District 5 Advisory Board

District 5 Advisory Board Minutes Monday, May 3, 2021 • 6:30 p.m. Virtual meeting via Zoom Attendance Members Present Staff Present JV Johnston Chief Eck, Wichita Fire Department Rachel Murphy-Thomas Officer Williams, Wichita Police Department Dennis Clary Reggie Davidson, Park and Recreation Jose Gutierrez Tracie Partridge, Wichita Public Library Trey Rios James Wagner, Public Works and Utilities Jill Kerschen Cory Buchta, Community Services Trevor Kurth Representative, City Manager’s Office Wendy Carter Lamont Anderson Roman Rodriguez Members Absent Angela Breer Council Member Bryan Frye • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Board Agenda 1. Updates, Issues, and Reports None • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Order of Business Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by JV Johnston. DAB 5 • May 3, 2021 •Minutes• Page 1  Approval of April 5, 2021 Agenda: Motion PASSED 10-0-0 Approval of Minutes from March 1, 2021: Motion PASSED 10-0-0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Public Agenda 2. Scheduled Items None 3. Off-Agenda Items None Action Taken: Received and filed. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Staff Reports 4. Wichita Police Department Report Officer Williams reported: More burglary reports at 45th and Hoover. More officers in that area. Beat mixing with officers. 2nd Chance Thursdays, taking care of people’s traffic warrants. Started here in Wichita. Last month saw 135 people. Cleared 113 warrants. Q (DAB): There were almost 114 warrants cleared? A: There was one person who showed up 7 minutes after we shut down the computer so we couldn’t get them added in there, so we did 113 that day. There are around 16,000 traffic warrants in the city so we have a long way to go. Lamont Anderson introduced himself to the DAB. 5. Wichita Fire Department Report Chief John Eck presented: April 2021, 9 fire alarms, 202 medical, 49 service, 52 other, total of 312 incidents. Station 8 made 49 alarms. 128 made by station 16. Station 15 made 55. Station 21 made 63. Station 33 (County) made 15. Showed stats for when City units responded in the County and when County units responded in the City. Shared FIU report for April, 2021. Fire in attached garage, spread to the roof. DAB 5 • May 3, 2021 •Minutes• Page 2  No major events this month, a few minor house fires. $62,000 in property loss from fires in April. 6. Park and Recreation Department Report Reggie Davidson reported: Summer camp registration started. Gearing up for splash pads and pools Buffalo park splash pad. Free standing restrooms available this summer. Cleaned twice a day. Summer Evolve guide coming out. Youth football program getting ready to start up. Q (DAB): Do you have restrooms at Old Town too? A: All the ones on park property. I’m not sure which ones you’re talking about. Q (DAB): The ones on Mosley I think? I might ask you to open those on Wine Fest next year. 7. Wichita Public Library Report Tracie Partridge reported: As a reminder, all Wichita Public Library locations are open for in-person services. Customers are able to browse for materials, use public computers and access our free Wi-Fi service. We are asking customers to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Lounge furniture has been removed at this time to prevent gatherings. For more information about Library operations, please visit www.wichitalibrary.org/covid-19. The Friends of the Library used bookstore inside the Advanced Learning Library will open on May 5 / is now open for shopping by appointment only. Customers can visit www.wichitalibraryfriends.org to schedule a 30-minute shopping appointment. Appointments will be available 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. No more than three (3) people will be allowed in the bookstore at a time. The Summer Reading Program is back and better than ever! This year, we will explore “Tails and Tales” with wild reading challenges and ferocious programs all summer long, including a concert series at Naftzger and Clapp Parks, virtual story times and tons of outdoor fun. Early registration begins Monday, May 17 and the program begins Tuesday, June 1. We’ll have three programs this year: Our Baby Bookworms program for ages 0-2, the Kids Read program for ages 3-11, and the Teens Read program for ages 12-18. More information is available at www.wichitalibrary.org/summerreading. This summer, the Wichita Public Library, the Kansas African American Museum, Urban Professionals and other community partners will explore a new Candid Conversations series called “Wichita’s Diverse History of Baseball.” Library staff found a small article from a local Black newspaper, printed in 1925, about an exhibition game in which the local Monrovians of the Colored Western League played the local Ku Klux Klan chapter at the baseball stadium on Ackerman Island. This previously unknown event spurred staff members to take a deeper look at Wichita’s history of minority baseball. The series will kick off on Thursday, June 3 and will last all summer long. More information can soon be found at www.wichitalibrary.org/baseball. DAB 5 • May 3, 2021 • Minutes • Page 2  The Library’s summer series of programs is now available to view online at www.wichitalibrary.org/events and can also be found in the Evolve guide, the City of Wichita’s activities guide that features Library, City Arts, and Park and Recreation programs. Q (Public): What has been the response for program where high school students come in and work but doing it virtually? A: I don’t know how many applicants they’ve received. C (Public): We tried to push our daughter to apply but she decided she’s been on zoom too much. Q (Public): Will the traditional volunteer program return next summer? A: Always hopeful. Seeing a lot of things return to normal. Q (DAB): Can you address other children’s programs this summer? A: No indoor programs but will do outdoor programs. A couple of concert series and Naftzger and Clapp. Shared a reminder about Library Bingo. 8. Public Works and Utilities Report James Wagner presented: 13th street Cowskin Creek to 135th surface asphalt to be placed in May. Estimated completion is late May. Harvest Park swimming pool. Concrete work in progress. Pool fill and equipment balancing scheduled for late May. Estimated completion second week of June. Asphalt Preservation Program 119th, Maple to 13th – Start prep in mid May Central, Maize to Tyler – Start prep in late May Central, Woodchuck to Ridge – Start prep in late May Maple, 119th to Maize – Start prep in mid May Prep work is where we fix underlying issues under the surface asphalt. Microsurfacing will take place in 3rd quarter of the year. Pavement repairs prep work in completed. Hoover, 21st to 29th – Struggling to get railroad to get their permits. Had an unexpected absence, so communication has been difficult. Q (DAB): Work going on with the North Loop. Where are they at in the phasing? A: Not exactly sure where they are at with the phasing. Q (DAB): Thought maybe they were doing some pre-work. A: Not really sure on that project. May is the time for them to do it, just don’t know for sure. Action Taken: Received and filed. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New Business None DAB 5 • May 3, 2021 • Minutes • Page 3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:01 p.m. The next District 5 Advisory Board meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 7, 2021. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Guests Russel Fox • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Respectfully submitted, Cory Buchta, Community Services Representative, District 5 DAB 5 • May 3, 2021 • Minutes • Page 4