1. Held public hearing regarding the proposed 2005 Budget.
   
   
2. Appointed Bruce Boettcher to the Convention and Tourism Committee.
   
   
3. Approved the following Consent Agenda items:

PUBLIC WORKS: COMMITTEE ITEMS:

1. Traffic Signal – 151st Street and Lowell;
2. Ordinance No. SWM-2505 – Establishing a Storm Water Management Program – Standards and Permitting for the City;
3. Resolution No. 3409 – Rescinding resolution relating to private lakes and ponds in subdivisions;
4. Change of August Public Works Committee Meeting date to August 23, 2004.

FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: COMMITTEE ITEMS:

1. Waive bid process and authorization to negotiate agreement – Yellow Dog Networks, Inc., for network protection hardware and software in the amount of $26,780;
2. Waive bid process and authorization to negotiate agreement – Fishnet Security for firewall software licenses and associated installation and maintenance services in an amount not to exceed $41,000.
3. Resolution No. 3410 – Reappointing Presiding Judge Karen Arnold-Burger and adjusting compensation for Municipal Court Judges.

STAFF ITEMS:

1. Council Minutes – June 21, 2004;
2. Confirmed investments in the amount of $6,500,000 in certificates of deposit;
3. Expenditure Ordinance No. 7B – Outlining the expenditures from the General Operating Fund for July 1 through July 14, 2004;
4. Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 7C – Outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects Funds for July 15 through July 21, 2004;
5. Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 7D – Outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects Funds for July 22 through July 28, 2004;
6. Two applications for new Drinking Establishment Licenses, as listed on the agenda;
7. Four applications for renewal of Drinking Establishment Licenses, as listed on the agenda;
8. Three applications for Renewal of Drinking Establishment Licenses, contingent on receiving state licenses, as listed on the agenda;
9. One application for renewal of Dinking Establishment License, contingent on receiving building safety approval, as listed on the agenda;
10. Three applications for renewal of Cereal Malt Beverage Licenses, as listed on the agenda.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: STAFF ITEMS:

1. Ordinance No. MW-2504 – Levying special assessments against certain parcels of land within the City in order to pay the costs incurred from cutting weeds and noxious vegetation, removing trash and refuse and abating nuisance and immediate hazard violations on said parcels.

PUBLIC SAFETY: STAFF ITEMS:

1. One application for new Massage Therapy License, as listed on the agenda;
2. Three applications for renewal of Massage Therapy Licenses, as listed on the agenda;
3. One application for renewal of Massage Therapy and In-Office Massage Therapy License, as listed on the agenda.

4. Approved Engineering Services Agreement with Bucher, Willis & Ratliff Corporation, in the amount of $79,700, for engineering services for the Kenneth Road Bridge over the Big Blue River Rehabilitation, subject to Law Department approval.
   
   
5. Announced that the Public Works Committee meeting was rescheduled from August 25, 2004, to August 23, 2004.
   
   
6. Accepted Report to the Governing Body No. 04-07, waived the bidding process, and approved participation in the City of Kansas City, Missouri, Consent Agreement with Cingular Wireless for voice wireless services for 263 phones, in the amount of $77,000, for 12 months.
   
   
7. Accepted lowest qualified bid from CDWG, in the amount of $17,598, for Nortel Networks Alteon Firewalls.
   
   
8. Approved Resolution No. 3407, which authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation, for construction of a pedestrian/bicycle path along 135th Street from Nieman to Switzer.
   
   
9. Approved agreement with the Secretary of Transportation of the State of Kansas (KDOT Agreement No. 142-04) for the construction of a pedestrian/bicycle path along 135th Street from Nieman to Switzer, with the City contributing $39,974 from Greenway Linkage Funds.
   
   
10. Accepted low bid from O’Donnell-Way Construction Co., in the amount of $135,184.89, for the 2004 Bike/Hike Trail Asphaltic Construction and Overlay.
    
    
11. Approved the following Planning Commission Consent Agenda items, as stipulated:
    1. Residential Day-Care Permit No. 2004-2, 7010 Broadmoor, for twelve children for a one-year period of time;
    2. Residential Day-Care Permit No. 2004-4, 9121 Hayes, for a five-year period of time;
    3. Special Event Permit No. 2004-300, 10430 Metcalf, to allow a tent sale in the parking lot of Seasonal Concepts from August 24, 2004, through August 31, 2004;
    4. Special Event Permit No. 2004-314, in the southeast corner of 119th Street and Glenwood, to allow multiple light pole banners at the Fountains Shopping Center for a 5K fundraiser for Parkinson’s Research, from August 14, 2004, through September 12, 2004;
    5. Revised Preliminary Plan Approval – Deer Creek Office Development, in the vicinity of the southeast corner of 127th Street and Metcalf;
    6. Acceptance of Right-of-Way, Final Plat No. 2004-58, Berkshire Farms First Plat, in the vicinity of the northwest corner of 159th Street and Antioch;
    7. Ordinance No. Z-3078 (Special Use Permit No. 2004-16), 15244 Broadmoor, for a five-year period of time to allow a dance studio.
       
       
12. Approved Resolution No. 3408,A, re-setting to September 1, 2004, the deadline given to the Community Development Committee for making its recommendation with respect to the Consent to Annexation of land in the southwest quadrant of 175th Street and Pflumm and the annexation of adjacent right-of-way.