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WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER THIS EVENING.

[CALL TO ORDER]

IF YOU'D ALL STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

WOULD YOU CALL ROLL, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER KARLIN PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER EITERICH.

COUNCIL MEMBER NICKS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER NOLTE PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROH HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ARROYO.

COUNCIL MEMBER SAYERS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DENNY.

MAYOR BOEHM IS PRESENT AND PRESIDING.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 20TH MEETING.

[APPROVE MINUTES ]

MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND.

MOTION BY DAN, SECONDED BY MELANIE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED.

MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ANY MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NONE. THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

WE DO HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING.

AND I THINK YOU'LL RECALL A WHILE BACK, WE HAD ONE MEMBER OF OUR BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEAL, I THINK IS HOW WE REFERENCE IT. ELECTED NOT TO BE.

OKAY. I WANT ONE OF THESE FOR THAT LAST MEETING.

WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT I WILL MENTION.

I LISTENED TO THE MEETING THE OTHER DAY AND WE COULD ALL BE HERE, BUT THE PEOPLE WITH THEIR BACK TO THE TO THE CAMERA, WHICH WAS MOSTLY STAFF, WERE NOT VERY CLEAR.

SO I'LL POINT THAT OUT WHILE YOU REMIND ME OF THAT.

ANYHOW, WE HAD AN OPENING, BUT WHEN A GENTLEMAN CHOSE NOT TO BE REAPPOINTED AFTER I THINK IT WAS 12 YEARS OF SERVICE AND WE KIND OF DID A

[APPOINTMENT]

CALL FOR VOTES AND HAD SEVERAL NAMES.

AND I PUT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, GLENN SHANE AND I DON'T THINK GLENN WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.

WHEN WE TALKED THE LAST TIME HE THOUGHT HE'D BE ON AN AIRPLANE COMING HOME TODAY.

SO WE PROBABLY DELAYED OUT THERE WITH RAIN AND MAY NEVER MAKE IT BACK.

BUT LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LENEXA WITH P1 GROUP, WHICH WE ALL KNOW AND RESPECT HERE IN TOWN AND BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, I'VE PROVIDED HIS HIS RESUME FROM THE P1 GROUP AS WELL AS A RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER. HELPING WRITE THAT OR ACTUALLY WRITING THAT FOR ME.

BUT I'D TAKE A MOTION OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION RIGHT NOW TO APPOINT GLENN TO THAT POSITION.

SECOND. MOTION BY TOM.

SECOND BY JOE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

IT'S NOT THAT ONE REPORTS UP THROUGH YOU.

CORRECT. WOULD YOU REACH OUT TO GLENN AND GIVE THE ORIENTATION AND TAKE IT FROM HERE? LET HIM KNOW. THANK YOU ALL.

CONSENT AGENDA IS THE NEXT ITEMS 1 THROUGH 13.

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

I'LL GIVE ADVANCE NOTICE.

I'M GOING TO PULL NUMBER 1 DUE TO A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT I MAY HAVE.

SO ALL MATTERS LISTED WITHIN CONSENT AGENDA HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY FOR REVIEW ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND NOT DONE BY ONE MOTION WITH NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

IF A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY OR THE AUDIENCE DESIRES A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ITEM, THAT ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.

ITEM ONE IS BEING PULLED.

TOM? NUMBER 8 AND NUMBER 9 FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

OKAY. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE 2 THROUGH 7 AND 10, 11, 12 AND 13.

MOTION BY. OH, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU, BUT I THOUGHT I HAD SOMEONE SAY MAYOR.

SO YOU WERE JUST SECONDING.

JULIE AND CRAIG.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? CONSENT AGENDA, AS NOTED, WAS APPROVED.

I'M GOING TO TAKE ON 8 AND 9 NOW.

SAME MOTION REQUIRED.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY DAN, SECOND BY JOE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? IF YOU'LL NOTE THAT ONE, TOM.

ABSTAINING. EVERYONE ELSE VOTING AYE AND I WILL QUOTE UNQUOTE STEP ASIDE FOR A MOMENT FOR NUMBER 1 AND ASK COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOE KARLIN TO HANDLE THIS ITEM. YES. ITEM 1 IS A BID AWARD TO INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS FOR THE 70TH STREET WEST OF QUIVIRA ROAD, 98TH TERRACE AND WALKER STREET AND 95TH AND ALDEN LANE, STORM DRAINAGE, STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 1? IF NOT, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

COURTNEY AND BILL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED.

IT'S APPROVED. THANK YOU, JOE.

ITEM NUMBER 14 UNDER NEW BUSINESS IS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 22ND, 2023 TO CONSIDER EXCEEDING THE REVENUE

[NEW BUSINESS]

[00:05:02]

NEUTRAL PROPERTY TAX RATE AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 22ND, 2023, TO CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET, NATE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, MAYOR NATE BLOOM WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

THIS ITEM IS SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR INTENT TO EXCEED THE REVENUE NEUTRAL RATE FOR AUGUST 22ND, 2023.

THE RECOMMENDED MILL LEVY OF $27.372 EXCEEDS THE REVENUE NEUTRAL RATE AS CALCULATED BY JOHNSON COUNTY.

HOWEVER, JUST A REMINDER, IT IS A THREE QUARTERS OF A MILL ROLLBACK FROM OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 TAX RATE.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS ITEM SETS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET ALSO ON AUGUST 22ND, 2023.

IT ALSO SETS THE MAX EXPENDITURES AT $224.8 MILLION $154.3 MILLION OF THAT IS EXPENSES AND $70.5 MILLION IS BUDGETED RESERVES.

THE CITY CAN CANNOT EXCEED THIS MAX BUDGET OR THE MILL LEVY OF $27.372, BUT IT CAN BE REDUCED AT A LATER DATE UNTIL ADOPTION . STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

NONE? NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

SECOND. MOTION BY COURTNEY.

SECOND BY DAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? RESOLUTION IS APPROVED.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

[COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS]

ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE THIS EVENING? DAN.

JUST LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND SO FORTH.

I THINK THE THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE SEEN WAS GREAT APPRECIATION.

THE WORD GOT OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY AND YOU GUYS MOBILIZED FAIRLY QUICKLY.

IT WAS QUITE A STORM WE HAD.

SO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND THE ENERGY AND THE EFFORT OVER THE WEEKEND TO GET READY FOR MONDAY.

AND GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

AND GETTING THE NOTICE UP ON THE WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY DEFLECTED AND DEFERRED A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN YET, BUT FRANKLY, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW WE WOULD BE THERE WAS REASSURING TO MANY.

AND ONCE AGAIN, LENEXA JUST STOOD OUT AND SHINED AMONG COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY DIRECTION.

AND THE MAYOR'S BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF THANKS AND I'VE BEEN JUST GOING RIGHT TO STAFF, WHICH IS AS USUAL, THEY TOOK CHARGE AND TOLD US WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BILL. WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YOU KEPT ALL OF US APPRAISED OF WHERE WE WERE WITH EVERGY AND, I DON'T KNOW, 4 OR 5 EMAILS, SO THANK YOU. SURE.

JOE. ECHOING WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SAID ABOUT THE STORM AND TWO OTHER SHOUT OUTS.

AND THIS IS JUST IT'S SO SIMILAR TO HOW QUICKLY STAFF AND HOW THOROUGHLY STAFF ADDRESSES EVERYTHING.

LOGAN HELPED ANSWER A QUESTION FROM A CONSTITUENT.

TIM ANSWERED ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND JUST THE DILIGENCE AND THE THOROUGHNESS WAS WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF EVERYBODY HERE, NOT JUST THOSE I SINGLED OUT.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING US LOOK SO GOOD.

SHOUT OUT TO LOGAN AND HIS TEAM.

BUT FRANKLY, WE KNOW WHEN LOGAN IS INVOLVED SO IS IT, PUBLIC WORKS, LEGAL AND EVERYONE ELSE.

WITH A SUCCESSFUL, ALTHOUGH SMALLER THAN USUAL, FOOD TRUCK FRENZY IN OLD TOWN, THE WEATHER KIND OF THREW A WRENCH IN THAT.

BUT THOSE THAT WERE THERE APPRECIATED THE MUSIC AND THE BANDS, AND I THINK EVERYBODY STILL HAD A GOOD TIME.

AND THEN WE HAD THE MIDNIGHT BIKE RIDE AT 10:00 AND THERE WERE A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS OUT THERE IN THE DARK RIDING AROUND WITH THEIR MOMS AND DADS AND A LOT OF ADULTS THAT WERE JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME AS WELL.

AND ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT KIND OF UNIQUE TO LENEXA IN THE AREA.

SO THANKS FOR THE TEAM ON THAT AS WELL.

UH, STAFF REPORTS.

[STAFF REPORTS]

YES. MAYOR, YOU ALL SORT OF GOT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF US ON ON THE STORM DISCUSSION, BUT OBVIOUSLY VERY PROUD OF THE RESPONSE ON BY OUR TEAM.

AND I'VE ASKED NICK TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING AND WHAT IS STILL YET TO COME IN THE STORM CLEANUP.

THANK YOU, BECKY. NICK ARENA, MUNICIPAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

SO I AM GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT LAST FRIDAY AND OUR RESPONSE TO DATE AND WHAT'S YET TO COME.

SO AS WE ALL KNOW, STORMS ENTERED THE LENEXA AREA A LITTLE AFTER 3:00 ON FRIDAY.

AND AT THAT TIME, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING, WHICH IS THE SECOND LEVEL OUT OF THREE THAT THEY CAN ISSUE.

[00:10:01]

THE LAST ONE IS DESTRUCTIVE.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF RARE TO SEE THAT KIND OF WORDING ON THESE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS.

THEY WERE EXPECTED TO HAVE 70 TO 80 MILE AN HOUR WINDS.

THAT'S WHAT IT WAS BEING REPORTED AS THEY ROLLED THROUGH DOUGLAS COUNTY AND CAME INTO OUR AREA.

BUT WE ACTUALLY SAW WINDS A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER THAN THAT.

WE HAD AN 89 MILE AN HOUR GUST THAT WAS REPORTED IN LENEXA.

THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE AND AN EF ONE TORNADO SO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WINDS.

SHORTLY AFTER THE BRUNT OF THE STORM MOVED THROUGH, WE HAD CREWS RESPONDED AND BEGAN REMOVING TREES AND DEBRIS THAT HAD FALLEN INTO THE ROADWAY.

AND THAT WAS OUR MAIN RESPONSE THERE THAT NIGHT, IS TO MAKE SURE ALL THE ROADS WERE CLEAR.

WE JUST PUSHED IT TO THE SIDE.

NO ONE WOULD COME BACK AND GET IT AT A LATER DATE.

THAT WORK WAS COMPLETED ABOUT 10:30 AT NIGHT.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO TREES OF ALL SIZES IN TOWN.

IT DIDN'T REALLY YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T CONCENTRATED ON ONE SPECIFIC AREA.

IT SEEMED TO HIT EVERYBODY EQUALLY AS HARD.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS RADAR RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS THE WIND VELOCITY AS THE STORM WAS GOING THROUGH LENEXA.

YOU CAN TELL THIS IS 435 RIGHT HERE, K7.

AND THIS IS HIGHWAY TEN, THESE BLUES, WHICH PRETTY MUCH OUTLINE THE CITY BOUNDARIES.

THOSE ARE 70 TO 80 PLUS MILE AN HOUR WINDS AS THEY'RE ROLLING THROUGH.

PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, AS YOU CAN SEE.

THAT COVERS THE MAJORITY OF OUR OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S A LITTLE BLOWN UP PORTION OF IT AND THESE DARKER BLUES IN HERE ARE YOUR 80 MILE AN HOUR PLUS WINDS.

SO ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHEN YOU SEE THE STORMS COME THROUGH AND SEE THE WINDS.

THIS IS THE RADAR LOOP FROM WHEN THE STORMS CAME IN AND THIS ROLLS BACK AROUND.

PAY ATTENTION TO THAT 435 LOOP HERE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT STORM JUST EXPLODE RIGHT ON TOP OF US.

A LOT OF ENERGY. PRETTY INTENSE STORM.

IT REALLY KIND OF GAINED STRENGTH AS IT CAME THROUGH, CAME THROUGH THE AREA.

SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF DEBRIS, A LOT OF LARGE LIMBS, LARGE TREES THAT WERE DAMAGED.

YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE HERE.

THIS WAS SPLIT AND ALL OF THIS YARD HERE.

ACTUALLY, THEY DID A GOOD JOB BECAUSE THIS ACTUALLY BLEW OVER INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY AND IT WAS UP HERE ON TOP OF THEIR GUTTERS.

AND SO THEY MOVED IT ALL OVER HERE.

BUT THAT WAS A LARGE A LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND JUST SOME MORE HERE.

LARGE TREES THAT WERE JUST SPLIT.

I THINK THEY HAD ANY CHANCE AND YOU COULD SEE HERE, WELL, THIS IS LINED UP READY FOR CREWS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END OF THE STREET.

AND YOU DRIVE AROUND AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ALMOST EVERYWHERE YOU GO RIGHT NOW.

SO OUR RESPONSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE DOING A CITYWIDE CURBSIDE PICKUP FOR VEGETATIVE DEBRIS ONLY.

WE HAVE STARTED IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN THE HARDEST HIT AND THE MORE VEGETATIVE DEBRIS THAT ARE IN TOWN.

SO CREWS ARE ALREADY IN THOSE AREAS RIGHT NOW AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN THOSE AREAS.

PICKUP IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT THE WESTERN CITY LIMITS TOMORROW AND WORK EAST.

THIS DECISION WAS MADE TO ALLOW RESIDENTS THAT WERE THE MOST HARDEST HIT, MORE TIME TO GET THEIR DEBRIS TO THE CURB AND JUST GET EVERYTHING CLEANED UP AND PICKED UP.

AND IN ADDITION, OUR SERVICE CENTER WILL BE OPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 8 TO 4 ON BOTH DAYS FOR RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO DROP OFF THEIR DEBRIS.

PARKS CREWS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO REMOVE THE LIMBS OF DEBRIS FROM THE TRAILS IN THE PARKS.

OUR STORMWATER CREWS WERE WORKING TO GET THE SAME OUT OF THE STREAMS AND THE CREEKS TO PREVENT ANY FLOODING OR ANYTHING THAT COULD BE WASHED AWAY.

WHEN THOSE CREWS ARE DONE WITH THAT, THEY'LL BE KIND OF JOINING FORCES WITH OUR STREETS TO REALLY ATTACK THIS IN LARGE.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL KEEP TRACK OF ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT USED IN CASE THERE IS A DECLARATION.

WE ANTICIPATE THE WORK TO LAST UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK.

OUR HOPE IS TO COMPLETE IT ON FRIDAY.

JUST LOOKING AROUND, THOUGH, THAT'S GOING TO BE A STRETCH AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE TAKE A LOT.

SO HERE'S THE CLEANUP MAP.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'LL BE STARTING IN THE WESTERN CITY LIMITS RIGHT HERE.

AND WE WILL BE WORKING OUR WAY EAST.

IF WE FINISH AN AREA EARLY, WE WILL GO INTO THE NEXT DAY'S AREA.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE START THAT DAY, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE GO THROUGH THAT AREA AND COMPLETE IN CASE ANYBODY PUTS ADDITIONAL MATERIAL OUT FOR US TO PICK UP, THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AND THEN WE'LL TACKLE THE EAST SIDE OVER HERE.

THIS AREA HERE, HERE AND HERE SOUTH OF 79TH.

THOSE WERE OUR CREWS ARE CURRENTLY AT.

AND THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST MARCHING STRAIGHT DOWN AND TRY TO GET UP MOST OF THOSE MOST OF THE DEBRIS THERE SO.

SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANYONE? MELANIE?

[00:15:01]

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IF THERE WERE ANY INSTANCES OF SINKHOLES OR ANY DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE.

INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAD SOME SIGNS THAT WERE DOWN.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF REPORTS OF SINKHOLES NOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS FROM THE STORM, WE DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW STORMWATER CREWS ARE OUT THERE LOOKING AT IT, THOUGH.

THEY WERE DOING THAT YESTERDAY.

SOME SIDEWALK ISSUES WHEN TREES POPPED, SIDEWALKS, WHICH WE'LL GO BACK AND REPLACE.

OKAY. THANKS, NICK.

ANY OTHERS? BECKY, THANK YOU.

ANY STUDENTS IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING? I KNOW WE HAVE TWO, BUT THEY'RE NOT.

BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE STUDENTS.

HAPPY TO WELCOME NEBRASKA FOLKS.

RIGHT. NIECE AND NEPHEW OF COUNCIL MEMBER ROH, TRAVIS AND LIZZIE.

WE ALWAYS QUIZ OUR STUDENTS TO SEE IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION.

AND THAT GOES FOR RELATIVES AS WELL.

SO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DO YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU HAD? YOU PICKED A GREAT MEETING BECAUSE IT WAS LITERALLY ALL CONSENT AS OPPOSED TO DOING ITEM BY ITEM.

BUT ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYTHING PLAY OUT.

WE'RE REALLY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND DAN'S BEEN GREAT AND YEAH, JUST LET ME SEE EVERYTHING PLAY OUT GOOD.

HE'S PROBABLY BEEN SCHOOLING YOU ABOUT THIS SINCE HE WAS APPOINTED, RIGHT? WELL, WELCOME TO LENEXA.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT.

THAT ENDS OUR RECORDED PORTION THIS EVENING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.