7. Public hearing to consider repairs or demolition of the fire-damaged structure at 7730 Noland Road - WITHDRAWN AT THE REQUEST OF STAFF

[8. Approval of an agreement with the Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County to fund and operate a circulator route transit service connecting several Johnson County community sites, coinciding with the 2026 FIFA World Cup]

UNDER OLD BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JOHNSON COUNTY TO FUND AND OPERATE THE CIRCULATOR ROUTE TRANSIT SERVICE CONNECTING SEVERAL JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY SITES COINCIDING WITH THE FIFA WORLD CUP.

MIKE. SORRY, TURNING ON MY MICROPHONE HERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MIKE NOLAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER UP HERE WITH ANOTHER WORLD CUP ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HELP FUND AND OPERATE A TRANSIT CONNECTING SERVICE FOR SEVERAL JOHNSON COUNTY SITES DURING THE FIFA WORLD CUP, AND SOME DETAILS ON THE AGREEMENT AND SOME OPERATIONS I'LL GO THROUGH FOR YOU. SO KIND OF THE BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE, OBVIOUSLY, AS THE ENTIRETY OF THE KANSAS CITY REGION IS STANDING UP OPERATIONS FOR EVENTS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON EVERYWHERE DURING THE KIND OF 60 DAYS THAT THE WORLD CUP IS GOING TO BE UPON US THIS COMING SUMMER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN A FOCUS HAS BEEN TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT ACROSS THE REGION.

EASE OF USE FOR NOT ONLY OUR VISITORS DURING THE WORLD CUP, BUT ALSO FOR JOHNSON COUNTIANS ALIKE AS WE SUPPORT THEIR MOVEMENT ACROSS THE REGION.

AND SO THE JOHNSON COUNTY UNITED LINK, AS IT WILL BE MARKETED, IS A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN KDOT, WHO'S PROVIDING GRANT FUNDING, JOHNSON COUNTY, AS WELL AS JOHNSON COUNTY TRANSIT AND SEVERAL CITIES IN JOHNSON COUNTY OPP,

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OLATHE, SHAWNEE, LEAWOOD, MERRIAM MISSION, AND OBVIOUSLY LENEXA.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY TO SUPPORT THE EASE OF TRAVEL FOR EVERYBODY AND IS PART OF, BUT NOT EXACTLY THE SAME AS, THE JOHNSON COUNTY UNITED AIRPORT DROP AND RIDE THAT YOU APPROVED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

THAT IS A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN KCI AIRPORT, LENEXA CITY CENTER AND THE OVERLAND PARK CONVENTION CENTER.

AND I'LL SHOW A MAP A LITTLE BIT LATER OF KIND OF EACH OF THESE COMPONENT PIECES OF TRANSIT.

SO IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS, YOU CAN SEE A MAP AT THE RIGHT. AND I'LL HAVE A BLOWN UP VERSION HERE IN A SECOND. WE DO NOT HAVE AN EXACT BEGINNING OR END DATE FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT WE. WHAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR ARE BETWEEN 35 AND 42 DAYS OF UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE.

AND SO IF YOU KNOW THE MATCH SCHEDULES, THE VERY FIRST MATCH FOR THE WORLD CUP THIS YEAR IS ON JUNE 11TH.

THE LAST MATCH IN KANSAS CITY IS ON JULY 11TH.

SO THAT'S A 30 DAY SPAN. THE 35 TO 42 DAYS OF OPERATIONS GETS US BEFORE MATCHES START, SO THAT THEY CAN START OPERATING THE SERVICE BEFORE FIFA BECOMES A THING IN KANSAS CITY, AND THEN A FEW DAYS AFTERWARDS.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HANG AROUND KANSAS CITY AFTERWARDS.

AND SO THAT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VISITORS.

THE WAY THAT THIS ROUTE WORKS IS THAT BUSSES WILL RUN ON 30 TO 45 MINUTE INTERVALS IN EACH OF THESE 3 AREAS.

THERE'S KIND OF A BLUE AREA, A PURPLE AREA AND A RED AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.

AND IF I CAN GET MY MOUSE TO. SHOW YOU WHERE THIS IS.

LENEXA CITY CENTER IS THE VERY NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE RED CIRCULATOR.

SO THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE CIRCULATORS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT OVERLAP AT OAK PARK MALL, WHERE THERE WILL BE A KC 2026 PARK AND RIDE LOCATION THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TO EITHER FANFEST OR BE TRANSPORTED TO KANSAS CITY STADIUM FOR MATCHES SPECIFICALLY.

SO THERE WILL BE 2 BUSSES ON EACH LINE THAT WILL RUN BOTH CLOCKWISE AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE IN EACH OF THESE AREAS TO MEET EACH OF THOSE 30 TO 45 MINUTE HEADWAYS. THE PLAN WOULD BE TO OPERATE THIS SERVICE FROM 8 A.M.

TO MIDNIGHT ON A DAILY BASIS DURING THOSE 35 TO 42 DAYS, AND SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE AIRPORT DROP AND RIDE IS THAT KC 2026 FOR THEIR ROUTES. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE. AS WELL AS THIS, JOHNSON COUNTY LINK IS INTENDED TO HAVE FARES.

RIGHT NOW, THE COUNTY TRANSIT IS LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEM THAT WILL BE ACROSS THE REGION TO IMPLEMENT BUS FARES.

IF YOU'VE BEEN TRACKING THE NEWS KCATA HAS STARTED TO IMPLEMENT FARES FOR THEIR SERVICE, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A REGION WIDE EFFORT THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

SO DETAILS OF THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED. HOWEVER, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE CITY IS BEING ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE $44,398 TOWARD IT. AND SO IF FARES ARE COLLECTED ON THESE ROUTES, THE CITIES WILL BE REIMBURSED PRO RATA FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION UP TO THE AMOUNT THAT THEY CONTRIBUTED. IF THEY COLLECT ENOUGH THROUGH THOSE FARE COLLECTIONS.

AND TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING, OBVIOUSLY THE PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOST THESE TRANSIT STOPS IS AT OUR CURRENT TERMINUS OF THE 407 AND THE 405 OVER BETWEEN THE 87TH STREET EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LANES ON SCARBOROUGH LANE.

WE'RE PLANNING FOR SOME PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WON'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL AFTER THE WORLD CUP. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON SOME TEMPORARY BUS SHELTER IMPROVEMENTS TO SERVE ALL OF OUR VISITORS DURING THAT. AND SO THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS GOING TO BE HAPPENING.

OBVIOUSLY THE 4, 8 SEVEN AND THE 495 ARE GOING TO RUN ON THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULES HERE TO CITY CENTER AND WILL TERMINATE AND LEAVE AS THEY DO EACH AND EVERY DAY ALREADY.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE AIRPORT DROP AND RIDE, WHICH WILL OPERATE BETWEEN CITY CENTER, OP CONVENTION CENTER AND THE AIRPORT.

THE AGREEMENT FOR TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE JOHNSON COUNTY LINK, THAT TAKES US TO ALL THE PARKS AND EVENT SITES FOR THINGS THAT EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE PLANNING, LIKE LENEXA FOR LENEXA. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, KC 2026 IS PLANNING A REGION DIRECT ROUTE, WHICH WILL ALSO TERMINATE HERE AT CITY CENTER AND WILL BE STAFFED AND RAN COMPLETELY AND FUNDED COMPLETELY BY KC 2026.

THAT GETS PEOPLE FROM THIS LOCATION STRAIGHT TO WORLD WAR ONE, WHERE FIFA FAN FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE.

AND SO SOME MAPS JUST TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE, THE KCI EXPRESS JUST GOES STRAIGHT DOWN FOR 35 AND ALL THE WAY BACK UP.

AND THOSE HAVE SOME, SOME INTERMITTENT HEADWAYS THAT ARE THAT ARE SIMILAR TO OUR CIRCULATOR ROUTE.

ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE EACH OF THE BLUE THAT IS KIND OF NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY PURPLE, WHICH IS LEAWOOD AND OVERLAND PARK, AND THE RED, WHICH IS LENEXA AND OLATHE. THAT WILL STOP AT GARMIN SOCCER AND THE STRANG LINE PARK AND RIDE THAT IS A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. AND THEN IN TERMS OF WHAT CONNECT KC 2026 IS DOING, THESE AREN'T THE EXACT ROUTES, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE HUB AND SPOKE MODEL THAT KC 2026 IS IMPLEMENTING FOR ALL OF THEIR TRANSIT OPTIONS IN TERMS OF THE BLUE PARK AND RIDES AND AIRPORT DIRECT

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SHUTTLE FOR THEIR SERVICES, AS WELL AS EVERYTHING THAT IS IN RED HERE, WHICH INCLUDES A RIDE OUT TO CITY CENTER.

SO THE NEXT STEPS, IF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THIS AGREEMENT THIS EVENING AND FUNDING FOR IT, WE'RE WAITING FOR EACH OF THE OTHER PARTICIPATING CITIES TO APPROVE THE SAME AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.

WE NEED TO STILL COORDINATE INTERIM TRANSIT STOP IMPROVEMENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MUNICIPAL SERVICES. OBVIOUSLY, JOHNSON COUNTY UNITED IS THE BRAND FOR EVERYTHING THAT JOHNSON COUNTY IS, IS DOING.

AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME MARKETING AND PUBLICATION TO DO, NOT ONLY WITH OUR OWN THINGS, BUT ALSO COUNTYWIDE TO ADVERTISE THIS SERVICE TO VISITORS IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND THE LIKE. AND OBVIOUSLY COORDINATING WITH KC 2026 ON THAT REGIONAL CONNECTION.

YOU WON'T SEE AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. IT'LL JUST BE A USE AGREEMENT FOR OUR BUS STOP.

SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST THING FOR TRANSIT THAT YOU'LL SEE FOR FOR 26 ON YOUR DOCKET.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE $44,000 WORTH OF FUNDING AND THE AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. QUESTIONS FOR MIKE AVERY.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? MIKE, AT ROUGHLY HOW MUCH YOU THINK THE FAIR WILL BE? WE HAVE NOT DETERMINED THAT YET. AND THAT IS NOT IN THE AGREEMENT.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER. WE'LL HAVE INFLUENCE OVER. BUT ULTIMATELY, THAT IS UP TO JOHNSON COUNTY TRANSIT AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

GOT IT. AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ON TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE'S AWARENESS AND USE OF THAT.

SO LIKE AN APP OR. YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JOHNSON COUNTY TRANSIT IS EXPLORING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO UNIFY WHAT THAT APP AND WHAT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.

AFTER THE WORLD CUP IS OVER. THIS WILL BE A STANDING TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT FARES WILL BE COLLECTED ON REGION WIDE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. OTHER QUESTIONS. CRAIG.

I'M CURIOUS. WHEN I LOOK AT THE NORTHEAST LOOP, IT SORT OF GOES TO HIGHLAND PARK, BUT I THINK I READ IN THE PAPER TODAY OR YESTERDAY THAT ONE OF THE TEAMS IS GOING TO HEADQUARTER IN PRAIRIE VILLAGE AND YEAH.

OKAY. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THIS INTENDED TO PICK UP TEAMS, FANS, WHATEVER.

THIS IS INTENDED TO PICK UP FANS, VISITORS, JOHNSON COUNTIANS WHO MAYBE WANT TO GET AROUND TO PLACES THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ON TRANSIT IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO PICK UP THE TEAMS. THE TEAMS HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE TRANSPORTATION PLANS THAT ARE HANDLED THROUGH KC, 2026 AND FIFA THAT IS COMPLETELY FUNDED AND IS SEPARATE FROM ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

THAT'S THAT'S FINE. IT DOESN'T IMPACT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

I JUST WAS CURIOUS ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T STOP ANYBODY FROM THOSE TEAMS FROM GETTING ON THESE.

THAT'S FOR CERTAIN. I'M SURE IT WOULDN'T. I JUST, YOU KNOW, THE LOOP LOOKS LIKE.

WELL, NEVER MIND. IT'S NOT OUR LOOP. FAIR. COURT.

I'M ASSUMING. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE NOT ASSUMED THAT THE 44,000 WILL BE TOURISM MONEY ALSO.

THAT IS CORRECT. IT IS FROM THE TOURISM AND CONVENTION FUND. SO IT IS THROUGH THE TRANSIENT GUEST TAX LEVIED ON HOTEL STAYS.

AND IF IT'S REIMBURSED, PORTION OF THAT JUST GOES BACK INTO THAT FUND.

YES IT WILL. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO FUND OPERATE CIRCULATOR ROUTE CONNECTING SEVERAL JOHNSON COUNTY SITES WITH THE FEE FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP SECOND. SOUNDED LIKE BILL AND THEN AVERY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. MIKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS TONIGHT, BILL?

[COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS]

YEAH. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS UNTIL ENGINEER'S WEEK PROCLAMATION.

YOU KNOW, OUR FRIEND OCTAVE CHANUTE. AND, TIM, YOU'RE AN ENGINEER.

AND, CRAIG, MAYBE THERE'S OTHER ENGINEERS HERE, BUT OCTAVE CHANUTE CHAIRED THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS THAT ESTABLISHED THE CREDENTIALS THAT LET US IDENTIFY WHO'S REALLY DONE THE WORK TO BECOME AN ENGINEER. SO, CHANUTE'S EVERYWHERE. CHEERS TO OCTAVE.

ANY OTHER I THINK I SHOULD REBUT. WELL, I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

AND WHEN I DID THINK ABOUT IT, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I WAS I RECEIVED MY LICENSE AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER 50 YEARS AGO, WHICH MAKES ME THINK I'M OLD. BUT I ALSO SERVED IN THE US ARMY, IN THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

AND THE WEST POINT IS REGARDED BY MANY AS THE OLDEST ENGINEERING SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY.

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AND IT WAS FORMED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON IN 1805 WITH THE GOAL OF TRAINING LEADERS AND ENGINEERS.

AND THE EMBLEM OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS A CASTLE, AND FORTIFICATION, IF YOU WILL.

SO IN MY CAREER AS A AS AN ENGINEER, AS A CIVILIAN, I LEARNED HOW TO HOW TO BUILD THINGS TO LAST.

BUT MY MOS IN THE ARMY WAS COMBAT ENGINEER. AND SO I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO DESTROY THINGS.

YOU CAN TAKE THEM APART EASIER THAN YOU CAN PUT THEM TOGETHER. THANK YOU, CRAIG, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS WITH US THIS EVENING.

OUR TRADITION HERE AT LENEXA IS TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND AND TELL US WHERE YOU GO TO SCHOOL.

AND WHAT BRINGS YOU OUT TONIGHT, PLEASE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A GOOD SHORT MEETING TO JOIN US.

OKAY. AND WITH THAT, STAFF REPORTS THIS EVENING.

[STAFF REPORTS]

ANYTHING BEFORE WE GET TO OUR 2 PRESENTATIONS? OKAY. LOGAN HAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ARTS COUNCIL.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE PICKED. COUNCIL. LOGAN WAGLER, PARKS RECREATION DIRECTOR HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LENEXA ARTS COUNCIL, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD A FINAL RECOMMENDATION FOR A NEW PUBLIC ART SCULPTURE TO BE PLACED AT ASTOR PARK. BEFORE WE START, I JUST WANT TO DO ANOTHER QUICK THANK YOU TO THE GOVERNING BODY.

THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF OF WORK. I KNOW THE GOVERNING BODY HAS PUT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY INTO DEVELOPING A PUBLIC ARTS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT INCLUDED A NEW PROCUREMENT PROCESS, THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PIECE OF ART TO GO THROUGH IT.

SO HASHTAG RESPECT THE PROCESS, RIGHT? JUST FOR CONTEXT, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW SORT OF A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF ADASTRAL PARK AND WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY FOR THE NEW POOL AND IMPROVED PARKING LOT, AND SOME OTHER AMENITIES THROUGHOUT THE PARK.

BASICALLY, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT MAP, THERE'S AN ENTRY PLAZA THAT KIND OF SERVES AS THE CENTRAL POINT IN THE PARK, BUT ALSO ENTRY PLAZA FOR THE POOL THAT WILL BE THE AREA WHERE THE SCULPTURE WILL GO. JUST A REMINDER, THE PUBLIC ART STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED.

THERE'S A 3 STEP PROCESS THAT STAFF LOVES VERY EASY TO FOLLOW.

THE 1ST STEP, OBVIOUSLY WAS DONE QUITE A WHILE AGO.

BASICALLY SETS THE DIRECTION. HOW WE WANT TO GO FORWARD ON DOING THAT.

STAGE 2 IS ALSO WE'VE ALSO CHECKED THAT BOX AND THAT DECIDED THE FINAL DIRECTION ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO A CALL FOR ARTISTS AND GO FROM THERE.

1 MORE SLIDE, JUST FOR CONTEXT AS WELL, IS JUST TO REWIND THE TAPE AND TALK ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC SCULPTURE.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DECIDED TO DO AN RFP, WHICH WAS AN OPEN CALL FOR ANY ARTIST TO SUBMIT BASED ON A $30,000 BUDGET.

AND THEN THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE WE WANT TO DO, LIKE AN ARTIST TALK, OR THAT COULD BE A VIDEO OR OTHER SOME SORT OF ENGAGEMENT.

BECAUSE IT WAS AN RFP, WE DECIDED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, KIND OF A BLIND SCORING, WHICH THE GOVERNING BODY PARTICIPATED IN.

AND SO NOW I'M GOING TO KIND OF UNPACK THE RESULTS OF THAT. SO WE HAD 7 DIFFERENT ART SCULPTURES THAT WERE SCORED.

FIVE WERE SORT OF THIS MIX OF METAL AND ACRYLIC, AND THEN A COUPLE WERE KIND OF MORE PAINTED METAL.

SO THESE ARE THE FIRST 2, SPLISH AND SELENE. THE NEXT 2 WERE SHINE AND EMBRACE.

THE LAST METAL WITH ACRYLIC WAS GESTURA. HOPEFULLY I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT.

AND THEN THE 2 KIND OF PAINTED METAL. THE 1ST ONE BEING THE LONG WAY HOME.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS CALLED DON'T FORGET US.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS WAS BLIND SCORING SCORED BY THE GOVERNING BODY, WHICH IS 9 MEMBERS, THE LAC, WHICH IS 9 MEMBERS AND THEN 4 STAFF MEMBERS, ALL SCORED, GAVE A SCORE FROM 0 TO 5.

KIND OF HIGH SCORE WINS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO FINAL RESULTS, HOW THAT PLAYED OUT. WHAT I LOVE TO SEE WAS KIND OF SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE BOARD.

I THINK EVERYBODY LIKED A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN THE ART WORLD, OF COURSE, BUT THE HIGH SCORE OF 77 WAS SPLISH.

SO THE FIRST SCULPTURE YOU SAW, AND I'LL PULL THAT BACK UP AGAIN AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, AGAIN, THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT, THE VOTES THAT CAME IN.

WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK TOO, ALONG THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO AGAIN, THE FINAL ONE WE'RE RECOMMENDING TONIGHT IS SPLISH.

JUST FOR CONTEXT, IT'S ABOUT 7 FEET TALL, 5 FEET WIDE.

SO IT IS TALLER THAN ME. MOST LIKELY WILL PLACE THAT ON A PEDESTAL IN THE PARK.

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WE'LL UPLIGHT IT, PUT SOME NICE LANDSCAPING AROUND IT AND TRY TO PROTECT IT.

WE THINK IT'LL FIT VERY WELL WITH THE PARK AND THE THEME AND LOOK REALLY GOOD.

AND FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE A SPLASH IN THE REC CENTER.

SO IF THIS GOES FORWARD IT WILL HAVE A SPLISH SPLASH IN OUR COLLECTION.

SO WITH THAT, I JUST HAVE ONE FINAL SLIDE JUST TO KIND OF REINFORCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS ARTWORK WAS SELECTED THROUGH THE PUBLIC ART STRATEGIC PLAN SELECTION PROCESS. WE FEEL IT REFLECTS THE PROJECT GOALS OF ENHANCING PUBLIC SPACES, SUPPORTING HIGH QUALITY CONTEMPORARY ART, AND CREATING ENGAGING, MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

LENEXA ARTS COUNCIL BELIEVES SPLISH WILL BE A STRONG ADDITION TO OUR ART COLLECTION, AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROCEED.

SO FORMALLY, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A VOTE TONIGHT.

MAYOR SO WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS OR KIND OF A THUMBS UP TO GO FORWARD.

THE GOVERNING BODY WOULD ALSO NOT NEED TO APPROVE A PURCHASE ORDER OR ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT IT IS. WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT CONTRACT WITH THE ARTIST, MOVE FORWARD, AND IF IT'S APPROVED, WE'LL GET THIS THING INSTALLED AND BE READY TO GO WHEN WE OPEN THIS POOL ON MEMORIAL WEEKEND.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY.

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. MARK THE IS THIS WHAT WAS BUILT IN 2019 OR WAS THIS GOING TO BE A BRAND NEW ONE? THIS IS THIS IS AN EXISTING PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED OR MADE BY THE ARTIST IN 2019.

AND SO HOW IS THAT DISPLAYED? I'M JUST CURIOUS IN REGARDS TO ITS DISPLAY, DID SOMEBODY OWN IT BEFORE OR HE DISPLAYED IT AND DID THINGS LIKE THAT? YEAH. SO IT WAS PUT ON TEMPORARY DISPLAY IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER ITS LIFETIME.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST IN STORAGE. SO SOMETHING HE HAD IN HIS INVENTORY.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY. CRAIG IS THE ACRYLIC WEATHERPROOF.

AND I SAY THAT BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH AMUSING BREEZE.

AS FAR AS I CAN TELL AND HOW THE ARTISTS EXPLAINED TO US, IT'S A, IT'S AN EXTERIOR GRADE ACRYLIC THAT'S INTENDED TO BE OUTDOORS.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TIME WILL TELL, BUT WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE PIECE.

WE FEEL IT'S DURABLE AND MEETS SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING TO WE THINK WE CAN MAINTAIN LONG TERM.

GOOD. GREAT QUESTION. OKAY, BILL. YEAH, I CERTAINLY LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND IMPORTANT THAT WE VOTE ON THAT THAT WE ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION.

I IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS PROCESS, I HATE TO START THE THE BALL ROLLING, SO TO SPEAK, THAT WE JUST TAKE A THUMBS UP OR A, YOU KNOW, BUT I LIKE IT.

AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON IT, I SURE WOULD.

SECOND THAT MOTION. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE THAT KIND OF MOTION LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SPLISH. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. SECOND BY CHELSEA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. THE FIRST PIECE OF THE NEW PROCESS IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU TO OUR ARTS COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE. YES.

HEY, A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. THANK YOU, BY THE WAY.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF PLAQUE ON IT WHERE IT KIND OF EXPLAINS WHAT IT IS AND KIND OF HOW WE CHOSE THIS PATIENT AND WHAT IT EMBODIES. AND, YOU KNOW, THE SPIRIT OF THE PIECE THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WE ALWAYS HAVE A PLAQUE THAT EXPLAINS THE NAME OF THE PIECE, THE ARTIST, WHEN IT WAS WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED. WE TYPICALLY DON'T BUILD IN A BUNCH MORE NARRATIVE.

BUT WE CAN CONSIDER THAT. I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL AND DECIDE, SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS GOT PROCURED OR SOME OF THE BACKSTORY? WE CAN ACTUALLY EXPLORE THAT FOR YOU.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. LOGAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS TODD WITH AN UPDATE ON THE LIVE WELL EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC.

I DON'T HAVE ANY SPLISH OR SPLASH OR ANYTHING.

AGAIN, TODD PELHAM, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. WE JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD LITTLE TOUCH POINT TO COME BEFORE YOU AND JUST LET YOU KNOW HOW TO LIVE.

WELL, EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC PROJECT WENT. AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, WE RELOCATED THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC FROM THE OLD CITY HALL INTO SPACE ABOUT 7000FT² IN THIS BUILDING WHERE PARKING UNIVERSITY PREVIOUSLY LEASED SOME SPACE FROM US.

SO WE WERE JUST REALLY, REALLY PLEASED WITH HOW THE PROJECT TURNED OUT.

WE STARTED THIS PROCESS ALL THE WAY BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS AND REALLY ENGAGING OUR VENDOR, WHICH IS MAYOR MARATHON HEALTH AND THEN TALKING WITH OUR HR GROUP WHO SUPERVISES THIS FUNCTION.

SO WE GOT A LOT OF THAT INPUT. WE GOT A GMP TO YOU IN JUNE OF 2005, AND REALLY STARTED OUR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT IN JULY OF

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2025. SO ABOUT A 6 MONTH CONSTRUCTION PROCESS THAT WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL.

OUR CONSTRUCTION PARTNER WAS NEWKIRK NOVAK, WHICH IS A LOCAL CONTRACTOR.

AND ALSO FINKEL WILLIAMS WAS OUR ARCHITECT ON THAT PROJECT, AS YOU WRITE.

AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, WE CONTRACTED WITH THAT TEAM TO ALSO DO FIRE STATION 6.

SO WITH SOME OF THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE OLD CITY HALL AND THAT SITE JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS AN EASY PROCUREMENT TO SELECT THAT TEAM TO DO BOTH PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT WE ARE SEEING EMPLOYEES IN THAT SPACE NOW.

WE STARTED THAT JUST AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

A LOT OF GREAT SUPPORT FROM ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND PARKS TEAM.

THEY WE SAVED SOME MONEY BY DOING ALL OF THE MOVE OF ALL THAT EQUIPMENT OURSELVES AND JUST REALLY SAVE SOME MONEY THERE.

WE BORROWED SOME OLD FURNITURE FROM THE OLD CITY HALL TO AND THROUGH THEM INTO CONFERENCE ROOMS. BUT REALLY, THE SCOPE OF THE WORK WAS KIND OF A3 PRONGED THING WAS 7000FT² FOR THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH CENTER.

WE ALSO DID 3 OFFICE RECONFIGURATIONS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

JUST WE NEEDED SOME MORE SUPERVISOR SPACE AS WE'VE KIND OF EVOLVED IN THIS SPACE IN CITY HALL.

FOR SCOTT'S TEAM. AND THEN WE ALSO ARE REALLY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ADD 2 LARGE CONFERENCE ROOMS INTO THIS BUILDING.

AND THE NAMES OF THOSE CONFERENCE ROOMS ARE THE RIDGEVIEW CONFERENCE ROOM AND THE WOODLAND CONFERENCE ROOM.

SO WE ARE GOING TO WE'VE STARTED UTILIZING THAT SPACE AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY STARTING TO BOOK THAT.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT RESOURCE WITHIN THE BUILDING HERE.

JUST REAL QUICK ON THE BUDGET, WE HAD A TOTAL BUDGET OF ABOUT $1.9 MILLION.

THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF THAT WAS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION.

THE OWNER'S SOFT COST, ALL THE CONTINGENCY DESIGN FEES, FURNITURE, HAVE ALL THE THINGS THAT WENT INTO THAT WERE ANOTHER ABOUT HALF, HALF A MILLION. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN AT ABOUT 1.8.

SO ABOUT $140,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS THAT WILL GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO PLEASED WITH THAT. WE HAD, AGAIN A GREAT CONTRACTOR.

I THINK WE ONLY HAD 2 CHANGE ORDERS ON THE WHOLE PROJECT, AND THOSE WERE INITIATED BY ME.

SO THAT WAS NOT ON THE CONTRACTOR. SO ALL REALLY GREAT TEAM.

SO WITH THAT, I KNOW WE HAD A SHORT MEETING TONIGHT, BUT WE WANTED TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO WALK THROUGH THAT SPACE TONIGHT.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR WITH US AND WE'LL KEEP YOU FOR ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES AND LET YOU SEE SOME OF THE EXAM ROOMS AND SOME OF THAT SPACE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE SPACE.

OKAY. WE'LL DO THE TOUR A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER WE ADJOURN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TODD, AND THANK YOU FOR MANAGING THE PROJECT.

AS ALWAYS, THIS DOES END THE RECORDED PORTION OF THE MEETING.

WE WILL HAVE BUSINESS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Feb 03, 2026 City Council Meeting

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