[00:00:02] [CALL TO ORDER] AUDIENCE: (IN UNISON) I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAYOR SAYERS: JENNIFER, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? JENNIFER: THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HANDLEY? JOHN MICHAEL HANDLEY: PRESENT. JENNIFER: COUNCIL MEMBER EITERICH? COURTNEY EITERICH: HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLTON? MARK CHARLTON: HERE. JENNIFER: COUNCIL MEMBER NICKS? BILL NICKS: HERE. JENNIFER: COUNCIL MEMBER BELL? AVERY BELL: HERE. JENNIFER: COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMSON? CHELSEA WILLIAMSON: PRESENT. JENNIFER: COUNCIL MEMBER DENNY? CRAIG DENNY: PRESENT. JENNIFER: COUNCIL MEMBER HERRON? CHRIS HERRON: PRESENT. JENNIFER: MAYOR SAYERS IS PRESENT AND PRESIDING. MAYOR SAYERS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO SAY WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME, TECHNOLOGY WILLING, THIS IS THE FIRST EVER LIVE STREAMING MEETING OF THE LENEXA CITY COUNCIL. SO WELCOME EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING FROM YOUR SOFA. [APPROVE MINUTES] FIRST UP, DO WE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 6 CITY COUNCIL MEETING? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. CRAIG DENNY: SO MOVED. AVERY BELL: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY CRAIG, SECOND BY AVERY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE APPROVED. JENNIFER ANY MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? JENNIFER: NONE THIS EVENING. MAYOR SAYERS: UP NEXT, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT [CONSENT AGENDA] AGENDA. MATTERS ARE LISTED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE APPROVED COLLECTIVELY WITH NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION. ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BY A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY, CITY MANAGER, OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. IN THE EVENT THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT WILL BE PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE AND TWO. AVERY BELL: SO MOVED. CHELSEA WILLIAMSON: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY AVERY. SECOND BY CHELSEA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. ITEM NUMBER THREE TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC-- [3. Consideration of a right-of-way vacation located at the northeast corner of Prairie Star Parkway & Wild Rose Lane] IS A CONSIDERATION OF A RIGHT OF WAY VACATION M AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY AND WILD ROSE LANE. ITEM 3A IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST TO VACATE. ITEM 3B IS AN ORDINANCE VACATING THE RIGHT OF WAY. STEPHANIE? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AS MENTIONED, ITEM THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A RIGHT OF WAY VACATION REQUEST. THIS IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY AND WILD ROSE LANE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN NOW THE GENERAL LOCATION MAP KIND OF ZOOMED IN THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION OF WILD ROSE LANE AND PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY. THE AREA IN WHICH THE VACATION REQUEST INVOLVES IS THIS SMALL, ABOUT 355 SQUARE FOOT, AREA IN RED HERE. THIS IS PART OF THE SUNSET CANYON SUBDIVISION. AND HERE IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT IN GREATER DETAIL. THIS PRIMARILY STEMS JUST FROM STAFF REQUESTING THAT THEY REALIGN THIS ENTRANCE TO LINE UP WITH WILD ROSE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY. SO RELATIVELY MINOR VACATION REQUEST HERE TO ACHIEVE BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXISTING ROADWAY. AS NOTED IN YOUR PACKET, THERE ARE FOUR STANDARDS FOR REVIEW FOR VACATION REQUESTS. YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE SCREEN NOW. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS FROM ANY OF THE STAFF REVIEWERS OR UTILITY COMPANIES THAT WE SEND THESE REQUESTS TO. SO THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING CONCERNS WITH THE VACATION OF RIGHT OF WAY IN THIS AREA. WITH THAT, I RECOMMEND CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED VACATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, AS SHOWN ON THE EARLIER IMAGE. THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? JOHN MICHAEL. JOHN MICHAEL HANDLEY: QUICK QUESTION, DOES THIS LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO HAVE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS ON THAT CORNER? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: WITH THE REALIGNMENT, EVERYTHING'S JUST ESSENTIALLY SHIFTED. SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE SIDEWALKS AS PLANNED. EVERYTHING JUST MOVES A LITTLE BIT. JOHN MICHAEL HANDLEY: PERFECT, THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: ANYTHING ELSE? WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF ANYONE PRESENT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, SIGN IN, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AVERY BELL: SO MOVED. COURTNEY EITERICH: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY AVERY, SECOND BY COURTNEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE THE MOTIONS? OK, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE ORDINANCE VACATING THE RIGHT OF WAY. BILL NICKS: SO MOVED. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY BILL. SECOND BY MARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS CONSIDERATION [4. Consideration of a revised preliminary plan for St. James Academy Cultural Arts Center & Future Additions located at 24505 Prairie Star Parkway in the R-1, Residential Single-Family District] OF A REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR ST. JAMES ACADEMY CULTURAL ARTS AND FUTURE ADDITIONS LOCATED [00:05:01] AT 24505 PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY IN THE R1 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. HELLO, STEPHANIE. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THIS ITEM, AS MENTIONED, IS FOR ST. JAMES ACADEMY AND UP FOR CONSIDERATION ARE PLANS FOR THEIR CULTURAL ARTS CENTER AND OTHER FUTURE ADDITIONS TO THE ST. JAMES ACADEMY CAMPUS. THE CAMPUS IS LOCATED AT 24505 PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY. AND NOW ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IN A FEW SLIDES HERE. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVAL FOR A ABOUT 21,000 SQUARE FOOT AUDITORIUM AND ASSOCIATED CLASSROOMS, WHICH WE'RE CALLING THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. SO THAT'S THE MAIN COMPONENT AND PHASE I OF THE PROJECT. THERE'S ALSO SOME FUTURE CLASSROOM ADDITIONS THAT TOTAL ABOUT 16,000 SQUARE FEET AND A ABOUT 9,000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED A FEW YEARS AGO. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THE CAMPUS IS LOCATED AT PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY AND CLAIRE ROAD. IT'S ZONED R1. AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR THIS PROPERTY IS INSTITUTIONAL, WHICH IS ALL CONSISTENT WITH THE ACTIVITY OCCURRING ON THE CAMPUS TODAY. HERE IS THE LENEXA MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY IN BLACK AND THE PROJECT LOCATION WITH THE BLUE STAR FOR CONTEXT. HERE'S AN AERIAL WITH THE SITE OUTLINED IN RED FOR ADDITIONAL CLOSER CONTEXT. YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING IS ALONG PRIMARILY PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE THERE. THE MAIN BUILDING-- LET ME GET THE LASER POINTER HERE. THE MAIN BUILDING IS SORT OF IN THE CENTER OF THE CAMPUS. THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING IS EAST. AND THEN THEY HAVE THEIR TRACK AND FIELD AREA IN THE SOUTH QUADRANT HERE, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER SPORTING AREAS. AS WE CAN SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THE SITE IS ZONED R1, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A LOT OF THE ZONING AROUND IT. THERE ARE DEVELOPED SUBDIVISION AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST. THERE IS SOME UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY. AND SOME UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF CLAIRE. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AGAIN, CLASSIFIES THIS AS INSTITUTIONAL USE. AND YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, SOME COMMERCIAL TO THE NORTH, RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST AND SOUTH, AND ALSO TO THE WEST OF CLAIRE ROAD. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN. AND WE'VE NUMBERED THE DIFFERENT ADDITIONS JUST FOR CLARITY. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE ORDER OF WHICH PHASE WILL HAPPEN FIRST. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE DRIVER OF THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION IS THE PHASE I CULTURAL ARTS CENTER APPLICATION THAT IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE NUMBER ONE AND THE RED OUTLINE HERE. AND THEN THE OTHER ADDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ARE HERE. NUMBER TWO IN BLUE, NUMBER THREE IN GREEN, AND NUMBER FOUR ON THAT MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING. HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW ON THAT CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED THE AUDITORIUM ON SOME PLANS. IT ALSO DOES INCLUDE A FEW CLASSROOMS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING HERE. AND THERE WOULD BE A NEW DROP OFF LANE HERE FOR THAT AUDITORIUM. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE FLOOR PLAN. THE AREAS IN GRAY ARE EXISTING. AND THE AREAS IN WHITE ARE PART OF THAT NEW SPACE THAT YOU SAW. THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWS TYPICAL PLANTINGS AROUND THE FOUNDATION OF THE BUILDING, THE WALKWAY UP TO THE BUILDING, AND THERE'S AN INTERNAL ACCESS COURTYARD HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT ADDITION. WE ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE PLANS SHOW A FUTURE PARKING ADDITION OF ABOUT 25 SPACES. THIS IS OUT NEAR THE ROUNDABOUT. FOR REFERENCE, THIS IS THE CLEAR AND PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY ROUNDABOUT OVER ON THE WEST OF THE SITE. SO THIS IS THAT SECOND ROUNDABOUT THAT'S THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE CAMPUS. AND HERE'S WHAT THAT LITTLE PARKING EXPANSION LOOKS LIKE HERE. ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, MOST OF THE PERFORMANCES THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN THE AUDITORIUM ARE NOT GOING TO BE DURING SCHOOL HOURS. SO WITH THAT, STAFF DOES NOT BELIEVE THERE'LL BE A CONFLICT WITH THE NEED FOR PARKING FOR PERFORMANCES AND THE SCHOOL DAYS AT THE SAME TIME. MAYOR SAYERS: STEPHANIE, HOW DOES THAT OVERLAP WITH ATHLETIC EVENTS AT THAT TRACK OR STADIUM? I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE. THEY CAN SPEAK MORE ON THE OPERATIONS OF THAT. MAYOR SAYERS: THANKS. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: WE NOW HAVE ON THE SCREEN THE ELEVATION AND MATERIALS. I'LL ALSO SHOW YOU SOME RENDERINGS HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND MATERIALS [00:10:01] ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE TYPES OF MATERIALS AND ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS FOUND ON THE REMAINDER OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE. AND STAFF BELIEVES IT WILL BE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE EXISTING BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE USE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BRICK, A LITTLE BIT OF METAL PANELS, AND SOME ALUMINUM STOREFRONT. HERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS. AND THIS IS LOOKING PRIMARILY FROM THE NORTH, IF YOU WERE LOOKING SOUTH FROM PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY. AND THAT'S THAT MAIN ENTRANCE. WITH THAT, STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THE REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THIS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER ADDITION AND THE FUTURE ADDITIONS. JUST WANT TO NOTE, SINCE THIS IS PRELIMINARY PLAN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME IN FOR A FINAL PLAN APPROVAL FOR EACH PHASE OF THOSE ADDITIONS IN THE FUTURE. AND THE PROJECT INCLUDES ABOUT 21,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THAT CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, ABOUT 16,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE OTHER CLASSROOM ADDITIONS, AND ABOUT 9,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING. AND IT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING REGULATIONS AND PROVIDES APPROPRIATE UTILITIES, STORMWATER, AND SITE DESIGN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? AVERY? AVERY BELL: I THINK PERHAPS BACK TO PARKING, BUT NOT ON THE TOPIC OF, SAY, EVENTS, AS THE MAYOR HAD POINTED OUT. BUT SOME OF THESE INCLUDE CLASSROOMS THAT-- AND I'M SURE THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO THAT CAN SPEAK TO THIS. BUT THERE WILL BE MORE STAFF AND POTENTIALLY MORE STUDENTS. NOT ENTIRELY SURE. BUT HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO POTENTIALLY TO THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: SO THE APPLICANT SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STUDENT POPULATION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. AND I'M SURE OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM ST. JAMES THAT IS HERE TONIGHT CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE CAPPING ENROLLMENT AT. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE LOOKING TO ADD A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL PEOPLE ON THE CAMPUS, WHETHER IT BE STUDENTS OR EMPLOYEES. AVERY BELL: OK, THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: OK, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: DO YOU HAVE A FILE YOU NEED ME TO PULL UP OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST USE MY SLIDES? ST. JAMES APPLICANT: ANDY IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: ALL RIGHT. LET ME PULL UP JUST TO PLAN THAT YOU CAN TALK TO HERE. THERE WE GO. ANDY TERLECKI: MS. MAYOR, THE FIRST QUESTION ABOUT EVENTS, WE WOULD NOT BE HOSTING ATHLETIC EVENTS AND PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS AT THE SAME TIME. THAT WOULD BE A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE FOR US TO BE QUITE FRANK. MAYOR SAYERS: THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO ASK. ANDY TERLECKI: THERE COULD BE SOME UNDERCLASSMEN EVENTS THAT MAY BE HAPPENING IN THE GYM WHILE PERFORMANCE IS GOING ON IN THE THEATER. BUT WE WOULD NOT HAVE A MAJOR EVENTS IN ATHLETICS AS WELL AS THE PERFORMING ARTS. WE PROBABLY-- THREE MAJOR EVENTS A YEAR IN THIS SPACE. OUR MUSICAL USUALLY HAPPENS IN THE FALL. WE'LL HAVE A DRAMA PRODUCTION THAT USUALLY HAPPENS IN THE SPRING. AND I THINK WITH THIS SPACE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADD ANOTHER ONE BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE YET. THE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE CLASSROOMS. YEAH, WE'RE CAPPING OUR ENROLLMENT AT AROUND 1,000 STUDENTS. THIS YEAR WE'RE 994 STUDENTS. WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BRING ANY MORE STUDENTS IN. THESE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS WILL ALLOW US TO GIVE BACK, HOPEFULLY, PART OF OUR WRESTLING ROOM TO OUR WRESTLING PROGRAM. ABOUT NINE YEARS AGO, WE TOOK THE WRESTLING ROOM OFF CAMPUS AND ADDED SIX CLASSROOMS BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT WENT SO QUICKLY. SO WE HAD TO ADD THOSE SIX CLASSROOMS IN THERE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO TRADE SOME CLASSROOMS FOR CLASSROOMS WITHIN THIS. MAYOR SAYERS: OK. COULD WE BACK UP ONE STEP AND HAVE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? ANDY TERLECKI: OH, SORRY. ANDY TERLECKI, PRESIDENT, ST. JAMES ACADEMY, 24505 PRAIRIE STAR PARKWAY. MAYOR SAYERS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR WAS THERE ANY PRESENTATION YOU WANTED TO MAKE? ANDY TERLECKI: NO, I DON'T THINK SO. MAYOR SAYERS: OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COURTNEY? COURTNEY EITERICH: I LOVE THAT YOU'RE ADDING ARTS-- ANDY TERLECKI: YEAH. COURTNEY EITERICH: --THINGS TO YOUR BUILDING. JUST TO GO BACK TO PARKING. AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THERE'S A LACK OF PARKING, YOU LIMIT THE STUDENTS CAPACITY TO DO THAT. DO YOU HAVE PARKING ISSUES NOW? OR I GUESS HOW SOON WOULD THAT ADDITION COME IN ARE MY QUESTIONS. ANDY TERLECKI: DURING THE SCHOOL DAY? COURTNEY EITERICH: IN GENERAL, YEAH. ANDY TERLECKI: WE HAVE 30 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL DAY. I WILL TELL YOU, FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE DIFFICULT WITH FOOTBALL. AND I THINK IF ANYONE'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A FOOTBALL GAME, THERE'S PARKING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES. THE LENEXA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THAT. WE HAVE FIVE OFFICERS AT NIGHT AT FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. THAT'S USUALLY THE ONLY TIME WE DEAL WITH ANY TYPE OF PARKING ISSUE. COURTNEY EITERICH: OK. AND WHERE IS THE PARKING EXPANSION IN THE PHASING OF THESE THINGS? ANDY TERLECKI: WELL, WHEN WE BUILT THE STADIUM TWO YEARS AGO, [00:15:01] WE OPENED THE STADIUM UP LAST YEAR, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL-- I CAN'T REMEMBER TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING. BUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY WE ADDED ADDITIONAL PARKING NEXT TO THE TENNIS COURTS. I WANT TO SAY TO MEET THE CODE, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT PARKING RIGHT BY THE STADIUM AND ALSO BY THE TENNIS COURTS TO GET THE NUMBER UP THAT WE NEEDED TO MEET THE CODE. MAYOR SAYERS: YOU'RE ASKING WHEN THE ADDITIONAL 25 WILL GO IN WITH THESE FOUR PHASES? ANDY TERLECKI: I'M NOT-- THAT'S NOT IN THE CURRENT PLANS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S IN FUTURE PLANS FOR SURE. COURTNEY EITERICH: OK. I WAS JUST-- IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE MOVED UP IN FRONT OF SOME OF THESE OTHER EXPANSIONS. ANDY TERLECKI: IT'S NOT OUR PLAN. COURTNEY EITERICH: OK, APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AVERY? AVERY BELL: I'LL ALSO ECHO VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE INVESTMENT MADE. I WAS A THEATER STUDENT AND MINOR, EVEN, IN COLLEGE. BEEN IN OVER 100 MUSICALS AND PLAYS IN MY DAY. SO VERY EXCITING TO SEE. TO THAT END, WHERE DO YOUR STUDENTS PERFORM TODAY? ANDY TERLECKI: WE TURN OUR CAFETERIA INTO AN AUDITORIUM. SO THEY HAVE-- BASICALLY FOR THE MUSICAL COMING UP, WE'RE GIVING THEM A THREE WEEK WINDOW WHERE THEY'LL COME IN. THEY'LL BUILD THE STAGE, BUILD THE SET, DO ALL THE BUILDING THAT IT TAKES THEM-- THERE'S SOME INCREDIBLE LAPSE VIDEOS THAT WE'VE DONE WATCHING OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS THAT PUT THOSE STAGES TOGETHER. SO WE TURNED THE CAFETERIA INTO WHAT WE CALL THE "CAFETORIUM." AND THEY PERFORM-- THEY PERFORM THE MUSICALS THERE. OUR DRAMA PRODUCTIONS ARE NORMALLY IN A BLACK BOX THEATER TYPE, WHICH WE HAVE A SPACE FOR THAT. BUT WE'VE RENTED SOME FACILITIES FOR OTHER PERFORMANCES. BAND PERFORMANCES AND VOCAL MUSIC WILL GO OUT TO MIDAMERICA NAZARENE. WE USE THEIR BEAUTIFUL THEATER. WE'VE USED SOME OF OUR LOCAL PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL. AVERY BELL: VERY COOL. WELL, THANK YOU. ANDY TERLECKI: YEAH. MAYOR SAYERS: BILL? MARK CHARLTON: YEAH, NO QUESTIONS. JUST A COMMENT. THANK ANDY FOR COMING TONIGHT AND ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES OF ST. JAMES. IT'S REALLY GREAT FOR LENEXA AND ALL OF US APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANDY TERLECKI: THANKS, BILL. MAYOR SAYERS: YEAH, I WOULD AGREE. JUST THE SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS TODAY SEEMS TO BE DWINDLING A LITTLE BIT. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU INVESTING IN THAT CURRICULUM AND GIVING KIDS A PLACE TO BE CREATIVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR ST. JAMES CULTURAL ARTS CENTER AND FUTURE ADDITIONS. MARK CHARLTON: SO MOVED. CHELSEA WILLIAMSON: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY MARK, SECOND BY CHELSEA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANDY TERLECKI: THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS CONSIDERATION [5. Consideration of a rezoning, special use permit, and preliminary plan for WaterOne for a mining and quarrying operation on property located at 10401 Renner Boulevard] OF A REZONING, SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AND PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR WATER ONE FOR MINING AND QUARRYING OPERATIONS ON A PRAIRIE-- ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10401 RENNER BOULEVARD. ITEM 5A IS AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY FROM THE BP ONE PLANNED BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT TO BP TWO PLANNED MANUFACTURING. ITEM 5B IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A FIVE YEAR SPECIAL PERMIT USE PERMIT. ITEM 5C IS THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPANION PRELIMINARY PLAN. HELLO AGAIN, STEPHANIE. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: HELLO AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I WON'T REPEAT EVERYTHING, BUT THIS IS A REQUEST FOR THE WATER ONE MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT. THIS IS LOCATED GENERALLY AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF K10 AND RENNER BOULEVARD. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR REZONING, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AND A PRELIMINARY PLAN TO ALLOW MINING AND QUARRYING OPERATIONS ON APPROXIMATELY 55 TOTAL ACRES. THERE ARE TWO PARCELS CURRENTLY. 13 ACRES ARE ALREADY ZONED BP TWO. AND ABOUT 42 ACRES ARE BP ONE. SO WE NEED TO GET THAT BP ONE REZONED TO BP TWO IN ORDER TO ALLOW A SPECIAL USE OF THE MINING AND QUARRYING OPERATION. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE REZONING COMPONENT TO THIS EVENING. THE REMEDIATION IS NECESSARY DUE TO COLLAPSED MINES. AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE IS REALLY NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT STABILIZING AND REMEDIATING THE SITE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THE FUTURE LAND USE WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THIS LOCATION IS CLASSIFIED AS BUSINESS PARK. AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. ON THE SCREEN NOW YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION MAP RELATIVE TO THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY OF LENEXA. AS MENTIONED, THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF K10 AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF RENNER BOULEVARD. HERE'S AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SITE. AND ON THIS IMAGE I'LL POINT OUT THIS PARCEL ON THE WEST. IT'S KIND OF BISECTED BY THIS GOLD LINE HERE. THIS IS THE BP ONE PARCEL YOU'LL SEE ON ANOTHER IMAGE AND THE BP TWO PARCEL OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE EAST SIDE HERE. ALONG RENNER BOULEVARD AND K10 THE SITE IS RELATIVELY HIDDEN DUE TO GRADES [00:20:03] AND JUST GENERAL VEGETATION AS WELL. SOME OF WHICH WILL BE PRESERVED AS PART OF THIS PLAN. AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT AS WELL. AND THEN SURROUNDING IT, WE HAVE A SIMILAR MINING AND QUARRYING OPERATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF RENNER THAT WE GRANTED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT A FEW YEARS BACK. THEY'LL BE UP FOR RENEWAL, I BELIEVE, NEXT YEAR. SO YOU'LL HAVE MINING FRESH IN YOUR MINDS FOR NEXT SUMMER, NEXT FALL WHEN THEY COME BACK. AND WE GRANT THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS AT A TIME. THIS OPERATION OVERALL IS, YOU'LL SEE ON A DIFFERENT SLIDE, WILL TAKE 7, 8, 9, 10 YEARS IN TOTAL TO REMEDIATE THE SITE. SO EXPECT THIS TYPE OF USE TO BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WHAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR. AND THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT GOES FROM TONIGHT FIVE YEARS. AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING TOMORROW, UNFORTUNATELY, TO START THE OPERATION. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES HERE. THIS SITE, THE SUBJECT SITE, IS OWNED BY WATER ONE, AS WELL AS THE SITES TO THE SOUTH OF IT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE JCPENNEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER ON THE EAST HERE. THAT'S THAT LARGE BUILDING YOU SEE THERE AT 107TH. AS MENTIONED, THE ZONING MAP SHOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN HERE SHOWS BP ONE ZONING HERE ON A PORTION OF THE SITE. AND THEN THE BP TWO ZONING ON THE EAST PORTION OF THE SITE. AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THE SITE FOR BUSINESS PARK TYPE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE WOULD ENVISION IN THE FUTURE A BUSINESS PARK TYPE DEVELOPMENT WHEN THE SITE IS REMEDIATED. I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF THE PARTICULARS HERE BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAS FAR MORE KNOWLEDGE AND WAY COOLER GRAPHICS THAN THIS ABOUT MINE REMEDIATION. BUT THIS IS A VERY BASIC PROFILE OF A MINE. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE EARTH IF YOU GET INTO THAT SORT OF THING. AND THE COLUMNS OF WHAT IS LIMESTONE, IN OUR CASE HERE, I BELIEVE. AND OVER TIME, IF THERE IS A COLLAPSE IN WHAT WAS MINED OUT. THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE. I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF COLLAPSE ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE. SO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS MINE OUT ALL OF THE EXISTING VALUABLE STONE HERE AND REFILL IT SO THAT IT IS NOT GOING TO COLLAPSE. AND THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DEVELOP SOMETHING SUCCESSFUL ON THE LAND IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS AN IMAGE SHOWING THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE LEFT AND THE PROPOSED REZONING ON THE RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THE ENTIRE SITE HERE WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT OF BP TWO. BP ONE DOES NOT ALLOW MINING AND QUARRYING AS A USE. SO IT IS NECESSARY TO REZONE TO BP TWO IN ORDER TO ALLOW THAT USE. YOU'LL SEE ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THE OTHER OPERATION IS LOCATED, WE DO ALLOW A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR MINING AND QUARRYING IN AG. SO BP TWO OR AG ARE THE CHOICES HERE. AND THE APPLICANT IS GOING WITH BP TWO IN THIS CASE. AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE 13 CRITERIA FOR REZONING. AND ONE TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS PRESENTATION WOULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. AS ALWAYS, OUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT GOES INTO GREATER DETAIL WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CRITERIA. AND I'M HAPPY TO ELABORATE ON ANY OF THOSE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE FURTHER EXPLANATION ON ANY OF THE OTHER CRITERIA. I WON'T READ EVERY WORD ON THE SLIDE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM HERE. BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT ON ARE AIR POLLUTION AND DUST, NOISE, LIGHT, AND VIBRATIONS AND BLASTING. SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO BE MET FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE. AND THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO BEEN THE ONE WORKING ON THE SITE ON THE WEST SIDE OF RENNER. SO WE HAVE HISTORY WITH KNOWING HOW THEY WILL WORK ON THOSE TYPES OF OPERATIONS. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN HOURS THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE. CERTAIN TIMES THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BLAST. AND THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE PERMITS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DO SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO WE WANTED TO ALSO CLARIFY WHAT TYPES OF OPERATIONS ARE ALLOWED WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AND UNDER THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO EXCAVATE MATERIALS DOWN TO THE GENERAL FLOOR LEVEL OF THE EXISTING MINE. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO ROCK CRUSHING. ON SALE-- OR ON SITE OPERATIONS FOR SALES OF ROCK. THEY'LL HAVE SOME TEMPORARY FACILITIES SUCH AS AN OFFICE TRAILER, A WEIGH STATION, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RECLAIM THAT EXCAVATED MINE AREA BY FILLING IT. WE ARE NOT IMPLYING OR ALLOWING A ASPHALT OR CONCRETE PLANT OR FILL SITE FOR OFF SITE MATERIALS OR CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AS PART OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SO THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF THE ALLOWABLE USE. THE PROPOSED HOURS ARE ALSO LISTED ON THE SCREEN HERE. SO THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT HOURS FOR THE SALE, PRODUCTION, AND REMOVAL OF ROCK. GENERALLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 6:00 TO 6:00. [00:25:03] ROCK CRUSHING IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 7:00 TO 6:00 BLASTING IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SUBJECT TO FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL. AND OUR TYPICAL BLASTING HOURS WOULD BE FROM 8:00 TO 4:00. AND NO ACTIVITY PROPOSED ON WEEKENDS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS RELATIVELY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING ACROSS THE STREET. WE HAVE THE SAME 13 CRITERIA FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS AS WELL. AND YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED IT, OUR ANSWERS TO THOSE CRITERIA ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD HAVE PUT FOR THE REZONING. PHASING WISE, I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME AND WILL OUTLIVE THE FIVE YEAR SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROPOSED FOR THIS EVENING. BUT THIS DIAGRAM GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE DIFFERENT STEPS THAT THEY TAKE AND HOW LONG IT TAKES ALONG THE WAY. SO I WON'T READ EVERY ROW AND COLUMN OF THIS DIAGRAM HERE. BUT OVERALL IT'S IN THAT SEVEN TO 10 YEAR RANGE OF THE OPERATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO REMEDIATE THE SITE. THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY PLAN. A COUPLE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT ON HERE. THIS IS RENNER BOULEVARD, JUST WEST OF THE SITE. THERE'S AN EXISTING LEFT TURN LANE HERE ON RENNER FOR THEM TO MAKE THIS MOVEMENT INTO THE SITE. AND THEN THEY WILL NEED TO ADD A NEW RIGHT TURN LANE GOING NORTHBOUND INTO THE SITE SO THAT THOSE VEHICLES HAVE A DECELERATION LANE TO TURN OFF OF RENNER SAFELY AND BE ABLE TO GET SLOWLY ONTO THE SITE WITH THEIR LARGE TRUCKS FOR ALL OF THESE OPERATIONS. THESE VARIOUS ELEMENTS WILL MOVE AS THEY REMEDIATE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SITE. SO WHILE THIS IS THE PLAN RIGHT NOW, THESE ELEMENTS MAY MOVE THROUGHOUT THE SITE OVER TIME. BUT THEY WILL HAVE STOCKPILING, A CRUSHING PLANT. THEY WILL HAVE THEIR WEIGH STATION. THEY WILL HAVE TEMPORARY TRAILER, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND AGAIN, THEY KIND OF HAVE TO MOVE THEM OUT OF THE WAY INTO AS THEY GET THROUGH THE SITE. HERE'S AN IMAGE SHOWING THAT LEFT TURN LANE AND THE RIGHT TURN LANE. AS MENTIONED, THEY ALREADY HAVE THIS LEFT ONE THERE. AND THEY'LL BE ADDING THE RIGHT ONE SHOWN IN BLUE. I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SOME OF THE VEGETATION WILL BE REMAINING AS PART OF THESE OPERATIONS. SO THERE IS A REQUIRED BUFFER AROUND THE PERIMETER. SINCE THE APPLICANT OWNS THE SITE TO THE SOUTH, WE DID NOT REQUIRE A SOUTHERN BUFFER. BUT WE DO HAVE A WESTERN, NORTHERN AND EASTERN BUFFER FOR LANDSCAPING TO BE RETAINED. ROUGHLY 100 FEET AROUND EACH OF THOSE PROPERTY LINES, AS SHOWN IN THE LIME GREEN HERE. AND WITH THAT, I COULDN'T FIT ALL THESE ON ONE SLIDE SO I DO HAVE TWO SLIDES FULL OF RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT BOTH STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REZONING FOR THE 42 ACRES OF BP ONE TO BP TWO. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAN AND APPROVAL OF THE FIVE YEAR SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH THESE FIVE CONDITIONS RELATED TO HOURS, BLASTING, LAND USE BUFFERS, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO RENNER FOR THAT TURN LANE, AND A SLOPE OF THREE TO ONE AT THE END OF RECLAMATION. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. MAYOR SAYERS: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? MARK? MARK CHARLTON: THANKS, STEPHANIE. QUESTION ON THE PROPERTY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT BP ONE. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALREADY BEEN EXCAVATED DOWN TO THE FLOOR OR AT LEAST SOME POINT DOWN THERE. WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE? OR IT SEEMS A LITTLE ODD TO BE DOING THIS TO THE NORTH AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF IN BETWEEN. WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THAT? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: THAT PARCEL IS NOT PART OF THIS APPLICATION, BUT IT'S OWNED BY WATER ONE. AND WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM WATER ONE HERE THIS EVENING THAT MAY BE ABLE TO SPEAK MORE TO THAT FOR YOU. MARK CHARLTON: AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION OR A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS. WHAT'S THE LIMITS OF THE MINE? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE DOING STUFF EAST OF THE-- EAST OF RENNER. AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH RENNER AT SOME POINT, WITH SOME POTENTIAL COLLAPSE AND SOME VARIATIONS. I THINK WE FIXED A COUPLE. I THINK WE FIXED A COUPLE SPOTS ALONG RENNER. DOES THE MINE GO UNDER RENNER? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: SO THERE IS MINE UNDER RENNER. WE DISCUSSED THIS AT PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL. AND OUR ENGINEERING REPRESENTATIVE BASICALLY SAID THAT AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY VISIBLE EVIDENCE THAT RENNER IS AT ALL IMPACTED BY THE MINE UNDERNEATH IT. HOWEVER, AS PART OF BOTH THIS PROJECT AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF RENNER, AS THEY GET CLOSE TO THE AREA THAT GOES UNDERNEATH RENNER, [00:30:03] THE CITY WOULD HOPE TO WORK WITH THEM TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT STABILIZED AS WELL. MARK CHARLTON: OK, OK. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. SO IN REGARDS TO THE LIMITS, THERE'S NO MAP OR ANYTHING ABOUT THE LIMITS OF THIS ENTIRE MINE IN THIS AREA IS THERE? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: I HAVE SEEN A MAP. IT'S NOT PART OF THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, THOUGH. MARK CHARLTON: OK. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: I'M NOT SURE-- DO YOU GUYS HAVE THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION? OK, GREAT. MARK CHARLTON: AWESOME. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: THAT'S WHERE I SAW IT. MARK CHARLTON: THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: COURTNEY? COURTNEY EITERICH: STEPHANIE, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE ON SITE SALES. AND IN DOING THAT, IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH TO HAVE CUSTOMERS COME TO THAT SPACE TO PURCHASE SOMETHING? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: SO WE MODELED A LOT OF THE OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS AND REVIEW OFF OF WHAT WE REQUIRED FOR THE MINE ACROSS THE STREET. THAT'S NOT A DETAIL THAT WE GOT THAT FAR INTO OTHER THAN REGULATING THE HOURS. COURTNEY EITERICH: WILL THAT BE A-- I GUESS THEY CAN ASK. I CAN ASK THE CLIENT. STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: YEAH, IF YOU'D LIKE MORE DETAILS OF HOW THEY HAVE THOSE OPERATIONS THEY WOULD BE THE BEST ONES TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE FREQUENCY IS. BUT AT THIS POINT, THE SITE AS IT IS TODAY ALREADY HAS SOME TRUCK TRAFFIC FOR THE WATER ONE OPERATIONS OCCURRING THERE. SO AT PLANNING COMMISSION THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY THINK THERE WOULD BE FAR AND BEYOND THE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY OCCURRING THERE. COURTNEY EITERICH: IN A NORMAL SITUATION, WE WOULD REQUIRE IF PUBLIC ENTITY-- IF THE PUBLIC WAS COMING TO PURCHASE SOMETHING, WE WOULD REQUIRE BATHROOMS, PARKING LOTS, AND SOME SPECIFIC THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES. IS THAT CORRECT? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: IT SORT OF DEPENDS ON THE USE AND THE SCOPE. HOPE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE. SCOTT MCCULLOH: YEAH, I MIGHT JUST ADD THAT THERE ARE NO OCCUPIABLE BUILDINGS HERE. SO IT WOULD TRULY BE JUST A PICKUP. AND THEY CAN-- I THINK THE APPLICANT CAN EXPLAIN BETTER WHAT THEIR CLIENTS LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, WHETHER IT'S LAYPEOPLE OR JUST WHO THAT IS. MAYOR SAYERS: OK, THANK YOU. JOHN MICHAEL? JOHN MICHAEL HANDLEY: QUICK QUESTION. I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. SO WE HAVE REALLY GOOD LIMITATIONS HERE FOR HOURS OF OPERATION, HOURS OF CRUSHING, HOURS OF SALES. OUTSIDE OF ALL OF THAT, THE APPLICANT WOULD STILL BE HELD TO OUR STANDARD RECEIVER BASED NOISE NUISANCE LIMITS. IS THAT RIGHT? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: CORRECT, YES. WE HAVE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AS PART OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. AND ALL BUSINESSES IN LENEXA ARE HELD TO THOSE SAME STANDARDS. AND NOISE, VIBRATION, ODOR, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT. JOHN MICHAEL HANDLEY: PERFECT, THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: CHRIS. CHRIS HERRON: HI, STEPHANIE. THANK YOU. WATER ONE, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THEY'LL HAVE THEIR MINING AND QUARRY OPERATIONS AT THIS SITE? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: PROBABLY EIGHT TO 10 YEARS. CHRIS HERRON: OK, THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: AVERY? AVERY BELL: PLAIN AND SIMPLE, I THINK I ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY. KDOT HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS PROJECT? AND SO THE POTENTIAL FOR, AGAIN, BLASTING BECAUSE IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY, THEY'LL BE AWARE OF ANY POTENTIAL SEISMIC IMPACTS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE? STEPHANIE SULLIVAN: YES, AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF THE ACTIVE OPERATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF RENNER AS WELL. AVERY BELL: PERFECT, THANK YOU. OK. APPLICANT, ARE YOU READY TO GO? LEE HENDRICKS: READY TO GO. MAYOR SAYERS: OK, SO I DON'T FORGET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. AND WELCOME. LEE HENDRICKS: GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. LEE HENDRICKS. I'M GENERAL COUNSEL FOR BETTIS COMPANIES, 1800 NORTHWEST BRICKYARD ROAD. I'M JOINED BY COLE ANDERSON, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT WITH BETTIS COMPANIES, AND KIEL JOHNSON WITH WATER ONE, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. STEPHANIE TOOK A LOT OF THE ARROWS AND GAVE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION. SO I WILL TRY TO TRUNCATE. WE JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES BUT TRUNCATE TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT BEING DUPLICATIVE HERE. REALLY QUICKLY, AS I SAID, THE BETTIS COMPANIES AND MID-STATES MATERIALS WERE FROM TOPEKA. THIS IS A SECOND GENERATION FAMILY OWNED COMPANY STARTED IN 1979. THERE ARE NINE OPERATING COMPANIES, MID-STATES BEING ONE OF THOSE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON CONCRETE ASPHALT AGGREGATES, HEAVY HIGHWAY. MID-STATES IS THE BRANCH THAT PROVIDES THE AGGREGATES AND MINING SIDE. WE DISCUSSED THE MAP THERE. YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT. I KNOW SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE UNDERMINING. AND WE'VE GOT A LATER SLIDE THAT WILL SHOW THAT. [00:35:01] THIS WAS TAKEN HERE IN THE LAST MONTH. TWO THINGS YOU CAN SEE. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS, AS WE DISCUSSED, THE WEST PROPERTY RENNER BOULEVARD IN THE TOP RIGHT THERE. TERRACING, WHICH IS WHAT YOU NORMALLY SEE FROM THESE TYPE OF MINING PROJECTS WHERE THERE IS OVERBURDEN AND THEN LIMESTONE AND THEN OVERBURDEN AND LIMESTONE. THE DIFFERENCE HERE ARE THOSE PORTALS IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY THERE. THESE ARE THE PORTALS THAT RUN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF K10 AND, OBVIOUSLY, EAST AND WEST OF RENNER BOULEVARD. LET'S SEE HERE. PROJECT GOALS. WE'LL GET INTO THIS FURTHER HERE. BUT THE PRIMARY ISSUE IS AT THIS TIME, THE PROPERTY CANNOT BE DEVELOPED IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION. AS STEPHANIE DESCRIBED, THE INSTABILITY ON THIS PROPERTY, THE UNDERMINING, THE FAILING, WHICH WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT, MAKES IT SUCH THAT THIS PROPERTY CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY USE, LET ALONE ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DEAL WITH THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SHOW YOU WHY WE BELIEVE THE MINING THAT IS OCCURRING ON THE WEST SIDE IS THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT MOVING FORWARD. AND LASTLY, SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE WENT TO WATER ONE AND DISCUSSED THIS LEASE WITH THEM TO PERFORM THIS ON THE PROPERTY, SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM AND SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MID-STATES, IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THAT'S DONE THROUGH PERMITTING, THROUGH CONTINUED INSPECTION, AND THROUGH PROPER PROTOCOLS AS WE PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT. THIS IS A TOUGH MAP TO SEE. BUT YOU CAN GET A BIT OF AN IDEA OF THOSE DOTS WITHIN THE BLUE. THOSE ARE ALL PILLARS. THIS WAS ALL MAPPED OUT PREVIOUSLY SHOWING WHERE THOSE PORTALS ARE. AND SO TO THE QUESTION THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAD EARLIER, IT DOES GO UNDERNEATH THE ROAD. YOU CAN SEE THOSE THERE. THERE IS A PORTION IN THAT NORTH WEST PORTION OF THE EAST AREA. YOU'LL SEE RIGHT THERE. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. THAT WAS PART OF THE GATEWAY PROJECT. THAT WAS FILLED IN PREVIOUSLY. THAT WAS DONE WITH FLY ASH AND A MORTAR TO STABILIZE THAT PORTION. BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE THOSE PORTALS ARE, COLE, CAN YOU SHOW GENERALLY WHERE THE PORTALS I WAS JUST SHOWING IN THAT PHOTO ARE? COLE ANDERSON: THERE, SEE THE GREEN RIGHT HERE. THERE'S ONE, TWO, AND THEN THREE. LEE HENDRICKS: AND THE ONES IN THE PHOTO I SHOWED, WHERE ARE THOSE AT IN RELATION TO THAT PICTURE? COLE ANDERSON: WE'RE MINING UP IN HERE. WE'VE TAKEN OUT A FEW ROOMS. LEE HENDRICKS: OK. COLE ANDERSON: YEAH. LEE HENDRICKS: THE ISSUE WITH THOSE PILLARS IS THAT THIS UNDERMINED AREA, THESE PORTALS, THE FLOOR IS THIN. AND SO WHAT OCCURS IS THESE PILLARS PUSH THROUGH THAT FLOOR CAUSING THE CEILING TO FALL AND TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF COLLAPSES. THIS IS WHAT OCCURRED ON THE PROJECT, THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. THIS WAS DONE DURING THE GATEWAY PROJECT. BUT WE'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. AND STEPHANIE SAID WE HAD COOLER PICTURES. I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO. I'M USING THE SAME ONE AS HER. BUT I THINK IT PROPERLY DESCRIBES WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. YOU CAN SEE THOSE PILLARS, THEY PUSH THROUGH THE FLOOR. THAT'S WHERE THAT COLLAPSE OCCURS. AND WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT IS GETTING RID OF ALL OF THAT. BRINGING IN CLEAN RUBBLE, CLEAN FILL BOTH FROM THE SITE. WE CAN, AS WE ARE PROPOSING, USE THAT FILL FROM THE EAST SIDE TO HELP FILL IN THE WEST SIDE, BRINGING THAT PROPERTY TO A PRODUCTIVE LIFE SOONER. AND AGAIN, ALLOWING THAT TO-- SOMEONE ELSE, NOT US. BUT ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE TO DEVELOP ON THAT PROPERTY. THIS IS THE PORTION I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT DURING THE GATEWAY PROJECT WAS REMEDIATED. WHAT'S WORTH MENTIONING IS THERE WAS, AS IT SAYS THERE, ARE 4.8 ACRES ACQUIRED FOR THAT PROJECT. APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OF WHICH WAS STABILIZED. THAT'S THE WHITE PORTION YOU SAW IN THE PRIOR SLIDE. WHAT'S CONCERNING THERE IS AT AN ESTIMATE OF $3.7 MILLION, THAT ONE ACRE ACTUALLY ENDED UP TAKING ABOUT $6 MILLION IN 10 YEARS AGO DOLLARS. THAT WAS FLY ASH THAT WAS FILLED INTO THOSE CHASMS AND THEN DRILLED DOWN WITH THE FILL. THAT IS AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE APPROACH TO CURING THIS. AND DOESN'T PROVIDE THE SAME STABILITY THAT THE METHOD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE DOES BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FILLING AS YOU GO, COMPACTING, FILLING, AND COMPACTING. THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THOSE PORTALS THAT SHOWS YOU WHEN WE'RE MINING, YOU TAKE THAT OVERBURDEN FROM THE TOP PORTION. YOU REMOVE THE LIMESTONE AS YOU TERRACE DOWN. AND THEN OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE ROOF, PILLARS, AND FLOOR AND THEN BEGIN IN FILLING FROM THERE. JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF HOW THAT'S DONE. THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THE SITE'S BACK-FILLED WITH CLEAN RUBBLE, CLEAN FILL, [00:40:02] AND COMPACTED ALLOWING FOR A PROPER BASE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA, ROCK RIDGE QUARRY SITE. THIS IS NOT APPLES TO APPLES TO OUR SITES BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE WAS A PORTION THAT WAS RECLAIMED. AND THOSE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT WHILE MINING WAS ONGOING THERE. THIS IS A MUCH LARGER SITE BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE OPEN SPACE AND THE EXISTING MINE. THOSE TERRACING THAT'S STILL ONGOING IS THAT THOSE PROPERTIES WERE BUILT-- THE PORTION WHERE THE BUILDINGS WERE OBVIOUSLY COMPACTED AND MADE-- SO THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE BEFORE THE HOLE FROM REMOVING THOSE PORTALS. AND THEN THE AFTER, OBVIOUSLY, THE PROJECT THAT'S LEFT. AS STEPHANIE DISCUSSED, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE BEGINNING OF YEAR FOUR OF THAT WEST SITE SUP. THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THAT WERE THE DESIGN AND BUILD OF THE TURN LANES THAT SHE DISCUSSED, PERMITTING AND EVERYTHING THAT CAME WITH THAT. WE ARE NOW TWO YEARS INTO IT. WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, WE'RE BASICALLY ONLINE. WE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. WE BELIEVE THERE'S STILL FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS TO COMPLETION ON THAT SIDE. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT RENTER STABILIZATION. IN THE INTERIM, WHILE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AND BRINGING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU, WE WERE CONTACTED BY CITY OF LENEXA TO DISCUSS THAT. THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS SIMILAR TO YOU, COUNCIL, WHO RAISED THIS, THAT IS AS WE MINE ON THE WEST PROPERTY EASTWARD, WE ARE THE PERFECT PARTY TO ASSIST IN FILLING THAT. AGAIN, NOT WITH THE FLY ASH AND THE FLOWABLE FILL, BUT WITH ACTUAL FILL, RUBBLE LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THESE PHOTOS. SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS ON THAT VERY THING. WE CAN GET TO IT FROM BOTH SIDES, WHICH IS REAL BENEFICIAL TO FILL THOSE IN. THE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER KDOT HAD BEEN CONTACTED, THEY HAVE CONTACTED US-- OR WHETHER THEY WERE AWARE, PARDON ME. THEY HAVE CONTACTED US IN REGARDS TO THE K10 EXPANSION AND HAD ASKED, IF YOU IMAGINE, ON THE WEST SIDE, THE FAR NORTH PART, OBVIOUSLY, THAT ABUTS K10, IF WE'D BE WILLING TO ASSIST WITH FILLING UP THERE AS WELL. AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE'D BE INTERESTED IN DOING SO. THAT COULD ADJUST THIS TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT WASN'T SOMETHING WE ANTICIPATED. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL PARTIES. THE EAST SITE, FIVE TO SEVEN MINING YEARS, EIGHT TO 10 FOR RECLAMATION. WHAT'S STILL TO COME. FINISHED PERMITTING WITH LENEXA, SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, AND FINAL PLAN APPROVAL. AS I DISCUSSED, TURN LANE DESIGN AND BUILD OUT, AND THEN PERMITTING. THIS IS A UNIQUE-- I'VE HAD MANY SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS. THIS ONE IS REALLY UNIQUE BECAUSE IT IS A PROPERTY THAT IS UNSAFE AND UNUSABLE WITHOUT THIS TYPE OF REMEDIATION OCCURRING. WHILE THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS TO APPROACH THIS, TO MAKE THAT PROPERTY, TO BRING IT TO ITS BEST USE, THE COST OF DOING SO IN ANY OTHER WAY OTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, I THINK, IS JUST RIDICULOUS. IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. AS STEPHANIE DESCRIBED, THIS IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING JUST ACROSS THE STREET CURRENTLY. THAT GIVES YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WILL BE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT. AND I THINK A REAL BENEFIT THAT SHE NOTED WAS, UNLIKE THE SITE ON THE WEST WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THERE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, THIS ONE IS MUCH MORE CONCEALED, BOTH FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE WEST. WHICH MAKES IT SOMETHING THAT WON'T BE NEAR THE EYESORE. I THINK THAT OTHERS WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS. I BELIEVE I ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS WERE ON-- OH, COLE, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE NATURE OF SALES THAT OCCUR ON THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC IS GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? COLE ANDERSON: YEAH, WE SELL TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AND THERE'S A WAY THAT THEY REACH OUT TO OUR SALES TEAM. THEY PRE-QUALIFY THEM. WE DO NOT ALLOW TRUCK DRIVERS TO GET OUT OF THEIR TRUCK IN THE QUARRY. IT'S A VERY HIGHLY REGULATED MINING OPERATION. SO THEY COME IN. THEY USE CBS. THEY COMMUNICATE THROUGH CBS. AND THEY TELL THEM WHICH PILE TO GO TO. THE LOADER FILLS THEM UP. THEY HIT THE SCALE AND THEY IMMEDIATELY LEAVE. SO THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM IN AND OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND I MEAN, WE'LL SELL TO ANYBODY AS LONG AS CREDIT APPLICATION AND WHATNOT. LEE HENDRICKS: OK. AND KIEL, THERE WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, WHAT WAS OCCURRING THERE. KIEL JOHNSON: YEAH SO AGAIN, KIEL JOHNSON, [00:45:02] LEAD FACILITIES ENGINEER WITH WATER ONE. I'VE BEEN WITH THIS PROPERTY FOR 13 YEARS NOW. THE PROPERTY YOU'RE SEEING JUST TO THE SOUTH IS A 30 ACRE PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE A LAND RECLAMATION OPERATION. SO WE HAVE 16 CONSTRUCTION CREWS AND AS THEY DIG AND EXCAVATE FOR NEW PIPELINES OR REPLACEMENTS, WE BRING THAT CLEAN RUBBLE BACK TO THAT SITE BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE DEPRESSION THAT HAS OCCURRED THERE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY FILLING IT UP WITH THE PERMITS HERE WITH LENEXA AND KDHE. SO IT'S BEEN A FULLY PERMITTED PROCESS FOR 13 YEARS SINCE WE ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 2013. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, YEAH, IT'S NOT PART OF THIS PER SE. BUT EVENTUALLY WE COULD SEE WHERE THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE REMEDIATION ALSO. BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE PLAN AS IT STANDS. MAYOR SAYERS: DOES WATER ONE HAVE A MASTER PLAN OF ANY KIND THAT WOULD SHOW YOU ALL EXPANDING ONTO EITHER OF THESE SITES? KIEL JOHNSON: IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF IDEAS WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY. ANYWHERE FROM DONATING IT TO OUR FOUNDATION TO JUST SELLING IT. SO WATER ONE IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF BEING A PROPERTY OWNER THAT WE DON'T UTILIZE. YOU'VE SEEN THIS MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. WE DECOMMISSION A SITE, WE SELL THE PROPERTY. WE DON'T WANT TO OWN IT. WE HAVE NO NEED FOR IT. SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR THIS PROPERTY WITHIN AN EIGHT TO 10 YEAR TIME PERIOD WE WOULD, ACTUALLY, LOOK TO SELL IT OFF. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEFINITIVE PLANS. NO FINAL PLANS AT THIS TIME. REALLY, IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE FORECASTING AND HOW MUCH THE COUNTY GROWS ALSO. BECAUSE WE JUST PURCHASED THE WAREHOUSE JUST TO THE EAST OF OUR PRIMARY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE THERE BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO EXPAND OUR WAREHOUSING. WE MAY NEED TO INCREASE OUR LAYDOWN YARD OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO WE'LL HAVE TO REASSESS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT TIME. MAYOR SAYERS: ANYTHING ELSE FOR THESE GUYS? CHELSEA WILLIAMSON: HERE. MAYOR SAYERS: YES, CHELSEA? CHELSEA WILLIAMSON: I THINK YOU ACTUALLY TOOK THE WORD RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH WHEN YOU SAID UNSAFE AS IT IS, THIS LAND AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW. WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE PACKET AND THEN LOOKING AT THE SLIDES, I THINK IT JUST SHOCKED ME HOW TRULY UNSAFE IT IS. AND IT DOES PLEASE ME TO KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR OPERATION IS BEING DONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF RENNER. SO WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE. WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THAT AND WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO ON THE EAST SIDE. BUT I HAD NO IDEA HOW MANY COLUMNS AND VOID SPACES THAT THERE WERE. AND WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT A SMALL AREA OF WHAT WAS A VERY LARGE MINING AREA AT ONE POINT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WITHOUT TAKING THIS PROJECT ON NOTHING WILL EVER HAPPEN TO THIS PROPERTY. YOU CAN'T DEVELOP IT. IT LEAVES A SAFETY RISK FOR ANYONE WHO HAPPENS UPON IT. AND IT PLEASES ME THAT WATER ONE IS GOING TO UNDERTAKE THIS BECAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE EASY. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY EITHER. IT'S A LONG TERM PROJECT. BUT THANK YOU. LEE HENDRICKS: YEAH, TO THAT POINT, AS STEPHANIE DESCRIBED CORRECTLY, THESE TYPES OF SPECIAL USE PERMITS ARE FIVE YEARS ONLY TO BEGIN. IT'S WORTH REMINDING YOU NOW THAT WE WILL BE BACK BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS TIMELINE IS GOING TO BE BEYOND THAT. SO THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. AND WE CAN UPDATE YOU AT THE TIME WHEN THAT COMES BACK UP. MAYOR SAYERS: YEAH, I THINK I WOULD COUNTER THAT BY SAYING YOU KNOW HOW LONG LENEXA HAS INVESTED IN BUSINESS PARK TYPE SPACE. IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF HAVING THOSE TWO BIG AREAS THAT WE DO HAVE. SO AS LONG AS YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO DO THIS WORK, I THINK WE WOULD REMAIN COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS LAND IS VIABLE. SO THANK YOU. LEE HENDRICKS: CERTAINLY. MAYOR SAYERS: ANYTHING ELSE? AVERY? AVERY BELL: I THINK IT WAS ASKED, BUT PERHAPS NOT DIRECTLY SO. IS THERE A-- WHEN'S THE LAST TIME WE ASCERTAINED THE SAFETY OF THOSE PORTALS UNDER RENNER BOULEVARD? I GUESS ULTIMATELY, HOW URGENT OF A NEED IS THERE TO WORK ON THAT? COLE ANDERSON: WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SURFACE LEVEL MOVEMENT AND NO CRACKS IN THE ASPHALT IN RENNER ITSELF. AND WE ARE NOT FAR ENOUGH INTO THE MINE. AND JUST DUE TO ALL THE COLLAPSING, WE DON'T ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES TO GO IN THE MINE. SO WE'RE NOT SURE. WE THINK IT'S STABLE. AND JUDGING THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE PORTAL AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF SPACE IN BETWEEN, WE THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FINE TILL WE GET TO IT. AVERY BELL: OK, GOT IT. BUT A VISUAL INSPECTION IS HOW IT'S PERFORMED? NOT SOME SORT OF ULTRASONIC SYSTEMS FROM ABOVE? JUST AGAIN, FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE HERE. COLE ANDERSON: IT'S VISUAL. YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THE ROOF AND MAKE SURE THE ROOF IS INTACT. IT ALSO DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THEY LEFT IN THE FLOOR. THE PREVIOUS MINING COMPANY, THESE AREAS THAT ARE FAILING, [00:50:01] THEY ONLY LEFT FOUR FEET WHEN THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SIX FEET. AVERY BELL: I SEE. COLE ANDERSON: SO THAT'S WHY THESE PILLARS ARE PUNCHING THROUGH. AVERY BELL: OK, THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? CHRIS HERRON: YEAH, THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY LONG TERM GEOLOGICAL STUDIES THAT SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SITE? COLE ANDERSON: YEAH, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY BUT URS HAS DONE, I THINK SEVERAL FOR THE CITY. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUT WE'VE BEEN GOING OFF OF THOSE. CHRIS HERRON: SO YOU'RE BASING YOUR CURRENT THINKING ON SOMETHING THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE DATED. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. COLE ANDERSON: YES. CHRIS HERRON: OK. MAYOR SAYERS: OK, MARK. MARK CHARLTON: JUST A SECOND AGO, YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS ONE PORTAL. I THOUGHT THERE WERE THREE THAT CROSSED RENNER FROM MINE TO MINE. THERE'S THREE OR ONE? COLE ANDERSON: THREE. MARK CHARLTON: OK. COLE ANDERSON: THREE BUT THEY'RE SPACED-- MARK CHARLTON: SPACED APART. COLE ANDERSON: YEAH. MARK CHARLTON: NOW BECKY, I THOUGHT FOR SOME REASON THAT WE DID SOME REMEDIATION IN THERE BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING RENNER LOT GOING OVER TO THE IN-LAWS. AND THERE'S A PRETTY BIG DIVOT IN THAT ROAD THAT THROWS YOUR CAR ALMOST. AND I THINK WE'VE DONE SOME REMEDIATION. BECKY: WE HAVE NOT DONE REMEDIATION. SO WHEN WE FIRST NOTICED THE BUMP THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE HAD IT LOOKED AT THAT TIME. AND WE HAVE SOME MONEY PROGRAMMED IN THE CIP TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. BUT WE'VE JUST BEEN MONITORING IT SINCE THEN. AND WE'VE SEEN NO SURFACE MOVEMENT SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED AND HAVE BEEN SORT OF WAITING TO FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO BETTIS TO DO THOSE WHILE THEY'RE WORKING IN THE AREA. BUT WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY UNSAFE CONDITION AT THIS POINT. WE DID SEE JUST THAT BUMP THAT OCCURRED, PROBABLY-- SCOTT, WHAT WAS IT? PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO? SCOTT MCCULLOH: YEAH, AND WE BELIEVE THAT WAS A UTILITY LINE ISSUE. NOTHING REALLY TO DO WITH THE TUNNELS OF THE UNDERGROUND. MARK CHARLTON: OK WELL, I NOTICED IT AND IT HASN'T BEEN AS BAD. AND SO I THOUGHT WE REMEDIATED IT, SO OK. THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: OK, IF HEARING NOTHING ELSE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE ORDINANCE REZONING THE PROPERTY FROM BP ONE TO BP TWO. AVERY BELL: SO MOVED. CHELSEA WILLIAMSON: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY AVERY, SECOND BY CHELSEA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. SECOND ONE, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIVE YEAR SPECIAL PURPOSE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. AVERY BELL: SO MOVED. CHELSEA WILLIAMSON: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY AVERY, SECOND BY CHELSEA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPANION PRELIMINARY PLAN. AVERY BELL: SO MOVED. CHELSEA WILLIAMSON: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY AVERY. SECOND BY CHELSEA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. COLE ANDERSON: THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: ITEM NUMBER SIX IS CONSIDERATION [6. Consideration of action items regarding the Seven Hills Lake Stormwater Improvement Project] OF ACTION ITEMS REGARDING THE SEVEN HILLS LAKE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. ITEM 6A IS RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR '26 THROUGH '30 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO COMBINE THE SEVEN HILLS LAKE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT PHASE I AND THE SEVEN HILLS LAKE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PHASE II INTO THE SEVEN HILLS LAKE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. ITEM 6B IS THE BID AWARD TO VF ANDERSON BUILDERS. HI, SCOTT. SCOTT MCCULLOH: GOOD EVENING MAYOR. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO PRESS THE RIGHT BUTTON HERE. I'M NOT SURE. HOPEFULLY. MAYOR SAYERS: THAT WASN'T IT. SCOTT MCCULLOH: IT WAS A BUTTON. LET'S TRY THIS BUTTON. ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. MAYOR, THANK YOU. I'M SCOTT MCCULLOH WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AND I'M PINCH HITTING FOR CITY ENGINEER TIM GREEN WHO COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING. THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU, ITEM SIX IS THE SEVEN HILLS LAKE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. IT IS A PROJECT THAT RUNS FROM 75TH STREET DOWN TO 79TH, AND IT IS WEST OF QUIVIRA ROAD. IT IS OVER HERE OFF THE MAP. IT IS A PROJECT THAT WOULD REPLACE STORMWATER PIPE, LINE SOME PIPE, DO STRAIGHT STREET LANDSCAPE RESTORATION, AND STREET LIGHTING. IT'S A PRETTY LARGE AREA, SO IT BEGAN AS TWO PHASES DUE TO ITS SIZE. BUT ONCE THE DESIGN WAS COMPLETE, WE BID IT CONCURRENTLY TO GET COMPETITIVE PRICING FOR IT. AND VF ANDERSON BUILDERS WAS THE LOW BID ON BOTH PHASES. AND SO THE ACTION ITEMS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WOULD COMBINE BOTH PHASES INTO ONE CIP PROJECT JUST FOR EASE OF ADMINISTERING THE CIP PROJECT. AND ALSO AWARDS THE PROJECT TO VF ANDERSON FOR A TOTAL COST OF $5.7 MILLION. THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS JUST OVER $6 MILLION, SO WE DID GET COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR IT. WE ANTICIPATE WORK TO BEGIN VERY SOON AND GOING THROUGH THE SUMMER OF '27, PROBABLY WITH FINAL SODDING DONE IN THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR. [00:55:02] WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. MAYOR SAYERS: QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT? OK I WOULD IMAGINE THAT COMBINING THE TWO, THERE'S ALSO PROBABLY SOME COST EFFICIENCY IN ONE MOBILIZATION, SHARED EQUIPMENT, ALL THAT SORT OF GOOD STUFF BY MAKING TWO PROJECTS INTO ONE. SCOTT MCCULLOH: YES, WE BELIEVE SO. MAYOR SAYERS: OK. BILL? BILL NICKS: YES, SCOTT. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S YARDS, LIKE WE WERE. AND WE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. BUT LIKE WE WERE, SAY, WEST OF BLACKMON THIS YEAR LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST FEW YEARS. SCOTT MCCULLOH: IT'S MANY YEARS, YES. BILL NICKS: YEAH. GOING TO BE IN-- WAS THERE ANY NEED TO COORDINATE WITH SHAWNEE AT ALL IN THIS BECAUSE OF THE LAKE? SCOTT MCCULLOH: I BELIEVE THERE IS I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS. TOM JACOBS COULDN'T BE HERE. HE'S THE LEAD PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS. BUT YOU'RE CORRECT THAT WE'RE RIGHT ON THE CITY'S EDGE. THE LINE THAT DIPS DOWN HERE, I BELIEVE, AND RUNS DOWN TO 79TH. SO SHAWNEE ON THIS SIDE. LENEXA ON THIS SIDE. SO WE HAVE AND WILL DO ALL THE DUE COORDINATION WITH SHAWNEE. BILL NICKS: YEAH MY POINT IN BRINGING UP THE BE IT IN PEOPLE'S YARDS, WE REALLY DO A GOOD JOB. NOW YOU HEAR A PHONE CALL ONCE IN A WHILE. AND MAYBE I'M-- MAYBE I DON'T GET AS MANY AS YOU AND TIM DO. BUT I THINK WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT. AND HERE'S MY PHONE NUMBER KIND OF THING. SO THANK YOU. SCOTT MCCULLOH: THANK YOU. WE DO TRY. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, IT IS A DISRUPTIVE PROJECT, TO SAY THE LEAST, TO GO INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AT THIS SIZE AND REPLACE STORMWATER PIPE THAT IS VERY-- SOMETIMES VERY CLOSE TO STRUCTURES AND IN YARDS. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IN EASEMENTS, THEY ARE PEOPLE'S YARDS. SO WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THAT AND TRY OUR VERY BEST TO WORK ON ISSUES. MAYOR SAYERS: AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PART OF THE CIP THIS IS CORRUGATED METAL PIPE REPLACEMENT THAT CARRIES STORMWATER. IT ESSENTIALLY HAS TO BE REPLACED AS A VITAL PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY. SCOTT MCCULLOH: AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER NICK'S POINT, WE HAVE DONE THIS IN VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS PART OF THE CITY. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF COMPLETING OUR LAST LARGE NEIGHBORHOODS TO REPLACE THIS CORRUGATED PIPE INTO A PIPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO FOR DECADES NOW. MAYOR SAYERS: OK. ANYTHING ELSE? ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CIP TO COMBINE THE TWO PROJECTS. AVERY BELL: SO MOVED. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY AVERY, SECOND BY BILL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BID AWARD TO VF ANDERSON BUILDERS. CRAIG DENNY: SO MOVED. AVERY BELL: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY CRAIG. SECOND BY AVERY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ITEM SEVEN IS CONSIDERATION OF ACTION ITEMS REGARDING THE 108TH [7. Consideration of action items regarding the 108th Street & Renner Boulevard Southbound Left-Turn Lane Project] STREET AND RENNER BOULEVARD SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE. PROJECT ITEM 7A IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH '30 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO ADD THE 108TH STREET AND RENNER BOULEVARD SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE. PROJECT ITEM 7B IS APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH ARCO NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION AND WAIVING THE SALE BID PROCESS. HELLO AGAIN, TIM. SCOTT MCCULLOH: YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR SAYERS: NOT TIM, SCOTT. SCOTT MCCULLOH: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CORRECT, YOU HAVE JV TEAM TONIGHT. NOT THE VARSITY. SO THIS PROJECT, AS YOU NOTED, THE ACTION ITEMS WOULD BE TO INSTALL A NEW CIP PROJECT INTO THE CIP BECAUSE IT JUST REACHES PAST OUR $300,000 MARK FOR CIP PROJECTS AND IT IS A CAPITAL PROJECT. AND IT WOULD THEN AWARD AN AGREEMENT-- OR APPROVE AN AGREEMENT FOR ARCO BUILDERS TO CONSTRUCT A TURN LANE. SO LET ME JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS GRAPHIC. ARCO IS AT THIS SITE WEST OF RENNER. RENNER IS THE STREET TONIGHT. WEST OF RENNER HERE BUILDING A NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. YOU PROBABLY HAVE DRIVEN BY IT A FEW TIMES AND SEEN THAT IT'S WELL UNDERWAY. AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, THE PROJECT REQUIRED AND DEMANDED THIS TURN LANE, SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE, THIS SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE, AND A NEW LEFT NORTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE INTO THE PROJECT. THERE IS EXISTING A SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN LANE INTO 108TH STREET THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE LATE 1980S. SO IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION HAS HAPPENED ON THAT TURN LANE. LOTS OF DESIGN STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN. [01:00:04] AND SO AS THEY CAME IN TO COMPLETE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, WE NOTED THAT IN ORDER TO DO THESE ALIGNMENTS CORRECTLY, THIS LEFT-- THIS LEFT TURN LANE NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. AND SO WE HAVE FUNDS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THAT KIND OF PROGRAM, TO FUND THE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO WE HAVE ONE DESIGN PLANS. ARCO HAS FUNDED THAT, HAS BROUGHT THOSE DESIGNS TO US. WE HAVE APPROVED THE DESIGN. THEY'RE OUT ON THEIR TURN LANES TODAY WAITING ON THIS NIGHT TO GET THIS APPROVED, HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR BLESSING. AND IT WOULD COST ABOUT $311,000, AGAIN FUNDED BY OUR TIP PROGRAM. AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHY BEHIND THESE TURN LANES. MAYOR SAYERS: SCOTT, CAN YOU TOUCH BRIEFLY ON WAIVING THE SEALED BID PROCESS. IS THAT BECAUSE ARCO IS ALREADY THERE? SCOTT MCCULLOH: IT ABSOLUTELY IS. THEY ARE ENGAGED. THEY ARE ON SITE. WE BELIEVE WE'VE LOOKED AT THE COST. WE AGREE WITH THEM. THEY'RE VERY REASONABLE. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF THINGS OUT OF THIS INCLUDING SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO THE STREET LIGHTS AS WELL. MAYOR SAYERS: ANY QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT? JOHN MICHAEL? JOHN MICHAEL HANDLEY: MORE OF A COMMENT-- WELL, DEFINITELY A COMMENT, NOT A QUESTION. I THINK TAGGING ALONG WITH THIS ONGOING WORK KEEPS US UP SPENDING AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. IT PREVENTS SOME DEMOB, MOB, DEMOB SITUATIONS SO REALLY SUPPORT THIS KIND OF COST EFFICIENCY EFFORT. MAYOR SAYERS: OK, SEEING NOTHING ELSE. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE '26 THROUGH '30 CIP. AVERY BELL: SO MOVED. JOHN MICHAEL HANDLEY: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY AVERY, SECOND BY JOHN MICHAEL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ITEM 7B, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH ARCO NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION AND WAIVING THE SEALED BID PROCESS. AVERY BELL: SO MOVED. MARK CHARLTON: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY AVERY, SECOND BY MARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ITEM EIGHT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO [8. Approval of Amendment No. 2 to the construction agreement with Newkirk Novak Construction Partners, Inc. for the Fire Station 6 Project] FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH NEWKIRK NOVAK CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS FOR FIRE STATION SIX. HELLO, TODD. TODD PELHAM: ALL RIGHT. IT'S PRETTY FANCY. GOOD EVENING. I GOT TO GET COMFORTABLE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TODD PELHAM, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX. WE'VE HAD A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU FOR TURNING SOME DIRT AT THE SITE. BUT TONIGHT WE COME TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT. BUT A LOT OF WORK HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, REALLY, TO GET US TO THIS POINT. TONIGHT WE ARE COMING BEFORE YOU TO ASK FOR APPROVAL OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH NEWKIRK NOVAK CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS. AS YOU KNOW, WE SELECTED THEM TO DO TWO PHASES OF WORK. ONE WAS THE COMPLETION OF OUR LIVWELL EMPLOYEE HEALTH CLINIC, WHICH WAS GMP ONE. AND WE FINISHED THAT WORK HERE AT THE BEGINNING JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. THAT TEAM DID A GREAT JOB. WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE WORK THAT THEY DID IN COMPLETING THAT SCOPE OF WORK. BUT TONIGHT, WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE CONTRACT FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX. WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR DESIGN AND BID SCOPES. AND TONIGHT THIS GMP THAT IS BEFORE YOU WILL COMPLETE THE ENTIRE PROJECT. SO WE'RE NOT COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER GMP. WE HOPE TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE PROJECT WITH THIS NUMBER THAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO WITH YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT AND APPROVAL, WE HOPE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION HERE AND MOBILIZE. JIM SNYDER, WHO'S HERE WITH NEWKIRK NOVAK'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCHEDULE AND ALSO ABOUT THE FAVORABLE BIDS THAT WE RECEIVE FOR THE PROJECT. WE'RE REALLY ECSTATIC WITH THE PRICING AND THE INTEREST THAT THE MARKET SHOWED THIS PROJECT. WE HAD VERY SERIOUS, WHAT THEY CALL, BID COVERAGE. AND THAT'S JUST THE NUMBER OF BIDS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ON EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRADE PACKAGES. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW AND HOW WE'RE STARTING OUT REALLY ON GOOD FOOTING. ONE WITH OUR PRICING AND JUST WITH THE AMOUNT OF CONTINGENCY THAT WE HAVE TO ONE, ADDRESS ANY SITE ISSUES AS THE BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED. AND ALSO AS WE TRY TO PROTECT THAT CELL TOWER [01:05:03] THAT'S ON THE SITE THERE. WE STILL HAVE SOME COST THAT THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR POWER FOR SOME OF THE PROVIDERS THAT ARE ON THAT CELL TOWER. SO TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THIS GMP NUMBER TWO AT $22,558,283. AND SO A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 28 MILLION. THE REST OF THAT, THE OWNER'S, WHAT WE CALL SOFT COSTS. THAT $5.4 MILLION IS MADE UP OF CONTINGENCY FOR THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO THE DESIGN FEES FOR FINKEL WILLIAMS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED IN A SEPARATE CONTRACT. AND THOSE WERE ABOUT 2.4 MILLION, I THINK, AROUND THERE. BUT WE ALSO STILL NEED TO PROVIDE ALL THE FURNITURE, FIXTURE, AND EQUIPMENT THAT GOES INSIDE THIS THREE BAY FIRE STATION AND ALL THE FURNITURE THAT WILL GO TO SUPPORT THE HEADQUARTERS COMPONENT OF THE FACILITY. SO VERY TRADITIONAL OFFICE FURNITURE AND CONFERENCE ROOMS. AUDIO VISUAL PROJECTORS THAT SUPPORT THE CONFERENCE ROOMS THAT WILL BE IN THIS HEADQUARTERS FACILITY. THAT MAKES UP THE BALANCE OF THAT NUMBER. SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE JIM SNYDER WITH NEWKIRK NOVAK. AND HE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE BID PACKAGES. AND THEN I'LL FINISH IT UP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON NEXT STEPS. JIM SNYDER: ALL RIGHT, HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS GO DOWN, TODD? I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. LONG TIME NO SEE. SEEMS LIKE WE JUST SAW EACH OTHER. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE LENEXA FIRE STATION SIX PROJECT. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR BIDDING PROCESS. SO ON SEPTEMBER 1, WE SENT THIS OUT TO THE MARKET TO INITIATE A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. WE SUBMITTED 28 SEPARATE BID PACKAGES TO THE MARKET. SOME OF THE LARGER PACKAGES THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT INCLUDED ALL THE CONCRETE FOR THE SITE, MASONRY, STRUCTURAL STEEL, FRAMING-- FRAMING AND DRYWALL, PLUMBING, HVAC, ELECTRICAL AND EARTHWORK. I BRING THOSE UP BECAUSE THOSE, PRETTY MUCH, MAKE UP 50% OF THE PROJECT. AND YOU'LL SEE HERE IN JUST A SECOND THE COVERAGE THAT WE GOT THAT TODD KIND OF ALLUDED TO. SO WE RECEIVED BIDS ON SEPTEMBER 24. WE STARTED IMMEDIATELY TO SCOPE THOSE OUT. WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION. IN TOTAL WE GOT 138 BIDS ACROSS THOSE 28 BID PACKAGES. SO THAT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT FIVE BIDS PER PACKAGE. YOU'RE DOING REALLY GOOD IF YOU GET THREE. SO WE GOT FIVE ON AVERAGE. SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. AND THOSE LARGER PACKAGES THAT I NOTED THAT MAKE UP ROUGHLY 50% OF YOUR PROJECT. ON CONCRETE, WE GOT FIVE BIDS. MASONRY, SIX. STRUCTURAL STEEL, FIVE. FRAMING AND DRYWALL, SEVEN. PLUMBING, 10. I THINK WE SET A RECORD ON HVAC WITH 12 HVAC BIDS. ELECTRICAL WE GOT 8. AND EARTHWORK WITH SIX. SO TREMENDOUS COVERAGE AND INTEREST FROM THE MARKET, WHICH REALLY HELPED US DRIVE DOWN THE PRICE OVERALL. SO OVERALL, THE GMP THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 2.79% BELOW THE BUDGET OR THE ESTIMATE THAT WE HAD AT THE DD LEVEL OF DESIGN. SO THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $650,000 UNDER WHAT OUR BUDGET WAS JUST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION HARD COSTS. SO WHAT DO I HIT HERE? JUST THE ARROW? OK. SO NEXT, I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT CONSTRUCTION WISE. AND UPDATE, A QUICK UPDATE, ON SCHEDULE, SOME OF OUR MILESTONES. SO THE TEMPORARY FIREHOUSE, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN PAST CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU GUYS CHALLENGED US TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP STATION SIX OPERATIONAL WHILE WE WERE BUILDING THE NEW STATION. WE FIGURED THAT OUT. THAT TEMPORARY SHELTERS IN PLACE. I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE TOURED IT WHILE YOU WERE OUT ON SITE EARLIER. AND THE CREW'S BEEN IN THERE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. AND I THINK, CHIEF, WE'RE DOING GOOD. SO THERE'S BEEN A FEW LITTLE MODIFICATIONS WE'VE HAD TO MAKE HERE AND THERE. BUT I THINK EVERYTHING'S RUNNING SMOOTH OVER THERE. ALSO, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO DO A DEMO INSPECTION FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. WE DID THAT SEVERAL MONTHS BACK. AND THAT ABATEMENT OF THOSE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF IT BUT THERE WAS SOME. THAT ABATEMENT STARTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. AND THEY DO THAT JUST TO SO THAT WE DON'T-- WHEN WE DEMO THE BUILDING, WE DON'T SEND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TO THE LANDFILL OR RECYCLING CENTER ON ACCIDENT. SOME UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. MOBILIZATION, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF STARTED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE FENCING THAT YOU SAW OUT THERE EARLIER. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOBILIZE THIS WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEK. GETTING OUR TRAILER SET UP NEXT WEEK. AND THEN UTILITY, CUT, CAP, AND MAKE SAFE WORK WILL START. [01:10:02] SO THAT IS BASICALLY DECOUPLING THE BUILDING FROM ALL THE UTILITIES TO MAKE IT SAFE SO THAT WE CAN START THAT DEMO OPERATION. WHICH DEMO IS SCHEDULED TO START THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9. SO LOOKING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT AHEAD, SOME OF THE PROJECT MILESTONES. WE'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE THE STRUCTURE COMPLETE FOR THE NEW BUILDING IN MAY OF '27. BUILDING DRY IN, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS WE'LL HAVE A ROOF ON THE BUILDING IN AUGUST OF '27. AND THEN EXTERIOR SKIN COMPLETE IN OCTOBER OF '27. THEN PHASE I, WHICH IS THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW FACILITY, WILL BE LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY. AND THEN PHASE II-- WE'LL MOVE EVERYONE IN. WE'LL FLIP OVER TO PHASE II, WHICH IS WHERE THAT SHE SHED IS RIGHT NOW FOR THE TEMPORARY FIRE STATION WILL GO. THERE'S A DRIVEWAY, TRASH ENCLOSURE, AND SOME GRADING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OVER THERE AND SOME LANDSCAPING. SO THAT'LL WRAP UP IN APRIL OF '28. SO THAT'S MY UPDATE. PASS IT BACK TO YOU, TODD. TODD PELHAM: THANK YOU. WE'LL END ON THE PRETTY PICTURE. THAT'S SOME OF THE RENDERINGS, I THINK WE'VE SHOWN YOU MOST OF THESE RENDERINGS. BUT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD HERE, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW-- GET SOME OF THE VIEWS HERE. KIND OF A NIGHT SHOT OF THE THREE BAY APPARATUS THERE. BUT THIS IS SOME SHOTS MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN OF THE INTERIOR FINISHES. AGAIN, WE WORKED A LOT WITH THE TRAVIS'S TEAM TO REALLY GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE LOOK AND FEEL OF WHAT THEY-- AGAIN, THIS IS THE HOME THAT THEY LIVE IN. AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT. SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY HANDSOME BUT ALSO REALLY EFFICIENT BUILDING. AND THE CONFERENCE ROOM, THAT, AGAIN, WILL SUPPORT THE HEADQUARTERS-- OR THE ENTIRE FACILITY. SO AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET STARTED AND I'LL END ON THAT. AND AGAIN, JUST STAFF IS BRINGING FORWARD THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. WE THINK WE HAVE REALLY A WORLD CLASS ALL LENEXA TEAM, LIKE AN ALL-STAR LENEXA TEAM, BOTH LOCAL FIRMS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO REALLY GET THIS GOING. AND I KNOW NEWKIRK NOVAK IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT DOING THIS PROJECT IN LENEXA FOR US. SO EXCITED TO GET GOING. SO I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. MAYOR SAYERS: ANYTHING FROM THE TEAM? MARK? MARK CHARLTON: TODD, SOMETHING POPPED INTO MY HEAD WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT RECYCLING AND BUILDING MATERIALS WHEN WE DEMO THE EXISTING BUILDING. WHATEVER-- WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL THE SALE OF STEEL AND RECYCLING OF COPPER? WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT? WHO GETS THE BENEFIT OF THAT. JIM SNYDER: SURE, I CAN ANSWER THAT. SO THEY'LL TAKE A LOT OF THE CONCRETE AND SELL IT. THEY'LL TAKE-- SEPARATE THE STEEL, RECYCLE IT. AND THE COPPER AS WELL. SO THE WAY THAT MOST BUILDING DEMO CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN, YOU GET THE BENEFIT WHEN YOU BID IT BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT'S IN THAT BUILDING WHEN THEY START DEMO IS THEIRS TO TRY TO RECYCLE OR REUSE. SO TODD'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH HIS TEAM TO GO THROUGH AND GET AS MUCH STUFF OUT OF THERE THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP. BUT ANYTHING THAT'S IN THERE WHEN THE DEMO STARTS IS BASICALLY PROPERTY OF THE DEMO. THAT'S HOW YOU GET A LOWER DEMO NUMBER ON BID DAY. YEAH. MAYOR SAYERS: JOHN MICHAEL? JOHN MICHAEL HANDLEY: DO YOU ALL KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEADS WHAT PERCENT OF THE BIDS WENT TO LOCAL LENEXA COMPANIES VERSUS JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS VERSUS NOT? JIM SNYDER: YEAH, I CAN ANSWER THE LOCAL QUESTION. I DIDN'T DO A BROADER LOOK AT JOHNSON COUNTY. BUT ON THE LENEXA SIDE OF THINGS, THERE WERE 63 LENEXA BUSINESSES INVITED TO BID. 15 OF THOSE BUSINESSES DECIDED TO SUBMIT A BID. AND THREE OF THOSE BUSINESSES WILL BE AWARDED A CONTRACT. AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO OURSELVES BEING FROM LENEXA AND FINKEL WILLIAMS, THE DESIGN TEAM. JOHN MICHAEL HANDLEY: THANK YOU MAYOR SAYERS: CHRIS? TODD PELHAM: I MADE JIM LOOK THAT UP. SO HE HAD THESE SUPER PREPARED. I KNEW THAT WE MIGHT GET THAT QUESTION. I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THAT QUESTION TOO, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT FIRMS HERE IN TOWN. MAYOR SAYERS: CHRIS? CHRIS HERRON: TODD, THANK YOU. WHAT HASN'T HAPPENED FOR US TO REACH THAT MAXIMUM GUARANTEED PRICE? I'M ASSUMING THE MAXIMUM GUARANTEED PRICE IS WHEN THINGS-- SOMETHING GOES OFF THE RAILS. OR WE DISCOVER A NEW RISK THAT WE DIDN'T CONSIDER IN OUR PLANNING. TODD PELHAM: YEAH, I MEAN, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR CARRIES CONTINGENCY WITHIN THAT GMP NUMBER. SO I THINK THEY'VE GOT AROUND 615,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? $615,000, WHICH THEY HAVE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST UNKNOWNS. [01:15:01] AND THAT'S TYPICALLY KNOWN WITHIN THE FIRST, PROBABLY, SIX TO NINE MONTHS OF THE PROJECTS DUE TO THE SITE WORK WHERE WE HAVE DONE GEOTECHNICAL BORINGS. WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE ROCK. BUT WE STILL COULD-- WE STILL COULD HIT SOME AS WE DO THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING. THERE MIGHT BE SOME UTILITY ISSUES THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO THEY ARE PROTECTED-- IN A SENSE PROTECTING THEMSELVES AGAINST THAT. BUT AS A TEAM, THE CONTRACT READS THAT ANY OF THOSE SAVINGS AT THE END OF THE PROJECT-- LET'S SAY, WE DON'T SPEND THAT 22 MILLION. ALL OF THOSE SAVINGS REVERT BACK TO THE CITY. SO AT THAT POINT, THE PROJECT TEAM-- IF THERE'S ANY ADD ALTERNATES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE INITIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT SAID WE COULDN'T AFFORD THAT. SOMETIMES WE LOOK, LOOK TO, MAYBE, REPLACE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE FEEL BRING DURABILITY OR LONG TERM MAINTENANCE. MAYBE A HIGHER QUALITY ROOF OR SOME KIND OF SUSTAINABLE SURFACE WITHIN THE BUILDING THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T CHOOSE. WE MIGHT-- IF WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND IT'S NOT BEEN ORDERED, SOMETIMES WE PIVOT BECAUSE WE-- AGAIN, WE'RE A LONG TERM OWNER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BUILDING FOR 50 YEARS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ME PREACH ABOUT DURABILITY. THAT'S MY BIG THING IS THESE THINGS ARE 24/7. PEOPLE LIVE IN THESE. THEY'RE REALLY ROUGH ON THE BUILDINGS. AND THE HIGHER QUALITY MATERIALS WE CAN USE, I THINK THAT GIVES BETTER VALUE TO THE CITIZENS AND THE TAXPAYERS. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BACK IN THERE REHABBING WALLS, TEARING OUT MATERIALS, OR FLOORING THAT DOESN'T WEAR WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE KITCHEN AREAS AND THOSE LIVING AREAS. WE WANT TO INVEST AS MUCH AS WE CAN. NOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER-- WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN REASON. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GET AS MUCH DURABILITY OUT OF THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL. WE'RE SITTING IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT RIGHT NOW. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I JUST BRING IT UP NOW, IS WE ARE CONSIDERING A SOLAR INSTALLATION ON THIS PROJECT. IT'S NOT FUNDED WITHIN THAT 22 MILLION OR WITHIN THE SOFT COST THERE. BUT THAT INSTALLATION IS BETWEEN $400,000 AND $500,000. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PAYOFF FOR THE CITY. I THINK THAT PAYOFF IS SHOWN AROUND SIX YEARS, SIX TO SEVEN YEAR PAYOFF ON THAT, THAT WOULD POWER-- I THINK THAT ARRAY WOULD EMPOWER THE ENTIRE FACILITY. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT STORY FOR US TO SHOW ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION. SO IF EVERYTHING WERE TO BREAK RIGHT ON THIS PROJECT, WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, DOES THE COUNCIL WANT TO CONSIDER A SOLAR INSTALLATION ON-- CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, I THINK DID. CHIEF DID-- OR OWEN, THEY DID WHAT? AUDIENCE: STATION 41. TODD PELHAM: STATION 41 HAS A SOLAR ARRAY ON THEIR FIRE STATION. I THINK IS POWERING THE ENTIRE-- I THINK THEY TOLD US WHEN WE TOURED IT THE ENTIRE FACILITY. SO GREAT STORY, BUT AGAIN, NOT FUNDED RIGHT NOW. BUT CHRIS, THAT'S THE TYPE OF DECISIONS THAT WE MIGHT MAKE AS THE OWNER. BUT IF WE HAVE SAVINGS, JUST LIKE WE HAD SAVINGS ON THE LIVWELL PROJECT, THOSE SAVINGS WOULD THEN GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE FUND. MAYOR SAYERS: BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION NOT LONG AGO, MAYBE SLIDE SOME OVER TO LOGAN FOR HIS ART PROJECT. TODD PELHAM: YEAH. MAYOR SAYERS: THE NON FOUNTAIN ART PROJECT THAT EVERYBODY WANTS. AFTER WE TALK ABOUT SOLAR PANELS BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE SMART TO SAVE ENERGY OVER TIME. BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM FOR FIGURING THAT PROJECT OUT YET EITHER, LET'S PUT THAT IN OUR BACK POCKET. TODD PELHAM: YEAH, YEAH. JIM SNYDER: I JUST WANTED TO ADD REAL QUICK. TODD TALKED ABOUT THE CONTINGENCIES AND ALLOWANCES THAT WE HAVE BUILT INTO THAT 22 MILLION. NONE OF THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED WITHOUT FIRST SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL TO TODD AND HIS TEAM AND FINKEL WILLIAMS FOR THEIR REVIEW. ALL OF US AS A TEAM ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS. SO IT'S TOTALLY OPEN BOOK. AND HE'LL GET AN UPDATE AT EVERY OAC MEETING ON WHERE THOSE ALLOWANCES AND CONTINGENCIES ARE CURRENTLY. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT AND THE RISK ON THE JOB CONTINUES TO GO DOWN, WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT USING THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE POTENTIALLY SOLAR OR OTHER THINGS YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE PROJECT. SO THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: ANYTHING ELSE? AVERY? AVERY BELL: SORRY TO BRING THIS BACK UP, BUT I THINK JOHN MICHAEL'S LINE OF QUESTIONING, SAME SORT OF THING. MAYBE NOT JOHNSON COUNTY, BUT BROADLY SPEAKING, FROM KANSAS CITY, ARE ALL OF THE TRADES THAT WE'LL BE WORKING GOING TO BE LOCAL TO THE KANSAS CITY MARKET? JIM SNYDER: YES, YEAH, THEY'RE LOCAL. OUR FRAMING AND DRYWALL COMPANY IS-- THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS OUT OF WICHITA. BUT THEY DO HAVE A KANSAS CITY SATELLITE OFFICE. BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS LOCATED HERE IN THE METRO AREA. AVERY BELL: GOT IT. AND THEN ON THE TOPIC OF SOLAR, I THINK I ACTUALLY TALKED TO YOU JUST BRIEFLY ON THIS, TODD, BUT WE'VE PROVISIONED THE FUTURE CAPABILITY TOWARDS IT. [01:20:04] SO LIKE SUBPANEL OR DISTRIBUTION FOR BACK FEED SO WE COULD EVENTUALLY ADD SOMETHING. IS THAT ALREADY IN SCOPE? OK, COOL. AUDIENCE: YEAH, PROVISIONS WERE ADDED IN. AVERY BELL: PERFECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS EASY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A COMPLICATED CHANGE. JIM SNYDER: I THOUGHT IT WAS BUT I NEEDED TO ASK MY ARCHITECT. AVERY BELL: NO, YEAH. TODD PELHAM: THAT WAS EASY. MAYOR SAYERS: BILL? [INAUDIBLE] ONE SECOND. BILL NICKS: YEAH, TODD, HOW MUCH OF THAT 5.4 IS OUR CONTINGENCY? TODD PELHAM: WE HAVE ABOUT-- I JUST WROTE THAT NUMBER DOWN. MAYOR SAYERS: I THOUGHT YOU SAID ABOUT A MINUTE AGO HALF A MILLION. TODD PELHAM: WE HAVE 1.2-- WE HAVE 206,000 IN CONTINGENCY WITHIN THE GMP WITHIN THAT NUMBER. WHICH I WOULD CALL A CONTINGENCY. IT'S JUST ALLOWS THE ARCHITECT, IF WE WANT TO QUICKLY CHANGE SOMEBODY, WE CAN GO TO THE CONTRACTOR AND SPEED THINGS UP AS OPPOSED TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT THAT HAS TO FLOW THROUGH AN OFFICIAL AMENDMENT. SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS, THAT ONE-- AND THEN-- SO IT'S A ONE-- IT'S ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY WE'RE CARRYING. BILL NICKS: WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT OF 22 MILLION? TODD PELHAM: IT'S AT SEVEN? 7%. BILL NICKS: IT CAN'T BE THAT-- TODD PELHAM: YEAH. JIM SNYDER: COME ON, COME ON. TODD PELHAM: WE BRING A CALCULATOR? MIKE, YOU GOT THAT? MIKE'S GOT-- MIKE'S ALWAYS GOT HIS-- IS THAT SEVEN? IT'S ON THE 20. ON THE TOTAL-- ON THE 22 MILLION. YEAH 6.6, YEAH. A LITTLE LESS THAN SEVEN. MAYOR SAYERS: IT'S FAIRLY NORMAL. BILL NICKS: THANK YOU. TODD PELHAM: YEAH. MAYOR SAYERS: CHRIS? CHRIS HERRON: YEAH, OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE AWARDED, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE UNION SHOPS? JIM SNYDER: I'M GLAD YOU ASKED BECAUSE I DID THAT HOMEWORK AS WELL. SO LET ME FIND MY SHEET HERE. HERE WE GO. SO, YEAH, WE HAD AN EVEN SPLIT HERE. SO WE HAD 28 BID PACKAGES. 14 OF THEM ARE GOING TO NON-UNION. 14 ARE GOING TO UNION. SO IT IS A 50/50 SPLIT ON THIS ONE. CHRIS HERRON: THANK YOU. JIM SNYDER: YEAH. MAYOR SAYERS: ANYTHING ELSE? OK I WOULD JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM. WE OBVIOUSLY SHARED A LOT OF SENTIMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I RECALL STARTING TO IMAGINE IT BACK IN THE RETREAT OF 2020. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE DILIGENCE TO STUDY IT, DETERMINE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, LISTEN TO A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS WANTED US TO MAINTAIN A PRESENCE AT THIS SITE. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON A WORK WELL DONE SO FAR. AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS THING OUT OF THE GROUND AND BE CELEBRATING HERE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. TODD PELHAM: THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT TWO TO THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH NEWKIRK NOVAK CONSTRUCTION. CRAIG DENNY: SO MOVED. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY MOTION BY CRAIG, SECOND BY AVERY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU ALL. TODD PELHAM: THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS THIS EVENING? [COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS] COURTNEY? COURTNEY EITERICH: I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LOGAN'S TEAM FOR THE BEST WEATHER EVER FOR CHILI LAST WEEK. IT WASN'T TOO COLD. IT WASN'T TOO HOT. IT WAS PERFECT. AND AS ALWAYS, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. SO THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: ANYTHING ELSE? OK, BECKY, ANYTHING FROM STAFF? [STAFF REPORTS] BECKY: TWO QUICK THINGS. ONE UNDER THE CATEGORY OF TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT WHEN IT WORKS. WE DID GET A ROUGH START ON OUR LIVE STREAM THIS EVENING. WE GOT A LATE START WITH THE LIVE STREAM WORKING AROUND 7:25. RAN INTO A FEW HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR STREAMING PARTNERS TO IRON THOSE PROBLEMS OUT AS WE GO FORWARD. OUR APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO WATCH FROM HOME. BUT THE VIDEO WILL BE-- THE RECORDING WILL BE UP TOMORROW, AS PER USUAL, FOR ANYBODY WHO MISSED ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO CATCH. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING NEXT WEEK. WE WILL BEGIN CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE 2027 TO 2031 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT. MAYOR SAYERS: THANK YOU. BEFORE WE DO BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR, JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IS THIS A GROUP OF STUDENTS WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT? WE HAVE A TRADITION WHERE WE INTRODUCE STUDENTS THAT JOIN US. NO? OK, THEN AT THIS TIME, WE WILL INVITE [BUSINESS FROM FLOOR] ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD FOR BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. [01:25:01] WHEN YOU START, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND WE DO HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. MACKENZIE BRIGHT: WE ARE JUST GOING TO DO THIS KIND OF CONJOINED BECAUSE WE BOTH LIVE AT THE SAME ADDRESS. BUT I AM MACKENZIE BRIGHT, 26539 WEST 83RD TERRACE, LENEXA. MELISSA BRIGHT: I'M MELISSA BRIGHT FROM THE SAME ADDRESS. MACKENZIE BRIGHT: WE ARE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT WITH CONCERNS OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE LIVE AT 83RD AND CEDAR NILES IN THE STONERIDGE SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THERE ARE APPARENTLY TWO CARE HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. A FEW CONCERNS WITH THAT. WE'RE A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE APPARENTLY HAVE BUSINESSES MOVING IN NOW WHICH BRINGS MANY CONCERNS WITH SAFETY, TRAFFIC, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING AND THAT IS ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS. AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT BUSINESSES WERE MOVING IN AND GIVEN THE CHANCE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS. WE BUY THESE HOMES FOR OUR FAMILIES TO LIVE IN TO RAISE OUR KIDS. WE HAVE YOUNG TEENAGE GIRLS THAT WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD-- THAT IT'S REALLY A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE. BUT THE OTHER ISSUE IS NOT BEING NOTIFIED. MELISSA BRIGHT: I-- SO I OWN-- YOU GUYS SAW ME JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I OWN HIKARI MASSAGE THERAPY IN LENEXA 87TH AND PLUM. I HAD MY PUBLIC HEARINGS I THINK ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. AND MY BUSINESS IS IN A BUSINESS PARK, IN A BUSINESS BUILDING, IN A ACCP BUILDING. AND I HAD TO APPLY FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. I HAD TO SEND OUT NOTARIZED LETTERS TO THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. I THINK IT WAS A 200 YARD RADIUS. AND I HAD TO GO THROUGH QUITE THE PROCESS. I HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY SURPRISE CAME FROM. THAT IS, NO ONE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA WAS SENT ANY KIND OF NOTARIZED MAIL ABOUT A BUSINESS OPENING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND JUST MY EXPERIENCE OF EVERYTHING I HAD TO GO THROUGH TO OPEN UP IN A COMMERCIAL AREA. MACKENZIE BRIGHT: SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO POSSIBLY CHANGE SOME OF THIS. BECAUSE NOT ONLY THAT STUFF BUT OUR HOA WAS NEVER NOTIFIED EITHER. SO I FEEL LIKE PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS SHOULD BE NOTIFYING RESIDENTS, NOTIFYING HOAS. I'M NEW TO ALL THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STEPS COULD BE THAT WE COULD MAYBE GET SOME OF THIS CHANGED, MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR RESIDENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS. [HONKING] MAYOR SAYERS: OK, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EXACT ADDRESSES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. SCOTT, MAYBE SOME FOLLOW UP AFTERWARDS. I DO KNOW THAT WE DO REQUIRE SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR IN-HOME DAYCARES OR ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT MOVE INTO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. SO IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US, WE'LL JUST FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF AND LET YOU KNOW. MACKENZIE BRIGHT: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR SAYERS: OK. MELISSA BRIGHT: THANK YOU. MAYOR SAYERS: ANY OTHER BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR? GAYLENE VAN HORN: GAYLENE VAN HORN, 8131 ROSE HILL ROAD. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU IMPLEMENTED LIVE STREAMING FOR THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. CERTAINLY NUMEROUS FRIENDS TEXTED ME INDICATING THEY DID HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ON, GETTING THE VIDEO, AS WELL AS THE AUDIO. SO I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT. AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE TESTED THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS A ROUGH START. MAYOR SAYERS: TURBULENCE ON LAUNCH. GAYLENE VAN HORN: AND THANKS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY [01:30:02] ATTORNEY FOR THEIR PART IN MAKING THE CHANGE TO LIVE STREAMING FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS POSSIBLE. WE WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO LIVE STREAMING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START NEXT WEEK. I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY REQUEST THAT THERE WOULD BE LIVE STREAMING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THERE ARE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT THE CITY-- THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LENEXA NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE VERY INTERESTED IN LIVE STREAMING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS AS WELL. LIVE STREAMING ALLOWS CITIZENS TO ENGAGE WITH THE ONGOING CITY GOVERNANCE TO INCLUDE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2028 BUDGET, WHICH IS WELL ON ITS WAY. I'D ALSO, BEFORE I CLOSE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THE RADISSON THAT'S BEEN ON THE-- HAPPENED SOME TIME AGO, AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY UPDATE ON THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MAYOR SAYERS: ANYTHING ELSE FOR BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR? SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. AVERY BELL: SO MOVED. COURTNEY EITERICH: SECOND. MAYOR SAYERS: MOTION BY AVERY, SECOND BY COURTNEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS: (IN UNISON) AYE. MAYOR SAYERS: THOSE OPPOSED? MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.