- Recognized Boy Scout Troop No. 257 sponsored by Atonement Lutheran Church and Boy Scout Troop No. 201 sponsored by Hillcrest Covenant Church.
- Held 2009 public hearing on 2009 Operating Budget.
- Held public hearing on consideration of Redevelopment Project Plan for a Redevelopment District in the city and continued consideration of the Redevelopment Project Plan for Cherokee South Plaza to May 5, 2008.
- Elected Jim Hix as Council President.
- Proclaimed April 25, 2008, as Arbor Day in Overland Park.
- Approved new appointment of Bob Hite to the Convention and Tourism Committee for the term of 1/1/07 to 12/31/08.
- Approved Resolution No. 3673, providing for the consideration of a redevelopment project plan for a project area in a redevelopment district in the City of Overland Park, Kansas. (Market Lofts Project, Project Area A).
- Approved the following Consent Agenda items:
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Committee Items:- Waive bid process and authorization to purchase Turn-Key Mobile, Inc., using the Jasper County, Missouri, contract for the purchase of 102 Panasonic Toughbook laptop computers and related equipment for police vehicles, in the amount of $527,842;
- Waive bid process and authorization to sole source purchase - Advanced Public Safety for the purchase of an electronic ticketing system, in an amount not to exceed $240,000; and
- Resolution No. 3669 - Establishing a fee schedule which authorized tow service providers may charge for their towing and storage services when vehicles are towed and stored at the request of the Overland Park Police Department.
Staff Items:
- Application for New Massage Establishment License - For Women Only, 10600 Quivira, Heather M. Willming, applicant;
- Application for New Massage Establishment and In-Office Massage License - Stress Medics, L.L.C., 6407 W. 119th St., Brian K. Bonewitz, applicant;
- Applications for Renewal of Massage Establishment and In-Office Massage Licenses - a) Advanced Skin Technologies, Inc., 12541 Foster, John T. Schroll, applicant. b) The Body Mechanix, 8665 W. 96th St., C.M. Pizzuto, applicant.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
Committee Item:- Ordinance No. A-2741 - Incorporating and annexing land consisting of a portion of River Ridge Farms West subdivision located at approximately 162nd Street and Kenneth.
FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
Staff Items:- Council minutes of Feb. 11, 2008;
- Expenditure Ordinance No. 4A – Outlining the expenditures from the General Operating Fund for March 19 through April 1, 2008;
- Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance 4B – Outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects funds for April 3 through April 9, 2008;
- Application for New Drinking Establishment License Contingent on Receiving State License - 7240 Shawnee Mission New Management, L.L.C., d/b/a Holiday Inn Restaurant, 7240 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Josh Smithey, manager;
- Applications for Renewal of Drinking Establishment Licenses Contingent on Receiving State Licenses - a) Fortune Star, d/b/a Fortune Star, 7328 W. 119th St., Helen Lam, manager; b) Jose Pepper's, Inc., d/b/a Jose Pepper's, Inc., 10316 Metcalf, Kurt M. Torrez, new manager; c) SMT, Inc., d/b/a The Roxy, 7230 W. 75th St., Mikhail Stolyar, new manager;
- Application for Renewal of Class B Private Club License Contingent on Receiving State License - Red Bull Club, Inc., d/b/a The Fox, 7520 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Timothy Jon Abbott, manager;
- Application for Renewal of Caterers License Contingent on Receiving State License - Myron Green Corporation, d/b/a Treat America/Bonterra Catering, 8500 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Edwin J. Holland, manager.
- Accepted low bid of $147,269.40 from Kaw Valley Wrecking Company, Inc., for 2008 demolition of former Overland Park Community Center building at 6300 W. 87th St.
- Approved low bid $42,975 from Bridge America, Inc., for purchase of two pedestrian bridges for two bike/hike trail construction projects at the following locations: 1) Pedestrian bridge to replace a low water crossing structure on Tomahawk Creek near Antioch; and 2) Pedestrian bridge for a new trail in Deerbrook Park, 146th Street and Bluejacket.
- Approved Agreement with McCownGordon Construction, L.L.C., for the completion of Phase 2, design and construction of the four Aquatic Development Projects, with a total guaranteed maximum priced of $9,546,182.
- Accepted low bid of $1,023,031.70 from O’Donnell and Sons Construction Co., Inc., for Overland Park Convention Center Parking Lot Reconstruction.
- Accepted low bid of $450,780.05 from WCI, Inc., to complete 2008 Major Storm Sewer Repairs Project.
- Accepted low bid of $743,993.80 from Pyramid Excavation and Construction, Inc., for bridge replacement at 95th Street and Foster, and increase the CIP funding from $780,000 to $944,000 for this project, BR-1025.
- Approved the following Planning Commission Consent Agenda items as stipulated:
- Special Event Permit No. 2008-110 – 10800 Metcalf, to allow four banners from April 15 to Oct. 31, 2008, on the Marriott Hotel during reconstruction of the building façade, subject to stipulation a;
- Revised Preliminary Plan for Erickson Retirement Community, 13800 Metcalf, subject to stipulation a through d;
- Ordinance No. Z-3345 (Special Use Permit No. 2008-7), 12020 Glenwood, for a 10-year period of time to allow The Fountains shopping center a temporary parking lot, with no stipulations;
- Ordinance No. Z-3344 (Rezoning No. 2008-1) vicinity of the northwest corner of 167th Street and Switzer, from RE, Residential Estates District, to R-1, Single-Family Residential District, to allow a single-family subdivision, with no stipulations.
- Continued Rezoning No. 2007-5, vicinity of the southwest corner of 95th Street and Antioch, to the May 5, 2008, City Council meeting.
- Approved Ordinance No. Z-3331 (Rezoning No. 2007-23), vicinity of the southeast corner of 159th Street and Metcalf, from RUR-J, Rural District, Johnson County, to CP-O, Planned Office Building District, CP-1, Planned Restricted Business District, CP-2, Planned General Business District, RP-3, Planned Garden Apartment District, and RP-5, Planned Apartment House District, to allow a new retail and residential development, with stipulations a through nn, and the addition of three stipulations as read into the record.
- Continued Unified Development Ordinance Amendment – ZRR-2683 – Amendments to Section 18.110.560, 18.410.100, 18.440.080 and 18.440.110 relating to signs, to the May 19, 2008, City Council meeting.
- OLD BUSINESS. Approved extension of Ordinance No. ZRR-2743 – Imposing a limited and temporary moratorium upon accepting applications for issuance of a sign permit for any multiple tenant signs until passage and implementation of amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance pertaining to standards and requirements for monument signs or until May 28, 2008, and any extensions thereto, whichever occurs first.
- Continued Monument sign approval for Stanley Square, 8038 W. 151st St., to the May 19, 2008, City Council meeting.
- NEW BUSINESS. Heard Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) Report from Donna Owens in regard to foreclosure issues in the community and that MARC has been contracted to study poverty issues. MARC also received a report from the Federal Reserve Bank on the circumstances of foreclosures in the area.
- Donna Owens reported the progress regarding the City of Overland Park hosting the Community and Economic Development Steering Committee of the National League of Cities for its spring 2008 meeting. She announced the scheduled activities to be held on May 15-17, 2008.
