – accidental fire, unattended candle. Minimal damage.  Working on business inspections now.  Started hydrant inspections as well. 5. Community Police Report Officer Haught reported:  16 beat violent crime down 63 percent. 3 this year 8 last year o Burglaries up 300 percent. Almost all residential o Larceny up. Epicenter around St. Francis Church School  19 beat Violent crime same. Property crime up. o Larceny to auto up  199 beat. Violent crime up. Property crime up.  Concentrating on larceny, specifically larceny to auto. o Starting some undercover assignments to help. o List of people with warrants for theft. o License plate reader is out o Catalytic converters targeted o Auto tags targeted  Flyers for March into safety – March 5th. 4:30 to 7 at south high. (CM Frye): What should people be doing to stay safe from larceny A: Keep things out of sight and lock your car. That would solve so many of them. DAB: What’s the value of a catalytic converter? A: A lot. There’s a metal inside that’s worth thousands. And it’s easy to steal. Platinum. Public: Do most of those catalytic converter thefts occur at night? A: No actually. All times of the day and night. 6. Park & Recreation Department Report David McGuire reported:  Mowing season is starting. Taking new bids for next three years for grounds maintenance program.  New magazine brochure. City Arts, Park and Recreation, Public Library. Evolve.  Find something to do. Spring break camps coming up. (DAB): How did the job fair go? About 350 people attended. Had about 20 good names that I will be following up for my department. Hopefully we’ll fill a lot of our part time seasonal positions. Ribbon cutting for Naftzger Park scheduled for March 12, 5pm. Lots of activities planned. Come down and check it out. Then the park will be open. Already a St. Patricks Day celebration scheduled for the 13th. 7. Wichita Public Library Report Tracie Partridge reported:  3D printing. Advanced Learning Library offering 3D printing services. Have to go through 3part certification process. Cool opportunity to see how 3D printing works  Evolve – spring break programming. March 16 – 20. More than what’s in the brochure. Go to website event section to see more. 2  Page |3  Summer teen volunteer program. 6 week commitment May through July to sign kids up for summer reading program. 2-6 hours a week. Friday March 20 we’ll start accepting applications. Westlink fills up quickly.  March activities, historical interpreter – Carry Nation this Saturday.  ACT/SAT prep tools program. Food will be available. Tuesday March 10th at 6:30.  2020 census program. 8. Public Works & Utilities Report James Wagoner reported:  May will start up maintenance projects again. Central, Tyler, Maize, Ridge Road and more will all have maintenance work this year. Finishing up 2019 program. 2020 program will start around 3rd quarter of the year.  Aquatic Master Plan in design. Will come in two different phases. Phase 1 will be pools, McAddams, Aley, and Orchard. Phase 2 is splash pads. Boston, Edgemoor, Evergreen. C (CM Frye): We had 1 bidder before and it came in too high. We believe we were trying to do too much in a too short amount of time. We think if we lengthen out the time, the bids will be better. Will not do anything less than what we promised. End of the day, I think this will be a better plan and the water playgrounds will be great. They all have a unique theme, not cookie cutter.  Hoover Bike Path – signal materials getting ordered earlier. In the works. Splitting project into two parts.  13th street going out to bid soon.  29th and Maize intersection – did incorporate plans to extend over to west side of intersection. Bids coming in this Friday. Will inconvenience traffic there for a little bit.  37th and Tyler signal. Trying to get signals ordered. Delayed almost half a year.  37th sidewalk Ridge to Ridgeport.  37th and Rutgers. Drainage. Right of way issue out there. C (Public): Unclear on Hoover bike path. What are you doing with there? A: Nothing there now. Adding a signal where zoo and hoover intersection. Will go North up to some of the subdivisions that have bike paths. Will go up to K96 where there are some other bike paths. Action Taken: Motion to receive and file. Motion PASSED 0-0-0. NEW BUSINESS 9. Keepers on Parade Together Wichita, who has been doing great quality of life projects, partnering with W, for Wichita’s 150th anniversary dedicating 12 Keepers throughout City. 2 in each district and 1 for mayor to determine location. In our district one in Buffalo Park and one in Pracht Wetlands. Delilah Reed and Josh Jonico. Delilah - Pracht Wetlands. Josh at Buffalo Park. Delilah Local artist, illustrator, and muralist. I’ve done about 10 murals around town. Bright colorful bug, something cheery and happy, that’s probably mine. Did a Keeper at Clifton square by Dempseys. Bright blue and covered in graphics. Very excited and honored to get to do this. I love the wetlands park. I will be taking any sort of gentle suggestions. Q (DAB): What are you thinking? A: I’d like to do something similar to what I did on the last one. I have a specific style. I was thinking of a yellow base and then brighter rich jewel tone colors for the flower. Representing the flowers out there and tall grasses. Q (DAB): Maybe some birds? A: I was thinking birds at the top. 3  Page |4 CM Frye: I’ve seen a variety of things. Pheasants, turkeys, all kinds of ducks. All types of water fowls. An awesome variety. Q (DAB): Is there a photographer that takes pictures out there of birds? A: A lot of groups that love that park because of the migration. Lots of people on the weekends with cameras. Q (DAB): Maybe connect with some of those people. Josh Jonico: Local artist. Started painting about 5 years ago. Portraits and abstract art. Painted a couple murals. I’m Native American and started doing Native American art. Work with Choctaw Nation. Happy to be able to paint a keeper. I go to Buffalo Park with my kids. I’ve done a keeper before that was very abstract. Want to incorporate that same idea because it’s open. Want to honor Blackbear Bosin. Q (DAB): Will it be near the splash pad. A: Don’t know yet. Q (DAB): How tall? A: 10 feet tall, includes the pedestal. Q (DAB): What is it made out of? A: Fiberglass. Only about 50 pounds. Q (DAB): Can you use any kind of paint? A: Flat acrylic housepaint. Then do a vandalism protective coating autp body applies. Program is very easy for artists. Q (DAB): How did you get selected? A: Put out a call for artists. 60 artists applied , all local, 13 were selected. 9 of them are friends of mine. Other parks: Dye Park Fairmont Park Eastview Park Stryker Sports Complex Plainview Park Clapp Park West Douglas Park Osage Park Buffalo Park Pracht Wetlands Minisa Park Orchard Park Spreading Keeper Love all throughout City. Fantastic gift from Together Wichita. Artists get a stipend of $1,000. When it gets closer to the unveiling, we’ll make sure DAB knows and try to attend. 10. Food System Master Plan Cory Buchta, City of Wichita, presented a background of the City of Wichita/Sedgwick County Food System Master Plan. Throughout 2020, the Health & Wellness Coalition of Wichita, the City of Wichita, Sedgwick County and community partners will be creating a Food System Master Plan. A Master Plan is a long-range planning document that lays out a community's vision for its growth. Communities use Master Plans to guide land use, economic development, transportation, health, and other dimensions of civic life. A healthy, sustainable regional food system can bring economic, environmental, and social benefits to a community. Planning brings structure and strategy to local food systems growth, and helps align policies, such as ordinances, zoning, and incentives to support the local food system. 4  Page |5 A Food System Master Plan can:  Foster profitable agriculture and food business,  Support entrepreneurs in agriculture and food,  Create new jobs and opportunities,  Increase access to healthy, nutritious foods for all,  Support skills in gardening and food preparation,  Protect soil, water, and air quality,  Reduce food waste,  Celebrate diversity of food and agriculture in our community, and  Empower all to participate in the food system. Residents have said that they have a strong interest in building a robust local food system in Wichita and Sedgwick County, but the community needs a roadmap to guide the process. The community needs to know where and how to invest time, resources, and partnerships to best support a vibrant local food economy. Also, past studies conducted by K-State Research & Extension and the Health & Wellness Coalition of Wichita point to some exciting opportunities if we get this right. A Wichita-Sedgwick Food System Master Plan can help:  Build a strong local economy: Sedgwick County residents spent just over $1.6 billion on food in 2018. If just 5% of those were purchases of locally-grown food, an estimated $80 million would circulate through the county each year, supporting many other local businesses - from farm implement dealers to restaurants.  Support entrepreneurs in food and agriculture businesses to grow and prepare more food closer to home. Sedgwick County farmers produce more grains and beef than we consume locally, and they are important agricultural exports for the region. Many of the other foods we eat though, are produced locally in very small quantities. For example, we produce only 0.0008% of the chicken we consume and 0.4% of the eggs. We produce only about 0.7% of the vegetables we consume and 0.2% of the fruit. Growing more of the food we consume here can support farmers wanting to diversify their operations, and entrepreneurs who want to start businesses to meet the growing demand for local food.  Build a healthier community where all residents have access to nutritious, fresh food: Approximately 25% of Wichitans do not have access to healthy food. In fact, 44 square miles of the city is considered a food desert, an area in which residents don't have the financial or transportation resources to get to supermarkets or grocery stores. Access to healthy food is a key ingredient to building a healthy community. You can share your feedback and take the survey at www.wichita.gov/foodplan. 11. ZON2020-00002 and CON2020-00003 Kathy Morgan, Metropolitan Area Planning Department, presented an application No objection at planning commission. It was on consent agenda. Been in business prior to 1968. Have some conditions they have to follow that is typical to wrecking and salvage yards. Would have to plat. Would have to do a drainage plan. Follow regulations of environmental services of fuel disposal. Have requirements for landscaping and screening because on Hoover Road. Have to be set back 150 feet from property line and have screening from arterial streets. Just north of there, site plan, north property line, easement that has existing trees on both sides. Allows access into Evergy property. SF5 property to north that is undeveloped. Recommendation of staff to approve. Agent here if you have specific questions. Sandlian Iron and Metalworks. Business. 5  Page |6 DAB: Tear down existing house? A: At some point they will. DAB: Upgrading existing office? Maybe a fresh paint job? A: Don’t know. Not something we can do with zoning. Will remain where it is at 3059 just south of that. Plenty of parking and good access. CM Frye: Occasionally I’ll see a damaged vehicle in that lot before it goes back for salvage. Is there a time frame for how long the cars can stay in that lot before it has to move back? A: 72 hours. They don’t like to leave it out there long because it’s unsecured. They just have to take the time to make a space for it. DAB: where will all the oil and gas be disposed of? A: They have a plan for that. They’ve been operating there since before 1968. They have a plan with the EPA. There’s no contamination in that area. DAB: That is covered on item 13 and item 12. CM Frye: I’d still like to know what the board thinks about this. Motion to Approve made by Trevor. Seconded by Rachel. Pass 5-0-0* Quorum not met. DAB night at the stadium in May. Bring a +1 significant other. City has a box. Talked about naming rights for the stadium. Talked about revenue generated from rent and naming sponsorship. Meeting was adjourned at 7:59 p.m. The next DAB V meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Monday, April 6, 2020, Fire Station #21, 2110 N. 135th St., Wichita, KS 67235. 6