Lively bunch tonight.

Welcome to the regular meeting of the Olatha City Council for Tuesday, June sixteenth, twenty twenty six.

So uh at this time I'd like to ask everyone to stand for the national anthem to be sung by high school student high school student Amelia Maddox.

To the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God.

So at this time, would Matt Franzenberg please join me up front, and you're welcome to bring any of your guests that you would like to.

So I'm pleased here tonight to for the swearing in of our new municipal court judge, Matt Franzenberg.

He's been with the city since 2019 working in our prosecutor's office.

He's been an important part of our team and knows our organization well.

We look forward to him extending that experience into his new role and continuing to serve the residents of Olatha with the highest standard of excellence.

So it's my honor at this time to do the oath with you.

So I'll administer the oath.

So if you'll raise your right hand and repeat after me, I'm Matt Fraunzenberg.

I'm Matt Franzenberg.

Do solemnly swearly swear.

That I will support the Constitution of the United States.

That I will support the Constitution of the United States.

And the Constitution of the State of Kansas.

And the Constitution of the State of Kansas.

And faithfully discharge the duties of municipal court judge.

And faithfully discharge the duties of municipal court judge.

Of the City of Olatha.

Of the City of Olatha.

So help me God.

So help me God.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

I'm going to invite Judge Kenny up here.

She's got some familiar chance to stay for Christmas.

You can stay right there.

It's yours.

It's yours.

Good evening.

I'm Judge Jill Kenney, and I'm excited that Judge Franzenberg is joining us.

So I'm presenting you this robe.

It's very large sleeves, yes.

And your very first capital.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Why don't you get to the cup and for the picture?

I'd say that the picture.

Yeah.

That's okay.

You're doing great.

Sorry.

Thank you.

Thank you.

If you'd like to say a few words here.

I know that uh most of you are here for other reasons, but uh I want to thank uh I want to thank some people real quick.

My wife Kelly uh for love, support, guidance, um, uh our daughter Addison, my son Braden, uh my parents, Dean and Tracy, who have made their fourth trip down here from Iowa this month to be here with us.

I want to thank Judge Kenny, Judge Macalaney, um, had the chance to watch them over the last six and a half years.

I've learned an awful lot from them.

Look forward to learning from and working with you, especially Judge Kenny.

Um I know uh a number of my colleagues are here, uh, my bosses, and I want to thank all of them.

And it's cliche to say that the people are what makes a difference, but it's true.

Uh I've enjoyed what I do, but I enjoy the people that I work with, and I'm very happy that I get to keep working with them in another capacity.

And I want to thank uh the mayor and the council for the opportunity for this role to continue to serve the city of Olatha.

Um I appreciate the trust that you've all placed in me, and I'll do everything that I can to make sure that that trust is well placed.

Thank you.

All right, so now we'll get to the special business that everyone else is here for.

Um tonight we are recognizing Olatha High School students for their recent state champions.

We are a city of champions here in Olatha.

We put a we've got a lot to celebrate here in Olatha and appreciate all the students and families for being here to allow us to celebrate with you and thank you for representing Olatha so well.

But first, I'd like to take a moment to thank Olatha Athletic and Activities Director Matt Johnson.

Matt is retiring after 10 years with Olatha Public Schools and 30 years in public service or public education.

Matt has played an important role in our community, especially over the past five years serving as athletic director.

Besides joining us here three times a year to recognize student champions, and it seems like we always have a lot of student champions here in Olatha.

Matt served on the Olatha Parks and Rec Advisory Board, advocating for our efforts to encourage active and healthy lifestyles.

He also served on the Communities That Care Coalition, working with other local leaders to educate young people and parents about the dangers of underage drug and alcohol use.

Matt has dedicated a significant amount of time to improve the lives of young people, and Olatha is better for it.

So thank you, Matt.

And now I'll turn it over to you so you can introduce these champions.

All right, good evening, Mayor Bacon, City Council.

Thank you for having me.

And for my 15th and final City of Champions, I decide to bring every high school student with me this evening.

So now this is a this is a great honor, and definitely one of the favorite things that I get to do in this job.

And uh I'm going to miss nights like this, but I'm going to continue to watch from afar and be very proud of what goes on in the Olatha School District with these coaches and athletes and sponsors and students.

And so it's uh it's been my honor.

I really, really appreciate the relationship that Olatha has.

Uh the city of Olatha has with our school district.

Um, and uh you said that you guys are better for it.

I'm the one who has been blessed and I'm a better person because of my experience here.

So thank you all very much.

Um without any further ado, because we have a lot of kids to recognize tonight.

I'm going to introduce from our uh OATC principal uh Amy Stolles.

Good evening.

Tonight we are excited to recognize two of our outstanding career and technical education student organizations.

We will start with ProStart, which is associated with our Culinary Arts Academy, and is as well as associated with the National Restaurant Association.

This talented team earned the state title or state championship in March and went on to represent our state at the National Pro Start Invitational in early May, where they achieved the incredible fifth place finish in the nation.

The ProStart competition challenges students to work as a team to prepare an appetizer, entree, and dessert in just one hour using a camp stove without access to running water.

Success requires exceptional culinary skills, teamwork, creativity, time management, and professionalism.

Please join me in congratulating our team.

Two of them were able to make it this evening.

With us this evening is Matthew Santos and James Wright and their chef, Chef Shaw.

Next, we would like to recognize our Skills USA state champions who have demonstrated exceptional technical skills, dedication, and commitment to their chosen career pathways.

Please join me in congratulating Carter Code, who won first place for plumbing.

Gavin Hess, who won first place for related technical math.

Skills USA competitions require students to apply industry level knowledge and skills and challenging hands-on events.

Achieving success at the state level takes countless hours of practice, collaboration with instructors, and a strong commitment to excellence in their technical field.

We are incredibly proud of these two gentlemen, and we'd like to give a special thank you to Mr.

Rue for his leadership as one of our skills you had to say advisors.

At this time, I would like to introduce Andrew Miller from Olatha South.

Thank you, Ms.

Stolles.

Let's give one more round of applause.

Ms.

Stolles is actually retiring as well this year.

So thank you, Ms.

Stoltz, for all your work.

I have the privilege of uh introducing Amani Clifton.

Amani, come on up.

Coach Harrison, come on up.

Amani Clifton won the state championship for shot put at the 6A uh track and field event down at Wichita.

Amani is a very unique story.

She was actually on the softball diamond last year.

Um, and our coaches kept recruiting her uh for track and field and kept recruiting her, kept recruiting her, came out this year uh for the first time and won the state championship, and still has uh a couple of years off with us.

So uh needless to say, we're very pro just a sophomore.

Yeah, a couple of years left.

Yeah, Louisa.

So we look forward to having her back here in the near future.

Congratulations, Amani.

This time it's my honor to introduce Olatha West athletic director Pat Butler.

Good evening.

It's my honor to introduce two track and field state champions from Olatha West.

If David Harper and Cade Zimmerman could come forward along with their coaches, uh D.

Bell, Todd Clam, and Ashley Admire.

David Parker, David Harper, excuse me, was uh the state champion in the high jump.

Coach Bell said about uh David, David never has a bad day.

He always is finding a bright spot.

He was last last year, David was fifth place at state, and he came back this year to win a state championship his senior year.

So congratulations to David Harper.

Cade Zimmerman is the 6A state champion in javelin.

Cade was also the 2025 state champion, which makes him obviously a back-to-back state champ.

Very hard to do.

Cade dealt with the up and down pressures of defending his state title like a true champion.

He reapplied himself and worked as hard as anyone in the program, so he didn't fall short of these goals.

Congratulations to Cade Zimmerman.

These students won either a team or individual event at State TSA conference in April.

They have qualified for the National TSA Conference in Washington, D.C.

later this summer.

Jameson won for drone challenge, and Faith won for promotional design.

Congratulations to both of these Olatha West students.

And so she is our first.

Next, uh, will we have our girls' tennis team come up?

Our girls' tennis team is led by.

Oh, thank you.

Our girls' tennis team is led by Drew Smith and assistant Joel Johns, who is joining us here tonight.

Uh these girls are celebrating back-to-back 6A state titles along with consecutive Sunflower League titles.

And so these students and coaches demonstrate a high level of excellence, and we are excited and very proud of their accomplishments.

So that's our girls' tennis team.

Next, we'll recognize our the following TSA students who are either an individual or a part of a team state champion and will later compete for nationals this summer.

They are joined here tonight by their coach Andrew Edmondson.

So when I call your name, you may come up.

Roland Andrews, Brogdon Baum, Conley Becker, Gavin Bigman, Declan Cave, Goodavere Dylan, Ryan Aneto, Zoe Melectum, Yash Prasse, Noah Taylor, and Keenan Yim.

Congratulations, state championship, up next, I'd like to introduce Olatha East Athletic Director Mike Wolgas.

It is my honor to recognize a number of students from Olatha East High School this evening.

If I could first have Libby Barney and Irene Getje, please come forward from our swim and dive program.

First, we have senior Libby Barney.

Libby was a true leader of this year's swim team, swimming always in multiple events as an individual or on relays.

This was also true at the state swim competition where she led Olathe East to a third place team finish, where she was also a state champion in the 200-yard freestyle.

Libby will be swimming next year at the University of Nebraska Kearney.

Next, we have junior diver Irene Gettier.

Irene is a three-time state champion and is the premier diver not only in Kansas but also in the country and dives at events across the country and represents the United States at events as well.

Not only did Irene win the diving championship this year, she also broke the all-time diving record in the state of Kansas with a score of 570.95, which broke the record that had been in place since 1998 by over 32 points, which in the diving world that is a huge uh difference in what she did.

So congratulations to Irene as we look forward to another year of her accomplishments as a senior next year.

Ryan is one of the premier quarter milers and not only won the event at state this year, but multiple times this season, broke his own school record.

So Ryan, we got two more years of seeing him do great things on the track as well.

Next we have Senior Nico Cabral.

Nico's the state champion in the 200 meter run.

This was one of the most exciting races at the state championship.

Nico and the runner from Washburn Rural appeared to cross the line at exactly the same time.

And when they went to the uh the video footage, if you will, Nico won by three thousandths of a second.

And so that also was a good enough time to break our school record as well.

Nico will continue his running career at Cloud County Community College next season.

And then finally, uh those four those two individuals along with Jack Anderson and Bryce Schober are the uh four by four hundred meter relay state champions as well.

If you've ever been to track meets, that's always the last race at a track meet is the four by four hundred, and so it was awesome to end the case the case of state championships this year with Olathe East coming out as the champion in the four by four hundred relay.

So congratulations to those four track individuals.

Not all of them are able to be with us tonight.

First, we have Yusuf Begg, who was the board game in board game design, Corbin Bradwell in technology bull and architectural design, Natalie Darling in Forensic Science, Radiance Humphrey in board game design, Eric Carbasi in technology bull, architectural design, forensic science, and fashion design and technology, Lauren Kingston in fashion design and technology, and architectural design, Neil Petral and Technology Bull and Architectural Design, Casey Robinson in board game design, Viviana Romero in computer-aided design and architecture, and then Safi Senghor in fashion design and technology and board game design.

Neil Petral and Technology Bull and Architectural Design.

Casey Robinson in board game design.

Viviana Romero in computer aided design and architecture.

And then Safe Singor in fashion design and technology and board game design.

So some outstanding individuals in the technology world who are also state champions, and good luck this summer at Nationals.

Now my privilege to introduce Josh Price, Athletic Director at Olathan North.

Uh this evening.

First, I want to start by uh introducing a couple individuals, and we'll kind of share some things about the accomplishments of both those boys and the team.

So first up are uh Kobe Bruce, uh Jackson Parker, Cameron Porter, and Jason Rush.

The three boys with us are part of a four by one hundred relay team uh that won first place down at the state track meet in Wichita.

Uh did a great job.

They were uh battling for the best uh time of state in all time history, and we're kind of right there uh on that on that uh bear all year long.

But they did a great job down there at state and uh came home with the gold.

So congratulations to Kobe, Cameron, and Jason.

We have the rest of the boys join us.

They follow directions well just as well in the summer as they do.

So as these boys join, um we were honored to take about 35 student athletes totaled down to uh Wichita with us.

Um and as you'll hear, we had uh a great day for both the boys and the girls, but the boys' uh journey was a little bit different.

Um, battling all the way from our uh regional qualifiers here in Owetha that O'Lathe North hosted to uh getting down there and having success almost across the board.

Everybody that needed to be successful was.

Uh it was a battle right down to the very end, and we ended up with it, was it two points or three points?

55, 52, I think was the final.

But these boys were the state seven because that was okay.

Sorry.

Lost.

Uh very very close, though.

It came down to the last couple races.

Uh there was some lightning involved, a whole lot of other things.

Some other schools helped us out along the way, but in the end, we are the 6A state boys track and field state champions.

Congratulations, young men.

Where are the rest of the coaches?

We'll get y'all up here.

We'll segue into the girls.

I just say this.

What an absolutely amazing accomplishment by both these uh but by all these athletes and coaches.

For the first time in school history, we won two state championships on a single day.

It was it was a very, very great day down in Wichita.

We're gonna uh first announce our individual state champions on the girls' side.

It was a little bit different uh competition on the girls' side.

They uh they clinched it, I think, on on the first day.

Uh they just kept doing their thing and uh maybe doubled up the second place, but it was a very uh solid performance by our lathe north girls, and they they performed uh to their absolute best and had a lot of PRs and just had a great uh experience down there in Wichita.

So, first up, Kate Figgins, she is a state champion in the four by 100 and 4x400 relay.

Caden Freeman, track and field, she's a 4x400 relay state champ.

Elena Janai, track and field, pole vault state champ.

Avannie Hawker Singh, the 300 meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay, state champion.

I don't believe Caden's with us, but all it's say Caden Manny.

Uh she is the 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay state champ.

Jasmine Simons, track and fill, 4x100 relay, state champion.

Kennedy Tobobin got her PR in the last throw for the Javlin State Championship.

Ancient OLESY, 4 by 100 relay and long jump state champion.

We're gonna have the rest of the team joining because there are lots of other people who contributed who placed uh won medals, uh got PRs throughout the day, and this team uh from freshmen all the way to seniors did an outstanding job representing not only themselves but their school.

Uh coaches, please come join them as well.

Thank you again to our coaches and athletes on a great season.

Thank you to the city council and uh Mayor Bacon for uh this honor and and the time to uh share it with you.

It's our pleasure and we look for yeah, thank you, Matt.

It's our pleasure every year to recognize all our city champions.

So uh thank you for all you do and representing our city so well.

We'll now move to public hearings portion of tonight's meeting.

Item A is consideration of resolution number 26-1051 and number 26-1052 on behalf of 175 Commerce Center Land LLC and assigns to amend and assign resolution 21-1054 and resolution 21-1056 master resolution.

This item and the next one are for the hundred 175 Commerce Center and Industrial Park at 175th and Hedge Lane.

The first item amends previously approved resolutions to us align with the updated tax abatement policy of the council.

The second item is for a new project at the same park.

So at this time, um a motion is in order for resolution 26-1051 and resolution number 26-1052.

Do we need those both separately?

Those resolutions separate.

Did you open and close the public hearing?

Do you need a public hearing for the for this resolution?

Yeah, you can do them together.

For this, we do not need we've already had a public hearing on this first two items, correct?

Gotcha.

Uh yeah, you can consider them in the same motion if you so choose.

Okay.

We can consider them at the same motion.

Thank you, Mayor.

So I'd like to move then.

I recommend that we approve resolution 26-1051 and 26-1052.

Second.

We have a motion and second with the city clerk, please call the roll.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Schoonover.

Yes.

Mr.

Bacchus.

Yes.

Miss Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Motion passes.

6-0.

And now I'd like to open a public hearing in consideration of resolution number 26-1053 on behalf of 175 Commerce Center Land, LLC, and assigns for an issuance request for industrial revenue bonds and tax phase in for a single series application under a master resolution.

The project will entail the construction of a 1,102,793 square foot industrial facility on a approximately 61.113 acre lot located at the northeast corner of 175th Street and Hedge Lane.

Do we have anyone that is signed up to speak?

No, sir.

Is there anyone here in the audience that would like to speak on this in this public hearing?

Seeing none, a motion to close the public hearing would be in order.

I move to close the public hearing.

Second.

We have a motion and second with the city clerk.

Please call the roll.

Miss Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Schoonover.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Motion passes.

60.

Is there a need for a presentation or question of staff on resolution 26 1053?

A motion be in order.

I move to approve resolution 26 1053.

Second.

We have a motion and a second with the city clerk, please call the roll.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Schoonover.

No.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Ms.

Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Motion passes.

5-1.

We'll now move on to the consent agenda.

The items listed below are considered to be routine by the City Council, may be approved in one motion.

These may include items that have been reviewed by the City Council in a prior planning session.

There will be no separate discussion unless the council member requests that an item be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.

Council, are there any such items tonight?

Seeing none, a motion to approve the consent agenda would be in order.

Thank you.

I I move to approve the consent agenda as presented.

That's 11 items A through K.

Second.

We have a motion and a second with the City Clerk, please call the roll.

Mr.

Schoonover.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Ms.

Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult?

Yes.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Motion passes.

60.

We'll move now to new business.

Item A is consideration of ordinance number 26 29, which is RZ 25 000 9, requesting approval of a rezoning from the NC Neighborhood Center District to the R 3 residential low density multifamily district for Lone Elm Town Homes on approximately 7.7 acres located northeast of West 119th Street and South Lone Elm Road.

This item was discussed at uh the council's June 2nd uh meeting, and at that time council directed staff to come back with an ordinance to consider for approval and senior planner Nathan Jury is with us tonight for a presentation.

Nathan Thank you, Mayor.

Council members.

Um no formal presentation tonight, but just some words just to bring you up the speed of uh where we're at.

Um so yeah, hopefully the last time we're before you tonight on this lone elm town home project.

Um as you remember, um, you did provide a motion to rezone to the R3 at the last meeting and directed staff to come before you um tonight um with a prepared ordinance.

That ordinance is um part of that agenda.

Um we did have the stipulations requested, um just generally the four main topics that were in the letter of understanding between the applicant and the uh developer.

And those are really just the density um restriction, uh architecture to be consistent with the neighborhood, uh landscape buffering along the neighborhoods as well, and then a requirement for the road access on lone elm.

Um so those those in essence address the four issues um within that letter of understanding.

Applicants agreeable with the ordinance as written, and I'll be here for any questions.

Questions of staff or comments?

Um the the design stipulation, stipulation C, I think it is.

It's clear what's expected there as far as to be uh blend in well with the rest of that area.

Is that the do need to meet UDO standards but also comply with um the design building materials of the existing townhomes here by the councilmember Creighton?

Thank you.

I just would like to take a moment to make a comment here.

Um as Mr.

Jury indicated, you we've you've been here several times on this uh particular issue.

Um the first time was in January.

At that time I voted to uh remand this back to planning.

Um very important to me is to protect our commercial zoning, ask that our applicant uh work towards that.

At the meeting two weeks ago when this came forward, um the applicant indicated that they did not feel that uh that was something that would work at that location.

And uh, because I am strongly wanting to support continued commercial, I voted in opposition to that.

And but even though I voted in opposition, it was the direction of council to move forward on this.

And so um I just wanted to make this particular statement.

This is the first time in my few short months that I have been here that I did not vote with the majority.

And um even though I was disappointed in the outcome, uh, because I do want to protect our commercial.

I am a team player, and once our council makes a decision, we stand together.

And so even though I have voted in opposition to this, this ordinance clarifies what the council's direction was two weeks ago, and so I will be supporting the ordinance tonight.

Thank you.

Any other comments or qu questions?

Thank you, Nathan.

A motion to be in order.

Thank you.

I move to approve ordinance 26-29.

Second.

We have a motion and a second with the city clerk, please call roll.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Schoonover.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacchus.

Yes.

Ms.

Essex.

No.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Motion passes.

5-1.

Okay.

We'll now move on to item B.

Item B is consideration of ordinance number 26-30, repealing ordinance number 5-75, Coffee Creek Master Plan, Ordinance No.

07-80, loan Elm Vicinity Plan, and Ordinance No.

7 Corridor Study and Design Guidelines pertaining to certain land use plans and design guidelines for the City of Olatha, PLN 26-0002.

This action strengthens alignment with the recently adopted Elevate Olathe Comprehensive Plan, providing greater clarity and consistency for the city residents and development community.

Is there a need for a presentation from staff on this item?

No.

Seeing none.

A motion be in order.

I move to approve ordinance 26-30.

During our second.

Second.

We have a motion and a second.

Would the city clerk please call the roll?

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult?

Yes.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Schoonover.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Ms.

Essex?

Yes.

Motion passes.

60.

We'll now move to item C.

Item C is consideration of ordinance number 26-31, amending Chapter 15.04 of the Olatha Municipal Code pertaining to the residential building code of the City of Olatha.

This item aligns our practices with a new Kansas law that requires uh cities allow use of the 2018 International Residential Code for smaller single family homes.

This was a report at our June 2nd council meeting.

Is there a need for a presentation tonight or questions about Senate Bill 418?

I think we're going to have some at some point down the in the future as this thing unfolds.

But um seeing none, I guess a motion be in order.

Thank you, Mayor.

In light of all that, I recommend that we approve ordinance 26-31.

Second.

We have a motion and a second with the city clerk please call the roll.

Ms.

Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Bacchus.

Yes.

Mr.

Schoonover.

Yes.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Motion passes.

60.

Item D is consideration of ordinance number 26-32 authorizing issuance of the city's taxable industrial revenue bonds in an amount not to exceed 6,600,000 for Cherry Santa Fe LLC for the construction of a 10,859 square foot multi-tenant restaurant retail project at 114 to 126 North Cherry Street.

This is for the construction of on the downtown building that will house Austin's among others.

The city expresses expressed intent to issue these bonds back in April of 2025.

Is there a need for a presentation or questions on this item?

Seeing that a motion be in order.

I move to approve ordinance 26-32.

Second.

We have a motion and a second.

Would the city clerk please call the roll?

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Schoonover.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacchus.

Yes.

Ms.

Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Motion passes.

60.

Item E is consideration of ordinance number 26-33, amending ordinance number 24-50 regarding the commencement date of the CID sales tax imposed within the 119th and renter community improvement district.

The developer has requested that the CID commencement date be delayed until April 1 of 2029 to better align with anticipated completion and opening of certain elements of the project.

Design and site clearing is underway with on-site infrastructure work commencing later in 2026 this year and vertical construction anticipated to begin in 2027.

Is there a need for a presentation on this?

I think the idea here is to make sure that we get the maximum uh sales tax collected during the 22-year period.

So that's why you don't want to have a only three businesses open when you start collecting because that shortens the period.

So this will allow more a better opportunity to have a more complete project when this sales tax begins collecting.

Is that correct?

That's my understanding.

That's it.

Yes.

That's correct.

Okay, thank you.

Um is there a need for any questions or discussion on this item?

Seeing that a motion be in order.

Good.

Thank you, Mayor.

Based on this latest information, I move to approve ordinance twenty-six-thirty-three.

Second.

We have a motion and a second where the city clerk please call the roll.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Miss Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Mr.

Scanover.

Yes.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

The motion passes.

6-0.

We'll now go to item F.

Item F is consideration of a contract amendment number one with Nav Holtz Construction for Construction of the City Hall Parking Garage Project P and 6-C-003-24.

Senior Design and Construction Project Manager Laura Gagliano joins us with a presentation.

Is Laura here?

Hi, Laura.

Welcome.

Good evening.

This is Laura Gagliano.

I'm the senior project manager for design and construction.

And I have my design team here.

Kimball Hales with Fink Williams Architecture.

Aaron Katie with Nav Holtz Construction.

Would like to show you some of the latest renderings and a slight description on how we arrived at the final GMP.

You haven't seen these renderings because we haven't presented in quite a while.

So this should be fun.

Any idea on how to make my screen that screen?

Awesome.

So we wanted to again give everybody kind of a heads up.

We're going to kind of walk through the renderings of the four different sides.

So this is the parking garage that will go in the parking lot right here.

Construction is slated to start soon in the summer here in the in the next month or so.

This is the um view as you're coming up Chestnut Street.

This is kind of what you'd see.

We were tasked with making sure we mack maximized parking safety and a focus on aesthetics.

And so it is a three-level garage with the main level plus two sloped levels as you go up.

This is the view from the corner of uh Chestnut and Poplar.

And it's matching some of the limestone and accents that are on the ex the existing buildings in the area.

And then this is the approach if you're coming southbound on Poplar Street.

So this you can see the county courthouse on the right-hand side there and the kind of residential to the left.

And then this is the evening shot of the kind of dusk if you were walking between uh City Hall and the County Courthouse.

So there's kind of a tall lit beacon type element, emphasis on safety, lighting, and transparency being able to see from all different approaches.

And uh that's kind of a quick summary of the building itself.

You want to modify the numbers or questions about this, or do you would you like to hear the numbers?

Oh, uh questions about the um the elevations.

I think they look great.

So the tower here is that housed the elevator as well.

Is that perfect?

Yeah, correct.

So there's an elevator on this corner and another elevator on the that first image I showed on the corner, the the Chestnut Street corner also.

The idea being some traffic may go towards the library, other traffic may go towards either county building, city hall, or across the street to the south of the park.

Okay.

Um council member Essex.

Thank you, Mayor.

So when you say, do we want to know the numbers?

Are you going to tell us where we landed on how many parking spots?

That was kind of Yeah, we're right we're um I think we were tasked with coming up with 386?

379.

379.

And we're roughly right at 400.

There's some designated spaces that will be you know permanently assigned either for city council or city use.

And then um there are a number that are uh electric charging stations as well, some ADA or ample ADA that is kind of shared with the county ADA requirement.

Um there's a couple short-term spaces as well that are on the surface there.

All right, one more question for you.

It's a beautiful rendition.

I like what you did with that.

Um just a quick question, too.

If we're talking 400 parking spots, is there have you seen those signs that say 100 spots left or 50 spots left?

Is that part of the plan?

Yeah, we actually do have a wayfinding system in there.

You have more of a feel for it than I do.

We did evaluate a couple different systems, and the one that we've gone with is it's somewhat similar to like the airport where you'd have a red light, green light, it will tell you how many cars come in.

We found that those are the most accurate accounting cars.

A lot of the garages you go in.

If a car comes out and it's not exactly in its lane, when it goes in and goes out, they miscount the systems a lot more accurate.

It's camera based.

There's a security component to it.

So yeah, it would have a pretty accurate count going into the garage.

Councilmember Scootover.

Thank you.

And just to follow up, you said you said 400, there's 400 total spaces in this garage.

400 new spaces.

400 total total spaces.

What do we have out there now?

A hundred and hundred and seventy-nine.

So it's a little bit more than double what we've done.

Okay.

And ultimately was rejected.

Can you tell me a little bit more about that?

Yeah, we evaluated that and had it priced, and the price came in probably higher than the cost benefit, I think once we looked at it, but we did evaluate doing solar on this building.

One of the things about this building is it is not a really high consumer of solar.

And when you need the lights, when you need the solar, is in the evening when it's not producing energy.

So you'd have to have a battery system to store daytime solar to be able to use it in the evening for the lights in this building.

So it's not a great candidate in terms of consuming the electricity that it produces.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you.

Should there be the funding available?

We could always add that later.

I admit I'm a weather wimp.

I'd be in favor of that too.

Yeah.

Um but we tried our hardest to make sure we were within budget and still had some room in case we found underground utilities that weren't there that even though we had it inspected, they show up.

They weren't marked and allowed us to find them.

Or soils that there was a pocket that wasn't tested and it happens to be softer than what we want.

We wanted to make sure we had enough contingency to cover those unknowns and a covered walkway is a want.

It's not a need.

So we we put that on the future.

Great.

Well, I will echo what Councilmember Essex said as far as this building is beautiful.

I kind of wanted to have a building that you had to look at it twice to know for sure if it was a parking garage or not.

So I think you accomplished that nice job.

So I think we're ready for the numbers.

Um this past month in May.

Um so bid strategy.

Uh we utilize a program or software called Building Connected.

Um, and that is essentially where all the subcontractors are managed and bid solicitations managed.

Um we had tw uh 20 bid packages total, um, and this went out of bid on five seven, so roughly about a month ago.

We had a job walk uh the day after that went out the bid.

Um we had a decent turnout, not great, but decent.

We had 21 people show up and we met at our job site office, which is the chestnut building.

Um so we walked them everybody around the parking lot and had a nice meeting there.

Um we invited 297 companies on building connected.

Um we had 162 view and 69 confirmed bidding.

Uh we only received 54 bids, which for this project I think is pretty decent overall.

Um we had right under three bids per package, and then we had 3.6 uh on average with bid packages over $500,000.

So I think that we hit uh pretty good goal there with those numbers and we had pretty decent coverage, all things considered.

We had a really good coverage on the larger packages like concrete.

And overall, we're under budget.

So at the moment.

So uh other questions from Ken.

Um I mean we're excited about this, and I guess we're still planning to have this done by uh fall of the next 2027 before old settlers.

Is that okay?

That's the goal.

Um but nobody really wants to go through this.

And I'm gonna ask for my friend Leah Felter, who's not here tonight.

We haven't heard where we're gonna park yet.

So tell us about the plan a little bit uh for accommodating all the parking over the construction period.

Where you guys are gonna park.

Um we already have signed the upper level, the row facing Chestnut Fine Arts for City Council parking Tuesday nights after 5 p.m.

Those are your spaces.

Okay.

There is one space in that lot reserved 24-7 for council.

Okay.

City staff or just council.

Just council.

Um you guys are covered.

Okay.

Um we have issued maps through Olatha Loop directly to City Hall employees that say these are available parking throughout the city.

Um we have determined, me with my little short legs.

Um Pizza 51 is a 10-minute walk door to door.

Okay.

So that's probably as the furthest anyone will have to walk there in Cherry Street garage, which is not unreasonable.

As I've said, I'm as guilty as anyone is doing laps in a parking lot to find the best spot.

And it's gonna hurt for a while, and it's gonna be beautiful when it's done.

Yeah.

And this Friday will be the last day that you can park in the City Hall garage.

Yeah.

We plan on putting the fence up on Monday the 23rd.

This is true.

Monday the 29th.

So there may be a week where you longingly look at a parking space and please don't park there because they have to get things in order.

Sure.

That's the same.

And we don't want a car left in the lot when it's time to fence it.

Yeah, that's good.

We do have a big event in downtown a week from Friday as the all day the big uh fourth Friday event that's kind of the FIFA fun fest.

So fan fest.

So um watch party.

So I'm glad you're gonna close everything down after that event.

That's good timing.

Uh Councilmember Scoonover.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh just so so we're we're splitting this overall cost with with the county on this one.

Where are where is the county in this process?

Have they seen this?

Have they approved it?

Yes, in fact, their meeting is Thursday night.

Okay.

And they have the same presentation that you're seeing tonight.

They have been involved in all the meetings to date.

Uh.

Now if i I I understand remind me, uh, we're at about 20 and a half million dollars now as I as I read the documents.

Uh I think total between us and the county, we had what, 22 and a half?

22 and a half, eleven five from us and eleven from them.

Okay.

So if we we if we come in below that twenty-two and a half, how is that remainder divided up between us and the the the county?

I could be greedy and say we take it out of their money, but I don't think that's appropriate.

Um it is probably proportioned out that whatever the eleven, eleven five percentages if there's left over, whatever that they get their percentage back and we keep our percentages the fairest.

Okay.

Okay.

Uh you know, I'll I'll confess for for me this it feels a little opulent for a parking garage.

You know, but I like the fact that we're getting something very nice for only eleven and a half million dollars.

So I'll be supporting it.

So I think it's it's great.

Good job.

Councilmember Denult.

Thank you, Mayor.

I just want to say maybe this is for Susan.

Do you have does the city have any vehicles or anything for like uh shuttling staff on inclement weather days?

Yeah, so we looked at a whole bunch of op options and we also asked our employees if they would like us to do a shuttle.

And um really overwhelmingly people felt like um they would probably just walk.

Um we are providing some incentives with an umbrella and an ice scraper.

So we're trying to make a little fun, even though people are gonna probably circling downtown a little bit to try to find their spot in the next weeks and a year ahead.

But uh yes, we did look at that.

And I think if it came to be that we were really having issues, we could uh go back to that.

Thank you.

Councilmember Vacus.

Thank you, Mayor.

I just want to make sure I understand.

So as the numbers begin to come in, if we find ourselves coming in under budget expectation, we would expect to be able to pivot and design and add the cover if the existing budget permitted.

Is that correct?

I think that's an option available with any project if there's contingency, but it is pending decisions by city manager, it's council.

Absolutely.

Yeah, yeah.

Good.

I just want to make sure.

We don't leave money on the table.

Yeah, we don't leave money on the table since we know we have an additional want that makes good sense.

So good.

Thanks very much.

Yeah, I appreciate the final renderings.

Looks great.

Councilmember Creighton.

Thank you.

Two items and this is really a a question related to things that I know that the county was asking for in particular.

Can you could clarify how many uh handicapped spaces we're going to have closer to the the uh uh the courthouse, number one.

And then the second thing that the county was concerned about was security of uh because of the proximity to the courthouse and various things that happen in a courthouse that may stir up people's uh anger.

So uh were we able to take care of their security concerns as well.

That one was actually pretty simple and easy to do.

Um the shroud of the garage is a perforated aluminum panel.

So it's relatively transparent on the side of the courthouse, we reduce the size of the perforations so it is more solid to put it bluntly.

We made sure the perforations were small enough that you couldn't rest a rifle in one of the holes.

Um their security team and our security guy people all met and voiced their opinion and we took it into consideration, and I believe everybody is satisfied with the resolution.

I'll let Kendall talk about spaces.

Yeah, we have uh the whole west side basically on the first floor is uh um ADA parking.

There's eight spots, I think two van.

And theoretically you could add more ADA spaces on the second and third floor if you wanted, they would just be to the elevator and down.

So there's room to add more if that became a demand, but we've met the agreement with the county and tried to create a little bit of uh buffer there as well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good presentation.

We're excited for the finished project.

Thank you.

The construction will be a little bit painful, I think.

Uh do I hear a motion to approve the um contract amendment number one?

Thank you.

I move to uh approve the contract amendment number one with Nabolt's construction.

Second.

We have a motion and a second with the city clerk, please call the roll.

Ms.

Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Mr.

Scanover, yes.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult?

Yes.

Mr.

Craighton.

Yes.

Motion passes.

6-0.

Item G is consideration of resolution number 26-1056 authorizing the supercritical water oxidization pilot project PN1-C-119-25 and amending resolution 25-1004.

This item and the next one are for piloting of a new technology that would offer a more economical solution to manage biosolids generated during what wastewater treatment.

Construction is expected to begin next spring.

Is there a need for a presentation?

Oh yes.

Nate's ready.

Yes, Mayor.

I I asked.

Okay.

You know, Nate, to give us a presentation.

This is uh, you know, a dynamic cutting-edge project.

It's of significance.

It's complicated.

Yes.

So for those here tonight or those that might watch later online, it's going to give a brief overview that covers both items G and H.

So Nate Baldwin is here for a presentation.

Welcome, Nate.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh council members.

Again, Nate Baldwin, City Engineer.

So uh just a quick uh walkthrough on what this is.

So we call it supercritical water oxidation.

That's kind of the engineering term.

Um what we also call it is super cool uh neti pot or a hot pot, right?

So it's a pressure cooker, if you will.

So it's a process that uh uses hot water and air to really condense what we have.

So um the waste stream, um, the biosolids kind of after the treatment, uh, if you think about sewer, it comes in uh as kind of a slurry of water and solids, right?

And so at the end we have these solids that we have to dispose of.

We call them biosolids.

So right now we haul them to the landfill.

I'm gonna get into that a little bit later on.

But we're looking for a better way to do that.

And um there's a looming issue coming.

Um we're trying to find cost-effective ways to do that.

And really what that does is it breaks down the money composition of the waste and turns it into water and carbon uh carbon denoxide while the heavy inorganic materials are taken out of it.

So the end product really is just water and a mineral mineral slurry.

And that minerals mineral slurry really reduces right now.

We've got four point almost five wet tons per day of that solid biosolids, and that will go down to uh.15 dry tons per day, so significant reduction.

And what we do with um our solid waste right now, or I'm sorry, our biosolids is we haul into the landfill.

Um so this is just a pilot project.

We're gonna be treating about a quarter of what our product is, and if this works, we're gonna expand it to uh to treat the entire plant at a significantly reduced cost.

Right now, we're estimating the biosolid project of the plant being about 120 million dollars.

We don't have a cost of what this would be if we put it uh into full use because it's brand new technology and they've never built anything that that big, but it's a significantly smaller percentage than of that.

So it is a extreme benefit to the uh rate pairs uh of our sewer system.

So really well there we go.

So what we have before you tonight, uh back in October, you approved a um 4.5 million dollar loan uh from the state revolving fund.

And I they call that a loan, but it's a hundred percent forgiveness.

So it really is um a grant, if you will, but for purposes they call it a loan.

Um you also that night um approved the purchase of the product itself.

So that product, the supercritical water oxidation unit is actually under construction right now at the plant.

I believe they're in Florida.

I could be wrong on that.

Um so that that will ship next spring to us, and then we'll do all the piping connected in and eventually be able to put it in service.

So what you have before you tonight are two documents.

One is uh a resolution that increases the authorization of the product or project by $17,000 because the state was able to come up with an extra $17,000 for us that we didn't anticipate.

So we're always looking at taking additional money for the project, right?

Um so the the second document you have before you is actually acceptance of the second loan package from the state, and that's for a little over 1.29 million.

So uh overall the SRF loan that we're getting is nearly $5.8 million, and again, that loan is 100% uh forgiven.

So the project itself um is about $2.6 million in design and the construction, which includes purchase of the unit itself, and then the installation of the piping that goes with it is a little over $2.6 uh million dollars.

You can see the breakdown in there between revenue bonds, water and sewer uh cash, and then the state revolving fund, which really makes up the majority of that.

And overall, it's about an $8.9 million project.

Again, it's a pilot project that will treat about 25% of our waste stream, but really has uh future benefits.

It's a cutting edge technology.

So again, some of the benefits, it really cuts down on the odors uh because you just end up with this very small mineral slur slurry at the end.

Um currently it will reduce our biosolids, just the pilot project alone by 20 percent, which is a fifty-eight thousand dollar year savings, and that will increase every year.

The landfill costs us or charges us more and more every year to get rid of those biosolids.

Um it's innovative.

This is only the third unit that's ever been put in in the entire country.

Uh it is able to kill PFOS, and if you're not familiar with that, that's plastics in our water and wastewater stream.

Um there's a lot of regulations coming out on how to treat that, and people really haven't figured out how to do that.

If this technology works, which we believe it will, it will be able to do that.

So you're gonna have a lot of people coming to Olatha to tour our plant and look at our technology.

And again, we're leveraging uh almost 5.8 million dollars in state funds uh to do this project.

So with that, I will stand for any questions.

Councilmember Essex.

Thank you.

I just wanted to say I'm so excited for this.

And anytime you hear about technology, uh seems to be ahead of the game on that.

So with with water conferences that I've been to, that sounds so boring, but it's really not.

Um, you know, the suggestions they've had, we've already done it.

We you know we've been implementing it.

So I'm just so proud of Olatha, and I think this is fantastic.

So I just want to say that.

Thank you.

Thank you, Nate.

Thanks.

Um, so a motion be in order.

Um resolution 26.

Yes.

So regarding item item G.

Yes.

Uh I recommend that we uh uh increase our state revolving funding associated with the supercritical mass water oxidation pilot project PN1C019-25.

Second.

We have a motion and a second with the city clerk please call the roll.

Mr.

Denalt, yes.

Mr.

Bacon, yes.

Mr.

Scanover, yes.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Ms.

Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Motion passes 60.

Item H is related.

It is consideration of ordinance number 26-34, approving a loan amendment to with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, KDHE acting on behalf of the State of Kansas for the funding of the supercritical water oxidization pilot.

PN1C-019-25.

Motion be in order.

I move to approve ordinance 26-34.

Second.

We have a motion and a second.

Would the city clerk please call the roll?

Mr.

Sconover.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Miss Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Motion passes.

6-0.

Next on our agenda is general issues and concerns of citizens.

We have one individual that has signed up to speak tonight.

So would the city clerk please read the guidelines and call up our speaker?

Please.

The council has extended this privilege to allow people who live and work in Olatha to address concerns to the City Council.

Speakers must only address the council.

Council members are not required to respond.

The council has allocated three minutes per speaker.

Tonight we have one speaker.

Would Al uh Yeager.

Hager, please come to the podium and state your name and address for the record.

You've been sitting a long time.

Where do I go?

Right here to the podium, sir.

And um we do have your name and address for the record, so thrown me out.

I got this for myself.

Okay.

Welcome.

Ready?

We're ready.

My name is Al Hager.

Good evening.

I'm 83 years old and I've lived in Aletha, Kansas since 1984.

From what I understand, we have an officer Boyer, an 11-year veteran of the Aletha Police Department, who stops someone for speeding.

This individual didn't have a driver's license.

I'm not talking about where you or I forgot our driver's license, and we get a citation and put on our way.

This person did not have a driver's license.

Officer Boyer contacted ICE and the person was deported.

To which I say, well done, Officer Boyer.

But Officer Boyer got an undisclosed discretionary action against him for contacting ICE.

I understand was because of police policy, and he wasn't a sergeant.

Think about this.

An Aletha police officer, their first day on duty, and we place trust in that individual to be able to use lethal force and take a person's life.

But an experienced officer on the job for 11 years needs to be a sergeant to call ICE.

Kansas isn't a sanctuary state, and it actively cooperates with federal law enforcement under 287 G of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

To me, ICE is a premier federal law enforcement agency of the United States government that our city police should be cooperating with 100%.

I read where one of our city council members and our police chief seem to have a concern for people feeling safe in Aletha, and I share that concern.

But as for persons illegally in my community and country, I hope they are so nervous they can't take a step without looking over their shoulder.

From what I understand, the Aletha Police Department policy is proposed by the leadership of the police department, but actually under the authority and approval of Aletha City Council governing body, which our elected Olatha City Count, which are our elected Aletha City Council members before us here tonight.

This Olatha resident thinks Officer Boyer is due an apology and congratulations for a job well done.

In closing, as far as I'm concerned, if we have a police chief that will not fully cooperate with ICE, a United States government law enforcement agency over the immigration pattern, we need a new police chief.

I loved it that you guys swore in somebody to defend the Constitution of the United States right here tonight.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We'll now move to item 10 convening a uh planning session.

We have two reports.

Uh report one is a quarterly procurement report.

Is there any need for to pull that?

The second one is a report regarding proposed amendments to the Aletha Municipal Code, Chapter 3.5.

Um I was just curious if all of these changes are uh allowed under the state law.

So we're just modifying based on what we think will work best for Aletha.

That's correct.

Okay.

Any other questions on report number two?

So now we'll move to discussion items or uh discussion item one is a discussion on the Santa Fe Ridgeview to Merlin Improvement Project PN 3-C-025-18.

Teresa Vink is here for a presentation.

Welcome, Teresa.

Thank you, Mayor.

Good evening, City Council.

My name is Teresa Vink, and I'm the assistant city engineer here with DICity.

And I am here to give you an update on the I-35 Santa Fe Forward Project.

The I-35 Santa Fe Forward is the holistic project, which includes the work on the interstate as well as the work that the City of Olatha is doing at the interchange of I-35 and Santa Fe.

So just a little overview of what we're going to be talking tonight.

I'll give you a brief overview of the project, the holistic project.

We'll go through the project schedules, talk a little bit about the utility relocations that we have upcoming, and then we'll dive a little bit deeper into both the construction schedules of both projects as well as the construction phasing, and then we'll wrap up with summary and questions.

As I mentioned, the I-35 in Santa Fe Forward consists of two complete projects.

The first is outlined in blue, and it is the I-35 capacity improvements projects project, which will be administered by the state of Kansas.

And then the project what is shown in orange is the Santa Fe Corridor and interchange improvement project, which will be administered by the City of Olatha.

These are two separate projects, and they will follow two separate schedules.

Together, the combined construction cost for these projects is approximately 195 to 200 million dollars.

And we do have 98 million dollars in a federal infographic within those two projects.

The schedules do run, they do overlap.

The schedule on top shown in blue is for the for the I-35 corridor work.

We are in the final design stages and we will move into the construction phase towards the end of this year, and that will run through the end of 2028.

The Santa Fe interchange and corridor improvements project.

We are in the we're finishing up the right-of-way phase right now, and we are finalizing the demolition and some of some of the buildings out there and property clearing.

We will move into the utility relocation phase towards the end of 2026, the summer or the summer of 2026 into 2027.

And then that will be followed by the start of the construction on the interchange and corridor portion of the project in about the fourth quarter of 2027 and move through the middle of 2030.

So the next portion of the project that we all will see moving after the demolition and clearing of properties will be utility relocations.

Those will start in the summer of 2026 and run for about a full year.

They will include overhead and underground electric um relocations as well as gas and telecoms.

And then most of that work will occur outside of the roadway.

There will be periodic lane closures as well as periodic sidewalk closures, but there will be no full full closures of any of these roadways during the utility relocation phase.

So looking a little bit more in depth about the construction schedules.

As I mentioned, there um the I-35 capacity work does start towards the end of 2026 and run through the year 2028.

You can see there is a one-year overlap on these construction schedules or on these project schedules here.

Um however, we have done our best to separate any closures so that the closures on the interstate versus the interchange will not overlap.

Looking in depth at the I-35 construction phasing, this project will be completed in four phases throughout the two years that it will be under construction.

Phase one is the northbound auxiliary lane on I-35 from Santa Fe to 119th Street.

Phase two is the northbound pavement reconstruction, so they're kind of moving from the outside in.

And then phase four is the southbound I-35 pavement reconstruction.

Um there is there are fairly significant closures associated with this work.

The first will be during phase two at the old 56 interchange.

We will be reconstructing that southbound off ramp as well as redecking and widening the old 56 bridge onto the interstate.

So that southbound off-ramp closure will last for about three months.

And then that bridge work will take will require a closure of about six months for that old 56 bridge work onto I-35.

Um the intersection of Mahaffia and Old 56 will remain open through the duration of that construction.

The second, and we'll move up to 119th in I-35.

We do have some ramp closures associated with this portion of the project as well.

So during phase one, we will be constructing the auxiliary lanes of the northbound auxiliary lanes, and that will require the reconstruction of that northbound off-ramp.

That will be about a three-month closure as well.

And then when we move down into phase three, building the southbound auxiliary lanes, we will close that southbound entrance ramp for about three months to reconstruct that as well.

There will be a period of construction on the southbound off ramp that will not require a full closure, but that inside left turn lane will be closed for about three months.

We do have three left turning movements there.

Two of those will remain open, and the inside movement will be closed.

Moving on to the Santa Fe corridor construction phasing, this project will also be constructed in four phases.

The first phase of construction will be um significantly off of the Santa Fe corridor, and it will be the reconstruction of reconstruction of spruce and the construction of Winchester down to Santa Fe.

It will also include the mill and overlay and geometric improvements at Santa Fe and Merlin, and then the project to the east.

Phase two is also significantly off the Santa Fe network and will include the reconstruction of the remainder of Spruce Street and Lindenwood.

Phase three is the new Winchester Road to the south and a new traffic signal at Spruce and Ridgeview.

And then phase four is the bulk of the construction for this project was which is the Santa Fe Main Line, Santa Fe and I-35 interchange, and then the Rogers Road extension.

This is the phase of construction where there will be a full closure of that interchange, a full closure of that bridge over I-35, and it will remain closed for the duration of this phase.

We will work to leave any of the ramps open as long as we possibly can, but there will be ramp closures associated with this as well.

So just a little summary of what I have talked about today.

There are two separate projects.

The state of Kansas is administering the first project, which will start towards the end of this year.

And then the City of Olatha is administering the second project at the interchange of Santa Fe and I-35, and that will start construction towards the end of 2027.

We do have two different construction schedules.

The I-35 work is anticipated to be complete by the end of 2028, and the Santa Fe corridor and interchange work is anticipated to be complete by the middle of 2030.

There will be some overlap, but again, we've done our best through maintenance of traffic to ensure that those interchange closures do not overlap.

Access along Santa Fe will be maintained as long as possible.

The outer street network, so phases one and phase two will be complete before any interchange work is began begun.

And then during that interchange work, Santa Fe itself will see the bulk of those closures, and it will be completely closed over the interstate for the duration of that of that phase.

So just to wrap up, we have talked a lot about a lot about a lot of heavy closures.

We are going to work with area businesses to put together a communication plan for them to get out to their constituents so that they can communicate well in advance about these closures and how folks are going to be able to get around in those areas.

And we are also looking at signing plan signage plans during construction to guide folks as well to get to area businesses.

So with that, I will take any questions that you all have.

Thank you, Teresa.

Council member Craig.

Thank you, Mayor.

As I've heard from residents about this, everybody seems to be excited about what happens at the end.

Everybody understands it's going to be rough in between.

But surprisingly, one of the biggest questions that people are concerned about is because they love the quality of life of Olatha is the aesthetics of I or excuse me, of Santa Fe and all the demolished buildings until the completion.

Can you just tell me what we're planning to do as far as will that be graded down and just some temporary grass and the other concern about aesthetics is that since those buildings are being taken down.

Um I'm getting complaints regularly, in particular from one individual that semis and box trucks and the like are parking on uh city property, and they feel like it's a not only is it aesthetically displeasing, but it gives the wrong impression of what the quality of life of O Light is.

So how can we control that parking and just what are we doing to at least keep that ground uh cleared from the turning into a weed patch?

Sure.

So we are yes, we are flattening out that area.

We will be grading it out and we will be planting some temporary seed.

Um another thing that will be occurring prior to the construction of the project itself.

The utility relocations are gonna be moving along the new roadway alignments.

So there will be a lot of work going on on those vacant properties.

Um because the new roadways do go through those vacant properties.

That was the purpose of the purchases, correct?

So um currently we have signed those properties as no parking, no parking overnight, and we have been working with the police department to enforce that.

Thank you.

Um we advertise this as the largest project that Olatha's ever undertaken, and it's about 280 million.

However, there's 75,000 that just disappeared out of this, and it looks like it came out of the Kansas portion.

They were initially in it for 140, now we're asking sixty-five thousand from the state of Kansas.

What changed in the project to reduce it by eighty thousand, eighty million dollars, I'm sorry.

So I guess I I'm not quite so we we were in for 40.

The state of Kansas pledged 140 million.

And the federal government, we they were in for a hundred for two hundred and eighty million total.

Now we're at two hundred million instead of two hundred and eighty.

So what changed in the project to save us I love it.

Well save us eighty million eighty million dollars.

That two hundred million was purely for construction.

The total project cost, including design land acquisition, um inspections, the total project cost is two hundred and eighty-five.

The construction costs alone.

This is just the construction.

Is the about two hundred million?

I apologize for that.

Yes.

Okay, sorry about that.

I missed that.

Okay.

Very good.

So it's still so the eighty million is just to buy out all the businesses and get the right-of-scape.

Yep, and to relocate the utilities and in and engineering.

Soft cost.

Okay.

Wow.

Okay.

Any other questions of Teresa, our team?

Great update.

Um the sentiments of council member Creighton are are widely out there.

I think we're all excited for 2031.

You know, it's finally done and it's beautiful.

So in the meantime, it's going to be a struggle for and to make sure that we can keep our businesses open and selling cars and things like that.

So it's going to be our number one priority.

So thank you.

Thank you for your time.

We'll now move to an executive session.

Do I hear a motion?

Mayor, I'd like to make that motion.

But first point of order for the city attorney.

Am I able to make a motion so that when we recess we can address both topics?

You can only recess under one justification at a time.

Okay.

So what we'd recommend is the first item uh go not to exceed 30 minutes.

Okay.

Come back out and then you need to make a motion on the second item for however much time you think.

And 30 minutes for the first item should be enough.

Yeah.

Not to expand.

Right, not to exceed the thing we can do it for less time than that.

Okay, good, very good.

Well, in that case, I'd like to move that we address item A, that we move to an executive session for consultation with the city attorney to discuss matters deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship regarding pending legal matters, including possible litigation, pursuant to the exception provided in KSA 75419 B2 for a time not to exceed 30 minutes.

Second.

Or or sooner.

Or soon and make sure it's 4316.

Did you catch that?

4316 B instead of 4318.

Forty 4319.

I thought it's 4316.

I'm confused.

We're on item A.

We're on item A, 4316.

Okay.

Good.

We have a motion and a second.

Uh would the city clerk please call the role.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Scunover.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Miss Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Motion passes.

6-0.

All right.

Very good.

Yeah, we're good.

So how many times did you remain the thousand times?

Five, probably, at least.

We are reconvening from executive session.

Do I hear a motion?

Uh yes.

I move to authorize city attorney to proceed with the strategies discussed with and directed by the governing body.

Second.

We have a motion and second.

Uh all in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Do we hear a motion on item B?

Yes, sir.

Regarding item B, I move City of Olatha, City Council recessed into executive session to discuss personal matters of non-elected personnel concerning a municipal court judge pursuant to the non-elected personal exception provided in KSA.

Seventy five dash forty three nineteen B one for time not to exceed fifteen.

Fifteen minutes.

Second.

We have a motion and second.

All in favor say aye.

Are any opposed motion passes?

Mayor.

We are reconvening for yes.

Just one second.

Yes.

We're live now, Glenn.

Okay.

We are reconvening from executive session.

Do I hear a motion?

Yes.

I move to authorize the human resource director in consultation with the city attorney to proceed with the strategies discussed and directed by the governing body.

I have a motion to hear a second.

Second.

We have a motion and a second with the city clerk please call the roll.

Mr.

Bacon.

Yes.

Mr.

Scanover.

Yes.

Mr.

Vacus.

Yes.

Miss Essex.

Yes.

Mr.

Creighton.

Yes.

Mr.

Denult.

Yes.

Motion passes.

6-0.

We are now on additional items.

I'll start on my I can't remember.

I'll start on my left.

Councilmember Creighton.

Thank you.

First of all, it's always great to see our students and our city of champions.

And so congratulations again to uh those individuals that were here earlier tonight.

We are very proud of you and we're proud of our school district.

This Friday is June the 19th, also known as Juneteenth, which is our uh newest federal holiday, a uh day to remember the freeing of slaves following the Civil War.

And as someone who loves history, uh likes to study it, read it, particularly U.S.

history.

Um it does remind me that history isn't always pretty um and slavery was one of our failings.

But I am also reminded that uh also have my own personal histories, and by the grace of God uh we learn and we move forward.

And so um this Friday, the uh Juneteenth, uh many city offices and services will not uh be available.

Obviously, our first responders, Chiefs, thank you for the two and your teams are always there 24-7 for us.

Um we're still gonna have trash service and the like, so thank you to those individuals.

Um City Hall will be closed, municipal courts will be closed, the libraries will be closed.

I believe uh the uh uh community center has reduced hours.

So if you're planning to do something on Friday, be sure to check those out.

And then the last thing, a little bit of fun.

Uh about ten days ago, Councilmember Schoonover and I had the opportunity to go to Mahaffey Stagecoach and Farmstead's uh Wickets tournament, and we did you all proud.

We are the champions.

Awesome.

Congratulations.

We not we knocked off the youngins from the Chamber of Commerce.

Yeah.

And uh Mr.

Baldwin was uh and some others from the city were uh they came in third, so thank you.

But uh a formal council member was really impressed that a a the council actually came out ahead of you, Nate.

So and so anyway, it it was a great reminder though that the Mahaffey stagecoach in Farmstead is a fantastic asset to the community.

Uh they've got a lot of things coming up on the grounds over the next uh few months during these warm weather months.

Be sure to get out and uh enjoy that.

And thank you.

Councilmember Schoonover.

Thank you, Mayor.

And and yes, I was gonna lead off with that as well, just to kind of brag um a little bit that that you are all looking at the most recent wickets champion, so uh hold your applause.

Um but no serious uh thank what's that?

It's a wicket, isn't it?

Gold.

It is a gold wicket.

Yeah.

Did you get it?

Yeah, or ballot.

It's a mallet.

It's the ballot.

Uh it was a lot of fun and and sincere, yes.

Thank you to our our folks at uh Mahaffe.

They do a wonderful job, have a uh have a great facility over there, and thank you to our uh uh parks uh team for putting together just a wonderful event.

Um it was it really was a lot of fun.

So and thank you to Jeff for being a wonderful teammate and really carrying us through.

He was actually he won it.

Uh oh.

He had to deal with me.

Um the other thing I would like to say is is at our at our last meeting, we talked a little bit about plastic bag recycling, and look what I got.

Nice.

Cool.

Isn't this awesome?

I would sincerely like to thank uh, you know, Mary, I'm sure somebody on your team put this together.

I am touched that somebody decided to take the time to put that together.

And I uh I'm I'm pointing that out also to Bragg, but also to tell people go ahead and remember to recycle your plastic bags, keep them out of that waste stream because they're terrible for us.

So thank you to you guys for doing such a wonderful job with that.

It's a great program.

Councilmember Vacus.

Thank you, Mayor.

You know, I must say I never ceased to be amazed.

The Vaucus Household Party of Two, how many plastic bags we have to recycle?

Plastic bags and food waste on the other hand.

Gee, we create a lot of waste, you know.

The uh, you know, on another note, a little bit more somber note.

I was pleased this afternoon to uh be with uh Congresswoman David's at the Olatha Memorial Cemetery, where she, along with uh our American Legion Post 153 laid a commemorative wreath uh at our veterans uh graves.

It's both uh an acknowledgement of Memorial Day recently passed and looking forward to the 4th of July.

And just as a point of education, our Olatha Memorial Cemetery has over 1,100 veterans buried there.

Thank you, Mayor.

Council Member.

Council.

Councilmember Essex.

Thank you.

So a couple years ago, the mayor and I got third place at Sunflower Wickets.

I just wanted to say that.

That was a long time ago.

Um yes, I wanted to um also say our city of champions, we definitely are with the impressive things that our kids do.

I I it never ceases to amaze me how amazing our students are and how amazing our city is.

So anyway, and since this is the last time we'll be together until after the fourth, I'll say happy birthday, America, 250th birthday.

So uh make sure you enjoy all the festivities around town.

There's so much to do, and I'm so excited for this holiday.

Councilmember Denoll.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh just to have a few things.

I also wanted to say happy Juneteenth to everyone.

Uh congratulations to that friends and burgh.

I don't know if he's here anymore, but if he's listening or if somebody wants to tell him.

Uh I'm looking forward to to everything he does uh taking municipal court uh further and helping uh Olatha citizens.

Uh let's see here.

I wanted to say also congrats to all the kids, and I'm really looking forward to seeing one of those chefs decide to start a restaurant in Olatha.

I think that would be amazing.

Uh let's see here.

Thank you, staff, for getting Matt a recycle bin.

And then this one's an inform informational.

Uh I know that there was a the summer kickoff was canceled.

Or not canceled, but postponed, and that's July 2nd.

I'm hoping to get all the details right.

At Olatha Lake, 5 30 p.m.

I know there will be family activities, music, food.

Probably a little bit more.

So I believe it's going to be.

It should be a very exciting one.

Looking forward to going.

I don't know, the dooling pianos might not be there, but we'll have some live.

It should be a good time.

It'll be great.

July 2nd.

Yeah.

Be there.

So it should be warmer instead of cold rain.

The temperature of the water should be very inviting.

So I think it'll be um a great party.

City manager, Susan Sherman.

Thank you.

Um if you haven't already met, we have a new uh senior management analyst in the city manager's office, Alex Freeman.

He comes to us from um a fellowship at the Kansas City, Missouri City uh City Manager's office and throughout KCMO also did some internships with the Kansas League of Municipalities, so has some of that under his belt as well.

So you have a new resource in the city manager's office.

You'll see him at all of our meetings, and um we're we're excited to have him on the team.

Yeah, welcome aboard.

A couple of things.

Uh also I wanted to mention uh the importance of this Friday, Juneteenth in our community and hope everyone takes an opportunity to celebrate with their family and friends uh Juneteenth.

Um and then next Friday, not this Friday, but a week from Friday, the 26th, is it?

We have Go Olatha celebration right here.

It's fourth Friday on June 26th.

It will begin about 11 a.m.

in the morning instead of six.

So and they'll uh we'll have the whatever soccer matches on that day will be on big screens, so it's a uh watch party.

Um and we do have the license.

I heard we got the license approval last week, so uh it should be a great uh hopefully it's a wonderful weather-wise day for downtown Olatha.

And uh so we want to thank our partners at the Olatha Chamber of Commerce for putting together our fourth Fridays and uh making this event special for our community.

Um Teen Council applications are open for just two more weeks.

So if you'd like to be a part of our team council, you have until July 1st to do that.

Um you have to be a high schooler and you have to live in the city of Olatha to apply.

So the applications are online at Olatha KS.gov forward slash team council.

Um the last thing I wanted to mention, or almost the last thing, that we do have uh applications will be open if you would if you're a 501c3 in Olaetha that addresses the basic needs of Olatha kids.

You're welcome to apply to receive some of the funds that we collect with the Olatha Mayor's Children's Fund each year.

Last year uh we collected over $220,000, and we uh supported over six or sixteen charities with that money.

So if you'd like to uh be a part of that, you can apply and your application uh period opens July 1st.

Um so and our next meeting is July 7th, so that's after July 4th.

So I also wanted to wish everybody the watching and and listening a happy 4th of July, happy 250th for America.

Um and I guess the last thing I won't mention is the water fountain or the city monument that's on 119th Street, it is it um in the process of being turned on or is it need of repairs or what can we expect on that?

I did I guess I asked this question for Councilmember Felter, since she isn't here tonight, because I know it was something that she brought up.

So I know it's been a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of check in too, we'll give you an update.

Okay, great.

Um that's all that I had tonight.

Thank you all for being here.

Thank you all for watching, and uh good night, and we are journaling.