Dec 17, 2024 City Council Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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OF ALLEGIANCE] JENNIFER, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? THANK YOU. ANY MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NONE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS THIS EVENING.

[APPOINTMENTS]

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER ARROYO FOR SERVING AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

IT'S A LOT OF RIBBON CUTTINGS, GUYS, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

NEXT WE HAVE SOME REAPPOINTMENTS OR I'M SORRY, THE BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEALS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.

FIRST, BEFORE YOU, I AM RECOMMENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF ELLEN FOSTER TO THE BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEALS.

WE DID MISS GETTING HER APPLICATION AND RESUME IN THE PACKET.

SO THAT IS SITTING HERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW THIS EVENING IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH ELLEN, DID SHE MAKE IT THIS EVENING? DID NOT MAKE IT.

BUT SHE IT WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE LENEXA JUSTICE CENTER.

SO YOU'VE SEEN HER AROUND? SHE PRACTICES JUST ACROSS THE STREET WITH FINKLE WILLIAMS ARCHITECTURE.

AND SERVES AS THEIR CODE LIAISON FOR THEIR FIRM.

SO WELL VERSED IN MUNICIPAL CODE.

CONFIDENT THAT SHE WILL BRING HER EXPERTISE TO THE BOARD AND THEN FOR THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, RACHEL LAUREN PARKER MILLVILLE, ERIC ARNER AND VANESSA VAUGHN WEST ARE FINISHING THEIR THREE YEAR TERMS AND WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM, SO I'M RECOMMENDING THEM FOR REAPPOINTMENTS.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THOSE APPOINTMENTS? MOTION BY CRAIG.

SECOND BY BILL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

WE HAVE NINE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING.

ALL MATTERS LISTED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND APPROVED COLLECTIVELY, WITH NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MAY BE REMOVED BY FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY.

CITY MANAGER OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.

IN THE EVENT THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT WILL BE PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.

ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

A MOTION BY CHELSEA, SECOND BY CRAIG.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.

[10. Public hearing to appear and show cause why the fire damaged structure at 19430 W. 87th Lane should not be condemned and ordered repaired or demolished as an unsafe or dangerous structure - CONTINUED TO THE JANUARY 21, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT STAFF'S REQUEST]

THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS IS BEING CONTINUED TO THE JANUARY 21ST, 2025 MEETING AT STAFF'S REQUEST.

NUMBER 11 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT RENEWAL FOR ENTERTAINMENT, OUTDOOR USE FOR SMILEY'S GOLF COMPLEX AND EXECUTIVE GOLF COURSE LOCATED AT

[11. Ordinance approving a special use permit renewal for an entertainment, outdoor use for Smiley's Golf Complex and Executive Golf Course, located at 10195 Monticello Terrace, in the AG, Agricultural Zoning District]

STEPHANIE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

LET ME GET THIS POWERPOINT UP HERE FOR YOU.

AS MENTIONED, ITEM 11 IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT RENEWAL REQUEST FOR SMILEY'S.

YOU MAY BE AWARE OF SMILEY'S AS IT'S BEEN AN INSTITUTION IN LENEXA FOR SOME TIME NOW, AND IT'S LOCATED NEAR K SEVEN AND K TEN OFF MONTICELLO ROAD. MORE SPECIFICALLY, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN NOW THE LOCATION MAP AGAIN, IT'S IN THAT NORTHEAST CORNER OF K TEN AND K SEVEN.

AND MONTICELLO TERRACE AND MONTICELLO ARE THE ROADS THAT BASICALLY WRAP THE SITE TO THE WEST, SOUTH AND EAST.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE.

AND THE PARKING LOT FOR SMILEY'S IS LOCATED ALONG THIS BASICALLY LOOP OF THE TWO HIGHWAY INTERSECTIONS HERE WITH A SMALL BUILDING. THE REMAINDER OF IT IS GOLF COURSE.

IT'S ABOUT A 68 ACRE SITE.

THE CRITERIA FOR REVIEW FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN NOW.

THERE ARE 13 CRITERIA THAT WE DIVE DEEP INTO WITHIN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT.

I CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL WITH ANY OF THESE CRITERIA UPON REQUEST, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP MY PRESENTATION PRETTY BRIEF.

OTHERWISE, ON THE SCREEN NOW YOU'LL SEE THE ZONING MAP AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

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AND AS MENTIONED, IT IS A ENTERTAINMENT OUTDOOR TYPE LAND USE IN ITS CURRENT FORM AS AN ENTERTAINMENT GOLF COURSE TYPE USE AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR BUSINESS PARK HERE.

AND AT THIS POINT I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT A BUSINESS PARK.

IT'S AN INDEED MORE OF A OPEN GOLF COURSE ENTERTAINMENT TYPE USE.

BUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES CONTEMPLATE REDEVELOPMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE FUTURE WE ENVISION A BUSINESS PARK TYPE USE, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE MAYBE INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES LOGISTICS, OFFICE. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES ALLOWED IN BUSINESS PARK, AND YOU CAN SEE ALSO AROUND IT SOME POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENTS FOR THINGS LIKE OFFICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, SOME MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND EVEN SOME COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL FURTHER NORTH TOWARD PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY.

SO WE DO ENVISION THIS AREA POTENTIALLY REDEVELOPING AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

HOWEVER, FOR NOW, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A FIVE YEAR AND ONE MONTH ISH OR SO EXTENSION ON THEIR SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO COINCIDE WITH THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY.

HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SITE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER WITH SOME LABELS.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT PARKING AREA, THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE PRO SHOP.

AND RIGHT TO THE NORTHWEST OF THAT CLUBHOUSE AND PRO SHOP IS A LITTLE MINI GOLF AREA AS WELL.

AND STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO BASICALLY EXTEND THAT SPECIAL USE FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS IN ONE MONTH. THE APPLICANT SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED UNTIL JANUARY 15TH OF 2030 FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AGAIN TO COINCIDE WITH THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT ON THE PROPERTY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? MR. MCFARLAND, ANYTHING ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT? IF I MAY NEED ANY GRAPHICS UP HERE.

NO, I'M FINE, THANK YOU.

MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCILWOMEN, CITY COUNCILMEN.

MY NAME IS MARK MCFARLAND.

I'M WITH THE HINKLE LAW FIRM HERE AT LENEXA CITY CENTER.

IT'S MY DISTINCT PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO REPRESENT SMILEY'S GOLF COMPLEX AND EXECUTIVE GOLF COURSE.

ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE SMILEY'S GOLF COURSE.

GOLF. SMILEY'S GOLF COMPLEX AND EXECUTIVE GOLF COURSE THROUGH JANUARY OF 2015.

ALSO APPEARING ON BEHALF OF SMILEY'S IS MR. JEFF TOLL, WHO'S THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF SMILEY'S GOLF COMPLEX AND EXECUTIVE GOLF COURSE.

BEFORE I GET STARTED I WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF, SCOTT AND STEPHANIE.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE SET UP THERE IS VERY STREAMLINED.

IT WORKS VERY WELL.

SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY RUN INTO IN FRONT OF OTHER CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL POSITIONS.

AND AS A CITIZEN OF LENEXA, I ALSO APPRECIATE EVEN THOUGH SMILEY'S BEEN IN LENEXA FOR 60 YEARS, THEY STILL DID A VERY THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THIS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND FOR YOU.

AND AS I SAID, AS A CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF LENEXA, I APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT.

I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IT.

THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDED IT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS YOU DON'T.

YOU KNOW, ABOUT SMILEY'S THAT I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN HOW IT IS A VERY, VERY GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN AND HAS BEEN TO THE CITY OF LENEXA FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS. AS I INDICATED, SMILEY'S BEEN IN LENEXA FOR 60 YEARS, THE LAST 36 YEARS IN THE PRESENT LOCATION.

BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND OR KNOW IS SMILEY'S GOLF COMPLEX SERVES THE COMMUNITY A NUMBER OF WAYS.

SEVERAL AREA HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAMS HAVE FEE REDUCED USE OF SMILEY'S AS THEIR PRIMARY PRACTICE FACILITY.

SMILEY'S GOLF COURSE HOSTS SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TOURNAMENTS.

THIS INCLUDES MILL VALLEY, SAINT JAMES, OLATHE NORTH, OLATHE NORTHWEST, AND SHAWNEE MISSION SHAWNEE MISSION WEST HIGH SCHOOLS.

THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS GOLF TEAMS USE THE FACILITY FOR TEAM PRACTICES AND SMILEY'S HOST THE SEASON ENDING GOLF TOURNAMENT AND SKILLS COMPETITION.

JUST THIS YEAR, LENEXA PARKS AND RECREATION BEGAN OFFERING JUNIOR GOLF LESSONS AT SMILEY'S TAUGHT BY SMILEY'S INSTRUCTORS.

KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTERS INTRODUCED THEIR YOUNG STUDENTS TO THE GAME OF GOLF BY ARRANGING VISITS TO SMILEY'S GOLF COURSE COMPLEX.

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AND FINALLY, JOHNSON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND USES THE MINIATURE GOLF FACILITIES REGULARLY FOR THE EDUCATION AND RECREATION OF ITS STUDENTS.

IT ALSO SERVES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS SUPPORT OF A MYRIAD OF NOT FOR PROFIT AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, OVER MANY YEARS, KANSAS CITY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE HAS HELD THE IDIOTS OPEN CHARITABLE GOLF TOURNAMENT AT SMILEY'S, WITH PROCEEDS NOW EXCEEDING $100,000. APPROXIMATELY 100 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BENEFIT FROM SMILEY'S DONATIONS OF CERTIFICATES FOR FREE USE OF THE FACILITY EVERY YEAR.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT PLANNING STAFF HAD WAS THE CONDITION OF THE PARKING FACILITY.

AND I CAN TELL YOU IN TALKING WITH MR. TOLLE, THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN REMOVING CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND CURBING, BECAUSE THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE COOL WEATHER, AND WE'LL GET THAT DONE.

AND THEN WHEN THE WARM WEATHER COMES AROUND, HOPEFULLY EARLY SPRING, THEN WE'LL START DOING REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ASPHALT IN THE AREA.

WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. YOU TOO.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT RENEWAL FOR ENTERTAINMENT OUTDOOR USE FOR SMILEY'S GOLF COMPLEX.

SECOND MOTION BY COURTNEY.

SECOND BY MELANIE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.

[12. Consideration of a preliminary plan for Renner 87, a mixed-use development in City Center, located at the northeast corner of 87th Street Parkway & Renner Boulevard in the CC, Planned City Center District]

87, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN CITY CENTER, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 87TH STREET PARKWAY AND RENNER BOULEVARD IN THE CC CITY CENTER PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT.

STEPHANIE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

STEPHANIE SULLIVAN, AGAIN WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND AS MENTIONED, ITEM 12 IS FOR RENNER 87.

AND THIS IS A REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WESTBOUND 87TH STREET PARKWAY AND RENNER BOULEVARD.

YOU CAN SEE THAT LOCATION ON THE MAP.

NOW FOR CONTEXT.

WE ARE HERE AND OUR SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED NOT FAR FROM US AT 87TH AND RENNER.

THE ZONING MAP IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

YOU CAN SEE THE SITE IS ZONED TO CC OR CITY CENTER.

AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE DESIGNATED ZONING FOR ALL THINGS CITY CENTER.

AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IDENTIFIES IT AS CITY CENTER CORE.

SO BOTH ARE CONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER AND THE PROPOSED USE, WHICH IS A MIXED USE BUILDING.

THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF PLANS ON THIS SITE, AND BEFORE I PRESENT TO YOU THE CURRENT PLAN, I WANTED TO JUST RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE OLDER PLANS YOU MAY RECALL SEEING AND HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.

BACK IN 2018, WAS THE PLAN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN HERE THAT CONTAINED ABOUT 227 APARTMENTS WITHIN FOUR STORY BUILDINGS AND 9600FT² OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, AND ABOUT 364 PARKING SPACES.

A FEW YEARS WENT BY, AND IN 2021 THERE WAS A REVISED PLAN FOR A FEW LESS APARTMENTS AT 213 APARTMENTS.

IT GREW A STORY TO FIVE STORIES, AND STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT STILL JUST UNDER 10,000FT² AND GAINED A HANDFUL OF PARKING SPACES IN THAT 2021 PLAN.

THE CURRENT PLAN BEFORE YOU INCLUDES 215 APARTMENTS IN FOUR STORY BUILDINGS AND JUST UNDER 10,000FT² OF PARKING AGAIN AND ABOUT 356 PARKING SPACES.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY. THAT WAS ACTUALLY THAT LAST ONE ON THE SCREEN HERE WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A SLIGHT REVISION SINCE THEN.

THANK YOU, PATRICK, I SAW YOUR HEAD NOD.

SO THERE'S BEEN SLIGHT MOVEMENT OF THESE PLANS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ALL STAYING WITHIN THE SAME RANGE OF STORIES, DWELLING UNITS, PARKING AND COMMERCIAL SPACE.

SO THAT'S BEEN THE CONSISTENT EXPECTATION FOR THE SITE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

ALL RIGHT. NOW THE CURRENT PLAN, I'M GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THAT.

A COUPLE THINGS GOING ON THIS GRAPHIC HERE.

IT'S THE SITE PLAN SHOWING AGAIN, THE TWO BUILDINGS MUCH IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION BECAUSE THE SITE HAS ALREADY HAD SOME GRADING WORK DONE.

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AND THAT IS LOCATED IN THIS RED ZONE HERE.

AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION, THE SOUTHWEST PORTION RATHER OF THE SOUTH BUILDING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME PARKING AT AN ANGLE HERE ALONG RENNER BOULEVARD, AND THEN SOME PARKING THAT ACTUALLY IS ACCESSED FROM THE NORTH AND BACK OF THE BUILDING HERE THAT'S LOWER.

SO IN CITY CENTER, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE TIMES THE BUILDINGS ARE PUSHED UP CLOSER TO THE PRIMARY STREETS.

IN THIS CASE, THERE IS UNFORTUNATELY A GAS LINE EASEMENT THAT PREVENTS THAT BUILDING BEING PLACED CLOSER TO RENNER AS WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT.

HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE RELOCATING A GAS LINE FOR THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY MADE USE OF GETTING THAT BUILDING RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT EASEMENT AS BEST AS THEY COULD TO STILL FRONT RUNNER BOULEVARD AS BEST THEY COULD, WHILE PROVIDING PARKING FOR THOSE COMMERCIAL TENANTS AS WELL AS THEIR RESIDENTIAL TENANTS.

THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE ARE SOME PLANTINGS ALONG THE FRONTAGES, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE PARKING LOT AREA AND AROUND THE STORMWATER AREA.

AND NOW YOU CAN SEE A FEW RENDERINGS OF THE BUILDING.

AGAIN, THIS IS 215 DWELLING UNITS AND JUST ABOUT 10,000FT² OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.

WITH THE MOUSE HERE, I'M TRACING OVER THE AREA WHERE THAT COMMERCIAL SPACE IS PRESENT.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE MOCK SIGNAGE HERE THAT JUST SAYS TENANT ALL ALONG THERE, AND THE TENANTS ARE NOT CURRENTLY DETERMINED, BUT IT WILL BE LEASABLE SPACE.

AND OVERALL FOR THIS ABOUT SEVEN ACRE SITE, THIS BUILDING PRESENTS A NICE DESIGN INCORPORATING THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF CITY CENTER DESIGN GUIDELINES, AS WELL AS UTILIZING THE SITE TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

AGAIN, WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE LOCATION OF THE GAS LINE, EASEMENT AND GRADE CHANGES OF THE SITE.

THIS IS THE NORTHWEST CORNER RENDERING OF THE BUILDING.

THIS IS THAT ROUNDABOUT JUST ADJACENT TO THE NEW ADVENT HOSPITAL THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY WAYS TO ENTER THE SITE.

GOING DOWN THIS DIRECTION BRINGS YOU TO THAT REAR PARKING AREA.

GOING AROUND THE BUILDING THIS WAY BRINGS YOU TO THAT FRONT PARKING ALONG RENNER AND STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE MIXED USE BUILDING KNOWN AS RENNER 87.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.

QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE.

COURT. SURE.

GREAT. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE PARKING LOT HERE IS THAT IT LOOKS TIGHT IN THE RENDERING.

IS THERE IS IT A ONE WAY OR IS IT A LIKE IT? BOTH DIRECTIONS.

LET ME GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN SO YOU CAN SEE HERE A COUPLE THINGS.

MAYBE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE WOULD BE BEST.

IT IS. SO THIS ONE WE PUT THE ARROWS ON THERE SO YOU COULD SEE IT IS TWO WAY.

THANK YOU. WE REQUESTED ANGLED PARKING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER AREAS IN CITY CENTER.

ANGLED PARKING IS A CHARACTERISTIC THAT WE DO LIKE TO SEE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE URBAN, A LITTLE LESS SUBURBAN, AND IT'S MEANT TO FLOW DOWN BASICALLY TO THIS BULB OR CUL DE SAC TURNAROUND AREA ON THE SOUTH END.

AND THAT'LL BE THAT'LL REMAIN OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE FOR FIRE SAFETY AS WELL.

SO THERE IS AN AREA FOR VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND MAKE THOSE SAFE MANEUVERS AND GO BACK THE OTHER WAY.

THE PARKING MEETS DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TWO WAY TRAFFIC WITH DIAGONAL PARKING.

OKAY. THAT IS THE TURNAROUND WAS ON THE PREVIOUS PLAN THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT BEFORE, RIGHT? YES. SIMILAR TO THAT.

YES. OKAY.

AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION, AND MAYBE IT'S FOR THE APPLICANT.

AND WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE, THE RENDERING AGAIN THE THAT ONE THE ABOVE, THE TENANTS ON THE BOTTOM.

WILL THESE BE LIKE AMENITIES ON THIS END, OR WILL IT BE LIKE THE BIGGER.

UP THERE? YEAH. THOSE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH FLOOR ARE THOSE APARTMENTS OR THOSE AMENITIES LIKE WHAT IS IN THAT CORNER? I BELIEVE IT'S A MIXTURE OF BOTH, BUT OUR APPLICANT COULD SPEAK MORE TO THE SPECIFIC AMENITIES PROVIDED ON SITE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

HI, STEPHANIE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PARKING? YOU DIDN'T REALLY GET MUCH INTO THAT IN REGARDS TO THE REQUIRED VERSUS WHAT IS BEING PROVIDED.

AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS SOME LIKE FROM PRIOR IS A LOT LESS WERE REQUIRED OR SOME PRIOR SUBMITTALS.

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AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE IS A FEW INSTANCES REALLY, OTHER THAN THE MIDDLE ONE HERE WHERE LESS PARKING HAS BEEN APPROVED THAN WHAT WAS REQUIRED IN CITY CENTER.

THE GENERAL PARKING IS LOOKED AT FROM MORE OF AN URBAN CITY CENTER PERSPECTIVE THAN THE SUBURBAN.

YOU NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES PER BEDROOM TYPE PERSPECTIVE.

SINCE WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC PARKING AVAILABLE WITHIN A WALKABLE DISTANCE, SO THAT COUPLED WITH THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED PARKING AND THEIR NEEDS BASED ON THEIR OWN PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THEIR PARKING STUDIES AND WHAT THEY FOUND THAT TENANTS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENTS NEED ARE THINGS THAT WE ALL CONSIDER WHEN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION AND FINDING WHETHER OR NOT THE PARKING WILL BE ADEQUATE.

AND IN THIS CASE, AND IN PAST CASES, WE'VE FOUND THAT DEVIATING FROM A STANDARD REQUIREMENT WAS APPROPRIATE BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS FROM NOT ONLY THE DEVELOPER, BUT ALSO KNOWING WHAT PARKING IS AVAILABLE NEARBY IN CITY CENTER.

THANK YOU CHELSEA.

I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT IS THIS PARKING DEVIATION AVIATION FAIRLY ROUTINE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN CITY CENTER.

HAS THIS BEEN CONSISTENT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. BILL.

HI, STEPHANIE.

BUT IT DOESN'T STAYING ON THE PARKING.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE OUR PARKING GARAGES ARE VERY ACCESSIBLE TO THESE, LIKE IT IS OTHER PLACES IN CITY CENTER.

I MEAN, WE GOT RENNER BOULEVARD.

WE HAVE 87TH STREET.

THIS CORNERS TUCKED IN TWO BUSY STREETS WHERE I THINK OUR OTHER PERHAPS DEVIATIONS COUNTED ON PARKING GARAGES THAT ARE, I WOULD SAY, MORE WALKABLE.

CAN YOU TALK TO THAT, PLEASE? YEAH. LET ME ZOOM BACK OUT TO THIS MAP HERE.

THERE'S A FEW THINGS AT PLAY.

IN ADDITION TO PARKING GARAGES THAT HAVE PUBLIC PARKING SPACES ALLOTTED, THERE'S ON STREET PARKING AS WELL.

AS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS BUILDING ALONG 87TH STREET THAT COULD BE UTILIZED.

THERE'S SOME PARKING OVER HERE NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT HAS A LARGE GARAGE.

THERE'S THE CITY HALL PARKING GARAGE RIGHT BEHIND THIS BUILDING.

THE NEW HOTEL BEING BUILT RIGHT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL WILL HAVE DEDICATED PUBLIC PARKING IN A PORTION OF THE GARAGE AS WELL.

SO SOME PARKING IS YET TO BE CONSTRUCTED, BUT THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF EXISTING PUBLIC PARKING THAT CAN BE SHARED ALL THROUGHOUT CITY CENTER.

AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT SEEM WALKABLE IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE USED TO, IT'S STILL VERY MUCH WALKABLE FROM A MORE URBAN PERSPECTIVE.

WE ALSO HAVE VARIOUS CROSSWALKS, NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITH CROSSWALKS, SIDEWALKS EVERYWHERE.

IT'S MEANT TO BE VERY INTERCONNECTED, AND IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT TO OTHER PLACES IN CITY CENTER OR VICE VERSA, IT IS ALL SAFE AND WALKABLE BASED ON DESIGN, EITHER ALREADY CONSTRUCTED OR PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS.

YEAH YOU KNOW, YOUR EXPLANATION AND PULLING OUT REALLY HELPS ME SEE THAT.

THANK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYTHING ELSE FOR STEPHANIE? MELANIE? CAN YOU TAKE US BACK TO THAT RENDERING AGAIN FOR ON THE CORNER? RIGHT THERE. YEAH.

I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT HERE ON CITY COUNCIL ABOUT FINDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCLUDE THE THIRD PLACES, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS.

COULD I UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE GIVING PRIORITY TO PARKING SPOTS.

BUT I REALLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIKE, CONGREGATE AND SPEND TIME HERE.

I MEAN, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT HERE WE HAVE APARTMENTS AND WE HAVE RETAIL.

I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, I MAYBE I'M GETTING TOO MUCH INTO THE SPECIFICS.

BUT, YEAH, I THINK I WAS EXPECTING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SOMETHING MORE LIKE THAT. SO MAYBE SOME FEEDBACK FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

AND REMIND ME ACROSS THE STREET.

WE'RE BUILDING THE HOSPITAL, RIGHT? YEAH. LET ME ZOOM OUT AGAIN REALLY QUICK BEFORE I TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEARBY AND PROXIMITY.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS STILL A PRELIMINARY PLAN.

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SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO MAYBE DRESS UP THIS CORNER A LITTLE BIT MORE.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM FOR TURNING MOVEMENTS IN HERE AND LIFE SAFETY MOVEMENTS IN HERE, SO WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING STATIONARY.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BUNCH OF TABLES SET UP IN THERE IN THAT THIRD PLACE AS WELL, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S PROGRAMED IN THIS VICINITY HAS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IT IS A TURNAROUND AND IT IS FIRE ACCESS FOR THE BUILDING.

SO WE THE APPLICANTS HERE, AND THEY CAN CERTAINLY WORK ON FINE TUNING THAT SPACE AS PART OF THEIR FINAL PLAN.

AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO CREATE MORE OF A SENSE OF PLACE ADJACENT TO THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING AND INVITE THE PUBLIC IN.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE WITH THE BENCHES AT THE CORNER AND THAT PLAZA AREA AS WELL.

YES. YEAH.

NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO, MAYOR, IF MAY I INTERJECT FOR A MOMENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER ARROYO'S POINT? THIS PART OF THE PARKING AREA HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY, ESPECIALLY ADJACENT TO THE COMMERCIAL UNITS THERE, TO ACT ALMOST AS A SPECIAL EVENT SPACE WHERE THEY COULD CLOSE THAT PART OF THE ROADWAY.

AND OF COURSE, WITH A PLAN FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS.

THEY COULD CLOSE THAT FOR EVENTS SIMILAR TO WHAT MAPS, CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE DOES IN OLD TOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE PART OF THE PARKING AREA IS CLOSED DOWN SHOULD THEY WANT TO IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S BEEN DESIGNED FOR THAT KIND OF CAPACITY.

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT.

SURE. SO YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE VICINITY.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A REFRESHER.

THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE DOESN'T HAVE THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE HOTEL OR, SORRY, NOT THE HOTEL.

WELL, THAT TO THE HOTEL PROJECT, BUT THE HOSPITAL PROJECT AS WELL.

AS YOU KNOW, ADVENT'S CONSTRUCTING THEIR HOSPITAL AND A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS PIECE.

THERE'LL BE A PARKING GARAGE, SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE.

THERE'LL BE A LINE OF OTHER MIXED USE BUILDINGS ALONG SCARBOROUGH HERE.

THERE'LL BE A FEW MORE MULTI STORY MIXED USE BUILDINGS HERE ALONG 87TH STREET, SO THERE'LL BE SOME REALLY GOOD OPTIONS FOR WALKABILITY, INTERCONNECTEDNESS.

WE HOPE TO AGAIN SEE MIXED MIXES OF USES, NOT ONLY MEDICAL BUT MAYBE RESTAURANT, MAYBE SOME RETAIL, MAYBE SOME OFFICE.

AND AGAIN THERE WILL BE ADDED PARKING IN THIS AREA.

THOSE PLANS WE DO HAVE SOME AT PRELIMINARY STAGES.

WE HAVE SOME AT FINAL STAGES IN THIS AREA.

AND THEN WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME MORE MOVEMENT ON THIS SIDE WITH SOME MORE PRELIMINARY PLANS MOVING FORWARD FOR THAT WEST SIDE OF SCARBOROUGH HERE.

OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYTHING FROM THE APPLICANT TONIGHT? HELLO. GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING? WELL. THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. JUST CLICK THE ARROWS TO.

OKAY. PERFECT. GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MAYOR, CITY STAFF.

MY NAME IS JUSTIN BERRY.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF PRICE DEVELOPMENT GROUP TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR VISION FOR THE 87 RENNER PROJECT, HOPING TO BECOME THE FUTURE GATEWAY INTO THE CITY CENTER DISTRICT.

BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE DETAILS, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.

I WAS RAISED RIGHT HERE IN LENEXA, GRADUATED FROM SHAWNEE MISSION NORTHWEST, AND MY PASSION FOR THE CITY SUCCESS GOES BEYOND JUST BUSINESS.

OVER THE YEARS, I'VE WATCHED THE CITY GROW FROM A SLEEPY SUBURBAN COMMUNITY TO A VIBRANT, A VIBRANT AND THRIVING ONE.

AND IT'S INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT GROWTH AND VIBRANCY IN A POSITIVE WAY.

NOW ON TO THOSE DETAILS.

THE PROJECT ITSELF, AS STEPHANIE HAD MENTIONED, IS AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 87TH AND RENNER, WHICH IS REALLY LIKE YOUR FRONT DOOR LEADING INTO THE CITY CENTER AREA.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, THE LOCATION IS WELL SITUATED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS VIBRANT MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT THAT THE CITY CENTER PROVIDES US, ALIGNING PERFECTLY WITH THE CITY'S VISION FOR A WALKABLE URBAN HUB THAT BALANCES NOT ONLY CIVIC AND CULTURAL USES, BUT ALSO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ONES, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE OR ADD ON TO.

THE BUILDING ITSELF CONSISTS OF TWO FIVE STORY L SHAPED BUILDINGS, INCLUDING 215 RESIDENTIAL

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WITH THE 215 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WE HAVE A THOUGHTFUL MIX OF STUDIOS, ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS, ENSURING THAT WE'LL MEET THE DIVERSE HOUSING NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

PARKING HAS BEEN STRATEGICALLY PLANNED OUT TO WHERE STEPHANIE HAD MENTIONED.

WE'VE GOT 61 ANGLED PARKING SPACES BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND RENNER ON THE FAR WEST SIDE, AND THESE WERE DESIGNED TO MIMIC THE ESTHETIC OF THE CITY CENTER DISTRICT AND KIND OF THAT URBAN STYLE PARKING IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SITE.

WE'VE GOT 351 UNCOVERED OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, AND THOSE ARE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, SCREENED BY BOTH OF THOSE L SHAPED BUILDINGS FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, 87TH AND RENNER.

SO, WE KIND OF DID A GOOD JOB OF BLOCKING THOSE MASSES OF PARKING OFF FROM THE THROUGH TRAFFIC.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE GOT 41 TUCK UNDER GARAGE SPACES FOR RESIDENT USE.

ATTACHED GARAGES, IF YOU WILL.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'VE GOT 16 CARPORTS ON THE FURTHEST EAST SIDE RIGHT HERE WHICH SIMILAR TO THE BUILDING DESIGN WE'VE DONE TO SCREEN THIS MASS OF PARKING FROM THE INTERSTATE APPROACH. SO, SO WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO, TO SCREEN THAT MASS OF PARKING FROM ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE PROJECT.

AS STEPHANIE MENTIONED, OUR PLAN REQUEST A 21% REDUCTION IN CODE REQUIRED PARKING, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MULTIFAMILY MIXED USE PROJECTS.

AND IS REFLECTIVE OF THE AREA'S WALKABILITY, WE BELIEVE, AND FROM MARKET CONDITIONS, WE'RE COMFORTABLE.

YOU KNOW, OFFERING THIS PRODUCT TYPE AND THESE PARKING RATIOS.

WITH REGARD TO THE BUILDING DETAILS, THE DESIGN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE SITE'S UNIQUE TOPOGRAPHY.

I'M SURE AS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN DRIVING BY IT, IT FALLS PRETTY HEAVILY FROM EAST TO WEST.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES WITH PROGRAMING THIS SITE BECAUSE OF THAT FALL.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO DO THE 4 OR 5 STORY SPLITS AND ANGLE THOSE BUILDINGS IN THAT WAY.

BUT WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT PRIORITIZES THE URBAN CONNECTIVITY AND THE WALKABILITY, THE ACCESS TO THE CITY CENTER.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SPECIFICALLY AT THIS SOUTHWEST CORNER WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE THIS PLAZA AREA, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE ENHANCED HARDSCAPE, THE DECORATIVE HARDSCAPE, WHICH KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BRINGS THAT FEEL OF THE HARDSCAPE OF IN SOME OF THE MORE DECORATIVE AREAS OF THE CITY CENTER.

WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SOME WHAT DO YOU CALL STREETSCAPE COMMERCIAL SPACES AT THIS GROUND LEVEL? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE ACTIVATION WITH THE STREETSCAPE, WITH COMMERCIAL SPACES, PUBLIC AMENITIES INCLUDING THE BENCHES AND BIKE RACKS AND A WELCOMING PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, WHICH, AGAIN, IS KIND OF BROUGHT BY, YOU KNOW, THIS ENHANCED PAVING AND ENHANCED LANDSCAPING AT THIS CORNER.

AT THE WALKOUT LEVEL ON THIS SIDE, ON THE FIVE STORY SIDE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE LANDSCAPED AND RECREATIONAL AREAS, INCLUDING OUR RESORT STYLE SWIMMING POOL AREA.

ON TO THE CONCEPT RENDERINGS AND I CAN KIND OF TOUCH UPON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ASKED.

SO WHAT WE ENVISION HERE IS A TWO STORY COMMERCIAL SPACE ON.

THIS IS ACTUALLY LIKE THE SECOND AND THIRD LEVEL.

THE FOURTH LEVEL, THAT'S A RESIDENTIAL UNIT.

AND ON THE FIFTH LEVEL THERE IS A 1500 SQUARE FOOT IN TOTAL INDOOR OUTDOOR SKY LOUNGE.

HALF OF IT INSIDE, HALF OF IT OUTSIDE FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.

SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY AMENITIES.

AND AT THIS SOUTHWEST CORNER, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AGAIN STANDING AT 87TH AND RENNER LOOKING NORTHEAST OF THE PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, WE REALLY THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED THIS LARGE MASS OF STOREFRONT GLASS TO REALLY KIND OF MIMIC THOSE COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY CENTER ITSELF.

SO IT DIDN'T LOOK JUST LIKE AN APARTMENT BUILDING DIDN'T LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF A BARE BONES MIXED USE PROJECT.

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SO IT WOULD KIND OF SEEM COHESIVELY WITH THE REST OF IT.

SO NEXT RENDERING HERE.

THIS IS FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER.

AGAIN WE HAVE THAT LARGE MASS OF STOREFRONT GIVING THAT FEEL AND THAT MASS TO THAT CORNER AND REALLY ANCHORING BOTH SIDES OF THE BUILDINGS WITH THAT COMMERCIAL FEEL.

AND THIS AT THIS CORNER, THIS IS WHERE OUR LEASING AREA WILL BE.

MOST OF OUR PRIMARY AMENITIES CLUBHOUSE, PET SPA, MAIL AREA, ALL OF THAT.

THIS IS THIS SOUTHEAST CORNER RENDERING.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU'RE TRAVELING WESTWARD ON 87TH STREET FROM THE HIGHWAY UP TO RENNER.

THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF YOUR APPROACH INTO THE CITY CENTER.

AND I THINK PATRICK'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF REALLY MAKING THIS BUILDING FEEL IMPACTFUL AND REALLY A GREAT ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY CENTER. THIS NEXT SLIDE ILLUSTRATES OUR BUILDING MATERIALS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMMITTED TO USING HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS SUCH AS BRICK, METAL PANELING, HIGH QUALITY SIDING.

THAT WILL COMPLEMENT THE NEARBY DEVELOPMENTS AND ADD TO THE VISUAL APPEAL OF THE PROJECT ITSELF AND THE AREA AT LARGE.

SO WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH HOW ALL THAT TURNED OUT AND PLANNING GUIDED US ACCORDINGLY.

IN CLOSING, WE BELIEVE THE 87 RENNER PROJECT REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER A HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S VISION FOR A VIBRANT AND WALKABLE CITY CENTER.

WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT NOT ONLY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, BUT VISITORS ALIKE, ALL THE WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENHANCE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE AREA.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN.

CRAIG. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT SITE TO DEVELOP. YOU'RE CONSTRAINED IN MANY WAYS, AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU AND YOUR DESIGN TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING PROJECT TO BRING TO LENEXA.

SO THANK YOU. WE'RE INCREDIBLY EXCITED.

YES. PATRICK DID A GREAT JOB OF NAVIGATING THROUGH ALL THE SITE CONSTRAINTS OF IT.

COURTNEY. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST I HAD A FEW COMMENTS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT WAS I LIKED THE STOREFRONT GLASS.

I LIKED THE THOUGHTFULNESS AROUND THE SCREENING OF THE PARKING LOTS, YOU KNOW, ON THE OUTWARD EDGES THAT IT'S ALL KIND OF TUCKED IN THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS, AS YOU WERE, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH IT AGAIN, AND THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SAID TO US WAS, THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO OUR CITY, RIGHT? AND SO I KIND OF HAVE TO LIKE, GO BACK TO WHAT MELANIE WAS SAYING.

LIKE, I THINK THAT THE PLAZA I WANT SOMETHING THAT WANTS THAT MAKES ME WANT TO WALK THERE.

RIGHT? LIKE, I MEAN, LIKE, IF I'M GOING TO WALK FROM THE PUBLIC GARAGE ALL THE WAY OVER HERE, THERE BETTER BE SOMETHING REALLY AWESOME IN THAT COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT MAKES ME WANT TO GO THERE, OR IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO COME AND CHECK OUT.

AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S MAYBE SOME ROOM FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE INVITING ON THAT EDGE THERE TO, TO MAKE A MAKE A PLACE OR TO DO SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU CAN MAKE THAT INTO WHAT YOU WANT OR BLOCK IT OFF AND DO ALL THE THINGS.

I THINK THAT BECAUSE IT'S THAT CORNER AND BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A PROMINENT CORNER IN OUR CITY THAT MAYBE WE NEED PUBLIC ART. MAYBE WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO DRAW SOME DRAW YOU TO WANT TO GO THERE? SURE. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT.

TOTALLY TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS REALLY THAT GAS LINE AND WHAT WE CAN PUT WITHIN THAT EASEMENT.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T PUT ANY TREES AT MATURITY THAT GROW OVER THREE FEET.

WE CAN'T DO ANY KIND OF IMMOVABLE FURNITURE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITHIN THAT GAS EASEMENT.

SO IT'S THAT PART'S BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING.

I MEAN, WE'VE KICKED AROUND SO MANY DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MOVABLE STRUCTURE IN THE CENTER OF THAT TURNAROUND. YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD CLEAR, YOU KNOW, IF, IF FIRE LIFE SAFETY NEED TO ACCESS THE SITE.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, SETTLED ON ANY CONCRETE IDEAS? NO PUN INTENDED. BUT YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING TO REALLY DRESS THIS UP AS WELL AS WE CAN.

WELL. FOLLOWING UP WITH COURTNEY, STEPHANIE AND SCOTT, THE

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YES, SIR. YES.

SO WE'LL GET A LOOK AT ALL THAT.

GOOD. THANK YOU.

PERFECT. MARK, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER? VIEW. ALL THESE OTHER ELEVATIONS LOOK REALLY WONDERFUL.

THE ONE KNUCKLE RIGHT THERE IN THE IN THE MIDDLE WHERE IT TURNS AT AN ANGLE.

OH, RIGHT. RIGHT HERE. YOU'VE BROKEN IT UP A LOT IN ALL THE OTHER ELEVATIONS.

THIS SEEMS LIKE THAT IS A BIGGER MASS OF WHITE OR ALMOND, WHATEVER, BEIGE COLOR.

AND IT'S A LITTLE IT'S SORT OF A LITTLE MUNDANE.

I WONDERED IF THERE COULD BE SOME.

JUST A LITTLE TOO, LIKE, MONOCHROMATIC, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE POP OF COLOR OR SOMETHING HERE.

NO, YOU DO IT TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BIG MASS.

AND THAT'S KIND OF A MAJOR CORNER, KIND OF A MAJOR VIEW RIGHT THERE.

IS THAT PAIN OR IS THAT.

THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S STUCCO.

OKAY. YEAH. SO IT'S A DIFFERENT BUILDING MATERIAL.

SO IT'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TEXTURE.

BUT YEAH WE CAN DEFINITELY ADDRESS THE COLORS.

I MEAN THAT'S EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS GREAT.

DEFINITELY NOT MARRIED TO THAT. IT WAS KIND OF A BIGGER MASS THAN ALL THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS AGREED.

NO, I APPRECIATE THE IDEA.

OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST HAVE A COUPLE.

CITY CENTER ENDS UP BEING NOT CHOOSY BY CHOICE, BUT ENDS UP BEING CHOOSY IN ITS NATURE ON WHAT RETAIL TENANTS END UP HERE. SURE. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR GOALS FOR WHAT? TENANTS. WE'VE TALKED.

WE'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE RETAIL BROKERS JUST TO GET THEIR TEMPERATURE ON WHAT YOU KNOW, THEY COULD EASILY PUT IN OR WHAT KIND OF TENANTS THEY CAN LINE UP.

YOU KNOW, THEY THREW OUT SOME IDEAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT AND IT WAS A RETAIL BROKER THAT LIVED HERE IN LENEXA A GOURMET PET FOOD STORE, WHICH WE THINK WILL BE GREAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS, I MEAN, IF WE CAN FIND, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF TENANT THAT WILL DO GOURMET PET FOOD AND PET WASH AS WELL, THAT WILL SAVE US FROM HAVING TO BUILD A PET WASH STATION AND ALL OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE KIND OF KICKING AROUND IDEAS JUST BASED ON THE, THE DEMO THAT WE THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH THE HOSPITAL BEING ACROSS THE STREET, WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF NURSES. SO WE'RE THINKING OF DIFFERENT RETAIL TENANTS THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE ATTRACTIVE TO NURSES.

SO WE'RE KICKING AROUND IDEAS, WE KNOW, OR WE HAVE AN IDEA THAT WE WANT THIS TO BE A PRIVATELY OPERATED CO-WORKING SPACE, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO A WEWORK.

I THINK THAT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IS IMPORTANT IN APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS NOWADAYS, WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME AND WANT THAT PRIVATE SPACE, BUT DON'T WANT TO RENT OUT A PRIVATE OFFICE? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT AS WELL TO TRY TO PROGRAM AND FIGURE THAT AREA OUT, BECAUSE I THINK IT REALLY LENDS.

AND I MEAN, JUST WITH THAT TENANT NATURE TO THAT COMMERCIAL OFFICE MIXED USE COMPONENT RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER, I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TENANT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STUDIO FITNESS PLACES, F45, ORANGETHEORY KIND OF THING KIND OF THINGS FOR THE CENTRAL AREA.

BUT YEAH, WE'RE PRELIMINARY PLANS AND YEAH, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF EARLY IN NATURE, BUT WE'LL WORK IT OUT AND IT'LL BE AND THEN JUST IF YOU HAVE A PROJECTED TIMELINE, IT'S KIND OF TAKEN US A WHILE TO GET TO HERE.

SURE. WHAT DO WE LOOK LIKE FROM THIS POINT AS FAR AS ESTIMATED COMING BACK FOR FINAL PLAN CONSTRUCTION WE INTEND TO SUBMIT IN THE JANUARY 24TH, 27TH, THE JANUARY 27TH.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT COMES BEFORE THEM? MARCH. MARCH, APRIL.

MARCH 30TH.

THIRD. THIRD.

TWO YEARS CONSTRUCTION.

YEAH. WELL, SO WE'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY PHASE THE BUILDINGS AND WE'LL PROBABLY WORK FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR LEASING OFFICE IS AND I MEAN, OUR PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE IS 16 MONTHS FOR THAT FIRST BUILDING AND 20 MONTHS FOR THE SOUTHERN BUILDING.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL TIMELINE OF 26 MONTHS, HOPEFULLY.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MAYOR, REALLY QUICK CLARIFICATION ON SCHEDULE.

I MISSPOKE.

IF THEY SUBMIT ON JANUARY 27TH.

IT COMES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MARCH 3RD AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 18TH.

THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU.

OKAY. IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR RENNER 87.

RENNER 87.

MOTION BY COURTNEY.

SECOND BY MARK. ALL IN FAVOR?

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[13. Resolution authorizing the transfer of funds from General Fund reserves to the Capital Improvement Fund in fiscal year 2024]

NUMBER 13 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

NATE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

NATE BLOOM WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THIS ITEM IS TRANSFERRING 8 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND RESERVES TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND TO FINANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN OUR NEXT ITEM, THE FISCAL YEAR 25 THROUGH 29 CIP.

JUST KIND OF SOME BACKGROUND THE TRANSFER IS DUE TO POSITIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS IN 2023 FROM THREE REVENUE SOURCES SALES AND USE, TAX, INVESTMENT INCOME AND THEN BUILDING PERMITS.

WE HAVE PRESENTED THIS TRANSFER DURING THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN DISCUSSIONS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

AND THEN I'LL JUST REMIND YOU, PER THE CITY'S RESERVE POLICY RESERVES OVER 35% OF BUDGETED REVENUES AND THE GENERAL FUND ARE TREATED AS ONE TIME FUNDS AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE USED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

SO THIS TRANSFER ALIGNS WITH OUR POLICY AS WELL.

I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS FOR NATE.

NO SPECIFIC PROJECT THIS GETS ATTRIBUTED TO.

IT JUST GOES IN THE POCKET.

CORRECT. IT GOES INTO THE CIF.

AND THEN THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR CAPITAL PLAN THAT DRAW FROM THAT FUND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER MOTION BY CHELSEA.

SECOND BY CRAIG. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES.

[14. Resolution adopting the fiscal year 2025-2029 Capital Improvement Program]

BECKY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. BECKY YOCHAM, CITY MANAGER.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 TO 29 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OR CIP, AS IT MORE COMMONLY KNOWN, IS THE FIVE YEAR GUIDE BY WHICH WE PLAN FOR THE TIMING AND FINANCING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS SUCH AS PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE PROPOSED CIP BEFORE YOU IS THE PRODUCT OF MONTHS OF WORK ON THE PART OF YOUR STAFF.

AND TONIGHT IS OUR THIRD PUBLIC MEETING AT WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED THE CIP.

THE TOTAL RECOMMENDED FIVE YEAR CIP IS $208.6 MILLION, AND INCLUDES FUNDING FOR 54 CAPITAL PROJECTS.

OF THOSE 54 CAPITAL PROJECTS, ONLY 16 OF THEM ARE NEW OR HAVE ARE APPEARING IN THE CIP FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

THE REMAINING 38 PROJECTS ARE EXISTING PROJECTS, WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN PRIOR SIPS FROM ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO ALMOST 20 YEARS PREVIOUSLY.

IN TERMS OF PROJECT CATEGORIES, 90% OF THE PROPOSED CIP WILL BE EXPENDED IN THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES.

THE FIRST IS STREETS, BRIDGES AND TRAFFIC, WHICH WILL ACCOUNT FOR 61% OF THE CIP OR $128 MILLION.

FACILITIES, WHICH IS 13% OR $26 MILLION, AND STORMWATER, WHICH IS 16% OR $32 MILLION.

THE TOP THREE FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR 68% OF THE FUNDING, ARE GENERAL FUND REVENUE AT 35%, OR $72.7 MILLION.

THE 3/8 CENT SALES TAX, WHICH IS 20% OF THE TOTAL, OR $41.9 MILLION, AND GEO BONDS, WHICH ARE 13% OF THE TOTAL, OR 27.6 MILLION AT YOUR NOVEMBER 12TH COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING, STAFF PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE CIP, SIMILAR TO THE ONE I'M PROVIDING YOU TONIGHT, AND WE ALSO REVIEWED PAGE BY PAGE, EACH OF THOSE 54 PROJECTS INDIVIDUALLY.

AT YOUR DECEMBER 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED CIP, AND AT THAT MEETING, WE RECEIVED SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE PRIMARILY ON TWO PROJECTS, THE LONE ELM AND K-10 INTERCHANGE AND THE 83RD STREET PROJECT.

AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, STAFF ALSO HOSTED A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING LAST WEEK, SPECIFICALLY ON THE LONE ELM INTERCHANGE PROJECT TO REVIEW THE PROJECT HISTORY AND RECEIVE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE COMMENTS RELATED TO 83RD STREET RELATED PRIMARILY TO THE PROJECT SCHEDULE AND NEXT STEPS, AND THOSE RELATED TO LONE ELM CONCERNED THE SAFETY OF ALL USERS, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, AS WELL AS THE NEED FOR BUFFERING FROM THE STONEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO THE INTERCHANGE.

IN ADDITION, SEVERAL OF THOSE WHO SPOKE EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE FOR AN OVERPASS IN LIEU OF AN INTERCHANGE.

ULTIMATELY, TONIGHT, THE PURPOSE OF YOUR ACTION IS TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED CIP AS A WHOLE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE APPROVAL OF THE CIP IS THE FIRST STEP IN A LONG PROCESS THAT EVERY CAPITAL PROJECT MUST GO THROUGH.

CIP APPROVAL ESTABLISHES THE FUNDING IN A PARTICULAR YEAR FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS.

EACH OF THOSE 54 PROJECTS THAT I MENTIONED, AND WE REVIEW THE CIP ANNUALLY, AND WE CAN AMEND IT AT OTHER TIMES AS WELL AS WHEN THAT'S NECESSARY.

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SO WITH THAT, WE RECOMMEND YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ENTIRE FY 2025 TO 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. BECKY.

BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS SINCE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THE NEIGHBORS HERE TONIGHT, JUST WANTED TO REAFFIRM THAT THE ACTION BEFORE US IS THE APPROVAL OF THE FULL 2025 TO 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AS STAFF NOTICE, THIS IS THE THIRD PUBLIC MEETING ON THE PROPOSED CIP.

AT OUR LAST MEETING ON DECEMBER 3RD, WE HEARD THAT WE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH WE HEARD SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS OF THE TWO PROJECTS INCLUDED THOSE BEING LONE ELM INTERCHANGE AND 83RD STREET.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IN WHICH WE HEARD ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK WAS RECEIVED.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT IN THE PROCESS.

WE ALL AGREE THAT SAFETY OF ALL USERS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND SHOULD BE A KEY CONSIDERATION AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.

OUR ACTION IN APPROVING THE CIP IS JUST ONE VERY EARLY STEP IN A MUCH LONGER PROCESS FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE CIP.

THIS ACTION APPROVES FUNDING IN A PARTICULAR YEAR FOR EACH PROJECT, AND ALLOWS EACH ONE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE PROCESS OF OF DESIGN, WHICH WILL ANSWER MANY OF THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS, AND WILL INCLUDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND VOICE CONCERNS.

WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND. OKAY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD LIKE SOME.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THOUGHT WE WOULD TALK BEFORE WE MAKE MOTIONS LIKE WE USUALLY DO.

THAT'S A LITTLE OUT, A LITTLE OUT OF SYNC.

BUT I HAVE QUITE A BIT TO SAY TONIGHT.

AND FRANKLY, I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION THAT CAME IN MY MIND AWFULLY QUICK.

I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO PULL OUT THE LONE ELM INTERCHANGE, KEEP THE OVERPASS IN. AND I WOULD MAKE THAT AMENDMENT WHEN I'M THROUGH WITH MY REMARKS TONIGHT.

WE'VE HAD THAT INTERCHANGE IN THE CIP FOR DECADES, AND WE'VE PROJECTED TRAFFIC NEEDS AND THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2060, BUT A RECENT OBSERVATION THAT THIS IS THE ONLY INTERCHANGE, THE ONLY INTERCHANGE THAT DROPS TRAFFIC OFF A HIGHWAY AND INTO A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY HIT HOME WITH ME.

STONEVIEW, MANCHESTER, THE ANTICIPATED HOUSING NORTH OF THE TEMPLE MANCHESTER PARK GRADE SCHOOL ARE ALL RIGHT THERE AS THE INTERCHANGE DROPS TRAFFIC INTO THAT AREA, AND THAT GRADE SCHOOL HAS 600 CHILDREN, 600 CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 12. IT DRAWS CHILDREN ALL THE WAY NORTH OF PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY TO 83RD STREET, AND ALL THE WAY EAST OF LONE ELM TO RIDGEVIEW.

THAT TRAFFIC COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND GOING TO THE HIGHWAY FROM SMILEY'S AND WEST OF SEVEN GREATLY AFFECT THIS AREA.

WILL BE MIXING ADDITIONAL VEHICLES, TRUCKS AND CARS WITH THE SCHOOL, THE SUBDIVISIONS, THE BIKES AND THE PEDESTRIANS.

I THINK FAMILIES LOCATE IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND OF COURSE LENEXA, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT IS SAFE AND THE SCHOOLS ARE VERY GOOD.

THIS INTERCHANGE PUTS THAT SAFETY AND THOSE SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY MANCHESTER, AT RISK.

I THINK IF WE PULL THE INTERCHANGE FROM CONSIDERATION, WE CAN ALL BEGIN TO THINK OF HOW WE CAN DEVELOP SMILEY'S AND WEST OF SEVEN AND DEAL WITH OUR

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FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE RIGHT OF WAY FOR FRONTAGE ROADS AROUND BOTH SMILEY'S AND WEST OF SEVEN.

WE'VE ALSO HAD CLAIR ROAD IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBLE INTERCHANGE.

IN FACT, WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING THE DEVELOPMENT EAST OF CANYON CREEK BOULEVARD AND DIRECTLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY TEN, THAT CLARE ROAD INTERCHANGE WAS POINTED TO AS HOW POSSIBLY THE PLANNED BUSINESS PARKS COULD ACCESS THE HIGHWAY.

WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS AND PROBABLY MANY MORE TRAFFIC ROUTE OPTIONS.

THE SCHOOL CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE OPTIONS.

THAT IS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE AREA RESIDENTS ON THIS INTERCHANGE, AND BECKY MENTIONED IT.

AND I THINK THE MAYOR DID A WONDERFUL JOB 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO IN HAVING 30 PEOPLE RIGHT AT THE PODIUM CHAT WITH US.

SCOTT DID A WONDERFUL JOB LAST THURSDAY WITH THE MAYOR AND MARK AND ME IN THE ROOM HEARING ANOTHER 30 PEOPLE.

WE'VE HEARD FROM THE AREA RESIDENTS, AND I THINK THIS INTERCHANGE AND THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SENSE OF LENEXA COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE AND THAT THEY ENJOY.

I THINK WE PUT THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND THE SMALL TOWN FEEL AT RISK WITH THIS INTERCHANGE, THESE RESIDENTS.

THEY DON'T WANT TO FIGHT CITY HALL.

THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR SCHOOL.

THEY WANT THEY REALLY WANT TO BE FANS OF LENEXA.

THEY LOVE LENEXA AND THEY LIKE LENEXA.

THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY REMINDS ME OF THE AD ASTRA POOL FEEDBACK WE GOT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I BELIEVE WE GOT ALL THAT FEEDBACK BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS OF AD ASTRA AREA, THEY LOVE LENEXA AND ITS FEEL.

AND ONCE WE DECIDED CORRECTLY TO CLOSE THAT 35 YEAR OLD POOL THAT HAD BEEN PLAGUED WITH MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS FOR DECADES.

WE FAILED TO ASK OURSELVES, WELL, AFTER THE POOL GOES AWAY, WHAT GOES IN THERE? I FEAR SOMETHING SIMILAR IS AT PLAY HERE.

ONCE WE DECIDED DECADES AGO TO TRY TO GET AN INTERCHANGE, AN INTERCHANGE AT LONE ELM, WE DID NOT ASK OURSELVES, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE AREA ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY? RECENTLY, BECAUSE OF SAFETY, WE BUILT A TUNNEL UNDER 87TH STREET PARKWAY TO GET PEOPLE AND CHILDREN TO AND FROM THE PARK TO AND FROM THE POOL TO AND FROM THE SKATEBOARD PARK. PEOPLE HAD BEEN GETTING ACROSS 87TH STREET TO THOSE PARK FEATURES FOR DECADES, BUT WE DECIDED ON A SAFER OPTION.

WE PUT IN A TUNNEL.

I THINK WE COULD.

WE CAN.

AND WE SHOULD FIND SAFER TRAFFIC ROUTES TO OUR HIGHWAYS, JUST AS WE DID WITH THE TUNNEL.

AND RECENTLY WE SAID NO TO A HOMELESS SHELTER AT 95TH AND I-35.

NO TO SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED.

BUT WE SAID NO BECAUSE IT DID NOT FIT IN AN AREA WITH ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES, ESTABLISHED SUBDIVISIONS, ESTABLISHED PARKS, AND ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS. IT DIDN'T FIT.

I THINK WE SHOULD PULL THE INTERCHANGE, KEEP THE OVERPASS AND EXPLORE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC OPTIONS.

AND I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW AND HOPE SOMEONE WOULD SECOND THAT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

DO WE HAVE A MECHANISM FOR AMENDING A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.

NO, WE DO NOT. THE ONLY MOTION YOU GUYS CAN CONSIDER IS THE MOTION THAT'S BEEN SECONDED IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

IT HAS TO BE VOTED ON OR WITHDRAWN AT THIS POINT.

MAYOR. YEAH.

AND I THINK SEAN I THINK WAS AWFUL QUICK.

I THINK IT WAS AWFUL QUICK.

TO ME IT WAS WAY OUT OF SYNC.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU, SPOKEN WITH BECKY, SPOKEN WITH THE MAYOR.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE OTHERS ABOUT WHAT I MIGHT DO TONIGHT.

SO MUCH FOR OPEN, HONEST COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY.

IT. IT HURTS ME.

MADAM MAYOR. YES. AS A COURTESY, I WITHDRAW THE MOTION.

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COUNCIL MEMBER NICK MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER NOW.

SINCE THE MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN WITH THE SECOND WITHDRAWN, I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S A YES.

OKAY. I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION.

THANK YOU. BECKY. THANK YOU.

YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO FINISH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? GO AHEAD. WELL, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE PULL THE INTERCHANGE, KEEP THE OVERPASS, APPROVE THE CIP WITH THOSE PULLING THE INTERCHANGE, KEEP THE OVERPASS AND EXPLORE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC OPTIONS.

THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SORRY, BILL.

UNDERSTOOD. SO, DO WE RETURN? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO. SO MOVED. OKAY.

SECOND. MOTION BY CHRIS.

SECOND BY CRAIG. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MARK. BECKY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN THAT OR WHO BROUGHT THAT UP IN REGARDS TO.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CHANCE TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THE DESIGN AND KIND OF INTERACT WITH THE STAFF AND KDOT ON THAT DOWN THE ROAD.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO ALL THIS DOES IS APPROVE THE FUNDING AND THE YEAR WHICH IS 2027 FOR THIS PROJECT.

AS, AS YOU KNOW, AND I THINK AS WE'VE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL, THIS THE PREFERRED OPTION THAT KDOT HAS MADE PUBLIC FOR THIS PROJECT IS A FULL INTERCHANGE, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A FULL INTERCHANGE THAT'S BEEN MADE PART OF THEIR PROPOSED OPTION.

BUT WE CAN STILL CERTAINLY ENGAGE IN DIALOG WITH THEM AROUND THAT.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER NICKS MENTIONED IN HIS REMARKS IS THE IDEA TO NEED TO LOOK AT LAND USE AND TRAFFIC AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND IT'S STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'VE CERTAINLY DONE THAT.

WE JUST AMENDED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAST YEAR, WHICH CONSIDERED ALL OF THAT, WHICH INCLUDED AN INTERCHANGE, AND CERTAINLY ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THE K10 PROJECT AND THE TRAFFIC NUMBERS AND ALL OF THE THINGS AROUND THAT, LOOK AT ALL OF WHAT'S PLANNED IN THE AREA AND THE STREET NETWORK THAT'S PLANNED IN THE AREA, AND LOOK AT HOW TO BEST HANDLE THAT TRAFFIC.

IT'S STAFF'S POSITION THAT A FULL INTERCHANGE IS THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THAT, BUT IT IS ULTIMATELY THE GOVERNING BODY'S DECISION.

SO WE IF YOU APPROVE THE CIP, YOU'RE NOT LOCKED IN TO DOING EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.

WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.

AND I HEAR FROM YOU THAT THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO THAT.

SO WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

BUT WE HAVE COMMITTED FUNDING THAT IS LEVERAGED AGAINST A GREAT DEAL OF KDOT FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS INTERCHANGE IN A RELATIVELY QUICK TIME PERIOD, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, GIVEN THAT THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS.

IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE COULD GET THIS DONE.

AND WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS PROJECT IN THE CIP AS IT IS, AS IT IS SHOWN TODAY, IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD TO THOSE NEXT STEPS TO WORK WITH KDOT, TO HAVE THAT, THAT DIALOG.

AND WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.

AND WE HEARD THE NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE A LETTER THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW THAT WE INTEND TO SEND INTO KDOT TOMORROW.

IF THE IF THE CIP IS APPROVED, THAT REPRESENTS SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND OUR DESIRE TO WORK WITH THEM TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS, AND TO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO THIS IS IT'S MUCH LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, THIS IS A FIRST STEP IN A REALLY LONG PROCESS, BUT WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IT IN THE CIP SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE IT FORWARD AND START TO ACTUALLY ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. COURTNEY. COURTNEY.

BECKY. THE TIMELINE FOR THOSE DISCUSSIONS, IF WE LEAVE THIS IN THE CIP NOW WE'RE DOING CIP AGAIN IN A YEAR, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY OF THIS LAID OUT IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

LIKE RIGHT THERE WILL BE IT'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH KDOT.

IT'LL BE MOVING FORWARD.

BUT ALL THOSE DESIGN QUESTIONS, WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

BUT AGAIN, IN A YEAR FROM NOW WE HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND VOTE FOR IT AGAIN, REAUTHORIZE IT.

THERE WILL PROBABLY BE OTHER ACTION THAT HAS TO.

I EXPECT DESIGN WILL BEGIN SOONER THAN THAT AND WILL BE ONGOING OVER THE NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'LL BE IN WE'LL BE A PART OF THAT, AND THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT.

AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL IS A PART OF THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. CHRIS FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, BECKY.

THANK YOU TO STAFF.

EXPLAINING IT PARTICULARLY TO ME IS SOMEONE NEW ON THE COUNCIL AND UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY.

A COUPLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT.

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AND THE SUGGESTION OTHERWISE, I THINK IS MISPLACED.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT.

435 EXITS ON TO QUIVIRA.

HALF A MILE FROM WHERE I LIVE, WHERE JULIE LIVES.

SO, INTERCHANGES COMING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW TO LENEXA, AS SUGGESTED.

ALSO, AT 35 AND 95TH, ALSO TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE.

SO, I THINK THAT FEAR IS A LITTLE MISPLACED AND PERHAPS NOT A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS.

NOT THAT THEIR CONCERNS AREN'T LEGITIMATE, BUT THIS IS, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING NEW.

TO OUR AREA.

MY PERSONAL SUPPORT FOR THIS IS FOR THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF LENEXA.

I LIKE WHAT WE DO.

PROBABLY, I THINK, BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE IS THINK 50 YEARS OUT, 100 YEARS OUT AND CERTAINLY FOR THE PROJECTS.

AND THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY IN MY WARD WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SO CONTINUED GROWTH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND THIS INTERCHANGE, I BELIEVE, WILL BE A CRITICAL PART OF THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? MELANIE. I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY VALIDATING SOME OF THE FEELINGS IN THE ROOM ABOUT THIS.

IT'S VERY VALID FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL BLINDSIDED OR SHOCKED.

ANGRY. ALL OF THAT IS VERY REAL.

TO BE HONEST WITH EVERYONE, WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COUNCIL THE CONVERSATION ABOUT K-10 AND THIS LONE ELM INTERCHANGE. I HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PEOPLE WANTED IT, THAT THE PEOPLE WANTED IT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF DRIVING SAFETY FOR STUDENTS TRYING TO GO TO SCHOOL.

THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME.

HOWEVER, I KNEW THAT I COULDN'T HAVE A POSITION BACK THEN BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. HOWEVER, I DID REALLY APPRECIATE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMING IN AND GIVING THEIR FEEDBACK ONCE I HEARD THAT THEY DON'T WANT THE CONVENIENCE.

AND IN THEIR WORDS.

EXACTLY. THEY SAID THAT WE RATHER DRIVE AROUND TO GET THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE THAN TO HAVE THIS INTERCHANGE.

ONCE I HEARD THAT, I'M LIKE, OKAY, IF THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT, I'M FLEXIBLE.

I AM HONESTLY FLEXIBLE.

BUT AGAIN, I STILL DON'T HAVE A POSITION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY AND I WANT TO CLARIFY, THAT ME VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE CIP TONIGHT IS BECAUSE I'M ALSO VOTING IN FAVOR OF ALLOCATING MONEY FOR 53 OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE CIP.

AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A FLEXIBLE OR, OR I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD ORGANIC DOCUMENT.

WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS IN THE PAST WHERE THINGS THAT WENT IN THE CIP NEVER MATERIALIZED.

SO THIS COULD ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY FOR THE K-10 INTERCHANGE OR OVERPASS, WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST ALLOCATING THE MONEY FOR IF IT GOES UP, IF WHATEVER WE DO WITH IT.

AND, AND WE ARE ALSO VOTING IN FAVOR OF ALLOCATING MONEY FOR 53 OTHER PROJECTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

THANK YOU.

COURTNEY. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGER ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL SAFETY.

SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL I HAVE MADE MANY, MANY ARGUMENTS UP HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SIDEWALKS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

I MEAN, I'M A SCHOOL TEACHER.

I HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE GONE TO MANCHESTER [INAUDIBLE] AND OLATHE NORTH.

I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.

I GET IT.

I ALSO FEEL LIKE TOO, WE ARE NOT AT A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

I FEEL LIKE THERE IS ROOM FOR DESIGN.

THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYBODY STILL NEEDING TO AGREE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THIS VOTE FOR ME IS ABOUT SETTING ASIDE THE MONEY TO HAVE THOSE OPTIONS.

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TO ME, THAT'S A SAFETY FEATURE IN ITSELF THAT THOSE KIDS WOULD HAVE THAT ACCESS TO GO TO POG AND O&W AND NOT HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND ON THE HIGHWAYS LIKE MY KIDS DO NOW.

THEY DRIVE K-7 EVERY DAY.

THAT BEING SAID, AN OVERPASS WOULD SOLVE THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I GET IT.

THE PROBLEM ALSO WAS THAT HOW DO WE MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING IN THE NEXT 30, 20 TO 30 YEARS OFF OF WOODLAND, OFF OF K-7? WE DON'T HAVE THAT REMEDY IN THIS OVERPASS SOLUTION.

SO WHEN YOU GUYS ARE SITTING THREE MILES BACK ON K-10 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET OFF AT WOODLAND AND CAN'T GET TO YOUR HOUSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING OFF OF MONTICELLO. WE'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE RESIDENTS COMING TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK OUTSIDE OF JUST HERE'S THE SCHOOLS, HERE'S THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING TO COME.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S HARD BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU, YOU CAME WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING HERE, TOO, AND NOW THEY'RE COMING WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING THERE, AND THEY'RE MOVING IN.

BUT WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO UPSET YOU TEN YEARS FROM NOW BY NOT DOING IT VERSUS DOING IT.

SO THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT SOLUTIONS WE CAN DERIVE.

THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BEST FOR THE LONG TERM OF OF LENEXA AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE SAID THAT WE ARE BASING A LOT OF THESE DECISIONS ON WHAT SCHOOL POLICIES ARE AND SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS AND ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO SHIFT.

WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE MOVING TO THE WEST SIDE, EAST OF K-7 THAT THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES ARE GOING TO CHANGE AGAIN.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT.

AND WE DON'T GET TO DETERMINE THAT.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS TO DECIDE WHAT WE ARE DOING BASED ON THE GROWTH OF THE CITY, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE.

THEY HAVE TO EITHER BUILD MORE SCHOOLS OR THEY HAVE TO SHIFT THEIR POLICIES.

I KNOW WHAT THE BUS POLICY IS.

EXCUSE ME. LET ME TAKE A DRINK.

IT'S THE SAME REASON WHY I PAID FOR THE BUS.

LIVING IN FALCON RIDGE FOR MY KIDS TO GO TO MANCHESTER PARK BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO WALK ACROSS THIS FIVE YEAR OLD'S PRAIRIE STAR.

I GET IT. THOSE POLICIES CAN ALSO SHIFT, RIGHT? LIKE WHATEVER THAT BUS POLICY IS, CAN ALSO SHIFT.

IF PEOPLE WANT TO PAY FOR THE BUS, THEY WANT TO DRIVE THEIR KIDS, THEY CAN DO ALL THAT TOO.

THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS HERE, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR US LONG TERM THAT'S GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH.

ACCOMMODATE WHAT'S COMING IN AND ALSO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.

AND I THINK BY.

FUNDING THIS NOW WE HAVE TIME FOR ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP MAKE THOSE DECISIONS INSTEAD OF JUST BLANKETLY PULLING IT WITHOUT LOOKING AT WHAT ARE ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY HAVE.

AND SO THAT IS WHY AT THIS MOMENT, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE CIP AS IT IS, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WORK ON THOSE DESIGN QUESTIONS AND ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

FINAL THOUGHTS? I THINK I WOULD USE MY TIME TO MAKE AN OPEN INVITATION TO CITY OF OLATHE, OLATHE SCHOOL BOARD, ALL OF THE PARTIES THAT HAVE SORT OF BEEN IN THEIR OWN CORNERS DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK OF THE NEIGHBORS.

WHAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS, THE COMMENTARY THAT YOU HEAR TONIGHT AND DO AS DESIGN DOES AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE WHERE SAFETY IS ACCOUNTED FOR.

TRAFFIC AND GROWTH IS ACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SOLUTIONS ARE POSSIBLE IF EVERYONE GETS TOGETHER, AND THAT HAS NOT YET OCCURRED.

SO. ANDREW.

WRITE ME WELL, THANK YOU.

OKAY. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED? NO. MOTION PASSES.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS THIS EVENING?

[COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS]

WE CELEBRATED HIS LIFE YESTERDAY AT A SERVICE WHICH I WAS VERY MOVED BY.

AND I THINK I COULD SPEAK FOR ALL OF US WHEN I SAY WE'RE GOING TO MISS JOE.

INDEED. AND FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AWARE, WE ARE PLANNING SOME CEREMONIAL ACTION AT THE JANUARY 7TH MEETING, WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER KARLIN'S FAMILY WILL BE PRESENT.

THERE ARE SOME TRADITIONS THAT WE AS A CITY DO THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO, AS AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING, HE WAS PLANNING TO RESIGN FROM THE BOARD AND WE WERE

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AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE INVITED A NUMBER OF FORMER GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO WILL GIVE SOME REMARKS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER THAT EVENING.

SO WE WILL HONOR JOE IN JUST A FEW WEEKS WHEN HIS FAMILY CAN JOIN US.

SO THANK YOU, CRAIG.

ANYTHING ELSE?

[STAFF REPORTS]

THANK YOU FOR A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR.

IN MANY WAYS, A GREAT YEAR AND ALSO A DIFFICULT YEAR.

BUT WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

THANK YOU, BECKY. THIS DOES END THE REPORTED RECORDED PORTION OF THE MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.