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OP City Council Action Summary - Jan. 14, 2002

  1. Held public hearing regarding the Community Center site selection and reaffirmed Community Development Committee’s recommendation with regard to exploring the downtown Overland Park site as the first site of preference, and that staff address issues raised during the public hearing including questions of land acquisition, building footprint, exact proper-ties potentially involved and present that information at a Committee-of-the-Whole meeting.

  2. Recognized winners of the Fourth Seasonal Yard Display Contest sponsored by the Arts Ambassadors as follows: First Place: Mr. Terry Huffman, 10812 Horton; and Third Place: Mr. and Mrs. Mike Peterson, 9218 W. 92nd Terrace.

  3. Authorized City Manager to consent to the transfer or sale of conduit owned by Axon Telecom LLC to: Quest Communications; American Fiber Systems, Inc. Metromedia Fiber Network Services, Inc., Everest Connec- tions Corporation; XO Communications Corporation; and Sprint Com-munications Company LP, as the City Manager deems appropriate.

  4. Approved the following consent agenda items:

    FINANCE, ADMINISTRA-TION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – Staff Items:

    1. Expenditure Ordinance No. 1A, outlining the expenditures from the General Operating Fund for December 20, 2001, through January 2, 2002;
    2. Capital Pro-jects Expenditure Ordinance No. 1B, outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects Funds for January 3 through January 9, 2002;
    3. Appli-cation for new cereal malt beverage license for Costco Wholesale Corpora-tion, d/b/a Costco Wholesale #369, 12221 Blue Valley Parkway, Bruce A. Miles, manager.

    PUBLIC SAFETY – Staff Item:

    1. Application for renewal of massage therapy business license for J.C. Penney Styling Salon & Day Spa, 11801 West 95th Street, Sue Locey, applicant.

  5. Announced the cancellation of the January Public Works Committee meeting.

  6. Accepted bid application from Leavenworth Excavating & Equipment Company, Inc., in the amount of $3,234,700.50, for the 119th Street, Nall to Rosana Square project.

  7. Approved Supplemental Agreement No. 2 for Olsson Associates Consult-ing Engineers for additional design services on 110th Street and Lamar Avenue roundabout improvements, at a not to exceed cost of $13,700.

  8. Reported that the Finance, Administration and Economic Development meeting scheduled for January 16, 2002, has been canceled.

  9. Approved application for new drinking establishment license contingent on receiving state license for El Grande, Inc., d/b/a El Grande Mexican Buffet, 6800 West 95th Street, Baoqin Hu, manager.

  10. Approved applications for renewal of drinking establishment licenses contingent on receiving state licenses for:
    1. Chili’s of Kansas, Inc., d/b/a On the Border Mexican #116, 11855 West 95th Street, Christian Peterson, new manager;
    2. La Cocina Del Puerco of Overland Park, Inc., d/b/a La Cocina Del Puerco, 9097 Metcalf, Colleen Giroux, new manager;
    3. Sam Wilson’s/Kansas, Inc., d/b/a Houlihan’s, 11600 West 95th Street, Ronald K. Hill, new manager;
    4. TB&G, Inc., of Kansas, d/b/a Tanner’s Bar & Grill, 10146 W. 119th Street, Mark J. Brentano, manager.

  11. Approved contract with State of Kansas for purchase of personal computers and monitors (Report to the Governing Body No. 02-01), to purchase 87 PCs with monitors and 42 monitors from the Dell Corpora-tion under State of Kansas WSCA Contract, at a cost not to exceed $175,000.

  12. Approved Ordinance No. BC-2341regarding emergency escape and rescue openings from basement areas.

  13. Accepted closure on the dangerous and unsafe condition, which has been abated, at 15375 Quivira Road.

  14. Rejected all bids for one material delivery unit because this was a non-budgeted item.

  15. Approved Resolution No. 3258, authorizing and approving the Petition for Annexation dated January 14,2002, directing the City Attorney to pre-sent that petition to the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting on January 17, 2002; resolution authorizes and approves the Report Setting Forth Plans for Extension of Services, dated January 14, 2002, and directs City Attorney to file it with the Board of County Com-missioners at its January 17th meeting, along with the Petition.

  16. Recessed into executive session for a period of 10 minutes to discuss issues involved in the law suit with the City of Merriam, Kansas and the City of Overland Park, Kansas v. HNTB Corporation and APAC-Kansas, Inc., subject to attorney/client privilege.

  17. Authorized the Law Department to proceed in joining the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation as an additional party defendant in the case of The City of Merriam Kansas and The City of Overland Park, Kansas v. HNTB Corporation and APAC-Kansas, Inc.