[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:15] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, THE ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. JENNIFER, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? THANK YOU. THAT'S A REALLY LOUD TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER HANDLEY IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER EITERICH. COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLTON. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICKS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BELL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DENNY. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER HERRON. PRESENT. MAYOR SAYERS IS ABSENT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILLIAMSON IS PRESENT AND PRESIDING. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. STAFF HAS INFORMED ME [APPROVE MINUTES] THERE WAS A TYPO IN THE DRAFT MINUTES FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING AGENDA. THE MINUTES REFERENCED ITEM 3B, WHEREAS IT SHOULD HAVE STATED COUNCIL MEMBER BELL MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 2B, AND COUNCIL MEMBER NICKS SECONDED THE MOTION. STAFF HAS MADE THAT CORRECTION TO THE DRAFT MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS TO THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THIS SEPTEMBER 1ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING? HEARING NONE, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CORRECTED MINUTES. SECOND. MOTION BY CRAIG. SECOND BY BILL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. JENNIFER, ARE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS [MODIFICATION OF AGENDA] TO THE AGENDA TONIGHT? YES. ITEM 3 IS BEING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND TONIGHT, [PROCLAMATIONS] WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR CONSTITUTION WEEK. CATHERINE LARGENT WITH THE KANSAS DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM. WHEREAS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTIES, EMBODIES THE PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND REPUBLIC DEDICATED TO RULE BY LAW, AND WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 MARKS THE 239TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, AND WHEREAS IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO ACCORD OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THE MAGNIFICENT DOCUMENT AND ITS MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY, AND TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS WHICH WILL COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION, AND WHEREAS PUBLIC LAW 915 GUARANTEES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR, JULIE SAYERS, MAYOR OF LENEXA, KANSAS, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17TH TO THE 23RD, 2026 TO BE CONSTITUTION WEEK IN LENEXA, AND ASK OUR CITIZENS TO REAFFIRM THE IDEALS THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION HAD IN 1787 BY VIGILANTLY PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS GUARANTEED TO US THROUGH THIS GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTIES, REMEMBERING THAT LOST RIGHTS MAY NEVER BE REGAINED. I PREPARED SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M NOT GOOD AT JUST FLYING OFF THE CUFF. MS. WILLIAMS AND THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY OFFICIALS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. ON BEHALF OF THE QUIVARA CROSSING CHAPTER NSDAR, IT IS A GENUINE PRIVILEGE TO ACCEPT THIS CONSTITUTION AND WEEK PROCLAMATION. WE ARE SINCERELY GRATEFUL TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE CITY OF LENEXA FOR THIS MEANINGFUL RECOGNITION AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER IN SUPPORT OF A DOCUMENT THAT CONTINUES TO SHAPE OUR NATION AND OUR SHARED CIVIC LIFE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [CONSENT AGENDA] AS JENNIFER SAID, ITEM 3 HAS [00:05:01] BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO THERE ARE SEVEN ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. THE MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE ROUTINE AND APPROVED COLLECTIVELY WITH NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM. ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION BY A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY, CITY MANAGER, OR BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING. IN THE EVENT THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT WILL BE PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. DOES ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE ANY OTHER ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND FOUR THROUGH EIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION BY AVERY, SECOND BY MARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. [3. Approval of Change Order No. 2 to the agreement with CM Concrete, Inc. for the 2026 Sidewalk & Trail Repair Program Approved This change order covers additional work to reconstruct the Prairie Star Parkway Trail from the I-435 Bridge west to Ridgeview Road, replacing 1.42 miles of asphalt trail with the City's current standard 10-foot-wide concrete trail, at a total cost of $822,875.] ITEM 3 IS THE APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 2 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH CM CONCRETE, INC. FOR THE 2026 SIDEWALK AND TRAIL REPAIR PROGRAM, NICK. GOOD EVENING. NICK ARENA, MUNICIPAL SERVICES DIRECTOR. SO THIS CHANGE ORDER WILL RECONSTRUCT 1.42 MILES OF TRAIL ON PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY FROM THE 435 BRIDGE ALL THE WAY TO THE BRIDGE ON PRAIRIE STAR THAT'S JUST A LITTLE WEST OF RIDGEVIEW. WE WILL REMOVE THE ASPHALT TRAIL AND REPLACE BACK WITH 10-FOOT-WIDE CONCRETE. THIS TRAIL IS CONSIDERED FAILED IN OUR CATEGORY, AND WE WERE GOING TO RECONSTRUCT THIS TRAIL THIS YEAR, BUT IT GOT BUMPED FOR HICKORY RIDGE TRAIL DUE TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT WAS FAILED, SO WE DECIDED TO DO THAT PROJECT INSTEAD SINCE THERE WILL BE SOME TRAIL WORK IN THAT. WE DID SOLICIT PRICING FROM TWO CONTRACTORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY MOBILIZED, AND CM CONSTRUCTION HAD THE LOWEST BID PRICE, AND SO WE PROPOSED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, AND THIS WILL BE FUNDED BY THE MINING TIF DISTRICT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, NICK. YOU KNOW, I THINK BANG FOR THE BUCK, I THINK TRAILS ARE THE BEST THING WE DO IN THE TOWN. I KNOW THERE'S OTHER MORE IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT BANG FOR THE BUCK IS THE BEST THING WE DO, AND GOING THROUGH ALL OF OUR OLD TRAILS AND REDOING THEM TO THE CONCRETE AND THE WIDTH OF OUR CURRENT STANDARD IS JUST A VERY GOOD USE OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO TO THE AGREEMENT WITH CM CONCRETE, INC. FOR THE 2026 SIDEWALK AND TRAIL REPAIR PROGRAM. MOTION BY BILL, SECOND BY AVERY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. [9. Consideration of a preliminary plan for an industrial development with two buildings known as Santa Fe Commerce Center located at the northeast corner of Santa Fe Trail Drive & Lakeview Avenue in the BP-2, Planned Manufacturing District] ITEM NINE IS THE CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH TWO BUILDINGS KNOWN AS SANTA FE COMMERCE CENTER LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE AND LAKEVIEW AVENUE IN THE BP2 PLANNED MANUFACTURING DISTRICT. HI, STEPHANIE. HI. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBERS. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AS MENTIONED, ITEM NINE IS FOR SANTA FE COMMERCE CENTER, AND THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAN CONSIDERATION. JUST TO SET THE TABLE FOR YOU HERE, AS MENTIONED, IT'S A REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR TWO INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. TOGETHER, COMBINED, THEY TOTAL JUST OVER 222,000 SQUARE FEET. IT'S LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS ALONG SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE, JUST NORTH OF 119TH STREET, ON THE BORDER WITH OLATHE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS COMPRISED OF FOUR PARCELS, ALL ZONED BP2, AND THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION IS BUSINESS PARK FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS MAY LOOK FAMILIAR TO SOME OF YOU BECAUSE WE DID APPROVE A PRELIMINARY PLAN IN 2024, BUT IT EXPIRED EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT LOOKS QUITE A LOT LIKE THAT 2024 PLAN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. THE FINAL PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2024, BUT HAS NOT BEEN RECORDED AND HAS NOT YET EXPIRED. [00:10:01] AS MENTIONED, THIS IS AT OUR SOUTH BORDER ALONG SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE, NORTH OF 119TH STREET, AND JUST TO THE WEST OF I -35, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP OF LENEXA, OUTLINED IN BLACK. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY IN THE BLUE LINE ON THIS AREA. LAKEVIEW AVENUE IS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST, AND IF YOU RECALL FROM 2024, LAKEVIEW AVENUE USED TO BE A PUBLIC STREET AND WAS VACATED AS PART OF THE 2024 PROJECT. SO IT STILL IS CALLED LAKEVIEW AVENUE, BUT IT IS NOW PRIVATE INSTEAD OF PUBLIC. IT WILL SERVE NOT ONLY FOR ACCESS TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST, AS IT HAS FOR MANY YEARS, BUT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A PRIVATE MEANS OF EGRESS AND INGRESS TO THE SUBJECT SITE. THE SITE IS KNOWN TO BP2, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PURPLE ON THE LEFT -HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES IT AS BUSINESS PARK, AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN PURPLE IN THIS AREA. THE PROPOSED USE OF THE SITE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THESE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS IS BOTH IN -KIND WITH THE ZONING AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HERE'S A SIDE -BY -SIDE MEANT TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW SIMILAR THESE TWO PROPOSALS ARE. THE 2024 PRELIMINARY PLAN IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, AND THE CURRENT 2026 PLAN IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. AS MENTIONED, THERE ARE VERY MINOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO. REALLY, THE DIFFERENCES ARE MINOR CHANGES TO BUILDING ONE, A COUPLE PARKING CHANGES, AND SOME STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS. AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOK PRETTY HARD TO SEE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES. SO, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY. IN THIS, YOU WILL SEE THAT 2026 PRELIMINARY PLAN FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, NOW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. AND THEN THE FINAL PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED AND IS STILL VALID ON THE RIGHT -HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE LOT LAYOUT. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO TRACKS AND TWO LOTS. TRACT B IS THAT LAKEVIEW AVENUE PRIVATE STREET. TRACT A IS FOR STORMWATER. AND LOT 1 AND LOT 2 ARE THOSE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT LOTS. THE COLORIZED PORTIONS OF THAT FINAL PLAT ARE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE DIFFERENT EASEMENTS AND ACCESS POINTS WITH THE RED ARROWS ON THE SITE. NOW, ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND THE RENDERINGS. THE GENERAL LOOK OF THE BUILDINGS IS A TILT -UP CONCRETE PRODUCT, MOSTLY GRAY IN COLOR WITH SOME BLUE ACCENTS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE GENERAL LANDSCAPE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE TRAIL PLAN IN THE TOP RIGHT, AND SOME PROPOSED FENCING IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WHICH I WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON OUR NEXT SLIDE. THERE IS A TRAIL PLAN ALONG SANTA FE TRAIL, AND THIS PROJECT WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A PUBLIC SIDEWALK ALONG SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE TO ONE DAY CONNECT INTO THAT TRAIL SYSTEM. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NOT ADJACENT SIDEWALK OR TRAIL TO CONNECT TO FROM THIS SITE, THOUGH. WITH FENCING, I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THE LEFT -HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, OUR STAFF REPORT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING INDICATED THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT FOR FENCING. BACK IN 2024, WHEN THE PROJECT WAS PRESENTED, STAFF DID HAVE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT NICER TYPE OF FENCING ALONG SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE BECAUSE THE STORAGE AREA PROPOSED IS, NUMBER ONE, REQUIRING A DEVIATION FOR ITS LOCATION, AND NUMBER TWO, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE AND KIND OF FRONT AND CENTER THAN SOME OF OUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT TYPICALLY HAVE THESE IN THE BACK OF HOUSE OF THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, PUT THE LASER POINTER ON. ORIGINALLY, STAFF HAD REQUESTED THAT THERE BE A VINYL PRIVACY FENCE WITH MASONRY COLUMNS ALL ALONG THIS RED LINE HERE, AND THEN LATER ON, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT HAD WORKED, I BELIEVE, DURING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND MAYBE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING BACK IN 2024, TO ACTUALLY FOCUS THAT MORE JUST WRAPPING THE EDGES BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT TREE BUFFER THAT EXISTS ALONG THAT NORTH PROPERTY LINE. AND THOSE TREES WILL BE MAINTAINED, SOME OF WHICH ARE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SOME OF WHICH ARE ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. SO IN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT HERE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO REQUEST THAT THEY WRAP THE MASONRY COLUMNS SORT OF AROUND THE BEND HERE AS SEEN IN RED VERSUS THE ENTIRE NORTH PROPERTY LINE HERE AS SHOWN IN THIS IMAGE ON THE LEFT. THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT [00:15:02] PLANNING COMMISSION THIS TIME AROUND AS WELL, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ALSO AMENABLE TO THAT CHANGE. I MENTIONED THAT THIS AREA NEEDED A DEVIATION, AND THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS WHAT THAT IS. THE FENCING HERE DOES GO BEYOND WHAT WE CALL THE ESTABLISHED FRONT WALL OF THE BUILDING. IN THIS CASE, THIS PLAN IS TURNED A LITTLE BIT ON ITS SIDE. NORTH IS ACTUALLY OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE HERE WHERE MY LASER POINTER IS. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THIS IS FACING OUT TOWARDS SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE, AND THE STORAGE AREA AND THE FENCING DOES PROJECT BEYOND WHAT IS THE FRONT FACE OF THAT WALL. SO A DEVIATION IS NECESSARY IN THIS CASE. HOWEVER, WE DO NOTE THAT THAT BUILDING IS PUSHED BACK 100 FEET. THE BUILDING WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A LESSER SETBACK, BUT IN THIS CASE, JUST THE GEOMETRY OF THE SITE MADE THIS MORE FEASIBLE FOR THE LAYOUT. AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS DEVIATION AND THE FENCING BEING AT A 50 -FOOT SETBACK RATHER THAN BEHIND A 100 -FOOT SETBACK DUE TO THAT COMPROMISE WITH THE BETTER FENCED MATERIALS IN THE MASONRY COLUMNS. AND THIS IS THE SAME DEVIATION THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLAN IN 2024 AS WELL. WITH THAT, BOTH STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PRELIMINARY PLAN. WE DO HAVE TWO CONDITIONS, AND THESE SAME CONDITIONS WERE ON THE 2024 PLAN AS WELL. NUMBER ONE BEING THAT THE FIVE -FOOT -WIDE PUBLIC SIDEWALK ALONG SANTA FE TRAIL DRIVE BE PROVIDED ON THE FINAL PLAN AND BE CONSTRUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FIRST BUILDING. AND CONDITION NUMBER TWO BEING THAT THERE ARE INTERNAL SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS THAT LINK THE TWO BUILDINGS PROVIDED ON THAT FINAL PLAN AS WELL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? CRAIG? CURIOUSLY, I THINK SINCE WE DON'T HAVE TRAILS THAT CONNECT ANYWHERE NEAR THIS, BUT MAY IN THE FUTURE, WHY NOT A 10 -FOOT -WIDE PUBLIC SIDEWALK THAT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR CURRENT CONCRETE TRAIL SYSTEM AND THEN LATER ON THINGS HOOK UP? SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT CONCRETE IS WE COULD ADD ANOTHER FIVE FEET RIGHT NEXT TO IT AT THE TIME WHEN THE TRAIL SYSTEM DOES HAVE A FURTHER CONNECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. COURTNEY? STEPHANIE, THE PREVIOUS PLAN, WAS THAT ALSO A COMMERCE CENTER LIKE THIS? I'M TRYING TO RECALL WHAT IT WAS. OKAY. JUST TRYING TO RECALL WHAT WE APPROVED LAST YEAR VERSUS THE DIFFERENCE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE BUILDINGS LOOK THE SAME. I JUST... YEAH. IT'S ALL INDUSTRIAL SPEC USES, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP SO I CAN MENTION THE USE. AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC TENANT IDENTIFIED, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE ANY USES THAT ARE TYPICALLY ALLOWED IN THE BP2 ZONING DISTRICT TO OCCUPY THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? IT'S THE APPLICANT'S PRESENCE THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. DAN FINN, CIVIL ENGINEER WITH PHELPS ENGINEERING, 1270 NORTH WINCHESTER, ALATHE, KANSAS. NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH STAFF ON THIS. STEPHANIE'S REPORT KIND OF NAILED ALL THE TOPICS. AS MENTIONED, IT'S REALLY A CARBON COPY OF WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TWO YEARS AGO. THE GOAL IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINAL PLAN IMMEDIATELY AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE LAPSE IN THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, WE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. SO THERE'S NO INTENT OF CHANGING THE PROPOSED USE, THE INTENT OF THE DESIGN. IT'S JUST BRINGING IT BACK FORWARD SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINAL PLAN. AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE DELAY TO LET THE PRELIMINARY PLAN FROM 2024 LAPSE OR EXPIRE, BUT ARE YOU PREPARED AND READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE? YES. THE DEVELOPER IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING THE SPECULATIVE AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH TWO BUILDINGS KNOWN AS SANTA FE COMMERCE CENTER, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SANTA FE TRAIL AND LAKEVIEW AVENUE IN THE BP2 PLANNED MANUFACTURING DISTRICT. SO MOVED. I HEARD A MOTION BY AVERY AND SECOND BY CRAIG OR CHRIS. [00:20:01] SECOND BY CHRIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. [10. Consideration of a preliminary plan for an office, wholesale and warehousing, general and wholesale and warehousing, limited use development known as Meritex Lenexa Executive Park located at the northeast corner of 99th Street & Britton Street in the BP-1, Planned Business Park, and the BP-2, Planned Manufacturing Districts ] ITEM 10 IS THE CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR AN OFFICE WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSING GENERAL AND WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSING LIMITED USE DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS MERITEX -LENEXA EXECUTIVE PARK, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 99TH STREET AND BRITTON STREET IN THE BP1 PLANNED BUSINESS PARK AND THE BP2 PLANNED MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. STEPHANIE. THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AS MENTIONED, ITEM 10 IS FOR MERITEX -LENEXA EXECUTIVE PARK NEAR 99TH AND BRITTON STREET. AGAIN, A SUMMARY OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVAL TO DEVELOP A 30 -ACRE FOUR -BUILDING BUSINESS PARK CONTAINING JUST OVER 230 ,000 SQUARE FEET TOTAL. AS MENTIONED, IT'S AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 99TH AND BRITTON STREET, JUST SOUTH OF THE LENEXA JUSTICE CENTER. AND IT INCLUDES A FOUR -LOT PRELIMINARY PLAT. IT'S ZONED BP1 AND BP2. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FEATURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION, CALLS FOR OFFICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THIS LOCATION, AND THERE WAS A PREVIOUS PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVED WAY BACK IN 2002. HERE IS A BIRD'S -EYE VIEW OF THE SUBJECT SITE. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT ABOUT HERE ON THE SCREEN IS OUR JUSTICE CENTER, JUST SOUTH OF PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY, AND JUST WEST OF RENNER BOULEVARD IS THE SITE LOCATION HERE AT ROUGHLY 99TH AND BRITTON. ON THE SCREEN NOW, YOU'LL SEE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ON THE LEFT AND THE ZONING MAP ON THE RIGHT. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR OFFICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH YOU SEE IN BLUE ON THIS MAP, AND THE ZONING MAP CLASSIFIES A PORTION OF THE SITE IN THE WEST AREA. HERE IS BP2 IN THE DARK PURPLE, AND IN THE PINKISH -PURPLE, BP1 ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE NOW ON THE SCREEN A 2002 REZONING FROM A PROJECT IN THE PAST THAT WAS COMBINED WITH THAT 2002 PRELIMINARY PLAN, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LAYOUT OF THE PLAN NEXT. SO HERE IS THAT 2002 PRELIMINARY PLAN. IT ACTUALLY INCLUDED A LARGER AREA, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE DASHED OUTLINE HERE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS IN THIS GENERAL AREA, IN SORT OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THIS SHAPE, AND IT INCLUDED JUST A VERY PRELIMINARY LOOK AT THE STREET LAYOUT, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON YOU SEE THE STREETS LAID OUT AS THEY ARE TODAY. THE CURRENT SITE PLAN REFLECTS, LIKE I MENTIONED, FOUR LOTS AND FOUR BUILDINGS. AT THIS TIME, THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE BUILDING FOUR, SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DETAILS FOR BUILDING FOUR IN THIS PRESENTATION. YOU CAN SEE BUILDING ONE ON THE WEST SIDE WITH TWO AND FOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, AND BUILDING THREE NEAR RENNER BOULEVARD. THE ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY DOES SOMEWHAT BISECT LOT ONE AND A CORNER OF BUILDING ONE. SO YOU'LL SEE IN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND A REZONING FOR THESE TWO LOTS, BOTH LOT ONE AND LOT TWO IN THE FUTURE, JUST TO ALIGN THAT ZONING BORDER WITH THE ACTUAL LOT BORDERS SO WE DON'T END UP WITH MULTIPLE ZONING DISTRICTS ON A SINGLE LOT. ALSO, WE WOULDN'T WANT ZONING TO SORT OF CLIP THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING, SO THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF THE REZONING REQUIREMENT IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY COME BACK FOR A FINAL PLAN. HERE IS THE STREET ACCESS WITH THE SITE PLAN, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW POINTS OF ACCESS HERE, TWO OFF OF BRITAIN WITH THE YELLOW ARROWS HERE, TWO OFF OF 99TH, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A NEW PUBLIC STREET THAT COMES NORTH OFF 99TH, WHICH WILL BE CALLED SCARBOROUGH STREET, AND HAVE A COUPLE ACCESS POINTS ONTO BUILDING THREE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS LOT TO THE NORTH IS NOT PART OF THIS PRELIMINARY PLAN, BUT THE PUBLIC STREET WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THAT LOT. THERE ARE A FEW EASEMENTS SHOWN HERE FOR SANITARY GAS AND AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. AND THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, THIS IS THE LOT LINE LAYOUT THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, AND THERE WILL ALSO BE EASEMENTS THAT ARE RECORDED ON THE PLAT AS WELL. [00:25:05] ELEVATION -WISE, AS MENTIONED, BUILDING FOUR IS THE FIRST PHASE, AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THE ELEVATIONS FOR BUILDING FOUR. THE BUILDING HEIGHT RANGES FROM 14 1/2 FEET TALL TO ABOUT 25 1/2 FEET TALL WITH AN AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 20 FEET. AND IN THIS INSTANCE, THE INTENT IS FOR THESE BUILDINGS TO LOOK LIKE OTHER SURFACE BUILDINGS. IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, MERITEX DOES HAVE AN UNDERGROUND COMPONENT AS WELL, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO DOWN THERE AND TAKE A TOUR IF YOU HAVE NOT. BUT THERE ARE BOTH UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE TENANTS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. HERE'S A SITE SECTION, AND IF YOU LOOK OFF ON THIS BOTTOM GRAPHIC, THIS IS THE VANTAGE POINT FROM RENNER BOULEVARD. THERE'S A LOT OF TOPOGRAPHY HERE. BASICALLY, YOU'RE LOOKING OVER A HILL BEFORE YOU WOULD SEE BUILDING FOUR'S WALL IN THE DISTANCE HERE. SO IT WILL ESSENTIALLY NOT BE VISIBLE GIVEN THE CURRENT TOPOGRAPHY WHEN LOOKING FROM RENNER BOULEVARD TO THE WEST. BUILDING FOUR, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THAT TOPOGRAPHY, IS, LIKE I SHOWED ON THIS IMAGE HERE, PARTIALLY GOING TO BE COVERED WITH SOME EARTH ON ONE PORTION OF IT VERSUS HAVING THAT TALLER EDGE EXPOSED. AND THIS IS WHERE THAT SITE SECTION IS TAKEN, IF YOU'RE CURIOUS. SO BUILDING FOUR, WE ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, THIS IS KIND OF A BUILDING SLASH EQUIPMENT YARD, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND HERE. BUT THERE ARE SOME EXISTING SURFACE EQUIPMENT YARDS THAT MERITEX UTILIZES. THE SMALLER ONE IS TO THE NORTH HERE WHERE THIS YELLOW STAR IS, AND A LARGER ONE IS TO THE SOUTH HERE WHERE THIS YELLOW STAR IS LOCATED. AND THOSE EQUIPMENT YARDS ALSO SERVE SOME OF THE UNDERGROUND TENANTS. BUILDING FOUR HERE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THESE OTHER EQUIPMENT YARDS, AND IT IS AN ACTUAL BUILDING BY DEFINITION, BUT IT DOES HAVE THOSE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT PIECES. SO THIS IS THE SMALLER ONE TO THE NORTH THAT I HAD ON THE LAST SCREEN WITH THE YELLOW STAR. THIS IS ABOUT 36 BY 40. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ITEMS OUT HERE. AND THEN THIS IS THE LARGER ONE. IT'S ABOUT 66 BY 155, AND DOES HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAVES FROM THIS LOCATION AS WELL. THIS IS THE PROPOSED EQUIPMENT YARD WITHIN BUILDING FOUR, AND THIS IS 130 BY 215, SO IT IS LARGER THAN THE TWO EXISTING ONES. IT'S ABOUT 27 ,000 SQUARE FEET. AS MENTIONED, THE AVERAGE BUILDING HEIGHT IS ABOUT 20 FEET. THIS IS PHASE ONE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, AND IT SERVES MERITEX UNDERGROUND TENANTS, INCLUDING A LONGSTANDING TENANT THAT LEASES PRIVATE SERVER SPACE TO OTHER COMPANIES. STAFF DETERMINED THAT THE TECHNICAL USE FOR THIS BUILDING IS WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSING LIMITED BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO PRIMARILY STORE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS, HAVE LOW TURNOVER AND MINIMAL TRAFFIC, AND REMAIN BELOW THE 50 ,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THRESHOLD, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION FOR THAT USE CATEGORY. AS MENTIONED, IT'S INTENDED TO LOOK LIKE OTHER SURFACE BUILDINGS. IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE CHILLERS AND STANDBY GENERATORS, AND IT IS SUBJECT TO THE NOISE REGULATIONS WITHIN OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, OR UDC. SO ANY ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS WITHIN THERE DOES HAVE TO MEET REGULATIONS FOR ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, WHICH INCLUDES NOISE. JUST TO GO OVER USES REALLY QUICKLY, THAT BUILDING FOUR IS ZONED BP1. SO AS MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THIS FALLS UNDER THAT DEFINITION OF WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSING LIMITED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING UNDER 50 ,000 SQUARE FEET, BEING MORE OF A LOW TURNOVER TYPE FACILITY, AND STORING THAT MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. BP2 ALLOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE TYPE USES, AND THIS IS NOT ZONED BP2. STAFF IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAN AND PLAT FOR THE MERITEX EXECUTIVE PARK PROJECT AT 99TH AND BRITAIN FOR THIS USE WITH NO CONDITIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? BILL? STEPHANIE, GO BACK A SLIDE, WILL YOU PLEASE? THE LAST LINE ON THE BP1 -1 AND [00:30:02] OPERATE DURING CONVENTIONAL BUSINESS HOURS, ALL THAT STUFF YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER SOUNDS LIKE IT'S 24 -7. I BELIEVE THE GENERATORS ARE ONLY FOR BACKUP, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I THINK THE APPLICANT COULD PROBABLY ADDRESS THE OPERATIONAL HOURS BETTER, THOUGH. OKAY. GOOD. AVERY? WOULD YOU MIND BACKING UP A SLIDE TO SHOW THE PIECE OF AG LAND THERE AND FUTURE ZONING MAP? JUST TO THE EAST, IF YOU WILL. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. DOESN'T IT SHOW WHAT IT WAS? YEAH. SO WE HAVE STILL OFFICE AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THAT LAND. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S VERY REALISTIC THAT IN THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT'S STILL TO BE DEVELOPED, THAT IT WOULD STILL BE OFFICE AND DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOR ZONING. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD THAT ACKNOWLEDGED. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MARK ROSEMAN WITH MERITEX. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK STEPHANIE AND THE STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT REALLY COVERED THINGS WELL. AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I MIGHT MAYBE START WITH MR. NICKS. OKAY. SO, LIKE STEPHANIE MENTIONED, THE EQUIPMENT YARD WILL HAVE BACKUP GENERATORS AND AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT. SO THAT AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT, IT'LL RUN, YOU KNOW, 24 HOURS A DAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE AIR CONDITIONER ANYWHERE ELSE. IT'S GOING TO BE RUNNING. THE STANDBY GENERATORS, ONLY WHEN THE POWER'S OUT WILL THOSE RUN OR, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE, EXERCISE, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S MAYBE JUST KIND OF REALLY BROAD HOW THAT EQUIPMENT YARD WILL OPERATE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT YOU BACK THERE. YOU LOOK FAMILIAR AND PUT A FACE WITH MERITEX. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AVERY. HI, MARK. MARK, JUST TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE GENERATORS COULD RUN EVEN IN THE SORT OF MORE STRINGENT SOUND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY, IS THERE A SOUND MODELING ASPECT OF THIS THAT YOU ALL ARE PERFORMING ON THAT BUILDING? WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT SOUND MODELING FOR THE GENERATORS AT THIS TIME. OKAY. NOT YET, BUT THAT'S PART OF YOUR ALL'S APPROACH TO ENSURE IT'S PART OF CODE FOR DESIGN? SO, YEAH. SO AS FAR AS THE CODE, LIKE ANY CODE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY REQUIRES, LIKE WE OBVIOUSLY PLAN TO COMPLY WITH THOSE. PERFECT. WE'VE WORKED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ON THIS. WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF ON KIND OF GETTING THEIR INPUT AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BRING SOMETHING TO STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, FITS THE MODEL IF IT'S WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO APPROVE. PERFECT. YEAH. I JUST, I KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE PRETTY STRINGENT SOUND REQUIREMENTS, AND BACKUP GENS ARE USUALLY SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK IS 75 DB AT 23 FEET. SO PRESUMABLY THAT MODELING WILL GET DONE AND IT WILL MEET CODE. AND IT WILL BE, YEAH, THIS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING YARD THAT STEPHANIE SHOWED ON THE DRAWING UP THERE, TOO. I MEAN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER, BUT SAME TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. SO KIND OF SAME PROCESS TO BUILD THIS ONE THAT WE WENT THROUGH ON THE LAST ONE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEAH, AND IF I COULD INTERJECT, I WENT TO THE SITE, MET WITH MARK. WE WENT TO THE LARGER OF THE GENERATOR YARDS, AND WE DID NOT HAVE TO RAISE OUR VOICES IN CONVERSATION. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF HOW LOUD IT MIGHT BE. AND SO NOT A REAL CONCERN, AT LEAST IN MY EYES. YOU WEREN'T THERE WHEN THEY WERE EXERCISING, THOUGH, RIGHT? NO. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT COULD ACTUALLY. MARK. THIS IS CONSIDERED A DATA CENTER UNDERNEATH IN THE CAVE. IS THAT WHAT SERVE A FARM WHEN YOU SAY THAT? YEAH. I GUESS I WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO JUST SAY DATA CENTER. I MEAN, DATA CENTER MEANS A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THIS, YOU COULD CALL IT A DATA CENTER. THIS OPERATION IS DIFFERENT IN THE WAY IT OPERATES COMPARED TO MAYBE SOME OF THESE BIG DATA CENTERS THAT YOU SEE IN THE NEWS OUT IN DESOTO AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS IS SMALLER. IT'S A DIFFERENT MODEL IN HOW THEY OPERATE. IT'S LESS [00:35:02] DENSE AS FAR AS THE POWER USAGE PER SQUARE FOOT INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO YOU'RE NOT WRONG TO CALL IT A DATA CENTER, BUT IT'S, LIKE, WE WOULD CALL IT A CO -LOCATION FACILITY. AND I THINK, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS, BUT WE LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR COMPUTER SERVERS TO WHERE DIFFERENT COMPANIES HAVE DIFFERENT PRIVATE SUITES INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO YOU JUST, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A MUCH LESS DENSE SPACE OF POWER USAGE AND RESOURCE USAGE COMPARED TO MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE PICTURING WHEN YOU THINK KIND OF TYPICAL DATA CENTER. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, IN KANSAS, WHAT'S DATA CENTERS BEING POPULAR LATELY IS, DOES KANSAS HAVE ANY SORT OF NOX REQUIREMENTS? BECAUSE THERE'S A BIGGER CONCENTRATION OF GENERATORS ON THIS SITE. IS THERE ANY STATE REGULATIONS FOR EMISSIONS FROM GENERATORS WHEN YOU START GETTING THEM INTO THIS CONCENTRATION? I DON'T KNOW THAT, IF WE CAN ANSWER THAT TODAY, BUT. OH, GO AHEAD. AVERY? IF THEY'RE RUNNING AN EMERGENCY STANDBY, IT FALLS UNDER THE EPA STANDARD TIER TWO CLASSIFICATION. UH, THIS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE STATE DOES REGULATE FOR AIR QUALITY, UH, BUT I BELIEVE IT STILL FALLS WITHIN THE EPA'S PURVIEW FOR STANDBY. GENSETS. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. WELL, THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU. YEAH, UH, ONE THING I, I CAN SAY, UM, THE COOLING, SO, GOT A, UH, FAIRLY EXTENSIVE TOUR. UH, MET WITH MIKE FROM, UH, I JUST FORGOT THE NAME. LIGHT EDGE. LIGHT EDGE, RIGHT. UM, THANK YOU. UH, AND SO IT'S, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ARE MINIMAL. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY USE A CLOSED WATER COOLING SYSTEM. UM, SO WE'RE NOT TAKING, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER OUT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE NEAREST AQUIFER OR, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT, YOU KNOW, POTABLE WATER FROM THE CITY. UM, THE, AND AVERY'S RIGHT ABOUT THE, UH, EMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY RUN, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF SHORTHAND GET A LITTLE BIT OF A FREE RUN. UM, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THE EMERGENCY EXISTS, UM, AND, UH, SPACE, I, I ACTUALLY SAW THE SPACE WHERE THE SERVER FORM WILL, WILL GO, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNDERGROUND. UM, IT'S GOT THE SAME PERFORMANCE SPECS AS THE OTHER SERVERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DOWN THERE. AND SO I DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING EXTRAORDINARY BECAUSE OF THIS. I LOOK AT IT AS, YOU KNOW, NEEDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MARK, THESE ARE, IF I READ THE PACKET CORRECTLY, THE, THESE ARE TO HELP BACK UP AND SERVE SOME EXISTING INTENDANTS UNDERGROUND ALREADY, CORRECT? SO THIS EQUIPMENT YARD IN PARTICULAR WOULD SERVE LIGHT EDGE, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR EXISTING TENANTS. YEAH, WE'VE HAD A, LIGHT EDGE HAS BEEN A TENANT IN THE UNDERGROUND FOR SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO 20 YEARS. THE BUSINESS HAS GROWN QUITE A BIT, UM, SINCE THOSE EARLY YEARS. UM, THE, AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A MAP OF THE UNDERGROUND AVAILABLE, BUT THEY STARTED IN ONE SPOT AND THEN THEY EXPANDED TO A LARGER SPOT. THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD LOCATION IN THE UNDERGROUND. THIS EQUIPMENT YARD WOULD SERVE JUST THAT PARTICULAR THIRD SPOT FOR LIGHT EDGE. THAT NORTH EQUIPMENT YARD THAT YOU SAW ON THERE, IT SERVES, UM, OUR LARGE GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TENANT, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER KIND OF COMMON AREAS IN THE CENTRAL PARTS OF THE UNDERGROUND. BUT THIS ONE WOULD JUST BE DEDICATED TO THIS SINGLE TENANT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY NUMBER OF CHILLERS AND GENERATORS ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, EQUIPMENT YARD? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT, UH, NUMBER RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT SCHEMATIC SHOWED, UM, IT SHOWED A ROUGH LAYOUT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DESIGN AT THIS POINT. I THINK WE'RE KIND OF COMMITTED TO KEEPING IT WITHIN A CERTAIN FOOTPRINT THAT WE'RE SHOWING, UM, BUT NO TO THE EXACT NUMBER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COURTNEY. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS, UM, WITH CHELSEA. I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING FOUR, BUT ARE THE OTHER THREE FUTURE BUILDINGS THE SAME SETUPS? NO. OKAY. THOSE, THOSE WE ENVISION BEING MORE TYPICAL [00:40:03] BUILDINGS, KIND OF LIKE THE FIRST FIVE BUILDINGS THAT MERITEX BUILT, EITHER SPEC WAREHOUSE, SPEC MULTI -TENANT WAREHOUSE, POTENTIALLY SITES THAT WE SELL TO OWNER -OCCUPIER, BUT MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU TYPICALLY THINK WHEN YOU THINK OF BUILDING. OKAY. THE ONLY OTHER, MAYBE THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION QUESTION, BUT HOW FAR DOWN CAN YOU DIG WITHOUT HITTING, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR DOWN MERITEX IS, LIKE THE UNDERGROUND CAVES. LIKE, SO WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S UNDERGROUND ON THE SURFACE LEVEL AND IT'S BUILDING ON TOP OF THE TENANT. NO, GOOD, GOOD QUESTION. GOOD QUESTION. SO THIS, FROM THE CEILING OF THE UNDERGROUND TO THE, THE GROUND LEVEL ABOVE AT THIS LOCATION WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET. AND WE'LL HAVE TO BORE A SHAFT TO CONNECT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THAT EQUIPMENT YARD TO THE, THE SITE DOWN BELOW, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE NORTH, UH, EQUIPMENT YARD THAT YOU SAW ON THE SCREEN. ALL RIGHT, COOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARK? I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, THIS IS NO ROOF ON THIS. THIS IS JUST WALLED YARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER? ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR OFFICE WHOLESALE AND WAREHOUSING, GENERAL AND WHOLESALE WAREHOUSING LIMITED USE DEVELOPMENT, KNOWN AS MERITEX -LENEXA EXECUTIVE PARK, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 99TH STREET AND BRITTON STREET, AND THE BP -1 PLAN BUSINESS PARK AND BP -2 PLAN MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. SO MOVED. MOTION BY AVERY, SECOND BY COURTNEY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. [11. Consideration of action items regarding the Central Green Playground Project ] ITEM 11 HAS SEVERAL PARTS. ITEM 11 IS THE CONSIDERATION OF ACTION AGENDAS, I'M SORRY, ACTION ITEMS REGARDING THE CENTRAL GREEN PLAYGROUND PROJECT. ITEM 11A IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 26 TO THE 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR THE CENTRAL GREEN PLAYGROUND PROJECT TO $1 .7 MILLION. ITEM 11B IS A BID AWARD TO SANDS CONSTRUCTION, INC. TO CONSTRUCT THE CENTRAL GREEN PLAYGROUND FOR A TOTAL OF $704 ,172 .50. ITEM 11C IS APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH CROUCH RECREATION FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR A TOTAL OF $596 ,751. AND ITEM 11D IS APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH GREENFIELD OUTDOOR FITNESS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE NINJA COURSE AND FITNESS X -RIG FOR A TOTAL OF $188 ,998. MANDY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MANDY DANDLER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PARKS AND RECREATION. I AM EXCITED TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU AND KIND OF GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND THEN ASK FOR ALL OF THAT MOUTHFUL OF APPROVALS. AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE DOUG PICKERT FROM INDIGO DESIGN. HE HAS BEEN OUR DESIGNER ON THIS PROJECT AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM FOR, GOSH, OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF ON THIS PROJECT. SO FINALLY TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF EXPLAIN ALL OF THESE MANY DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND PIECES THAT COME TOGETHER TO REALLY MAKE THIS PROJECT IS SUPER EXCITING. SO WITH THAT, I KIND OF WANTED TO GO OVER THE AGENDA HERE. WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON THOSE PROJECT GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT, THE PROJECT BUDGET AND WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENT BUCKETS WE HAVE WITHIN THAT BUDGET, KIND OF GO OVER A PROJECT DESIGN AND A HIGH -LEVEL BIRD'S -EYE VIEW OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF DIG INTO EACH ONE OF THOSE APPROVAL ITEMS SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION. I'VE GOT SOME FUN PICTURES AND VIDEOS TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT TO KIND OF REALLY BRING ALL OF THOSE PIECES TOGETHER. AND THEN WE'LL FINISH UP WITH THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT GOALS. THE FIRST ONE REALLY IS THAT DESTINATION, PLAYGROUND, AND OUTDOOR FITNESS EXPERIENCE WITHIN CITY CENTER. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY AS A MOM OF KIDS, TO BE ABLE TO PARK AND GO VISIT THE REC CENTER, GO VISIT THE LIBRARY, GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT, AND NOW WITH THIS PROJECT, HAVE A PLAYGROUND AND A FITNESS PARK AND I NEVER HAVE TO MOVE MY CAR, IS AN ALL -INCLUSIVE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY HERE. AND SO THAT IS A HUGE GOAL WITHIN THIS PROJECT. ALSO PROVIDING KIND OF THAT EDUCATION OR THAT ENGAGING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AGES, ALL ABILITIES. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT [00:45:01] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITHIN THIS PROJECT. AND THEN WE GET TO KILL KIND OF TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, AND THAT IS THE PRIORITIES WITHIN OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN. ONE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED TO BUILD A PLAYGROUND WITHIN CENTRAL GREEN ALONG WITH A FITNESS PARK AND KIND OF BRINGING ALL THAT TOGETHER RIGHT IN THIS PROJECT. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF IMPORTANT TO KIND OF OUTLINE THAT PROJECT BUDGET BECAUSE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAT THE MONEY IS GOING INTO. EXCUSE ME. INTO. FIRST, KIND OF THOSE DESIGNER FEES. WE HAVE THE PERMIT FEES AND SIGNAGE. AND THEN TONIGHT, THAT SANS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THAT WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR. THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT SURFACING, THE NINJA COURSE AND X -RIG. AND THEN I DID OUTLINE THE FITNESS MULTI -GYM. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE APPROVING TONIGHT. IT CAN BE APPROVED WITHIN THE BUDGET AND IS IN BECKY'S AUTHORITY. BUT TO ME, IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS GOT TO SEE THESE PIECES. IT WILL HELP PAINT THE PICTURE OF WHAT THIS SPACE WILL REALLY LOOK LIKE. SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF THAT $1 .7 MILLION. THIS DOES INCLUDE THAT $400 ,000 ADVENT DONATION THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED BACK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. SO ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET. SO FIRST, I WANTED TO KIND OF START OUT WITH THE CONCEPT DESIGN HERE FOR YOU AND KIND OF WHAT IS ALL INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT. AND FOR ME, THIS WAS GREAT BECAUSE I COULD KIND OF SEE EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE. AND KIND OF STARTING OUT HERE IS KIND OF THE NINJA COURSE. AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO DRILL INTO THESE SPACES. AND UNDER THE NINJA COURSE WILL BE TURF IN THAT SPACE. AND THEN AS YOU KIND OF FEED INTO THE CONCRETE HERE, THIS IS WHERE THOSE THREE PIECES OF FITNESS EQUIPMENT THAT I'LL BE GETTING INTO AND KIND OF EXPLAINING, ALONG WITH THAT X -RIG, WHICH IS FROM GREENFIELDS AS WELL. SO AS YOU KIND OF FEED INTO THE RESTROOMS RIGHT HERE, THESE RESTROOMS ARE JUST LIKE WHAT WE HAVE AT AD ASTRA. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME LOOK. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME FEEL. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GO TO BUILD NEW RESTROOMS THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME LOOK THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE HERE IS THAT AD ASTRA HAS THREE FAMILY STALLS. THIS WILL HAVE TWO FAMILY STALLS, BUT WILL BE A YEAR -AROUND FACILITY. AND THEN AS YOU KIND OF COME IN HERE, YOU'VE GOT A WAY TO CONNECT TO THE PLAYGROUND SPACE. AND AGAIN, WE'LL GET KIND OF INTO THE TOWER AND ALL THE AMENITIES OF THE PLAYGROUND, THE HILLSIDE SLIDES. WE'LL GET TO SEE CLOSER AS WELL. BUT KIND OF AS WE GO OUT AND WE CAN REALLY SEE THAT WE CONNECT THE TRAILS HERE. THIS TRAIL CONNECTS ALL THE WAY BACK TO 87TH AND TO THE EXISTING TRAIL. BUT ONE UNIQUE PIECE THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THIS PROJECT IS THE FACT THAT THIS TRAIL ACTUALLY GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS PLAYGROUND AND CAN ALSO GO TO THIS AREA AS WELL. THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A SPACE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL AGE RANGES, IT'S ABOUT WHAT A PARENT CAN DO TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR CHILDREN. SO MYSELF, I HAVE A SET OF TWINS. THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THE PLAYGROUND AREA. AND THEN I HAVE A 12 -YEAR -OLD THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE NINJA AREA BECAUSE HE'S TOO OLD FOR THE PLAYGROUND AREA. SO NOW I CAN WALK THIS SPACE RIGHT HERE AND I CAN KEEP AN EYE ON BOTH THOSE SPACES. AND SO, AGAIN, IT CONNECTS THOSE SPACES BUT ALLOWS A PARENT TO EASILY GO BACK AND FORTH TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FAMILY. THE OTHER COOL THING IS THAT THIS SPACE WILL COME OUT HERE AND CONNECT TO THIS EAST TRAIL THAT WOULD BE NEW AND CONNECT HERE TO OUR TRAIL SYSTEM. SO CENTRAL GREEN IS 11 .6 ACRES AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT FEEDS THROUGH PARKHURST AND INTO SHAWNEE MISSION PARK. AND SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION INTO THAT TRAIL SYSTEM RIGHT HERE. THE OTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF THAT EAST TRAIL IS THAT THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR ADVENT HEALTH. THIS HELPS CONNECT THEIR USERS TO THIS SPACE WITHOUT HAVING TO KIND OF GO AROUND. THEY CAN USE THIS EAST TRAIL TO ACTUALLY COME IN AND ACCESS THOSE AMENITIES. WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IS ABOUT ONE ACRE OF THAT 11 .6 ACRES OF THE PARK. WE ALSO HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THIS BUILDING OWNER RIGHT HERE BACK IN JUNE JUST TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT AND UPDATE, BE GOOD NEIGHBORS WITH THEM SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THE UPCOMING PROJECT AS WELL. SO KIND OF GET INTO THE DETAILS. SO ITEM A, WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THE $300 ,000 ADDITIONAL. REALLY THIS IS GOING TO THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE YEAR AROUND RESTROOM. THE PLAYGROUND FEATURES THAT WE HAVE TO MEET OUR GOALS AND THEN THAT TRAIL CONNECTION TO THE EAST THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US AND ADVENT HEALTH. I LAID OUT THE BUCKETS HERE FOR YOU GUYS SO YOU GUYS COULD SEE WHICH EACH ONE OF THOSE BUCKETS AND THE NEW $300 ,000 ADDITIONAL WOULD COME OUT OF THE CITY CENTER TIF FUND. [00:50:04] SO ITEM B IS AWARD THE BID TO SANDS CONSTRUCTION. WE WENT THROUGH THE SEAL BID PROCESS TO SELECT THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR. THESE COSTS WILL REALLY INCLUDE THAT GENERAL SITE WORK, THE YEAR -ROUND RESTROOMS, FACILITY, CONCRETE CURBS FOR THE ADDITIONAL TRAIL CONNECTION. WE HAD THREE BIDDERS. SANDS WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER. WE HAVE ACTUALLY NEVER WORKED WITH SANDS BEFORE. THEY ARE OUT OF LEAVENWORTH, AND THEY HAVE WORKED WITH SHAWNEE. THEY HAVE WORKED WITH JOHNSON COUNTY. THEY HAVE WORKED WITH BASER. AND WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THEM AND, YOU KNOW, JUST DISCUSSED THEIR EXPERIENCE, AND WE HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS. SO WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH SANDS ON THIS PROJECT. WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. ITEM C IS APPROVAL OF CROUCH RECREATION. CROUCH RECREATION IS THE VENDOR FOR THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THEY BROUGHT THE COMPAN LINE TO US AS THEIR PROPOSAL TO US. WE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT PROPOSALS, WITH CROUCH BEING ONE OF THEM, AND WE HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY WORKED WITH CROUCH RECREATION OR COMPAN. BOTH HAVE REPUTABLE EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. AGAIN, ALSO VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IS SHAWNEE, BASER, JOHNSON COUNTY, HAVE THE SAME EQUIPMENT LINES. WE SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT THAT AS WELL AND ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND VISITED BASER AND REALLY LIKED THE EQUIPMENT. THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME FEATURES, THE DURABILITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THE LONGEVITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS WILL BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO KIND OF GET INTO THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. FIRST, WE HAVE THE INFINITY TOWER. THIS IS KIND OF THE ANCHOR OF OUR PLAYGROUND. IT IS GOING TO DEFINITELY HAVE A LOOK AND FEEL OF CITY CENTER. IT IS GOING TO BE OUR TALLEST STRUCTURE IN OUR PLAYGROUND AT REACHING ALMOST 23 FEET. LET'S SEE. SO LITTLE MILL CREEK AND SARCO PROBABLY COME IN AT ABOUT 20 FEET. SO JUST SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF COMPARE WHAT THAT HEIGHT IS, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF SHOWCASE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THE ADULT AND THE CHILD HEIGHT AND THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWER. SO THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLIMB UP THERE AND SEE OVER THE PARK, SEE CITY CENTER, AND WHAT A BETTER WAY IS A TALL TOWER TO FIT INSIDE A CITY CENTER AS WELL. SO DEFINITELY THE ANCHOR TO OUR PLAYGROUND. SO SOME OF OUR PLAYGROUND FEATURES, AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE CLOSER VIEW HERE COMING UP AS I KIND OF WRAP EVERYTHING TOGETHER, BUT THOUGHT THAT I WOULD KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THESE PIECES WITH YOU. FIRST, WE HAVE THE HILLSIDE SLIDES. THIS IS DEFINITELY A NEW AMENITY WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM. IT IS SUPER COOL. IT WILL GO INTO THE HILL AND ACTUALLY CONNECT TO THE TRAIL, SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY COME ONTO THE TRAIL TO COME AND ACCESS THOSE SLIDES. AND THEN THOSE SLIDES, AS THEY COME DOWN, THEY CAN ACTUALLY USE THESE LITTLE BALLS TO COME BACK UP TO THE TOP AND GO BACK DOWN THE SLIDE. THEY KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GRASS. IT'S JUST ANOTHER AMENITY. AS THEY COME DOWN THE SLIDE, AN AMENITY TO GO UP. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST PLAYING AND HAVING TO BE ACTIVE WITHIN THAT SPACE. THEN WE HAVE A SEESAW RIGHT HERE. THIS HAS BEEN A TESTED AND APPROVED SEESAW SO THAT YOU CAN DOUBLE -BOUNCE PEOPLE. THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WE WERE LOOKING AT AMENITIES AND FEATURES. I MEAN, WE ALL REMEMBER THOSE DAYS. THEN YOU HAVE THE BUCKET SPINNER RIGHT HERE. AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER FEATURE, KIND OF LIKE A MERRY -GO -ROUND, BUT ALSO A SPINNING OPTION. WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL SPINNERS THROUGHOUT THE SPACE. AND THEN WE HAVE A GROUND -LEVEL MERRY -GO -ROUND. THIS IS AN ACCESSIBLE MERRY -GO -ROUND. SO ANY TIME THAT WE GO TO UPGRADE OR INSTALL A NEW PARK OR A NEW PLAYGROUND, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FIND SOME ACCESSIBLE PIECES TO ADD SO THAT ANY ABILITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND PLAY TOGETHER. AND WE ALSO HAVE A SWING SET HERE, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF SWINGS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AS WELL. SO FINAL, ITEM D, APPROVAL. WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR GREENFIELD'S OUTDOOR FITNESS. THIS IS FOR THE NINJA COURSE AND THE X -RIG. I THINK THAT THERE IS HUGE EXCITEMENT AROUND THE NINJA COURSE. I KNOW THIS IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR ADVENT HEALTH, AND THEY WERE JUST REACHING OUT THE OTHER DAY TRYING TO GET SOME VISUALS OF IT SO THEY COULD SHARE INTERNALLY. THE NINJA COURSE IS EXCLUSIVELY OFFERED THROUGH GREENFIELD'S. SO THERE ARE SOME VENDORS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN PIECE THINGS TOGETHER, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT SAME LOOK AND FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD SEE FROM THE TV SHOW. IT ALSO DOESN'T HAVE KIND OF THE DURABILITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THE CLOSEST NINJA COURSE TO US IS HUTCH, KANSAS. SO WE [00:55:02] REACHED OUT TO HUTCH, HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEIR DIRECTOR, JUST TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW THESE PIECES WERE WORKING FOR THEM, AND WE, AGAIN, HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS. THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THIS NINJA COURSE. THE NINJA COURSE ALSO PROVIDES KIND OF THAT CHALLENGING RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR WHAT THAT AGE GROUP IS, THOSE OLDER YOUTHS THAT NEED TO GET OFF THE PLAYGROUND BUT STILL STAY ACTIVE, AND ADULTS THAT WANT TO REALLY CHALLENGE THEMSELVES. I GET TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO, WHICH I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SHOW YOU, WHICH I'M ABOUT TO DO HERE IN A MINUTE. AND THEN X -RIG, THIS WILL BE REALLY GOOD AND WILL ACCOMPANY OUR THREE OTHER PIECES' MULTIFUNCTIONAL FITNESS EQUIPMENT. THIS IS KIND OF GOING TO ACCOMPANY ALL OF THAT, WHICH I'LL KIND OF PAINT THAT PICTURE, BUT IT OFFERS A VARIETY OF EXERCISES FOR FOLKS TO DO. OH, I WENT THE WRONG WAY. OKAY, SO THE NINJA COURSE IS 57 BY 46 FEET. IT DEFINITELY HAS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OBSTACLES. IT FITS WITHIN THE SPACE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND IT'S DEFINITELY CHALLENGING. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS KIND OF A NEW AMENITY WITHIN THE LENEXA SYSTEM, BUT ALSO IN THE KC METRO AREA. SO NOW I GET TO SHOW YOU THE FUN OF THE NINJA COURSE. SO THE WAY YOU GET DOWN OFF OF THE NINJA HILL AND OFF OF THE NINJA RAMP IS A FIRE POLE. SO WE WILL BE WORKING HARD TO MAKE FUTURE FIREFIGHTERS OUT OF THESE KIDS. SO I'M SURE SOME WILL TRY TO GO THE OLD -FASHIONED WAY AND SLIDE DOWN, BUT IT'S ALL IN FUN EITHER WAY. OKAY, SO THAT IS THE NINJA COURSE. NOW THE X -RIG, THIS IS ALSO THROUGH GREENFIELD. THIS IS GOING TO REALLY COMPLEMENT THE NINJA COURSE, BUT ALSO THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT THAT I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. IT'S KIND OF THAT MULTIFUNCTIONAL STATION. IT CAN HOST SEVERAL PEOPLE AT ONCE. NO ONE CAN REALLY MONOPOLIZE THIS. SOME OF YOUR TRADITIONAL OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT IS ONE USER ONLY, AND IT'S ONLY USING YOUR BODY WEIGHT TO DO THOSE EXERCISES. WHERE HERE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MULTIFUNCTIONAL. MULTIPLE PEOPLE CAN USE IT, AND IT REALLY DOES COMPLEMENT KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT SPACE. SO DEFINITELY DIFFERENT EXERCISES YOU CAN USE ON THE X -RIG. SO SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT IS THAT WHILE YOU'RE NOT APPROVING OUTDOOR FITS PURCHASE TODAY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SHOWED YOU GUYS THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT BECAUSE I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT HOW ALL OF THIS GOES TOGETHER. I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY UNIQUE. THE VA IN MISSOURI ACTUALLY HAS A FEW OF THESE PIECES THAT WE DID VISIT. THEY ARE DEFINITELY VERY DURABLE. THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF DIFFERENT EXERCISES, AND REALLY WHAT MAKES THE OUTDOOR FIT PIECES UNIQUE IS THE FACT THAT IT CAN BE ASSISTANT -BASED EXERCISES. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS JUST MUCH LIKE YOU SEE ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE REC CENTER, THERE'S WEIGHT STACKS. SO IF YOU'RE DOING A PULL -UP AND YOU NEED WEIGHT ASSISTANCE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PULL UP YOUR OWN WEIGHT, THERE'S A WEIGHT STACK THAT YOU CAN MOVE AND HELP PULL YOU UP INTO THAT. THAT IS VERY RARE FOR OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT. THE REASON BEING IS THAT CAN IT BE DURABLE, CAN IT WITHSTAND THE WEATHER, AND CAN NOTHING BE TAKEN APART AND WALKED AWAY WITH? SO OUTDOOR FIT, ACTUALLY THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING STORY, THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T START AS OUTDOOR FITNESS. THEY ACTUALLY STARTED WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEMS. AND SO THEY STARTED BUILDING FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRISON SYSTEMS THAT HAD TO BE STURDY, THAT HAD TO BE DURABLE. NONE [01:00:02] OF THOSE PIECES COULD BE TAKEN OFF AND WALKED AWAY WITH. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THEY REFINED THESE PIECES. AND THEY KNEW THAT, HEY, LISTEN, WE CAN TAKE THIS AND PUT THIS IN AN OUTDOOR ELEMENT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND PEOPLE CAN STILL HAVE THIS EXERCISE THAT THE TEMPORARY FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR OUTDOORS DOESN'T NECESSARILY PROVIDE. WE'LL BE BUYING TWO OF THE APOLLO MULTI -GYMS AND ONE OF THE HELIOS. THE APOLLO IS WHERE THAT WEIGHT ASSISTANT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. YOU CAN DO CURLS. YOU CAN DO THE PULL -UPS ON ALL OF THAT. WE DID DOUBLE -CHECK THAT NO FINGERS CAN GET CAUGHT IN THERE UNDER THOSE WEIGHT STACKS. YOU CAN'T ACCESS ANY OF THOSE PIECES. IT IS DEFINITELY VERY DURABLE. AND THEN THE HELIOS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE, THAT IS MORE WEIGHT, YOUR OWN WEIGHT, THAT YOU'RE TO DO THOSE EXERCISES. BUT BETWEEN THIS, THE X -RIG, AND THE NINJA COURSE, EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE AN OPTION THAT FITS THEIR FITNESS LEVEL. AND THAT WAS THE MAIN GOAL WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FITNESS EQUIPMENT TO INCLUDE INTO THIS PROJECT. SO WE'VE GOT TO REALLY BRING THIS ALL TOGETHER SO YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF SEE THIS ALL TOGETHER. AND SO CROUCH RECREATION ACTUALLY MADE US THIS 3D FLYOVER THAT I THOUGHT BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR YOU GUYS TO KIND OF CHECK IT OUT. SO LET ME KIND OF PLAY THIS HERE FOR YOU. I APOLOGIZE THERE'S NO FUN MUSIC LIKE THE OTHER VIDEO. I COULD SING. I THINK I'M A GREAT SINGER, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD OTHERWISE. SO THIS KIND OF SHOWCASES THAT TOWER AND JUST HOW TALL IT'S GOING TO BE WITHIN THAT SPACE. IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE DIFFERENT PLAY FEATURES COMING OFF OF THAT TOWER. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY SEE IN THOSE CLIMBING ROPES. TWO PRETTY COOL SLIDES. THIS IS LOOKING AT THAT IN -GROUND MERRY -GO -ROUND. THAT'S THAT ACCESSIBLE PIECE THAT I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT. SO SOME INDIVIDUALIZED SPINNERS RIGHT THERE. YOU DIDN'T REALLY GET A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT THOSE WERE FROM SOME OF THOSE PICTURES. AND THEN THE HILLSIDE SLIDE AND THE BALLS THAT COULD BE CLIMBED UP TO GET ON TOP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT KIDDO IS DOING ON A SOCCER BALL. AND THEN YOUR SEESAW THAT HAS BEEN TESTED AND APPROVED. THAT KID JUST WON, I THINK. AND THEN AS YOU KIND OF COME UP AS A HIGHER VIEW, IT KIND OF DOES SHOWCASE THAT AS A HIGH LEVEL OF THE NINJA COURSE AND THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT AND WHAT THAT WILL KIND OF LOOK LIKE WITH THE RESTROOMS REALLY IN THE MIDDLE TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH THOSE AMENITIES. ALL RIGHT. THAT KIND OF REALLY BRINGS ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES TOGETHER AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. SOMETIMES. ALL RIGHT. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. SO REALLY THIS FALL AND WINTER, WE ARE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL FOR ITEMS A THROUGH D TONIGHT. ONCE WE HAVE SANS UNDER CONTRACT, WE WILL WORK WITH THEM ABOUT A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND WHAT THAT WILL REALLY LOOK LIKE. AND THEN START REALLY THE BEGINNING STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN SPRING OF 2027, THAT IS REALLY WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THIS CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN. I DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA RIGHT NOW OF A RIBBON CUTTING DATE. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANY FALSE HOPE FOR ONE, AND I KNOW IT'S ALL WEATHER DEPENDENT, BUT I THINK ONCE SANS COMES ON BOARD, WE CAN REALLY KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE. BUT THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GREENFIELDS, EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING AN ACTUAL AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR FROM THE SHOW TO COME AND HELP US CUT THE RIBBON. THEY DID THAT IN HUTCH, AND IT WAS A HUGE HIT. AND ADVENT HEALTH WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN THAT TO HAPPEN, SO THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THAT IS THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE CIP BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE $300 ,000, THE AWARD, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO SANS CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN THE APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT FOR CROUCH RECREATION AND GREENFIELDS OUTDOOR FITNESS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR ME? COURTNEY. FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING THE AGE GAP PARENTS BECAUSE I FALL INTO THAT, AND NOW AS A GRANDPARENT, THE SAME. SO YOU HAVE ONE OVER HERE AND ONE OVER HERE, AND WHEN WE WERE DOING THE POOLS, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ON YOUR LINE OF SIGHT. SO, YES. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, LIKE, SOME RULES POSTED AND SIGNAGE LIKE THAT BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE HILLSIDE SLIDES THINKING, WHAT KEEPS THE KIDS [01:05:01] FROM JUST JUMPING ON SOMEBODY SLIDING DOWN? OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW LONG DO YOU WAIT FOR THE NINJA COURSE? OR WHAT IS THE PROTOCOLS, YOU KNOW, AROUND THAT? JUST BECAUSE EVEN WITH PICKLEBALL, YOU KNOW, LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW YOU PUT YOUR PADDLES, YOU KNOW, IN THE SLOTS TO WAIT YOUR TURN. YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND WHAT IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT'S SUPER SLOW? YOU KNOW, LIKE I'M SURE THAT THERE'S SOME ETIQUETTE OUT THERE AROUND ALL THIS THAT WE'RE UNAWARE OF. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KIND OF IS ON THE SAME PAGE. YEAH, SURE. SO AS FAR AS THE NINJA COURSE AND THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE RULES AND, YOU KNOW, ETIQUETTE SIGNS THAT ARE GOING TO COME WITH THAT. THAT'S ALL PART OF THOSE PACKAGES OF WHEN WE PURCHASE IT AND HOW TO USE THE EQUIPMENT. THERE'S QR CODES THAT THEY CAN SCAN WHEN IT COMES TO THE USAGE OF THE EQUIPMENT AND SOME OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE BEING KIND RULES THAT WE CAN DO, ETIQUETTE RULES. AS FAR AS A PLAYGROUND GOES, WE DON'T POST A LOT OF, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ETIQUETTE RULES BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE KIDS AREN'T READING EVEN. RIGHT, NO, I UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW, AND SO SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO RELY ON THE PARENTS TO CONTROL OR TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY'RE JUMPING ON THE SLIDE AND JUMPING ON OTHER KIDS. AND IF THERE'S AT ANY POINT WHERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HILLSIDE SLIDES, WITH THEM BEING NEW TO OUR SYSTEM, IF WE FEEL LIKE AND WE OPEN IT AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE PARENTS UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHO IT FALLS ON, IS THE PARENTS, NOT NECESSARILY THE KIDDOS, WE WOULD TAKE THAT ACTION. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT JUST LIKE IN ANY OTHER PLAYGROUND THAT WE HAVE, PARENTS ARE WATCHING THEIR KIDDOS. I KNOW. FINGERS CROSSED. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN THAT WAY. I WILL ALSO ADD, TOO, AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE CIRCLE TRAIL ALL THE WAY AROUND, YOU KNOW, I WAS ENVISIONING, LIKE, THESE LITTLE TRAINING WHEELED BIKES, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S A CONTROLLED SPACE FOR THEM TO RIDE THAT'S FLAT THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEIR SIDEWALKS OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO I LOVE IT. WELL, THAT'S THE REALLY COOL THING, TOO, IS THAT ALL OF THAT TRAIL CONNECTS. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO EVEN JUST BE IN THAT SPACE. IT CAN BE DOWN IN THIS, THESE OTHER TO THE EAST TRAIL OR THE EXISTING TRAIL TO THE EAST, AND ALL OF THAT CAN HAPPEN, AND THERE'S SO MUCH OPEN SPACE WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE OPTIONS THAT CAN BE DONE IN THERE. WELL, I AM NOT GETTING ON A BIKE. SO, LIKE, THE IDEA OF THEM RIDING THEIR BIKES, AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, GREAT, YOU KNOW. SO I LOVE IT. I'M EXCITED FOR IT, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE IT END UP. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARK. THIS LOOKS REALLY FANTASTIC. I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. YOU BROUGHT UP THAT PARKING, THAT NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTHWEST KIND OF. AND DO WE ANTICIPATE THE ISSUE WITH PARKING, AND WHAT IS PLANNED FOR, LIKE, PEOPLE WANTING TO COME AND VISIT THAT THAT AREN'T WALKING TO IT, POSSIBLY? SURE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO KIND OF JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, URBAN FEEL. FOLKS ARE GOING TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THE PROJECT. AND SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T DIRECTED ANYONE TO PARK HERE OR PARK THERE. WE FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WILL KIND OF NATURALLY FIND THAT PLACE TO PARK. BUT, AGAIN, I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE PARKING AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT JUST LIKE I SAID, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL FIND THEIR PARKING LIKE THEY DO TODAY WHEN THERE'S SWIM MEETS, LARGER EVENTS WITHIN THE SPACE. THEY'RE GOING TO KIND OF FIND THAT PARKING. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION IS, SOME OF THAT'S MATERIALS LIKE THE HILLSIDE SLIDES. I REMEMBER DOING ONE IN OMAHA ONE YEAR, AND IT WAS SO DARN HOT BECAUSE OF THE TIME OF THE YEAR. HAS MATERIALS CHANGED? WHAT IS THE MATERIAL TO WHERE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BURN YOURSELF ON SOME OF THESE MATERIALS? THIS IS CONCRETE, AND ACTUALLY, SO IT IS VERY DURABLE, AND NO, WE WERE USING IT IN THE HOT DAYS AT BASER WHEN WE CHECKED THEIRS OUT, AND THERE WAS NO TEMPERATURE ISSUES WHATSOEVER. ACTUALLY, IT WAS PROBABLY COOLER BECAUSE OF THE CONCRETE, HONESTLY, SO THERE WAS NO TEMPERATURE CONCERNS AROUND THAT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. AVERY. I COULDN'T HELP IT. I HAD TO USE THE FOAM FINGER AT LEAST ONCE. I WONDER WHAT THAT WAS. YEAH. I JUST FOUND IT UP HERE. THANK YOU. THIS IS VERY EXCITING, MANDY. MY QUESTION KIND OF RELATES ON THE BUDGET SIDE THAT YOU PRESENTED. JUST TO CLARIFY, THE $300 ,000 THAT WE'RE TAKING THROUGH TIF CITY FUND, POTENTIALLY, IT IS SUPPORTING THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTES YOU'VE LISTED. PREVIOUSLY, THOSE PARTS OF THE PROJECT WEREN'T INCLUSIVE OR ON THE PROJECT, THE YEAR -ROUND RESTROOM? SO THEY WERE INCLUDED. IT WAS JUST AS WE WERE DOING KIND OF THAT PRELIMINARY BUDGET, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE CORRECT BUDGET NUMBERS IN THERE, AND THEN WE ADDED THAT EAST TRAIL, WHICH WAS IMPORTANT. SO WE JUST KIND OF HAD TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THOSE RISING COSTS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR A GOOD YEAR AND A HALF, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN WE SPOKE WITH ADVENTHEALTH AND [01:10:01] REALLY LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT, WE KNEW THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET THE RIGHT PIECES INTO THAT SPACE, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, AND THAT REALLY COMES FROM THAT INFINITY TOWER AND THAT BEING KIND OF THE ANCHOR PIECE. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THOSE EXTRA COSTS COME FROM. OKAY, GOT IT. AND AS JUST A SORT OF SILLY QUESTION, BUT IN HAVING NOT SEEN ONE OF THOSE INFINITY TOWERS, HOW DO YOU GET TO THE TOP OF IT? WHAT DOES THE INTERIOR LOOK LIKE? THERE'S CLIMBING ELEMENTS WITHIN THE TOWER, AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET TO IT. AH, OKAY. YEAH, SO YOU CLIMB UP. THERE'S A HOLE. YOU CLIMB UP TO THE NEXT HOLE. AND SO, YEAH, THERE'S DIFFERENT CLIMBING ELEMENTS WITH INSIDE. OKAY, NO, THAT MAKES SENSE. AND THEN A FINAL QUESTION, AND I THINK IT PROBABLY IS PROBABLY OBVIOUS, BUT GIVEN THE, I FORGET, THE BRAND OF THE EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE, WHAT IS IT CALLED? NO, OUTDOOR FIT. THERE WE ARE. YES. AND FRANKLY, EVEN THE CONTENT THAT COMES FROM GRINSFIELD, IS THERE SOME SORT OF, SAY, EXTENDED WARRANTY OR SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO EITHER DO ON THAT OR THAT COMES WITH THIS EQUIPMENT? YEAH, SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND REALLY WITH GREENFIELD, IT'S A SLIDING SCALE OF A WARRANTY. SO SOME OF THOSE, KIND OF THOSE BATTLE ROPES, CLIMBING ROPES, THE SUSPENSION, THEY HAVE A LIMITED ONE -YEAR WARRANTY ON THEM. MUCH LIKE THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT WE HAVE AT THE REC CENTER, WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE PADS AND THINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. WE'LL COUNT FOR THAT. AND I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH JEFF, WHICH IS OUR FACILITIES MANAGER WITHIN OUR PARKS, AND HE'S WELL AWARE THAT THESE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND HAS THE BUDGET TO DO THOSE THINGS. BUT JUST KNOW THAT THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO 10 YEARS. THOSE POSTS, THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES, HAS A WARRANTY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO 10 YEARS. SAME WITH OUTDOOR FIT. THOSE ALL HAVE WARRANTIES. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ROPES THAT YOU SEE, LIKE ON THE APOLLO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A 10 -YEAR WARRANTY. BUT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS GOING TO HAVE A 10 -YEAR WARRANTY WITH THAT. ALONG WITH OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO HAVE A 10 -YEAR WARRANTY ON THOSE PIECES AS WELL. THAT'S PERFECT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THIS IS VERY NEW TO OUR SPACE. SO NOT HAVING ALL OF THE FULL EXPERIENCE, AND THERE'S REFERENCES. SOME OF THOSE REFERENCES ARE RATHER NEW INSTALLATIONS. SO HEARING THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND THE LONGEVITY OF WHAT WE'RE PROCEEDING TO POTENTIALLY BUY. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, NO PROBLEM. AND JUST TO KIND OF ADD ON TO THAT REALLY QUICK, JEFF AND HIS TEAM NOT ONLY WILL INSPECT THE NEW EQUIPMENT, THE NEW FITNESS EQUIPMENT, AND THE NINJA COURSE, THEY WILL INSPECT ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS. AND THEY DO THAT ABOUT EVERY THREE TO FOUR TIMES A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING UP ON ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED OR ADDRESSED. SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVEN WITH THIS NEW FITNESS EQUIPMENT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. BILL? YEAH, MANDY, THAT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AVERY, GETTING TO THE TOP, GRANDCHILDREN WILL TRY TO CLIMB ON THE OUTSIDE AND GET UP THERE. YEAH. SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT FOR A FEW YEARS. BUT I KNOW THEY WILL. SO, AND PARKING, PARKING PROBLEMS IN CITY CENTER IS, TO ME, IS A SIGN OF SUCCESS. SO FIND YOUR OPEN SPOT, JUST LIKE MANDY SAID. THE, YOU CAN GET ALL THAT IN ONE ACRE. THAT'S WHAT, YEP, ONE ACRE. THE WHOLE THING, THE BATHROOM AND EVERYTHING. I MADE, I ACTUALLY MADE DOUG SEND ME ALL THE NUMBERS THIS AFTERNOON. SO I WAS PREPARED IN CASE. AND IT IS, IT'S ABOUT AN ACRE. IT'S A LITTLE OVER MAYBE AN ACRE. BUT, YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. SANDS IS GOING TO BUILD EVERYTHING? WELL, THEY WILL NOT BE PUTTING THE SURFACING IN FOR THE PLAYGROUND AND THE FITNESS PARK. SO THEY WILL NOT BE DOING THE TURF. THEY WILL NOT BE DOING THE POUR IN PLACE FOR THE PLAYGROUND SPACE. BUT THEY'LL BE DOING THE CURB AROUND THERE. THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. THE RESTROOMS, ALL THE TRAIL CONNECTIONS, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND BUILDING THE EQUIPMENT? NOT, NO. THE EQUIPMENT, NO. NO. SO THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE SELF -INSTALLED WHEN IT COMES TO THE NINJA COURSE. AND THE THREE PIECES OF A FITNESS EQUIPMENT HERE, WE, JEFF AND HIS TEAM, WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH THESE GROUPS AND MADE SURE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SELF -INSTALL. NOW THE GREENFIELDS WILL BE COMING IN AND BRINGING SOMEONE ON SITE TO OVERSEE OUR INSTALLATION OF THE NINJA COURSE AND DO AN INSPECTION. SO WE ARE PAYING FOR THAT PIECE. BUT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE INSTALLING THAT OURSELVES. WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, [01:15:03] CROUCH RECREATION WILL BE INSTALLING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. SO THAT WILL NOT FALL TO SANS. SANS BID LOOKED QUITE A BIT LOWER THAN THE OTHER TWO. DID WE MAKE SURE THEY DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING? I DID. I DID CALL THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING. AND SANS ACTUALLY DOES A LOT OF THEIR OWN CONCRETE WORK. AND THIS HAS A LOT OF CONCRETE IN IT. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE SOME OF THAT SAVINGS COMES IN. BUT I DID. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, MADE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD WHERE. BUT THEY WERE THE CLOSEST, ACTUALLY, TO THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE. SO NOT FOR SURE WHY SOME OF THOSE WERE SO HIGH AND MAYBE THEY MISUNDERSTOOD SOMETHING. BUT WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH SANS ABOUT THEIR BID. GOOD. WELL, THIS IS EXCITING. AND WHEN YOU DO OPEN IT, ESPECIALLY THE NINJA COURSE, THE WORLD IS GOING TO SHOW UP. YEAH. I THINK. I KNOW. YEAH. SO THE WORLD IS GOING TO SHOW UP. YEAH. THANK YOU. VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU. CRAIG. THANK YOU, MANDY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AGO IT WAS THAT WE FIRST ACQUIRED CENTRAL GREEN. AND IT SEEMED LIKE A, I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE MY FACTS RIGHT EXACTLY, BUT IT JUST SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY ACQUIRED BECAUSE IT WAS A LOW AREA AND IN DRAINAGE AND WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT AND IT JUST WASN'T HAPPENING. AND SO IT WAS A SORT OF INCIDENTAL TO, YOU KNOW, A LARGER PROJECT. AND AT THAT TIME THERE REALLY WASN'T A PLAN OTHER THAN LET'S THROW SOME SEED OUT THERE AND GROW GRASS AND IT'LL BE A NICE PASSIVE PARK AND WE'LL GIVE LOGAN SOMETHING ELSE TO MOW. SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS IS GRADUATED TO A REALLY ACTIVE PARK. AND I THINK AS BILL SAID, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, FOOT TRAFFIC, A LOT OF KIDS PLAYING, A LOT OF ADULTS. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THESE SENIOR CITIZENS THAT THINKS HE'S A NINJA. TO ME IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A GOOD WAY TO GET HURT. BUT I'M GOING TO STAND OUT THERE AND WATCH MY GRANDKIDS PLAY ON IT. THAT'LL BE FUN. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MANDY, THIS IS SPECTACULAR. AND I THINK BILL'S RIGHT. IF THE CLOSEST COURSE TO THIS IS HUTCHISON, WE'LL BE THE FIRST ONE IN JOHNSON COUNTY IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO REGION AND AT LEAST A, WHAT, 200 PLUS MILE RADIUS. SO I HAVE A FEELING THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE DRAW TO CITY CENTER. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT, BUT I ACTUALLY AM GOING TO TRY AND HOPEFULLY NOBODY WILL FILM IT AND SEE IF I CAN GET THROUGH SOME OF IT. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY AGE RESTRICTION PARTICULARLY ON THE NINJA COURSE OR WE'RE LEAVING THAT UP TO PARENTAL DISCRETION? YEAH. AGAIN, THAT'LL COME AROUND SOME OF OUR SIGNAGE. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT SAYS 12 PLUS ON THAT SIGNAGE JUST BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF IT. I WOULD NEED TO VERIFY THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT 100%. THE ONE THING IS THAT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS STOP PARENTS FROM HOLDING THEIR CHILDREN UP AND DOING THE COURSE WITH THEM. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF HARD TO CONTROL. AND SO THOSE WILL BE THINGS THAT WILL WORK OUT AS WE CONTINUE WITH GREENFIELDS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE NINJA COURSE. WELL, I'M EXCITED. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOTHING ELSE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR THE CENTRAL GREEN PLAYGROUND PROJECT TO $1 .7 MILLION. MOTION BY CRAIG. IS THAT RIGHT? COURTNEY. SECOND BY COURTNEY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AWARD A BID TO SANDS CONSTRUCTION, INC. TO CONSTRUCT THE CENTRAL GREEN PLAYGROUND FOR A TOTAL OF $704 ,172 .50. SO MOVED. OKAY. MOTION BY AVERY. SECOND BY BILL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? [01:20:03] AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH CROUCH RECREATION FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR A TOTAL OF $596 ,751. SO MOVED. MOTION BY AVERY. SECOND BY MARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. AND I BELIEVE THE LAST MOTION. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH GREENFIELDS OUTDOOR FITNESS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE NINJA COURSE AND FITNESS X -RIG FOR A TOTAL OF $188 ,998. MOTION BY COURTNEY. SECOND BY MARK. BILL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. [COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS] THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MANDY. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS TONIGHT? NO. BILL? YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE CONSTITUTION PROCLAMATION AND THE WOMAN FROM THE DAR ACCEPTED IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE DAR, WE WOULD NOT ENJOY SEEING ALL OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL REMNANTS THAT ARE ALL ACROSS KANSAS BECAUSE THEY NOTICED IN THE EARLY 1900S THAT WE WERE QUICKLY LOSING ALL OF THE TRAIL THAT PASSED. IT WAS LIKE A BINGO DIAGONAL THROUGH KANSAS. AND WE WERE LOSING IT ALL. SO, GOD BLESS THE DAR FOR SAVING THOSE TRAIL REMNANTS. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS? I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I'VE BEEN DOING THE WORKOUT WITH THE LENEXA PD EVERY MONTH THIS YEAR. AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO AT LEAST GIVE IT A TRY. THIS NEXT COMING MONTH, THEY'RE DOING A FREE BREAKFAST AFTERWARDS. SO, IF YOU LIVE THROUGH THE WORKOUT, THEN THEY WILL FEED YOU. BUT IT'S REALLY NICE. THERE'S A LOT OF CAMARADERIE. THE ATTENDANCE IS GREAT. BUT WHAT'S, I THINK, MOST IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY FOR ME AS A BEGINNER WHEN I STARTED IN JANUARY, WAS THAT THEY ALLOW YOU TO GO AT YOUR OWN PACE. EVERYONE IS VERY ENCOURAGING. AND THE TRAINER SHOWS MODIFICATIONS IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY READY TO DO THE FULL POSITION OR PARTICULAR EXERCISE. I JUST WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE MORE ATTENDANTS. AND I'VE TOLD THE CHIEF THIS AND THE TRAINER, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT TWICE A MONTH, TOO. BUT WE'LL SEE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I HAD A REALLY GOOD [STAFF REPORTS] EXPERIENCE JUST THIS LAST TIME. SO, BECKY, ANY STAFF REPORTS THIS EVENING? JUST THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY. THAT'S ALL. ALL RIGHT. THIS ENDS THE RECORDED PORTION OF THE MEETING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.