District 6 Advisory Board

Minutes 1 February 15, 2012 District VI Advisory Board Minutes www.wichita.gov Monday Evergreen Recreation Center February 15, 2012 2700 N. Woodland 6:30 p.m. Clubroom /Lounge The District VI Advisory Board meeting was held at 6:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Recreation Center Lounge Clubroom 2700 N. Woodland. First Pro-tem Dunakey led the meeting with five (5) District Advisory Board members, seven (7) city staff and three (3) members of the public who signed in. Members Present Members Absent Cathy Landwehr Joel Weihe Denise O’Leary-Siemer Staff Present John VanWalleghen Terri Dozal, Neighborhood Assistant Scott Dunakey Derrick Slocum, Planning Denice Bruce Gary Jansen, Public Works Charlie Claycomb Carl Haas, Public Works Deborah Sanders Alexis Johnson-youth Councilmember Miller called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. welcoming everyone. Miller asked members to introduce themselves and state their representation for serving on the board. Approval of Minutes There were no minutes for approval. Approval of Agenda The agenda was approved as submitted (VanWalleghen/Dunakey 8-0) Public Agenda 1. Scheduled items: None at this time 2. Off-agenda items: None at this time New Business Zoning 3. CON2012-00002 The District VI Advisory Board (DAB) considered a City Conditional Use request to allow a playground for a daycare facility located on an adjacent property: generally located south and west of Zoo Boulevard and N. Illinois Street The members were provided the MAPD staff report for review prior to the meeting. Derek Slocum, Planner presented the case background, reviewed the staff recommendation and answered questions of members and the public. The Board asked/made the following questions/comments: Responses in Italics Is the daycare facility already built? It will be open soon. Why is this being requested as a conditional use? The playground is required to have a conditional use permit since it is considered a part of the daycare. Will there be fencing for the playground? Yes, the fence will be chain link facing East/West.  Minutes 2 February 15, 2012 Will Illinois Street be paved? The street will be used for emergency purposes only. In order to get paved it would need a petition. There were no members of the public to speak in opposition of the request. ****Action: The District VI Advisory Board members made a motion to recommend to City Council Approval (VanWalleghen/Claycomb 8-0) of the conditional use request. 4. 21st to 29th Street along Amidon Improvements Gary Jansen and Carl Haas, Public Works staff presented how the Amidon Street improvements will be reconstructed to provide two lanes of traffic in each direction and a continuous center left turn lane along with how each intersection from 21st to29th Streets will be constructed. Jansen also stated they had held a neighborhood meeting on January 17th to gather input from the property owners. The Board asked/made the following questions/comments: Responses in Italics At 29th street would you divert traffic through the neighborhood? Try to figure out how to get traffic to school, possibly a temporary widening. How soon will you know about the size of acquisition? We will approach the neighbors in May/June. Will there be tons of driveways consolidation? We are looking at the 29th intersection some we propose not close and others that have circle drives to keep. I live South in Indian Hills/riverbend, do you see this attracting more traffic at 15th/McLean and 13th? I’m comfortable McLean can still handle the traffic but not sure about 15th. Will trees be affected? Some when we do the drainage improvements. Miller asked about mid-block pedestrian crossing with signal, how we make those decisions. Jansen responded the traffic and pedestrian counts would determine if a light is continued to be needed. Will you change traffic speed? There are no plans at present to change. Pete DeFazio, DeFazio Restaurant asked when changing the drainage plan is there a chance to pave 26th/ Street Drive as I want the road paved. I would like to put in outdoor dining so what does it take to get the road paved? You need to circulate a petition in the benefit district and will need 51% of the area in favor to pave the road. Carl Sevard, Sweetbriar Shopping asked if there will be property acquired there. Not near Sweetbriar. Will there be sidewalks on both sides? Yes. VanWalleghen stated the neighborhood was interested that people were happy and there was no negativity. I’m in favor. Will sweetbriar have better drainage? This should improve Sweetbriar a lot. At present the water can’t get underground now. *****Action: The District VI Advisory Board made a motion to recommend Approval (Dunakey/Sanders 8-0) of the proposed project. Board Agenda 5. Problem Properties No reports made. 6. Neighborhood Reports No reports made. *****Action: Receive and file.  Minutes 3 February 15, 2012 Updates from the councilmember Announcements Next DAB meeting will be on Monday March 5, 2012 Guests Chris Pile Chris Bohm Kalvin Simon Carl Sevard George and Leslie Shay Kris Wessel Angel Banuelos Pete DeFazio Rob Hartman With no further business to discuss the meeting adjourned at 7:32p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Terri Dozal, Neighborhood Assistant