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City Council Action Summary - Sept. 13, 2004
  1. Approved Resolution No. 3396, authorizing the Mayor to submit to the Department of Housing and Urban Development the statement of Community Development objectives and projected use of the Community Development funds as stated in the FY2005 Annual Plan and the FY2005 through FY2009 Non-Housing Community Development Plan.
  2. Approved John Skubal as new appointment to the Planning Commission.
  3. Approved Brad Stratton as new appointment to the Citizen’s Advisory on Parks and Recreation.
  4. Approved the following consent agenda items:

    FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – Committee Items:

    1. Ordinance No. MCC-2498, providing substitute provisions for certain sections of the Municipal Court Procedures Act dealing with the bonds, trials and warrants;

    2. Amendment Number One to Fire Department Pension Plan, providing authority to calculate an actuarial increase in certain situations to correct a prior administrative oversight.

    Staff Items:

    1. Council Minutes of August 2, 2004 and Special Council of July 12, 2004;

    2. Confirmed investments totaling $3,500,000 in certificates of deposit and $9,500,000 in U.S. Agency Securities;

    3. Expenditure Ordinance No. 8B, outlining the expenditures from the General Operating Fund for July 29 through August 11, 2004;

    4. Expenditure Ordinance No. 8C, outlining the expenditures from the General Operating Fund for August 12 through August 25, 2004;

    5. Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 8C, outlining the expenditures from Capital Projects Funds for August 12 through August 18, 2004;

    6. Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 8D, outlining the expenditures for the Capital Projects Funds for August 19 through August 25, 2004;

    7. Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 9A, outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects Funds for August 26 through September 1, 2004;

    8. Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 9B, outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects Funds for September 2 through September 8, 2004;

    9. One application for new drinking establishment license contingent on receiving state license as listed on the agenda;

    10. Two applications for renewal of drinking establishment licenses as listed on the agenda;

    11. Three applications for renewal of drinking establishment licenses, contingent on receiving state licenses, as listed on the agenda;

    12. One application for renewal of drinking establishment license contingent on receiving fire code approval and state license as listed on the agenda;

    13. One application for renewal of drinking establishment license and caterers license contingent on receiving state licenses as listed on the agenda;

    14. One application for new cereal malt beverage license as listed on the agenda;

    15. Two applications for renewal of cereal malt beverage licenses as listed on the agenda;

    16. One application for temporary permit to sell alcoholic liquor as listed on the agenda;

    17. One application for temporary permit to sell alcoholic liquor as listed on the agenda.

    COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – Committee Items:

    1. Construction of recycling drop-off facility at 119th Street and Hardy, in the amount of $65,700 of unexpended funds from a 1992 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program to be combined with $50,000, a recently approved grant from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment;

    2. Resolution No. 3411, sewer district enlargement in the vicinity of the northwest corner of 159th and Antioch;

    3. Resolution No. 3413, sewer district enlargement in the vicinity of the southeast corner of Santa Fe Drive and Goodman;

    4. Resolution No. 3414, sewer district enlargement in the vicinity of the northwest corner of 159th Street and Roe Boulevard.

    PUBLIC SAFETY – Committee Item:

    Bid tabulation for 2004 Outdoor Storm Warning Sirens, request to reject all bids and authorization to rebid project.

    Staff Items:

    1. One application for new massage therapy and in-office massage therapy license as listed on the agenda;

    2. One application for renewal of massage therapy and in-office massage therapy license as listed on the agenda.

    PUBLIC WORKS –

    1. Traffic signal installation – 97th Street and Quivira (west mall drive intersection, east of 97th & Quivira);

    2. Addition of street to 2006 Residential Street Program, 60th Terrace, Robinson Lane to west City limits;

    3. Waiver of bid process and authorization to negotiate purchase of a used wheel loader with grapple bucket-Dean Machinery.

    Staff Items:

    1. Ordinance No. MTI-2510, providing for the public improvement of main trafficways, 151st Street, Pflumm Road to Quivira Road, including the intersection of 151st Street and Quivira Road;

    2. Ordinance No. MTI-2511, providing for the public improvement of main trafficways, 151st Street, Quivira Road to Antioch Road, including the intersection of 151st Street and Switzer Road.

  5. Elected the following eight voting delegates and eight alternate voting delegates to the League of Kansas Municipalities’ Annual Conference October 2-5, 2004 respectively: Voting-Mayor Eilert, Council Members Gerlach, Gilliland, Goodman, Happer Scheier, Hix, Janson, and Sader. Alternates-Bob Jones, Mike Miller, Lori Knadle, Bill Ebel, Evalin McClain, Penny Postoak Ferguson, Keith Faddis, and Dennis Meyers.

  6. Approved the designation of one voting and two alternate voting delegates for the Annual Congress of Cities, December 1-4, 2004, Indianapolis, Indiana, respectively: Voting – Council Member Owens. Alternates-Council Member Happer Scheier and Mayor Eilert.

  7. Denied Community Development Committee’s recommendation that entrance fees be charged at the Arboretum and Botanical Gardens effective January 1, 2005, and then approved consideration of charging fees at the Arboretum at such time as the central feature water rail and walkways, as described by staff, have been completed in the next two to three years.

  8. Approved Agreement with Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County to operate a low cost Nutrition Program for senior citizens at the Overland Park Community Center.

  9. Approved Resolution No. 3415, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into agreement with Kansas Department of Transportation for the construction of a pedestrian/bicycle path along 133rd Street from Antioch Road to US 69 Highway.

  10. Approved Agreement with the Secretary of Transportation of the State of Kansas for the construction of a bicycle/pedestrian path along the south side of 133rd Street, between Antioch and U.S. 69 Highway in the amount of $24,420 from Greenway Linkage Funds.

  11. Approved low bid for CCTV camera installation from K&W Underground, Inc. for the Base Design + Alternate A, in the amount of $136,724.55.

  12. Approved bid from Miles Excavating, Inc., in the amount of $3,548,606.89, for the 2005 Residential Street Program, Part 1, 2004 CDBG Street Program and 79th Street improvements, from Conser to Metcalf.

  13. Approved Agreement with the City of Olathe for the public improvement of 151st Street from approximately 178 feet east of Pflumm (eastbound lanes) and approximately 314 feet east of Pflumm (westbound lanes) to approximately 600 feet east of Quivira, and Quivira from approximately 615 feet south of 151st Street to approximately 406 feet north of 151st Street.

  14. Approved Contract with Kansas Department of Transportation for construction engineering inspection services for the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Camera installation project.

  15. Resolution No. 3412 and KDOT Agreement No. 162-03, KDOT for construction of the Shawnee Mission Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Station.

  16. Resolution No. 3416 and KDOT Agreement No. 147-04, KDOT for the Traffic Information Website (creation of a website and procurement of website equipment).

  17. Approved Agreement with Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc., for design services for the 2005 CDBG Program (Robinson, 83rd St to Santa Fe; 85th St., Lowell to Robinson; Broadmoor, 81st St north approximately 100 feet; and Travis, 83rd Street to 82nd Street) and 2006 Residential Street Program Part 3 (76th Street, Metcalf to Walmer).

  18. Approved Agreement with Olsson Associates for design of the 2006 Residential Street Program Part 2 (80th St., Grant to Antioch; Grandview Lane, 80th Street to 81st Street; Eby, 80th St. to 81st St.; and design for sidewalk construction only on England from 80th St. to 81st Street; and Kessler from 80th Street to 81st St.). Project also includes storm drainage improvements within the above stated roadway corridors as well as the natural drainageway from 80th and Eby to 79th and Grandview, and along Grandview between 79th Street and 80th St.

  19. Approved Change Order No. 1, K&W Underground, Inc., for additional work on the fiber relocation for the 87th Street and I-35/U.S. 69 interchange project for an additional amount of $7,926.

  20. Approved Change Order No. 1, Capital Electric Construction Company, Inc., for additional work on the Fiber Optic System Expansion on Metcalf Avenue from 151st Street to 135th Street for an additional amount of $11,259.

  21. Approved Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to Engineering Services Agreement with Bartlett & West Engineers for construction phase services for the Countryshire II Bank Stabilization Project for an additional fee of $9,976.

  22. Approved Nonagenda item: Resolution No. 3418, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute KDOT Agreement No. 136-04, between Overland Park and Leawood, for the construction of Nall Avenue from 135th Street to 143rd Street next year.
  23. Approved the following Planning Commission Consent Agenda items:
    1. Special Event Permit No. 2004-357, vicinity of the northwest corner of 119th Street and Metcalf Avenue, to allow an outdoor pumpkin sale from September 25, 2004 to October 30, 2004;
    2. Approved Special Event Permit No. 2004-366, 13270 Metcalf Avenue, to allow a four-foot by twelve- foot banner reading: “The Benefit is in the Rate” on the east wall of the Bank Midwest building;
    3. Ordinance No. Z-3081 (Special Use Permit No. 2004-19), 7235 West 162nd Street, for a five-year period of time to allow a tow lot;
    4. Ordinance No. Z-3080 (Rezoning No. 2004-17), vicinity of the northwest corner of 158th Terrace and Roe Avenue, to rezone from A-J, Agricultural District Johnson County to R-1, Single-Family Residential District, to allow an elementary school;
    5. Ordinance No. ZRR-2507 (Unified Development Ordinance Amendment No. ZRR-2507), amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance, Section 18.110.515 and 18.150.010 and Chapter 18.195 to create a new zoning district for RP-1N, Planned Single-Family Infill Residential District.
  24. Reported from the Special Public Works Committee meeting, held earlier this evening, with regard to the Target project, that the Committee unanimously recommended that:
    1. 97th Street and Quivira street intersection improvements not be required by the applicant;
    2. The cost of streetlights on 99th Street would be 55 percent funded by the applicant and 45 percent by the City, with the total cost at approximately $115,000.
  25. Approved Final Development Plans for Target, vicinity of 97th Street and Quivira Road, with stipulations "a" through "p," including a revision to stipulation "g" reflecting the cost sharing for streetlights on 99th Street.