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OP City Council Action Summary - Sept. 9, 2002

  1. Announced that a Committee-of-the-Whole meeting was to be scheduled in October 2002, to further consider Ordinance No. ZRR-2382, relating to the establishment of stream corridor requirements in the Unified Development Ordinance.

  2. Approved the following Consent Agenda items:

    PUBLIC SAFETY: STAFF CONSENT ITEMS:

    1. Application for new Massage Therapy Business License – The Hair Room Salon, 11248 W. 135th Street;
    2. Application for renewal of Massage Therapy Business License – Aspen Salon, 14884 Metcalf;
    3. Application for renewal of Massage Therapy and In-Office Massage Therapy Business License – The Illusion Studio, 6407 W. 119th Street.

PUBLIC WORKS: COMMITTEE CONSENT ITEMS:

  1. Storm water drainage variance – AMLI at Westwood Ridge, southwest corner of 135th Street and Quivira;
  2. Formation of force account of $150,000 – Indefinite Delivery Storm Water Maintenance contract with Harworth Construction;
  3. Waiver of consultant selection process and authorization to negotiate contract – Phelps Engineering, Inc., for replacement of a box culvert in the vicinity of 87th Street and Foster;
  4. Waiver of consultant selection process and authorization to negotiate contract – Wilson & Company for 2003 CDBG Residential Street Program (80th Street, Hemlock to Robinson);
  5. Waiver of bid process and authorization to initiate a purchase order – Judy Construction Company for repair of wall in Wakefield Estates, behind the house at 8508 West 142nd Street.

FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: COMMITTEE CONSENT ITEMS:

  1. Banking services contracts – Report to Governing Body No. 02-10;
    1. Safekeeping Account Agreement – First National Bank of Kansas and First National Bank of Omaha;
    2. Treasury Management Services Agreement – First National Bank of Kansas;
    3. Purchasing Card Agreement – UMB Bank;
  2. Resolution No. 3284 – Amendment No. 3 to the Overland Park Police Department Retirement Plan;

STAFF CONSENT ITEMS:

  1. Council Minutes - July 15 and August 5, 2002;
  2. Confirmed investment in the amount of $1,991,180 in U.S. Agency Securities;
  3. Expenditure Ordinance No. 8B – Outlining the expenditures from the General Operating Fund for August 1 through August 14, 2002;
  4. Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 8C – Outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects Funds for August 15 through August 21, 2002;
  5. Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 8D – Outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects Funds for August 22 through August 28, 2002;
  6. Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 9A – Outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects Funds for August 29 through September 4, 2002;
  7. Application for New Cereal Malt Beverage License – American Drug Stores, Inc., d/b/a Osco Drug No. 5145, 8800 W. 95th Street;
  8. Application for New Drinking Establishment License – Resonant Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Daily Dose, 12056 W. 135th Street.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: COMMITTEE CONSENT ITEMS:

  1. Ordinance No. FDE-2397 – Requiring food establishments to post a sign regarding inspections;
  2. Blue Valley Study Area Task Force regarding the 2002 Annexation Area - Approving the process and task force membership as presented by staff.
  1. Accepted bid from Lan-Tel Communications, in the amount of $583,146.90, to install the first phase of the CityNet Communication System.

  2. Approved agreement with Digital Teleport, Inc., for fiber optic conduit along U.S. 69 Highway from 95th Street to 183rd Street, for an estimated cost of $60,040.

  3. Approved agreement with Phelps Engineering, Inc., for design of the 2003 Major Storm Drainage Project, in the vicinity of 87th Street and Foster, in the amount of $91,188.

  4. Heard informational item regarding City Council ward redistricting.

  5. Approved Charter Ordinance No. Eighty-One, regarding loss of ward residency due to redistricting, amending Section 1 of Charter Ordinance No. Seventy-Seven.

  6. Heard report from the Special Finance, Administration and Economic Development meeting held September 9, 2002, and approved the Overland Park Convention Center grand opening plan and budget, in the amount of $99,846.

  7. Elected seven voting delegates including Mayor Eilert; Council Members Terry Happer Scheier and Marcia Gilliland; Chief of Police John Douglass; Assistant City Manager Lori Knadle; Human Resources Director Bob Jones; and Legislative Consultant Eric Sartorius; and four alternate voting delegates including City Manager John Nachbar; Assistant City Manager Penny Postoak; Assistant to the City Manager Evalin McCalin; and Deputy Chief Keith Faddis for the League of Kansas Municipalities’ annual conference, October 12-15, 2002, Wichita, Kansas.

  8. Designated Council Member Thomas C. “Tim” Owens as the voting delegate and Council Members Jim Hix and Terry Happer Scheier as the alternate voting delegates for the Annual Congress of Cities, December 3-7, 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah.

  9. Approved 21 applications, as listed on the agenda, and with the noted contingencies, including new Drinking Establishment Licenses, renewal of Class A Private Club License, renewal of Class B Private Club License, renewal of Caterers License, and renewal of Drinking Establishment Licenses.

  10. Approved agreement – Tristem, L.L.C., in cooperation with the City of Olathe and the City of Shawnee for utility audit at city facilities, and for streetlights and traffic signals.

  11. Approved Change Order No. 2, Tandem Paving Co., Inc., to furnish and install asphalt for bike/hike trail construction along the Edgewater Street greenway linkage, between Glenwood and Lamar, for an additional amount of $27,500.

  12. Heard State of the Arts presentation by Ms. Brooke Morehead, Chairwoman, of the Overland Park Arts Commission on the Arts Program in Overland Park.

  13. Approved the following Planning Commission Consent Agenda items, as stipulated:
    1. Revised Preliminary Plan Approval – McDonald’s, 9401 Foster;
    2. Final Plat No. 2002-52 – Aldi, 1st Plat, 8333 West 95th Street;
    3. Final Plat No. 2002-58, O’Neill Honda East, 1st Plat, 7979 Metcalf;
    4. Ordinance No. Z-2948 (Special Use Permit No. 2002-18), 8902 West 95th Street, for a one-year period of time to allow a contractor’s storage lot;
    5. Ordinance No. Z-2949 (Special Use Permit No. 2002-21), 11450 Outlook, for a ten-year period of time to allow a temporary landscape nursery for the Sprint Campus;
    6. Ordinance No. Z-2945 (Rezoning No. 2002-13), 8340 West 159th Street, to rezone to R-1, Single-Family Residential District, to allow for the construction of a church.

  14. Continued Sewer Easement Vacation No. 2002-6, vicinity of the northeast corner of 127th Street and Pflumm, to the October 7, 2002, Council meeting.

  15. Approved Ordinance No. Z-2946 (Special Use Permit No. 2002-16), 6765 West 119th Street, for a five-year period of time to allow a drinking establishment.

  16. Held public hearing and continued Unified Development Ordinance Amendment No. ZRR-2380 pending a report from an ad hoc committee that is to be formed that would include Council Members Lehnertz, Gerlach, and Loudon, the Site Plan Review Committee, representatives from the development community, and staff to further consider this process in terms of concerns raised during the public hearing.