District 5 Advisory Board

District 5 Advisory Board Minutes Wednesday, September 1, 2021 • 6:30 p.m. Attendance Members Present Staff Present Rachel Murphy-Thomas Chief John Eck, Wichita Fire Department Dennis Clary Officer West and Captain Duff, Wichita Police Wendy Carter Department Trey Rios Tracie Partridge, Wichita Public Library Lamont Anderson Cory Buchta, Community Services Jill Kerschen Representative, City Manager’s Office Trevor Kurth Jose Gutierrez Angela Breer Brynn Murphy – Youth Member Council Member Bryan Frye Members Absent JV Johnston Nick Penner • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Order of Business Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Trevor Kurth. Approval of September 1, 2021 Agenda: Motion PASSED 9-0-0 Approval of Minutes from August 2, 2021: Motion PASSED 9-0-0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Board Agenda 1. Updates, Issues, and Reports DAB 5 • September 1, 2021 •Minutes• Page 1  Passed budget and CIP a couple of weeks ago. Still working on ARPA funding. Using part for public infrastructure, lost revenue and hiring back staff. Still have about 20mill over next 4 years trying to figure out. Program on workforce looking at. Looking at homelessness solutions. Looking at affordable housing. Land Bank board of trustees filling out. Seeing a lot of road construction over the next few weeks. Trying to get it all done before it gets cold. Stoplight at Zoo and Hoover ready to go. Awarding construction contract two weeks ago. NDO, working on KLC on civic event to talk about concerns with different groups. Looking to create a sustainability board. Q (DAB): When is the land bank board of trustees finalized? A: Still making appointments. Every council member has an appointment. Two have been identified. I’m still interviewing people. Not everyone has made appointments yet. There will also be an advisory committee. Hopefully we can get that done in the next month. I still need someone for the Ethics Advisory Board and eventually C (DAB): RSCK submitted a few names for that. A: They did and I’m interviewing the one that lives in District 5 this week. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Public Agenda 2. Scheduled Items Renee Davis – International Rescue Committee presented information about their organization. IRC helps people whose lives have been shattered by conflicted and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. IRC in Wichita opened in 2011 and has resettled 1,590 refugees. Offer several programs in Wichita. Provide safe affordable housing, financial assistance, and case workers for recently resettled refugees. Help with naturalization process. Employment services offered to refugees up to 5 years after arrival. Offer civics courses and English as a Second Language classes. Financial services established in 2021. Financial literacy classes open to the public, not just refugees or clients of IRC. Includes one on one coaching. Email address offered in the comments: www.rescue.org 3. Off-Agenda Items None Action Taken: Received and filed. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Staff Reports 4. Wichita Fire Department Report Chief John Eck presented: August 2021 in D5, 5 fire alarms, 182 medical, 46 service, 45 other, total of 278 total incidents. DAB 5 • September 1, 2021 •Minutes• Page 2  Shared data on responses by station. Shared joint response with County diagram. Shared updated data on the Station 16/17 Pilot Program 5. Wichita Police Department Report Officer West reported: CP Officer for 17 and 18 beat. Covering both areas. West of meridian and south of Maple. Some burglaries in garages. People leaving garage doors open. People are leaving valuable items in their vehicles while parked in the garage. They’ll take your garage door remote and come back later. September 18 Rainbow Lakes neighborhood is having a night out. September 19 Open Streets ICT down on Douglas. Noon to 5pm. Come on out. September 30th Second Chance Thursday. Going very well. Been able to partner with the State and had them out there. Within 4 hours 6 people were able to get their DL back. Captain Duff: Trying to pass new ordinance next month about street racing. One of the biggest complaints out west. Found state laws and city ordinances are very outdated. Done a lot of research on other cities. Learned from their mistakes. Anyone who is doing illegal street racing. Misdemeanor. Mandatory house arrest and impound vehicle for 3 days. 2nd time mandatory house arrest for 30 days and impound car for 20 days. Found impound is very effective. Have a system set up for exceptions. State law is just for highways. Changing it so it’s like a DUI and enforceable in parking lots. Hoping to bring it to council next month. Have a lot of support for it. Includes motorcycles and stunt driving. Other places are seizing vehicles, but we don’t want to do that. Don’t expect too many second arrests on this. C (DAB): Congratulations on the drag racing event. A: We want to promote that there’s a legal way to do this. It was a great event. Appreciate you’re looking at still allowing people to use vehicles and using house arrest instead of incarceration. Applying some leeway while enforcing the law. Q (DAB): Catalytic converter etching, what was the turnout? A: Turnout was great. Want to do it again out West. It’s a big issue out here more than rest of city. We had over 1,000 vehicles show up and even more after we left. Want to do it again. Some of the laws are lax and people take advantage of that. We want to fix the loophole. C (CM Frye): The ordinance will be coming to the council this month. If you hear anything about it, let me know. Modeled it after some great programs and Captain Duff has done his research. 6. Park and Recreation Department Report CM Frye reported DAB 5 • September 1, 2021 • Minutes • Page 2  Harvest pool will close this weekend. The design elements are all in. Talked about doing a master plan for all of our rec centers. 7 in the city, none in D5. Will start with one remodel at McAdams. Hoping to address the others. Since 08 there’s been a recommendation to do something. Issued the RFP for golf privatization. Got several proposals. We did the same thing in 11 and decided not to outsource. Right now golf is doing very well. Said they will finish the year in high 6 figures which allows us to buy some equipment that is sorely needed. Each course is getting something. Redoing the roof at Tex, doing some drainage at MacDonald. Otherwise the season is wrapping up on a lot of Park programs. 7. Wichita Public Library Report Tracie Partridge reported: The Children’s Learning Garden at the Advanced Learning Library is nearing completion. This space is funded by a gift from Spirit Aerosystems through the Wichita Public Library Foundation. The interactive playground will feature several different play stations that relate to STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics). The garden is located on the south side of the Advanced Learning Library attached to the Children’s Pavilion. Follow along on social media for more information. Story times are back this fall! For health and safety reasons, we are hosting our story times outdoors in the cool fall Kansas weather, weather permitting. We have several story time series scheduled at different locations. Visit www.wichitalibrary.org/events to learn more. Learning Circles are lightly facilitated study groups for learners who want to take online courses together. These classes meet once a week for multiple weeks (usually 4-6 weeks). They are free courses with materials and curriculum compiled from experts of the topic of the course. The Library will hold several Learning Circles this fall. Visit p2pu.org/Wichita to register:  Fiction Writing for Teens begins September 29  Cryptozoology 101 begins September 30  Modern Art and Ideas begins October 5  Write Your First Novel begins November 6  Personal Finance 101 begins November 9  Foundations in Mindfulness begins December 1 Library staff created welcome packets in English, Spanish, French and Vietnamese for Immigration Support Services Network (ISSN). Each year in September, ISSN hosts Welcome Week, a week dedicated to introducing new residents to Wichita and its services. The Library is a longstanding partner. These welcome packets will be made available for new residents, and Library staff is working on a short introductory video to be played at this year’s virtual Welcome Week event this month. September is Library Card Sign-up Month. The Wichita Public Library issues full benefits cards and e- cards to adults and minors. Full benefits cards provide the holder with access to all of its physical materials, digital materials, computers, and Wi-Fi. E-cards provide the holder with access to its digital materials, computers, and Wi-Fi. The Wichita Public Library also issues State Library cards. State Library cards provide the holder with access to all of the State’s e-books, e-audiobooks, and databases. Library cards are free. DAB 5 • September 1, 2021 • Minutes • Page 3  Collaboration rooms are now open at the Advanced Learning Library and study rooms are now open at the Alford and Westlink Branches. Individuals and very small groups can utilize the spaces. Actual meeting rooms are not open at the Wichita Public Library. C (CM Frye): We will be able to advance the schedule on the Westlink Library to 2023 due to the ARPA funding. It will double the size at Westlink and add more meeting rooms. It will have an outdoor reading area and a teen meeting room. Action Taken: Received and filed. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New Business 8. None • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m. The next District 5 Advisory Board meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 4, 2021. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Guests Alan Kailer • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Respectfully submitted, Cory Buchta, Community Services Representative, District 5 DAB 5 • September 1, 2021 • Minutes • Page 4