[CALL TO ORDER]
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JENNIFER, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER KARLIN.
MAYOR SAYERS IS PRESENT AND PRESIDING.
BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 17TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR APPROVAL.
[APPROVE MINUTES]
NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, PLEASE? MOTION BY CHRIS, SECOND BY MARK.ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
JENNIFER ANY MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NONE THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING.
[PROCLAMATIONS]
FIRST IS NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION MONTH.SECOND IS NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES MONTH, AND THIRD IS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH.
AND I'LL COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM.
FOR FIRE PREVENTION MONTH, WE HAVE CAPTAIN DAVE LITTLE HERE JOINING TO ACCEPT.
WHEREAS FIRE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN AND PEOPLE ARE AT GREATEST RISK FROM FIRE IN THEIR HOMES, ROUGHLY THREE OUT OF FIVE DEATHS HAPPEN IN HOMES WITH EITHER NO SMOKE ALARMS OR NO WORKING SMOKE ALARMS. AND WHEREAS SMOKE ALARMS CUT THE RISK OF DYING IN REPORTED HOME FIRES ALMOST IN HALF.
AND WHEREAS LENEXA RESIDENTS SHOULD INSTALL SMOKE ALARMS IN EVERY SLEEPING ROOM, OUTSIDE EACH SLEEPING AREA AND ON EVERY LEVEL OF THE HOME, AND MAKE SURE THEIR SMOKE ALARMS MEET ALL THE NEEDS OF ALL FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SENSORY OR PHYSICAL ABILITIES.
DO PICTURES FIRST AND THEN YOU'RE WELCOME TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING TO ADD TONIGHT? I'M SORRY. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TONIGHT? YES. YEAH.
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PROCLAMATION AND YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AS THE MAYOR JUST READ, SMOKE ALARMS CLEARLY SAVED LIVES THAT'S THE REASON THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION CHOSE THE THEME FOR FIRE PREVENTION MONTH THIS YEAR, AS SMOKE ALARMS MAKE THEM WORK FOR YOU.
ON AN ENTIRELY UNRELATED TOPIC, IF I MAY ASK, HOW MANY OF YOU WORE YOUR SEAT BELTS ON THE WAY HERE THIS MORNING OR THIS EVENING? VERY GOOD. I FIGURED MOST OF US WOULD RAISE OUR HANDS.
I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY PARENTS DIDN'T CONSISTENTLY WEAR THEIR SEAT BELTS.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN CONSISTENTLY ASK ME TO WEAR MY SEAT BELT.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I'M UP HERE TALKING ABOUT SEAT BELTS WHEN I'M SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT SMOKE ALARMS? IT'S A VALID QUESTION.
BUT SURPRISINGLY, THERE'S SOME SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SMOKE ALARMS AND SEAT BELTS.
BACK IN THE 70S, LESS THAN 20% OF THE HOMES HAD A SMOKE ALARM IN THEM, AS WELL AS LESS THAN 20% OF THE DRIVERS ON THE ROAD USE THEIR SEATBELTS. COMPARE THAT TO TODAY'S NUMBERS.
BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE OVER 95%, AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY SAVE LIVES.
THEY'VE PROVEN THEMSELVES AND THEY'RE THEY'RE EFFECTIVE.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS FOR SMOKE ALARMS, WE HAVE TO ACTIVELY USE THEM.
WE HAVE TO REACH ACROSS AND BUCKLE OURSELVES IN SMOKE ALARMS WHERE IT'S MORE OF A PASSIVE USE BECAUSE YOU JUST LOOK AT IT ON THE CEILING AND JUST ASSUME IT'S WORKING. BUT THEY STILL NEED MAINTENANCE.
WE SHOULD BE CHECKING THEM EVERY MONTH.
WE SHOULD BE CHANGING THE BATTERIES EVERY YEAR AND THEN EVERY TEN YEARS.
THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED, JUST LIKE US.
AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU GET A LITTLE SLOWER.
SO SMOKE ALARMS ARE THE SAME WAY.
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THEY HAVE A SHELF LIFE OF TEN YEARS.SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN GETTING USED TO LATER EVENINGS, LATER MEETINGS AROUND HERE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.
WHEN YOU GET IN YOUR CAR AFTER THE MEETING, YOU BUCKLE YOURSELF IN YOUR CAR, DRIVE HOME.
WHEN YOU GET HOME, PLEASE CHECK YOUR SMOKE ALARMS. TEST. TEST THE SMOKE ALARMS. MAKE SURE THEY'RE WORKING.
THE BATTERY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
REPLACE IT. PULL IT OFF THE CEILING OR THE WALL.
MAKE SURE IT'S LESS THAN TEN YEARS OLD.
SO JUST BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SMOKE ALARMS, REPLACE THEM IF IT'S NEEDED, AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SMOKE ALARM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE EVERY SLEEPING ROOM AND SO THAT YOU CAN ENSURE THAT YOU MAKE YOUR SMOKE ALARMS WORK FOR YOU.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT WE WILL HAVE JUDY TUCKNESS WITH THE LENEXA ARTS COUNCIL AND SARAH VANLANDUYT.
DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YES, WITH THE JOCO ARTS COUNCIL.
AND WHEREAS THE HUMANITIES HELP DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION EXPLORE THEIR HISTORY AND CULTURE WITH THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, 56 DISTRICT HUMANITIES COUNCILS AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE LEGLER BARN MUSEUM AND DEPOT.
AND WHEREAS, FROM THE RECENT ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY STUDY THROUGH THE AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS, A NONPROFIT AND ARTS AND CULTURE INDUSTRY HAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $38.5 MILLION IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
NATIONALLY, THE ARTS AND CULTURE MAKES UP $1.1 TRILLION IMPACT.
AND IN THE STATE OF KANSAS, THE IMPACT IS 4.6 BILLION.
ANY ADDITIONAL REMARKS? SURE. OKAY. GOVERNING BODY WANT YOU TO KNOW, AS A MEMBER OF THE LENEXA ARTS COUNCIL.
YES. A LONG STANDING MEMBER OF THE LENEXA ARTS COUNCIL.
I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY GIVES TO THE ARTS.
YOU CAN TELL THAT BY THE FESTIVALS.
YOU CAN TELL THAT BY OUR GALLERY.
YOU CAN TELL THAT BY ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPORTED SO WELL.
NOT EVERY CITY CAN BRAG ABOUT THAT.
NOT EVERY ARTS COUNCIL CAN BRAG ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT, GREAT SUPPORT GROUP.
[APPLAUSE] AND FINALLY, STEPHANIE AND A SPECIAL GUEST.
WHO IS THIS? THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, NAOMI.
HI, NAOMI. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP WITH US? PERFECT. LET'S DO IT.
WHEREAS CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND AFFECTS ALL CITIES, SUBURBS, COUNTIES AND OTHER PLACES.
AND WHEREAS, THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE PARTICIPATION AND DEDICATION OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND CITIZENS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF LENEXA.
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I LOVE SPEAKING.YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE LESS FROM ME TONIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF PLANNING MONTH IN OCTOBER.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO RECOGNIZE PLANNING AS A PROFESSION, BECAUSE SOMETIMES TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT RUNS IN THE BACKGROUND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS GET DEVELOPED.
AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED BEFORE GETTING INTO THE PROFESSION.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR PLANNING AND LENEXA LONG RANGE.
WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALL OF OUR CURRENT PLANNING PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE YOU.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A QUICK SHOUT OUT.
OUR PLANNING DIVISION INCLUDES MYSELF AS THE MANAGER.
WE HAVE KIM PORTILLO, WE HAVE DAVE DALECKY.
BUT WE ARE LED BY SCOTT AND HIS WONDERFUL DIRECTION AND HIS PAST EXPERIENCE AS A PLANNER AS WELL.
SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AGAIN, TO WORK FOR THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND HELP MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
[APPLAUSE] UP NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE HAVE SIX ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA.ALL MATTERS LISTED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND APPROVED COLLECTIVELY, WITH NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION BY THE MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY, CITY MANAGER OR BY THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE.
ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? THANK YOU JOE.
SECOND BY COURTNEY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
WE HAVE NO NEW BUSINESS THIS EVENING.
[COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS]
CHRIS.ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. ANY STAFF REPORTS? TODD. WE DO NOT.
OH, I'LL JUST JUMP IN A COUPLE REMINDERS.
WE HAVE A TON OF STUFF GOING ON IN OCTOBER.
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT WEEK IN REVIEW.
WE WILL BE WATCHING THE ROYALS HOPEFULLY PLAY THE.
THIS DOES END THE RECORDED PORTION OF THE MEETING AND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.